You might be interested in a paper some of us wrote back in 2002: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/ital/volume21no1.cfm#anchor353956
Unfortunately I don't have a copy of it anymore, but you can probably find it in a library collection near you. It seems that the archives for the original list at vims.edu are no longer available. You might be able to contact Chas McFadden (chuck at vims dot edu) and see if he might have a copy of it still available somewhere. //Ed On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Galen Charlton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > 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] >
