[531] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Advertising on the Net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Fri Jun 19 15:07:34 1992
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1992 10:08:37 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
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2 Messages, 64 Lines
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From: TURNER@UMDC
Subject: Advertising on the Net
Fred Lerner's questions about letting folks know about
the PILOTS database are important. As PILOTS is part of
the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, it certainly is not
commercial. But what if it were? How would "advertising"
it change under those circumstances?
It is clear to many people that the Internet is going to
be open to commercial ventures. The policies are in
place in some instances, and being considered in others.
Let's think now about how to make commercialization
work for us, rather than wait until the Internet begins
to look like a 900-number service.
--Judith Axler Turner
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From: "Bill Drew-Serials/Reference Librar. SUNY Morrisville"
<DREWWE@snymorva.bitnet>
Subject: Re: Advertising on the Net
In response to Fred's query:
> I have several of the same questions that Judith Axler Turner asked the
>other day. What is advertising?; when is it acceptable?; how does one go
>about it properly on the net?
> We produce the PILOTS database, which indexes the world's literature on
>post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related forms of traumatic
>stress. It's available for searching on BRS (as a subfile of CHID, the
>Combined Health Information Database), and it may also be downloaded
>(as a database in Pro-Cite format) via anonymous ftp from an Internet
>host. The National Center for PTSD is part of the U.S. Dept. of Veterans
>Affairs, so there's no issue about PILOTS being a commercial venture.
> Using the Kovacs list, I've identified about 40 lists that are devoted to
>topics related to traumatic stress. It's an interdisciplinary field (which is
>why PILOTS exists: neither MEDLINE nor PsycINFO nor any other
>database covers the field in its entirety), and the database should be of
>use to researchers, clinicians, and policy makers in many areas. So I
>would like to make its existence known to the subscribers of all these
>lists.
> My question is this: is it proper for me to do so?
In my opinion it proper. I would say considering the topic it is necessary.
> If it is, how should I go about it?
1. Use the review command for each of the lists. That way you get the list
owner's email address.
2. Contact the list owner and tell them what you want to do. Enclose a copy of
your announcement.
3. You will avoid many of the headaches I got when I announced my guide to the
internet resources in agriculture.
Wilfred Drew (Call me "Bill") Serials/Reference/Computers Librarian
State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology
P.O. Box 902; Morrisville, NY 13408-0902
DECnet: SMORV::DREWWE BITNET: DREWWE@SNYMORVA
Internet: DREWWE@SNYMORVA.CS.SNYMOR.EDU or DREWWE@SNYMORVB.CS.SNYMOR.EDU
Phone: (315)684-6055 or 684-6060 Fax: (315)684-6115
