Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!dreaderd!not-for-mail Message-ID: Supersedes: Expires: 26 Jun 2000 16:30:53 GMT References: X-Last-Updated: 1999/03/15 Organization: none From: paw@iglou.com (Anthony Wilson) Newsgroups: soc.libraries.talk,soc.answers,news.answers Subject: Libraries FAQ, v. 2.1, part 2/10 Followup-To: poster Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Summary: Information about libraries and librarianship Originator: faqserv@penguin-lust.MIT.EDU Date: 14 Mar 2000 16:35:04 GMT Lines: 86 NNTP-Posting-Host: penguin-lust.mit.edu X-Trace: dreaderd 953051704 2956 18.181.0.29 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu soc.libraries.talk:12399 soc.answers:13366 news.answers:179404 Archive-name: books/library-faq/part2 Posting-Frequency: Every 3 months Version: 2.1 Libraries FAQ 2.1 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1107 Anthony Wilson paw@iglou.com Libraries FAQ Section 1.0 Introduction 1.1 What is a FAQ? 1.2 Where can I find the Libraries FAQ? 1.3 How can I contribute to the Libraries FAQ? 1.4 What other FAQs might interest librarians and researchers? 1.1 What is a FAQ? FAQ is an acronym for Frequently Asked Questions (or, as some have suggested, Frequently ANSWERED Questions), a periodic posting of information regularly requested on Usenet newsgroups. FAQs posted to news.answers are archived at ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers. Hypertext versions of posted FAQs can be found at: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/top.html The Libraries FAQ arose out of questions asked on soc.libraries.talk and other library related newsgroups. It is a collection of basic information regarding libraries and librarianship and an introductory guide to library resources on the Internet. 1.2 Where can I find the latest version of the Libraries FAQ? The Libraries FAQ is posted on the 16th of every other month to news.answers, soc.answers and soc.libraries.talk. It is archived at: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/library-faq A continually updated hypertext version of the Libraries FAQ can be found at the Libraries FAQ Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1107 1.3 How can I contribute to the Libraries FAQ? The Libraries FAQ has benefited enormously from the input of its readers. Your comments concerning updates, additions, or corrections to the FAQ are always welcome. I would especially like to hear about important library resources outside the US and Canada. Please send suggestions to Anthony Wilson (paw@iglou.com). The Libraries FAQ was created by Steve Bergson (safran-can@geocities.com). Steve is also the creator of the Medical Libraries FAQ, http://members.tripod.com/~medlib/mdlbfaq.htm 1.4 What other FAQs might interest librarians and researchers? A complete listing of FAQs posted to news.answers can be found at the news.answers archive, ftp://rtfm.mit.edu . A more user friendly WWW FAQ archive can be found at http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html For general information regarding the creation and maintenance of FAQs, see the Infinite Link FAQ site, http://www.ii.com/internet/faqs/ (and its mirror http://www.best.com/~ii/internet/faqs/writing/). Some FAQs of possible interest to librarians and researchers are: alt.education.distance FAQ http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/education/distance-ed-faq/top.html alt.usage.english FAQ http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/alt-usage-english-faq/faq.html Books (category) http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/books/top.html How to find the right place to post (FAQ) http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/finding-groups/general/faq.html Information Research FAQ http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/internet/info-research-faq/top.html rec.arts.books FAQ http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/books/faq/faq.html