[Sca-cooks] [Fwd: [DIG_REF] Rising stats] (fwd)

[vicki shaw]

Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day
Teach a man to fish, he feeds himself the rest of his life!

I like that kind of story!!!
Angharad

>
> By the way, as an interesting, somewhat off-topic thing:  They listed
their 100 favorite culinary "things"...number 7 in their list was the D. C.
Central Kitchen, a group that takes leftovers and donations from restaurants
and hotels and turns them into food for the homeless (nearly 4000 meals per
day), while training any interested homeless to take jobs in the culinary
industry.  I thought that this ways really cool!
>
> Kiri
> > Hey, take a look at the stats for the Food Timeline. :)
> >
> > -- Pani Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
> > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens
> > can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has..."
> > -- Margaret Mead
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:25:34 -0500
> > From: Jennifer Heise <jahb at Lehigh.EDU>
> > To: jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
> > Subject: [Fwd: [DIG_REF] Rising stats]
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [DIG_REF] Rising stats
> > Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 17:59:08 -0500
> > From: Sara Weissman <weissman at APOLLO.GTI.NET>
> > Reply-To: Discussion of digital reference services
> > <DIG_REF at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> > To: DIG_REF at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> >
> > My colleague Lynne Olver single handedly and in her "spare" time IS "The
> > Food Timeline".
> > (Virtual domain) http://www.foodtimeline.org
> > It began as "just" another web page in our site (March 1999) , but has
> > taken on a life of it's own.  Excerpts from her year-end 2003 report,
> > below. If you build it, they will come...eventually...indeed.
> >
> > Questions answered:
> > 2003/2572
> > 2002/971
> > 2001/290
> > 2000/152
> > 1999/11
> >
> > MARKETING NOTES
> > We have not made any special attempts to market the FT. Service growth
is
> > due to patron demand.... References in articles, listserve postings,
links
> > from other Web/food sites, and word of mouth also point people in our
> > direction. Significant service spike
> > caused this fall by Newhouse News interview/article on "5 Minute Rule."
> > FT URL published in  a dozen major US newspapers & UPI.  Our
> > GOOGLE placement (we don't use metatagging or purchase placement space)
> > is "food," number 13; "food history," number 1; "culinary," number 10;
> > "culinary history," number 1.
> >
> > PEOPLE SERVED:
> > K-12 students/teachers, culinary students/professors, history scholars,
> > cookbook authors, genealogists, chefs, food writers/journalists,
> > historical novelists, museum researchers, menu designers, antiques
> > dealers
> >
> > COUNTRIES SERVED (2003)
> > Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech
> > Republic, Denmark, Fiji,  Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
> > India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malta, Mongolia, Netherlands, New
> > Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Sinapore, South Africa,
> > Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United
> > Kingdom, United States.
> >
> > .....
> > After five years of service we have a core contingent of  "regular"
> > patrons and a growing roster of global experts to help us answer
> > specialized questions.
> >
> > ------------------------
> > Morris County Library (NJ)
> > http://www.mclib.info
> >
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> > with the command SIGNOFF DIG_REF.
> >
> >
> > --
> > /   Jennifer Heise, Helpdesk/Librarian, Email: jahb at lehigh.edu
> > \ \ Lehigh Library & Technology Services, Phone: (610) 758-3072
> >    / Fairchild-Martindale Library, 8A Packer Ave, Bethlehem PA 18015
> >
> > "Comment is free, but facts are on expenses." -- Tom Stoppard
> >
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