Dear colleagues,
Please find below a summary of the responses I received to my previous posting about e-resources access for alumni in UK Higher Education institutions.
Thank you all for your responses.
Kind regards,
Kate Newell
E-Resources & Serials Team Leader
University of Exeter Library
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Do you currently offer any e-resources access to alumni (other than walk-in access)?
Most respondees offer e-resources access via walk-in access. The main barriers to off-campus alumni e-resources seems to be cost, and negotiating licence agreements.
If yes,
- Which resources do you subscribe to?
EBSCO Business Source Alumni (http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=168)
EBSCO Academic Search Alumni (http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=167)
Emerald Management (http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/alumni/index.htm)
MarketLine (https://www.marketlineinfo.com/)
- Who adminsters the subscriptions (e.g. the Library, or the Alumni Office)
Primarily the Library
- Who pays for the subscriptions?
In all cases the Alumni Office
- How do you control access to the resources (usernames and passwords etc)
Mostly by username and passwords. Some via a portal. Hard to authenticate with Shibboleth without having a student record on the system.
- Do the licence agreement restrict use to personal/educational? And if so, how do you make that clear to the users?
Agreements restricted to personal/research use but hard to regulate this, as with all resources. Use 'terms of use' statements.
If no - do you think there is an increasing demand for this sort of service?
Mixed response here, some thought there is no demand for this service, others thought that it would become more in demand in the future.
lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials
UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn
|