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Not sure, but rather doubt that our consortia do such. We as individual subscribers (outside consortia arrangement) do
use NISO SERU (e.g., for Duke U Press e-journals).
11. How important are the following licensing terms to your library when evaluating potential
e-resources for consortial purchase/licensing? Please make one choice per row. N=73
N Not at All
Important
N=34
Somewhat
Important
N=62
Important
N=70
Very
Important
N=69
Deal
Breaker
N=42
Level of support 73 1 9 37 24 2
Consequences of unauthorized access to
the database
73 1 15 22 29 6
Electronic reserves 73 2 4 21 43 3
Compensation for service failures 73 9 36 21 6 1
Nondisclosure of licensing terms 73 10 22 19 13 9
Interlibrary loan 73 2 6 19 37 9
Applicable law 73 3 6 17 24 23
Walk-in users 73 1 4 10 37 21
Cancellation restrictions 72 — 10 25 34 3
Early termination 72 2 21 24 23 2
Obligation of the library to train users 72 22 28 14 7 1
Force majeure 71 9 23 28 8 3
Consequences of withdrawal of content 71 1 20 26 23 1
Consequences of unauthorized use of the
database content
71 1 13 24 27 6
Other licensing term 28 — — 2 16 10
Please describe other licensing term(s). N=28
Important
Alumni remote access long-term access when e-resource is cancelled.
We prefer license terms granting perpetual access, and backed up by third-party archiving.
Very Important
Ability of the vendor to provide local loading of data.
Archival and perpetual access rights, definition of user community.
Author rights for e-journals.
Not sure, but rather doubt that our consortia do such. We as individual subscribers (outside consortia arrangement) do
use NISO SERU (e.g., for Duke U Press e-journals).
11. How important are the following licensing terms to your library when evaluating potential
e-resources for consortial purchase/licensing? Please make one choice per row. N=73
N Not at All
Important
N=34
Somewhat
Important
N=62
Important
N=70
Very
Important
N=69
Deal
Breaker
N=42
Level of support 73 1 9 37 24 2
Consequences of unauthorized access to
the database
73 1 15 22 29 6
Electronic reserves 73 2 4 21 43 3
Compensation for service failures 73 9 36 21 6 1
Nondisclosure of licensing terms 73 10 22 19 13 9
Interlibrary loan 73 2 6 19 37 9
Applicable law 73 3 6 17 24 23
Walk-in users 73 1 4 10 37 21
Cancellation restrictions 72 — 10 25 34 3
Early termination 72 2 21 24 23 2
Obligation of the library to train users 72 22 28 14 7 1
Force majeure 71 9 23 28 8 3
Consequences of withdrawal of content 71 1 20 26 23 1
Consequences of unauthorized use of the
database content
71 1 13 24 27 6
Other licensing term 28 — — 2 16 10
Please describe other licensing term(s). N=28
Important
Alumni remote access long-term access when e-resource is cancelled.
We prefer license terms granting perpetual access, and backed up by third-party archiving.
Very Important
Ability of the vendor to provide local loading of data.
Archival and perpetual access rights, definition of user community.
Author rights for e-journals.
