[Eril-l] Vendors Using DocuSign

[Mackinder, Lisa]

I don't like to electronically sign anything.  It makes our record-keeping a mess.  And to complicate matters, I handle all negotiations but am not the signatory, so electronic signatures are problematic from that perspective, too.

I've found that I can download the agreement from Docusign, print it & have my signatory actually sign the printed document, then scan the signed document and upload it back to the Docusign link.  When I do this, I always let my rep know so s/he can be on the lookout.


Lisa Mackinder | Head of Acquisitions and Collections Services
Alden Library | Ohio University
740-593-2707 | mackinde at ohio.edu<mailto:mackinde at ohio.edu>

From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Bhatt, Anjana
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 5:00 PM
To: Rodriguez, Allyson <Allyson.Rodriguez at unt.edu>; eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Vendors Using DocuSign

We are...Proquest is the vendor who would not do anything other than DOCUSIGN for new orders and license agreements. Luckily our legal department is working with us.  It gets tedious when we have to do amendments or just renewals but so far we are managing.  And to make the matters worse, initially, their DOCUSIGN stuff did not work properly and we had to either wait or request it again and again or repeat the process again and again.  Sigh! I also recall some other vendors , Thomas Reutoers, for example who sends me stuff through DOCUSIGN.


Anjana

Thanks & Regards.
Anjana.

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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Rodriguez, Allyson
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 4:49 PM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: [Eril-l] Vendors Using DocuSign

Hi,

Has anyone experienced a vendor sending license and contract agreements through DocuSign and not making the agreements accessible in another way unless asked each time a new agreement is needed including renewal licenses? We are dealing with this and our legal department will not allow us to use DocuSign. This means extra steps in dealing with the license negotiations and takes up more time and staff effort. How are you handling this issue if you are experiencing it at all?

Thank you for your collective knowledge,

Allyson Rodriguez
Electronic Resources Librarian
University of North Texas Libraries<http://www.library.unt.edu/>
allyson.rodriguez at unt.edu<mailto:allyson.rodriguez at unt.edu>

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