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Additional Authorised Users

To meet the wider access requirements generated by new user groups, we have provided a framework for negotiating and licensing online resources. This will enable institutions and the publishers who supply them to manage this extended access in an orderly and legally robust manner.

Learn more about extending access through the Additional Authorised User Initiative by downloading our powerpoint presentation. 

If a publisher or content provider has agreed in principle to an Additional Authorised User Licence for Educational Purposes or an Additional Authorised User Licence for Commercial Purposes, institutions can find these in the Pricing and Subscription Information tab in the Catalogue page for that resource, or for our more recent agreements, some additional authorised user groups are incorporated into the main licence agreement for the resource in question. For further information on the licences, please see the key to definitions below.

Please contact Catherine John to find out which NESLi2 publishers have agreed in principle to the 'Additional Authorised User Licences' for the electronic journal agreements.

Key to Definitions in our current Model Licence

  • "Additional Authorised User Licence - Educational Purposes": means that the use of this licence will provide the framework for institutions to pay for an upgrade to the Model Licence to cover defined user groups, studying and teaching in Partner Organisations within the UK and overseas, for example students studying in a Partner Organisation where the students are not enrolled in the main UK Institution.
  • " Additional Authorised User Licence - Commercial Purposes": means that the use of this licence will provide the framework for institutions to pay for an upgrade to the Model Licence to allow access for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), funded or affiliated to an institution for the purpose of commercial research and development

Further information

If you have any queries on Additional Authorised Users or would like to discuss any specific requirements you may have for user groups at your institution, please contact Catherine John.