Comments on: Free federated search: membership has its benefits http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/07/02/free-federated-search-membership-has-its-benefits/ Covers topics related to federated search and the deep web Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:51:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Peter Murray http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/07/02/free-federated-search-membership-has-its-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-2584 Peter Murray Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:04:55 +0000 http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/07/02/free-federated-search-membership-has-its-benefits/#comment-2584 I also find it interesting that, apparently for a one-time payment of $650, one can subscribe to the databases as a <a href="http://www.stanfordalumni.org/membership/join_friend_lib.html" rel="nofollow">Lifetime Friend-of-Stanford member</a> with no requirement for a previous or current association with Stanford. Based on the description of the <a href="http://www.stanfordalumni.org/membership/join_lib.html" rel="nofollow">alumni association's membership categories</a>, I'm hard pressed to come to a different conclusion. It sort of makes me wonder if this is something Stanford is authorized to do... I also find it interesting that, apparently for a one-time payment of $650, one can subscribe to the databases as a Lifetime Friend-of-Stanford member with no requirement for a previous or current association with Stanford. Based on the description of the alumni association’s membership categories, I’m hard pressed to come to a different conclusion.

It sort of makes me wonder if this is something Stanford is authorized to do…

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