Re: Highwire & library logos for web resources

[Evan Owens <eowens@journals.uchicago.edu>]

At 2/3/00 06:45 PM, Peter McDonald wrote:

>Thanks for the update on Highwire. It matters not the precise mechanism
>that permits libraries to educate users as to who exactly is paying
>for/licensing/providing the product they are using on the web. Whether
>it's a text string or a gif or some other banner - - getting the library's
>name up there at the header of the product and at subsequent title pages
>is the key thing. Good for you guys at Highwire!
>
>Like everything else it's only a matter of time if we give a big
>collective push before vendors and publishers provide us with this
>licensing stamp. Technically it's a snap but the wheels of product
>development move slowly. Using Highwire and netLibrary as benchmarks as we
>negotiatie with other vendors makes the road forward easier.

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Indeed, the wheels of product development do move slowly at times.  I have 
long admired this feature of Highwire's presentation and had it on my list 
for the next rewrite of journal delivery system.

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