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Hello Moira
I’m not sure if you are aware, but we don’t 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 ‘walk-in’ 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
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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
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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 institution’s 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. Godine Library
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
621 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
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617.879.7108 (office)
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