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ASLIB MIDLANDS BRANCH
GETTING TO GRIPS WITH CONTRACTS & LICENCES - 19th March 2004
This course will be of value to anyone who is involved with the purchase of
electronic information. Contracts are complex legal documents, and a
licence enables an organisation to use an information resource within
certain agreements, such as for a certain time or on a particular site.
Agreements only cover specified usage, so it is vital to understand the
terms of an agreement before signing it.
Programme:
2.00 Start - Harry Drummond: Welcome and introductions
2.05 - Olivia Freeman: Contracts and licences for e-resources - made simple
2.40 - Vicky Gardiner: View from the Coalface - a practitioner case study
3.20 - Break for coffee
3.35 - Workshops
4.15 - Finish (approx)
Olivia Freeman's session will help people to understand the mystique and
negotiate the terms and conditions that they sign up to. She will be
talking about the actual licence agreements and give definitions of the
terminology and the things that people should look out for. She will also
indicate some of the areas where they might want to negotiate to get things
to suit their organisations.
Vicky Gardiner will then give a practitioners viewpoint by going through
her companys process of procurement from start to finish, with a focus on
the Battle of the Forms. This will include examples of forms used for
different scenarios, and will highlight terms that may be essential if the
contract is to proceed. She will also present examples of vendors terms
and conditions that could raise conflicts with the buyers required terms
in areas such as contract termination and indemnity/limited liability clauses.
After the break, our two speakers will run a workshop to explore some of
the issues raised in their sessions. For more details about our speakers,
see overleaf.
Date and Time: Friday 19th March 2004, 2.00 - 4.15 p.m.
Venue: Aston University Library, Birmingham.
Session Fee: £45 (£35 for Aslib members).
Booking Contact: Harry Drummond, Harrison Learning Centre,
University of Wolverhampton, St. Peters Square, Wolverhampton WV1 1RH.
Email [log in to unmask]
Tel. 01902 322309.
Aston University is on the edge of Birmingham city centre, about 20 minutes
walk from New Street or Snow Hill stations. The Library is in the centre of
the campus, and the meeting room is on the second floor.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS
Olivia Freeman was Head of Business Information at HSBC Bank, where she
started the service which provides a global service to both bankers and
customers. She now runs training courses on strategic planning, selecting
e-resources and legal issues, and also works as a freelance researcher and
information management specialist. She is a very experienced researcher and
has undertaken major projects on a range of topics. Her particular
expertise is in product development and competitor monitoring in financial
services.
In addition, she is Treasurer of the Aslib Special Interest Group, Kimnet,
and regularly publishes articles and speaks at meetings.
Vicky Gardiner has worked in the information industry for several years and
is currently a Vendor Manager for Ernst & Young LLP and part of a 25 strong
global external content procurement team. Her main role is to manage vendor
relationships across the UK firm, where the aim is to develop a centralised
and consistent approach to buying external content. Existing relationships
are leveraged to get best value, budgets are managed centrally and the
firm's own Terms & Conditions are used wherever possible.
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