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

Wed Aug 9 14:54:23 EDT 2006

And then there is the issue of what constitutes one institution.  How do
they feel about our multi-county public library systems?  Universities
with virtual branches?  And so on.

Mara B. Munroe

Local and Family History Librarian

Oshkosh Public Library

Oshkosh WI 54901-4985

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From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Dana Barber
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:13 PM
To: 'Librarians Serving Genealogists'
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Too Good To Be True - "Free" Access to
NewspaperArchive

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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[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

csellers at japl.lib.in.us <mailto: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
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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 downloading a sign-up form
<http://access.newspaperarchive.com/HTMLPDFViewer.aspx?pdffile=access_re
quest_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
Access.NewspaperArchive.com <http://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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