Dear All

Ok i will look into that -
although i wonder whether something like the British Library document
 supply centre doesn't do the trick?? They are pretty quick


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Bella C. wrote:
> Hello
>
> Could you forward this to Mogg please? This is in response to a email 
> an ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC thread about JSM being available via a 
> database and that you were having problems with licensing issues. I 
> can see why as complex licensing issues quite frankly make your head 
> spin! I thought it easier to mail off list.
>
> Have you had a look at the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) 
> initiatives in the UK? JISC has over the years taken a lead in framing 
> licensing models for use within the academic community (see 
> _http://www.licensingmodels.com/_) and also in researching further 
> application of this with regards to Open Access.  Their website can be 
> found at:_http://www.jisc.ac.uk/
>
> _JISC related sites (and developments in Open Access) might give you 
> some licensing ideas. One such site is: 
> _http://copyrighttoolbox.surf.nl/copyrighttoolbox/_. I wonder if 
> clause 2/ 2 of the model licenses at the above site would enable you 
> to make JSM articles available via a database through libraries?  The 
> aim is to balance the rights of authors and publishers in the digital 
> age (see 
> _http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006/10/jisc-surf-and-wellcome-trust-help.html_ 
> <http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2006/10/jisc-surf-and-wellcome-trust-help.html> 
> for a clear summary). The bonus is that these model licenses are free 
> and designed to be understandable as only lawyers really understand 
> licensing lingo.
>
> The Assocaition of Learned and Professional Society Publishers site 
> may also be able to give you advice (see _http://www.alpsp.org.uk/_).
>
> I'd love to know how you get on as wider access to JSM would be useful 
> to the community. I work in Higher Education so know that licenses are 
> a headache and that freedom of information doesn't mean free 
> information! Also Open Access is still in its early days and the 
> current model that we have will change as publishers get used to the 
> concept. 
>
> All the best
>
> Vanessa Armstrong
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