From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:45:51 -0600

The contract for Project Muse's UPCC (books & journals) includes
access for alumni, I understand, so that is one large set of
e-resources that will be available to all graduates of institutions
that subscribe.

Sandy Thatcher


> 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