Hello colleagues,
At the University of Rhode Island, we have received requests to access our online journals and databases from researchers in the private sector who are working with our faculty doing grant-sponsored research.
Of course, I have referred to our license agreements for these resources, and some of them are vague in that they define authorized users as "Current members of the faculty and other staff of the Licensee (whether on a permanent, temporary, contract or visiting basis)..."
My question for you is not so much how to interpret such language, but whether anyone has created a policy that address what to do when faced with such requests or innovative solutions, such as asking the administration to grant affiliate status to such researchers.
I have a meeting on this issue on Thursday, so any information I can find by that time would be greatly helpful.
Thank you,
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Andrée Rathemacher
Associate Professor
Head, Acquisitions
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