From: Linda Wobbe <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:45:21 -0800

Dear Dr. Johannsen,

I am happy to say that I have successfully used SERU for several
transactions at Saint Mary's College in CA.  As a member of the
License Review Committee for the Statewide California Electronic
Library Consortium, we have also successfully used SERU for several
consortial purchases.

Vendors I have worked with successfully in using SERU include
Springer, Ambrose Video, American Psychological Association (for the
minor online document they site in the SERU Registry), Ammons, Duke,
Maney, Naxos and Project Euclid.

I suggest you contact the person listed in the Registry for best success.
http://www.niso.org/workrooms/seru/registry/

Good Luck!

...Linda

Linda Wobbe
Head, Collection Management
Saint Mary's College Library
Moraga, CA 94575-4290


On 2/27/13 4:46 PM, LIBLICENSE wrote:

> From: "Johannsen, Dr. Jochen" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:03:15 +0100
>
> Dear List,
>
> I’ve been in contact recently with colleagues from German libraries
> and with publishers as well, regarding the use of the NISO Shared
> Electronic Resource Understanding SERU instead of license
> (http://www.niso.org/workrooms/seru). SERU seems not to be used in
> Germany and is only known to a  few. Even representatives of companies
> listed at the SERU registry had to ask what SERU is. I’ve learned that
> SERU is being translated into Danish an Dutch, so SERU seems to be
> more on the agenda elsewhere.
>
> Planning to give a talk on SERU on the German Library Congress in
> march it would be interesting for me to hear from librarians around
> the world about their practical experiences with SERU. Please don’t
> hesitate to contact me directly if you domn’t want to answer on the
> list.
>
> Best regards
>
> Jochen
>
> Dr. Jochen Johannsen
> Leiter Bestandsaufbau
> Badische Landesbibliothek
> Erbprinzenstr. 15
> D-76133 Karlsruhe
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> www.blb-karlsruhe.de