Schedule: Provider: [Name and principal place of business]

Schedule: Acquiring Institution: [Name and principal place of business]

SERU: The acquiring institution is generally understood to be a single institution. In cases of ambiguity, the provider and acquiring institution will explicitly agree on a definition of the acquiring institution and the pricing that applies to it.

Schedule: Acquired Content: [Name and/or description]

SERU: The authorized user population will be defined in institutionally appropriate ways that respect the business interests of the provider. The provider will rely upon the acquiring institution’s judgment in defining its user community, but may challenge any interpretation that it considers damaging to its interests. Unless agreed to otherwise, the following authorized user definitions are generally accepted by both providers and acquiring institutions:
Academic Libraries (such as school, community college, college, and university libraries): Authorized users of the content include the institution’s currently enrolled students, emeritus and current faculty, current affiliated and visiting researchers, current regular and contract staff, and other users granted access to the campus/institutional network. Alumni are not considered part of the authorized user community unless explicitly agreed to between the provider and acquiring institution.

SERU: The acquisition of the provider’s electronic resource allows an acquiring institution and its authorized users access to the content. The number of concurrent users is not restricted unless otherwise explicitly agreed upon by the provider and the acquiring institution.

SERU: Authorized users may access content from remote locations. Visitors to the organization, such as walk-in users, are also allowed to use the content while on the acquiring institution’s premises but are understood to lose this access upon departure and are excluded from remote access privileges.

SERU: Some of the accepted uses include interlibrary loan and ad hoc sharing of single articles and chapters by individuals for purposes of scholarship or private study. Linking to the content of the provider’s site for use in courses is also acceptable.

SERU: Some of the accepted uses include interlibrary loan and ad hoc sharing of single articles and chapters by individuals for purposes of scholarship or private study. Linking to the content of the provider’s site for use in courses is also acceptable.

SERU: While interlibrary loan of printed books has been a standard, accepted practice since the Nineteenth Century, there is no current consensus or standardized technology pertaining to interlibrary lending of e-books. Providers and acquiring institutions may choose to describe a mutually acceptable process in their quotes and purchase orders.

SERU: The acquisition of the provider’s electronic resource allows an acquiring institution and its authorized users access to the content. The number of concurrent users is not restricted unless otherwise explicitly agreed upon by the provider and the acquiring institution.

SERU: Authorized users may access content from remote locations. Visitors to the organization, such as walk-in users, are also allowed to use the content while on the acquiring institution’s premises but are understood to lose this access upon departure and are excluded from remote access privileges.

SERU: Some of the accepted uses include interlibrary loan and ad hoc sharing of single articles and chapters by individuals for purposes of scholarship or private study. Linking to the content of the provider’s site for use in courses is also acceptable.

SERU: Some of the accepted uses include interlibrary loan and ad hoc sharing of single articles and chapters by individuals for purposes of scholarship or private study. Linking to the content of the provider’s site for use in courses is also acceptable.

SERU: Authorized users may access content from remote locations. Visitors to the organization, such as walk-in users, are also allowed to use the content while on the acquiring institution’s premises but are understood to lose this access upon departure and are excluded from remote access privileges.

SERU: Some of the accepted uses include interlibrary loan and ad hoc sharing of single articles and chapters by individuals for purposes of scholarship or private study. Linking to the content of the provider’s site for use in courses is also acceptable.

SERU: The acquiring institution recognizes that the material provided as part of the acquisition is a valuable business asset of the provider and that misuse of this material, such as unauthorized resale or systematic redistribution, could negatively affect the provider’s business. Both providers and acquiring institutions will make reasonable efforts to prevent the misuse of the content and limit access to authorized users, and will not knowingly allow unauthorized users to gain access.

SERU: The acquiring institution recognizes that the material provided as part of the acquisition is a valuable business asset of the provider and that misuse of this material, such as unauthorized resale or systematic redistribution, could negatively affect the provider’s business. Both providers and acquiring institutions will make reasonable efforts to prevent the misuse of the content and limit access to authorized users, and will not knowingly allow unauthorized users to gain access.

SERU: The acquiring institution recognizes that the material provided as part of the acquisition is a valuable business asset of the provider and that misuse of this material, such as unauthorized resale or systematic redistribution, could negatively affect the provider’s business. Both providers and acquiring institutions will make reasonable efforts to prevent the misuse of the content and limit access to authorized users, and will not knowingly allow unauthorized users to gain access.

