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_Current_Cites_
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Volume 5, no. 2
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February 1994
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Information Systems Instruction & Support
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The Library
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University of California, Berkeley
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Edited by Teri Andrews Rinne
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ISSN: 1060-2356
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Contributors:
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Nathan Meyer, David Rez, Richard Rinehart, Roy Tennant
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Electronic Publishing
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Frappaolo, Carl "The Language of the Electronic Document"
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CD-ROM Professional 7(1) (January 1994):133-139. Frappaolo
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introduces an excerpt from the _Electronic Publishing Glossary_
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compiled by the Delphi Consulting Group. Electronic Document
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Management Systems (EDMS) are a composite of many technologies,
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such as image processing, artificial intelligence, text retrieval,
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networking and multimedia. The combination has created a jargon
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that the newcomer to EDMS might find intimidating. A glossary of
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terms and acronyms for this unique EDMS vernacular has become both
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necessary and desirable. - DR
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Hypermedia and Multimedia
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Grotophorst, Clyde W. "Hypertext for Windows: Developing Databases
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for the Winhelp Engine" Library Software Review 12(4) (Winter
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1993):14-20. Winhelp is the program Windows uses to display its
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online Help feature, purely as a viewer. This article describes
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how to use Winhelp as an authoring tool to create hypertext files.
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Winhelp, much like HyperCard for the Macintosh, runs on a popular
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platform, and features linked terms (or pictures or icons),
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keyword searching, the ability to retrace one's path in the
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non-linear hypertext environment, and more. Winhelp is free with
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Windows, but it is not supported as an authoring tool, making this
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article valuable as a source for the relevant details. - RR
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"Library of Congress to Create Electronic Archives Using Bernstein
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Collection" Government Imaging 3(1) (January/February 1994):cover.
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The Library of Congress will use a gift from the estate of late
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composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein to create "The Bernstein
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Collection," a collection of multimedia resources focusing on music.
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This collection will form the core of LC's growing multimedia
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collection, and LC hopes to utilize the electronic nature of the
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collection by linking these resources with similar collections
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around the country, expanding access both ways. - RR
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Mazur, F.E. "Now Appearing in the Computer Spreadsheet: Movies
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Finding New Multimedia Applications" CD-ROM Professional 7(1)
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(January 1994):44-45. When Cornell University's Interactive
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Multimedia Group conducted a study of collaborative
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problem-solving in the networked environment, they had
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test groups work on a project, using teleconferencing to share
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information to solve problems. As interesting as the study itself
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however is the way they chose to relate their findings via
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multimedia spreadsheet. The final report consists of an Excel
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spreadsheet in which cells hold transcribed conversations,
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along with analytical notes, as well as Quicktime movies of
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the online talks. This is an important change in that now
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original data in many academic studies need not be separate
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from the final analysis, which would normally consist of a
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journal article. Having the source data at hand allows peers
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to more accurately judge the study, and to re-use the data
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for further studies. The current problem of scant mechanisms
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for distributing multimedia academic articles dims only slightly
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the implications presented here. - RR
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Robin, Michael "Learning Through Experience" Microtimes (119)
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(February 7, 1994):96-108. San Francisco's Exploratorium Museum
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has been doing "interactive multimedia" education for over 25
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years. Most of their exhibits have been mechanical/electronic
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3-D exhibits focusing on human perception, and they had to
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be visited on site (a pleasure well worth it). The Exploratorium
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sets the standard for other museums by exploiting multimedia at
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its best: education so engaging it removes the distance between
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learner and subject. Now The Exploratorium is taking its mission
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onto the Net with an ftp, gopher, and a World Wide Web server.
