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Re: One for the folks Downunder



roughana wrote:
The National Library of Australia has a few issueshttp://tinyurl.com/yvqhkf
The State Library of NSW has a few others


How would One go about getting scans of those from the libraries?


No idea.

Actually, now that I am at home, I've found that I have the following:

1984 Vol 1, Nos 5,7,9,10
1985 Vol 2, Nos 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
1986 Vol 3, Nos 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
1987 Vol 4, Nos 1,2,3,4

What do you need specifically? I may be able to scan a few.
Seeing that the libraries are missing a few, I will offer them what
they're missing.

A very public-spirited sentiment.

I hope that libraries there are more conscientious about keeping
old magazines than most libraries in the States.  A few years ago,
I was able to get Byte magazine back to the mid-1980s at my local
county library--closed stack, but still there.

Last week, I went to find an early-1980's issue and was told that
they no longer have any Byte magizines!

Apparently, many libraries are not open-ended affairs that get
as much storage space as they need to be a *library*--they just
push stuff out the back as new stuff comes in the front.  ;-(

Apparently, as long as there is a rumor of a microfiche copy
somewhere on the planet, there is no need to preserve other
copies...

-michael

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