I get far more milage out of SPIN (comprehensive funding opportunity
database and SMARTS (funding opportunity alert system) than I could
possibly do from print services. I have discontinued all of them. We can't
keep up with which faculty would be interested in each topic, and so
encourage use of SMARTS to keep themselves informed. For those who take the
trouble to use it, it works well. SPIN is useful to me not only for funding
searches for faculty, but also for looking up program info for office use.
Both incorporate CBD and Fed Register (selected for items of likely
interest to universities). If you take labor and quality of service into
account these are better value than print (products of InfoEd International
Inc. - they have graduated prices for small institutions) We also use Grant
Advisor: the only one worth its price because they allow local
reproduction. Charlie.

At 02:54 PM 3/10/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>We are in the process of evaluating expenses. I would like
>to hear from small (2.3/4 staff) research offices with
>limited budgets. Does your office subscribe to any of the
>multitude of publications that are out there? We have
>decided to go with a few in hard copy, now, how do I
>choose? The Grant Advisor we will keep (online).
>Small newsletters are my problem, i.e., The Federal Grants
>and Contracts Weekly, Federal Assistance Monitor,
>Foundation & Corporate Grants Alert, Aris, Education
>Funding, and so on. Does anyone read these on a regular
>basis and have an opinion as to which are the most useful
>and/or if we need them at all? Now that we have a great
>deal of resources on-line, how often do you read these
>publications?
>Thanks for any input!!
>Suzette
>----------------------
>Suzette S. Mauney
>Appalachian State University
>Assistant Director, Sponsored Programs
>(704)262-2694*fax(704)262-2709
>xxxxxx@appstate.edu
>

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