To echo Phoebe and Tom: I paid $250 for a lifetime alumni card at Berkeley, not because I attended, but because the girl I was dating at the time was an alumna (she got free lifetime access). Seriously, access to all their libraries for $250 for life seemed great, especially with the interlibrary loan program that enables me to get pretty much any book I want in the entire state university system.
Then I move to San Francisco and found the SF Public Library gives me pretty much the same access to databases and books and all of it for $0.00. Now I want my $250 back ;) -Matthew On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 8:40 AM, phoebe ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > In the U.S. I encourage people to check out what database subscriptions > their local public library offers -- many larger public libraries offer a > surprising number of online journals & databases that are available to > anyone who has a library card, which you can generally get for free if you > live in the library's area (and sometimes for pay if you *don't* live in a > library's area -- especially if you are nearby). Additionally, some states > offer state-wide consortia deals on databases and subscriptions, so even > small public libraries have access to a wide range of materials. Also, if > you are close to a public university of some sort, the vast majority offer > on-site access to their online resources if you are physically on campus. > > We do not, to my knowledge, have a national library program like what Liam > describes, but people in other countries should check and see if they do. > > Standing offer: If you email me offlist, I will help you try to figure out > what library resources you might have access to :) > > best, > Phoebe > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Liam Wyatt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > With regards to getting access to closed journals... > > I'm now working for the National Library of Australia and we offer free, > at > > home, access to JSTOR and MANY other restricted access databases to any > > Australian, if they get a free library card. > > [You can see the full list at the NLA eResources page: > > http://www.nla.gov.au > > /app/eresources/ ] > > > > Is this unique to Australia? I must admit that I didn't realise until > > recently the extent of the restricted databases that were available for > > free to library card holders in their own home. With all the discussion > > over the years on the global Wikimedia mailing lists about trying to > > special access for Wikimedians, I had just assumed it was a global issue. > > But, at least for Australians, it's largely solved... Are other country's > > major libraries offering journal access to the public for free? If not, > > perhaps rather than trying to get special access for Wikimedians directly > > from the Database companies, we should be working to get access via > Library > > subscriptions? > > > > Liam / Wittylama. > > > > [p.s. yes - I realise I'm promoting a service offered by my employer, > > sorry. But I reckon it's relevant and important that people know though. > > p.p.s. If you are Australian and want a free library card sent to you - > go > > here: http://www.nla.gov.au/getalibrarycard/ ] > > > > wittylama.com > > Peace, love & metadata > > > > > > On 24 September 2013 12:48, Andrea Zanni <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > It's probably worth mentioning (again) that > > > we started a brand new wikimedia mailing list about Open Access: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/openaccess > > > > > > If you are interested in the topic of access to scientific/academic > > > literature, you should be there. > > > Getting access to "closed" journals is definetely something that we > like > > > and must pursue, > > > but changing the very system of is more important. > > > We shouldn't have this issue at all :-) > > > > > > Aubrey > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > If you've gone to university, it's well worth looking to see if your > > > > university provide alumni access. > > > > > > > > My university, the University of London, provide alumni access to the > > > > library for £220 a year, which includes an eight book borrowing > limit, > > > full > > > > JSTOR access (which doesn't have the limitation that JPASS has), > Oxford > > > DNB > > > > access and some other online resources. > > > > > > > > Some universities also charge the even better price of nothing. > > > > > > > > I've put up a page in project space on English Wikipedia so we can > > > > document which institutions provide access: > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:JSTOR/Alumni_access > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Tom Morris > > > > http://tommorris.org/ > > > > > > > > On 24 September 2013 at 12:56:18, David Gerard ([email protected]) > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > fyi > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > From: Kathleen McCook <[email protected]> > > > > Date: 24 September 2013 12:25 > > > > Subject: [WikiEN-l] access to journals > > > > To: English Wikipedia <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > In an effort to enhance access options for people who aren’t > > > > affiliated with universities, colleges, or high schools, > > > > not-for-profit digital library JSTOR has launched JPASS, a new > program > > > > offering individual users access to 1,500 journals from JSTOR’s > > > > archive collection. The move follows the March 2012 launch of JSTOR’s > > > > Register & Readprogram, which allowed independent researchers to > > > > register for a free MyJSTOR account, and receive free, online-only > > > > access to three full-text articles every 14 days. That service has > > > > since attracted almost one million users including independent > > > > scholars, writers, business people, adjunct faculty, and others, and > > > > JSTOR plans to continue offering the service in its current form. > > > > However, in a recent survey, many of Register & Read users expressed > > > > interest in an individual subscription model that would offer > enhanced > > > > access, encouraging JSTOR to move ahead with JPASS. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/09/digital-libraries/jstor-launches-jpass-access-accounts-for-individual-researchers/ > > > > JSTOR Launches JPASS Access Accounts for Individual Researchers > > > > [Library Journal] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> > gmail.com * > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Matthew Roth Global Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6635 www.wikimediafoundation.org *https://blog.wikimedia.org* _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
