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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi- You are referring to the version of the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals data that was formerly available on the Information Institute Web site as part of the "a.k.a." project. I'm sure you know that this was merely a "frozen" subset of the Avery data, not the complete, up-to-date resource. It was never intended to substitute for the subscription database and was merely a tool to test web page construction and compatability between Getty databases. In fact, it had never been updated since 1992 so you were missing 7 years worth of data when you used it. When the Getty Information Institute closed on June 30, some of its Web pages were retired, while the standards, vocabularies, and Provenance Index pages were relocated to the Research Institute. "a.k.a.," which was a demonstration project, was one of the projects that was taken off-line. The Avery Index online which is updated daily and uses the RLG web-based interface Eureka is available by subscription from RLG.It contains data from 1977-yesterday. For information on how to order the Avery Index please contact the RLIN Information Center at 1-800-537-RLIN or via their web site at www.rlg.org The Avery Index is also available in a CD-ROM format from G.K. Hall. It is updated annually. The most current one which is cumulative from 1977-1998 is Avery Index on Disc, 1999. ISBN 0-7838-0399-0. Cost: $995 domestic. Call 1-800-223-1244 to order. We are pleased to report that Getty Trust Publications will be producing and distributing the Avery Index CD-ROM beginning with the millennium disk in 2000- it will contain an additional 150,000+ records which are being retrospectively converted right now. These records will also be loaded into the RLIN database in Jan. 2000. You will hear more about this project as it progresses. Thank you for your interest, Ted Goodman General Editor Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals [log in to unmask] On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 [log in to unmask] wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > I think I may have missed discussion on the availability of Avery Index > on the Web now that it is no longer available from Getty. Any > information? I miss it. > > Ruth Thomas, > Mugar Library, Boston University >