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Has anyone compared the Computing collections of NetLibrary and Books24x7? Also compared their differing charging systems? Regards, John Smith, University of Kent at Canterbury. On Thu, 17 May 2001, Alison Williams wrote: > Before lis-ebooks started I posted a question here about take up of > NetLibrary services. I will summarise feedback for this list for what it > is worth! > > The results were that all but two of the people who contacted me were at > the stage of checking lists and considering the possibility of taking one > or more collections at some time in the future. The current US bias is a > major concern, particularly in business and law. Two institutions have > taken collections, and both mentioned computing as a subject area that > suffers less from the bias towards US publications. > > Alison Williams > Information Librarian > Southampton Institute >