American Meteorological Society Journals Online Subscription Agreement
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American Meteorological Society Journals Online Subscription Agreement By this Agreement between the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the Subscribing Institution named below, AMS grants a subscription to the AMS journals online checked below, subject to the Terms and Conditions set forth in paragraphs 1 through 6, all of which are hereby agreed to between AMS and the Subscribing Institution. Physical Address of Subscribing Institution: __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ AMS Journals Online to be authenticated for access: Journal Title Agency Order Number* [ ] Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences [ ] Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology [ ] Journal of Physical Oceanography [ ] Monthly Weather Review [ ] Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology [ ] Weather and Forecasting [ ] Journal of Climate [ ] Journal of Hydrometeorology [ ] Weather, Climate, and Society [ ] Earth Interactions * Subscribing Institutions that receive their print subscriptions via a Subscription Agent (i.e. journal issues are mailed from the AMS to the agent rather than directly to the Subscribing Institution) must provide the Agent’s order number for each of the journals to which the Institution subscribes. License agreements that do not include this information cannot be processed and will be returned to the Subscribing Institution. Institution’s IP addresses or address ranges for these subscriptions (attach additional sheet if necessary):* *List the IP address ranges that need to be authenticated by our server. Those subscribers using a proxy server as a firewall should contact their network administrator for assistance. ___________________to_______________________ ___________________to_______________________ ___________________to_______________________ Please read the following Terms and Conditions. By signing below you certify that you have read and agree to abide by all such Terms and Conditions and you certify that you are authorized to sign this form on behalf of your institution. Subscribing Institution’s name: ____________________________________________________________ Authorized signature: _________________________________________________ Date: _____________ Title of authorized signer: ________________________________________________________________ Library contact person: __________________________________ Email: _________________________ Terms and Conditions 1. Scope of License. Institutional Subscriber Use Restrictions. Under this Agreement, Subscribing Institution is granted a nonexclusive, revocable, nontransferable right and license to access and use the subscribed AMS journals made available to Subscribing Institution on the World Wide Web via the Subscribing Institution’s Internet protocol addresses (IP addresses) and, in connection with the foregoing, to permit Subscribing Institution’s Authorized Users to access the journals and: a. make searches of the subscribed journals; b. download search results to hard disk or diskette; c. make one hard copy of the output of any search; d. to share such hard copy with third parties to the same extent as the print edition or to the extent permitted under fair use provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976; e. to use, with appropriate credit, figures, tables, and brief excerpts from the journals in scientific and educational works or similar work product of the Authorized User, except those portions thereof that are so noted as in the public domain or are U.S. Government works, for which no permission to copy is required. Except as expressly permitted herein, all other uses of the journals or any portion thereof, including republication, resale, systematic reproduction, or storage in a searchable, machinereadable database, or timeshare of the AMS journals database require written permission of the AMS. Authorized Users must be employees, faculty, staff, and students officially affiliated with the Subscribing Institution and patrons of the Subscribing Institution’s library facilities. This includes occasional users who access AMS journals through stations physically located on the site and under the control and administration of the Subscribing Institution. Authorized Users also includes persons affiliated with remote sites or campuses of the Subscribing Institution that are administered from the Subscribing Institution’s site or campus, but not persons affiliated with remote sites or campuses that have separate administrative staffs. This Agreement is enforceable only against and by the parties who have executed it; the Agreement neither creates nor restricts rights to third parties. AMS understands that the Subscribing Institution is unable to practically enforce the terms of the Agreement for third parties. However, AMS asks that the Subscribing Institution agree to make reasonable efforts to take appropriate action should they become aware of any misuse that would violate the terms of the Agreement and that the Subscribing Institution continue to promote an environment that does not allow for abuse of the terms of the Agreement. 2. Terms and Fees. The agreement will last through the end of the calendar year in which the subscription first becomes effective. This Agreement will remain in effect thereafter for successive subscription years so long as annual subscription fees are paid, subject to any new terms and/or conditions required by AMS at that time and shared with Subscribing Institution 30 days in advance. Both AMS and Subscribing Institution have the right to terminate this Agreement at the end of a subscription year by written notice given at least 30 days before the end of the subscription year. Upon termination for nonrenewal of a subscription, Subscribing Institution may continue to use and access those journals to which it previously subscribed, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein. In the event that AMS determines that it will no longer provide the journals over the World Wide Web, AMS may provide Subscribing Institution with access to said subscribed journals in another searchable media format selected by AMS at its sole option. AMS reserves the right to temporarily suspend access without prior notice, to the AMS journals at the IP address from which any violation of this Agreement originates. In the event that either party believes that the other materially has breached any obligations under this Agreement, or if AMS believes that Subscriber has exceeded the scope of the License, such party shall so notify the breaching party in writing. The breaching party shall have 30 days from the receipt of notice to cure the alleged breach and to notify the nonbreaching party in writing that cure has been effected. If the breach is not cured within the 30 days, the nonbreaching party shall have the right to terminate the Agreement without further notice. 3. Technical Assistance and Customer Support. Technical assistance solely related to the online technical aspects of the AMS journals database can be obtained by sending an email to [email protected] or, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. ET, by calling 6172272426 exts. 3911/3912/3913/3914. Problems with a subscription can be addressed by sending email to [email protected] or, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. ET, by calling 6172272426 ext. 3911/3912/3913/3914. 4. Copyright. The Subscribing Institution acknowledges that it has no claim to ownership by reason of its use of or access to the subscribed AMS journals. Except as otherwise provided herein, the journals, their content, and the database are owned by the AMS and are protected by the U.S. Copyright Laws and International Treaty provisions. Downloading or copying of content is permitted to allow Subscribing Institution and its Authorized Users to exercise its rights under this Agreement to the same extent as the print edition of the journal. Other recompiling, copying, publication, or republication of the content, or any portion thereof, in any form or medium whatsoever, may be done only with the specific written permission from AMS. 5. Disclaimer of Warranties — Limitation of Liability. THE SUBSCRIBED JOURNALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE. Further, AMS does not warrant that the Subscribing Institution’s or any Authorized User’s use of the subscribed journals will be uninterrupted or error free, or that the results obtained will be useful or will satisfy the Subscribing Institution’s or any Authorized User’s requirements. Subscribing Institution’s sole and exclusive remedy for damages and/or loss in any way connected with this License shall be limited to the amount of the License Fee. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL AMS BE LIABLE TO SUBSCRIBING INSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER PERSON, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AUTHORIZED USERS, FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF INABILITY TO ACCESS AMS’S JOURNALS OR ERRORS OR INACCURACIES IN THE JOURNAL CONTENT. Additionally, AMS shall