On Sun, 4 Nov 90 10:02:00 CST PETER SCOTT, ORDER UNIT/LIBRARY, PHONE 6016 said:
>Would the group be interested in sending quick notes to SERIALST users
>regarding such topics as title changes, ceased publications, vendor-mergers,
>up-coming conferences, and any information that would be found useful?
>
>They could be in the following form:
>
>**HOT FLASH**
>Faxon drops all service charges.....phone Dick Rowe for details....
>=================================
>**HOT FLASH**
>Library of Congress to stop cataloging serials...watch "Nightline" on
>Wednesday for details....
>=================================
>**HOT FLASH**
>"Scientific American" to cease publication Dec 1990 [source...OCT '90 issue]
>=================================
>
>What do you think?

I like Peter's idea.  Although I'd prefer the term NEWS FLASH to
HOT FLASH.  Perhaps one of these terms could be used in the BITNET
subject field so we could see it in our mail indexes prior to opening
our mail ...

Birdie MacLennan
University of Vermont