ACQNET: Information about AreaLibraries.com

From: Eleanor Cook <cookei_at_appstate.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:02:06 -0500 To: acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu

Date:  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:47:27 -0500
From: Jill Lincoln  <lincolnj_at_marybakereddylibrary.org>
Subject: AreaLibraries.com Directory

Hello All,

Does anyone know if www.arealibraries.com is a legitimate operation??
It
is a part of Media Publishing Services, but when I try to find MPS
online (by
using a Google search and by checking YellowPages.com) I cannot locate
any
additional info.  It is supposedly based out of Pennsylvania and
publishes
directories of Metro area libraries.  This summer, my library was sent a

card that promised a personal logon and password which would allow us to

update our FREE listing; then a few months later, they sent the
username/password and a form asking if we wanted to purchase a copy of
the
directory.  When I tried to call a number I did find for them, it simply

rang and rang and the email address they provide on their site
help_at_mediapublishing.com has yielded no response.

Any info would be most appreciated.

Thank you,

Jill Lincoln
Library Assistant
The Mary Baker Eddy Library
200 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

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