Dear Colleagues,
My apologies to those, who receive this message in multiple copies...
I am writing to bring to your attnetion the current status and the future
of "The NMR Newsletter", formerly "TAMU Newsletter", formerly... but
probably most of you know this prestigious newsletter of Prof. Barry
Shapiro. It has been a mothly informal communication forum of the NMR
community for decades, now well beyond its 500th issue.
It is not only a monthly news media for MR related issues, but has been
also a mirror, a historic reflection of our field, how technology
developed over this -- long, or not that long at all?... -- time (that's
an amazing story on its own, you probably share my opinion), and also a
document of our community; individuals, organizations, and facilities, --
with its own very interesting history.
Barry issued a message in the last TNN, asking for support, primarily for
new letters, contributions to "The NMR Newsletter", which is the lifeline
of this type of a publication. Without news from laboratories and
individuals from all over the world this forum loses its foundation and
will have to let the courtain down...
I think it should not happen. I do not think that Barry Shapiro would be
ready to quit, neither that we should let this special publication of our
community disappear. I ask you all to consider sending in your news,
reports and notes, ideas, suggestions, description of your technical
tricks, your comments or jokes -- because this informal nature what makes
this publication outstanding and unique among so many "official" journals
and periodicals. As the book review editor for TNN I'd certainly welcome
volunteers for book reviews, too.
I you would not be a subscriber, please, take it into consideration to
sign up. All necessary information can be found on the web-page:
www.nmrnewsletter.com
Barry has also invited comments and suggestions to find a way to make TNN
more efficient and more accessible. Please, contact him in this matter,
but first of all, send in your contributions to the newsletter -- the
sooner the better. I truly hope that there are many of you out there who
want to see this one-of-its-kind publication remain part of our current
and future life.
With my best regards,
Istvan
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Istvan Pelczer, Ph.D. Email: ipelczer_at_princeton.edu
Senior NMR Spectroscopist
Princeton University
Department of Chemistry, Frick Lab., ph# (609) 258 2342
Washington Road fax# (609) 258 6746
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Book Review Editor for "The NMR Newsletter"
http://www.nmrnewsletter.com
Received on Tue Nov 28 2000 - 11:53:21 MST