non-community member library access

[Wilhelmina Randtke]

Who can forget JSTOR for Life?
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/10/17/jstor_partners_with_institutions_to_offer_free_access_to_alumni


An article in Inside Higher Ed about libraries offering access to resources
for alumni.  Here is the current list of institutions with alumni access to
JSTOR http://about.jstor.org/participate-jstor/libraries/alumni .

-Wilhemina Randtke

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Brian Harrington <brian at jhu.edu> wrote:

> 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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