Dear ARLIS/SE
I've asked Leonard di Santo from HW Wilson to respond directly to the
list-serv with questions about pricing and access.

Also, (for the Georgia ARLIS/SE members) he said he will follow-up with the
Georgia Board of Regents to see if there is any hope that the Art Index
Retrospective will be available through GALILEO.

At this time, there is no plans for SOLINET to offer a discounted package
deal.

Sincerely,
Kim Collins
PS I will be out of the office for the rest of this week, returning on
Monday, Nov. 6th
"Roberto C. Ferrari" wrote:

> Kim, I forgot to ask you about this.  Is the fee a one-shot deal, or is
> this an annual purchase price?  Would we actually be purchasing the data
> itself or just purchasing access to it?  I think this might make a
> difference to some of us.
>
>         -- Roberto
>
> At 12:23 PM 10/30/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Dear ARLISSE-L
> >I mentioned this in our October business meeting but didn't get much
> >feedback...
> >
> >If three SE institutions (including Emory) agree to purchase the Art
> >Index Retrospective database, Leonard diSanto of HW Wilson said that
> >they will give everyone a 20% discount.  (approx. $2,000 off the current
> >$6,000 fee).
> >
> >If there is any interest in this promotion, please let me know.
> >
> >ART  INDEX RETROSPECTIVE cumulates citations to Art Index's printed
> >index published between 1929 and 1984. All personal names, uniform
> >titles, organization names, topical terms, and geographic names have
> >been reconciled with current Art Index headings, advancing both the
> >finding and collocating functions of the database.
> >The file size is currently over 400,000 records, citing articles and
> >reproductions from 420 periodicals.
> >
> >Kim Collins, art history librarian
> >Emory University
> >(404)727-2997
> >[log in to unmask]
> >