[Web4lib] NISO’s Shared E-Resource Understanding (SERU) – New Publisher (Taylor & Francis)

[Cynthia Hodgson]

The "Shared Electronic Resource Understanding" is a Recommended Practice 
document from the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). It 
offers publishers and librarians the opportunity to save both the time 
and the costs associated with a negotiated and signed license agreement 
by agreeing to operate within a framework of shared understanding and 
good faith. The document (RP-7-2008) is available for free download 
here: http://www.niso.org/workrooms/seru. The website also provides 
additional materials to help publishers and libraries adopt a SERU 
approach including a registry of publishers who wish to use SERU with 
any of their products and librarians who would like to request that SERU 
apply to some of their products.

The lastest addition to the SERU Registry is Taylor & Francis, a leading 
international academic publisher. Margaret Donahue Walker, North 
American Journals Sales Director for Taylor & Francis stated on joining, 
"SERU doesn’t do away with contracts. It just sets mutually implicit 
terms and conditions if we chose to forego the long process of 
negotiating a full license agreement. Many of our current customers and 
consortia contacts are signed up, as well. This means we can expedite 
orders and deliver content to end users without delay." 

If you would like more information on using SERU or joining the 
registry, please contact Karen Wetzel, NISO Standards Program Manager, 
kwetzel at niso.org.

Note: This message was cross-posted.
 

Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson at niso.org <mailto:chodgson at niso.org>
Phone: 301-654-2512