  We study a general type of series and relate special cases of it to Stirling
series, infinite series discussed by Choi and Hoffman, and also to special
values of the Arakawa-Kaneko zeta function, complementing and generalizing
earlier results. Moreover, we survey properties of certain truncated multiple
zeta and zeta star values, pointing out their relation to finite sums of
harmonic numbers. We also discuss the duality result of Hoffman, relating
binomial sums and truncated multiple zeta star values.
