Dear all, several people has asked me to share with the list the responses I got to my question regarding Otzar Hahochma project (my original question is at the bottome of this e-mail). Below see responses I received. Many thanks to those who responded.
-- Yelena Luckert Librarian for History, Jewish, Slavic and Women's Studies University of Maryland Libraries College Park, MD 20742 Phone: 301-405-9365 Fax: 301-314-2795 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________ HebrewBooks.org, which is a similar project to Otzar HaHochma is free via their website. Number of titles - HebrewBooks has about 15,000 while Otzar haChochmah has 28,000. _____________________________________ I highly recommend the Otzar hachoma Program (btw, we are NOT connected with otzar hachoma) It is the gold standard. __________________________________________ We recently started an online subscription after a patron request. It only works with Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher and needs some ActiveX plug-ins—a disadvantage to those who don't use IE. The ability to cross search texts is a big plus. __________________________________________ We never got the CD version to work. We then got the online version, which I heard works. However, it is still waiting to get the license approved as we have a huge backlog of databases needing license approval. _____________________________________ If I were you I would not consider the CD version and go for the online version only. This is a great product. The company is very helpful in setting it properly in case you need help. They use a software company Netis which developed a great search engine. _____________________________________ The images are very good. In away this is the major resource of Hebrew e-books _____________________________________ Dear all, We are looking into a possibility to purchase Otzar HaHochma collection. I have heard that there were some problems with it for some people, but I can't remember what exactly. We have not decided whether to go for online or CD versions. At this point advise of any kind will be highly appreciated, including overall impressions of this project. Thank you all in advance. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
