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Chapter Seven. Licensing

Comment: No surprises here. The distinction between ownership and licensed access is clear. By paying for the license, the library does not own a copy of the database content, nor any of the copyright privileges relating to the database. Some vendors offer a digital ownership option that lets libraries purchase digital copies of the content. Just as libraries keep past copies of journal issues after a subscription is cancelled, they