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In a message dated 11/5/2008 5:56:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> As part of a class project, I and my colleagues Diana Weaver and Kevin
> Ford plan to create a digital archive to record the history of
> MARC/Perl (i.e., MARC.pm and MARC::Record).
>
> This archive would supplement existing resources such as CPAN,
> SourceForge, and the Perl4Lib mailing list archives by gathering
> together versions of the software and correspondence and accounts of
> its development. The archive is meant to be a resource for community
> members and researchers to explore the communication, relationships,
> and group dynamics present in a serious open source project.
>
> The archive will be available for all to use and explore. As this is
> a class project, I cannot guarantee that it will be online
> indefinitely, but will make every effort to keep it available for use
> and harvesting for at least six months after its creation.
>
> If anybody is willing to contribute material for this archive, please
> contact me. We're particularly interested in individual accounts of
> the history of MARC.pm by users and contributors, copies of email
> correspondence about its development (assuming that all parties to the
> email agree that it may be contributed), and old versions of the
> modules that are no longer available on CPAN or SourceForge.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Galen Charlton
> [email protected]
>
I have no problems contributing what I have around. I may have to do a little
digging since some of the stuff is on an older laptop I no longer use
regularly. But I did archive all the correspondence including examples and requests
for assistance.
Have you considered what format you wiant to use for presenting the
information?
-bill
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