Hello Serialst-ers. A student of ours would like access to a “commentary” in Teacher’s College Record. TCR currently does not allow institutional accounts to access “commentaries” – and instead, the student would have to purchase the article on her own (it’s a small fee). I think she could also sign up for a personal subscription (which would give her more access than to this one commentary). We would not be able to request this article/commentary via ILL because other libraries would be in the same position.
So I was just wondering how you handle situations like these (doesn’t have to be TCR specifically). Do you have a policy about resources that don’t allow institutional access - but that patrons still need access to? Does the library pay the patron’s fees? Is there a more “out-of-the-box” way to think about this?
Thank you in advance for your input!
~Catherine
Catherine Medeot
Coordinator, Library Technology
Manhattanville College Library
914.323.5424
catherine.medeot@mville.edu