NlightN for Libraries subscriptions

[ubsmm _at__ rz.uni-sb.de (Matthias Mueller)]

Hallo,

auf meine direkte Anfrage zur Subscription fuer Bibliotheken schickte mir 
NLightN folgende Antwort zurueck, die vielleicht auch fuer andere 
interessant ist:


Gruesse aus dem gerade sonnigen und von der Schneekatastrophe noch weissen 
Saarbruecken

Matthias Müller



>Dear Herr Mueller,
>
>Thank you for your inquiry.  I am enclosing with this fax a copy of the 
>brochure for NlightN for Libraries and copies of our order forms.  (I will 
>also send, by airmail, original copies of these.)  Please accept my 
>apologies for not responding to you in German.
>
>NlightN for Libraries is an end-user oriented, easy-to-use, Web-based 
>service which, in a single search, searches over 300 databases, plus news, 
>an online bookstore, a reference collection, and the Web.  A subscription to 
>NlightN for Libraries provides unlimited access to 25 of the databases, with 
>pay-per-view access to the other 300+ databases.  Individual users can 
>establish their own accounts to pay for the pay-per-view usage using their 
>credit cards.   In addition to the direct access, the system provides 
>pointers to reference tools already in the library's collection.  If a 
>library has a database available in some other form (in print, on its PAC, 
>on CD-ROM, etc.) we provide pointers to those tools.  In this way, NlightN 
>allows a library to take fuller advantage of its current holdings, as well 
>as providing access to the extensive  NlightN collection.
>
>There is a sample of NlightN for Libraries at http://libraries.nlightn.com. 
> We encourage anyone who might be interested to give it a try.  It contains 
>a sample of about 60 of the 300+ databases on the full NlightN for Libraries 
>service.
>
>We have two pricing plans.  For in-library use, the price starts at US$995 
>for one terminal (prices  for higher numbers of terminals is given on the 
>enclosed order form).   For campus-wide access the annual subscription fee 
>is $1/FTE student, with first year usage capped at US$4,995.
>
>Unfortunately for non-US institutions, at the moment, we cannot include 
>Medline among the "free" databases because for all Medline usage outside of 
>the United States the US National Library of Medicine applies a substantial 
>surcharge.  We are in the process of determining a pricing structure for 
>organizations such as yours which will meet the National Library of 
>Medicine's requirements and, at the same time, allow Medline to be included. 
> In the meantime, the above prices will apply, but Medline will be one of 
>the pay-per-view databases.
>
>We hope we may be of service to you.  If you have any questions, I can be 
>contacted at ran _at__ nlightn.com or by phone at 703-904-1014, or by Fax at 
>703-904-8238.
>
>
>Sincerely Yours,
>
>
>Randolph E. Hock
>

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