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The University of Minnesota's Internet Gopher System: A Tool for Accessing Network-Based Electronic Information
(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1993)
Describes the Gopher system developed at the University of Minnesota for accessing information on the Internet. Highlights include the need for navigation tools; Gopher clients; FTP (File Transfer Protocol); campuswide ...
The LIBS Internet Access Software: An Overview and Evaluation
(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992)
Describes and evaluates LIBS Internet Access Software (also called Sonoma Software), which offers automatic Telnet connection to remote library catalogs, databases, information services, campuswide information services, ...
Is the Journal as We Know It an Article of Faith? An Open Letter to the Faculty
(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1997)
Discusses scholarly communication, functions of scholarly journals, and the possibility of changing from a printed version to an electronic journal. Highlights include dissemination; timeliness; peer review; recognition ...
Will the Real Internet Please Stand Up?
(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1997)
Discusses problems with the current Internet and describes new Internet developments. Topics include Internet2, which is being developed for innovative high performance computing applications for member universities and ...
Competencies for Electronic Information Services
(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1993)
Defines electronic information services and the competencies required for librarians providing them. Highlights include personal characteristics; basic skills, including computer use, navigation, and word processing; general ...
Nonbibliographic Applications of Z39.50
(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992)
Describes the use of the Z39.50 information retrieval protocol as the basis for Infocal, a read-only, client/server-based campus information system. Technical considerations in adapting the protocol to nonbibliographic ...
The Mann Library Gateway System
(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1994)
Describes the Mann Library Gateway that provides access to an electronic library developed at Cornell University (New York) including indexes, numeric data files, and full text of journal articles and reference works that ...
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992)
Provides several examples of drawbacks encountered when technological improvements are applied to the public access of library databases. Suggests that technological advances all carry some trade-off and that they should ...
Using the World-Wide Web to Deliver Complex Electronic Documents: Implications for Libraries
(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1994)
Explores the benefits and limitations of the World Wide Web in the context of projects taking place at the University of Virginia Library and the university's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. A gateway ...
OJAC: An Electronic Document Delivery System for British Columbia Post-Secondary Students
(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1993)
Describes the Online Journal Access Citation (OJAC) project developed with the British Columbia Electronic Library Network and Simon Fraser University to demonstrate the feasibility of an electronic document delivery system. ...