[WEB4LIB] Free Britannica Going Away

[Nancy Sosna Bohm]

It's still up as I type. I don't see an expected close date. Anyone have
that info?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Dowling" <tdowling at ohiolink.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 6:01 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Free Britannica Going Away


> <URL:http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_NLTam_STO58603,00
> .html> reports that britannica.com is shutting down free, ad-supported
> access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.  If I weren't busy with my NCAA
> brackets, I'd organize a betting pool on what other ad-supported,
> library-related sites would go next.
>
> Thomas ("For Entertainment Purposes Only") Dowling
> OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
> tdowling at ohiolink.edu
>