ACQNET v3n042 (April 12, 1993) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v3n042 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 3, No. 42, April 12, 1993 ====================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (14 lines) (2) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: ACQNET to stop for one week (11 lines) (3) FROM: Cornelia Kelley SUBJECT: Staff use of the Internet, acq. on the Internet (27 lines) (4) FROM: Doug DeLong SUBJECT: Credit cards for acquisitions (13 lines) (5) FROM: Eric Childress SUBJECT: _Ireland_: A television history_ video (17 lines) (6) FROM: Ann Okerson SUBJECT: _Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks_ (73 lines) (1)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: April 12, 1993 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Betty Douglas Paulk Assistant Director for Technical Services Valdosta State College Library E-mail: BPAULK@GRITS.VALDOSTA.PEACHNET.EDU Christine Ann Patterson Customer Applications Manager Blackwell North America, Inc. E-mail: PATTERCA@BNAMF.BLACKWELL.COM (2)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Apr 93 20:31:23 EDT From: Christian Subject: ACQNET to stop for one week ACQNET will take a one-week break starting this coming weekend. Please plan to send what you want to see appear by Friday in order for it to make the last issue of the week. Look for ACQNET to resume anytime between April 26-28. (3)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 07:53:46 -0400 From: Cornelia A. Kelley (Univ. of Virginia) Subject: Staff use of the Internet When the University Library finally brought up all of the NOTIS modules and it became necessary for every staff member to have their own terminal, the library's administration announced that we would be contributing to conservation efforts by sending out all group & committee minutes as well as announcements and job postings via e-mail. Therefore, absolutely everyone on the staff exclusive of students was signed up with the University's computing center, each with his/her own identity code. What came after that is surprising, or perhaps, not so surprising: people who formerly spent a lot of time in unofficial communications (by whatever mechanism) now spend a lot of time communicating via e-mail; people who weren't involved in massive unofficial communications by other methods are not particularly interested in using their terminals for unofficial correspondence or communications. With the Internet, we have very specific rules for its use for other than official business and have encountered no problems in Acquisitions. I would be delighted if staff would and could use the Internet to communicate with assorted vendors about problems, but we all seem to prefer the telephone unless something has to be seen to be believed. I have found that discovering bookdealers' Internet/Bitnet/Compuserve addresses can be something of a problem if they don't announce them or include them as part of their letterhead information. Perhaps the vendors are somewhat reluctant to leap into this newish medium. (4)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Apr 93 10:57:44 CDT From: Doug DeLong (Illinois State Univ.) Subject: Bank cards for orders We considered obtaining a Mastercard or Visa for use in telephone orders, but were concerned over the possibility of the vendor automatically adding the state sales tax to the charge. I discussed this with the bank; they said they could do nothing--that we would have to obtain a credit from the original vendor. I was also concerned regarding security of the number. As a result we have not obtained a card. In an emergency we use a personal card and reimburse the employee. The idea of using a card for foreign orders is intriguing. (5)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 11:01:40 EDT From: Eric Childress (Elon College) Subject: _Ireland: a television history_ As you may recall, I queried the readers of ACQNET about a video series, _Ireland: a television history_, several months ago, and received a number of helpful responses. After consulting with the U.S. office of BBC/ Lionheart, the U.S. office queried their home office about availability. Diane Busby of BBC/Lionheart [(212) 373-4100] has now informed that this series is not available for purchase, and that BBC does not currently have any plans to reissue it. She will keep my name on file as a contact person. I did my best to let Diane know that there is a market for the program, but if any of you have a strong interest in seeing the program made available in the near future it probably wouldn't hurt to contact her. Thanks again for everyone's help. (6)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Apr 93 19:55:43 EDT From: Ann Okerson (ARL) Subject: Proceedings Available FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For additional information please contact: Ann Okerson, Director Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing e-mail: ann@cni.org The Association of Research Libraries announces the publication of _Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks: Proceedings of the Second Symposium_. ISBN 0-918006-61-9, March 1993. 182 pages, 8.5 x 11, pbk. The meeting and the proceedings were co-sponsored by the Association of American University Presses, with support from the American Mathematical Society and the National Science Foundation. The first symposium on scholarly publishing on the electronic networks was held in the spring of 1992. One publisher commented that the experience was "like being a deer caught in the headlights of an onrushing truck." But by the start of the second symposium, participants had survived the shock of the new. They came forward with well-formed experiments, prototype projects, and questions about the ways and means of making the new technology serve the demands of the scholarly and scientific community. The objective of Symposia has been to promote information-sharing and discussion among people interested in developing the potential of formal scholarly electronic publishing, with particular emphasis on not-for-profit models. Presenters also discussed developing collaborative plans for sharing electronic publishing expertise among organizations in the academic publishing chain. Presentations ranged from a deliberately visionary look at electronic publishing "the day after tomorrow" to very pragmatic discussions about what it takes to make electronic text that can be used in the current network environment. Common economic concerns were evident in many of the presentations and included questions on such issues as those of cost recovery and intellectual property laws in a new and evolving technological environment. A riveting 'lawyers tour' was given of the realities of the copyright law and its interpretation and application. _Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks_ was compiled and edited by Ann Okerson, Director of ARL's Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing. It contains text or summaries of 17 papers presented at the symposium, as well as two supplemental papers. 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