[OPLINLIST] Reminder: OPLIN Group Contract for ReferenceUSA

[Don Yarman]

This is a general reminder that OPLIN Group Contract Participation Forms are
due back in one week.  If you have not returned a form, you will not be part
of the Group Contract pricing.

This is particularly true of the group offer for ReferenceUSA.

The account executive informs me that some libraries assume that the
ReferenceUSA deal will come together on its own, and so they have not
returned their forms.  If libraries (especially current RefUSA customers) do
not return the form indicating participation in the group contract, that
pricing will collapse and there will be no ReferenceUSA deal.  This is your
one chance to get RefUSA at this price.

It is vital that all existing ReferenceUSA customers come together to make
the group contract happen.  This offer expands the available content and
access, in most cases for significantly cheaper costs.  But there is a
bottom line, and if we don't cooperatively reach it, then every library
loses.

       Regards,
                                  Don Yarman
                                  yarmando at oplin.org | AIM: yarmando

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Don Yarman <yarmando at oplin.org>
Date: Apr 20, 2006 10:24 AM
Subject: ReferenceUSA in Database Preview
To: oplinlist <oplinlist at oplin.org>, oplinupdates at oplin.org


ReferenceUSA is a comprehensive business and residential directory,
and is available for the first time through an OPLIN group contract.
The company has proposed a group price,
offering Ohio public libraries unlimited in-library and remote access
to their complete Business and Residential databases for the U.S. and
Canada.

Check out the preview at http://www.ohionet.org/ref_previewtit2.php?id=36.

Most libraries that currently subscribe to RefUSA will find that the
group offering contains expanded content and expanded access at a
cheaper price.  However, the company has established a bottom line,
and if enough libraries do not join the group contract, the deal may
fall through.

"Intent to Participate or Renew" forms are due back to me by May 19.
These were sent to library directors.  If you did not receive your
form or it has been misplaced, please contact me.

     Regards,
                                  Don Yarman
                                  yarmando at oplin.org | AIM: yarmando

** Library Database Preview --  http://www.ohionet.org/ref_preview.php **
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