Re: SPAM-LOW: RE: Question regarding ILL

[Joseph Esposito <espositoj@gmail.com>]

I'm afraid I don't understand what Sally means by "a standard interface
'module'."  Perhaps she could elaborate?

Joe Esposito


On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:23:38 EST, Sally Morris (ALPSP)
<chief-exec@alpsp.org> wrote:
> I have for some time thought that it would make a huge difference to the
> easy, 'seamless' acquisition of documents, if everyone in the information
> chain could be persuaded to adopt a standard interface 'module', if you
> like.
> 
> Essentially, for any given document, there is a limited number of options:
> 
> 1)      It is freely accessible to all
> 2)      It is not freely accessible to all but:
>                 a)    You have access rights to it
>                 b)    You can purchase it at price 'x'
>                 c)    You cannot access it at any price (!)
> 
> I really wish someone would develop such a module.  Any takers out there?
> 
> Sally Morris, Chief Executive
> Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
> E-mail:  chief-exec@alpsp.org