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Negotiating licences for digital resources

Title
Negotiating licences for digital resources / Fiona Durrant.
Author
Durrant, Fiona.
Publication
London : Facet, 2006.

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Description
xviii, 149 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-132) and index.
Contents
Who is this book for? -- What is negotiation? -- The aim of this book -- Complementary skills -- Preparation --What are the organization's needs? -- A new subscription -- Renewing a subscription -- Understanding a product and how the organization intends to use it -- Tender requirements -- Agents -- Quotes from the publisher -- Budgetary issues -- MFP (most favored position), WAP (walk away position) and BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement) -- The contract -- The aims of the contract -- The contract as a key part of the preparation process -- Who should read the contract? -- Key sections of the contract -- Standard contracts -- Negotiation -- The method of communication -- Bi-party, consortium and multi-party negotiations -- The publisher and their products -- The relationship between publisher and purchaser -- Being assertive -- Negotiating the price -- The language of negotiation -- Dealing with emotions -- E-mail communications -- Meetings -- Internal negotiations -- Areas for negotiation other than price -- David and Goliath: coping with the powerful -- What if they refuse to negotiate? -- Staff development and communicating negotiation outcome -- Staff development -- Statistics -- Disseminating the results of negotiations -- Recording the outcome of the negotiation -- Negotiation timeline -- Contract length -- Cancellation terms -- Human resources -- Other renewals -- Budgetary data -- Busy times of the year -- Nice-to-do.
Call Number
JBE 08-700
ISBN
  • 9781856045865 (pbk.)
  • 1856045862 (pbk.)
LCCN
2006389299
OCLC
65288738
Author
Durrant, Fiona.
Title
Negotiating licences for digital resources / Fiona Durrant.
Imprint
London : Facet, 2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-132) and index.
Research Call Number
JBE 08-700
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