On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 1:09 PM Henry Mensch <henry@henare.com> wrote:

> Unsure of your location, but it is likely that you can get your local
> public (!) library to “ILL” (interlibrary loan) items … including journal
> items … for you. It’s not instant access, but if you’re retired then this
> may be good enough.
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> *>* even though I'm a long-time ACM (and IEEE) member.
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> If you’re a **current** member of these societies then you should have
> good access to journal content.
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I believe this is true for ACM, but for IEEE not so much. You have to pay
for a digital library membership _in addition to_ your standard membership.
It's very annoying; IEEE is the one that really grinds my gears generally.


> >FWIW: the single item that I am the proudest of when I was USENIX
> President was opening access to its entire library to everyone - members or
> otherwise.
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> I have used this in the past, so thank you for being way ahead of your
> time.
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+1. You have to ask for some of the older stuff explicitly (it hasn't been
scanned yet or similar) but it's nice to be able to get access to USENIX
materials.

        - Dan C.