List Review Service #018, "SLOVAK-L" (February 8, 1993)
URL: ftp://ftp.lib.ncsu.edu/pub/stacks/lrs/lrs-018
LIST REVIEW SERVICE ISSN: 1060-8192
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Issue No. 18 Slovak Issues (SLOVAK-L) 08 FEB 1993
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Published periodically by The University of Missouri, St. Louis
Libraries. Raleigh C. Muns (SRCMUNS@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU), editor.
CONTENTS: REVIEW (25 lines)
SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY (20 lines)
SUGGESTED USES (05 lines)
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION (07 lines)
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REVIEW -
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One of the enduring fascinations I have with the Internet is its ability
to deliver unique and timely points of view. As Czechoslovakia's "Velvet
Revolution" segues into its "Velvet Divorce," subscribers to SLOVAK-L
can
experience geopolitical change virtually firsthand.
A sizeable number of messages, if not a majority, come from Czechs and
Slovaks, expatriates and citizens, and are mostly in English. Expect
occasional untranslated speeches by political dissidents - where else
would you get these? Many contributors recognizing the paucity of news
about and from Slovakia, have taken it upon themselves to pass on
information from the Slovak press as well as Radio Free Europe.
Examples of messages consist of Tomas Blazek and Renata Blazekova's
Slovak language transcription of Jan Carnogursky's Sep. 19, 1992 speech
("Voice of Opposition in Slovakia," BLAZEK@MPS.OHIO-STATE.EDU, 12 Jan.
1993), Marian Kubaska's list of newly appointed Slovak ambassadors
("Re: embassy," KUBASKA@UAKOM.CS, 13 Jan. 1993), and a raft of comments
and complaints about the difficulty many US Post Offices are having with
mail addressed to the new country. To my Slovakian friends: Take no
offense at this last situation. My spouse has had US Postal officials
confused over our attempts to send mail to colleagues in Scotland!
-R. Muns
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SYNOPSIS OF ONE MONTH'S ACTIVITY -
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Name of List Reviewed: SLOVAK-L
Location: SLOVAK-L@UBVM (Bitnet)
BIT.LISTSERV.SLOVAK-L (Usenet)
Listowner: Jan George Frajkor
GFRAJKOR@CCS.CARLETON.CA (Internet)
No. of Listserv Subscribers: 193 in 17 countries
Period Monitored: 01 JAN 1993 - 28 JAN 1993
No. Messages Period Monitored: 157
No. Queries Posted: 121 (77 % of total activity)
No. Non-queries Posted: 36 (23 % of total activity)
Lines Sent (w/o headers): 8214 (app. 357 screens of 23 lines)
Msgs. Posted During 1992: 1087
Searchable Archives: Yes
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SUGGESTED USES FOR LIST -
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1) Use to temper the inherent biases of the western press.
2) Great example of real-time global current events source.
3) Take a walk on the Slovak side.
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SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION -
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Send an e-mail message with blank subject line to:
LISTSERV@UBVM (Bitnet address)
Message should consist solely of:
SUBSCRIBE SLOVAK-L your_name
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Opinions expressed are solely those of the reviewer and do not
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Copyright 1993. Raleigh C. Muns
Raleigh Muns / Reference Librarian / Thomas Jefferson Library
University of Missouri - St. Louis / SRCMUNS@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU
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