Lou, You are right. This system works extremely well. However, only very few companies have a bona fide library, with a librarian, that can provide this service. The rest of the small companies are struggling with small/inadequate budgets and the local city and county libraries usually do not stock esoteric international standards.
How many times have I purchased standards that don't really apply to our products, except in a very peripheral way! I try to ascertain from others the scope of a specific standard and determine whether it really would apply to our products. This forum is great for this sort of information. Then, if the shoe fits, buy the standard. Tania Grant, [email protected] <[email protected]> Lucent Technologies, Communications Applications Group ---------- From: Lou Gnecco [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 8:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Laser Standards Group, There is actually a precedent for all this. It is called an "Inter-Library Loan" and librarians do it all the time, including corporate librarians. It works like this: I need a document, say a EUROPEAN STANDARD. Your Company Library has it. I ask my librarian to ask your librarian for it. If it is ok with your company, your librarian sends it LIBRARY TO LIBRARY, complete with receipts, accountability, and a paper trail. My librarian then checks it out to me, and I become responsible for it. Now I can't just keep it, because it is due back on a certain date and my librarian will get after me to return it. This is what librarians do, and it works. Lou --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
