[Genealib] Re: NewpaperArchive

[Charlotte Sellers]

Bill,

My objection is not to them making money on a service that I find useful. 

My objection is to being told we could access 49 states for free and add
access to the three or four Indiana newspapers on the database for $71. The
implied small charge for local papers wasted my time and that of the folks
here at the library who deal with database access. 

If Heritage had said $2500 up front, we would have known we couldn't afford
it and could have used our time for something productive.

Charlotte

-----Original Message-----
From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Teschek
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:52 PM
To: genealib at lists.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: Re: [Genealib] Re: NewpaperArchive

The deal is free as far as it goes. They give free access to all
out-of-state papers in their collection. If you want access to papers in
your own state you have to pay for it. What's wrong with that? The company
has to make money somehow. I think it is wonderful that they are making the
out-of-state papers available for free. I've taken advantage of it and it's
a great deal

Bill Teschek
bteschek at hampton.lib.nh.us

Ceya wrote:

> Sounds like that deal is   "free to patrons"     NOT   "free to libraries"

> !!!    $2500.00 does NOT sound "Free" !!!
> 
> Ceya Minder, Librarian
> SEAGHS
> 
> 
> > Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 10:07:22 -0400
> > From: "Charlotte Sellers" <csellers at japl.lib.in.us>
> > Subject: [Genealib] Too Good To Be True - "Free" Access to Newspaper 
> > Archive
> > To: <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
> > Message-ID: <001b01c6bbbd$22a157d0$5add8ba5 at japl.lib.in.us>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > Elaine and others,
> >
> > Our library checked on this - because through a personal 
> > subscription I had found the newspaper archive to be useful. An 
> > email sent to us said, "Access NewspaperARCHIVE is a new program 
> > that gives public libraries and K-12 schools around the world FREE 
> > access to NewspaperARCHIVE.com's historical newspaper database." The 
> > emphasis on free was in the original message. In a followup mesage, 
> > the company said access was to all other states and we would have to 
> > pay $71.40 a year for access to newspapers in our state.
> > Seemed like a strange deal, but okay.
> >
> > So my supervisor emailed for an invoice and got this reply from Jeff 
> > Brown, account manager at Heritage Microfilm:
> >
> > "The $71 subscription is an individual subscription and provides an 
> > individual a username and password.  This is not an institutional 
> > access subscription, so it would not be able to be used my multiple
persons.  ...
> > The institutional access subscription is $2500 per year."
> >
> > Our library cannot afford access. What about this reminds me of bait 
> > and switch?
> >


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