> The idea is that by posting this sort of information it will inform > others that they should try to have their libraries acquire these > overlooked volumes, and it is also our hope that classics librarians > will themselves get in the habit of monitoring these "Rare > Publications" postings and acting on them. . . . > so I wanted to draw it to everyone's attention.
Why don't you directly approach those responsible ? : Have you e.g. made this kind of posting also directly to any librarians' fora ? Some of us are, I am happy to assure you, already "in the habit" of tracing and ordering rare epigraphical (and all sorts of other) publications. I do it myself -- but of course I don't notice everything (and, like all librarians, can't buy everything, having budgets and therefore priorities as we do -- which also means that not acquired needn't be equivalent to "overlooked"), and thank you very much for pointing out your "new effort". An excellent initiative in my opinion -- and indeed its usefulness has already been demonstrated : I just myself ordered for our collection a couple of things from your list which were not yet anywhere in this country. - Laval Hunsucker U. Amsterdam, Universiteitsbibliotheek > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: The papyrological bulletin '[email protected]' > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gil Renberg > Verzonden: dinsdag 22 januari 2008 19:58 > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: [PAPY] new effort to benefit library holdings > > > Over at the "Current Epigraphy" blog > (http://www.currentepigraphy.org/), > Tom Elliott, Gabby Bodard, Chuck Jones and I just began a new > effort to > get epigraphers to notify each other whenever they find that a book is > rare or unavailable in research libraries. The idea is that > by posting > this sort of information it will inform others that they should try to > have their libraries acquire these overlooked volumes, and it > is also our > hope that classics librarians will themselves get in the habit of > monitoring these "Rare Publications" postings and acting on > them. Over > time, with enough participation, there will be a lot of holes plugged, > making a lot more books readily available through inter-library loan, > which will work to our collective benefit for decades to > come. This sort > of approach could also benefit the papyrological community, > so I wanted to > draw it to everyone's attention. > > On a completely unrelated note, I want to thank those of you who made > suggestions about which Demotic font to use. I'm still > trying to sort it > out, and very much appreciate the suggestions I got both on > the list and > privately. >
