home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ ftp.pasteur.org/FAQ/ / ftp-pasteur-org-FAQ.zip / FAQ / books / library-faq / part2 < prev    next >
Encoding:
Internet Message Format  |  2000-03-15  |  4.0 KB
  1. Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!dreaderd!not-for-mail
  2. Message-ID: <books/library-faq/part2_953051453@rtfm.mit.edu>
  3. Supersedes: <books/library-faq/part2_921503940@rtfm.mit.edu>
  4. Expires: 26 Jun 2000 16:30:53 GMT
  5. References: <books/library-faq/part1_953051453@rtfm.mit.edu>
  6. X-Last-Updated: 1999/03/15
  7. Organization: none
  8. From: paw@iglou.com (Anthony Wilson)
  9. Newsgroups: soc.libraries.talk,soc.answers,news.answers
  10. Subject: Libraries FAQ, v. 2.1, part 2/10
  11. Followup-To: poster
  12. Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU
  13. Summary: Information about libraries and librarianship
  14. Originator: faqserv@penguin-lust.MIT.EDU
  15. Date: 14 Mar 2000 16:35:04 GMT
  16. Lines: 86
  17. NNTP-Posting-Host: penguin-lust.mit.edu
  18. X-Trace: dreaderd 953051704 2956 18.181.0.29
  19. Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu soc.libraries.talk:12399 soc.answers:13366 news.answers:179404
  20.  
  21. Archive-name: books/library-faq/part2
  22. Posting-Frequency: Every 3 months
  23. Version: 2.1
  24.  
  25. Libraries FAQ 2.1
  26. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1107
  27.  
  28. Anthony Wilson
  29. paw@iglou.com
  30.   
  31.  
  32. Libraries FAQ
  33. Section 1.0 Introduction 
  34.  
  35. 1.1 What is a FAQ? 
  36. 1.2 Where can I find the Libraries FAQ? 
  37. 1.3 How can I contribute to the Libraries FAQ? 
  38. 1.4 What other FAQs might interest librarians and researchers?  
  39.  
  40.  
  41. 1.1 What is a FAQ?  
  42.  
  43. FAQ is an acronym for Frequently Asked Questions (or, as some have
  44. suggested, Frequently ANSWERED Questions), a periodic posting of
  45. information regularly requested on Usenet newsgroups. FAQs posted to
  46. news.answers are archived at
  47. ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers. Hypertext versions of
  48. posted FAQs can be found at:
  49. http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/top.html
  50. The Libraries FAQ arose out of questions asked on soc.libraries.talk
  51. and other library related newsgroups. It is a collection of basic
  52. information regarding libraries and librarianship and an introductory
  53. guide to library resources on the Internet.   
  54.  
  55. 1.2 Where can I find the latest version of the Libraries FAQ? 
  56.  
  57. The Libraries FAQ is posted on the 16th of every other month to
  58. news.answers, soc.answers and soc.libraries.talk. It is archived at:
  59. ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/library-faq   
  60. A continually updated hypertext version of the Libraries FAQ can be
  61. found at the Libraries FAQ Homepage:
  62. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1107 
  63.  
  64. 1.3 How can I contribute to the Libraries FAQ?
  65.   
  66.  The Libraries FAQ has benefited enormously from the input of its
  67. readers. Your comments concerning updates, additions, or corrections
  68. to the FAQ are always welcome. I would especially like to hear about
  69. important library resources outside the US and Canada. Please send
  70. suggestions to Anthony Wilson (paw@iglou.com).
  71. The Libraries FAQ was created by Steve Bergson
  72. (safran-can@geocities.com). Steve is also the creator of the Medical
  73. Libraries FAQ, http://members.tripod.com/~medlib/mdlbfaq.htm 
  74.  
  75. 1.4 What other FAQs might interest librarians and researchers? 
  76.  
  77. A complete listing of FAQs posted to news.answers can be found at the
  78. news.answers archive, ftp://rtfm.mit.edu . A more user friendly WWW
  79. FAQ archive can be found at
  80. http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html   For
  81. general information regarding the creation and maintenance of FAQs,
  82. see the Infinite Link FAQ site, http://www.ii.com/internet/faqs/ (and
  83. its mirror http://www.best.com/~ii/internet/faqs/writing/).
  84.  
  85. Some FAQs of possible interest to librarians and researchers are:
  86.  
  87. alt.education.distance FAQ 
  88. http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/education/distance-ed-faq/top.html
  89.  
  90. alt.usage.english FAQ
  91. http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/alt-usage-english-faq/faq.html
  92.  
  93. Books (category)
  94. http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/books/top.html 
  95. How to find the right place to post (FAQ)
  96. http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/finding-groups/general/faq.html
  97.  
  98. Information Research FAQ 
  99. http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/internet/info-research-faq/top.html
  100.  
  101. rec.arts.books FAQ
  102. http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/books/faq/faq.html 
  103.  
  104.  
  105.  
  106.  
  107.