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["Selden Lamoureux" <selden_lamoureux@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stacy.  Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments.  We're especially 
interested in your concerns about replacing the current SERU (which is what we 
had been thinking of doing) and moving away from "subscriber" to the more 
generic "acquiring institution."  If this would make you less likely to use 
SERU, we must hear from you!

I'm attaching another copy of the draft and hope that the track changes feature 
makes it through the listserv this time.  I'm not sure why it didn't take 
previously, but have attached directly from the file (rather than copy from 
another email).  Please let me know if it doesn't get through and I will send 
copies individually.

And please do let us know your thoughts.
Thanks.
Selden

>>> electroniclib <electroniclib@xxxxxxxx> 8/18/2011 8:10 PM >>>
Please forgive my confusion but is this supposed to REPLACE the existing 
(serial oriented) SERU document RP-7-2008 or operate in tandem with that 
document and cover only e-books/monographic content?

If it is the former, I personally would greatly miss some of the specificity in 
the perpetual access section.  This is our greatest (practical) concern and I'd 
hate for efforts to have this more generally apply in various cases potentially 
muddy the waters.  For us, the loss of the 2 little words "subscribed content" 
would raise all kinds of questions about temporary vs perpetual access to 
journal backfiles, etc...
I know that the Acquisition section says that this should be clarified "at the 
outset" but this is one area where it seems that practices and posted terms 
shift over time and with subscriptions purchased and paid in great volume we 
usually can only be sure of the years we paid. 

I'm not able to read this in Track Changes mode--is anyone else having this 
problem and perhaps that is causing me to misread this document?  Perhaps you 
could re-send?

Thank you for putting this out for comments!


Stacy C. Nelson
Head, Serials and Electronic Resources Division
Acquisitions Dept, Geisel Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr. 0175A
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
(858) 534-0288





-----Original Message-----
From: seruinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:seruinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Selden Lamoureux
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 11:47 AM
To: seruinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [seruinfo] Invitation to comment on SERU draft for ebooks



***please excuse cross posting***


You may be a aware that the SERU Standing Committee has been reconstituted and 
we have been asked to revise SERU to include ebooks.  As a supporter of SERU we 
are seeking your comments on the preliminary Draft before it is posted for 
public review.

The attached Draft shows revisions to the original.  For a clean copy to review 
you can "accept all changes" under the "Review" tab in Word.  The current 
version, approved in 2008, is available for comparison on the SERU website at 
http://www.niso.org/publications/rp/RP-7-2008.pdf.

You'll notice that "subscriber" is replaced by "acquiring institution", 
"publisher" by "provider" and there are changes to other wording in, for 
example, the Use of Materials section.  Please feel free to contact Selden 
Lamoureux or Judy Luther with questions, or email comments to us.

We would appreciate your response by Wednesday, August 31.   Following further 
internal review SERU will then be posted for public comment in October with the 
expectation that it can be available for use in early 2012.

Your input is an essential part of SERU's success.  Thank you so much for your 
continuing support.

Selden Lamoureux
919-513-2728 EDT
selden_lamoureux@xxxxxxxx<mailto:Selden_Lamoureux@xxxxxxxxx>

Judy Luther
610-645-7546  EDT
judy.luther@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:judy.luther@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

CoChairs SERU Standing Committee for NISO

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