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Restrictions impeding web-based courses: a survey of publishers' variation in authorising access to high quality on-line literature

机译：限制基于Web的课程的限制：对出版商在授权访问高质量在线文献方面的差异的调查

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Background Web-based delivery of educational programmes is becoming increasingly popular and is expected to expand, especially in medicine. The successful implementation of these programmes is reliant on their ability to provide access to web based materials, including high quality published work. Publishers' responses to requests to access health literature in the context of developing an electronic Master's degree course are described. Methods Two different permission requests were submitted to publishers. The first was to store an electronic version of a journal article, to which we subscribe, on a secure password protected server. The second was to reproduce extracts of published material on password protected web pages and CD Rom. Results Eight of 16 publishers were willing to grant permission to store electronic versions of articles without levying charges additional to the subscription. Twenty of 35 publishers gave permission to reproduce extracts of published work at no fee. Publishers' responses were highly variable to the requests for access to published material. This may be influenced by vague terminology within the 'fair dealing' provision in the copyright legislation, which seems to leave it open to individual interpretation. Considerable resource costs were incurred by the exercise. Time expended included those incurred by us: research to identify informed representatives within the publishing organisation, request 'chase-ups' and alternative examples being sought if publishers were uncooperative; and the publisher when dealing with numerous permission requests. Financial costs were also incurred by both parties through additional staffing and paperwork generated by the permission process, the latter including those purely borne by educators due to the necessary provision of photocopy 'course packs' when no suitably alternative material could be found if publishers were uncooperative. Finally we discuss the resultant bias in material towards readily available electronic resources as a result of publisher's uncooperative stance and encourage initiatives that aim to improve open electronic access. Conclusions The permission request process has been expensive and has resulted in reduced access for students to the relevant literature. Variations in the responses from publishers suggest that for educational purposes common policies could be agreed and unnecessary restrictions removed in the future.
机译：基于网络的教育程序的交付背景正变得越来越流行，并且有望扩大，特别是在医学领域。这些程序的成功实施取决于它们提供访问基于Web的资料（包括高质量出版作品）的能力。描述了出版商在开发电子硕士学位课程时对获取卫生文献的要求的回应。方法向发布者提交了两个不同的权限请求。首先是将我们订阅的期刊文章的电子版本存储在受密码保护的安全服务器上。第二是在受密码保护的网页和CD Rom上复制已出版资料的摘录。结果16家发行商中有8家愿意授予许可，以存储文章的电子版本，而无需额外付费。 35个出版商中有20个允许免费复制已出版作品的摘录。出版商的回应对于获取已出版材料的要求变化很大。这可能会受到版权法中“公平交易”条款中含糊不清的术语的影响，这似乎使其可以接受个人解释。这项活动引起了可观的资源成本。所花费的时间包括我们所花费的时间：进行研究以识别出版组织内知情的代表，要求“追逐”，以及在出版商不合作时寻求替代示例;和发布者处理大量许可请求时。双方还通过批准过程中产生的额外人员和文书工作，产生了财务费用，后者包括纯粹由教育者承担的费用，因为如果出版商不合作，如果找不到合适的替代材料，则必须提供影印“课程包” 。最后，我们讨论了由于出版商的不合作态度而导致的材料偏向于易于获得的电子资源，并鼓励采取旨在改善开放式电子访问的举措。结论许可申请过程非常昂贵，导致学生访问相关文献的机会减少。出版商的回应有所不同，这表明出于教育目的，可以商定共同的政策，并在将来消除不必要的限制。

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