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Electronic Expression of Licensing Terms

Electronic Expression of Licensing Terms

Funded by: Book Industry Communication

Project investigators: Steve Probets and Charles Oppenheim

Duration: May 2006 – July 2006

Description: This short project investigated the advantages that electronic expressions of licensing terms would have to the academic library community. Librarians were asked to outline the difficulties that they currently face when dealing with licenses and how various technical solutions would benefit them.

The results of the study were a key input into the development on the ONIX for Licensing Terms (OLT) language which began development in 2006 and enables the key usage terms of a licence to be expressed in electronic form.

Contact: Steve Probets and Charles Oppenheim
Email: s.g.probets@lboro.ac.uk or c.oppenheim@lboro.ac.uk

 

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