"a site with lots of personality; lists full-text sources available on the net and other jewels." (p. 38), "Internet on a disk, newsletter, electronic books. Newsletter provides interesting commentary...disability info...electic, well worth a visit" (p. 176).
to see Internet-on-a-Disk go to www.samizdat.com/ioad.html
weekly e-zine, published on Sep 29, 2000
archive copy available at http://www.briefme.com/archive/010/articles/Sep_29_2000_vol_010_No_45.htm
WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT?
http://www.briefme.com/a/article.cgi?id=31023&uid=
Richard Seltzer publishes weekly book reviews that are informative, thought provoking, thorough, and best of all, intelligent. He doesn't read fluff and candy, he reads books that you can sink your teeth into-- a reading feast. I look forward his new reviews each week, and adding titles to my already lengthy "To Be Read" list. Any of the books you pick from his list would surely prove to be satisfying. Several months of book reviews are available for your perusal. You may also want to invest in some extra batteries for your booklight...you'll need them when you stay up late reading to finish another great novel!
Suzanne Pitner, http://www.ackleybooks.com
to see the reviews she is talking about, go to www.samizdat.com/isyn/reviews.html
Personalities in Profile: Richard Seltzer -- Internet Evangelist
by Alan Earls
Richard Seltzer describes himself as an internet evangelist -- and given his unusual breadth and range of experience in technology, it is hard to imagine any other title that would be more appropriate. Seltzer, who works for Compaq Computer Corporation (formerly Digital Equipment Corporation) helps develop strategy and marketing messages for Internet-related business. He is also co-author of "The AltaVista Search Revolution" (McGraw-Hill/Osborne), has been a featured speaker at numerous events world-wide, and translates books and documents from Russian to English. He even hosts weekly chat sessions on business on the World Wide Web and runs his own acclaimed website (www.samizdat.com)
B&R Samizdat, a business he operates with his wife, provides a range of historical, literary and technical texts on disk via the Web
Concerning his Internet credentials, by his own account, Seltzer helped awaken Digital to the business opportunities offered by the Internet, and, with a handful of others, helped move the corporation in a new direction. To spur the launch of Digital's Internet business, Seltzer drafted marketing plans, did customer presentations and demos, advised sales people, and prepared for trade shows.
Seltzer's own website garnered extensive recognition in the early days of the Web (and still gets lots of attention given its size and specialized focus). For instance, the site was rated "4 stars" by Magellan, "One of the 50 Best Web Sites in the World" according to the September 1995 Net Guide, and "Best Personal Home Page of 1995" according Internet World Magazine.
Your site is listed in the latest issue of the Learning-Fountain Reviews newsletter as the winner of the "LEADING LEARNING FOUNTAIN" award.
Live your vision,
Paul "the soarING" Siegel; mailto:soarsegl@ix.netcom.com
See http://www.tricky.com/lfm/
"Work Meets Life. In contrast, Richard Seltzer's home page (http://www.samizdat.com/) intentially blends his personal and professional interests. 'People tend ot separate their work and personal identities,' says the 50-year-old Digital Equipment Corporation employee. 'My Web page is a place where I can put both.'
"For instance, Seltzer's Web site, which has recorded more than 17,000 visits since December 1995, offers an archive of every book he's read in the last 38 years -- as well as some of the fiction he's written. You can find the text of his children's book The Lizard of Oz, which will appear at Christams as an interacative CD-ROM. Seltzer also posted an original film script about a group of young Vietnam draft dodgers [sic. Vietnam-era reservists] -- and heard from a movie producer in Iceland. 'Nothing will probably come of that,' Seltzer says, 'but who ever heard of movie producers in Iceland, and even if you did, how would you ever get in touch with them?'
"But Seltzer's home page also integrates his work for Digital. As a marketing consultant in the Internet Business Group, his job is to spread the word about the Net. He uses the contacts he's made on his own home page to stay in touch with what's happening ont he Net. His Web site also provides a forum where he can test out new ideas that he may later incorporate into customer presentations."
from The Boston Globe Magazine, Sunday, June 2, 1996
p. 36 "All of us have mental filing cabinets, some long forgotten, others opened frequently. Few people take the time to sort them out. But Richard Seltzer finds such order necessary.
