156 · Representative Documents: MOUs and Member Agreements
IOWA-WISCONSIN DISTRIBUTED PRINT REPOSITORY
Memorandum of Understanding
http://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/misc/Iowa-IowaState-UW-MOU.DOC
Memorandum of Understanding
Distributed Print Repository
August 1, 2011
This Memorandum of Understanding (hereafter, “Agreement”) is entered into this 1st day of August in
the year 2011 (“Effective Date”), by the libraries at Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and
the University of Wisconsin-Madison (“Partner Libraries”).
1. Scope
1.1. The Partner Libraries establish by this Agreement a distributed print repository (“DPR” or
“the Repository”) wherein each Partner Library commits to retaining in its collections a
single copy (“Repository Copy”) of specific printed research materials such as books and
journals (“Materials”), enabling the other Partner Libraries to withdraw their copies and rely
collectively on the shared Repository Copy.
1.2. Research Materials covered by this Agreement, and the specific retention responsibilities of
Partner Libraries, are documented in appendices to this Agreement. The initial focus of the
Repository is on printed backfiles of journals that are also available electronically, beginning
with titles from the following three publishers:
• American Chemical Society (Appendix A)
• Annual Reviews (Appendix B)
• Institute of Physics (Appendix C)
1.3. Repository Copies of journals should extend, whenever possible, from the beginning of the
publication run (e.g., vol. 1, no. 1) through calendar year 2005, or, if the title is published on
a split-year cycle, through publication year 2004-2005.
1.4. Repository Copies will be maintained in print format, rather than microform, compact disc,
electronic data, or other format. However, in cases where supplementary materials associated
with the print volumes were created in another medium, the supplementary materials will
form part of the Repository and will be maintained and stored in their original format.
2. Provisions
2.1. The Repository is overseen collaboratively by designated staff (DPR “Contacts”) in the
Partner Libraries (see section 6 of the Agreement).
2.2. For each title in the Repository, DPR Contacts collaboratively assign retention responsibility
to a single library (the “Holding Library”), taking into account:
• Subject strengths of the Partner Libraries
• The completeness and condition of the title in each Partner Library and
• The desire to maintain some parity (over time) in the volume of material retained by
each Partner Library.
2.3. The Holding Library agrees to maintain its Repository Copies for the term specified in
section 3 of this Agreement.
IOWA-WISCONSIN DISTRIBUTED PRINT REPOSITORY
Memorandum of Understanding
http://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/misc/Iowa-IowaState-UW-MOU.DOC
Memorandum of Understanding
Distributed Print Repository
August 1, 2011
This Memorandum of Understanding (hereafter, “Agreement”) is entered into this 1st day of August in
the year 2011 (“Effective Date”), by the libraries at Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and
the University of Wisconsin-Madison (“Partner Libraries”).
1. Scope
1.1. The Partner Libraries establish by this Agreement a distributed print repository (“DPR” or
“the Repository”) wherein each Partner Library commits to retaining in its collections a
single copy (“Repository Copy”) of specific printed research materials such as books and
journals (“Materials”), enabling the other Partner Libraries to withdraw their copies and rely
collectively on the shared Repository Copy.
1.2. Research Materials covered by this Agreement, and the specific retention responsibilities of
Partner Libraries, are documented in appendices to this Agreement. The initial focus of the
Repository is on printed backfiles of journals that are also available electronically, beginning
with titles from the following three publishers:
• American Chemical Society (Appendix A)
• Annual Reviews (Appendix B)
• Institute of Physics (Appendix C)
1.3. Repository Copies of journals should extend, whenever possible, from the beginning of the
publication run (e.g., vol. 1, no. 1) through calendar year 2005, or, if the title is published on
a split-year cycle, through publication year 2004-2005.
1.4. Repository Copies will be maintained in print format, rather than microform, compact disc,
electronic data, or other format. However, in cases where supplementary materials associated
with the print volumes were created in another medium, the supplementary materials will
form part of the Repository and will be maintained and stored in their original format.
2. Provisions
2.1. The Repository is overseen collaboratively by designated staff (DPR “Contacts”) in the
Partner Libraries (see section 6 of the Agreement).
2.2. For each title in the Repository, DPR Contacts collaboratively assign retention responsibility
to a single library (the “Holding Library”), taking into account:
• Subject strengths of the Partner Libraries
• The completeness and condition of the title in each Partner Library and
• The desire to maintain some parity (over time) in the volume of material retained by
each Partner Library.
2.3. The Holding Library agrees to maintain its Repository Copies for the term specified in
section 3 of this Agreement.
