I wrote about this a number of years ago in the BMLA (2001
January; 89(1): 77-78)
I'm curious to see what others might think of my analysis:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fc
gi?artid=31708
T. Scott Plutchak
Director, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
tscott uab.edu
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From: owner-liblicense-llists.yale.edu
[mailto:owner-liblicense-llists.yale.edu] On Behalf
Of B.G. Sloan
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:56 PM
To: liblicense-llists.yale.edu
Subject: Institutional subscription question
A question came up on another list:
"Rather than have us cancel subscriptions because we
can't afford
them, we have faculty who wish to donate their personal
copies.
However, a question has arisen here regarding whether or not
this
would be legal."
Just wondering what people think about the idea of a library
circumventing the institutional subscription cost of a
journal by
accepting donated copies of the journal from a faculty
member
with a personal subscription?
I'm interested in hearing what people think from a
legal/contractual
perspective.
Thanks!
Bernie Sloan
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