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NGDA Node Agreements. NDIIPP Partner Meeting July, 2008 Tracey Erwin. NGDA agreements to date. Content Provider Agreement Completed August 2007 Exhibit B (authorized users, authorized uses, management of materials by custodian) Node agreement Procedure Manual.
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NGDA Node Agreements NDIIPP Partner Meeting July, 2008 Tracey Erwin
NGDA agreements to date • Content Provider Agreement • Completed August 2007 • Exhibit B (authorized users, authorized uses, management of materials by custodian) • Node agreement • Procedure Manual
Rationale behind node agreement • Indemnify each node against mistakes made by the other node(s) • Craft agreements that requires few changes • Handle needed changes with updates to procedure manual rather than changes to node agreement • Don’t try to anticipate future legal changes (we will abide by current applicable law)
Node agreement • Agreement to obligations in NGDA Procedure Manual • similar to 2 part structure of Depositor agreement and Exhbit B • Responsibilities and definition of a Content Collection Node • Governance Structure • Responsibility of Members • Indemnification of other nodes • Discontinuance of a node • Applicable law (will follow laws of California)
Procedure Manual • Rules for manual • NGDA Governance structure • Communication between nodes • Meeting frequency • How new nodes are identified • How new nodes join (vetting) • How nodes depart • Acquisition of content www.ngda.org
Web address • To view the Content Provider Agreement and Exhibit B • www.ngda.org - Research -- Rights and Responsibilities