[CMI.PM] [Fwd: [pm_groups] Perl Monger t-shirts! I'm gatheringorders now.]

[Chris Fields]

It's the license the library has; they update it once a year based on use of
the titles.  I had requested this list of Perl titles:

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)

There may be additional ones available on the list now.

Notably, none were added; in fact, Programming Perl 3rd Ed is no longer
available on the subscription!  I'll check up on it; if you want you can
contact the person below who was responsible for the U of I Safari
subscription to let them know how you feel!


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


Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: champaign-urbana-bounces+cjfields=uiuc.edu at pm.org [mailto:champaign-
> urbana-bounces+cjfields=uiuc.edu at pm.org] On Behalf Of Milt Epstein
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:41 PM
> To: 'Champaign-Urbana Perl Mongers'
> Subject: Re: [CMI.PM] [Fwd: [pm_groups] Perl Monger t-shirts! I'm
> gatheringorders now.]
> 
> On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Chris Fields wrote:
> 
> > The book isn't accessible through U of I's Safari subscription.
> > Actually, nothing Perl-specific published past October 2003 is!  I
> > made a request for several books to be added but they, seemingly,
> > haven't bothered to add them.
> [ ... ]
> 
> I discovered the same thing when I went searching for this book after
> I sent that note out.  One strange thing about it is that on one page
> I found a link to a (PDF) list of all the books they offer, and this
> book was on the list.  So I went back and searched some more, but
> still couldn't find it.  Maybe it has something to do with the UofI's
> license or academic licenses in general (i.e., it's not a complete
> license).
> 
> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: champaign-urbana-bounces+cjfields=uiuc.edu at pm.org
> [mailto:champaign-
> >> urbana-bounces+cjfields=uiuc.edu at pm.org] On Behalf Of Milt Epstein
> >> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:12 PM
> >> To: Champaign-Urbana Perl Mongers
> >> Subject: Re: [CMI.PM] [Fwd: [pm_groups] Perl Monger t-shirts! I'm
> >> gatheringorders now.]
> >>
> >> On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Price, Bob wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dan,
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps this shirt mailing is a good opportunity to spark interest
> >>> in a meeting again.
> >>>
> >>> (for the rest of you, Dan suggested we have a meeting when I waved
> >>> him down in the freedom celebration parade on the 4th ;)
> >>>
> >>> I'd be interested in a shirt, maybe a meeting to take orders?
> >> [ ... ]
> >>
> >> Another possible meeting topic: Recently I discovered the book Perl
> >> Best Practices, by Damian Conway, and it looks quite good -- at least,
> >> from the sample chapter available from the book's web site :-):
> >>
> >> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlbp/
> >>
> >> Here's another sampling of the book:
> >>
> >> http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2005/07/14/bestpractices.html
> >>
> >> And for those at the University, you should be able to access the
> >> entire book through Safari.
> >>
> >> The book consists of a set of "best practices"
> >> recommendations/guidelines.  Perhaps we could discuss the
> >> recommendations made in one or both of the above sections of the book.
> >>
> >> Milt Epstein
> >> Research Programmer
> >> Integration and Software Engineering (ISE)
> >> Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
> >> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
> >> mepstein at uiuc.edu
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> 
> Milt Epstein
> Research Programmer
> Integration and Software Engineering (ISE)
> Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
> mepstein at uiuc.edu
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