Beta test sites wanted!

[vcarrington at ala-choice.org]

     Please excuse cross-posting - and feel free to pass this message on to 
     others. Thanks! Vee
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     CHOICE Seeks Volunteers for Beta Test of New Web Review Service
     
     CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries is seeking qualified 
     volunteers to assist in evaluating a service that will make its 
     reviews of academic and research publications available via the World 
     Wide Web.
     
     Those chosen to participate in the test will have free, unlimited 
     access to a Web site containing all Choice reviews published since 
     1988 for the duration of the test. The Choice database consists of 
     some 60,000 reviews, to which approximately 600 new reviews are added 
     each month. Participants will also receive a monthly e-mail notice of 
     new titles in their areas of interest. 
     
     In return, they will be asked to provide feedback during the test and 
     to respond to up to three (3) user surveys prepared by Choice. The 
     duration of the test will be six (6) months. The target start date is 
     approximately December 1, 1997.
     
     Participation in the Choice beta test will be limited to 100 libraries 
     with a maximum of three (3) individual participants at each site. 
     Choice's objective is to recruit a geographically balanced mix of 
     participants representing all major academic (community college, 
     college, university) and other research libraries. Those chosen will 
     also represent a range of institutional sizes. Preference will be given 
     to current Choice subscribers.
     
     All participants must have ready Internet access and at least a basic 
     familiarity with database searching and the Internet. Teaching faculty 
     who are involved with selection of library materials are eligible but 
     must be counted against the maximum limit of three individuals per 
     site. 
     
     Please request an application form from Pam Marino, 860-347-6933 x28 
     or pmarino at ala-choice.org. 
     
     Applications must be submitted on or before November 15, 1997. Site 
     selections will be announced before the project start date, and all 
     applicants will be notified of their status.
     
     Published by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), a 
     division of the American Library Association (ALA), Choice is one of 
     the academic library community's most widely used review sources. 
     Since 1964, Choice magazine and Choice Reviews on Cards have been 
     standard academic library collection development tools. 
     
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     Thanks again - contact me if you have any questions. 
     Vee Friesner Carrington
     Promotion Coordinator
     CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 100 Riverview Center 
     Middletown, CT 06457-3445
     Phone: 860-347-6933 x29
     Fax: 860-346-8586
     E-mail: vcarrington at ala-choice.org
     Visit us at our new Web site: www.ala.org/acrl/choice