Topics for Discussion (ProQuest Advisory Committee Meeting, May 2007)

Abstract

Participants who are serving on the ProQuest Advisory Board were asked to give their thoughts on a variety of issues related to databases and library resources. These included: Free and fee-based content; Advertising within Paid Databases; Trends in Library Financing and Budgets; Unmet Information Needs; Marketing of Library Services (Academic); Everything Else (Institutional Repositories, Open Access, & ILS). These are some thoughts from the perspective of the Kresge Business Administration Library on these issues.