Talk:Alphabet to E-mail: How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading: Difference between revisions

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(judging which books)
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(also slightly bigger plans.)
 
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But let me also recommend Resources for College Libraries, see  
But let me also recommend Resources for College Libraries, see  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resources_for_College_Libraries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resources_for_College_Libraries_(RCL)
I admit to some prejudice; I was involved in the project. If your university library doesn't have it yet, suggest they get it. :).  
I admit to some prejudice; I was involved in the project. If your university library doesn't have it yet, suggest they get it. :).  


Larry, shall I talk with the publisher about making the online version available to all our editors?  
Larry, shall I talk with the publisher about making the online version available to all our editors?  
[[User:DavidGoodman|DavidGoodman]] 23:37, 5 November 2006 (CST)
[[User:DavidGoodman|DavidGoodman]] 23:37, 5 November 2006 (CST)
Hi David, I clicked on the above WP link and it says there's no article there. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 00:15, 6 November 2006 (CST)
Fixed link (should this be discussed somewhere more visible?). [[User:Simen Rustad|Simen Rustad]] 15:48, 6 November 2006 (CST)
I first want to talk to them about getting us all a password, and I will see the relevant people in the next few days; but I will post to the CZ list. Good publicity both ways. I also want to use this inconspicuous place to mention that I am talking with ISI about access to their Citation indexes, and their about to be announced centralized version of endnote-- More when I'm back next week.  [[User:DavidGoodman|DavidGoodman]] 19:32, 6 November 2006 (CST)

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Can we really have articles about every academic book that comes down the pike? Are there enough collaborators to keep an exhaustive, or even semi-exhaustive, database of such books in good order? Also, the title should be followed by "(book)"

Anyway, I don't care so much about this particular case so much as the general rules. Food for thought... --Larry Sanger 23:19, 5 November 2006 (CST)

how to judge

This one is relevant to our interests in general & I'm glad to know about it, because I want to see what she says about Email, because I don't think I agree.

But in terms of policy one approach might be "List of important books in [ ] from WP, with a somewhat more standardized system: recommended classics/current treatises/best textbooks, or the like, and a few sentences of description. One way of doing it in practice might be from the bibliographies of the articles--for such links to be inserted there. It wouldn't have worked in WP because the reference lists are too erratic. But we could have a practice or annotating and marking a few items.

People could simply read the articles, or skim them for the bibliographies, but I think in practice a list like this stimulates browsing.

But let me also recommend Resources for College Libraries, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resources_for_College_Libraries_(RCL) I admit to some prejudice; I was involved in the project. If your university library doesn't have it yet, suggest they get it. :).

Larry, shall I talk with the publisher about making the online version available to all our editors? DavidGoodman 23:37, 5 November 2006 (CST)

Hi David, I clicked on the above WP link and it says there's no article there. --Larry Sanger 00:15, 6 November 2006 (CST)

Fixed link (should this be discussed somewhere more visible?). Simen Rustad 15:48, 6 November 2006 (CST)

I first want to talk to them about getting us all a password, and I will see the relevant people in the next few days; but I will post to the CZ list. Good publicity both ways. I also want to use this inconspicuous place to mention that I am talking with ISI about access to their Citation indexes, and their about to be announced centralized version of endnote-- More when I'm back next week. DavidGoodman 19:32, 6 November 2006 (CST)