Just a point of clarification. In response to Linda's request a few have
struggled with the idea of telling a "great" story. What we are trying to
demonstrate is that public and school use is minimal and almost incidental
and that it is a resource used overwhelmingly by the academic and scientific
research community. Simple examples of use are just fine. Thomson Gale, the
owners of Biosis, feels that too much use comes from a statewide contract
rather then from the university community or scientific researchers in an
academic environment. Although we have statewide use statistics we cannot
separate public and school library numbers. We think that number, although
we cannot prove it, is very small.

Thank you for your help by responding,

Gary


----Original Message-----
From: Lord, Linda [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 4:31 PM
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Subject: Public Libraries only - Do you have patrons who have used BIOSIS ?
If so....
Importance: High

would you please email [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>  and let him know (1) that you have patrons
(or at least one) who use BIOSIS; and (2) the nature of the use, e.g. a
researcher or scholar is using this resource; students run across it and use
it, etc.  This information will be extremely helpful as negotiations are
continued to try to re-establish BIOSIS as a statewide database. Thank you!

Linda H. Lord
Director of Library Development
Maine State Library
64 State House Station
Augusta, ME  04333
(207) 287-5620
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