[Genealib] Too Good To Be True - "Free" Access to Newspaper Archive

[Dana Barber]

Hello all,

I spoke with Heritage Microfilm this afternoon. While the institutional
subscription is $2500/year, they also offer a pay per view option for
institutions. This starts at $300 for 1,000 pdf views. A much more
reasonable option I think.

  

 

Dana Barber

Adult Services Supervisor

The Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library

680 Radcliffe Street

Bristol, PA 19007

215-788-7891 x14

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From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Charlotte
Sellers
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:07 AM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] Too Good To Be True - "Free" Access to Newspaper Archive

 

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?

Charlotte Sellers

Jackson County Public Library

303 West 2nd Street

Seymour IN  47274

 <mailto:csellers at japl.lib.in.us> csellers at japl.lib.in.us

---original message to genealib --- 8/3/2006 5:58 pm >>>
Our library recieved an advertisement from Heritage Microfilm regarding FREE
access to a database called Access Newspaper ARCHIVE to public
libraries and K-12 schools.  The letter says that the ARCHIVE "allows your
library's patrons to search tens of millions of newspaper pages in our
achive for FREE"  and that it "provides... Full-page newspapers from
1759-1977".  This sounds too good to be true.  ...  Also is there
some kind of a "catch" involved - nothing is ever really free is it?
Thanks,
Elaine Hayes

Elaine Jones Hayes
Special Collections Librarian
Laramie County Library System
2800 Central Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
 <http://mailman.acomp.usf.edu/mailman/listinfo/genealib> ehayes at
lclsonline.org 
307-634-3561

"Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment
of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment."
-  Library Bill of Rights
 

Text from original email

Public libraries and K-12 schools can sign up for this free service by
calling Heritage Microfilm's customer service at 1-888-870-0484 ext. 30 or
by simply
<http://access.newspaperarchive.com/HTMLPDFViewer.aspx?pdffile=access_reques
t_form> downloading a sign-up form and faxing the completed form to
319-390-9442. Upon sign-up, we will need your IP addresses and your
institution's contact information, including an email address. Signing up to
Access NewspaperARCHIVE is just the first step to making research simple and
fun. We believe that together, we can revolutionize the world of research
for generations to come.

 <http://access.newspaperarchive.com/InvalidIP.aspx>
http://access.newspaperarchive.com/InvalidIP.aspx

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How does Access NewspaperARCHIVE work?


By subscribing to Access NewspaperARCHIVE, your entire school or library
will be given access to our newspaper database through your institution's IP
addresses. Anyone on your network can then search Access NewspaperARCHIVE's
collection of newspaper pages at  <http://access.newspaperarchive.com/>
Access.NewspaperArchive.com. A librarian will also be given a user name and
password to use our administrative tools, which will allow you to see
statistics describing how your institution is using our database.


How much does it cost?


Access NewspaperARCHIVE is available for FREE to all K-12 schools and public
libraries. At no cost to you, your students or patrons can search, view,
save and print full-page newspapers from any computer with network access in
your facility. Free access will include searchable newspapers from around
the world, excluding your institution's local state. Content within your
state/province and newspapers after 1977 are only available by upgrading
your service to Access NewspaperARCHIVE Pro.

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