<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hello!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Does anyone find the inclusion of page counts in vendor descriptions of (mostly) primary source databases in any way useful? I've just asked for the details about a primary source collection - and gotten back page counts. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Number of issues included in a journal run = helpful </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Accurate date coverage = extremely helpful</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Number of pages = ??</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Page counts are helpful when a digitization project is getting started, because the companies that digitize stuff usually charge by the page. How is that number helpful after the digitization is over, though?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks and best intentions,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Laura </div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,254);color:rgb(149,24,41)"><font face="arial black, sans-serif">Laura Streett </font></span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(149,24,41);background-color:rgb(255,255,254)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)">Digital Archivist & E-Resources Librarian</span><br></font></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(69,69,69);background-color:rgb(255,255,254)"><a href="tel:+18454375716" style="color:rgb(149,24,41);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif">845-437-5716</font></a></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:"Source Sans Variable",acumin-pro,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:19.2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,254)"><tbody><tr style="background-color:transparent"><td><a href="https://www.vassar.edu/" style="color:rgb(149,24,41);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.vassar.edu/sites/default/files/2021-09/sig_vassarlogo.gif" alt="Vassar Libraries" width="96" height="37" style="vertical-align:middle;border-style:none;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></a></td><td><a href="https://library.vassar.edu/" style="color:rgb(99,102,106);background:none" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.vassar.edu/sites/default/files/2021-09/vassar-libraries.png" alt="Vassar Libraries" width="200" height="35" style="vertical-align:middle;border-style:none;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" color="#ffffff">l</font></div><div><span></span><span></span><span name="x"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>