Conflicting statements about who may access journal in Project MUSE

[Stefan Kramer <skramer@fielding.edu>]

Greetings,

The appended announcement "THEORY INTO PRACTICE DEBUTS IN PROJECT MUSE"
led me to discover a discrepancy between two documents regarding who can
be granted access at a subscribing institution:

1.) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PROJECT MUSE SUBSCRIPTIONS

(http://muse.jhu.edu/proj_descrip/terms.html) states: "A subscription to a
Project MUSE package plan grants unlimited access to the full text of the
journal titles in that package for educational, research, and personal use
by the faculty, staff, students, alumni, library patrons and other
authorized users of the subscriber's geographically-contiguous
campus/institutional network. Distance learners, alumni, and other
off-campus affiliates may access Project MUSE if their Internet access is
through the campus network or via a secure proxy server."

2.) The "Publisher's Statement" for the journal in that announcement
(http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_into_practice/information/publishers_st
atement.html), however, states: "Subscribing institutions are expected to
make their best feasible efforts to enable access only to faculty,
students, and staff--those people who are registered users of the campus
network" ... which is clearly more restrictive.  (Or is it?  What if
alumni ARE or can be "registered users of the campus network"?  Can the
"--" be interpreted as a Boolean OR?)

Which statement prevails when one is more restrictive than another for the
same online resource? I don't see how a subscribing institution could
enforce a more restrictive access for some journals in Project MUSE than
others, which would mean that the most restrictive one (if that were to
override the other) would in effect determine the access level for all
others, which doesn't seem quite acceptable.

-- 
 Stefan Kramer
 Director of Library Services
 Fielding Graduate Institute
 2112 Santa Barbara St.
 Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA
 SKramer@fielding.edu
 http://www.fielding.edu/library 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Carroll [mailto:michael@muse.jhu.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 07:37
To: muse_admin@chaos.press.jhu.edu
Subject: THEORY INTO PRACTICE DEBUTS IN PROJECT MUSE

THEORY INTO PRACTICE DEBUTS IN PROJECT MUSE

The following journal, previously announced as joining Project MUSE
in 2003, is now online:

***From the OSU College Education:

THEORY INTO PRACTICE

Published since 1962, Theory Into Practice (TIP) is the professional
journal published quarterly by The Ohio State University's College of
Education. One of the most highly respected journals within the field of
educational research, each issue of Theory Into Practice is organized
around a single theme and features multiple perspectives and scholarly,
yet accessible discussions of current and future concerns of interest to
today's educators. Nationally recognized for excellence in the field of
educational journalism by the Educational Press Association of America,
Theory Into Practice is a frequent winner of the Distinguished Achievement
Award in the Learned Article category.

E-ISSN: 1543-0421
PRINT ISSN: 0040-5841
Edited by Anita Woolfolk Hoy
Included in the MUSE Full Database, Social Sciences, and Education Packages.

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_into_practice/
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/tip/

For the Table of Contents:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_into_practice/toc/tip42.1.html
OR
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/tip/toc/tip42.1.html
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