From: Allen Jones <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:23:54 -0500 I just spoke to our customer service rep at YBP. He stated the clickthrough license will not be in place for 1/1. Allen Jones Director - Digital Library & Technical Services New School Libraries On Dec 12, 2012, at 21:06, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Denise Novak <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:09:54 +0000 > > Good Morning: I concur with Stephen. Although I haven't even seen > the license in question, from what I've read in all of the posts, our > contracts office will not be pleased and we cannot "click through" > licenses. Just one more thing to be frustrated about with YBP. > > Denise > > Denise D. Novak > Head of Acquisitions > Carnegie Mellon University > Hunt Library > Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Clark, Stephen D" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:25:50 +0000 > > Hey Scott, > > I am not particularly enamored of the license either. My procurement > officer is going to have to negotiate the terms with YBP and we'll see > where we go. In the meantime, if it is required that users click > through the license before entering GOBI the 1st of January, we may > not be able to use the system until negotiations are complete. In my > case, that could take some time. Which actually means that YBP is > going to lose some money since we will not be able to order through > their system. We'll will just have to use one of our other contracted > vendors much more than normal. > > This is a bad move on their part. > > Stephen > > Stephen Clark > Acquisitions Librarian > College of William and Mary > Earl Gregg Swem Library > Williamsburg, VA 23185 > > ________________________________________ > From: Scott Stangroom <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 13:51:04 -0500 > > Hi, > > I would like to know what others who use YBP's services think about > YBP's new GOBI3 License Agreement requirement for 2013 and beyond. As > a longtime and loyal customer, UMass finds the requirement offensive > and the Agreement itself severely wanting. We would not be able to > agree the License terms as written. > > ~Scott > > > Scott Stangroom > Acquisitions Coordinator > University of Massachusetts, Amherst > W.E.B. Du Bois Library > Acquisitions Dept. > Amherst, MA 01003-9275 > [log in to unmask]