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Working with license agreements? Share your ideas!

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CMLE members – we are passing on a survey for you to complete. Being part of a profession has many rewards, and also some responsibilities; and that includes sharing your ideas with your professional colleagues! So if you have info to share – here is your chance!

Dear Colleagues:

For a session at the upcoming Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference in April, we are asking for your assistance to provide direction for our discussion about how license agreements are managed and retained in libraries. Please take a few minutes to complete a brief survey (no more than 10 minutes) to share your views and experiences with license agreements.

Please click on the link below to access the survey.  We need a response by March 6.

https://stedwards.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_29utjTCpVkXrcWN

For more information about the ER&L conference, visit the conference website: http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/

Thank you for your time.

Susan & Betsy

Susan Davis                                                     Betsy Appleton

Interim Head of Acquisitions                       Electronic Resources Librarian

University at Buffalo (SUNY)                       St. Edward’s University

134 Lockwood Library                                   Munday Library

Buffalo, NY 14260-2210                                Austin, TX  78704

716-645-2784                                                  512-233-1679

716-645-5955 fax                                          eappleto@stedwards.edu

unlsdb@buffalo.edu

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Recommended Ed Tech Tool

If you are like many libraries, a larger number of collections are becoming electronic books or eBooks. With several companies offering eBooks for sale, it can be difficult to know what your library may want or need in the next eBook contract? ALA (American Library Association) recently released a report titled, “EBook Business Models: A Scorecard for Public Libraries”.  This report examines fifteen specific eBook licensing variables often seen in library contracts. Click here for more information (pdf). This tool may be helpful in crafting your next list of must haves!