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> > designinform > € Design Abstracts Retrospective > € Design ProFILES > € ReVIEW > € designinform Research Guides > > > Hello Moira > > Iąm not sure if you are aware, but we donąt apply any restrictions on access > to the designinform databases. Thus, access is open to all students and staff > (on and off campus), alums, ex-staff and Śwalk-iną users of your library. We > are also running a service whereby all users can contact us at > [log in to unmask] if they need assistance in searching or for research > advice. > > All the best > > Chris > > Chris Mees > Editor designinform > Design Research Publications | Poundsford | Vicarage Lane | Burwash | East > Sussex | England TN19 7JS > > T: +44 1435 883950 > E: [log in to unmask] > W: http://www.designinform.co.uk/ > > > > > > It was interesting to ready Greg's e-mail, but I wonder how to differentiate > alums from students. In our school, alums are entitled to borrowing privileges > after graduation and are give a library card with a MECA library barcode. How > would a database be able to decide "this card is a student and this one is an > alum"? > > Any thoughts? > > Moira > ______________________________________ > Moira Steven, Library Director > Joanne Waxman Library @ Maine College of Art > 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101 > 207-775-5153 (general)/207-699-5090 (direct line)/207-775-5087 (fax) > > "Most people donąt realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book > recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was solely > related to how many librarians it contained. Possibly a slight overstatement. > But a culture that doesnąt value its librarians doesnąt value ideas and > without ideas, well, where are we?" ‹ Neil Gaiman > Please consider the environment before printing this message. > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Greg Wallace <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: >> Dear ARLIS Members: >> >> I asked a while ago about whether other schools offer their alumni/ae remote >> access to databases. Thank you for all your replies. A number of you asked if >> I would report back on what I found out. So here it goes. >> >> The vast majority of respondents on the ARLIS listserv said that they do not >> offer alums access and that they are precluded from doing so by the user >> agreements that they have signed with database vendors. Only one school >> reported that it provided access remotely and that this was authorized in >> their user agreements. >> >> A few of you from larger research institutions mentioned that you did offer >> alums access to several databases and that you did this by creating >> additional accounts with database vendors and the added expense was borne at >> least in part by alumni offices. Outside of art databases, there are a number >> of products (Lexis-Nexis, Academic Search Premier) that come in alum versions >> that have slightly different coverage and pricing. This may represent an >> emerging trend among art and design databases as well. >> >> I also contacted a number of vendors and received different information about >> whether it would be feasible/permissible to add alums. ARTstor emphatically >> stated that it would not. Wilson said that we could if we created separate >> accounts which would have lower per-head costs than our normal subscription >> rates. Other database firms referred me to language in their user agreements >> stating that use is limited to an institutionąs current population: students, >> faculty, staff plus walk-in users. They do not allow you to increase the >> number of FTEs to include alums since they fall into a different category. >> >> I wish I had clearer and more positive information to report back. We would >> love to make remote alumni access a part of our service at MassArt but costs >> and legal constraints do not allow for that as of now. I will monitor and >> report if changes appear on the art library landscape. >> >> Best, >> >> Greg >> >> Greg Wallace, Ph.D. >> Public Services Librarian - Morton R. 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