How to do Selden Durgom Lamoureux E-Resources Librarian North Carolina State University Co-Chair, NISO SERU Standing Committee

How to do : Agenda A bit of background A few examples Your experience Some useful links

Background on What SERU is: – A NISO best practice – Based on shared understanding of expectations between publishers and libraries and a reliance on copyright law How you use it: – Replace e-resource license with the SERU Best Practice document + Copyright Law When you would use it: – When there is trust between library and publisher, and copyright law is considered sufficient WHY you would use it: – Streamline the business of e-resource acquisition and management & restore sanity to the acquisition process

How to do 1.Check the SERU Registry for participating publishers 2. the publisher & ask if they are interested in using SERU instead of a license 3.EITHER: – Complete a formal purchase agreement, OR – Seal the deal with a simple 4.Order direct, or through your subscription agent

Purchase Order Northeastern University Libraries Purchase order P.O. number : date: Title/product: Terms of order/renewal: x year/renewals including perpetual access as provided for per SERU In the absence of a separate license agreement, Northeastern University and [publisher] follow the SERU Guidelines as published at the NISO SERU website: NOTES/ADDITIONAL TERMS: For the Northeastern University Libraries: [name, title and contact informtion] Authorized purchasing signature & date:___________________________________ Price: Format: Electronic via www Vendor/provider:

From: Selden Lamoureux Sent: Monday, April 04, :50 AM To: Subject: SERU for Atomization and Sprays (Begell House) Dear Meghan. I was pleased to see that Begell House is registered with SERU (as is the North Carolina State University Libraries). We would like very much to begin a subscription for Atomization and Sprays through EBSCO, our subscription agent, and I wanted to write and confirm with you that we will need no additional licensing to do so, but will rely instead on SERU. I want to note that Begell House is a participant in Portico at the PCA level, something we also very much appreciate, and which makes it possible for us to subscribe as e-only. I do have one question: could we use the NCSU standard authorized user definition? "Authorizes Users are the Employees, Faculty, Staff, Registered Users and Students officially affiliated with NCSU. (If you prefer the SERU standard definition, that is also fine, just let me know.) Once I have your reply, we will place our order with EBSCO. Thanks for making the acquisition process fast and easy, we so much appreciate your participation in SERU and in Portico at the PCA level. -Selden

"meghan" 4/5/2011 9:51 AM Dear Selden, Thank you for your kind ; Begell House is delighted to now be registered with SERU, I think it is a good way to save our customers the hassle of individual licensing. We hope to make further improvements in our policies and practices that will make the subscription process as easy as possible. The NCSU definition for authorized users is totally fine by us; thank you for letting us know you wish to use SERU as opposed to the traditional license. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please don't hesitate to call or me at any time. Best wishes, Meghan

Consortium From: Ruttenberg, Judith F Sent: Thursday, May 05, :32 AM To: Donna Loews Subject: TRLN BioOne License Dear Donna -... responding to your message about BioOne's updated license. My E-Resources Committee is asking if, since BioOne is registered with SERU, we could do a purchase order and SERU agreement for this resource. -Judy

Consortium From: Donna Loews Sent: Tuesday, May 10, :15 PM To: Ruttenberg, Judith F Subject: RE: TRLN BioOne License Hi Judith, We do participate in SERU and would be happy to have that partnership suffice for our standard license agreement. I'll make that notation to the file. Take care, Donna

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Useful Links NISO SERU Homepage: SERU document: SERU Registry: Seldens