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License terms and fees are negotiated by the Chancellor's office and purchasing and invoice processing is done by the individual libraries. Libraries will need to create a vendor for the Chancellor's Office (vendor=SDLC/CO) in the IZ for the Opt-in e-collections. The library will use the CO as a vendor to order and pay for the Opt-in resource. For more details ordering Opt-in resources, see the Acquisition's policy on Ordering using the Alma Network Zone. (Acquisitions task force is discussing shared vendor records-add best practice here if needed) The
The NZ instance must be populated with vendors (material providers and licensors) and funds for Model 2 and vendors (licensors) for Model 3. Negotiated licenses are also required in the NZ to track costs of e-collections for each subscribed library in Model 3 and for one vendor with multiple databases in Model 2.
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