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Subject:Re: Indexing Online Books: Cost Effective? From:Mark Hagen <mahagen -at- MTU -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 9 Nov 1993 10:15:38 -1000
Lori,
>Mark -- That's not a very convincing argument for *not* indexing online
>books. However, I'm going to leave it right there. Although I have
>enjoyed our friendly little debate and would like to continue it, I am
>going to "release myself from the old paradigms of restricting
>structures" for a few days. I'm going to Seattle to present a workshop
>on (what else?) Indexing Skills at the STC Regional Conference;\
I know it wasn't convinving, it was facetious. (Late nights writing long
papers does that to me.) Hope Seattle is pleasant. I will still be here
to debate hypertext when you get back, I'm sure.
Mark A. Hagen
Michigan Technological University
(mahagen -at- mtu -dot- edu)