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Agreement end: 31 December 2020
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End date: 31 December 2020
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Shibboleth |
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IP address range |
Yes |
Username / Password |
No |
EZProxy |
Yes |
Referring URL |
No |
The supplier confirms that throughout the term of the agreement the products will comply with the standards indicated.
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Search & retrieve SRW/SRU |
No |
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Harvesting |
Metadata OAI-PMH |
No |
No |
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Yes |
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Metadata Standards |
Yes |
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No |
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Embargo Periods |
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N/A |
Digital Preservation |
Yes |
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No |
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Yes |
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Usage Statistics |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Accessibility |
Yes, Emerald aims to make all public Web pages meet level AA, and will aspire to meet level AAA where possible within resource constraints. Emerald's Accessibility Statement |
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Personalisation features |
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Yes* |
Service Levels |
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No |
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On receipt of a completed Order, Institutions will be invoiced for the Agreement year in which the Licence is signed.
There is monthly pro-rata charging for Institutions which become licensed partway through a licence year.
Chest is an Enterprise of Jisc. All Purchase orders must be made out to JISC, 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB
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Please send purchase orders and any other files relating to your Chest order by email to help@chest.ac.uk or by mail to Chest (a Jisc Enterprise), 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB
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The effective termination date will be the following 31 December.
The Licensee does not retain the right to access the material published in the year(s) in which they subscribed.
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Keep a local cached copy for Educational Purposes |
Yes |
Incorporation of parts of the Licensed Material |
Yes |
Deposit learning and teaching objects in repositories |
Yes |
Interlibrary loan |
Yes |
User |
On site |
Remote access |
Students |
No |
No |
Staff |
Yes |
Yes |
Walk-in users |
No |
No |
Alumni members |
Yes |
Yes |
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Exclusions:
Personal licences are not available under this Agreement.
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