Am 08.03.11 20:20, schrieb phoebe ayers:
> Most (all?) university libraries sign contracts with database/journal > vendors restricting access to only faculty/staff/students at the > university. This may hold true for the U.S., but as far as Europe is concerned the situation is different in some points. E.g., in Germany all residents are entitled to access some commercial databases that a national license has been obtained for, cf. <http://www.nationallizenzen.de/> and <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationallizenz>. What's more, university libraries are open to all residents in its vicinity, offering on-line access at least on campus to every user of the library. As far as Wikipedia is concerned, the German chapter of Wikimedia has just negotiated the first settlement for a premium database provider in chemistry, see <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kurier#Chemie_eLitstip_per_Codc.21>. There are plans to expand this programme. Apologies for the links provided in German only, please use a translation service such as translate.google.com if you do not not speak German. Regards, Jürgen. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
