Keld J�rn Simonsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can't you get access to them in the onsite department of the library? > (That is, the department where you cannot loan the books, but only > read them onsite).
No, definitely not. The librarians don't even know how to get those standards (ISO and IEEE). There are *copies* of DIN standards in the university library, but the archive is far from complete, and you never know (without independent checking) if you've missed an important TC. Thanks to modern technology, I can query the quite a few library catalogs simultaneously. For example, the libraries in Southwest Germany have got books with "coded character sets" in the title, but all of them are ECMA standards. > I gather that I am in a lucky position living in a big city in one > of the more developed countries of the world, but generally > universities in all countries at least in the industrialized world > have systems so a student can get hold of any major technical book > (this is essential for a university to fullfill its mission) and > often general public can get access too if they are persistant > enough. Of course, you can ask the university to buy the book. I've been told this wouldn't be a problem, although you can't use the $18 PDF option in this case. -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