"It's Seltzer's job to proselytize about the World Wide Web as an Internet marketing specialist for Digital Equipment Corporation. Seltzer, however, has deftly merged his corporate duties with his love of literature. His personal Web site publicizes his views as an author and essayist without the delayed feedback inherent in old-style paper publishing. He's also an active supporter of the Gutenberg Project, a campaign to spread free diskette copies of books to schools around the world. [sic -- free electronic texts to all, not "diskette" and not just to schools] And several times a year he sends electronic newsletters on literature and computing to more than 100,000 subscribers, reaching deeply into the many undeveloped countries hungry for discussion about the power of the Net. [sic -- 10,000 direct subscribers, over 100,000 readers] 'With the Internet, anyone can be a publisher,' says Seltzer, who lives in West Roxbury. "And anyone can get to it. That gave me a sense of empowerment. In the cultural sense, there's freedom of expression, and I'm going to do whatever I can to move us toward that.'
"At his Web site, Seltzer has posted essays, screenplays, and novels he has written over the past several decades and a list of every book he has read since seventh grade. By investing so much of himself into his site, Seltzer has compiled a surprisingly complete picture of himself. While the information may be of more interest to him that it is to most other people, the site is a rich representation of his mind's work.
"In some ways, Seltzer's presence on the Web supplies him with the same gratification he seeks in "real life," or RL, as it's know on the Internet. [sic -- I've never heard of that expression "RL"] There's the knowledge that his ideas are heard, that the pamphlet tacked to his door has been read. 'I can get on my soapbox, I can say what I want.' But it's more than that. 'I'm also part of the audience for people saying things back to me. It's individual and social at the same time,' Seltzer says. 'The deeper you go into yourself, the more you're connected to the rest of humanity.'"
The January 1996 issue of Internet World Magazine has a Best/Worst roundup for 1995. On p. 42 appears:
Check out this site for a look at what individuals can do with the Internet. This page is a mixture of Internet gems and family achievements. The Seltzers have made plenty of Net finds available on diskette for folks short on time for searching the Web. The material is as diverse as the Greek classics, women's issues, and chess master Robert Seltzer's game scores. It's low on glitz, high on substance.
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Galutia York was the 19-year old son of a farm family from Hubbardsville in Madison County, New York. He enlisted in the 114th NYSV in August of 1862 and served until May of 1863 when he died in Louisiana. Additional illustrations of local interest are being added as well as illustrations of some of the sights Galutia saw and wrote home about.
http://exlibris.colgate.edu/gyork/gyork1st.html
The University of California-Berkeley Library's Government and Social Science Information Service (GSSI) has developed two Web sites relating to European Union (EU) information. The first is "European Union Internet Resources" and provides a list of EU servers including those related to Information and R & D Activities, an EU FAQ and other University EU links.
The second site is a GSSI Research Guide on The European Union, a bibliography of over 35 information sources held by GSSI. It includes resources on directories, current information, statistics, indexes, bibliographies, legislation, and subject reports. While there are no hypertext links to most of these resources, the guide is still an excellent starting point for EU information.
GSSI EU Internet resources:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GSSI/eu.html
GSSI Research Guide:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GSSI/eugde.html
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"Science and the Environment" is a bi-monthly magazine that specializes in providing world news summaries on environmental issues. Designed for high school and university teachers and students, stories are written in a concise format which includes photos and graphics. The publication results from the monthly analysis of 500 magazines, specialized journals, and newspapers carrying environment related articles. Each issue includes detailed summaries of 80 articles under 10 headings, including Biodiversity and Wildlife Conservation, Health, Population, Agriculture, Clean Air, and Waste Management and Recycling. All stories are available for photocopying and distributing in the classroom. The site is provided by Voyage Publishing.
