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