From: Beverly Geckle <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 14:22:46 +0000

This has actually been discussed at my library as well. Emeritus
status is granted by the institution to some not all retirees. My
interpretation is that emeritus faculty have been granted the same
rights as current teaching faculty, so therefore are authorized users.

Beverly
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Beverly J. Geckle
NASIG Treasurer & Continuing Resources Librarian
Middle Tennessee State University
P.O. Box 13 / Murfreesboro, TN 37132
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From: Steve Oberg <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 17:45:33 +0000

I have a practical question for members of this discussion list. For
those of you who are in an academic institution, do you provide
emeritus faculty with online access to licensed content? Do you
differentiate between those who are retired vs. those who are awarded
the emeritus title? (My understanding is that in my institution, at
least, the granting of emeritus status is not automatic upon
retirement.) Let’s assume also that emeritus faculty already have full
network access, an institutional email account, etc.

Another question I have about this issue is, how does this fit with
your existing license agreements? I’ve looked through ours and have
yet to find one that specifically mentions emeritus faculty as
authorized users. I don’t interpret that to mean they aren’t
authorized, necessarily — just that this status isn’t specifically
mentioned, at least as far as I can see.

Steve

Steve Oberg
Assistant Professor of Library Science
Electronic Resources and Serials
Wheaton College (IL)

NASIG Executive Board Member-At-Large