A Zotero user can keep their account regardless of changes to institutional affiliation. You should make sure you have a personal email address associated with your Zotero account so you can access it even if you lose access to your Fairfield email address. Additional emails can always be added in your Zotero account settings.
If you leave Fairfield (by graduating, dropping out, getting another job, etc.), you will no longer be covered by our subscription, and your storage subscription will revert to your previous personal storage subscription or the free storage level. You can then can either purchase a personal storage subscription or stay at the free level.
You can always download all of your files to your computer to maintain access on your device by setting your Zotero application to “Download files at sync time” in your sync preferences. After downloading all your files, if you do not want a storage subscription, you can disable file syncing in your sync preferences to prevent ongoing errors while still syncing metadata (all of the citation info) for free.
