OT Muir journal collection digitized

Wolfgang typed:
"Tim J." wrote in message
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I guess I'll have to break down and go to ugh! *the library*.

Uh oh.

Wolfgang
well, so much for the warm and fuzzy mood that has hovered over this
place for so long.

Actually, (and I really hate to say this) the main Boston Public Library is
awesome. If you visit Boston, it's one of the "must see" stops, IMO.
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TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Quite an interesting story about the assassination of Durham White
Stevens;http://www.koreanamericanheritage.com/kna.htm

Yeah, I've read that version, which, of course, could be just slightly
slanted to the Korean POV. That said, it's about the only history on the man
I could find online. I guess I'll have to break down and go to ugh! *the
library*. Oh, well. That'll give me a good reason to visit Boston on one of
these cold winter days. I mean, how expensive could it be to park in Boston,
anyway . . . ;-)

Go to Google Scholar and type in "Durham White Stevens" (remember the
quotation marks). There's about twelve more references to him there.
Probably would find more with some differing search strings.
Frank Reid

"Tim J." wrote in message
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Wolfgang typed:
"Tim J." wrote in message
...

I guess I'll have to break down and go to ugh! *the library*.

Uh oh.

Wolfgang
well, so much for the warm and fuzzy mood that has hovered over this
place for so long.

Actually, (and I really hate to say this) the main Boston Public Library
is awesome. If you visit Boston, it's one of the "must see" stops, IMO.

Smooth.....very smooth recovery.

Let's just hope it was in time to forestall the launch of M-LIST.*

If I ever get there, I'll be sure to stop in.

Wolfgang
*multiple librarian impelled sharp things.

Wolfgang typed:
"Tim J." wrote in message
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Wolfgang typed:
"Tim J." wrote in message
...

I guess I'll have to break down and go to ugh! *the library*.

Uh oh.

Wolfgang
well, so much for the warm and fuzzy mood that has hovered over this
place for so long.

Actually, (and I really hate to say this) the main Boston Public
Library is awesome. If you visit Boston, it's one of the "must see"
stops, IMO.

Smooth.....very smooth recovery.

Well, okay - if you say so. However, my keyboard is soaking wet from the
sweat dripping from my brow.

Seriously, that's one of the nicest libraries I've ever seen (all two of
'em.) The reading room is spectacular. Now, if I could just learn to read.
Oh, well. They have nice pitures in some of them books. %-)
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Frank Reid typed:
Quite an interesting story about the assassination of Durham White
Stevens;http://www.koreanamericanheritage.com/kna.htm

Yeah, I've read that version, which, of course, could be just
slightly slanted to the Korean POV. That said, it's about the only
history on the man I could find online. I guess I'll have to break
down and go to ugh! *the library*. Oh, well. That'll give me a
good reason to visit Boston on one of these cold winter days. I
mean, how expensive could it be to park in Boston, anyway . . . ;-)

Go to Google Scholar and type in "Durham White Stevens" (remember the
quotation marks). There's about twelve more references to him there.
Probably would find more with some differing search strings.
Frank Reid

WooooHOOOO! We don't need no steenkin libraries!
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Yeah, I've read that version, which, of course, could be just
slightly slanted to the Korean POV. That said, it's about the only
history on the man I could find online. I guess I'll have to break
down and go to ugh! *the library*. Oh, well. That'll give me a
good reason to visit Boston on one of these cold winter days. I
mean, how expensive could it be to park in Boston, anyway . . . ;-)

Go to Google Scholar and type in "Durham White Stevens" (remember the
quotation marks). There's about twelve more references to him there.
Probably would find more with some differing search strings.
Frank Reid

WooooHOOOO! We don't need no steenkin libraries!

Got my masters degree without setting foot in the library (well, did
have to use their copy machine).
Frank Reid

On Nov 30, 5:01 pm, "Tim J."
wrote:
Frank Reid typed:

Go to Google Scholar and type in "Durham White Stevens" (remember the
quotation marks). There's about twelve more references to him there.
Probably would find more with some differing search strings.
Frank Reid

WooooHOOOO! We don't need no steenkin libraries!

Google Scholar (and ...Books, do the same search there, Tim) are sweet
finding aids.

But note that most of the links to those items you find on Scholar
lead to licensed content (JSTOR, copyrighted books). Want to read
'em? Head for the library! Same with Google Books, you'll get
tantalizing tidbits ("snippets" I believe is the term they use) of
many books that have copyright but for the whole shebang, we've
already bought the book for you, just come on in. Google Books has a
link that says "find it in a library" to help you figure out which of
my brethren will loan it to you. We've already paid for this stuff
for you, all you have to do is ask and we'll get it to you!

I know you know most of this but I just couldn't help but rise to the
bait.

As to Frank not stepping foot inside the library while studying for
his masters, well, there's a story behind that. He was banned. We
couldn't afford the insurance. :-)

Bill

On Nov 30, 12:37 pm, "Larry L" wrote:
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So if you are so inclined and have some time to spare, here is the
link.

http://library.pacific.edu/ha/digital/index.asp

Cheers,
Bill

UOP also has my kid as a student ... I consider THAT to be their high point
G

Lucky kid! UOP appears to have an excellent library. At our place,
we get far too many students who make the odd boast of never having
set foot in the library for four years. I hope your kid takes
advantage of the riches at the UOP libraries! Those special
collections librarians would probably love it if he/she came to see
them and asked to see the Muir journals!

Bill

When is everything at a library going to be digitized and available to
patrons online?

Our libraries in Colorado have made a bit of progress in this regard,
they have a good selection of audio books available (2000+ titles) for
download with a time limit and copy protection. I think is great. You
download the book and transfer it to a MP3 player (but not an IPOD) or
listen to it on your computer for a two week period.

There are also some ebooks available, but they are very limited.
Personally, what I'd especially like to see are the online availability
of scientific journals.

Willi

Willi wrote:
When is everything at a library going to be digitized and available to
patrons online?

Google is trying to do this, not just for one library but for *everything*:

http://books.google.com/googlebooks/library.html

What's causing them problems is copyright.

Our libraries in Colorado have made a bit of progress in this regard,
they have a good selection of audio books available (2000+ titles) for
download with a time limit and copy protection. I think is great. You
download the book and transfer it to a MP3 player (but not an IPOD) or
listen to it on your computer for a two week period.

There are also some ebooks available, but they are very limited.
Personally, what I'd especially like to see are the online availability
of scientific journals.

A lot of scientific journals are online, but you have to pay. For
example, look at http://prl.aps.org/.

Scientists were among the first to take advantage of the Web by making
preprints available, and these are typically free. For example,
http://arxiv.org/. The main reason they do this is that it takes so long
to get a paper published in journal form. Printed scientific journals
are nearly obsolete -- very expensive and out-of-date.

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