Group Licensing

 Barbara S. Reich, Co-Chair and Kerry O’Rourke, Co-Chair
Advises and assists in the management of the group licensing initiatives jointly offered by HSLANJ and the NJHA Library. Researches, recommends, and approves vendors; creates criteria for vendor selection; establishes vendor and library relationships; arranges free vendor trials; informal consultation with members by assisting them with their licensing needs; plans and coordinates continuing education and training for members for licensed vendor products; formulates strategies for short and long term group licensing; conducts needs assessments; negotiates pricing; reviews contracts; acts as liaison with vendors for technical and other concerns of participating libraries and markets and promotes initiatives. The fiduciary library for group licensing is the Chair of the committee and members should consist of at least one librarian from the UMDNJ libraries and representation from hospitals with both a large and small bed sizes.