LINGUIST List 12.1324

Tue May 15 2001

All: Two Developments at LINGUIST

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. linguist, LINGUIST Advisory Board and LINGUIST List Plus

Dear LINGUIST Subscribers,

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for making
the LINGUIST Fund Drive a resounding success, and also to inform you of
the following exciting developments and opportunities at LINGUIST.

	#1. LINGUIST Advisory Board
	 
	 We would like to establish an Advisory Board, which
	 we could call on to provide us with feedback, advice, fresh 
	 ideas, and opinions on various policy and operational matters.
	 Among them would be the LINGUIST Fund Drive--actually, it was
	 the ideas offered by one of our supporters during the
	 fund drive that drove home the value of subscriber feedback,
	 and inspired us to form an Advisory Board! Other matters 
	 could involve policy decisions regarding postings,the LINGUIST 
	 web site, and our new service, LINGUIST List Plus (see #2).

	 We would like to set up a 25 member panel, from among 
	 those of you who would be willing to volunteer to serve for 
	 a year. In return, we are pleased to be able to offer a free 
	 one-year subscription to LINGUIST List Plus (see #2). We invite 
	 anyone who is interested in serving on the LINGUIST Advisory 
	 Board to send a message to karenlinguistlist.org by June 1st.
	 The panel will be announced on June 8th.

	#2. LINGUIST List Plus (LL+)

	 LINGUIST List is pleased to be able to offer you exclusive
	 access to LINGUIST List Plus, a special collaboration between 
	 Blackwell Publishing and LINGUIST List. With your subscription 
	 to LL+, you can expand your research capabilities, keep abreast 
	 of emerging trends in the field, take advantage of substantial 
	 discounts on books and journals, and help support LINGUIST and 
	 the linguistics community in the process! Blackwell has generously 
	 agreed to donate 20% of each subscription to LINGUIST List.

	 How do you get started? 
	 Go to: http://wip.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/llplus
	 and register to receive notice that the LL+ subscription 
	 site has been activated in early July. When it is, your 
	 subscription, at the Early Bird price of $35.00 ($50 after 
	 December 31st, 2001), will immediately enable you to take 
	 advantage of the following privileges and benefits:

	 *Individual access to Linguistics Abstracts Online--the
	 searchable database of over 20,000 article abstracts,
	 working papers, and conference proceedings.

	 *Glot International--acessible now from the LINGUIST home
 page. GLOT Internationl keeps you informed of emerging 
	 trends in the field.

	 *The Linguist's Bookstore at Blackwell Publishing--offering 
	 a 30% discount on all Blackwell books and a 20% discount on 
	 Blackwell linguistics journals.

	 

We at LINGUIST hope you will agree that both LINGUIST LIST Plus and
the LINGUIST Advisory Board are worthwhile undertakings that will
benefit the entire linguistics community. As always, we welcome your
comments and thank you for your continued support.

Best regards,

LINGUIST