On-Demand Circulation of Software Licenses: Checking Out Software on Patrons' Own Devices.
The Miami University Libraries (MUL) developed an open-source Software Checkout system to allow patrons to make use of software licenses owned by the library. The system takes advantage of user-based licensing under the Software as a Service (SaaS) license model and vendor-created APIs to easily and...
| Publicado en: | Information Technology & Libraries Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 1 - 16 |
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| Formato: | review tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Library Association
Jun2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=178011114&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 178011114 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 07309295 ITL jtl: Information Technology & Libraries issn: 07309295 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2024 vid: 43 iid: 2 pid: 55 pub: American Library Association place: Chicago, Illinois artinfo: ui: 178011114 178011114 178011114 10.5860/ital.v43i2.16977 178011114 ppf: 1 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: On-Demand Circulation of Software Licenses: Checking Out Software on Patrons' Own Devices. aug: au: Irwin, Ken Bomholt, Michael affil: Web Services Librarian, Miami University sug: subj: Software Licensure Libraries Information Technology Legislation ab: The Miami University Libraries (MUL) developed an open-source Software Checkout system to allow patrons to make use of software licenses owned by the library. The system takes advantage of user-based licensing under the Software as a Service (SaaS) license model and vendor-created APIs to easily and legally assign access to users. The service currently supports Adobe Creative Cloud, Final Cut Pro, and Logic Pro software. MUL has successfully used this software for three years. This article describes the expansion of offerings and the increasing use of the service over that time. Built on a model developed by Pixar for managing employee software licenses, the Software Checkout system is believed to be the first of its kind for circulating licenses to library patrons. Both this lending model and the open-source software developed by MUL are available to other libraries. This paper is intended to prompt libraries to take advantage of the legal and technical environment to expand software license sharing to other libraries. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: review tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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