Re: Peter Jasco review of PubSCIENCE

[David Goodman <dgoodman@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>]

Peter J should consider the cost of some of the commercial services. I
know of services that cost more than that for each individual  subscriber,
and many in the range of $50,000/subscriber.

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Sloan, Bernie wrote:

> Peter Jasco reviews PubSCIENCE in the most recent edition of "Peters
> Digital Reference Shelf":
>
> http://www.galegroup.com/reference/peter/sept.htm#pubsci
>
> Referring to the recent proposal to shut down PubSCIENCE, Jasco notes:
>
> "I am not at all concerned by the proposal because this is a poorly
> implemented database considering the whopping $500,000 a year it gets from
> Congress."
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
> University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
> 338 Henry Administration Building
> 506 S. Wright Street
> Urbana, IL  61801