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