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Re: Blood Online
There are other journals that restrict the access in a similar manner: Two that I am particularly concerned with are "Science", which licenses only individual workstations, and "Current biology" and its family have their basic license (at approx. 50% surcharge!) foir a single workstation. I reluctantly let my colleagues talk me into getting a license for "Science", but I feel we really should boycott all such plans. The key advantage of the e-journal concept is wider availability. Tom Williams wrote: > > We had this discussion on Blood a while back on one of the library related > lists. The consensus for the most part is that libraries would simply not > get it with the current restrictions. The only way we, as a group, can > expect to convince publishers about this sort of thing is not to accept > such restrictions. It is essential that we stand together on this issue. > > Tom > > Thomas Williams, Director (334) 460-6885 > Biomedical Library and Media (334) 460-7638(fax) > Production Services > University of South Alabama twilliam@jaguar1.usouthal.edu > College of Medicine http://southmed.usouthal.edu > BML 326B > Mobile, Alabama 36688-0002 > > On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Fred Friend wrote: > > > Bernard Naylor is quite right. This licence term is too restrictive and my > > inclination would be to cross it out. But I thought it worth checking > > internationally, because I thought that in the US you had solved this > > problem of registered users who happen not to be in a normal location? > > > > Fred Friend > > > > >Delivery-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 09:54:41 +0000 > > >Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 09:49:07 +0000 (GMT) > > >Subject: Blood Online > > >From: "B.Naylor" <B.Naylor@soton.ac.uk> > > >To: lis-sconul@mailbase.ac.uk, curl-dirs@mailbase.ac.uk > > > > > > Has anybody pursued the matter of online access to BLOOD, the journal > > > published by the American Society of Hematology? > > > > > > Clause 14 of the Terms and Conditions of Use reads: > > > > > > For the purposes of this Agreement, Authorized Users of Institutional > > > Subscriptions shall be those individuals affiliated with institutions > > > who are accessing BLOOD Online via workstations located within the > > > institutions' library or research facilities (i.e. the buildings to > > > which issues of the Journal are sent or where issues of the Journal are > > > housed). No access to BLOOD Online will be permitted to individuals > > > affiliated with the institution who are located at workstations situated > > > elsewhere on the institutions' campuses (e.g. lodgings, classrooms, > > > offices) or at off-campus sites. > > > > > > Apparently, there is no requirement to sign an undertaking and send it > > > back, but users of BLOOD Online are assumed to have accepted this > > > condition (among others). My view is that for a University this > > > condition is hopelessly restrictive and I am minded to strike it out and > > > return the amended Terms and Conditions saying what I have done and why, > > > and asking them to accept that our users will use the service without > > > that condition applying. Before I do so, I wondered whether anyone else > > > has looked at these terms and conditions and taken a view about this > > > particular one. Maybe we should all act together (that is, those of us > > > who haven't already taken action)? > > > > > > ************************************************************* > > > > > > Bernard Naylor > > > University Librarian Address: Hartley Library > > > University of Southampton > > > E-mail: bn@soton.ac.uk Highfield > > > Tel: 01703 592677 Southampton > > > Fax: 01703 595451 SO17 1BJ > > > > > -- David Goodman Biology Librarian, Princeton University Library dgoodman@princeton.edu http://www.princeton.edu/~biolib/ phone: 609-258-3235 fax: 609-258-2627
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