The WWW and scholarship

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear Seelangers:

For the record:

I do not represent GeoCities nor is my article an advertisement of any
sort. The purpose of my message was to inform member of Russian-Studies and
Seelangs of the opportunity afforded by the GeoCities program to have a
FREE Web site in which to publish their writings and to conduct scholarly
exchanges with other scholars around the world.

It was suggested to me recently by a member of Seelangs (or Russian-Studies
-- I can't quite recall which mailing list) that I should get a Web site to
pursue my interest in Russian aspects and Russian language and literature
in general.

As luck would have it, I came across the GeoCities site. I read their
instructions and guidelines with great care and decided to join. It is in
fact absolutely free. I felt that it might well interest many other
scholars with limited funds (as is my case) that they can have their own
Web site and thereby take advantage of the Internet in ways normally not
open to them.

I feel that this opportunity serves the cause of the dissemination and
advancement of knowledge.

I repeat: I am NOT affiliated in any way whatsoever with GeoCities nor have
I ever been.

Sincerely yours,

Benjamin Sher
sher07 at bellsouth.net