[WEB4LIB] Re: library newsletters on the web?

[Dan Lester]

It isn't just you, Lee.

I just looked at that page again and found that Bowie State has a
duplicate entry, that the Claremont College entries have one broken
(at least they have two different newsletters...but one link goes to
both, another to nowhere), that Coll of Wm and Mary goes to the
homepage, not the newsletter, that one of the links for Colorado
College goes to their "about the library" page instead of a
newsletter, and so forth.  I didn't look past "C" in the list of
libraries, so imagine this continues.

Maybe the compiler turned it all over to a student assistant who can't
type and who doesn't look at what is there.  Among other things, this
shows the problems of automatic link checking, assuming they were
actually checked.

cheers

dan

Friday, May 25, 2001, 1:25:36 PM, you wrote:

>>Try Academic Library Newsletters in the United States:
>>
>>http://libaxp.hartford.edu/llr/alinusin.htm

LJ> Here's an interesting case.  I looked at this site and checked my own
LJ> library's entry.  The item listed here didn't point to our newsletter,
LJ> so I sent a note the editor, per the notice at the bottom of the page:

LJ>         Institutions that wish to suggest publications for inclusion
LJ>         in this database should email the editor,

LJ> Well, the resulting entry has a typo in it which leads to a 404 error.
LJ> And the old, wrong link still shows up.  (i.e., There are now two entries
LJ> for our library: one points to the wrong page and the other has a bad URL.)
LJ> I've written to the editor twice now over several days and have received
LJ> no response and the problems persist.

LJ> It's pretty frustrating how easily someone can establish themselves as
LJ> the "official" site for any field and yet have no accountability.  If you've
LJ> ever tried to get your site listed in a major directory, you know what I
LJ> mean.

LJ> -- Lee Jaffe, UC Santa Cruz



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