RE:

[Katherine Porter <Porter@LIBRARY.Vanderbilt.edu>]

It is exactly this issue that bothers me about alumni access to our
databases.  In chemistry there are many expensive scientific databases,
for some of which we have a limited number of users.  I can't see our
vendors willing for us to offer access at academic prices for alumni who
are now working for some small startup company or some large company, nor
am I particularly excited about having our few seats to CA taken up by
industrial chemists whose companies should have their own subscription.  
I think the statewide programs that are emerging in many states will help
a lot in this area.  Not yet of the stature of OhioLink, the Tennessee
Electronic Library has begun to make very useful databases available to
Tennesseans in a wide variety of settings.

Kitty Porter



On 19 Apr 2001, at 22:59, Lloyd Davidson wrote:

> You mean alumni that now represent businesses that would like easy,
> cheap access to your databases from their offices?  What would you say
> if you were a vendor?
> 
> Lloyd
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Susan Martin [mailto:Susan.Martin@uconn.edu]
> >Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 11:41 PM
> >To: 'liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu'
> >Subject:
> >
> >Our alunmni association here on campus has approached our library
> >about alumni access to e-resources.  My director has asked me to post
> >an inquiry to the License List to see if any of our peer libraries
> >have negotiated deals with vendors to offer electronic services to
> >alumni (if so which vendors, and to what extent did their license
> >fees increase as a result). Any responses will be synthesized and
> >shared with the list.  Thanks.
> >
> >Susan Martin
> >Acquisitions Librarian
> >Liaison Librarian French and Italian
> >University of Connecticut Libraries
> >U-5AM Storrs  CT  06269
> >tel : (860) 486-5266
> >Fax : (860) 486-6493
> >e-mail : susan.martin@uconn.edu