Publishers interested in participating in NESLi2 SMP must meet some pricing and licensing requirements:
- prices must be based on discounts off standard prices and use JISC Banding
- offers should be open to all institutions covered by JISC Collections. This includes all Universities, Colleges of Further Education, Research Councils in the United Kingdom, and the British Library
- publishers must be a member of the UK Access Management Federation and implement compliant technologies
- publishers must be COUNTER compliant and appear on the list of compliant publishers on the COUNTER website
- publishers must agree to provide JISC Collections with annual details of all institutions subscribing through the NESLi2 SMP initiative
- publishers must use the NESLi2 Model Licence
Acceptance of the following clauses in the NESLi2 Model Licence are also a prerequisite to participation:
- Definitions
- 3.1.3.3 Printing
- 3.1.3.4 Inclusion in course packs
- 3.1.3.5 Copy
- 3.1.3.6 Inter Library Loan
- 3.2 Copyright Act
- 5.1.1 Availability from commencement of sub period
- 5.1.2 Electronic copy availability
- 5.1.3 Uninterrupted access
- 5.1.5 Sufficient capacity
- 5.1.11 Dark Archive
- 5.2 Withdrawal of material and the refund
- 8.4-8.10 Post-termination and archiving clauses
- 9.2 Databases rights of the licensee
- 10 Representations, warranties and indemnification
- 13.1 Governing Law
