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_Current_Cites_
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Volume 3, no. 8
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August 1992
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Library Technology Watch Program
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University of California, Berkeley
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Edited by David F.W. Robison
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ISSN: 1060-2356
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Contributors:
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Teri Rinne, Vivienne Roumani, Lisa Rowlison, Mark Takaro, Roy Tennant
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Hyper- and Multimedia
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Brandt, Richard "CD-I at SALT: A Review of the Tenth Conference
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on Interactive Instructional Delivery" CD-ROM Librarian 7(6)
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(June 1992):58-59. Despite the trend towards standardization of
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CD-ROM formats, developers continue to pursue a variety of paths
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in an attempt to woo consumers. The Society for Applied Learning
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and Technology annual meeting this year was quieter than usual,
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but the consensus seems to be that CD-ROM will be the platform of
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choice for the delivery of multimedia. Future increases in the
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capacity of CD-ROM (which are still being haggled over by Philips
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and Sony) may insure this trend. - MT
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Landow, George P. Hypertext: The Convergence of Contemporary
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Critical Theory and Technology. Johns Hopkins University Press,
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1992. A timely look at trends in literary theory and hypertext
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systems development. The author analyzes virtual forms of
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reading, non-linear structures and the webs that are hypertext
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works. The model of a network which literary criticism has
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employed recently provides a framework for understanding the
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impact of new hypertext literature and texts newly adapted from
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the past. The new concepts of literature are sure to be
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influenced by the continuing evolution of hypertext works. - MT
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Rumsey, Eric "HyperCard for Bibliographic Instruction"
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Computers in Libraries 12(5) (June 1992):43-45. The Hardin
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Health Sciences Library at the University of Iowa developed a
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HyperCard-based tutorial for users to learn the Medline CD-ROM
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system. Developed in stages and carefully evaluated, the system
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has had a positive impact on this area of bibliographic
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instruction. Interestingly, the project may be one of the first
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to use a Macintosh program to shows users how to use a DOS-based
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application. - MT
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Wang, Joseph C. "Announcing tkWWW 0.2 Alpha" Originally posted on
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news@athena.mit.edu on August 5, 1992 and reposted on PACS-L@
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UHUPVM1 as "A Tk Interface to World Wide Web 0.2 ALPHA" by
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Ernest Perez on August 10, 1992. The World Wide Web seeks to
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build an international network of hypertext links and thereby
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creating a multifaceted distributed database. This announcement
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concerns a toolkit for developers. A set of terminal browsers for
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the Web includes a simple tty interface. United States users can
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telnet eies2.njit.edu or telnet 128.235.1.43 and login as www to
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demo the World Wide Web. The demo provides an interesting view of
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networked hypertext. The new Tk interpreted toolkit supports the
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construction of X11 applications and will allow contributors to
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submit hypertext to the World Wide Web.
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Networks and Networking
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Clement, John "Surveying K-12 and Postsecondary School
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Networking Partnerships" EDUCOM Review 27(4) (July/August
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1992):44-46. Clement provides us with some preliminary results
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from a survey of K- 12/Postsecondary partnerships begun in
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January of this year by himself and Ellen McHugh. The survey
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found that many institutions are assisting primary and secondary
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schools in networking and in a variety of ways, and the number
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is growing. - DR
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Drew, Wilfred. Not Just Cows: A Guide to Internet/Bitnet
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Resources in Agriculture and Related Sciences. Morrisville, NY:
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Morrisville College of Agriculture and Technology, 1992.
