It is normal practice to allow retiring staff, who are receiving a University or College pension, to keep their University accounts. Regarding retired members of staff wishing to access eresources, the following statement may apply.
The licence terms under which we are authorising users for access to online resources, still generally excludes retired members of an institution as a group. However, we would extend the definition of "current staff or student" to include a retired member of staff who remains academically active within the department or College and whose use can, therefore, legitimately still be seen as being for University purposes.
To support this, we would need confirmation from the department regarding the ongoing role. This would need to come from HR, HoD's office or Departmental Administrator or college equivalent. In some cases, such information is also provided through the departmental or college library staff.
You can also speak to the eresources helpdesk at eresources@lib.cam.ac.uk to get further advice.
