Library Committees

License Review Steering Committee

Charge: Review and negotiate all subscribed or purchased electronic content agreements (licenses) with publishers and vendors. Reviewers also advocate for accessibility standards, perpetual access rights as appropriate, broad use/user terms, vendor/publisher performance standards, and seek to limit risk as key elements of each contract. The steering committee also responds to license-related questions from library staff and users. Record the status of licenses under review and monitor the licensing workflow through execution. The steering committee will disseminate uncommon agreement terms to library units and users of the licensed content where appropriate. The committee will also meet to discuss upcoming and notable issues related to licensing.

Meeting Schedule: Monthly

Term of Service: License reviewers on the team may include individuals from across the libraries. The term of service for each member is ongoing and typically tied to their position responsibilities.

Membership:

  • Director, Scholarly Communication and Collection Strategy (Chair)
  • Head, Collection Strategy
  • Scholarly Communication Librarian
  • Central Collection Strategist
  • DASHRS representatives
  • MARX representatives
  • Medical representative
  • Law representative
  • Head, Data Services
  • Special Projects Librarian
  • Director of Electronic Resources and Serials Management (ERSM)
  • Select members of ERSM (selected by Director of ERSM):
    • Ongoing:
      • Manager of E-Resources Acquisitions
    • As needed:
      • E-Resources Metadata Management Librarian
      • E-Resources Assistant
      • Lead Acquisitions Assistant

Sponsor: Daniel Dollar, AUL, Scholarly Resources

Learn more about accessing and using electronic resources:

https://library.yale.edu/find-request-and-use/use/using-e-resources

https://guides.library.yale.edu/about/policies/e-resources-access-use

If you have questions about operational or workflow issues, please contact the License Review Advisory Group.

Last modified on June 17, 2025 . Contact Andrew Gray to update.