From: Brett <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 08:20:42 +0300

Qatar has had a national license for a number of propriety databases and
operates the Bloomsbury Qatar open access family of journals.

I'm on the systems/electronic resources side, so my concerns centre around
integration and management.

The national license though the Qatar National Library is only a few years
old. The concerns we have run into centre around lack of control, lack of
ability to customize, access through EZproxy for out-of-country researchers
and the impact this could have on funding levels.

Please feel free to contact me off-list for more details.

Brett Williams
Systems Librarian
College of the North Atlantic - Qatar


On Sunday, May 3, 2015, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 10:02:01 -0400
>
> Hello, All:  About a month ago, a URL was circulated for an HEPI
> report called, "Open Access:  Is a National License the answer?"
>
> I've read it over a couple of times and don't understand it very well.
> Is that because it's aimed at a UK situation that doesn't apply
> elsewhere?  How would this work?  If anyone on this list has any
> further insights, they would be appreciated.
>
> http://www.hepi.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/openaccess_v3_web.pdf
>
> Thank you, Ann