Re: Alumni Access to Electronic Resources

["Tony Horava" <thorava@uottawa.ca>]

Jake:  Here at the University of Ottawa (Canada), we are about to launch a
service to provide alumni access to ABI INFORM. The cost is based on 75%
of our current subscription. Access will be set up via password, and the
ALumni Office will be managing this process. ALumni will be paying a fee
of $60 per year (which we consider minimal for an annual membership with
unlimited access), and we hope to break even in year 1.  ABI was chosen
because it has broad appeal and we hope will meet the needs of many alumni
in business, marketing, finance, and related fields. E-publicity is being
sent to 20,000 alumni.

I am very interested in hearing what other schools are doing in this area.
For many years we have had alumni requesting remote access to e-resources,
and now we are starting to respond to this demand.  ProQuest prepared a
modified license regarding alumni access, and the terms were acceptable.
We are developing a library web page for alumni, and this will provide the
basic terms and conditions (such as non-commercial use)

Thanks, 

Tony

Tony Horava
Collections and Information Resources Coordinator /
Coordonnateur des Collections et Ressources d'Information
University of Ottawa / l'Universite d'Ottawa
Tel : (613) 562-5800 ext. 3645
Fax : (613) 562-5196
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From:           	Jake Carlson <JCARLSON@bucknell.edu>
To:             	liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject:        	Alumni Access to Electronic Resources
Date sent:      	Wed,  8 Jun 2005 19:08:13 EDT
Send reply to:  	liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu

Hello,

Is anyone out there providing access to library databases or other
electronic resources to alumni?  I checked the Lib-license archives and
found a threads on this subject from 2000 and 2001, but I'd be interested
in hearing about recent experiences.

I'm particularly interested in knowing what the sticking points in
negotiating a license agreement to accommodate access for alumni were and
how (if?) they were resolved.  I'd also be interested in hearing about how
the fees were structured.  For example, was the fee based on the total
number of alumni from your institution, on a percentage of the total
number (figuring that not all alumni will use the database), on actual
use, or some other means?

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience.

Jake Carlson
Research Services Librarian/Coordinator of Electronic Resources
Bertrand Library
Bucknell University
AIM:  JakeCarlsonISR