http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/i-wonder-wednesday-alumni-access-to-licensed-e-resources/ Linking librarians, publishers and vendors Sat, 18 May 2013 19:36:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/01/i-wonder-wednesday-alumni-access-to-licensed-e-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-40139 Ramune Kubilius Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:36:16 +0000 http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=10431#comment-40139 In our very limited special academic library setting, we experimented with this, got alum (remote) access (only alums of our program) added into our licensing agreements with some of our vendors (e-book gateways & society journal publishers). Then, when the authentication system of the university changed, and our library's along with it, we could no longer maintain this. It's a lot of work, and alums always seemed to crave the resources for which we could not provide remote access. By the way, at least one vendor, EbscoHost, as a special database, EBSCO Academic Alumni Edition database, that libraries can license for alum access. This, unfortunately is too generic (general), in coverage, for our alums. In our very limited special academic library setting, we experimented with this, got alum (remote) access (only alums of our program) added into our licensing agreements with some of our vendors (e-book gateways & society journal publishers). Then, when the authentication system of the university changed, and our library’s along with it, we could no longer maintain this. It’s a lot of work, and alums always seemed to crave the resources for which we could not provide remote access. By the way, at least one vendor, EbscoHost, as a special database, EBSCO Academic Alumni Edition database, that libraries can license for alum access. This, unfortunately is too generic (general), in coverage, for our alums.

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