Praesenzbenutzer ausgeschlossen?

["Klaus Graf" <klaus.graf _at__ geschichte.uni-freiburg.de>]

Als ich vorgestern in der ULB Duesseldorf die
lizenzpflichtige MLA-Bibliographie benutzen wollte, musste
man erst ein Gastpasswort heraussuchen (ab 20 Uhr haette
ich Pech gehabt, denn von 20 bis 22 Uhr - die ULB hat ihre
Oeffnungszeiten verlaengert! - ist die Information nicht
besetzt), das dann vom Aufsichtsfuehrenden eingegeben
wurde. Immerhin durfte ich als "Laufkundschaft" ohne
Bibliotheksausweis recherchieren.

Dieses Erlebnis passt ganz gut zu einer Diskussion der Open
Access Bewegung in Subers Weblog

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html

"W. Wayt Gibbs, Public Not Welcome: Libraries cut off
access to scientific literature, Scientific American,
August 11, 2003. [...] Gibbs reports on the harmful
consequences of two intersecting trends: (1) libraries are
increasingly cancelling print versions of journals and
paying only for online access and (2) journal licenses
increasingly prohibit access to "walk in" patrons who are
not employees or registered students of the subscribing
institution. One result is that unaffiliated scholars and
the general public have rapidly shrinking access to
scientific and scholarly journal literature. Gibbs points
to open access --in the form of the Public Library of
Science, the Sabo bill, and institutional repositories-- as
remedies."

"In response to my posting yesterday on W. Wayt Gibbs'
story in the September Scientific American, I got emails
from two readers pointing out that many libraries demand,
and get, access privileges for "walk-in" patrons. I know
that's true and even Gibbs says so. However, Gibbs cites
Deborah Lordi Silverman, journal manager at the University
of Pittsburgh?s medical library, who says that libraries
winning this concession from publishers are the exception.
Gibbs also reports that many libraries deny walk-in patrons
passwords to computers connected to licensed databases.
Although these are library decisions, Gibbs points out that
they are often forced by publishers' licensing terms. (PS:
Does anyone have good data on whether libraries that have
negotiated walk-in access to licensed content are the
minority or the majority? What about libraries granting
walk-ins passwords to networked computers? Does anyone know
whether these two kinds of walk-in access are increasing or
decreasing?)"

Ich gebe diese Fragen hier weiter, vielleicht kann ja
jemand ueber deutsche Erfahrungen berichten?

Klaus Graf