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> From: Floyd <calaf@charter.net>
> Date: December 28, 2004 8:48:48 PM CST
> To: mbe11l@earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] TARGET: State Funded Informational Databases for
> K-12 students
>
>
> In Missouri, we lost some features of NewsBank last year. The previous
> year we lost the entire Gale DISCovering collection the previous year.
> I have not heard if anything is threatened for next year. Floyd
> On Dec 28, 2004, at 4:59 PM, Dr. Mary Ann Bell wrote:
>
>> In Fall 2003 I submitted a query about state funded databases provided
>> for K-12 students. This was prompted by the fact that the state of
>> Texas
>> had slashed funding and eliminated our program during summer of 2003.
>> I
>> was seeking to learn about the fates of such resources in other states
>> and learned that only one other state, Oregon, had lost funding during
>> that year. I also learned that most states do indeed fund programs to
>> provide their students with these valuable and needed informational
>> databases, such as Ebsco, ProQuest and others. I have revisited this
>> topic and am happy to report that Oregon has once again come forward
>> with the state funded databases for their students. Unfortunately,
>> Texas
>> has not. I will have an article in February's issue of
>> TEACHER/LIBRARIAN, which will include the status in all states, web
>> sites for their resources, and other information the topic.
>>
>> I would like to ask your help with one additional question...Have you
>> seen a reduction in the number or quality resources provided in your
>> state? I am hearing that some states do continue to provide resources,
>> but users are seeing the number of subscriptions scaled back. If that
>> is
>> the case in your state, I would be very glad for a message sent to me
>> personally, and I will post a hit. Thanks as always for your help, and
>> best wishes in this holiday season!--Mary Ann
>> --
>> **********************************
>> Try Curiosity--Dorothy Parker
>> **********************************
>> Dr. Mary Ann Bell
>> Department of Library Science
>> Sam Houston State University
>> Huntsville, TX
>> lis_mah@shsu.edu
>>
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> Floyd Pentlin
> Editor, MASL CONNECTIONS
> Region III Director-Elect, AASL
> calaf@charter.net
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Floyd Pentlin
Editor, MASL CONNECTIONS
Region III Director-Elect, AASL
calaf@charter.net
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