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From: "Irene Heinstein" <>
Subject: Fw: [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 13:58:02 -0700


Dear Thomas,Godfrey is not the only one to be dropped by Proquest.


Dear Irene,



I am writing to you because our records show that you have used SABR's subscription to either ProQuest Historical Newspapers or Heritage Quest in the past six months.



Recently ProQuest sent SABR a letter explaining a new business decision to no longer offer remote access to genealogical or historical societies, beginning at the end of the current subscription year.



For SABR, that means beginning on January 1, 2007, SABR members will no longer have remote access to the various historical newspapers to which SABR subscribes, nor will we have access to the HeritageQuest databases.



SABR will continue to seek out and make available research assets and tools to fulfill our mission of helping people do baseball research. The money currently spent on these subscriptions will either be used for such purposes or retained in our war chest for future uses.



ProQuest also points out that "a key component of the ProQuest mission is to provide public library users with historical newspaper and genealogy content, as well as other data, through their local public library, either on-site or remotely." They continue that "[l]iterally millions of people are now enjoying free access to ProQuest content through their local library." SABR will attempt to make members aware of which libraries make remote access available to library card holders. Already, we know that Cleveland Public Library and the Boston Public Library have some ProQuest databases available with remote access for current library card holders.



Thank you for your support of SABR!



Sincerely,

John Zajc

Executive Director

Society for American Baseball Research

812 Huron Rd E #719

Cleveland OH 44115

216-575-0500

www.sabr.org







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