Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Third Edition by Harris Lesley Ellen

Author:Harris, Lesley Ellen [Harris, Lesley Ellen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LAN025060 Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / Digital & Online Resources
Publisher: American Library Association

Authorized Site

Licensing Tip: Contemplate on-site and off-site access that your Authorized Users need and specify this in your license.

It is important to specify the location from which the authorized users may access the content. Generally, this relates to two places: on-site (i.e., on the premises of the library or organization), and remotely or online (i.e., from a home or office or while traveling or living in a different city, state, or country). On-site access may be easier to control, and content owners may be better able to ensure some degree of compliance with the license agreement. However, libraries often require remote access, depending on how patrons access or use their facilities and network. For instance, if you provide proxy server access to authorized users or the licensed content is available from a website, this access will be available from anywhere in the world. If this applies to your end-users, make sure that your license addresses this fact. If your license is what is called a “site license,” make sure that it is not limited to use of the licensed content on-site and that it also permits off-site (off the physical premises of the licensee) and virtual access as well (for example, through proxy servers or virtual private networks). If many of your organization’s end-users travel and access content from outside your country, make sure that the license allows for access by them. In fact, you may prefer to have a license that is non-site specific. More simply, if the end-users of the licensed content need to access that content at home or from their offices, it may be best if this is expressly permitted in the license.

In addition, your license may need to set out whether access will be permitted from a single computer, or from a network with a specified number of simultaneous/concurrent users, or perhaps an unlimited number of users.

You will need to be specific in the license about who authorized users are and what site access is authorized. Never assume that unnamed users or sites are included under the license.

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