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               State University of New York at Stony Brook
                       Stony Brook, NY 11794-3331
 
                                            David Y Allen
                                            Library-Reference
                                            516 632-7110
                                            22-Feb-1996 08:52am EST
FROM:  DYALLEN
TO:    Remote Addressee                     ( [log in to unmask] )
 
Subject: Help with ArcView
 
        My comments on the difficulties of learning and using ArcView in a
library environment received quite a response from fellow sufferers and people
contemplating using ArcView.  I also learned about several resources for
ArcView users, and I thought it might be useful to summarize them.
 
1.  ESRI informed me that there is now a listserv for ArcView users.  Send
"subscribe" message to [log in to unmask]
 
2.  There is a book called Inside ArcView by Scott Hutchinson and Larry Daniel.
 It is advertised in ArcNews and available from Onword Press, which has an
e-mail address: [log in to unmask] (Phone 1-800-233-6397).  I have not
read this book (although I have it on order), but I have glanced at a copy,
and it appears to be very useful.
 
3.  Several people requested my handout on working with ArcView and First
Street.  I am working on a section on editing First Street files so that they
can be directly used by ArcView.  When that is completed in a couple of days, I
will gladly mail out copies to all requesting them.
 
4.  I understand that MAGERT is planning a meeting at the ALA Convention in New
York in which users of different GIS packages can sit down at separate tables
and exchange ideas and suggestions.  I assume there will be a table for ArcView
users.  Maybe we should form a chapter of ArcView Anonymous.  One more good
reason to join the celebration in the Big Apple!