From: "Aaron, Amira" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:22:43 +0000 A few weeks ago, I sent a query to this list asking if anyone had used or was familiar with licensing language to ensure that licensed content would be able to be included, indexed and displayed in the discovery system of the library’s choice. There were no replies indicating that such language had been used or even existed. In the meantime, I did see the following language which was suggested by Jirka Kende from the Universitaetsbibliothek der FU Berlin, who also serves as chair of IGeLU (the international Ex Libris users group). I wanted to follow up to the list with this information and wonder if there are any initial thoughts about it. Again, I think that this is a very important issue which librarians need to keep in the forefront with publishers and content providers. ***** "[Vendor] shall make / shall continue making the content listed below available through Discovery Service Provider such as Ex Libris¹ Primo Central Index, Serial Solutions¹ Summon, EBSCO¹s EDS, OCLC' WorldCat Local, etc. on a non-exclusive basis, to be used by such Discovery Service Providers for indexing and discovery purposes. [Vendor] shall make reasonable efforts to provide the Discovery Service Provider, on an on-going basis, with as comprehensive content for indexing as possible citation metadata (including without limitations subject headings and keywords), abstract and full-text, all as available to facilitate optimal discovery of the content for the benefit of [Library] users. [Vendor] shall not discriminate between the world's leading Discovery Service Providers listed above. Discovery Service Providers should be treated equal, thus giving [Library] the freedom to contract their preferred Discovery Service Providers. For each of the [databases/collections/packages] listed below, [Vendor] shall provide - in addition to basic citation metadata also the following: /[Database name] Subject headings / keywords / abstracts / full-text/ /[Database name] Subject headings / keywords / abstracts / full-text/ Etc." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amira Aaron Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources Northeastern University Libraries Boston, MA 02115 [log in to unmask]