[PADG:1368] Re: FW: Baker's Double Fold

["Fox, Lisa" <Foxl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This may be merely an aside -- and only anecdotal -- but ... I just got back
from Brazil, where I taught (along with Howard Besser) at a national
institute on preservation, with nearly 400 attendees.  At the end of my
session (on microfilming), the very first question from my Brazilian
audience was (you guessed it): "How do you respond to Nicholson Baker's
charge .....?"  -- And this in a nation where not all that many folks speak
English fluently.

-----Original Message-----
From: saraw [mailto:saraw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 1:18 PM
To: padg
Subject: [PADG:1357] Re: FW: Baker's Double Fold


I would be interested in knowing how many of you are actually getting 
questions from your faculty as a result of the publicity surrounding Baker's

book. I've heard comparatively little about it here, even from dedicated 
bibliophiles, although that may change as the faculty come back to campus 
after the summer break.

Last spring we started discussions with our faculty about journal management

issues, i.e. given our lack of shelf space, what were their preferences with

regard to microfilm, electronic files, document delivery, or some kind of 
cooperative storage arrangement within our consortium. Their main concern 
seemed to be guaranteed access to the content in perpetuity; in that
respect, 
paper and microfilm are both regarded as "safe". While they like the 
convenience of electronic journals, they consider them less reliable over 
time.

Today I discovered that "Double Fold" has arrived on our approval plan. I 
wonder how much of Baker's royalties on this title will come from sales to 
libraries...?

Sara R. Williams
Collection Management Coordinator
University of Tennessee Libraries
Knoxville TN 37996-1000
(865) 974-6949