Joint press release of the Scientific and Professional Publishers of the Dutch Publishers Association (WPU) and the co-operative body Innovation Scientific Information Supply (IWI)

9 July 1998

Publishers and scientific institutions are to work together more closely Covenant for user licences for electronic scientific information.

The Scientific and Professional Publishers of the Dutch Publishers Association (WPU) and the scientific educational and research institutions that are participating in the co-operative body Innovation Scientific Information Supply (IWI), have agreed on joint principles for entering into licensing agreements for electronic information. In addition, they have agreed to an experiment into interlibrary loans in an electronic environment.

The WPU/IWI covenant and the complete text of the press release can be consulted on the website of the Stichting SURF (SURF Foundation):
http://www.surfbureau.nl/iwicovenant.htm
http://www.surfbureau.nl/iwipress.htm

For further information please contact:
Mr A.D.H. Fockema Andreae, director of the Dutch Publishers Association T + 31 20 4309150
Mrs mr C.G.E. van Hattem, PR-manager IWI/Stichting SURF T + 31 30 2346600