Hello,
Yesterday, an alum from our university came in to borrow three 1990s articles from our print IEEE journals. He is a member of IEEE himself and has an IEEE Xplore membership that did not allow him access to these articles in his version
of IEEE Xplore. He paid for these as interlibrary loans.
He was also looking for a 1991 conference, that has been heavily cited, which he thinks is crucial for his research. It is available in our IEEE Xplore, but our license limits its use to only our own faculty, staff and students. Our ILL
person is firm that we cannot send him this article.
It does not seem fair that this researcher should not get his article. The ILL person is telling him he might be able to obtain the article directly from IEEE for whatever they charge.
Has anyone negotiated terms with IEEE that would include access to alumni?
I’m not really looking for advice, I guess. Just complaining.
Karen Bolton
Serials Librarian
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Walter Schroeder Library
1025 N. Broadway
Milwaukee, WI
53202-3109