Multinational lizenzierung im rahmen von knowledge exchange

The competency network Knowledge Exchange was established in 2005 at the instigation of four European organizations which have actively shaped the structural frameworks for the academic and research sectors: the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Danish Electronic Research Library (DEFF), the British Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Dutch SURFfoundation. Based on the overriding goal of enabling optimal access to content knowledge at universities and in the research sector, a steering committee was set up in 2006 with the primary task of developing and implementing a model for pan-national licensing. The method chosen by this expert group involved a Europe-wide call for proposals within the EU Competitive Dialog process and ultimately lead to supra-national basic contracts with five providers of scientific information. This article describes the individual steps of this process and offers an interim evaluation of the opportunities and limitations of multinational licensing within the context of Knowledge Exchange.