"This program solves a dilemma that’s very common in library schools:  how to teach the students the best practices of premium database searching on a limited budget," said David "Skip" Prichard, President of ProQuest Information and Learning.  “This is certainly consistent with ProQuest’s long history of support for the library industry.  We’re also eager for the feedback we’ll get from the next-generation of librarians.  Imagine the opportunities this presents for us to evolve our products over time.”

All North American library schools are eligible for free school term access to such popular ProQuest databases as ABI/INFORM®, Research Library, National Newspapers, ProQuest Historical Newspapers™, Literature Online, eLibrary, SIRS, and Black Studies Center.  The free subscriptions will be available to library school students only and not available campus-wide. 

Library schools that reside on a campus holding four or more ProQuest databases will receive extra benefits from the program.    They will also receive a classroom sampler of microfilm newspaper/research collections, electronic versions of film subject catalogs and quarterly webinars that will connect students directly with product experts. 

Registration for the program is available now for the 2006-07 school year.  For more information, visit http://www.il.proquest.com/division/forms/libraryprogram.shtml. 

For information on other library advocacy programs, such as sponsorship of the ProQuest/SIRS Intellectual Freedom Awards and the Filby Prize for Geneaological Librarianship, please visit www.il.proquest.com.