Linking to URLs on the web (was Useful Training pages...)

[Alastair Smith, DLIS, Victoria University, New Zealand]

>On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Melinda Brown wrote:
>> I think it's different in that the number of people who cite an author 
>> has little impact on the author's ability to conduct his/her daily 
>> business, while the number of people who link to a site can have a great 
>> impact on the server it resides upon.

The comparison of Web links with print citations may be a bit more like the
custom of authors providing off-prints (which does have a direct impact on
the author)


Alastair Smith                               |Alastair.Smith at vuw.ac.nz
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