Given that each University spends a great deal of money for subscriptions and the like, is it a reasonable to think that they should instead pool that money into the National Library so that everyone can have access, and the universities can save money? On 06/11/2014 7:37 PM, "Liam Wyatt" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hanks for posting that nick - I was just about to write an email to say > the same thing :-) > Getting a National Library of Australia card is free and online, and > they'll post it to you anywhere in the country. From there you've got > access to LOTS of open and closed-access databases which you can access > from home. The off-site access part is the really special bit since this is > often better than even university-library subscriptions to the same > databases. > Note also that State Libraries also run their own eResources systems > associated with their own library cards. > > On Thursday, 6 November 2014, Nick Dowling <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I'd add that anyone with an Australian postal address can access a pretty >> wide range of resources (including JSTOR and various Oxford databases) >> through the National Library of Australia's website: >> http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/ >> >> That said, I gained a Questia account through the Wikipedia Library, and >> it's an excellent resource. >> >> Nick >> >> > Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 15:58:20 +1100 >> > From: [email protected] >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikipedia Library >> Signups: Free Research Accounts! >> > >> > And if you are a NSW resident see: >> > >> > http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/eresources/ >> > >> > for lots of 'no charge resources' (supported by your taxes) with lots of >> > the big overseas databases and Australian ones. >> > >> > Regards, Richard. >> > >> > On 06/11/14 13:48, Charles Gregory wrote: >> > > Hi all, >> > > >> > > If there is anyone who thinks they would be eligible for (and benefit >> > > from) access to the research accounts as mentioned below, please get >> in >> > > touch with User:Ocaasi as suggested in the email. Note that although >> > > there aren't any accounts for Australian specific services available, >> a >> > > reminder that one of the better local resources - NLA's Trove >> > > (http://trove.nla.gov.au/) - is free! >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > >> > > Charles >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > > From: *Jake Orlowitz* <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>> >> > > Date: Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 10:30 AM >> > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikipedia Library Signups: Free Research >> > > Accounts! >> > > To: [email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>, >> > > [email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>, >> > > [email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>, "Wikimedia & GLAM >> > > collaboration [Public]" <[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>>, Wikimedia & Libraries >> > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected] >> >>, >> > > Open Access discussions <[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > > >> > > >> > > Hi! >> > > The Wikipedia Library has new, free research donations available: >> > > >> > > NEW >> > > *DeGruyter: 1000 accounts for English and German-language research, >> sign up >> > > on one of two language Wikipedias: >> > > English signup <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:De_Gruyter> >> > > German signup <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:De_Gruyter> >> > > *Fold3: 100 accounts for American history and military archives >> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fold3> >> > > *Scotland's People: 100 accounts for Scottish Genealogy database >> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ScotlandsPeople> >> > > >> > > EXPANDED >> > > *British Newspaper Archive: 100+ new accounts for British Newspapers >> > > archives >> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BNA> >> > > >> > > OPEN >> > > *Highbeam: 100+ accounts for newspapers and magazines >> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HighBeam> >> > > *Questia: 100+ accounts for various aggregated journals and social >> science >> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Questia> >> > > *JSTOR: 100+ accounts for journal archives >> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:JSTOR> >> > > >> > > Accounts are available to ALL global editors with a 1 year old >> account and >> > > 1000 edits. Please notify your local community about the signups. >> Signups >> > > for now are mostly on English Wikipedia, UNLESS you have started a >> local >> > > Wikipedia Library branch like we've done on Arabic, Chinese, and >> German. >> > > To get started, please contact Ocaasi at [[m:User:Ocaasi (WMF)]] or >> > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > >> > > Thanks! >> > > >> > > The Wikipedia Library Team >> > > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library> >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> > > [email protected] >> > > < >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/[email protected] >> > >> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >> , >> > > <mailto:[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > [email protected] >> > GPG key ID: 95C53E98 >> > GPG key fingerprint: >> > 4562 56B6 33CB CCB1 B9B7 529E 8BE5 076D 95C5 3E98 >> > >> > The greatest collection of shared knowledge in history. 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