From: Lisa Spagnolo <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 04:21:50 +0000

Hello Maurine and all,

At UC Davis, we support the main campus as well as a medical center
and its library in the next county, in addition to a couple of other
centers in other parts of the state. Our standard license language
(based on that used by the California Digital Library for all of UC)
focuses on authorized users affiliated with the Davis campus as the
licensee, regardless of where they are located physically. In most
cases we are able to include all of the IP ranges we administer and it
has not been an issue.

There are a few cases, particularly for health sciences content, where
we see the geographic site restriction. In cases where the cost of
licensing for all of our locations would be prohibitive, we
occasionally license just for the  medical center and its IP ranges,
and include the IP range of library staff in the main library in order
to perform administrative tasks.

I know I have come across some standard agreements that define "site"
as reporting to the same administrative structure. That might be
preferable where the licensor includes any language defining site at
all.

Lisa

Lisa Spagnolo
Acquisitions Librarian
Content Support Services Department
Shields Library, University of California Davis
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Sweeney, Maurine" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:59:27 +0000

I’m curious how other libraries are dealing with ‘authorized sites’ as
different institutions are partnering in new ways.  For example, we
are an academic health sciences library for a university with
educational, research and clinical components, including two hospitals
staffed in part by University faculty.  We have acquired and built new
clinics and in the near future will be partnering with another
hospital system in a joint facility.  All of the new clinics share the
same administrative structure and are part of the University.  All of
the ‘sites’ use the same IP range.  It seems to me as though the
‘authorized sites’ concept is becoming an outmoded way of thinking
about organizations but I am interested to hear what others have to
say and how you handle it with your licenses.

Thank you,

Maurine