[WEB4LIB] Re: Are Banner ads acceptable on licensed databases

[Charles P. Hobbs]

Are these databases free to the user, or is there also a charge to use them as
well? Do we have a choice: free w/ads or fee-based with no ads?

Free without ads would be "nice", but ...

Of course, fee-based, *with* ads of any sort is Right Out!

Sharon wrote:

> 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?

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Charles P. Hobbs
King Drew Health Science Library
http://www.cdrewu.edu/kdhsl