I heartily agree. CD-ROM is okay for attendees, but I'd MUCH rather have
the paper for the Library copy.
Jean.
At 10:14 AM 1/15/03 -0800, Joe Wible wrote:
>Victoria,
>
>I really HATE it when people only publish on CD-ROM. I do not consider it
>archival. If the item is important enough to be added to my collection,
>it is important enough NOT to only be available on CD-ROM. I did major
>lobbying to get the latest proceedings of the California Channel Islands
>Symposium done in print. It took several years after the CD-ROM came out,
>but they finally did it. A CD-ROM may be OK to distribute to conference
>participants, but not for the library copy.
>
>The reason I don't consider CD-ROM archival is not so much the longevity
>of the CD-ROM, but the longevity of the players needed to view it. CD-ROM
>is already gradually being replace by DVD. It will be a while, but in a
>decade or so you may be hard pressed to find the electronic hardware
>needed to view the CD-ROM. Can you image if all the books and journals in
>your library became unreadable 10 years after you purchased them?
>
>If they are going to go digital, they should put it up FOR FREE on the web.
>
>Even if it is free on the web, if they produce a print copy, I would buy
>it even though their past publications have been very expensive.
>
>Joe
>
>
>
>
>>Hello all and Happy New Year.
>>Don Potts, a faculty member and coral reef researcher here at UC Santa
>>Cruz, is on the organising committee of the 10th Intl. Coral Reef
>>Symposium. The organizing committee is considering publishing the
>>proceedings on CD ROM only, and Dr. Potts is interested in librarians'
>>reactions to this. While I can respond from the perspective of a
>>unversity library in the US, the organizing committee would benefit
>>from responses from librarians in all types of libraries and in as many
>>countries as possible.
>>Below is Dr. Potts' email to me-with some specific questions and
>>concerns. Thanks in advance for your time. I will make sure Dr. Potts
>>gets all the responses.
>>Victoria Welborn, UCSC Science Library
>>(Note to Victoria Welborn from Dr. Don Potts:)
>>I'm on the organising committee of the 10th Intl. Coral Reef
>>Symposium. Traditionally, the proceedings have always been published in
>>2-6 volumes about 1-2 years later (with an emphasis on strict peer review
>>and editing after the conference). The question has come up about moving
>>to CD-ROM publication, and we've been asked to find out how our
>>libraries feel about:
>> > * CD-ROMs as the only written record of meetings etc.?
>> >
>> > * any problems with longterm storage, access, cataloging,
>> > archiving etc.?
>> >
>> > * any policies and practices that might be developing in libraries
>> > about handling of electronic media?
>> >
>> > * any advice librarians might give to people publishing
>> > electronically?
>> >
>>These proceedings have become one of the major means of communication in
>>the coral reef field, and we want to maintain that. At the same time (and
>>partly because of it) we want to accelerate the publicatio! n time, and
>>reduce the costs to organizers and individuals.
>> >
>> > We know that some organizations publish mainly in CD-ROMs, but with a
>> limited printed library edition as well (e.g. many remote sensing
>> meetings do this). Do librarians recommend such a practice?
>> >
>> > Anyway I'd appreciate any thoughts you or your colleagues may have
>> about these questions
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> >
>> > Don
>>
>>
>>
>>
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