PubGet service

[Andy Langhurst <langhurst.1@nd.edu>]

Hi All,

Recently I've received inquiries here to set up access for my 
institution for a service called PubGet, to use an indexed search 
engine to facilitate linking to and batch downloading of our 
subscribed and available content .  http://pubget.com/search

Just wanted to check and see if anyone has looked at this free 
service, to see if there are concerns that PubGet activity might 
be considered a violation of existing license agreements, for 
instance if the use could be considered prohibited robot or 
crawler activity.

I'm also concerned that this would dramatically increase our 
usage statistics and make it difficult to do any sort accurate 
cost/use analysis if the service is providing a mechanism for 
mass downloading of content from provider sites.  PubGet also 
seems to give users the ability to download entire issues of 
recently published titles.

PubGet has a notice when the user tries to download articles 
which I'm curious if users will actually paying attention to, or 
if it's merely to remove any responsibility from PubGet if or 
when it turns out the activity is a violation of any existing 
license agreement:  /Pubget Download Usage Notice: Due to various 
publisher's copyright concerns, please ensure you adhere to any 
usage guidelines before downloading using the Pubget feature. 
After you have checked with your university, institution, or 
local information professional you may continue./

I notice from the PubGet site that at least 50 institutions 
looked to be signed up for this service already.  Does anyone 
have an opinion from a licensing perspective?

Thanks in advance,
Andy Langhurst

Andrea M. Langhurst
Licensing/Acquisitions Librarian
Electronic Resources & Serials Access Department
University of Notre Dame