From: Steve Oberg <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 19:59:35 +0000

I wanted to send a note to thank all who replied to my inquiry,
offlist as well as via the list. It seems to me that a key determining
factor here is whether or not a retired faculty member has network
access. If so, most respondents seem to treat them as authorized
users. Another factor that a local colleague of mine brought up is
effect on FTE counts. In our case, for example, adding emeritus
faculty might tip us over into a higher FTE threshold even though the
total number of emeritus faculty is pretty small.

Thanks again.

Steve

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

NASIG Executive Board Member-At-Large


From: Steve Oberg <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 11:45 AM
To: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: emeritus faculty rights

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)
+1 (630) 752-5852

NASIG Executive Board Member-At-Large