Section 1.0 Introduction
Go to the Libraries FAQ Homepage
Go to the Libraries FAQ Index
1.1 What is the Libraries FAQ?
1.2 What other FAQs might interest librarians and researchers?
FAQ is an acronym for Frequently Asked Questions (or, as some have suggested, Frequently Answered Questions), a periodic posting of information regularly requested on Usenet newsgroups. FAQs posted to news.answers are archived at ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers. Hypertext versions of posted FAQs can be found at: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/top.html
The Libraries FAQ is a collection of basic information regarding libraries and librarianship, and an introductory guide to library resources on the Internet. The FAQ was created by Steve Bergson (safran-can@yahoo.com), and initially arose from questions and discussions on the newsgroup soc.libraries.talk. Steve is also the creator of the Medical Libraries FAQ, http://members.tripod.com/~medlib/mdlbfaq.htm. Starting in Oct. 1, 1996, the Libraries FAQ has been maintained by Anthony Wilson, paw@ibiblio.org . The FAQ has been expanded to include questions and information from other library related email discussion lists. (See section 8.4 )
The Libraries FAQ was posted once a year to news.answers, soc.answers and soc.libraries.talk , but there were problems with the MIT FAQ server, and the FAQ has not been posted to any Usenet newsgroups for several years. The last posted version is archived at: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/library-faq A Hypertext version of the FAQ is at the Libraries FAQ Homepage: http://www.ibiblio.org/librariesfaq/ . This web based version is the most up-to-date version of the FAQ. The FAQ homepage is also where you'll find Steve Bergson's Librarians in Comics:Sources.
1.2 What other FAQs might interest librarians and researchers?
A complete listing of FAQs posted to news.answers can be found at the news.answers archive, ftp://rtfm.mit.edu . A more user friendly WWW FAQ archive can be found at http://www.faqs.org/. For general information regarding the creation and maintenance of FAQs, see the Infinite Link FAQ site, http://www.ii.com/internet/faqs/ (and its mirror http://www.best.com/~ii/internet/faqs/writing/).
Some FAQs that might be of interest to librarians and researchers include:
alt.education.distance FAQ
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/education/distance-ed-faq/top.html
alt.usage.english FAQ
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/alt-usage-english-faq/faq.html
Books (category)
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/books/top.html
How to find the right place to post (FAQ)
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/finding-groups/general/faq.html
Information Research FAQ
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/internet/info-research-faq/top.html
rec.arts.books FAQ
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/books/faq/faq.html
1.3 Who is Don Saklad?
To see Mr. Saklad's contributions to the newsgroups, visit Don's home page, http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/2464/index.html and use the "Click here for soc.libraries.talk" link to the Google Usenet archives. Also, visit his Guide to Problematical Library Use, http://GuideToProblematicalLibraryUse.weblogs.com/stories/ for a list of all the stories posted by Don.
See also, The Don Saklad Tribute Pages, http://www.stormloader.com/saklad/