[Sigsti-l] [CHMINF-L] NAPS Material - a modest proposal

[Phillip M Edwards]

For STIers who aren't on CHMINF-L, fyi... -Phil

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  Phillip M. Edwards - pme2 at u.washington.edu
  Doctoral Candidate, Information School, Univ. of Washington
  Chair-Elect, ASIS&T SIG/STI
  http://students.washington.edu/pme2/
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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:11:21 -0400
From: A. Ben Wagner <abwagner at BUFFALO.EDU>
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To: CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: [CHMINF-L] NAPS Material - a modest proposal

** Cross-posted to PAMNET**

I think as a service to our profession (and some penance for starting 
something and then not assuring its sustainability) that ASIST should be 
asked to definitively investigate and establish the status of National 
Auxiliary Publication Service content, even if that means hiring a private 
information researcher/detective to really track this down.

If the material can be definitively shown to be lost to history, then 
perhaps we can mount a campaign towards publishers that cite this service 
to insert footnotes into the electronic images where NAPS content is 
cited. If the NAPS material can be located in some dark archive, then 
surely in this day of open access, repositories, & cheap server space, 
ASIST and/or SLA should be able to resurrect this at minimal costs.

Are there any ASIST staff on this list and ASIST members that would be 
willing to make this an issue?

-- A. Ben Wagner
Sciences Librarian
University at Buffalo
The State University of New York

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