my two cents: Mutiple choice questions Dumb questions (defined as those questions consultants ask and lead to innovative changes.) e.g., "Why not?" Paul T....
Paul T. Jackson
trescott@...
Apr 1, 2000 8:32 pm
1955
Please don't misunderstand my message, I would not think there are any "dumb" questions, this was my attempt at a description in my original ... For those who...
Blythe Bennett
blythe@...
Apr 1, 2000 8:50 pm
1956
http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/did/booklets/question/quest1.html Susan Langer, philosopher and author of Philosophy in a new key, stated somewhere in that book, that,...
Paul T. Jackson
trescott@...
Apr 1, 2000 9:08 pm
1957
I went to Univ. of Miami with a Carla Wilson. Could you be she? 1957-1961. ... From: Carla Wilson Buss <cbuss@...> To: DIG_REF@......
Abaco Cay
dragonlady@...
Apr 11, 2000 3:44 am
1958
The Law Librarians Society Source Book is now available on line. From its INDEX PAGE: "The LLSDC Legislative Source Book is compiled by members of the ...
John Tracy McGrath
jack@...
Apr 11, 2000 1:02 pm
1959
My apologies to the list. I still haven't quite figured out how to address only one of you....
Abaco Cay
dragonlady@...
Apr 11, 2000 6:33 pm
1960
Questions come in all different formats, depending not on what is wanted to know, but the background or the position or the situation of the questioner. For...
Robert Hadden
rhadden@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:09 am
1961
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SPECIALISTS The ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology seeks two information specialists for AskERIC/Virtual Reference...
Blythe Bennett
blythe@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:13 am
1962
Hello...Abaco.... Dont worry ..be happy...I'll join your list ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations...
Khasiah Zakaria
hasiah62@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:27 am
1963
Robert, this is classic...hope YOU are the costumed person I run into sometime in a log cabin in the Parks system :-) Beth, Seattle (grew up in Arlington, VA...
Beth Eisenhood
beth@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:29 am
1964
Dear Blythe, Denis Grogan has written extensively on reference work and reference questions. He includes a categorisation of question types in his book ...
Day,Simon
days@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:57 am
1965
The April edition of Peter's Digital Reference Shelf is now available on the Gale Group website. This month Peter reviews two encyclopedias, the New Millennium...
Lois Kiehl
kiehl@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:59 am
1966
... insult first, then ask for help. This is to re-establish ascendancy. People who resent being put in the position of supplicant will bootstrap themselves up...
Sara Weissman
weissman@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:15 am
1967
I too have found that being in a hoop skirt (Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial) or in the Smokey the Bear uniform (numerous NPS sites) is not too...
Linda J. White
lwhi@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:20 am
1968
******************** DEADLINE EXTENDED ****************************** The Virtual Reference Desk is pleased to announce: THE FACETS OF DIGITAL REFERENCE The...
Joann M. Wasik
jmwasik@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:22 am
1969
Gary Price, a tireless research/reference/resource laborer in the Gelman Library vineyard at the Virginia campus of George Washington University, regularly...
John Tracy McGrath
jack@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:22 am
1970
Blythe, Since you are using ERIC, have you tried ERIC's thesaurus to develop a search strategy? ERIC's thesaurus is located at:...
Marianne Buehler
mabwml@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:43 am
1971
Dear Blythe, I would be very interested in seeing a summary of responses you got. Interestingly enough, the question that you yourself pose would probably be...
lkortz
lkortz@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:43 am
1972
Bibliographic Database Free on the Web You and your patrons may be interested in the Soybean Insect Research Information Center (SIRIC) database that is now...
Soybean Insect Resear...
siric@...
Apr 12, 2000 6:27 am
1973
The High Wire Press of Stanford University describes itself as one of the two largest sources of free, full-text science articles. (NASA is the other) Now is...
John Tracy McGrath
jack@...
Apr 12, 2000 7:03 am
1974
I have been asked to post the following announcement by a colleague. Bill Richardson Seek Information Service, Inc. brichar5@... Extraordinary Job...
Bill Richardson
brichar5@...
Apr 12, 2000 7:27 am
1975
Posted to many lists, please excuse duplication Digital Libraries and Digital Imaging: The Big Picture A day long pre-conference workshop presented by the LITA...
Debra Shapiro
dshapiro@...
Apr 12, 2000 11:23 am
1976
As some of you know, I have a research interest in electronic reference services. I'm getting ready to take a fairly detailed look at some library sites that...
Sloan, Bernie
bernies@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:48 pm
1977
These guidelines cover such pertinent issues as patient privacy, actual ownership of a medical web site, advertising identification, and the like. JAMA also...
John Tracy McGrath
jack@...
Apr 12, 2000 1:30 pm
1978
From Intel (the horse's mouth, certainly, on this subject) comes this informative tutorial produced in conjunction with the Intel Museum in California. Both...
John Tracy McGrath
jack@...
Apr 12, 2000 1:36 pm
1979
Sorry to write such a message but I would like to know how to unsuscribe. Thank you for your help. ... Web : www.netcourrier.com Minitel : 3615 et 3623...
Chaigne Virginie
virginie.chaigne@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:04 pm
1980
From the looks of it, this is not a new collection, but it was to me, and so may be to some others on this list: ...
John Tracy McGrath
jack@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:57 pm
1981
I don't know how germane to this list the following topic is, but it does have some bearing on the work reference librarians do, so if you all will permit me...
Amy L. McCrory
amccrory@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:08 pm
1982
Amy, you've hit the nail squarely on the head. I'm a non-traditional librarian working in a purely web-based environment, so needless to say I spend a LOT of...
Leslie Fournier
lfournier@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:18 pm
1983
I'm redesigning Academic Info at http://www.academicinfo.net/ with a conscious retro-look in mind. Sorry, I can't do anything about the obnoxious banner ads...