[Web4lib] New York Times opens TimesSelect to .edu for free

[Amy Fry]

I'm also wondering if any academic libraries out there recently 
purchased access to this content through ProQuest. We did, almost a year 
ago. Now it appears to be free to all our users anyway - and without the 
time lag for updates! What are your reactions?

Amy Fry
Academic Librarian-Electronic Resources
Gustavus Adolphus College
Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library
800 W. College Ave.
St. Peter, MN 56082
phone: 507.933.7631
fax: 507.933.6292
afry at gac.edu
http://homepages.gac.edu/~afry/



Paul R. Pival wrote:

> Rich et al, actually it's not just .edu addresses - I just 
> successfully registered with my ucalgary.ca address, so it's either 
> *really* an honor system, and/or they have a list of schools outside 
> the US they recognize.  Either way, you can apparently add however 
> million users of higher ed in Canada to your 15.9 million count...  
> (looks like just over 1 million students here, plus however many 
> faculty/staff...)
>
> Paul R. Pival
> Distance Education Librarian
> 213E MLT
> University of Calgary
> Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4    
> *Phone:
> Toll Free:
> Fax:
> IM:
> Website:*
>     (403) 220-2119
> 1 (866) 210-9637
> (403) 282-6837
> MSN, AIM, Yahoo! 
> <http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/libraryconnection/contactus.php>
> Library Connection 
> <http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/libraryconnection/>
>
>
>
> Richard Wiggins wrote:
>
>> The New York Times is opening TimesSelect for free to people who 
>> register
>> from a .edu address.
>>
>> I bet they are going to see a lot more leakage than they realize.  
>> They are
>> calling it an honor system but I can see a grey or even black market 
>> in .edu
>> mailboxes for people who want to read The Times online for free.  
>> There are
>> 15.9 million college students in the U.S., and countless alums with .edu
>> addresses, not to mention moms and dads who just will ask junior to 
>> sign 'em
>> up.   The Times is down to 1M paid daily subscribers.
>>
>> /rich
>>
>> ...TimesSelect will be available for free to all registered college 
>> students
>> and faculty with a .edu in their e-mail addresses. TimesSelect is
>> NYTimes.com's paid offering that provides exclusive access to 22 
>> columnists
>> of The Times and the International Herald Tribune as well as an array of
>> other services, including access to The Times's archives, advance 
>> previews
>> of various sections and tools for tracking and storing news and 
>> information.
>> Current student subscribers will receive pro-rated refunds for their
>> previously paid subscriptions. College students interested in 
>> registering
>> for free TimesSelect subscriptions should go to
>> www.nytimes.com/universityfor more information.
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