[WikiEN-l] Subscription idea

[Michael Bimmler]

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:28 AM, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:
> This would be a wonderful, wonderful thing.   We're at the point in a
> lot of articles now where access to scientific and historical
> peer-reviewed journals is an absolute prerequisite to intelligently
> improving articles.   Most of us are affiliated with institutions that
> have access to these sites, but many aren't, and I'm sure that impedes
> our growth to some extent.
>
> I suspect, like insurance, the database people wouldn't play ball if
> we allowed an opt-in strategy, but what about buying institutional
> access for the community of admins + non-admins with rollback or some
> other bit.   Or, the community of people who have a FA or something.
>

Yes, I think that should work. I mean, when the University Library of
X buys such a subscription, they also buy a licence for a more or less
defined set of users, viz. "All our students" or even just "everyone
who has a university network access".

So we should be fine there.


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Michael Bimmler
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