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Available via anonymous ftp at ftp.unt.edu filename AGRICULTURE-
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INTERNET.TXT or AGRICULTURE-INTERNET.WORDPERFECT51 (binary) and
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at hydra.uwo.ca in directory libsoft as filename agguide.txt or
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agguide.wp (binary). Drew has put together an excellent and
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up-to-date guide to agricultural information resources on the
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net in an easy to use format. Included here are descriptions of
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mail, ftp, and telnet servers, in addition to e-BBSs and other
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services along with clear access instructions. - DR
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Deutsch, Peter "Resource Discovery in an Internet Environment"
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Masters thesis, McGill University, 1992. Available via
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anonymous ftp from archives.cc.mcgill.ca in directory
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/pub/peterd as file thesis. This paper proposes a complex
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naming and file management system to facilitate "the act of
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discovering the existance [sic] of classes of resources,
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locating specific instances of such classes, and accessing these
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instances." Deutsch's scheme involves establishing unique
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publisher identifiers, file identifiers and information brokers
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(machines) that maintain and provide information to servers.
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The servers, in turn, maintain their own data on available files
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and answer queries from user access agents. Not exactly an
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easy read, but very interesting. - DR
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Kahin, Brian "Scholarly Communication Project: Computer
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Conferences Announced" posted on PACS-L@UHUPVM1 and NETTRAIN@
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UBVM on July 29, 1992. 6 new discussion lists have been
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established by the Coalition for Networked Information as a
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joint project with the JFK School of Government. The lists
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cover joint authorship and ownership (OWNERSHIP); rights in
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computer conferencing (REPOST); derivative and iterative works
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(DERIV); control of dissemination (RESOURCES); site licensing
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(SITE-LICENSE); and international access (INTERNATIONAL).
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Subscription messages should be sent to LISTSERV@CNI.ORG
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(subscribe [listname] [your first name] [your last name]).
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You may subscribe to more than one conference in a message,
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and you should include background information about yourself.
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- DR
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King, Kenneth M. "The NREN Picture Becomes Clearer" EDUCOM
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Review 27(4) (July/August 1992):52-51. King, outgoing
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President of EDUCOM, takes a look at the some of the issues of
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the development the national information infrastructure with
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respect to the federal funding, private funding, and the NSF.
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This "letter" covers the major points without getting bogged
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down in the details. - DR
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"Online Services Experience Solid Growth Over Past 5 Years With
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More Forecast for the Near Future" EFFector ONline 3(1) (July
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29, 1992). A new study just released indicates that the sales of
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online services have grown over 690% in the last 5 years, and the
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growth is expected to continue by 48% over the next five years.
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- DR
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Peters, Paul Evan "Network Navigating and Navigators" EDUCOM
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Review 27(4) (July/August 1992):40-42. Using the theme of the
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Spring 1992 meeting of the Coalition for Networked Information as
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the title of his synopsis of the meeting, Peters brings us the
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highlights and key points of the event. Speakers included 4
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people Peters describes as "pathfinders and pioneers in the area
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of realizing the full promise of networks to advance scholarship
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and intellectual productivity" (Vinton Cerf - CNRI, Brewster
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Kahle - WAIS, Joyce Reynolds - USC, and George Strawn - NSF).
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- DR
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Polly, Jean Armour "Surfing the Internet: An Introduction" Wilson
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Library Bulletin 66(10) (June 1992):38-42, 155. As stated in the
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introduction, this article is intended to be a "nontechnical
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introduction to Internet communications [and] is intended to show
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how librarians and libraries can benefit from net connectivity."
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Polly gives a basic description of the net, but then goes on to
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list various networked resources for further information about
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both the net as well as general information (including e-journals,
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telnet and ftp sites, e.g. WAIS, WWW, Project Gutenberg, etc.).
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- DR
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Rotenberg, Marc "Proposed Privacy Guidelines for the NREN" Posted
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on CPSR@GWUVM on July 30, 1992. This statement to NCLIS's Open
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Forum on Library and Information Service's Roles in the NREN by
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the Washington Director of the Computing Professionals for Social
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Responsibility, presents both background and findings regarding
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the great need to address privacy issues in the NREN arena.
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According to the statement, the three main threats to privacy
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on the net are commercialization, lack of legal protection, and
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the governments current opposition to robust data encryption.
