Useful Links

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These links are provided by the Digital Interest Group for access to practical guidelines, model licenses and related initiatives developed by other libraries, library associations and consortia in negotiating terms and conditions of access to electronic resources.

  • CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians) Electronic Database Services and Consortial Offers
  • The NISO SERU (Shared E-Resource Understanding) Working Group
  • NERL (North East Reserach Libraries) Consortium negotiating principles
  • University of Texas - Office of General Council - Web page providing advice to libraries on analysing contracts for digital resources and data bases 
  • ARL - Strategic and practical considerations for signing electronic information delivery agreements
  • LIBLICENSE Project (Council on Library and Information Resources)
  • JISC Model Licence for Journals
    The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) promotes the innovative application and use of information systems and information technology in further and higher education across the UK. The JISC Model Licence for Journals is the model licence used by JISC staff or agents in negotiations with publishers for JISC journal agreements.
    It is based on the Model NESLi2 (National Electronic Site Licensing Initiative) Licence
  • Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN)
    The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is a collaborative program of Canada's universities. Its mission is to expand the universe of digital information to build research capacity in Canada's universities.
  • IFLA Licensing Principles is available on IFLANET
  • The NSLA (National National & State Libraries Australasia Consortium)
    The Consortium has a Statement of Principles Guiding Licence Negotiation against which vendors' licence agreements are checked before signing. See under the heading Licence Principles.
  • Principles for Licensing Electronic Resources, jointly promulgated by the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association; Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, the Medical Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association.
  • International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC). Statement on Current Perspective and Preferred Practices for the Selection and Purchase of Electronic Information 

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