From: Linda Wobbe <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 06:36:29 -0700

Hi Nancy,

I'm not at a public institution, but we have to get legal counsel's
approval if a license is required for a trial.  Even a click-through
agreement. I've got an 8 page one on my desk at the moment. What a
headache!

Linda Wobbe
Saint Mary's College of CA


> On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:48 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Nancy Egan <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:53:38 +0000
>
> Hello. Are there any librarians who work in public institutions who’ve
> had to have legal counsel look over (and approve) a vendor’s licensing
> agreement just to run a database trial?  In one instance here, a
> vendor required a signature for a trial so the lawyer had to sign.
> However, now there’s been some suggestion that any vendor licenses
> should be reviewed before a trial—regardless of whether a signature is
> needed or not. Is this required (or has it been “suggested”) anywhere
> else?
>
> Thanks, Nancy Egan