http://www.voyagepub.com/publish/voyage.htm
Kathy Schrock's guide for Educators is a list of over 640 pointers in 18 subject categories and was compiled by a Massachusetts middle school library media specialist with the goal of enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated regularly. The page has the look and feel of a middle school page, and has a selective group of links in each of its subject areas.
http://www.capecod.net/Wixon/wixon.htm
Internet-on-a-Disk is a monthly newsletter of public domain and freely available electronic texts. It points to a variety of sites that maintain archives of electronic texts, as well as other Internet sites of value to educators. A recent issue noted over thirty new texts at the Gutenberg Project (including works by Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Steven Vincent Benet) and a translation of Spinoza's Ethics among others.
Internet-on-a-Disk is frequently cited as one of the best resources for education and for the blind (who can "read" electronic texts with computer devices that provide voice output.) An archive of back issues is available. Internet-on-a-Disk is provided by B&R Samizdat Express. To receive this newsletter by email, send email to samizdat@samizdat.com
Balance of the issue not included here. Check their Web site --
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Copyright Susan Calcari, 1995. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of the Scout Report provided the copyright notice and this paragraph is preserved on all copies. The InterNIC provides information about the Internet to the US research and education community under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation: NCR-9218742. The Government has certain rights in this material.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Wisconsin - Madison, the National Science Foundation, AT&T, or Network Solutions, Inc.
Reporting for Web Review are Richard Koman, D.C. Denison, Kirsten Alexander and special reporters Jim Davis and Tanya Bezreh .
Richard's title on his business card is "Internet Evangelist," and it's a job he clearly loves. A small publisher since the 1970s, the Internet has finally solved his -- and many other small publishers' -- distribution problem, which, with the Web, is now essentially free. But why give away your content too? "Raw information should be free," says Richard. "The real value is in doing the selection, adding your intelligence...If you really have value added, people will pay for it."
Maybe they're not paying for it, but the surprising big hit count winner on the Samizdat site this month has been a gentle essay Richard wrote in 1984, Why Bother to Save Halloween .
--K.A.
Check the September 1995 issue of NetGuide (a CMP publication).
The cover story is "The Ultimate Hot list -- the 50 Best Places to Go Online." "The 50 Best Web Sites"
On p. 52, it reads --
What: B&R Samizdat Express
Where: http://www.samizdat.com/
Why: Time's Pathfinder site (http://www.pathfinder.com/ ) demonstrates why the megalith media companies will remain influential. This sites is the Web home of B&R Samizdat Express, an e-mail newsletter that points to many of the more idealistic efforts that flourish on the net even as jazzier commercial areas proliferate. Here you'll find pointers to new e-texts available by FTP, gopher, WWW and listserv at such sources as The Gutenberg Project (http://jg.cso.uiuc.edu/pg_home.html ) and Columia University's Project Bartleby (http://www.columbia.edu/~svl2 ). There are also references to sites devoted to the blind and disabled and an archive of back issues of B&R Samizdat Express, with links to all the sites mentioned.
Wonk Factor: Richard Seltzer, the newsletter's creator, realizes that not everyone has full access to cyberspace, so he has put classics such as The Red Badge of Courage on floppy disks that can be purchased for $10 . He encourages copying.
Wow Factor: More literature can be accessed from these 10 megabytes of server space than our great-grandfathers were likely to find in a lifetime.
Among the other sites mentioned:
This honor came as quite a shock. Not only do I operate this on minimal free Web space, but also I have no graphics at all. This is an all-text, all-content Web site. And I do the html conversion using free software (Microsoft's Internet Assistant).
And we're competing with the likes of Disney, Time, Britannica -- all the major media and publishing companies in the world. It's good that the little guys can still get recognition on the Internet.
Richard Seltzer
PS -- The no graphics is not a matter of principle, but rather of necessity. I run this on a shoestring because a shoestring is all I have.
How can we help you? Richard Seltzer is an independent Internet writer/speaker/consultant. Click here for details.
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