----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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!