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Citations to PACS-L Messages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Bailey, University of Hous)
Fri Apr 17 08:51:57 1992
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 07:50:20 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
From: "Charles Bailey, University of Houston" <LIB3%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.MIT.EDU>
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Bernie Sloan wonders if PACS-L discussions are ever mentioned in print
media sources (see below):
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From: Bernie Sloan
I see where one of our relatively recent discussions merited an item
in the print media.
In the April 1 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education (p. A19),
there's a four paragraph item on the recent discussion of how/whether
participation in Bitnet lists, computer conferences, etc., impacts
decisions on promotion, tenure, and job searches. There are quotes
from two of the participants (Mary Brandt Jensen and William J. Hunter).
Could this be a first? I don't recall seeing one of our discussions
jump from electronic to print media before. . . .
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It is becoming more common to see PACS-L messages being quoted
and cited in books and journals. Here are some representative sources
that have cited PACS-L messages:
Roberta A. Corbin, "The Development of the National Research and
Education Network," Information Technology and Libraries 10
(September 1991): 212-220.
Lorcan Dempsey, Libraries, Networks, and OSI: A Review with a Report
on North American Developments (Bath: UK Office for Library
Networking, 1991.) (Also cites two PACS Review articles.)
Diane Geraci and Linda Langschied, "Mainstreaming Data: Challenges to
Libraries," Information Technology and Libraries 11 (March 1992):
10-18. (Also cites a PACS Review article. )
John Kupersmith, "Technostress and the Reference Librarian,"
Reference Services Review 20, no. 2 (1992): 7-14, 50.
Thomas A. Peters, The Online Catalog: A Critical Examination of
Public Use (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1991). (Also cites
a PACS Review article.)
Laverna M. Saunders, "The Virtual Library Today," Library Administration
and Management 6 (Spring 1992): 66-70.
Stuart Spore, "Downloading from the OPAC: The Innovative Interfaces
Environment," Library Hi Tech 9, no. 2 (1991): 69-79.
Ann Okerson and I have argued that computer conferences may be a new type
of serial publication [1,2]. Whether this is true or not, computer
conferences are having an impact on scholarly discourse in the library
print media.
1. Ann Okerson, "The Electronic Journal: What, Whence, and When?," The
Public-Access Computer Systems Review 2, no. 1 (1991): 5-24.
2. Charles W. Bailey, Jr., "Network-Based Electronic Serials," Information
Technology and Libraries 11 (March 1992): 29-35.
