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Subject: Re: GeoBase Pricing
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:28:46 -0400
From: Weessies, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]>
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We pay "per search" through FirstSearch. From October 2003 through
April 2004, we used 1,931 searches, which ended up costing much less
than a subscription to the database. Since the database is from
Elsevier I assume that some day (maybe sooner it sounds) it will be
priced so high I'll have to cancel it. I've done a study of all my
journals and where they are indexed. GeoBASE seldom is the only
database available; GeoRef is good for the physical side of things, ISI
Web of Science, Social Science Abstracts and PAIS for the Social
Sciences. But it is nice to have a Geography database and I plan to
keep my subscription until its price is "coloring outside the lines".
Kathleen Weessies
Maps/GIS Librarian
Michigan State University
100 Library W308
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517)432-6123 x250
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From: Johnnie D. Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 1:34 PM
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Subject: Re: GeoBase Pricing]
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 14:55:13 -0700
From: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]>
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I refused to have anything more to
do with GeoBase online about 5 years
back, when seller wanted to charge
the UC Libraries $55,000 per year.
Mary
At 05:37 PM 5/28/2004 -0400, Johnnie D. Sutherland wrote:
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>Subject: GeoBase Pricing
>Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 12:53:01 -0500
>From: Jenny Marie Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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>Hi.
>
>I was wondering if anyone has been stuck with a price for GeoBase that
>is nearly double of what you paid last year.
>According to the information that our e-resources acquisitions person
>has sent to me, our cost is going from $6400 to between $12,000 and
>$13,000. Even though she had included in her e-mail "this is not a
>typo!" I still couldn't believe it!
>
>We haven't yet received the details/reasons behind the increase -- but I
>can't imagine that it is because the database doubled in size!
>
>Has anyone been able to negotiate a better price? If so, how did you do
>it?!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jenny Marie Johnson
>Map and Geography Librarian and
>Assoc. Professor of Library Administration
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mary Lynette Larsgaard
Map and Imagery Laboratory
Davidson Library
University of California
Santa Barbara CA 93106-9010
USA
voice telephone: 805/893-4049
fax: 805/893-8799
email: [log in to unmask]
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