At University of Portsmouth we too have found more and more individuals who
are not current students or staff wanting to access our e-resources. I have
been investigating our e-resource licences and found a whole spectrum of
answers as to who can access the resources - some contracts strictly allow
access to current staff and students, other companies allow wider access
for walk in users, some for free and some requiring extra payment. I have
not found any resource offering off campus access for non students and
staff.
At our library I am part of a working group looking at walk in user access
to our resources. We are working with our IT department to look at ways in
which a PC could be set up with restricted access to only those e-resources
which allow walk in user access. Solutions which we have investigated at so
far are quite complicated, so I would also be interested to hear how other
libraries have managed this.
--
Hannah Britcher
Team Leader, Procurement & Metadata
University Library
University of Portsmouth
Cambridge Road
Portsmouth
PO1 2ST
UK
+44 (0)23 9284 3227
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On 8 October 2013 15:58, Janet Waters <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Philip
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> Hi
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> Your licences to online e-resources are for students and staff at your
> institution so anyone else can't have access.
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> Some suppliers I believe will allow external users to access but each
> supplier will have their own fee depending on numbers and caveats. It is
> something you will have to negotiate with them. It will also be if your
> institution is happy to pay.
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> If a learner or teacher is a member of your institution they can have
> access but not otherwise
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> Hope that helps, email me directly if you prefer
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> Janet
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> Janet Waters
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> Head of Learning Resources Centres
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> Wiltshire College
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> Salisbury
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> 01722344325
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A general Library and Information Science list for news and
> discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Philip Cohen
> Sent: 08 October 2013 15:42
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Non-Standard Users
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> This message may look like one I posted last week headed 'CoreHR Users'.
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> That elicited little response.
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> So I'm hoping for something better by broadening out the question to
> something less specific ...
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> Growing numbers of people are attached to my institution who are neither
> paid staff nor students e.g. Honorary Lecturers, Adjunct Professors,
> Visiting Researchers, Fulbright Scholars, Research Active Retired Staff ...
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> Invariably, they require access to our online library resources.
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> How do others manage this process, please?
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> TIA
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> Philip Cohen
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