Benefits

• up to 50% discount on academic pricing
• flexible commitment periods including a one year option
• preferential rates for renewing institutions

Eligible Institutions

HE and FE in the UK and the Republic of Ireland

Background Information

This is the third 5-year Chest Agreement for ESDU Validated Engineering Data.  The first Agreement commenced on 1st November 1999.

Supplier Details

Owner: IHS (Global) Limited Supplier: Service Provider:

Product Description

ESDU provides validated engineering design data, methods and software that form part of the design process for engineers. The ESDU collection allows students and researchers to explore and optimise design iterations so they may validate their final designs more quickly and easily. ESDU will be of interest to a wide range of engineering students, including mechanical, aerospace, structural and chemical.

For complete product details, please visit the ESDU website.

Access and Identity Management Solution

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Athens
IP Address range
Shibboleth
Username / Password

Technical Function Specification

Key - Available Not Available Additional Cost

Updates

ESDU Validated Engineering Data is updated frequently.

Pricing

Payment Terms

On receipt of a completed Licence, Institutions will be invoiced for the Agreement year in which the Licence is signed.

For the subsequent year, Institutions will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement, on 1 August.

There is monthly prorata charging for Institutions which become licensed partway through a licence year.

All Purchase Orders must be made out to Eduserv and Eduserv's invoices must be paid within 30 calendar days of the date of the invoice.

Agreement Period

Start date: 1 November 2009 End date: 31 October 2014

Institution Commitment Period

Institutions may purchase one-year licences, each terminating on 31 October of the relevant year.  A five year licence may also be purchased, ending on 31 October 2014.

How to Order

One original signed copy of the Schedule 4 (Licence) is required:

• Licence Schedule 4 - Particulars and Signatures (PDF, 482 Kb)   

When completed the form should be returned, along with an Institution Purchase Order for the full amount due plus VAT made out to 'Eduserv', by post to:

Eduserv
Royal Mead
Railway Place
Bath
BA1 1SR

Licence Type

Site licence with normal Eduserv General Licence terms and conditions with Special Conditions (DOC, 55 Kb)  .

What institutions and library services are allowed to do?

Allowed Not Allowed
Inter-Library Loan
Incorporate parts of the licensed materials in printed or electronic course materials
Include material in Jorum or Institutional repositories
Keep a local cached copy for teaching purposes

Who can use the resource?

"Authorised User" means a currently registered student of the Licensee (and shall include distance learners), a faculty member or an employee of the Licensee, that are permitted to have to access the Products under the terms and conditions contained in the General Licence Conditions and Special Licence Conditions (DOC, 55 Kb)  .

Allowed Not Allowed
Any student studying at another institution who is undertaking a course of study leading to a qualification awarded by the Licensee
Teachers of Authorised Users and librarians involved in their instruction and support who are not employed by the Licensed Institution
Retired members of staff of a Licensed Institution
Bona fide members of a Licensee's Alumni Association
Visiting academics, researchers and research supervisors from other educational or research establishments
Visiting students from other educational establishments
Any person associated with the Licensee but not employed by the Licensee such as pastoral and welfare workers or support people
Walk-in Users (a member of the public permitted by a licensed institution to use the library)

What can authorised users do?

Academic use only.  Commerical use is prohibited.

Termination Clauses

Material downloaded under the Agreement before its expiry may continue to be used under the same licence conditions as pertain while the Agreement exists. Upon the expiration or termination of the Agreement, Licensees shall immediately cease all use of ESDU and remove ESDU from all servers on which it has been saved.

Once the Agreement has terminated then no further access to the service and to future publications will be possible unless the Agreement is renewed or extended. If the Agreement is renewed or extended then new conditions will apply. If the Agreement is not renewed then renewal is a matter between Institutions and IHS.

Personal Licences

Personal Licences are not available.

Trials

For a 30 day free trial of this service please contact customer.support@ihs.com 

Technical Support

Support will be provided by IHS via a single contract or a deputy at the institution. IHS support can be contacted at:

• email: customer.support@ihs.com
• phone: 01344 328 300

Product Documentation

Product Documentation is provided online and can be copied.

Training and Training Materials

All queries should be directed to the IHS helpdesk customer.support@ihs.com