Category: Resources – Statewide Library Card    

Read this message from Susan Pannebaker for reference when considering electronic resource purchases.

To the POWER Library community,

Below is a restatement of a message which was sent to all libraries in February as a reminder that subscriptions to some POWER Library databases will end as of June 30.

Here is a list of the current resources available through the POWER Library interface and when the current contract for each ends.

NoveList and NoveList K-8 June 30, 2010
SIRS Discoverer June 30, 2010
Wilson Biography Bank June 30, 2010

ABI Inform December 31, 2010
AP Multimedia Archive December 31, 2010
Auto Repair December 31, 2010
Consumer Health Complete December 31, 2010
Contemporary Authors December 31, 2010
Infotrac Newsstand December 31, 2010
Wilson Web December 31, 2010

The results of this year’s budget process will guide the decisions to be made regarding databases for 2011, and we will let you know about those decisions as soon as the information is available. In the meantime, vendors of the databases which will no longer available after June 30
may be contacted at the addresses provided below if you are interested in direct subscriptions. In some cases discounted pricing will be provided to Access PA/POWER Library participants.

EBSCO
Please contact: Jillian Cole at EBSCO Publishing to subscribe to NoveList: jcole@ebscohost.com or 800-653-2726 Ext. 2599

ProQuest
Please contact: Mike Chmelewski, Sr. Field Account Executive at Proquest to subscribe to SIRS Discoverer: mike.chmelewski@proquest.com or 800-521-0600 x2524; also, Sharon Dugan, Inside Account Executive, sharon.dugan@proquest.com or 800-521-0600 ext 7208

Wilson
Please contact: Jo Seik, Sales Representative at Wilson to subscribe to Wilson Biography Bank: jseik@hwwilson.com or 800-367-6770 x 2274

The 1st Quarter sample period for Statewide Library Card Program tally period is August 12-25, 2007.