RE: NYTimes: Reed Elsevier's Online Ads

["Mark Funk" <mefunk@med.cornell.edu>]

Actually, as reported on the medlib-l listserv on Sept. 10, even 
librarians are listed as professionals who can register to use 
this new product. The registered user agreement can be changed at 
any time, but so far there do not appear to be strict sign-up 
requirements.

Mark Funk
Head, Resource Management - Collections
Weill Cornell Medical Library
New York, NY 10065-4805
mefunk@med.cornell.edu


At 12:01 AM -0400 9/13/07, Electronic Content Licensing 
Discussion wrote:

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> However, I think it's a bit premature to jump to the conclusion 
> that this might spell the end of library subscription practices. 
> Taking a step back to look at the picture, the requirements for 
> a physician to participate in this venture are probably going to 
> be rather tightly monitored. I would doubt that just any general 
> practitioner/researcher could sign on if they were not 
> credentialed to be practicing/researching in the specific field 
> (although it's certainly possible that the inclusion criteria 
> will be much broader than I'm assuming).
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> Lisa S. Blackwell, MLS