The Acquisition Process and Principles
In the acquisition of e-resources, FinELib adheres to the licensing policy and principles approved by the FinELib Consortium.
The licensing policy is based on internationally approved licensing principles with additions and adjustments made by the FinELib Consortium.
A basic principle in the FinELib licensing policy is that resources are licensed for the whole organisation, not, e.g., for a single faculty or a separate unit. Also, the minimum number of subscribers of any one resource is four organisations. FinELib will not negotiate agreements for fewer than four consortium members.
In its licensing policy FinELib pays attention to the central issues in acquisition, such as perpetual access, terms of use, contractual liability issues and the availability of usage statistics.