Proceedings on CD

Mark Eakin Mark.Eakin at noaa.gov
Wed Nov 8 16:26:48 EST 2000


I was at a meeting of the American Water Resources Association last year 
that published its proceedings on CD-ROM and a web site only.

Cheers,
Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Kelsey" <Jonathan.Kelsey at noaa.gov>
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2000 10:11 am
Subject: Re: Proceedings on CD

> list -
> I believe the proceedings of the upcoming Coastal Zone '01 in 
> Cleveland (July
> 15-19) are going to be published on CD.   The CZ '01 conference, 
> as many of you
> may know, is similar in size and scope and may be an experience in CD
> publishing to follow and/or learn from.
> - Jonathan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Doug Fenner wrote:
> 
> > Danny,
> >    I also like the idea of making the proceedings of this symposium
> > available in electronic form, CD and/or web.  People in developing
> > countries find the
> > paper published Proceedings prohibitively expensive, just as 
> many students
> > do.  And libraries in developing countries do as well, so both 
> scientists> and students there not only can't afford it for 
> themselves, but also can't
> > find it in their libraries.
> >    Further, I suggest that instead of limiting the CD to the 400 
> papers> that can be accomodated in the printed proceedings, all 
> who wish to have
> > their Bali papers included in the CD be allowed.  There may be many
> > additional valuable contributions that would not be disseminated 
> to people
> > who could use the information.  One of the enormous advantages 
> of the
> > Symposium and the proceedings is that they are so open to 
> contributors, yet
> > the quality remains high.  The Symposium and Society have done a 
> great job
> > being inclusive while maintaining quality, lets continue.
> >    Libraries that can afford it may continue to prefer the 
> printed version,
> > since electronic versions can become unreadable after several new
> > generations of media (if the contents are not copied over into 
> each new
> > medium).
> >          -Doug
> >
> > Douglas Fenner, Ph.D.
> > Coral Biodiversity/Taxonomist
> > Australian Institute of Marine Science
> > PMB No 3
> > Townsville MC
> > Queensland 4810
> > Australia
> > phone 07 4753 4334
> > e-mail: d.fenner at aims.gov.au
> > web: http://www.aims.gov.au
> 
> --
> Jonathan D. Kelsey
> Coastal Management Specialist, Pacific Region
> NOAA/NOS/Coastal Programs Division
> 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor
> Silver Spring, MD  20910
> (301) 713-3155 x137
> (301) 713-4367 (fax)
> 
> 
> 



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