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Hello all This is a bit more complicated than the subject suggests, and I was wondering whether anybody else in the world of academic libraries had faced this problem, which generally occurs as the summer vacation begins. We are increasingly being asked to provide access to library facilities by members of the following groups: - Students who have suspended their studies, but who are returning. These are not currently registered on a course with us. - Students who have come to the end of their course, but who have an outstanding item of coursework which is due to be handed in after their library privilage has expired, and therefore will "technically" no longer be a student. - Students from other institutions who are transferring onto one of our courses, e.g. direct entry to the 2nd or 3rd year of a degree at our institution. Again these are not currently registered on a course with us. The dilemma is this - these individuals "technically" should not have access to our resources (particularly the databases), but there is often the expectation that they should be doing some study through the summer, e.g. if they're entering the 3rd year of a degree it's expected they work on their dissertations through the summer. Unfortunately they can't borrow any books, access any databases, use any of our computing facilities. Has anybody else come across this, and if so, what have you tried to do to appease your academics who are jumping up and down demanding access for their "students"? Thanks Rachel Rachel Campbell Faculty Librarian - Design Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College