From: Sharon Cardwell <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 21:31:33 +0000 Hello Michele, Not sure if this would apply to your situation, but NISO (National Information Standards Organization) developed SERU (A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding) in May 2012, which includes a clause for Archiving and Perpetual Access. SERU was developed as an alternative to a signed license agreement by providing "best practice" standards for e-resources. To see the SERU document, go to: http://www.niso.org/workrooms/seru/ (the archiving and perpetual access clause is at the end of the document) Best regards, Sharon Cardwell, MLS Librarian, Collection Development UT Southwestern Medical Center Library [log in to unmask] ************** From: "Shipley, Michele" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:10:50 -0400 I have a question about what other libraries consider to be acceptable language in a license agreement covering perpetual access to electronic journal backfiles purchased by the library. Miner Library recently purchased electronic backfiles for several important journals from a major vendor. This was a one-time purchase; Miner now "owns" the backfiles. However the license agreement for the backfiles states that the vendor may decide to stop providing access to the backfiles with a 30 day notice. In the event the vendor stops providing access to the backfiles they will provide an electronic copy to Miner or, if they choose, make the backfiles available through Portico or CLOCKSS. We are being told that this is the industry standard. Has anyone else run into language like this and been able to negotiate a better guarantee of perpetual access? Is this language really the industry standard? Thanks for your help. Michele Michele Shipley, MLS Assistant Director of Digital & Branch Libraries Edward G. Miner Library University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY 14642 [log in to unmask] ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today.