TY - GEN AU - Lipinski,Tomas A. TI - Librarian's legal companion for licensing information resources and services T2 - Legal advisor for librarians, educators & information professionals SN - 9789382423690 U1 - 346.730482 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New Delhi PB - DBS Imprints KW - Copyright licenses KW - United States. KW - Library copyright policies KW - Librarians KW - United States N1 - Includes index; 1. The information acquisition landscape today -- 2. Basic contract law concepts -- 3. Contract formation and enforceability -- 4. Broader legal and policy issues in licensing -- 5. Electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act -- 6. Negotiated and nonnegotiated licenses -- 7. Shrink-wrap, click-wrap, and browse-wrap licenses -- 8. End user license agreements (websites) -- 9. General public licenses, open source agreements, and creative commons agreements -- 10. Basic music and media licenses -- 11. The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act -- 12. The developing law of implied licenses -- 13. The future look of licenses -- 14. A basic licensing glossary -- 15. Four common library licenses deconstructed -- 16. Twenty sample key clauses to look for in content licenses -- 17. Look before you license : 126 questions and answers for evaluating licenses -- Case index -- Subject index -- About the Author N2 - Information literacy and library instruction are at the heart of the academic library's mission. But how do you bring that instruction to an increasingly diverse student body and an increasingly varied spectrum of majors? Here, 17 library instructors share their best practices for reaching out to today's unique users. ER -