[Genealib] No more remote access to HQ

[Heather McLeland-Wieser]

Laura;
As sympathetic as I am to the problems this is going to cause for Societies, I doubt seriously if there are many societies that could pay the regular library rate for remote access.  As a medium- sized public library working through a state-wide consortium (which gets us a substantial discount) we pay $6,000 a year to offer our patrons remote access.  And we are expecting an increase this year.  HeritageQuest's parent company ProQuest is in serious financial difficulties and there has been talk of eliminating some of their offerings.  Hopefully HeritageQuest isn't one of those under threat but when I read Dick's blog I wondered.  Other ProQuest databases cost the library between 9-12 thousand per year!
Heather McLeland-Wieser
 
 
 
 
 
 

>>> laurajs at pacbell.net 06/07/06 7:49 PM >>>
Hi, all:
    Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter announced today that  
ProQuest will no longer permit genealogy societies to offer remote  
access to Heritage Quest (after expiration of current contracts).   
This is going to hurt genealogy societies nationwide a lot --  
offering HQ helps draw new members.  The announced reason for doing  
so seems specious:  PQ says it is losing money on this highly popular  
service.  That just means they failed to price it correctly, and that  
can be changed.  In turn, gen. societies can raise their dues a bit.
    Does anyone out there want to organize some sort of protest?  At  
least add your opinion to Dick's blog:  http://blog.eogn.com/ 
eastmans_online_ genealogy/.  Thanks.
    Laura Spurrier
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