Planning and designing new services
It is important to consider how new services which you may be planning comply with the law and with the contracts that you have with the suppliers of bibliographic records. The planning process may be a good time to reflect more generally on the licences you have for the use of bibliographic records.
- Express clearly what you want to do with your records – using the standard glossary provided in this resource, and the use cases will help you clearly define what you aim to do
- Audit the compliance of these new service requirements at the planning stage.
- Be particularly clear about the commercial nature of your service - what you count as non-commercial may not align with what your suppliers do! This licence term will allow you to undertake all activities with the exception of commercial supply - try and include it in your contracts.
If your compliance audit suggests potential problems, the planning stage of a new service provides a good opportunity to negotiate, and to head off potential problems in future. During these negotiations, bear in mind how your requirements for using your bibliographic records may evolve in future; if it is possible to negotiate permissive licences (or even open data licensing) this will aid future service developments.
Take a look at the Use Cases to get ideas for new services which utilise bibliographic records.