attached mail follows:
Two notices of possible interest:
1. I know that colldev-l should but rarely be used as an exchange list, but
I wanted to report back just how useful it has been for the serial backsets
we are removing from our branch library in Northern Virginia. Having
previously placed 85 of the 162 titles with various international
universities, I was able to identify 7 takers for an additional 23 via
colldev-l. Yes, a fair bit of work. But cost-effective overall in the rare
instance someone has that much to give (the real serials backset lists are
much more geared for bits and pieces).
2. Anyone dependent on Dialog's CIP (classroom instruction program) should
be aware that they are suspending this for each library at the end of the
library's current contract. We got caught scrambling for a chem abstracts
alternative on very short notice. IMHO after decades of successful
partnership with libraries, Dialog could have been more proactive about
spreading the word on this.
Paul Metz, Director, Collection Management and College-Based Services
Virginia Tech University Libraries
P.O. Box 90001 / Blacksburg VA / 24062-9001
Ph: (540) 231-5663 FAX: (540) 231-3694 e-mail: pmetz_at_vt.edu
Received on Tue Aug 29 2000 - 07:38:40 EDT