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Dorothy focused on the cost of one CD ROM version of the Britannica v. a
print set. What she forgot is that when I put one set of encyclopedias on
the library shelves it was possible to have as many students using that one
set as there are volumes. With the CD version, only one student, at one
station can use the product. In fact, if you explore the cost for Britannica
on line ( and that is what is being pushed for school libraries) you find
that they are charging almost as much for one year of on line contact as the
cost was for the whole print set. I think the publishers have found a way to
exploit libraries even more than they did before.
Bob Laramee
Arvin High School Librarian
Arvin, CA 93203
bookworm@lightspeed.net

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>From: Dorothy Tissair <ricflair@MAIL2.NAI.NET>
>To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Vanishing Print Encyclopedias
>Date: Sun, May 30, 1999, 9:54 AM
>

> This was a topic of concern and discussion in my Reference class last year.
> We had not yet heard of the stopping of publication, but the difference in
> price between the CD-ROM version of Britannica ($100) and the print version
> of the same ($1500+) has to have effected the marketability of print.  I am
> sure that print sales for home use, where the price was much higher than
> school and library cost have vaporized.  Libraries received a lower price to
> encourage home sales.  No home sales mean the publishers don't need the
> product placement in libraries.  Never mind the fact that fewer school and
> small public libraries when presented with the CD-ROM price, not to mention
> the perpetually updated online option as low as $150/yr., would opt to buy
> print.  You can buy a lot of other books and still have money for printer
> paper with $1400.
>
> Dorothy E.Tissair, M.L.S.
> Still looking for work
> Old Saybrook, CT
> ricflair@nai.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carlton Martz <cmartz@EEE.ORG>
> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 11:56 PM
> Subject: Vanishing Print Encyclopedias
>
>
>> I spoke with a Grolier rep. last week who said their print Academic
>> American Ency. as well as the print Britannica are no longer being
>> published. Is the rush to CD-ROM and online encyclopedias all that great
>> for children learning to read given all the multimedia distractions on the
>> electronic versions?  Carl Martz, Librarian Yucaipa High School, Yucaipa
> CA
>> cmartz@eee.org
>>
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