Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:11:15 +0530
From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD
Dear Friends:
REplies given to Mr Pichappan's query on SSCI availability by Mr Sibli
Sirajee of NIC and Mr Prafulla Chandra of NISC are of use to other 'silent'
users of the Lis-forum in addition to Mr Pichappan.
Many times when questions are specfic to a single user I used to reply
directly to the inquirer: the logic for this approach was
>not to bother others with what they may not need;
>not to flood the list with 'use-less!' material;
>a desire not be seen in the forum too often, lest people think 'Oh,
this fellow does not seem to have any other work' etc
Now considering the nature of any Discussion Forum users and usage patterns,
I tend to think all replies may be sent to the List so that others would
benefit too. Again when one evaluates a Forum and its usefulness before
joining or discontinuing, one would look at the length of the threads of
discussions. If there are far too many questions that have been left
un-answered (though in fact they have been answered directly as indicated in
my case) users may feel discouraged; they might feel that this forum is
inactive; people do not co-operate etc.
I have another moot observation to make: SSCI is available apprantly in
SNDT, IGDIR, NASSDOC, TISS, Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, IIM-Indore etc.
Ironically, the replies have come persons not from any of the SSCI holding
institutions but from persons who took the pains to look up union catalogs
elsewhere and send in replies. I know for sure that atleast a few of the
holding institutions ARE members of the Lis-Forum -- Why did they not
respond?
CAN anyone guess or theorise the reasons for this lack of involvement?
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