Re[2]: Electronic Serials Institute (Patricia Loghry) Marcia Tuttle 18 Jul 1997 13:38 UTC
Again, I apologize for having to forward messages individually instead of grouping them. My new computer arrives next week! -Marcia ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 10:22:44 MDT From: Patricia Loghry <FG38@UTEP.BITNET> To: SEREDIT@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re[2]: Electronic Serials Institute (Di Neumeister) >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 10:56:34 -0500 (CDT) >From: Di Neumeister <drneumei@lcac1.loras.edu> >To: Marcia Tuttle <tuttle@gibbs.oit.unc.edu> >Cc: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU >Subject: Re: Electronic Serials Institute (Sarah Tusa) > >Yes! Yes! Yes! I would, too! Except I'd like to see one in the midwest since >I'm in Iowa. > I agree with this as well. I am in El Paso, Texas, and need as much education as I can get. The travel budget is tight and I cannot afford to fund all of these on my own. I would love to see these in other areas or as a teleconf. >Or how about a teleconference? Most librarians should have access to a >site for a teleconference reasonably (and affordably) close to their own >libraries. > >Or maybe conferences could be videotaped? Then the host institution could >make a couple of copies of the tape and loan them to other libraries via >ILL? Or even sell them at a reasonable price. > >Maybe some of you can come up with all kinds of reasons that these >suggestions aren't practical -- or maybe not. In any case, I think a >discussion on this is long overdue. Library technology is changing so >fast that most of us need continuing education more than ever before, but >it's often difficult to find the topics we need close to home. With all >the technology we now have access to, there should be some workable >alternative to sending people clear across the country in this era of >tighter budgets and fewer staff members. > It seems that we should be able to find a way to help each other with the newer technologies. I would suggest an email interactive conference maybe. Pat Loghry Coordinator - Serials section University of Texas-El Paso >What do you think? Please respond to the list so we can get a good >discussion going if anyone, other than Sarah Tusa and I, is interested. > > >Diane Neumeister >Serials Asst. >Wahlert Memorial Library >Loras College >Dubuque, IA 52004-0178 >drneumei@loras.edu > >On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Sarah Tusa wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> Does anyone know if there are plans about to present this >> program on electronic journals in other regions? I would very >> much like to see a workshop of this nature in Texas, or at least >> somewhere in the Southwest. Travel expenses to Washington, D.C. >> are prohibitive for many of us.