CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE COMMERCIAL MICROFORM PUBLISHING OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS - GUIDELINES FOR LIBRARIANS AND ARCHIVISTS

Micropublishing is the commercial distribution of information in micro formats by a publisher or an institution acting as a publisher. A cont ract between a library or archives and a microfilm producer might spec ify in detail what the parties expect, define instances of noncomplian ce, and make explicit what rights exist in case of noncompliance. A pr enegotiation assessment can help muster support for a project. In a co ntract the negotiating parties should group and consider the following points: (1) selection. criteria and procedures, (2) filming preparati on and execution, (3) bibliographical control, (4) license to sell, (5 ) compensation and royalty, (6) termination, and (7) miscellaneous. Th e importance of completeness-at reasonable cost-makes fill-in filming worthy of special consideration.