I am greatly interested in exploring a possible collaborative
effort between a new service I've established and online book
publishers.
Over the past several months, I have been in the process of
establishing a service called CyberStacks(sm) which I believe
will facilitate identification and access to Internet Reference
resources.
As part of the future enhancement of the CyberStacks(sm)
service, I have included a recommendation form that provides
a users with the option request that a Web publication be
identified and incorporated within the CyberStacks(sm) scheme.
I have also indicated that the CyberStacks(sm) would contact
appropriate publishers to convey interest in a publication of
a particular type.
I'd very much appreciate your assistance with coordinating this
effort. Which trade groups would you recommend that I contact
to begin discussion of this issue? I'd work through a larger
organization then through individual publishers, if possible.
Thanks for consideration of my request!
Gerry McKiernan
Coordinator, Science and Technology Section
Reference and Instructional Services Department
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011
gerrymck@iastate.edu
"There are No Answers, Only Solutions"
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Announcing CyberStacks(sm), A Demonstration Prototype
Virtual Science and Technology Reference Collection
While there have been noteworthy efforts to facilitate the
efficient identification of relevant Internet and World Wide Web
(WWW) information and data sources in the fields of science and
technology, users continue to be confronted with the cumbersome
task of effectively identifying, selecting, evaluating and using
Internet Reference resources that best meet their information
needs. To address this situation, I have created CyberStacks(sm) -
a browsable classified and categorized selected collection with
an appropriate level of specificity and description that I
believe offers the value-added structure and organization which
can facilitate the identification and use of selected Internet
and WWW resources in these, and other, subject areas.
The URL for CyberStacks(sm) is
<http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/>
As a short-term goal, I plan to identify and incorporate
selected resources that may be categorized within the Science (Q)
outline of the Library of Congress classification scheme, the
system that I have adopted for the CyberStacks(sm) service. I
would greatly appreciate receiving the title, URL and a _brief_
description of other Reference resources that may be classified
in this group, as well as similar information for resources that
cover other science and technology disciplines.
As CyberStacks(sm) is a prototype demonstration project,
it would be premature to point to the service at this time. It is
my hope that with the appropriate level of support, a fully
functioning service can be established by July 1, 1996.
Gerry McKiernan
Coordinator, Science and Technology Section
Reference and Instructional Services
Iowa State University
152 Parks
Ames IA 50011
gerrymck@iastate.edu
"The Future is Now!"