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Here <https://www.businessoffashion.com/memberships/packages?utm_source=BoF&utm_medium=Direct&utm_content=Footer&utm_campaign=BoFProfessionalLaunch> is a link to the page where students can create a free BoF Professional account. Scroll down and click on the box that reads: "BoF Professional for Students." Jen On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Jennifer Yao Weinraub <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We inquired about pricing and this is how *Business of Fashion* responded > on 9/30/16: > > From Tuesday 25.10, when BoF Professional goes live, we are anticipating > that BoF Professional for Students will be free of charge for a limited > time only. Students will need to to validate their academic email address > for access. Further details will be available in the near future. > > > Jen > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Ley, Sandra <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi Shannon, Nicole, (et al), >> >> I also found BoF useful as a free resource, but I can't justify its >> purchase when we already subscribe to WWD. >> >> BoF's website doesn't mention EDU pricing, but I've e-mailed them to >> inquire on the issue. If I learn anything of note, I'll post it. >> >> If you learn of anything new about BoF, please consider sharing it with >> the ARLIS/NA Fashion, Textile & Costume Special Interest Group blog: >> https://arlisftc.wordpress.com/ (You may contact me or Nicole La >> Moreaux at LIM for a username and password which will allow you to post >> messages, or you may simply enter your e-mail address on the main page to >> "follow" the blog posts via e-mail.) >> >> Best wishes to you all, >> >> Sandra >> >> >> >> Sandra Ley >> Educational Support Faculty Librarian >> Pima Community College >> 2202 West Anklam Road >> Tucson, AZ 85709-0070 >> (520) 206-3015 >> [log in to unmask] >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Nichole DeMichelis <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 8:36 AM >> Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Business of Fashion - moving to BoF Professional? >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> >> Hi Shannon (et al), >> >> Honestly, I don't think we're going to subscribe. We already pay for >> Fashion Snoops, Fashion Monitor and WGSN, and I don't this BoF adds >> anything on top of those (although it was great as a free resource). Asking >> faculty or students to pay from their own pocket seems unfair. I'm going to >> wait until the BoF Student Packages become available-- the site says "BoF >> Professional for Students -- Membership at a special discounted price, >> based on confirmation of a valid academic email address". Our other fashion >> dbs require that students have a valid email address from our institution >> to get access, and that model has been working for us (*much* better >> than the VPN). Even then, though, we'll likely not get it, as the >> institutional price will likely be much higher. I think the choice depends >> on your students' focus (being in the UK, we try to pay for resources that >> focus on UK & Europe), and the e-resources you already have-- and with the >> prices of databases going up every year, we really don't have the budget to >> get all the resources we want, unfortunately. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Cheers, >> Nichole DeMichelis >> >> Learning Resource Manager >> The Fashion Retail Academy >> London, UK >> >> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Shannon Robinson < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Hi ARLIS/NA Fashion & Costume folks, >>> >>> Those of you who follow the Business of Fashion >>> <https://www.businessoffashion.com/> know that beginning next week, BoF >>> will not longer be free. There will be a BoF Professional >>> <https://www.businessoffashion.com/memberships/packages?utm_source=BoF&utm_medium=direct&utm_content=ArticleBanner&utm_campaign=BoFProfessionalPreLaunch> >>> membership level for students and professionals. >>> >>> There doesn't seem to be an option for academic/educational licensing >>> because memberships are all tied to individual accounts (or group >>> memberships comprised of individual accounts). >>> >>> I'm curious how other fashion or costume librarians are planning to >>> tackle this. Are you leaving faculty to create accounts for unlimited >>> access? Or encouraging students to take advantage of the discounted >>> pricing? I've inquired with BoF but got sent the content already on the >>> website. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for your thoughts. >>> Shannon >>> >>> Shannon Marie Robinson >>> Liaison Librarian, Media Arts & Design, Drexel University >>> shannonmarierobinson.com >>> Twitter: @artistlibrarian <https://twitter.com/artistlibrarian> >>> Tumblr: MA&D Librarian <http://media-arts-design-librarian.tumblr.com/> >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about >>> joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna >>> Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to >>> [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: >>> http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy >>> Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Nichole >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about >> joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna >> Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to >> [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: >> http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy >> Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about >> joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna >> Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to >> [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: >> http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy >> Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > > > > -- > > JENNIFER YAO WEINRAUB > *LIBRARIAN* > THE NEW SCHOOL > LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES > > 63 FIFTH AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10003 > [log in to unmask] > T 212.229.8914 x4116 *SMS* 646.480.6309 > > library.newschool.edu > > > -- JENNIFER YAO WEINRAUB *LIBRARIAN* THE NEW SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES 63 FIFTH AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10003 [log in to unmask] T 212.229.8914 x4116 *SMS* 646.480.6309 library.newschool.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~