From: Laura Wilkinson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 11:11:22 +0000 Dear Steve, The key thing to find out is whether emeritus (i.e. retired staff) are named as authorised users in the licences for your subscription products. In the UK, the Jisc model licence http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Help-and-information/How-Model-Licences-work/ is used for many resources, and its recommended wording includes the following definition as an Authorised User: "a member of staff of the Institution (whether permanent or temporary including retired members of staff and any teacher who teaches Authorised Users registered in the United Kingdom)." It does mean having to check the wording for each licence carefully to see if this or similar wording is used, but you will then be able to create a list of resources for which retired staff are eligible authorised users, and then accommodate this match of usertype and resource pool in your authentication systems. In the licences I've seen, the expression "retired staff" tends to be used, rather than person Emeritus/Emerita which is helpful as it is objective rather than depending on the awarding of a special status, and also grants access to all retired staff, not just the most senior. Hopefully your US licenses will mention retired staff somewhere, and this may explain why the emeritus term isn't appearing anywhere. Best wishes, Laura Laura J. Wilkinson E-Resources Librarian, University of Sunderland Library Services Murray Library, Chester Road, Sunderland SR1 3SD Email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Steve Oberg <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 17:45:33 +0000 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) NASIG Executive Board Member-At-Large