Here’s an interesting development. Wouldn’t it be great if we weren’t devoting so much time and energy to multiple licenses? Wouldn’t it be neat to have a common understanding of what’s acceptable (including things like interlibrary loan and e-reserves) when acquiring e-content for our libraries? Aren’t scholarly publishers and libraries potential allies? Can’t we all just get along?
Maybe so. Check out the Shared E-Resource Understanding project. And feel free to comment on the document in development. This is exciting!
People may also be interested in the Canadian National Site License Project (under the auspices of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network). http://researchknowledge.ca/en/programs/model_license.jsp