H-SKAND is a community of teachers, researchers, and scholars with
diverse interests and expectations for our e-mail network. One of the
editors' chief goals is to insure that every piece of e-mail
dispatched to our members is helpful to the maximum number of
recipients. Conversely, we make every effort to avoid sending mail
that will be of limited use or might even bother or alienate
subscribers.
For this reason, we would like to state our policy on queries:
A.
All queries should concern research or teaching problems in
Scandinavian history only. Not only the history of Scandinavia is covered
by this network, but also the national histories of the Scandinavian
countries as mentioned above. Queries to the network may therefore fall
within a very broad field and may not have an immediate relevance to all
members. But please remember, that the members create the network by
their postings, and that by contributing you can help making the network
more relevant for your specific field.
B.
All queries should be sent only after all other easily
available
sources of information have been exhausted. Thus each query should
list those sources already tried that have failed to produce the
information sought. This will prevent well-meaning subscribers from
responding with suggestions you have already considered.
C.
All queries should be as informative as possible about
the general
problem involved. Background information should be provided so that
H-SKAND members who do not know anything about the topic can still
benefit from reading your query. If, for example, you simply need the
address or phone number for an institution or person, try telling your
audience what the institution does or who the person is and what he or
she has written or done. If you are seeking bibliographic
information, explain the historical context of the problem for which
you need additional reading.
D.
The longer the query the better; short queries are
likely to be
returned to their authors for more background information so that the
entire network can benefit. Medieval scholars should be able to read
a query about the World War II era and learn something; so should
social historians be able to learn from queries by military
historians.
E.
Although the primary conference language of the network
is English
H-SKAND also solicits queries in the main Scandinavian languages
(Danish, Norwegian and Swedish). The editors will not be able to
assist with translations.
Please observe when writing in the Scandinavian languages that most
e-mail programs do not understand the special characters used in these
languages. Please use the equivalent
characters (aa, ae, oe, ue etc.)
