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 know that beginning next week, BoF will not longer be free. There will be a BoF Professional 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
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