Re: USGS Library Subscription Cuts (fwd)

[Peter Bengtson <Peter.Bengtson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 10:07:24 +0100 (BST)
>From: Carol Speirs <C.Speirs@reading.ac.uk>
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>Subject: Re: USGS Library Subscription Cuts (fwd)
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>Thought you would like to see this message from Geonet - a list for US
>earth science librarians and information specialists. Please disregard if
>you already know of this impending blow to earth science research. Maybe
>this is naive but could we email USGS regarding the implications of their
>proposed periodical cuts to Georef?
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>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 08:38:40 -0500
>From: Lois Heiser <heiser@indiana.edu>
>Reply-To: GEONET-L Geoscience Librarians & Information Specialists
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>To: GEONET-L@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU
>Subject: Re: USGS Library Subscription Cuts (fwd)
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>Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 13:28:30 -0600
>From: drtgeol@mail.utexas.edu
>To: GEONET-L Geoscience Librarians & Information Specialists
>     <GEONET-L@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU>
>Subject: Re: USGS Library Subscription Cuts (fwd)
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>Lois:
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>It might be useful to remind everyone that the majority of what appears in
>GEOREF is the index of the holding of the USGS Reston collection. In the
>past few years, shakeups and cancellations have both delayed some of the
>input and  caused some rethinking of the source of supply of data for
>GEOREF, but to my understanding, this cancellation could be a huge blow to
>the comprehensiveness, integrity, and timeliness of the database. Whether
>the USGS has its own best interests at heart is one matter, but it is
>access to global earth science information sources that sets our libraries
>apart from those in the rest of the world -- I know this from the comments
>of many foreign visitors who seem to regard our library as the greatest
>resource in the Department. This cancellation is more than a loss of a
>tremendous cataloging resource and a source of last resort for interlibrary
>loan, it is also potentially the screwing up of our only significant
>subject index on this topic. Fixing the problem could prove to be rather
>costly for GEOREF users, too, but who knows at this point what AGI can come
>up with to replace such a rich and convenient source of data?
>
>Dennis Trombatore
>Walter Geology Library
>The University of Texas at Austin
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