From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 17:25:18 +0000 Hi, Chuck — This sounds like a fascinating project, and I’ll be very interested to see what results from it. I have one clarifying question. In the message below, you said that you guys had “determined from faculty and student feedback” that you should not purchase ebooks unless they provide for perpetual access/archiving rights, unlimited simultaneous users, and no DRM restrictions of any kind. My question is this: was the message you got from faculty and students that they agreed these are _desirable_ criteria of ebook acquisition, or that they agreed they are _essential_ criteria? The reason I ask is that I can easily imagine a patron saying “I’d prefer to have unlimited and perpetual access with no DRM, but if the only way I can have access to Book X is under conditions less ideal than those, I would rather you buy the book under those less-than-ideal conditions than refrain from buying it.” If, however, your patrons are telling you clearly and specifically that they will _only_ find ebook access acceptable under the terms you’ve described (as opposed to simply agreeing that those terms are preferable), then that would be a very interesting finding. --- Rick Anderson Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication Marriott Library, University of Utah [log in to unmask]