1. Unica Madrid Oct 2002UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam Licensing: Blessing or Disguise? Nol Verhagen Director of Libraries, University of Amsterdam

2. Unica Madrid Oct 2002UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam Presentation Who are we The Dutch Consortium UKB Main features of UKB-licenses The true nature of licensing How licensing affects the library organisation Models for Consortia Boobytraps and Pitfalls Developments to be expected

3. Unica Madrid Oct 2002UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam Who are we? -22000 students - 7 faculties - Many adresses, tendency for concentration - 7 Faculty Libraries - Central Library (UL) -Close co-operation UL/FL’s -New Library: Cruz y Ortiz (from Sevilla)

4. Unica Madrid Oct 2002UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam The Dutch Consortium UKB Participating Institutions Nature of the Consortium: a cooperative initiative The Licensing Principals E-ICOLC Master Agreements Licensing Office

5. Unica Madrid Oct 2002UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam Main features of UKB licenses Master Agreements: individual choice Full Portfolio or Cross access Multi year agreements Backvolumes Perpetual Access Usage statistics Walk in use E-only option Pricing based on historic record of print subscriptions Pricecaps

6. Unica Madrid Oct 2002UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam The true nature of licensing Ownership vs Licensing Licensing: Buying usage rights From Book Collector to Information Broker Availability of information Digital Library: content and added value Pricing per interest vs pricing per product

7. Unica Madrid Oct 2002UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam How licensing affects the library organisation Library moving away from physical appearance Levels of decision making No more collection management! Conflicts of interest between ‘high’and ‘low’ Need of technological and functional sophistication

8. Unica Madrid Oct 2002UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam Models for Consortia/ Critical success factors Ad hoc Loose Strong Knowing each other One of a kind Similar funding

9. Unica Madrid Oct 2002UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam Boobytraps and Pitfalls Conflicts of interest within the organisation Conflicts of interest within the Consortium How perpetual is perpetual? Takeover’s How to cope with everlasting price increases? The threat of external funding Digital Rights Management

10. Unica Madrid Oct 2002UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam Developments to be expected Usage stats as basis for pricing Integration of Heterogeneous Databases Portals Personalisation Electronic Learning Environments E-Publishing