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I have read the book and think it is excellent. It will be a required course text here at Loughborough for a class of about 90 students - but students will only purchase if the price is reasonable. Charles Professor Charles Oppenheim Department of Information Science Loughborough University Loughborough Leics LE11 3TU 01509-223065 (fax) 01509-223053 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prof. Tom Wilson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:58 PM Subject: 'Looking for information' by Donald Case > Donald Case's new book on information-seeking behaviour, 'Looking for > information' was displayed at the recent ISIC conference in Lisbon. > > I suggested to some Nordic colleagues that the price might be brought down if > they could get together to buy copies (preferably paperback as part of the cost > reduction) in bulk for re-sale to students as a required text. Donald has now > checked this out with the publisher, Elsevier, and found them interested in the > idea. > > Given the number of schools in the UK and the fact that the book is the first > thing for about 30 years that attempts to cover the field in detail, an > equivalent bulk purchase could significantly reduce the price. > > Perhaps something that BAILER could organize collectively if enough departments > were interested? > > The person to contact at Elsevier is their special sales manager, Carmen Pascual: > [log in to unmask] > > > Tom > ___________________________________________________ > Professor T.D. Wilson, PhD > Publisher/Editor in Chief > Information Research > InformationR.net > University of Sheffield > Sheffield S10 2TN, UK > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > Web site: http://InformationR.net/ > ___________________________________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > >