Duplicates Exchange List (Marilyn Geller) Ann Ercelawn 30 Sep 1994 06:12 UTC
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 21:36:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Marilyn Geller <mgeller@READMORE.COM> Subject: Duplicates Exchange List BACKSERV The Serials Back Issues and Duplicate Exchange List We are pleased to announce the creation of BACKSERV, a new list devoted exclusively to the informal exchange of serials back issues among libraries. BACKSERV provides a forum for the listing of both available and desired serial issues in all subject areas. BACKSERV is not a forum for the discussion of the process of exchanging back issues of serials or of the merits of various dealers or exchange avenues. Messages of this type should be posted instead to SERIALST or ACQNET. Each message sent to BACKSERV should list one or more issues which are either wanted or available. Please do not include both wanted and available titles in the same message. The Subject line of each message should include either the word WANTED or AVAILABLE. Optionally, this may be followed by a general subject area, when applicable, as in the examples below: Subject: WANTED Subject: WANTED - History Subject: AVAILABLE Subject: AVAILABLE - History As a guide, messages should be kept to no more than 100 lines. Please include complete contact information in your message. BACKSERV will not be a moderated list. It is meant purely as a communication vehicle for librarians and library staff offering or seeking back issues of serial titles. You do not need to be subscribed to the list to send messages. Replies to messages should be sent directly to the sender and NOT to the list. Dealers and other exchange organizations are welcome to monitor the list but are asked not to send messages to BACKSERV at this time. The BACKSERV archives are publicly accessible and may be retrieved by subscribers and non-subscribers. Messages are collected weekly. To find out what is available in the archives, send a message to LISTSERV@SUN.READMORE.COM that reads: index BACKSERV. To retrieve weekly files from the archives, send a message to LISTSERV@SUN.READMORE.COM that reads: get <filename> <filetype> as listed in the index. The BACKSERV archive is also searchable using LDBASE search software by subscribers and non-subscribers. The search request should be sent to LISTSERV@SUN.READMORE.COM and should be constructed as follows: // JOB Echo=No Database Search DD=Rules //Rules DD * Search <terms> - in BACKSERV Index Print all /* In place of <terms>, you may insert any word, words or word string, such as a journal title, to do a full text search of the archive. Listings will remain in the archives for six months. The archives of BACKSERV will soon be part of a Gopher and will be fully searchable using built-in WAIS indexing. At that time, we will provide you with full instructions and a description of other resources available on this Gopher. To subscribe to this list, send a message to LISTSERV@SUN.READMORE.COM that reads: subscribe BACKSERV <your name> To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to LISTSERV@SUN.READMORE.COM that reads: unsubscribe BACKSERV BACKSERV is being hosted by Readmore, Inc. The list owners are Marilyn Geller and Amira Aaron. Please contact Marilyn (Email: mgeller@readmore.com; Phone: (617) 484-7379) or Amira (Email: aaron@readmore.com; Phone (617) 860-7224) with questions, comments or suggestions. We would like to hear from you.