non-community member library access

[Brian Harrington]

 From the vendor side, Project MUSE defines the user community broadly
basically saying that if you consider someone a patron, and are willing
to manage their access, they can use MUSE:

> A subscription to a Project MUSE collection grants unlimited access
> to the full text of the Journal titles in that collection for
> educational, research, and personal use by the faculty, staff,
> students, alumni, library patrons, and other Authorized Users of the
> Subscriber' s campus/institutional network. Distance learners,
> alumni, and other off-campus affiliates may access Project MUSE if
> their internet access is through the campus network or via a secure
> proxy server.

I know a number of schools charge alumni a small fee and then provide
access to MUSE and other databases that allow alumni access either for
free or for an additional charge.  But I suspect that the business and
STM databases that outsiders would pay real money for are also the ones
with the most restrictive licenses.

I hope this helps,

Brian

-- 
Brian Harrington
Content Development Coordinator
Project MUSE
The Johns Hopkins University Press
brian at jhu.edu


Stew MacLehose wrote:
> Do any academic libraries allow non-community members to access
> electronic resources in ways other than as walk-ins?  I have been
> tasked with finding this out.  All of our license agreements specify
> that access is restricted to authorized users which are defined as
> current faculty, staff and students and (in some cases) walk-in
> users.  Has anyone negotiated access for users not covered in this
> definition? We're pursuing alternative revenue streams and want to
> explore the possibility of allowing non-community members to purchase
> library access.
>
> Thanks, Stew
>
> Stew MacLehose, MLIS, MSEd Director of Digital Services Library
> Services University of New England 716 Stevens Ave. Portland, ME
> 04103 T 207-221-4535 <tel:207-221-4535> F 207-221-4893
> <tel:207-221-4893> smaclehose at une.edu <mailto:smaclehose at une.edu>
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