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S05 - The Charlotte Initiative for Permanent Acquisitions of Ebooks by Academic Libraries – Mid Project Report
Conference Track
1. Managing e-Resources & Licensing
Learning Objectives
Develop key components of a licensing principles checklist for their institution
Utiliize resources gathered by the Charlotte Intiiative to select the best publisher and vendor prospects to comply with the selected principles
Provide ebooks for permancent access and superior usability to their faculty and students
Be a confident negotiator of ebook licensing terms
Abstract
Which publishers and vendors will license ebooks for maximum usability? A two-year Mellon Foundation funded project explores proposes three principles:
- Unlimited simultaneous users
- No Digital Rights Management (DRM)
- Irrevocable perpetual access and archival rights
This update will share preliminary findings of the environmental scan.
Presenters
![[photo]](https://8ca84662c5b8f0cff50d-4baaaf97d63fd7b01243e1b1c57f0cc1.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/527/profile_f81978d65a9cf95e0a2a12402c7a6b63.png "October Ivins, Ivins eContent Solutions")
October Ivins, Ivins eContent Solutions
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8929d3741cf7fdf98ae822c86c530d97.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Chuck Hamaker, University of North Carolina at Charlotte")