[Fwd: Re: RC: EN]

[Jim Holland <lanconn@tds.net>]

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Subject: Re: RC:  EN
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 07:41:03 -0500
From: Jim Holland <lanconn@tds.net>
To: truman.prevatt@netsrq.com
References: <3A568A99.7B4AEA39@netsrq.com>

Truman....

The only comments I saw on this were negative, so I didn't suggest it,
but I agree that we do need to consider this.  Maybe the AERC membership
doesn't come with hard copy...that's extra.  NOVELL used to send me
reams of technical bulletins that I had to file...and then I could never
find what I wanted because my filing system left much to be desired. 
When they went to an online format, it was much easier and I could
search, read, print anything I wanted selectively.  They offered a
subscription for "x" dollars in hardcopy and less "x" dollars for online
with a password. Only problem was they used some clunky reader program
of their own to access them instead of a standard like Acrobat.

I would prefer that we NOT do this.  I prefer to think of EN not as a
technical journal, but as a magazine along the lines of Trail Blazer or
Equus.

Personally I like online stuff.  I have several databases I have scanned
to a zip drive to make them easier to find.  I do that with some EN
articles that I want to refer back to. ACROBAT makes this very easy.

Jim and Sun of Dimanche



"Truman Prevatt, PhD" wrote:
> 
> While I can see this is not going to be popular, I'll throw it out
> anyway.
> 
> One of the current trends in technical journals today is EJournals. Some
> Journals are only published on-line. Many of the mainstay journals which
> have been around over 60 or so years are published both on-line and in
> print. When you pay your subscription fee you chose either to receive a
> password or the publication in paper ( which cost more).
> 
> With your password you can access the Journals. You can either read them
> online or download them and do what you like with them. There is a big
> cost savings with on-line subscriptions.
> 
> Also it much easier to organize and store the downloaded papers than try
> to remember just which issue you saw something in.  Not only that if I
> kept getting hard copy of my journals, I would have to build an addition
> on the house to build the additional bookshelves on which to keep them -
> nothing to say of beefing up the foundation to support the weight of all
> this paper.
> 
> The AERC could also realize a big cost savings by offering the EN online
> to those that wanted it online. I am not proposing that the hard copy
> should cease to exist. Those that want it in print should be able to get
> it in print, but if only 1/4 of the membership took it online, this
> would amount to a large savings.
> 
> As for me, I know Dane had a wonder series of articles in EN about 6
> years ago on metabolic problems and how to prevent them, or was it seven
> or was it five - gee I can't remember. Of course since we moved I most
> likely have misplaced the very issues they were in. If I got them
> offline, they would be nice and neat in a folder in my hard drive or on
> a zip drive - hundreds of them in one zip drive in my desk.
> 
> The big way business and government has cut cost by is increasing
> "productivity" by using technology. The AERC should take a look at these
> options.
> 
> Truman
> 
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