Three responses to the following post:
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From: Christine Roysdon <cmr0_at_Lehigh.EDU>
Like everyone else, I suspect, we are flooded with advertisements for
Questia and questions from administrators. How are others responding?
What messages are you providing to your campus community? We are
concerned about providing the right kind of measured, accurate,
non-defensive information.
Thanks!
Christine Roysdon
Lehigh University Information Resources
Collection Management
610-758-3049 (voice)
610-758-6524 (fax)
c.roysdon_at_lehigh.edu
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From: jg <JXGKB_at_CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Re: CDL: Questia questions
Our student newspaper ran an "info-mercial" about Questia. The
article failed to mention the prices, among other things. I have
asked to publish a response, reminding students that the college
offers a free and larger print library, as well as an electronic
library (lexis-nexis, infotrac, etc). I also posted a notice on our
faculty listserv asking faculty who are assigning papers to remind
students that they do not have to pay $19.95 a month for a service which
will not tell you what it has and definitely has less than the college
library. Also reminded them that our electronic resources can be accessed
from home.
Jeanne Galvin
Kingsborough Community College
City University of New York
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From: "Metter, Ellen" <Ellen.Metter_at_cudenver.edu>
FYI, in case of interest: there's a critical review
of Questia in the April 2001 issue of The Charleston
Advisor. ( http://www.charlestonco.com -- though not
free online for non-subscribers, I don't think.)
Ellen Metter
University of Colorado, Denver
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From: Blake Landor <blaland_at_mail.uflib.ufl.edu>
Christine,
One thing you could tell them is that about half the Questia collection
consists of pre-1980 imprints (and many go back to the 1950s or earlier),
which are mostly outdated commentaries or general, introductory studies.
Perhaps the situation will improve as they add more material (they are
supposed to expand from 50,000 to 250,000 in three years), but at the
moment I tell our constituents that Questia is still a long way from
providing a core collection of academic books that students can use
in lieu of an academic library.
Sincerely,
Blake Landor
University of Florida Libraries
Received on Mon Apr 30 2001 - 09:36:37 EDT