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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 07:07:57 -0600 (CST)
From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 18:30:00 CST
From: NOONAN@msus1.bitnet
To: Multiple recipients of list NNEWS <NNEWS@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
Subject: Network News #9

Document:  Network News - March 1993
List:      nnews from listserv@ndsuvm1.bitnet or listserv@vm1.nodak.edu
Archive:   via listserv or ftp vm1.nodak.edu in nnews directory
Expires:   April 30, 1993
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Copyright: 1993 Dana Noonan
           Permission granted to redistribute the unmodified version of
           this newsletter provided no fee is charged for it.


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       an update to libraries and information resources on the Internet
                            sponsored by Metronet
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Number 9                           NETWORK-NEWS                   March 1993


TABLE OF CONTENTS:
      Note to all readers
      Updated version of A Guide to Internet/Bitnet available
      Down the Gopher Hole
      UseNet Newsgroups for Information Professionals
      Environmental Fax Orgy
      Updated Freenet List
      FTP Sites
      Recommended Reading
      Corrections and Additions
      New on MetroLine

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NOTE TO ALL READERS
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The purpose of the newsletter to provide occasional updates to A Guide to
Internet/Bitnet. The primary audience is the information community in the
Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. The newsletter is funded by Metronet;
the guide by Metropolitan State University. Dana Noonan is solely responsible
for the contents of both the newsletters and the guide.

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GUIDE REVISIONS
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I have revised the library catalog portion of my guide to include many
new online catalogs around the globe. The new list includes entries from
Crete, Taiwan, South Africa as well as an expanded list of opacs in Denmark,
Spain and the United Kingdom.

The online version of the guide now has three sections:

    GUIDE1.NNEWS   covers email, sigs, ftp, gopher, etc.
    GUIDE2.NNEWS   libraries in the United States
    GUIDE3.NNEWS   libraries in other countries

The guide is available via mail from listserv@ndsuvm1.bitnet or via
anonymous ftp from vm1.nodak.edu in the nnews directory.

The format of the opac list has changed because the list is now being
maintained as a database on my palmtop computer (aka Barbie's computer).
Entries include SC (special collections), DB (databases), and the date
the library was checked for the listing.

The next printed version of the guide will contain only subset of the 550+
opacs listed in the guide. It will be available from Metronet for $10 in
about a month but it is free and available on MetroLine and the Internet now.

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DOWN THE GOPHER HOLE
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If you have a gopher client, point it at the following gophers for a
real treat. These are some of the best-designed and most interesting
information services available on the internet. If you don't have client
software, telnet to consultant.micro.umn.edu and login as gopher.

Cornucopia of Disablility Information
  Marvelous source of documents and directories - internet resource
  sharing at it's best!

EcoGopher (University of Virginia) ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu 70
  Under construction but already an important source of environmental
  information

Scholarly Communications Project - borg.lib.vt.edu 70
  Four journals: The Community Services CATALST, Journal of Technology
  Education, Jounral of the International Academy of Hospitality
  Research, and Modal Analysis

Sunet Information Server  sunic.sunet.se 70
  The Subject Tree attempts to organize gopher-space by topic - while
  not totally successful it represents a worthwhile attempt to
  provide an alternative to the alphabetical or geographic menus
  found on most gophers (via Stockholm University gopher)

University of Trent -
  Using a gopher as a means of adding value to the online catalog

University of Virginia -
  outstanding collection of help/info files from Academic Computing
  center -- excellent newsletter - all properly formatted

University of Waterloo -
  Table of Contents for entire gopher
        Very useful collection of subject bibliographies by library staff

Whole Earth 'Lectronic Magazine (The Well) gopher.well.sf.ca.us 70
  If you like Whole Earth Review, you will love this gopher. The
  format is familiar and the off-beat approach to both important
  issues and the merely curious is intriguing.


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USENET NEWSGROUPS FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS
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USENET (which I sometimes smugly refer to as useless-net) has a number
of newsgroups of interest to information mavens. If your site doesn't
provide a newsreader, try one of the gopher or freenets readers.

alt.books.reviews
alt.books.technical

alt.censorship - lively discussions / info-commercials about censorship

alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk - academic freedom and computer use

alt.freedom.of.information.act - potentially interesting group that
    hasn't been very interesting lately

alt.hypertext - how-to and why-to

alt.internet.services - things not available in the uucp world

alt.online-services - covers commercial online services and the internet

alt.privacy - don't miss Privacy & Anonymity on the Internet FAQ

alt.zines - small, non-commercial magazines - sample issues posted

comp.archives - descriptions of public access archives - very useful

comp.infosystems - yet another potentially interest group

comp.infosystems.gopher -  more than anyone wants to know about gopher

comp.infosystems.wais - ditto

comp.internet.library - skip it...

comp.org.eff.talk - about the Electronic Frontier Foundation

comp.society.privacy

k12.library
misc. books.technical
rec.arts.books
rec.arts.comic.misc
rec.arts.int-fiction (interactive fiction)
rec.arts.movies
rec.arts.sf...  (lots of these)

soc.libraries.talk - best item: BUBL updates


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ENVIRONMENTAL FAX ORGY
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"On the occasion of Earth Day, April 22, ArtBase invites individuals to
comment on the interaction of various global technologies and the environments
they destroy and create."

