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Joann Olson asked that the responses to my question about scholarly CD
reviewing sources be summarized and posted. I thank her and Nina
Stephenson, Ellie Nacheman, Anne Shankland, and Kathy Haskins for their
comments.
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Suggested sources:
*Multicultural Review.*
*RQ*
*Computers in Libraries*
*Library Journal* - has started a regular column for reviews of cd-roms.
Katherine Haskins of the University of Chicago asked:
Re: Lee's request for CD reviews. Is "Art Doc" (could it become) an
authoritative source?
Anne Shankland of the Reference and Information Section noted that:
. . . some CD products are in fact being reviewed in ArtDoc . . . but our
[RISS's] hope was that the publishers might begin to look to ARLIS
publications as a source in which they WANT their products reviewed. We
will be adding informal reviews of CD materials used in reference to our
column in Update, providing that users send me their experiences; these
reviews will be mostly of the 'this works and this doesn't' variety. I know
there are publishers out there "listening"on the List, and would hope that
they "hear" us!
Keep this subject alive; maybe we will become THE source for those reviews
we all want so much.
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