From: Ian Singer <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 08:44:29 -0500
Heather -
I am rather confident you are correct. While I would encourage you to
check with Gale, from my days as publisher of Library Journal and
School Library Journal, as a licensor of content to Gale, I know there
was a "reset" and Gale was transparent with me about the issues.
That's all I'll say, because though I am now with Credo and a
"competitor" of sorts, while at LJ/SLJ Gale was a solid partner to
those magazines and the mission, and the people that I worked with
were very, very decent.
Hope this helps,
Ian
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On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 10:14 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: NSLA Consortium <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 01:52:54 +0000
>
> Hi
>
> NSLA Consortium members subscribe to a number GALE products, I will
> see if they have experience a similar drop off.
>
> Regards
>
> Libby
>
> Libby Cass
> Assistant Director | NSLA eResources Consortium
> National Library of Australia
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Hemhauser <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 14:57:17 -0800
>
> Many of our Gale databases have seen a decline in use between 2012 and
> 2015, but some have seen an increase.
>
> Mark Hemhauser
> Head of Acquisitions, The Library
> 250 Moffitt Library, MC 6000
> University of California, Berkeley
> Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Heather Reid <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 07:38:50 -0500
>
> Hi:
>
> We are in the process of assembling usage statistics for our online
> databases for the period 2012 to present. We are noticing a
> significant drop off in apparent usage for all of our Gale databases
> from 2013 to 2014.
>
> This makes me think that perhaps the vendor changed something about
> how they "count" somewhere in that time period. I can -- and will --
> reach out to Gale about this, but also was curious to find out if any
> other libraries have noticed a similar phenomenon?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Heather
>
> Heather Reid
> Dean, Library & Learning Resources
> Berklee College of Music
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