SERU: The acquiring institution recognizes that the material provided as part of the acquisition is a valuable business asset of the provider and that misuse of this material, such as unauthorized resale or systematic redistribution, could negatively affect the provider’s business. Both providers and acquiring institutions will make reasonable efforts to prevent the misuse of the content and limit access to authorized users, and will not knowingly allow unauthorized users to gain access.

SERU: The acquiring institution recognizes that the material provided as part of the acquisition is a valuable business asset of the provider and that misuse of this material, such as unauthorized resale or systematic redistribution, could negatively affect the provider’s business. Both providers and acquiring institutions will make reasonable efforts to prevent the misuse of the content and limit access to authorized users, and will not knowingly allow unauthorized users to gain access.

SERU: The acquiring institution recognizes that the material provided as part of the acquisition is a valuable business asset of the provider and that misuse of this material, such as unauthorized resale or systematic redistribution, could negatively affect the provider’s business. Both providers and acquiring institutions will make reasonable efforts to prevent the misuse of the content and limit access to authorized users, and will not knowingly allow unauthorized users to gain access.

SERU: An online acquisition generally involves both content and service provision. Content with a print equivalent should be replicated online in as complete and timely a manner as possible.

SERU: Performance expectations for accessing the content include: generally uninterrupted availability, maintenance windows scheduled to minimize subscriber disruption, and sufficient bandwidth and system capacity to provide response time comparable to that experienced by users of similar websites.

SERU: Providers recognize the importance of working with industry standards and best practices for online information delivery as these standards are developed and validated in the marketplace. Appropriate areas in which standards and best practices currently exist include: identifiers, usage statistics, link resolution, accessibility, and authentication.

SERU: Providers and acquiring institutions recognize the need to be clear where there are as yet no established standards or best practices.

SERU: Both acquiring institutions and providers recognize a responsibility to preserve electronic resources. In order to ensure future access, providers should provide for secure archiving of the content to the extent that developing industry models allow, either by the acquiring institution or a trusted third party.

SERU: Unless otherwise agreed, the acquiring institution will retain access to the digital content in perpetuity either at the provider’s site, from a copy maintained by the acquiring institution, or from a third party archive.

SERU: The means of implementing perpetual access and securing a trusted third party to archive content may vary from case to case.

SERU: The acquiring institution receives the right to use the content of the electronic resource(s) for a specified period through payment of an agreed upon fee. The nature and extent of the content should be clarified at the outset, including whether the acquisition constitutes a perpetual purchase or an access of limited duration, and whether access is provided to content that is additional to the electronic resource being acquired.

SERU: Providers may charge a reasonable annual fee to recover their costs for providing continuing access following termination of a subscription or for preparing archival copies.

SERU: The provider has secured the rights necessary to provide access to the content to the acquiring institution.

SERU: Use of the content is generally governed by applicable copyright law. For acquiring institutions in the United States, U.S. Copyright Law governs the use of content. Authorized uses include any uses permitted under the appropriate existing copyright law, including, where applicable, uses permitted as fair use.

SERU: Use of the content is generally governed by applicable copyright law. For acquiring institutions in the United States, U.S. Copyright Law governs the use of content. Authorized uses include any uses permitted under the appropriate existing copyright law, including, where applicable, uses permitted as fair use.

SERU: The acquiring institution recognizes that the material provided as part of the acquisition is a valuable business asset of the provider and that misuse of this material, such as unauthorized resale or systematic redistribution, could negatively affect the provider’s business. Both providers and acquiring institutions will make reasonable efforts to prevent the misuse of the content and limit access to authorized users, and will not knowingly allow unauthorized users to gain access.

SERU: While the acquiring institution cannot control user behavior, an obligation to inform users of appropriate uses of the content is acknowledged, and the acquiring institution will cooperate with the provider to resolve problems of inappropriate use.

SERU: When questionable activity such as systematic downloading is detected, providers should notify the acquiring institution as soon as possible. If the acquiring institution detects inappropriate use, providers should be notified as soon as possible. Both providers and acquiring institutions should strive to resolve the incident quickly.

SERU: Suspension of access for the acquiring institution by a provider may be necessary but should be an action of last resort and, if possible, notification should precede any suspension of access. Because legitimate activity (for example, access from a proxy server address or authorized data mining for research purposes) can sometimes be mistaken for systematic abuse, whenever possible providers should employ appropriate techniques to detect true misuse and follow industry standards in this area as they emerge.

SERU: The acquiring institution and the provider respect the privacy of the users of the content and will not disclose or distribute personal information about the user to any third party without the user’s consent unless required to do so by law. The provider should develop and post its privacy policy on its website.