"interesting idea"..."worthwhile service"..."similar to the way the US government has allowed private enterprise to make the material from the Government...
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Ken Umbach
kumbach@...
Feb 2, 1998 3:47 pm
Sordid sellout? I can (and do) buy the U.S. Census's _Statistical_Abstract_ in better binding at half the price from a commercial publisher than I can from...
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Neil D. Job
neil@...
Feb 2, 1998 4:53 pm
... The government isn't in the business of software development, nor should it be. When private enterprise makes a profit it is always because it produces...
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*Sayrs, Judith
JSayrs@...
Feb 2, 1998 6:04 pm
We have a book store here (in Milwaukee, WI, USA) that will do essentially the same thing. They will produce a book on demand from any sources that you...
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Kathleen Desch
kathleen_desch@...
Feb 2, 1998 6:06 pm
I'm new to this list, so don't know if this has come up recently. Is there some sort of online equivalent on the WWW to the print serials directory?...
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sarah j hammill
shammill@...
Feb 2, 1998 6:20 pm
Does anyone know of an online version of the Library of Congress Subject Headings aka know as the Red Books? Thanks in Advance!...
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JOANNE KENNEDY
JKENNEDY@...
Feb 2, 1998 6:41 pm
I do. Just contact me if you want the information. Joanne Kennedy 805-988-2820 805-981-4419...
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Wren, Pam
pwren@...
Feb 2, 1998 6:49 pm
I was under the impression that the companies who publish the Stat Abstract purchase the material from the government. (I buy it from a company also). pam ...
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Kenneth R. Irwin
krirwin@...
Feb 2, 1998 8:01 pm
... This is a question we often get at the Internet Public Library(IPL). As far as we know, there aren't any periodical indexes on the web; mostly because it...
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Richard Hathaway
rhat@...
Feb 2, 1998 8:17 pm
Hi-- I think you are asking whether there is a serials directory, rather than serial indexes on the web. There are both--but obviously not as common or...
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Ruth Lewis
Ruth-Lewis@...
Feb 2, 1998 8:23 pm
It doesn't give where something is indexed, but if you just need price, publisher, etc., http://www.mediafinder.com is a site worth checking. ...
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Vincent Munch (lar)
vmunch@...
Feb 2, 1998 8:34 pm
ken Umbach mentions taht we should not wield a wide brush in tarring the commercialization of govt. publications as sordid; the problem is access, not just for...
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Vincent Munch (lar)
vmunch@...
Feb 2, 1998 8:39 pm
Which state is that? We have numerous websites in our public library system; however, my state (NY) is way behind with government websites and the advertising...
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Ken Umbach
kumbach@...
Feb 2, 1998 8:53 pm
True ... access is an issue. Commercial republication does not increase the problem of access, it alleviates it. I find that I get cheaper (and easier!)...
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Kathy Amen
acadamen@...
Feb 2, 1998 9:31 pm
There will always be lots of ways to access Statistical Abstract because it's a popular, useful and well-known reference source. What concerns me about...
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Jennifer Reiswig
Jennifer_Reiswig@...
Feb 2, 1998 10:14 pm
(excuse any odd margins - e-mail program is behaving weird today) A couple ideas: I note from your e-mail address that you are from a health-related publishing...
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Western Archeological...
wacc@...
Feb 2, 1998 11:16 pm
Bill or Richard (Who wrote this good message?) : I feel the same way that you do about the "GPO-Sell-Out-Program." I work for the Government (The National...
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Mark Morrow
mmorrow@...
Feb 3, 1998 4:13 am
I can only imagine how difficult and expensive creating a book by gathering together material from other sources must be. Judith Sayrs mentioned speaking to a...
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Linda Day
lday@...
Feb 3, 1998 1:41 pm
The Library of Congress offers the topical subject headings via LOCIS (telnet://locis.loc.gov) -- complete with cross references and scope notes. ... ...
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David Lankes
rdlankes@...
Feb 3, 1998 9:45 pm
... From: Sara Weissman [mailto:weissman@...] ... Subject: LC Subject headings ... Don't know that a $200 publication will be freely available on...
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Hannah King
HANNAH.KING@...
Feb 4, 1998 12:06 am
Our Cataloger forwarded this to me; she pulled it off the Serialst Listserv. I thought it relevant to this membership too. Please excuse any duplication. ...
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Penny Papangelis
papanpl@...
Feb 4, 1998 1:13 am
Dear Henri [Cher monsieur], The experiment at the French National Library where copies are made available of rare manuscripts sounds like a great idea...
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David Lankes
rdlankes@...
Feb 4, 1998 2:31 pm
This may be of interest to some readers, and follows on some of the education/training threads. ********************************************************* ...
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Robert Carle
reppem@...
Feb 4, 1998 2:42 pm
set dig_ref digest...
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Daniel Liestman
dliest@...
Feb 5, 1998 7:47 pm
Posted to multiple lists, please excuse duplication Social Sciences-Reference (position re-advertised) Kansas State University seeks applicant for new...
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Cybelle de Assumpcao ...
caf@...
Feb 6, 1998 2:04 am
Thanks for all who aswered me about evaluating sources for MEDLINE in Internet.. I summerized bellow the links and articles suggested : "Internet free MEDLINE...
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David Lankes
rdlankes@...
Feb 10, 1998 2:01 pm
While this list concentrates (or at least to this point) on human intermediation in the digital environment, certainly having well organized collections to...
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Abby Kasowitz
abby@...
Feb 11, 1998 10:26 pm
Hello everyone, As Dave Lankes previously mentioned, the Virtual Reference Desk (the project sponsoring Dig_Ref) has organized a list of quality criteria for ...
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Abby Kasowitz
abby@...
Feb 11, 1998 10:27 pm
Below is the second part of a document on quality criteria for digital reference services from the Virtual Reference Desk. Comments are welcome. Abby Kasowitz ...
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Sara Weissman
weissman@...
Feb 12, 1998 3:05 am
Here's what lay in wait for me in our "e-ref box" this evening .. query: Does Morris County have a Law Library? If so, what is the address and hours of...
