Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 1999-4
EDITORIAL
Dear Reader,
The present issue of our Newsletter is the last one in this millennium.
Keeping with the times at the turn to the next one we are going to make a
reform. From the year 2000 on there will be only an English edition of the
Newsletter since the English-speaking share in the German edition of the
Newsletter has risen to far over 50 percent in recent years. Of course, capacity
and cost reasons also play a role in giving up one of the two language versions.
So we have decided to take the plunge to be able to provide you with free copies
of the Newsletter in the future as well. We will be pleased to see that you
continue to read the Newsletter despite this internationalization since our
up-to-date reports on social sciences in Eastern Europe are not affected and
will remain to be of use to you.
New years are not only bringing about innovations but are also times of
stock-taking. We also want to show how much the interest in social scientific
issues regarding Eastern Europe has grown. At present, Newsletter has more than
900 subscribers, and in 1999 approximately another 5,000 read its Internet
version every month. Approx. 18,500 have visited our homepage
by now. The
number of visits to the Clearinghouse providing Internet information about
Eastern Europe is increasing continuously. Recently, your active contribution to
building this socio-guide has been made possible: you can fill in our online form
with URLs of social science institution in Eastern Europe. We hope that this new opportunity
will put all the expertise in a common information pool and be at the immediate
online disposal to all those interested in Eastern Europe.
We wish you a happy and prosperous New Year.
Yours editorial board
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