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Hi all, I'll second Eric's remark: in France, in our state-funded universities, ILL is not free. It is either paid by the scholar's research team (a team with often limited resources: I was once called in by my head to stop my 'unreasonable ILL expenses'. They amounted to 36 euros for one year - and the team's resources did not allow for the same access for all other researchers) or by the researcher herself, out of her personal money. I have been lucky enough not to have to ask the list about any article, relying on other informal means and personal contacts (thanks guys!), but access is a huge problem. Just to give you an idea of the magnitude of the problem: I have currently no institutional access to either Antipode or Progress in Human Geography… I have to go through ILL, and pay, or rely on friends. So, - well-funded libraries and free ILL do have to be supported, by all means, as they are a very rare service even in rich countries - and I share the frustration of people having to go through the list to access knowledge Best, Myriam Myriam HOUSSAY-HOLZSCHUCH [log in to unmask] http://www.ens-lyon.eu/73516614/0/fiche___pagelibre/ Professor Junior Fellow, Institut Universitaire de France Co-Editor, ACME: www.acme-journal.org Associate Book Review Editor, H-SAfrica University Joseph Fourier / University of Grenoble Institut de Géographie Alpine - Cité des Territoires 14 bis avenue Marie Reynoard 38100 Grenoble - France UMR 5194 PACTE tel.: +33 (0) 4 76 82 20 00/20 29 fax: +33 (0) 4 76 82 20 01 cell: +33 (0) 6 42 59 82 27