RE: Institutional subscription question

["T Scott Plutchak" <tscott@uab.edu>]

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.fcgi?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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[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of B.G. Sloan
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:56 PM
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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