"Global technologies, such as FAX networks, are often thought of as merely
business tools. Yet the FAX is also a new tool for media artists and community
activists. A large verity of image making processes can be transmitted --
drawn, painted, printed, photographed, xeroxed, collage, and text are all
possible source materials. Anyone with access to a FAX machine is encouraged
to participate in -- you do not have to be an "artist.""

   FAX submissions accepted between 3/15/93 and 4/15/93
   FAX submission number USA 612-292-0663
   Receiving FAX machine is a Sharp SFO-150 16-gray scale
   Size limited to US letter page (8-1/2" x 11")
   No fee is required

   Please include cover sheet with:
        name
        postal address
        voice and FAX address
        internet email address
        25 word artist statement/biography
        where you heard about the event

   All participants will be fully credited
   All participants with postal address will receive documentation

   Act of submission grants ArtBase permission to duplicate, display,
   and distribute submissions for exhibition and documentation

Public exhibition 4/18/93 - 5/1/93 at The Bad Habit Cafe, 418 St. Peter
St., St. Paul, MN 55102 USA

Contact: Bob Gale - bgale@well.sf.ca.us


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COMMUNITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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Minnesota Citizens Online has been working on setting up a community
information system for the past couple of years. The following is a list of
community information systems on the Internet. Try them out and then leave
your comments on MetroLine (in the MCO conference).

Cleveland Freenet
Telnet freenet-in-a-cwru.edu
Login: type visitor

Denver Freenet
Telnet freenet.hsc.colorado.edu
Login: type visitor

Heartland Freenet
Telnet heartland.bradley.edu
Login: type bbguest

Lorain County Freenet
Telnet freenet.lorain.oberlin.edu
Login: type guest

National Capitol Freenet - Ottawa, Canada
Telnet freenet.carleton.ca
Login: type guest

Tallahassee Freenet
Telnet freenet.fsu.edu
Login: type visitor

Tri-State Freenet
Telnet tso.uc.edu
Login: type visitor

Victoria Freenet
Telnet freenet.victoria.bc.ca
Login: type visitor or guest

Youngstown Freenet
Telnet yfn.ysu.edu
Login: type visitor


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FTP Sites
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For virus checkers (IBM): ftp mcafee.com in pub/antivirus directory.

For OTIS (The Operative Term is STIMULATE) archive of images and zines:
  ftp 141.214.4.135 /projects/stmulate directory

For palmtop computers: ftp csd4.csd.uwm.edu /pub/Palmtop directory

For travel info: ftp ccu.umanitoba.ca (130.179.16.8) /pub/rec-travel directory

For working papers in economics: ftp uts.mcc.ac.uk  /pub/Krichel/WoPEc/list

For word lists: ftp ftp.cs.vu.nl  /dictionaries/word


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RECOMMENDED READING
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CATALOGOS DE BIBLIOTECAS ACCESIBLES EN LINEA: Directorio. Unidad de
Coordinaci
of Spanish online library catalogs (not all telnet connections)
available as ESLIBS NNEWS from the NNEWS listserv@ndsuvm1 or via anonymous
ftp from vm1.nodak.edu in the NNEWS directory.

Quartermain, John S. "What can businesses get out of the Internet?"
Computerworld, Feb.22, 1993, p.81. Available as QRTMN NNEWS from
the above archives. By the way the article was posted to several lists
without a title so I had to call Minneapolis Public Library to get the
full title. The title above was taken from the subject line of the
email message that was used as a title.

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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS
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NIBnews subscription address: listserv@ccsun.unicampe.br
           editorial contact: sabbatini@bruc.bitnet

Origins (Oklahoma BBS) voice contact: 405-325-2931

Sustainable agriculture archive: ftp sunsite.unc.edu in the
  /pub/academic/agriculture/sustainable-agriculture directory

FedWorld BBS - gateway to 60+ government BBSs in the US - throw away all the
outdated lists of government bulletin boards and call Fedworld
1-703-321-8020

PR-Online operates a BBS for the Actuarial Profession in North America, the
Brookings Institution, Employers Council on Flexible Compensation, Fedated
Ambulatory Surgery Assn., the House Committe on Science, Space and
Technology, the House Ways and Means Committee, the House Small Business
Committee, the National Association of Home Builders, the National
Association of Realtors, the National Food Processors Association, the
Coalition to Preserve Health Benefits, and a Database for Journalists.
Interesting list, isn't it? Both the lobbyists and those they lobby use
the same BBS to get out their messages. Worth checking out at
1-800-873-0010.

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NEW ON METROLINE
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MetroLine now hosts conferences for Minnesota Citizens Online and the
Health Science Libraries of Minnesota.

MetroLine is a beta test site for ModemBase Pro - a dBASE compatible
online database. We will be converting all of our databases to this new
and more powerful program.

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Send corrections and/or comments to:

Dana Noonan                                        Metronet
(612) 825-9312                                     (612) 224-4801
                                                   (612) 224-4827 (fax)
noonan@msus1.msus.edu                              metronet@vz.acs.umn.edu
Library User Network BBS (612) 772-7635            Metroline BBS (612) 224-8086
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