| [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Thread Index] | [Date Prev] | [Date Next] | [Date Index] |
Whitey Hagadorn wrote:
> Unless your library's ILL is different from ours, almost _ALL_ of the xerox
> copies you receive from your library are actually scanned images sent over
> the internet. In most major libraries (intl. as well as U.S.) the ILL folks
> simply place the designated book pages down on a scanner and (poof!) send
> them over the net to your library. It saves them xeroxing costs,
> postage costs, and is the fastest way to transmit the information to
> you.
Our's doesn't receive most ILL electronically yet, but that's not my
point. Electronic transfer of data is great: *unrefereed* electronic
publishing concerns me.
> With regard to perusing several papers/texts/articles/etc. at
> once, you would probably not need multiple screens to do this. You
> could print out those articles on paper, look them over, spread them
> across your desk, etc. If photos were the concern, you could simply
> page through the photos like you would a slideshow - or... put them
> all on the screen at once, overlapping if necessary. Downloading the
> images onto your computer would make viewing these multiple images
> virtually instantaneous. >
Yeah, I could, but isn't it easier to have paper copy initially
available than to print out digital data on a mechanical printer?
As I recall, GSA's prior attempt to have the _Bulletin_ on microfiche
failed (indeed, its circulation never recovered), and I suspect
its journals on CD are not a great hit (perhaps I'm wrong on the
latter?).
Gee, I wish this didn't sound so Philistine.
> Whitey Hagadorn
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> Dept. of Earth Sciences
> U. of Southern California
> Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
> email: hagadorn@usc.edu ...surfing waves and the internet...
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> David Schwimmer
Dep't of Chemistry & Geology
Columbus College, Columbus GA 31907-5645
schwimmer_david@cc.csg.peachnet.edu
No, I'm not Ross.
Partial index: