Shalom Safranim.
Our library recently purchased this. I blame myself for not asking more
timely questions of Brill (the publisher) of the possibility of any fees
aside from the purchase price. I was thinking of maintenance fees and was
told there are not any but that they intend to add material to the
encyclopedia and that, as material is added,, there would likely be f fees
to cover that starting in 2014 or 2015. In response. to further
questioning, the sales representative said that, if a library chose not to
pay further fees in the future, the company could send a disk wit the
material purchased that could be loaded on aservers but would not have the
finvttionality of the platform. None of this was mentioned in any of the
promotional material I read. I assumed purchase meant a one time payment,
period.
So please be warned. And also, based upon thisexperience, I suggest asking
very probing questions if you are considering purchasing anything
electronic from Brill.
B'chavod rav.
Shmuel Ben-Gad,
Gelman Library,
George Washington University.
"Try and simplify your ideas, my friend. The affair is plain and serious."
--Krag in A Voyage to Arcturus.
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