From: Karin Wikoff <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:28:15 +0000

It has been many years since I got a notice like that from a database
vendor.  The vendor had actually gone ahead and cut off access at a time
when a large chemistry class was trying to do an assignment that involved
heavy use of historical chemistry journals.  I learned that if you know in
advance that a class is going to put heavy use on a specific resource, you
can give the vendor a heads-up to avoid trouble, and, in some case, they
will even allow a very short-term unlimited access for resources with
limited simultaneous users.  We have used that on occasion – but it does
require that the faculty let you know in advance when their students are
going to be hitting a resource really hard, and it has to be a very limited
time period, like 24 hours.



Karin



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Karin Wikoff

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Ithaca College Library

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From: "Ms. Narda Tafuri" <[log in to unmask]>

Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:30:29 +0000

Dear colleagues,



We recently were contacted and warned by ProQuest Technical Support due to
“excessive usage.”  This turned out to be legitimate usage by overzealous
students working on a class assignment.   Coincidently, I was just sent a
new “overarching” ProQuest license to sign.   Our license indicates that
users are permitted to download or print “reasonable” amounts of material.
  The new license contains a new section with a list of Restrictions.



I am wondering if others are also experiencing this type of thing
(excessive usage claims) coming from ProQuest and a tightening of license
terms regarding usage?



Thank you to anyone who is willing to share their recent experience with
this.

Best,

Narda



Narda Tafuri

Associate Professor

Coordinator of Technical Services/Acquisitions Librarian

University of Scranton

Weinberg Memorial Library

800 Linden St.

Scranton, PA  18510

Voice: (570) 941-7811

Fax:  (570) 941-7809