Hi,
For many of our users they currently access BMJ journals with their NHS
Athens username and password - we find it very difficult to use IP
ranges for many of our journals as it would enable the entire NHS to see
the journals we've bought! Our setup down here is that some journals are
bought for the Trust only; however, one trust is part of a Partnership
Trust covering Exeter, Torquay and other parts of south Devon, meaning
that using Athens to access the journals this part of the Trust has
bought would allow other trusts who haven't bought the journal to access
them!
Wherever possible we ask publishers for an insitutional username and
password, but some of them just don't seem to understand that for the
NHS IP access is not a suitable option! A VPN is not an option for our
trust at the moment either.
Our users would LOVE to be able to get into journals quickly and without
complications, but as we're NHS, with honorary university status, and
half our users are medical school - meaning they can access resources
from Plymouth and Exeter University, and sometimes resources that have
been bought exclusively for the medical school. If anyone has any
suggestions on how to manage the fact that for a single journal there
can be 6 or more ways of accessing it depending on whether you're NHS,
medical school, university of Plymouth, university of Exeter, and also
dependent on which computer network you're using, I'd love to hear
them!!!!
Paula Younger
Electronic Resources Librarian
Royal Devon & Exeter Foundation Trust
Peninsula Medical School Building
Barrack Road
Exeter
EX2 5DW
Tel: 01392 406729
Fax: 01392 406728
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Sent: 03 April 2007 15:29
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Subject: Re: IMPORTANT NOTICE - BMJ JOURNAL ARCHIVE ACCESS CHANGES
I'd like to comment on this new policy.
First of all, we have had next to no notice of it. Result: a high
number of queries today from staff and students asking 'what's the
password' and 'why don't I have access'?
Going back to an individual username and password for each person to
access is ridiculous and is in complete contrast to what most
institutions are trying to achieve, i.e. single or reduced sign on
between resources.
I appreciate that most BMJ journals have issues freely available after
12 months. However current subscribers (who are known by IP address)
surely should not be penalised in this way, effectively having to log in
and be authenticated more than once, depending on where they are based?
(I suppose we should consider current content as 12 months from
publication regardless of contracts going back further ...?)
I know that BMJ need to monitor who is accessing their archives - and
releasing archive back to the first issue is a major achievement - but
why do it this way? Do they really need to know every single person who
accesses material (poor staff and students who now need to go through
the process of registration AND remembering yet another username and
password when all they wanted was to check some research and get on with
their lives ...).
I'm also not happy with the fact that we have had to change internal
procedures without any notice, including providing our customers with
information on this new registration policy, where we can.
It is treating institutional subscriptions just the same as individual
ones, and I for one don't like it. Individual subscribers to a journal
may be happy to register for access, but an institution purchases on
behalf of all staff and students, who expect to be able to get into
journal content quickly and without unnecessary complications. That's
what IP access is for!
Thanks - just needed to get that out of my system! I'd be interested to
know what others think.
Louise
Louise Cole
Electronic Resources Team Leader
Health Sciences Library
Level 7 Worsley Building
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 34 35502
Fax: 0113 34 34381
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From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ingrid Walsh
Sent: 02 April 2007 13:47
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Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE - BMJ JOURNAL ARCHIVE ACCESS CHANGES
***IMPORTANT NOTICE - CHANGES TO BMJ JOURNAL ARCHIVE ACCESS***
Over the coming months we will be releasing the full back archive of our
23 journals, all the way back to Volume 1, Issue 1. That's over 4800
issues! And guess what? They're free! The first journal to be released
will be Journal of Clinical Pathology (and its Molecular Pathology
edition) on 2nd April. So from that date, you'll need to register with
us to browse all articles over 12 months old.
As well as maintaining access to our archive, you can also use the
folders feature, allowing you to save interesting articles and searches
in a personalised folder. You can also sign up to receive new alerts.
Registration is easy; fill in the online form and you'll immediately be
free to search the archive as usual. You'll only need to register once
and we promise not to share your details with people if you don't want
us to.
If you've registered with us in the past, or you have a journal
subscription, you'll just need to sign in as usual.* You can use the
'Remember me' feature on the site or your browser to sign in
automatically.
If you haven't registered for this site yet, visit
http://journals.bmj.com/cgi/register?jnl now.
Regards
BMJ Journals marketing team
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