From: Linda Wobbe <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 06:36:29 -0700 Hi Nancy, I'm not at a public institution, but we have to get legal counsel's approval if a license is required for a trial. Even a click-through agreement. I've got an 8 page one on my desk at the moment. What a headache! Linda Wobbe Saint Mary's College of CA > On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:48 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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