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One interesting item was an interactive part of an AIDS exhibit
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which has the visitor try to maneuver a digital 'ball' on a Mac
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through a maze of defenses to the center; showing how the HIV
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infects the human host, from the view of the virus. Note that the
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text of this article does not mention the ftp or gopher address,
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but if you look closely at the WWW picture on page 108, you can
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just make out the URL line. - RR
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Networks and Networking
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Baker, Frank M. "Navigating the Network with NCSA Mosaic"
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EDUCOM Review 29(1) (January/February 1994):46-51. For
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Internet users with directly connected Macintosh,
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MS Windows, or X computers, NCSA Mosaic is an essential
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piece of software. Mosaic uses the draft Uniform Resource
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Locator (URL) standard to provide access to a wealth of
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Internet-based information. Although Mosaic is primarily
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known as a World-Wide Web client, it also provides quick
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and easy access to Gophers, FTP archive sites, and basically
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anything that can be described by a URL. In addition,
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Mosaic is designed to handle graphic images, sounds, and
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moving pictures in association with additional freeware
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and shareware programs. This article is the best overview
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of Mosaic, its capabilities, what makes it work, and where
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to get the files that I have yet seen. - RT
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Cronin, Mary J. "Internet Business Sources" DATABASE 16(6) (December
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1993):47-52. Besides giving an overview of Internet business
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resources, Cronin throws in some good advice regarding the
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volatility of Internet information, the varying levels of server
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quality and the difficulty of being certain that one has located
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an up-to-date and reliable source of information. The article
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does not include commercial business services and only mentions
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a few electronic discussions and serials, but it covers some
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of the essential Internet-accessible business resources. For
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more comprehensive coverage, however, Internet users should
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also peruse the guides available on the University of Michigan
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Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides
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[URL:gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu:70/11/inetdirs]. - RT
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Deutsch, Peter "Preserving and Promoting the 'Internet Culture'"
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Internet World 5(2) (March/April 1994):52-55. A thoughtful, well-
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written, and entertaining muse about the culture of the Internet and
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how it may be endangered -- but more importantly how we can help
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preserve it. This article could not have appeared at a more opportune
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time, as network "old-timers" are bristling at an onslaught of
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hundreds of thousands of new users brought onto the Internet by
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commercial networks. We would all do well to reflect on the
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qualities of the Internet that we cherish the most and do what we
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can to preserve them, which is exactly Deutsch's point. - RT
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Eagan, Ann "Order Out of Chaos: Science Databases on the Internet"
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Database 16(6) (December 1993):62-67. Although Eagan fails to
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deliver on the promise of her title (bringing "order" to Internet
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"chaos"? -- you've got to be kidding!), she nonetheless provides
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a good overview of the various systems one must use to find
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information on the Internet. The accompanying sidebar by
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Susan Starr contains most of the resource-specific information,
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although other sources must be consulted to gain a more complete
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overview of Internet-accessible science resources. - RT
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"Electronic Communication at the White House" EDUCOM Review 29(1)
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(January/February 1994):16-18. Ever wonder who and what is behind
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the first Internet-connected White House? EDUCOM takes you behind
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the scenes with an interview of Jock Gill, the person most
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responsible for bringing the White House out of the
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electronic dark ages. - RT
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Gaffin, Adam "Visiting Museums on the Internet," Internet World
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5(2) (March/April 1994):24-29. A good overview of some of the museums
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which have made information about their collections and sometimes
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pictures and reproductions of museum holdings available to Internet
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users. Although the author only plugs Gopher, Telnet and anonymous
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FTP access to museum information, those who have access to NCSA
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Mosaic in any of its three versions (X, MS Windows, or Macintosh)
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should run, not walk, to [URL: http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu] to see
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one of the most well-developed network-based museums around: the
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UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology. - RT
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"Government Information Locator Service (GILS) Draft Report to
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the Information Infrastructure Task Force" (January 22, 1994 Draft)
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[URL: ftp://130.11.48.107/pub/gils.txt]. - An updated version
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of the document cited in the November 1993 issue of Current Cites,
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prepared by Eliot Christian of the U.S. Geological Survey and
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the Locator Subgroup of the Interagency Working Group on
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Public Access. A Microsoft Word for Windows version of the
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document is also available at the same site with the filename
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"gils.doc". GILS is to be a system to help users locate government-
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produced information in a networked environment. - RT
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Gumprecht, Blake "Internet Sources of Government Information"
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College & Research Libraries News 55(1) (January 1994):19-22.
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A slightly condensed version of a guide available electronically
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[URL: ftp://ftp.nwnet.net/user-docs/government/gumprecht-guide.txt]
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of Internet-accessible government information. - RT
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"Principles for the Development of the National Information
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Infrastructure," Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure
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Policy Forum, American Library Association, [n.d., n.p.]. This
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slim pamphlet is short on text but long on importance.
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Representatives from fifteen national library and information
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associations met in the fall of 1993 to discuss policy issues relating
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to the emerging National Information Infrastructure (NII). This
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pamphlet outlines the consensus they reached on principles
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in the following areas: First Amendment, Privacy, Intellectual
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Property, Ubiquity, Equitable Access, and Interoperability. These
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various organizations will be working in the coming weeks, months,
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and years to inject these principles into the NII debate, and more
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importantly, the legislation that will bring it about. For a copy,
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contact the Library and Information Technology Assocation, ALA. - RT
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St. Pierre, Margaret "Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) Over
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Z39.50-1988 and Beyond" ConneXions 8(2) (February 1994):15-19. -
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St. Pierre (a consultant to WAIS, Inc. and a team member of the
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Government Information Locator Service (GILS) project) provides
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a brief history of the WAIS system, and an overview of the architecture
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of the system, the design goals, the protocol itself, and future
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directions. Pointers are provided at the end of the article for more
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information on both the commercial and "freeWAIS" versions. - RT
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Shade, Leslie Regan "Gender Issues in Computer Networking"
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(September 8, 1993) [URL: ftp://ftp.alfred.carleton.ca/pub/freenet
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/93conference/papers/leslie_regan_shade.txt] Regan addresses an
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issue that in the introduction is noted to be "the flavor of
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the month": gender and the Internet. The article is timely and
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interesting, covering a broad range of issues from women (and the
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lack thereof) in computer science at all levels to the electronic
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equivalent of cross-dressing (men posing as women in order to take
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advantage of the inordinate amount of attention women draw on the
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various resources on the net). From discussions of male and
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female communication styles to the way those styles play out in
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the special medium of the net. The serious issues of sexual
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harassment and pornography (and the problematic definitions of
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both) and women's access to the network are placed in the broader
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framework of equal access for all. Also included are a lengthy
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bibliography and an appendix of electronic conferences and lists
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for women's issues and participation. - NM
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, NII Task Force Working Group
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on Intellectual Property In the matter of: Public Hearing on
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Intellectual Property Issues Involved in the National Information
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Infrastructure Initiative, November 18, 1993.
