no.1762-E-TEXT SERVICE MODELS

From: Lynn F. Sipe <lsipe_at_calvin.usc.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 13:54:23 -0800 To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu

From: JENNIFER VINOPAL <vinopalj_at_elmer4.bobst.nyu.edu>

Hello:

We here at Bobst Library, NYU are re-thinking the way we provide
access to and support for e-text at our library. At present we have
cd-roms loaded on computers but provide minimal tech/research
support. We're looking for other models of access and research
assistance which wouldn't necessarily involve creating a
full-fledged e-text center (e.g. stand-alone access in the
humanities reference center, access by appointment only, some
campus-wide networking of titles, etc.).

Are any of you out there at libraries which don't run large e-text
centers but are still providing decent access and research
assistance? How are you doing it? Any ideas would be extremely
helpful.

Jennifer Vinopal

             Jennifer Vinopal
  Librarian for Western European
       Languages and Literatures
          Bobst Library, NYU
         New York, NY 10012

  vinopalj_at_elmer4.bobst.nyu.edu
      jennifer.vinopal_at_nyu.edu
        Phone:  (212) 998-2522
         Fax:    (212) 995-4583