You'll not be surprised to hear that the idea of a single national license has been proposed before (and especially supported by the smaller / non-metropolitan universities. And you'll be equally unsurprised to hear that the database companies don't like the idea.
This is why the fact that you can get off-site access to a LOT of academic database for free via the national library is an open-secret... The national library is proud of the service but if university libraries stop subscribing and instead tell their students to go via the NLA, then the database companies might start disallowing offsite access in the future. On Thursday, 6 November 2014, Leigh Blackall <leighblack...@gmail.com> wrote: > Given that each University spends a great deal of money for subscriptions > and the like, is it a reasonable to think that they should instead pool > that money into the National Library so that everyone can have access, and > the universities can save money? > On 06/11/2014 7:37 PM, "Liam Wyatt" <liamwy...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','liamwy...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> Hanks for posting that nick - I was just about to write an email to say >> the same thing :-) >> Getting a National Library of Australia card is free and online, and >> they'll post it to you anywhere in the country. From there you've got >> access to LOTS of open and closed-access databases which you can access >> from home. The off-site access part is the really special bit since this is >> often better than even university-library subscriptions to the same >> databases. >> Note also that State Libraries also run their own eResources systems >> associated with their own library cards. >> >> On Thursday, 6 November 2014, Nick Dowling <nick_dowl...@hotmail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nick_dowl...@hotmail.com');>> wrote: >> >>> I'd add that anyone with an Australian postal address can access a >>> pretty wide range of resources (including JSTOR and various Oxford >>> databases) through the National Library of Australia's website: >>> http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/ >>> >>> That said, I gained a Questia account through the Wikipedia Library, and >>> it's an excellent resource. >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> > Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 15:58:20 +1100 >>> > From: rich...@ames.id.au >>> > To: wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikipedia Library >>> Signups: Free Research Accounts! >>> > >>> > And if you are a NSW resident see: >>> > >>> > http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/eresources/ >>> > >>> > for lots of 'no charge resources' (supported by your taxes) with lots >>> of >>> > the big overseas databases and Australian ones. >>> > >>> > Regards, Richard. >>> > >>> > On 06/11/14 13:48, Charles Gregory wrote: >>> > > Hi all, >>> > > >>> > > If there is anyone who thinks they would be eligible for (and benefit >>> > > from) access to the research accounts as mentioned below, please get >>> in >>> > > touch with User:Ocaasi as suggested in the email. Note that although >>> > > there aren't any accounts for Australian specific services >>> available, a >>> > > reminder that one of the better local resources - NLA's Trove >>> > > (http://trove.nla.gov.au/) - is free! >>> > > >>> > > Regards, >>> > > >>> > > Charles >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> > > From: *Jake Orlowitz* <jorlow...@gmail.com <mailto: >>> jorlow...@gmail.com>> >>> > > Date: Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 10:30 AM >>> > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikipedia Library Signups: Free Research >>> > > Accounts! >>> > > To: wikipedia-libr...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> > > <mailto:wikipedia-libr...@lists.wikimedia.org>, >>> > > wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> > > <mailto:wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>, >>> > > wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> > > <mailto:wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikimedia & GLAM >>> > > collaboration [Public]" <g...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> > > <mailto:g...@lists.wikimedia.org>>, Wikimedia & Libraries >>> > > <librar...@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:librar...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> >>, >>> > > Open Access discussions <openacc...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> > > <mailto:openacc...@lists.wikimedia.org>> >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Hi! >>> > > The Wikipedia Library has new, free research donations available: >>> > > >>> > > NEW >>> > > *DeGruyter: 1000 accounts for English and German-language research, >>> sign up >>> > > on one of two language Wikipedias: >>> > > English signup <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:De_Gruyter> >>> > > German signup <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:De_Gruyter> >>> > > *Fold3: 100 accounts for American history and military archives >>> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fold3> >>> > > *Scotland's People: 100 accounts for Scottish Genealogy database >>> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ScotlandsPeople> >>> > > >>> > > EXPANDED >>> > > *British Newspaper Archive: 100+ new accounts for British Newspapers >>> > > archives >>> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BNA> >>> > > >>> > > OPEN >>> > > *Highbeam: 100+ accounts for newspapers and magazines >>> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HighBeam> >>> > > *Questia: 100+ accounts for various aggregated journals and social >>> science >>> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Questia> >>> > > *JSTOR: 100+ accounts for journal archives >>> > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:JSTOR> >>> > > >>> > > Accounts are available to ALL global editors with a 1 year old >>> account and >>> > > 1000 edits. 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