Here's an example: The University of Maryland has a "Friends of the Libraries" program here: http://www.lib.umd.edu/giving/borrowers.html Individuals who donate (tax deductible, of course) $200 in a year receive the following according to the website. No affiliation appears to be necessary:
- *Borrowing from UM Libraries*. For borrowing policies and procedures, see Circulation <http://www.lib.umd.edu/PUBSERV/circ_all.html> - Interlibrary Loan <http://www.lib.umd.edu/ILL/Welcome.html> - *Remote Access to Alumni Edition Databases (NEW)* This benefit is made possible through a partnership with EBSCO Information Services. - *Academic Search Alumni Edition*. This database provides full text for nearly 1,500 publications as well as indexing and abstracting for over 8,100 publications. There is information in nearly every area of academic study. See List of titles<http://www.epnet.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=167>included in the database. - *Business Source Alumni Edition*. This database provides nearly 1,100 full text business magazines and journals. See List of titles<http://www.epnet.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=168>included in the database -Justin On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > In a message dated 12/23/2008 12:03:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Why does it seem that no one in this thread is bothering to even > consider attaching to pre-existing university library access? Must we > always reinvent the wheel?>> > > > ----------------- > > Please provide a university library that allows anybody to simply telephone > them and get access without physically showing up, nor physically living in > their area of service. > I for one would REALLY like to have that. > Thanks > > Will Johnson > > > **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, > Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. > ( > http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025 > ) > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
