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Revision to Action for Challenge 4 Licensing Principles (formerly Publisher Relations)

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Revision to Action for Challenge 4 Licensing Principles *
Challenge statement: Negotiate collectively with publishers on the best possible access to e-content. *
Licensing Principles. Research libraries will make every effort to sign no licenses that include non-disclosure clauses, and to share among themselves the terms of agreements with all publishers. Public […]

Six Key Challenges for Collection Development (Original Document)

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

*editors note- The Six Key Challenges and Actions for Consideration that were presented to the invited particpants at the Janus Conference on October 9-11, 2005
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Six Key Challenges for Collection Development
1. RECON. Convert to digital form objects currently only available in traditional form.
Action for Consideration: Each research library will transfer 10% of […]

Janus Conference Next Steps

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

*Editors note- the following email was sent to selectors at Cornell by Ross Atkinson November 7,2005. We thought it would be of interest to anyone else reading this blog as well.
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The purpose of the Janus conference, held 9-11 October, was to consider whether and how collection development now needs to evolve in the new information […]

Core Collection. Redrafted Action for Janus Challenge 3

Friday, November 4th, 2005

[Organization to be identified] will sponsor a working group to develop a core collection program whereby participating research libraries would acquire the same core materials in selected subject areas. Participants could opt out of participating in those subject areas in which they collect below a core level. The program would begin with monographs and move […]


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