[Genealib] Re: NewpaperArchive

[Bill Teschek]

I agree. It was either poor communication on their part or very deceptive. I 
just wanted to make sure that the thread didn't devolve into bashing the whole 
idea of the free out-of-state subscription.

Bill Teschek
bteschek at hampton.lib.nh.us

Charlotte Sellers wrote:

> 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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