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Ellen Gambini (Egambini@bronson.lib.ct.us)
Fri, 28 Nov 1997 11:20:57 -0500
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 11:20:57 -0500
Message-Id: <3.0.1.16.19971128093528.0a9fd172@pop.connix.com>
From: Ellen Gambini <Egambini@bronson.lib.ct.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re:
First Search used to have a promotional piece on their Internet site about
the Cleveland Public Library doing this. They bought something like 240,
000 searches and allowed the public to use it, even through dial access.
Their funding is something like $12.00 per capita. If I remeber correctly,
they were very happy with the results.
Ellen Gambini
Silas Bronson LibraryAt 01:48 PM 11/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Some of our staff currently use OCLC's First Search in their reference
>work, but we do not have it directly available for public use.
>We are considering doing so, but have been concerned about how to budget
>for it because it is a service where "the meter is running" on the number
>of searches performed, the number of databases accessed, etc.
>Which libraries have First Search available to the public?
>How do they budget?
>What have their costs been like?
>Please contact me either via the list serv, or otherwise if you have some
>answers or experience.
>Thanks,
>Vince Juliano
>Waterford Public Library
>
>