Re: Pricing Newsletter Ceases Publication David Goodman 25 Jan 2002 22:18 UTC

Marcia, I would also like to join in congratulating you.
Your newsletter played in key role in validating the concept of
organized electronic communication. It was of significance not
only within the library world, but as an example of the excellence
and relevance that such a publication could have,
to those outside it as well.

It also served a key practical role by inducing publishers to actually
respond to serious complaints, because problems raised in your forum
could not be simply given nonspecific answers, as sometimes used to
happen when asked by individuals.  I think
you have made a permanent difference here, as publishers and libraries
now expect more from each other in terms of communication.

--
Dr. David Goodman
Research Librarian
and Biological Science Bibliographer
Princeton University Library
Princeton, NJ 08544-0001
phone: 609-258-3235
fax: 609-258-2627
e-mail: dgoodman@princeton.edu