From: "Schwartz, Judy" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 15:00:24 +0000 Maybe it's time to convey these thoughts to the provost? Judy Schwartz Sr Director of Library Services Trocaire College http://library.trocaire.edu -----Original Message----- From: Cary Jardine <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 15:51:59 -0400 When we first noticed this in on HBR articles in our EBSCO database a few years ago, I called and talked with someone in their licensing department and got nowhere (as you might imagine). While we felt that this was a fairly reprehensible move on their part, we did feel bound by our licensing agreement with them and told our faculty who used this resource most often what their options were. Some of them chose to use other resources, some felt that HBR articles were still a valuable and necessary component of their course materials and opted for the pay-per-student option. I believe they may have required the students to pay for the articles, since they weren't assigning a textbook for purchase. I find HBR's "no course readings, no links, not even a whisper of a mention on a syllabus" stance truly puzzling especially in light of this statement from Harvard's provost: "The goal of university research is the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge. At Harvard, where so much of our research is of global significance, we have an essential responsibility to distribute the fruits of our scholarship as widely as possible." Steven E. Hyman Provost of Harvard University Cary Jardine, MLS Research and Instruction Librarian Antioch University New England Keene, NH 03431 [log in to unmask]