[WEB4LIB] Re: library newsletters on the web?

[Roy Tennant]

Hmmm...my mileage definitely varied. I noticed a typo in a link, 
reported it, and it was fixed within a day or so. Perhaps the editor 
is away for a few days. I'd also like to point out that declaring 
yourself to be the "official" site for something and actually *being* 
it are two different things. If users get a bunch of 404s when using 
a directory, they won't be coming back soon and no matter how 
"official" a directory was to that point, it's toast. Besides, no one 
has ever let the existence of one directory prevent them from 
establishing another. That's why we have several directories of 
library web sites, for example, despite the fact that Thomas Dowling 
established his before most librarians even knew what the Web was.
Roy

At 12:26 PM -0700 5/25/01, Lee Jaffe wrote:
>>Try Academic Library Newsletters in the United States:
>>
>>http://libaxp.hartford.edu/llr/alinusin.htm
>
>Here's an interesting case.  I looked at this site and checked my own
>library's entry.  The item listed here didn't point to our newsletter,
>so I sent a note the editor, per the notice at the bottom of the page:
>
>	Institutions that wish to suggest publications for inclusion
>	in this database should email the editor,
>
>Well, the resulting entry has a typo in it which leads to a 404 error.
>And the old, wrong link still shows up.  (i.e., There are now two entries
>for our library: one points to the wrong page and the other has a bad URL.)
>I've written to the editor twice now over several days and have received
>no response and the problems persist.
>
>It's pretty frustrating how easily someone can establish themselves as
>the "official" site for any field and yet have no accountability.  If you've
>ever tried to get your site listed in a major directory, you know what I
>mean.
>
>-- Lee Jaffe, UC Santa Cruz