Advertising on Library Webpages

[Sloan, Bernie]

For what it's worth, there is at least one software
vendor that has considered this as an option.

I make no claims whatsoever regarding the company, 
the product, the concept of libraries advertising on their
Web pages, etc., etc., etc.  I just thought it was an interesting
wrinkle. Go to:

http://www.vimpact.net/tlc/tproda3.htm#The Library Channel Sponsors;A
New Funding Source for Libraries

Bernie Sloan



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Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
University of Illinois Office for Planning & Budgeting
338 Henry Administration Building
506 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL  61801
Phone:  217-333-4895
Fax:       217-333-6355
e-mail:    bernies at uillinois.edu


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>From: 	Donald Barclay[SMTP:dbarclay at Bayou.UH.EDU]
>Sent: 	Thursday, October 23, 1997 12:13 PM
>To: 	Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: 	Advertising on Library Webpages
>
>File this under "Hairs, wild--"
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>I know that there are some library webpages out there that get large
>numbers of hits every day. Does anyone know of any library webpages that
>sell advertising space the way commercial webpages do? Do any libraries
>have plans to sell advertising? Have any libraries thought about it?
>
>There are probably legal, ethical, logistical, and other arguments against
>libraries supplementing their income via web advertising, but income is
>income.
>
>
>Donald A. Barclay
>Coordinator of Electronic Services    always the beautiful answer
>University of Houston Libraries       who asks a more beautiful question
>dbarclay at uh.edu                               --e.e. cummings
>www.uh.edu/~dbarclay
>
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