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Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 1993 10:31:00 GMT
From:         STGG8004@IRUCCVAX.UCC.IE
Subject:      WHo reads the Spatiotemporal Bibliography?

At this rate, demand for the S.T.B. will outstrip that for newspapers
carrying revelations of Prince Charles' love letters and tapes!

I hope I am not being over-cynical, but I would love to know just what
proportion of those dozens of people who have requested the bibliography
have any intention ever to read it, use it, build on it? And, also, how
many of those who have received copies have any intention of offering any
sort of feedback to Richard Snodgrass et al? Have you thought of maybe
letting the compilers know what your specific area of interest is? Or why
you feel the Bibliography might aid you in your work? Or, even, how you
can help make the next edition of the Bibliography even better and more
comprehensive than the last? To paraphrase a well-known US president,
"ask not what the Spatiotemporal Bibliography can do for you; but rather
what you can do for it"!

I have been working on another "niche" GIS bibliography project (and NO,
I am NOT going to send out preview copies to all and sundry, so don't even
ask!!!!), so I appreciate from hard-earned experience just what a boost to
ones day it is when someone out there sends me an email detailing a new
reference or two that I had not come across yet. It is even nicer if, as
a few kind souls do, the authors of relevant publications send me a hard
copy to assist me in compiling my bibliography entry.

Has ANYBODY, out of all those who have asked for copies of the Spatiotemp.
Bibiography, done ANYTHING to repay Richard, Michael and co for their effort?
I for one would like publicly to thank Richard and colleagues, not only for
their work in making the bibliography available to us, but also for their
patience and forbearance in the face of the unseemly rush for copies. I
bet they are beginning to wish that they never made the offer!

Until another place and another time....  :-)

Cheers,

Darius Bartlett

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