[WEB4LIB] Are Banner ads acceptable on licensed databases

[Sharon]

Hi Tom,

Let's inform these vendors that we don't want any ads period!
Commercialization of otherwise good databases is a shame.
This is particularly important in a school library for children.

Thanks!
Sharon Centanne
School Librarian
Grace Lutheran School
St. Petersburg, FL

GenAnnual at aol.com wrote:

> Colleagues,
> I need your opinion. An online database vendor has asked me if librarians
> would accept or object to their placing banner ads, visible to library
> patrons, on licensed databases hosted by their company?
>
> What would be your reaction? Not care; accepting; would cancel the
> subscription or?
> I take it that they feel they could charge lower fees if they had the
> additional revenue from the ads.
>
> What's your feeling?