From: Liz Ginno <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:02:34 -0800 Dear colleagues, The EdD folks (across campuses in our consortia) are looking at strategies to negotiate post-doc access to e-resources. "Many of our programs are now graduating our doctoral students. Some of our graduates are asking about on-going access to electronic journals and they are willing to pay for access through their office or home computers. Our library tells us that the only access graduates can have is by coming to campus and using the library computers. Not good for most of our students." My colleague understands that our vendors are not interested in general 'alumni access' contracts, but we were wondering if any of you know of any 'research center' or 'scholarly society' arrangements in a large consortium where a defined sub-set has negotiated a subscription separate from the University. The thought is to set up a paid membership group of EdD graduates who would then negotiate access to a limited set of e-resources (like Sage & Education Abstracts for example). Thank you for any guidance you can provide! Cheers, Liz Ginno Librarian California State University, East Bay