Awesome realisation Liam. I'll ask my health colleagues to check out the access to health journals through this avenue. Do you have a url to this story, so that I may relay it outside email? On 24/09/2013 11:35 PM, "Liam Wyatt" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Forwarding a conversation thread (below) from Wikimedia-l, where I just > posted a comment that has specific relevance to Australian Wikimedians who > might wish to access subscription databases (e.g. JSTOR). > > In short - if you get a free NLA library card you can get access to JSTOR > and much more for free, offsite access too. > > -Liam > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Liam Wyatt <[email protected]> > Date: 24 September 2013 13:06 > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [WikiEN-l] access to journals > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Cc: Jake Orlowitz <[email protected]>, English Wikipedia < > [email protected]> > > > 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> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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