Klarinet Archive - Posting 000694.txt from 1999/11

From: "Gabriel Blasberg" <blasberg@-----.ar>
Subj: RE: [kl] Any interest in using the On-line Groves next year?
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:29:42 -0500

I totally agree with David Naden, and I am also interested in this
opportunity.
Dear Mark: would it cost $15 per year?

Kind regards,

Gabriel Blasberg
Profesor Superior de Clarinete
Buenos Aires - Argentina
blasberg@-----.ar

David Naden wrote:

>Mark--
>
>For those of us who grew up with the 1950s Groves and the current 1980s
Groves,
>we all know that it is an indespensible tool for research and great
>information. I would hope that most of us on this list seriously consider
this
>opportunity to have on-line access at such a low per-person cost.
>
>Please count me in.
>
>Thank you--
>
>David S. Naden, MMus
>Cal State University Los Angeles
>
>Mark Charette wrote:
>
>> Since I just wrote a posting about the "big tomes":
>> Next year Groves will be going on-line on a subscription basis - it'll be
>> relatively expensive (a couple of hundred dollars a year) for personal
use.
>> However, I can get a multi-user license and use Sneezy.Org as a portal -
an
>> expensive proposition to be sure, but if I can spread it out I can drop
the
>> per-person charge to about $15 US/person.
>>
>> The on-line Groves will have a comprehensive search facility, sound
clips,
>> pictures, and video - a multi-media kind of thing, larger in scope than
the
>> printed version (which will come out about the same time - 3rd quarter
next
>> year).
>>
>> I know many of the readers here are already at institutes of higher
learning
>> and have ready access to this great resource, but many of us don't (or,
like
>> me, have to run down to the local library which never seems to be open
when
>> I want a question answered).
>>
>> Before I start negotiating a price with Groves - there's discounts if I
>> commit to purchasing the licenses before Dec 31 - I'd like to see if
there'd
>> be enough interest to pursue this. If you'd be interested please drop a
line
>> to groves@-----. This doesn't obligate you in any way - I just want
to
>> get a count of interested parties.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark Charette@-----.org
>> Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org

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