[CMI.PM] FW: Safari Tech Books Online
Chris Fields
cjfields at uiuc.edu
Thu Aug 10 14:38:30 PDT 2006
Looks like persistence works; UIUC will be adding the following titles to
Safari, so anybody working or taking classes at UI should have access to the
electronic editions for the following titles soon:
Programming Perl, Third ed. by Wall et al
Advanced Perl Programming 2nd ed. by Cozens
Intermediate Perl by Schwartz et al
Perl Best Practices by Conway
Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, Second Edition by Randal et al
Perl Hacks: Rough Cuts Version by Conway et al
Wicked Cool Perl Scripts by Oualline
Non-perl related
Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Ed by Pogue
Sequence Analysis in a Nutshell: A Guide to Tools by Markel and Lyon
Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wendy Allen Shelburne [mailto:shelburn at uiuc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 4:30 PM
> To: Chris Fields
> Subject: Re: Safari Tech Books Online
>
> Hi Chris,
> I'm trying to get these added for you now. Am waiting on pricing
> information and title availability. Will let you know when things are
> finalized.
>
> thanks,
> wendy
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:00:00 -0500
> >From: Chris Fields <cjfields at uiuc.edu>
> >Subject: Re: Safari Tech Books Online
> >To: Wendy Allen Shelburne <shelburn at uiuc.edu>
> >
> > Haven't heard anything in a while. Any news?
> > Chris
> > On Jul 10, 2006, at 1:31 PM, Wendy Allen Shelburne
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Chris,
> > Let me see what I can find out for you.
> > I'll be back in touch.
> > Wendy
> > ---- Original message ----
> >
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:22:13 -0500
> > From: "Chris Fields" <cjfields at uiuc.edu>
> > Subject: RE: Safari Tech Books Online
> > To: "'Wendy Allen Shelburne'"
> > <shelburn at uiuc.edu>
> > Wendy,
> > I had requested a number of Perl books to be
> > added to the
> >
> > Safari Tech Books
> >
> > subscription but none are available. Also, I
> > noticed that
> >
> > Programming Perl,
> >
> > which is an ESSENTIAL reference manual, is not
> > available
> >
> > anymore!!! Any
> >
> > hope in getting that back? The
> > Champaign-Urbana Perl group
> >
> > (many based at
> >
> > the U of I) wanted to know what was going on.
> > These were the ones requested:
> > Advanced Perl Programming 2nd ed. by Cozens
> > (O'Reilly Press)
> > Intermediate Perl by Schwartz et al
> > (O'Reilly Press)
> > Perl Best Practices by Conway (O'Reilly
> > Press)
> > Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, Second Edition
> > by Randal et al
> >
> > (O'Reilly
> >
> > Press)
> > Perl Hacks: Rough Cuts Version by Conway et
> > al (O'Reilly Press)
> > Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Ed by
> > Pogue (O'Reilly
> >
> > Press)
> >
> > Sequence Analysis in a Nutshell: A Guide to
> > Tools by Markel
> >
> > and Lyon
> >
> > (O'Reilly Press)
> > Wicked Cool Perl Scripts by Oualline (No
> > Starch Press)
> > Chris
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wendy Allen Shelburne
> > [mailto:shelburn at uiuc.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:04 AM
> > To: reflib at uiuc.edu
> > Cc: cjfields at uiuc.edu; ertech at library.uiuc.edu
> > Subject: Re: Safari Tech Books Online
> > Hello,
> > we do not have access to everything on the
> > safari platform,
> > and it is limited to what we signed up for
> > when we got the
> > product, so access is essentially title by
> > title depending on
> > whether or not a title was selected for the
> > product.
> > that being said, we are in the process of
> > adding/deleting some
> > titles, but without knowing what title you are
> > looking for
> > that's about all I can tell you.
> > Please let me know if i can be of further
> > assistance.
> > thanks,
> > wendy
> > ---- Original message ----
> >
> > Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:56:26 -0600 (CST)
> > From: "Central Reference Services, UIUC
> > Library"
> >
> > <reflib at uiuc.edu>
> >
> > Subject: Safari Tech Books Online
> > To: "wendy" <shelburn at uiuc.edu>
> > Cc: cjfields at uiuc.edu
> > Wendy,
> > I just had a chat with Chris Fields who is
> > trying to access
> >
> > multiple
> >
> > current titles (from 2005) through Safari
> > Tech Books Online
> >
> > and he isn't
> >
> > having any luck. I think you are the best
> > person to contact
> >
> > with this
> >
> > question, so here is his exact question from
> > our chat:
> > I noticed that the online resource Safari
> > Techbooks Online
> >
> > (through
> >
> > Proquest) only has books published up to
> > early 2004, though
> >
> > the O'Reilly
> >
> > Publishing website states that Safari should
> > have all their
> >
> > books up to
> >
> > the newest editions. Do we have access to
> > books newer than
> >
> > 2004 on Safari
> >
> > or are there plans to include these in the
> > future?
> > If you know anything about this, or if you
> > need further
> >
> > information from
> >
> > Chris, please contact him at
> > cjfields at uiuc.edu.
> > Thanks!
> > L.S., Reference Assistant
> > Central Reference Services
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> >
> > Wendy Allen Shelburne
> > Electronic Resources Librarian
> > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> > Room 12 Main Library
> > 1408 West Gregory Drive
> > Phone: (217) 244-2068
> > Fax: (217) 244-9004
> > Email: shelburn at uiuc.edu
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> > Center for Library Initiatives
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> >
> > Wendy Allen Shelburne
> > Electronic Resources Librarian
> > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> > Room 12 Main Library
> > 1408 West Gregory Drive
> > Phone: (217) 244-2068
> > Fax: (217) 244-9004
> > Email: shelburn at uiuc.edu
> >
> > Christopher Fields
> > Postdoctoral Researcher
> > Lab of Dr. Robert Switzer
> > Dept of Biochemistry
> > University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
>
> Wendy Allen Shelburne
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> Room 12 Main Library
> 1408 West Gregory Drive
> Phone: (217) 244-2068
> Fax: (217) 244-9004
> Email: shelburn at uiuc.edu
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