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RE: Cost of Electronic Resources
------ =_NextPart_000_01BC13AC.23E5D9E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would like to comment to this subject from a different point of view. We are presently implementing a terminal network for tertiary (government) institutions which will allow distant students to access their universities via e-mail and WWW. The project, which is in its pilot phase will have 5,000 terminals installed at 175 centres serving some 500,000 students. The service is free for the students and the institutions and is financed through advertising. Most of the students come from the underprivileged part of the population in South Africa and cannot afford to pay for services. They will however need to access for study purposes material which may be subject to copyright restrictions. If they are in the lucky situation where they live near the university they can go to the library and look it up. If they are distance learners, the only access is to the electronic equivalent. If licensing is done on the basis of the current discussion per terminal, the costs would be killing. How does one go about?? Rainer Moringer Cyber Connections (Pty) Ltd, Academic Support Centre Project Johannesburg, South Africa ------ =_NextPart_000_01BC13AC.23E5D9E0 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
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