Institutional subscriptions - PhilPapers

"For PhilPapers to survive and thrive, it needs financial support. PhilPapers started as a side project, but it has turned into a major enterprise. At the same time, David Bourget, the architect of the project, now has a tenure-track appointment with teaching, research, and service duties in addition to PhilPapers. To sustain PhilPapers in the long run, we need financial support for new technical and administrative staff. We have considered many different models, including asking for donations and requiring subscriptions. After much consultation, it has become clear to us that the best way forward is a model involving annual subscriptions for large institutions. Starting on July 1, 2014, the PhilPapers Foundation requires that research and teaching institutions offering a BA or higher degree in philosophy subscribe to PhilPapers in order to have the right of access to its index. Access to certain services, such as the public API and the Open Access Archive, remains free, as does access to PhilEvents and PhilJobs: Jobs for Philosophers. Access also remains free for individuals accessing PhilPapers from home. Institutions that do not subscribe will have their access limited in various ways (details below)...."