From: Donald Taylor <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:25:24 -0800 Deborah, Did Westlaw provide an explanation of the clause and did they actually state to you that they don't want people to be able to view the URL that takes them to the resource? I read the clause as an awkward way of saying the subscriber agrees to limit access to Campus Research to authorized users (perhaps Westlaw will not allow walk-in users?). In this case, if you use ez-proxy, you would just use your regular proxy configuration, and if walk in users are not allowed then you route the on-campus users through the proxy as well so that they are forced to authenticate when on campus. Best regards, Don --------------------------------------------------------- Donald Taylor University Copyright Officer & Research Repository Coordinator SFU Library, Burnaby BC 778.782.9705 ________________________________ From: Deborah Lenares <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:22:42 -0500 Hello Liblicense friends, We are negotiating a license for Campus Research though Westlaw Thomson Reuters. They include the following in Schedule A for Educational Institutions 8. Subscriber’s Security Obligations. Subscriber agrees to provide its own security to limit access to the Campus Research URL. Subscriber must design, configure and implement its own security configuration. The way I read this we would not be able to put the URL to this product in our (publicly accessible) catalog, or on any (publicly accessible) library web pages, libguides, or in our (publicly accessible) link resolver. They have refused to remove or alter the wording. I see two options: 1. not to renew; or, 2. renew and remove the URL for all of the above, and then cancel next year because it has not been used. Any thoughts? Best, Deborah Lenares Manager Acquisitions and Resource Sharing Science Collection Management Librarian Clapp Library - Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481 [log in to unmask]