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| Third Annual Reader's Choice
Awards George S. Machovec (The Charleston Advisor) george@coalliance.org Published in Volume 5, Number 1, July 2003 | |
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| For the third year, The Charleston Advisor is sponsoring a series of
awards for the best and worst electronic services and databases for
libraries. The awards are not necessarily limited to products covered by
TCA, but TCA reviews (if available) were consulted in the final
consideration. These awards are published on an annual basis in the July
issue. Input was provided through the TCA Web site and the final selection
was made in a TCA editorial board conference call on July 1, 2003.
Awards are given in ten standard categories and special one-time awards are periodically given. Five Star Award (one time special award) Ann Okerson and Liblicense for contributions to the library community in the licensing of digital content Best New Product www.erudit.org (University of Montreal institutional repository) Most Improved Product BioMed Central Best Interface No award this year. Best Content Alexander Street Press Runner-up awards: Safari Tech Books Online and Project Muse Best Pricing LexisNexis (for holding the line on annual price increase in a difficult budget year for all libraries) Best Contract Options Alexander Street Press Best Customer Support NetLibrary Best New Effort Classical Music Library (formerly Classical.com) Best Vaporware divine, inc Best Lemon Award Elsevier customer service Most Complicated Contract (one time) Wiley InterScience Most Retrograde Contract (one time) OCLC for negative changes in netLibrary contract
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