Re: SV: Information and Meaning--Stonier

Dear Brier,

This sounds excellent. The commentary does not need to be detailed.

Warmest--Allan

> Dear Allan
>
> With the new deadline of 15 February I will try to find the time
> formulate the central questions in my disagreement with Tom's approach
> in a short form. Hopefully it will generate a good debate. I will make a
> longer review in Cybernetics & Human Knowing in 98.
>
>
>
> Venlig hilsen/Best wishes
>
> Assoc. Prof. Ph. D. Søren Brier
> Royal School of Library and Information Science, Aalborg Branch
> Langagervej 4, DK-9220 Aalborg Øst
> Telephone: +45 98 157922 , Fax: +45 98 151042
> Homepage: http://www.db.dk/dbaa/sbr/home_uk.htm
> Ed. & Publisher of Cybernetics & Human Knowing
> homepage: http://www.db.dk/dbaa/sbr/cyber.htm
>
> > ----------
> > Fra: Hjørland Birger[SMTP:BH@db.dk]
> > Sendt: 22. december 1997 11:46
> > Til: Multiple recipients of list
> > Emne: SV: Information and Meaning--Stonier
> >
> > Than you for the opportunity to comment on Tom Stoniers book. I have
> > asked my library to by a copy, but it will take some time (no copy
> > could
> > be located to a public library in Denmark!!!).
> >
> > So, the dead-line must depend on the delivery time for the book.
> > Kind regards, Birger Hjorland
> >
> > > ----------
> > > Fra: Allan L Combs[SMTP:combs@bulldog.unca.edu]
> > > Sendt: 17. december 1997 15:01
> > > Til: Multiple recipients of list
> > > Emne: Information and Meaning--Stonier
> > >
> > > Dear discussants,
> > >
> > > There has been a good deal of interest in this book here. It turns
> > out
> > > that I am writing a review of for "World Futures: The Journal of
> > > General
> > > Evolution" and it occurs to me that some of you might be willing to
> > > provide a commentary to go with this review.
> > >
> > > To be specific, I would like to invite those interested to provide
> > me
> > > with
> > > a commentary, roughly one to one and one half pages in length (about
> > > 500-600 words), on Tom's book. This will accompany the review. It
> > > might be
> > > a broad commentary on the book, or if you like, you can write a
> > > commentary
> > > to a specific issue.
> > >
> > > Before sending the whole package to print, I will ask Tom (Tom, you
> > > listening?) to write a short response to the whole thing.
> > >
> > > Seasons greetings to all--Allan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
Received on Tue Dec 23 19:28:26 1997