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- DR
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Tennant, Roy, John Ober and Anne G. Lipow. Crossing the Internet
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Threshold: An Instructional Handbook. Berkeley, CA: Library
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Solutions Press, 1993. This excellent guide to the Internet
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serves two functions, it acts as an introduction to the net, its
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services and resources, and is also an instruction kit for
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trainers. In addition to describibg the full range of net
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resources, the authors have provided exercises and copies of
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overheads they have used in network instruction. For
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information on ordering a copy, contact Anne Lipow at
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alipow@library.berkeley.edu - DR
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Optical Disc Technologies
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Herther, Nancy "The Past, Present and Future of the Compact Disc,
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Multimedia and the Industry: An Interview with Dr. Toshi Doi"
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CD-ROM Professional 5(4) (July 1992):17-21. Sony Corporation
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Director Toshi Doi is widely considered to be the father of both
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the compact disc and digital audio. Much of this interview
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focuses on the multimedia industry, specifically the
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proliferation of multimedia formats. Doi predicts a healthy,
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competitive future for the industry as long as a universal
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multimedia format is established by 1995. - TR
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Littlejohn, Alice "CD-ROM 1991: The Year in Review" CD-ROM
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Librarian 7(6) (June 1992):18-57. Littlejohn presents a
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comprehensive review of a robust year for the CD-ROM industry.
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Nearly every topic germane to the industry is mentioned within
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one of the six major categories: market, products, users,
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technicalities, international scene, 1992 and beyond. Appended
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to the 25-page review are over 300 bibliographic citations.
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Required reading for CD-ROM industry watchers. - TR
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General
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Thinking Robots, an Aware Internet, and Cyberpunk Librarians /
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R. Bruce Miller and Milton T. Wolf, editors. The citations below
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are of a sampling of the articles in this thought provoking
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collection. The Library and Information Technology Association
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(LITA) plans to publish these articles along with the text of the
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speeches at the 1992 President's program in a monograph this Fall.
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More citations from this collection will appear in the next
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issue of Current Cites.
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o Cisler, Steve "The Canary on the Computer" pp.84-87.
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Beginning with discussion of the vision of progress from eyes
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ranging from the paranoid to those behind rose tinted glasses,
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Cisler offers a review of the work of the two leading information
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watchdog groups outside librarianship (though not without
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librarians) the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Computing
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Professionals for Social Responsibility. - DR
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o Davidson, Howard L. "A Clear Vision of the Information"
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pp. 77-78. Davidson, a Senior Research Physicist at Sun
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Microsystems Laboratories, offers a rather radical vision of
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the ultimate IR system: a computer that both uses a model of
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the user's memory strategy and taps into the user's brain
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directly. Read it to believe it. - DR
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o Halbert, Martin "Knowbot Explorations in Similarity
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Space" pp.65-69. Halbert lets us listen in on a conversation
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about online retrieval that might take place in the year 2010
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where users have knowbots conjure up 3-D graphical
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representations of data. - DR
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o Mason, Florence "Ethics and the Electronic Society" pp.
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88-92. As networked information becomes more ubiquitous, ethical
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concerns about information are changing. Mason covers some of
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the concerns over ownership, control, access, and privacy of
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information. She also proposes ethical guidelines for the modern
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information professional. - DR
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o Wallis, Roberta "Nanotechnology: The Library of Congress
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in Your Pocket" pp. 33-37. A fascinating futuristic and somewhat
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utopian view of what we might expect from the continuing
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miniaturization of technology. The author cites the writings of
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K. Eric Drexler in the field of nanotechnology and suggests that
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information and learning may develop beyond present constraints
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with the help of nanotechnology. - MT
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Van Bergen, Marylin A. "Copyright Law, Fair Use, and Multimedia"
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EDUCOM Review 27(4) (July/August 1992):31-34. Bergen provides a
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brief and timely discussion of copyright law in the electronic
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age. Some specific areas covered are fair use, derivative and
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collective use, and the conflict between constitutional rights
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of access and copyright controls. - DR
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Current Cites 3(8) (August 1992) ISSN: 1060-2356
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California, Berkeley. All rights reserved.
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