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This is to alert DLF member libraries to a pilot preconference at ALA being organized to help libraries implementing E-resource Management Systems analyze license documents for entry into those systems. The workshop is planned for about 50 participants, and representatives from the major ILS vendors and libraries working on implementing their ERMs expect to be there. Since this is a pilot undertaking, the organizing group would especially like to encourage participation from people with substantial licensing and some ERM experience. A link to the preconference registration page can be found at end of this message. Thanks! Tim Jewell DLF ERMI Project Coordinator ============================ Reading and Mapping License Language for Electronic Resource Management: A Pilot ARL/DLF Workshop ALA Annual 2005 Preconference Friday, June 24, 2005 8:30 - 12:00 noon Over the last several years academic libraries have spent more and more on licensed resources, and librarians have acquired knowledge and skills in understanding and negotiating license terms. Keeping track of such important terms as whether and how a given e-journal may be used for such functions as Interlibrary Loan and Course Packs has proven difficult, but many libraries have now purchased or are considering E-Resource Management Systems (ERMs) and services that support such tracking. One major challenge faced by libraries now is how to efficiently and effectively analyze their license files and summarize key points for their ERMs, and how or whether such summaries can be shared more widely. While publishers, vendors, and libraries need to continue working toward greater standardization and clarity in license terms, the need is also rapidly building for librarians to be trained in a new professional skill and practice: how to analyze and concisely summarize key license terms. This small-scale, pilot workshop is designed to begin addressing this need, and should be useful for librarians working in institutions using any ERM system modeled after the Digital Library Federations Electronic Resource Management Initiative (ERMI) documents. Aimed primarily at librarians having substantial experience with licensing issues but strongly welcoming the participation of vendors and publishers, the workshop will begin with brief overviews of ERM developments and the problem of license standardization. Following that, a subset of the DLF ERMI Data Elements and Data Dictionary aimed at capturing permitted and restricted uses of licensed products will be presented, along with an analysis of segments of the CLIR/DLF Model License using these elements. Following a break, meeting participants will work in groups to analyze additional licenses and then reconvene to compare notes, consider issues and discuss further steps. The main outcomes for participants will be experience in mapping license language to the ERMI element subset and the opportunity to provide advice and guidance on whether to develop the pilot workshop into a standardized continuing education course. Speakers/Facilitators: Ivy Anderson (Harvard) Adam Chandler (Cornell) Trisha Davis ( Ohio State University) Sharon Farb (UCLA) Tim Jewell ( University of Washington) Chamya Kincy, (UCLA) Linda Miller (Library of Congress) Angela Riggio (UCLA) Agenda: 8:30 - 8:45 Welcome and Overview of ERM Developments Tim Jewell 8:45 - 9:00 Toward Simpler and Clearer License Terms Trisha Davis 9:00 - 9:45 ERMI Terms of Use Subset Demonstration: Mapping from the CLIR/DLF Model License to the ERMI terms Linda Miller Sharon Farb Chamya Kincy Angela Riggio 9:45 - 10:45 Group Work: Participants at each table will analyze a pre-selected license and map it to the ERMI Terms of Use Subset Preconference organizers will facilitate, gather and respond to questions, etc. 10:45 - 11:45 Presentation of licenses summarized in III ERM and ExLibrisVerde; Group reporting out and discussion Trisha Davis Ivy Anderson 11:45 - noon Wrap-up, evaluation and next steps Tim Jewell Registration Page https://db.arl.org/mapping/