From: Sunshine Carter <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 08:23:23 -0600 This message is an invitation to participate in a NISO supported survey about the licensing practices of libraries and content providers. To take this survey, you must have some licensing responsibility at either a library (or other content purchasing institution) or publisher (or other content provider). If this does not describe your role, please feel free to forward this survey to the person in your organization who has licensing responsibility. This survey should take about 10 minutes to complete and will close December 1, 2017 (end of day). To take this survey please click on the link below: http://z.umn.edu/licensingsurvey The survey questions will ask about your organization's general licensing practices and use of NISO's SERU (Shared Electronic Resource Understanding). Whether or not your organization uses NISO SERU, your response will be important to understand the adoption of NISO SERU, reveal factors that increase or decrease the adoption of NISO SERU and could inform future revisions of NISO SERU. Some things to consider before taking this survey: Several of the questions ask for approximate numbers. Please use your best estimate to approximate your answers. The terms "license" and "contract," for the purposes of this survey, are used interchangeably. You may be assured of complete confidentiality. Any contact information you provide will be used for validation purposes only and to identify multiple responses from the same organization. The data will be reported only in the aggregate and no individual or institution will be identified. Taking part in this survey is completely voluntary. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you, -- Sunshine J. Carter Electronic Resources Librarian & ERM Unit Manager University of Minnesota Libraries 309 19th Avenue S. Minneapolis, MN 55455 Tel: 612-625-5615 [log in to unmask]