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[URL:ftp://ftp.cni.org/pub/ipwg/18nov93.transcript]
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[URL:gopher://gopher.cni.org 70/cniftp/pub/docs/nii/ipwg]
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This document is a complete transcript of the latest public
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hearing on issues of intellectual property rights as related
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to the Internet. The public hearing, chaired by the Assistant
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Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
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Bruce Lehman, was held in Washington, D.C. in November 1993. The
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long (315K : approx. 250 screens) document covers several pages
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just listing the names of those who made appearances and those who
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make up the committee. Those making appearances come from many
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different groups including government agencies, the legal and
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commercial communities, education, publishing and writing,
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standards bodies, and private citizens. - NM
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Optical Disc Technologies
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Beiser, Karl "CD-ROM--Middle-Aged Crazy After All These
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Years" Database 16(6) (December 1993):91-95. Beiser offers
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a thoughtful analysis of what makes CD-ROM successful now
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and an overview of developments to watch that could affect
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its acceptance in the future. Beiser predicts that the
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technological mid-life crisis is about to end with the
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transition to drives with CD-ROM XA support, Photo CD
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multi-session capability, continuous read facility, 300
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KB/sec or greater transfer rate and 200-300 ms average
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access time. Beiser also predicts that the most likely
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near-term successors to CD-ROM are new varieties of CD-ROM,
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such as CD-recordable technology which is poised to usurp
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magnetic media in some instances. - TR
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Bowers, Richard A. "Welcome to the Second Computer
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Revolution: A Beginner's Guide to CD-ROM" CD-ROM Professional
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7(1) (January 1994):20-32. CD-ROM technology plays a pivotal
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role in what Bowers refers to as the "second computer revolution."
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We shall never look at the computer as merely a calculator
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or typewriter again, thanks in large part to the emergence
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of CD-ROM. Bowers offers an excellent overview of CD-ROM
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technology with special emphasis placed upon multi-format
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delivery, commonly known as multimedia. This article is
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designed to help the consumer sort through apparently
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conflicting claims, contradictory standards, and ambiguously
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stated requirements for accessing the new multimedia CD-ROM
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products. Sidebars accompanying the article include a fact-
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filled listing of currently available CD-ROM drives, an
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explanation of the difference between single-session and
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multi-session CD-ROMs, the introduction of the "triple-speed"
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drive, and an explanation of CD-ROM XA and Photo CD. - TR
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Parker, Dana J. "Glossary of Basic CD-ROM Terms" CD-ROM
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Professional 7(1) (January 1994):122-126. This very useful
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five-page list of glossary terms is gleaned from _Technology
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Edge: Guide to CD-ROM_ by Dana Parker and Robert Starrett. - TR
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"Navy Makes CD-ROM Preferred Information Medium" SIGCAT Disc
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Course 8(2) (January/February 1994):1. The U.S. Navy has
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set a significant precedent by being the first military
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service to officially establish CD technology (including
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CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-I, CD-ROM XA, and other technologies as
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they develop) as the "preferred media for storage and
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dissemination of data and information." - TR
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Nickerson, Gord "Mining for Gold: CD-ROM Information on
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the Internet" CD-ROM Professional 7(1) (January 1994):128-132.
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Nickerson explores the Internet in search of information on
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CD-ROM. He locates CD-ROM catalogs, detailed information on
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CD-ROM technology, email addresses of experts, vendors and
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manufacturers, discussion lists, electronic journals, and
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software distribution sites. (One of the gold nuggets
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featured is the Optical Disc Technology section of Current
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Cites!) A short bibliography of basic Internet resource
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materials accompanies the article. - TR
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Reese, Jean "Practical Tips for CD-ROM End-User Instruction:
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Making the Most of Your Time" CD-ROM Professional 7(1)
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(January 1994):59-60. Reese offers eight tips on how a busy
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staff can make the most of the time spent instucting end-users.
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Although there is no one perfect method for teaching people
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how to use CD-ROM products, among the most important first
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steps to any instructional program is to analyse the
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organization's needs, staffing situation, and the user's
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needs. - TR
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SilverPlatter Technical Support Team "Troubleshooting Tips For
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CD-ROM Drive Installation and Maintenance: PCs, LANs, and
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Macintoshes" CD-ROM Professional 7(1) (January 1994):149-152.
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This is an extremely useful and practical compilation of
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toubleshooting tips organized in a symptom/cause/solution
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format. Among the symptoms diagnosed: invalid drive
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specifications, incorrect DOS version, Read Fail, No Host
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Adapter Found, Disc in Drive Not High Sierra, and Disc Read
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Errors From CD-ROM Discs. - TR
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Current Cites 5(2) (February 1994) ISSN: 1060-2356
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California, Berkeley. All rights reserved.
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