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_Current Cites_
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Volume 7, no. 1
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January 1996
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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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http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/1996/cc96.7.1.html
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Contributors:
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Campbell Crabtree, John Ober, Margaret Phillips,
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David Rez, Richard Rinehart, Teri Rinne, Roy Tennant
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Electronic Publishing
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Hitchcock, Steve, Leslie Carr and Wendy Hall. "A Survey
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of STM Online Journals 1990-95: The Calm Before the
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Storm" http://journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/survey/survey.html
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(January 1996) -- This survey lists over 100 peer-reviewed
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online journals in the areas of science, technology and
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medicine. The paper is really two resources wrapped into
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one. The first part is a narrative illuminating the scope
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and findings of the survey, the hurdles facing and
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distinctive characteristics of the current electronic
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journal and a glimpse into what is predicted to be a bright
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future for electronic journals in the area of science,
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technology and medicine. The second part is a list of
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dynamic tables that include links to all the journals
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included in the survey. -- DR
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Samuelson, Pamela. "The Copyright Grab" WIRED 4(1) (January 1996):135-138,
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188-191. -- In a critical look at the Clinton administration's white
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paper, "Intellectual Property and National Information Infrastructure,"
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[[available in text form at
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gopher://ntiant1.ntia.doc.gov:70/00/papers/documents/files/ipnii.txt and
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in Adobe Acrobat form at http://www.uspto.gov/web/ipnii/], Sanderson, a
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visiting law professor at Cornell, warns that if the legislative proposal
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is adopted, traditional 'fair use' rights historically authorized by the
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Constitution, will be stripped away, replaced by a controlling set of laws
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which give publishers full copyright over every digital transmission. The
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paper advocates making it illegal to circumvent copyright management
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information and holds online providers responsible for the infractions of
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their users. By selectively interpreting existing law and hurrying this
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proposal into law, Congress will deliver a policy which could destroy
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online privacy and emerging electronic information industries. Sanderson
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suggests holding off the legislation until new markets emerge and a
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complete interpretation of current law. Included are addresses for the
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reader to get involved in the white paper debate. -- CJC
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Networks and Networking
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AmRhein, Richard. "Internet Resources for Music"
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College & Research Libraries News 56(11) (December 1995)
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: 760-763. -- This month, the C&RL News Internet
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resources column focuses on music. The author has chosen
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a representative sample of discussion lists, e-journals,
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newsgroups and web sites. Particularly useful is the list
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of the many gateway systems that serve as indexes to
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thousands of music sites on the Internet. -- MP
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Infobahn: Magazine of Internet Culture [issn 1079-4069]
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[http://www.postmodern.com/] -- While it's easy to gloss
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over the recent explosion in popular periodicals covering
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the Internet, Infobahn deserves some consideration. This
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magazine (December 1995 is the premiere issue) proposes
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to avoid the "tech toy lists," best of Net lists, and
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celebrity cameos that seem the stock of most others.
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Infobahn, in its premiere issue offer an intelligent
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discussion of "The Geopolitics of Cyberspace," a study
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into how politicians are beginning to use the new medium,
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and more. In the spirit that Wired used to have, one can
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look here for some provocative yet accessible commentary
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on the effects of the digital age on modern culture. -- RR
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Junion-Metz, Gail. _K-12 Resources on the Internet: An
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Instructional Guide_. Berkeley, California: Library
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Solutions Press, 1996. ISBN:1-882208-14-5. -- Library
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Solutions Press has published number 5 in its popular
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Internet Workshop Series, this one focusing on K-12
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resources. Like the other in the series, this workbook
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serves a dual purpose as both a self-paced guide for
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individual teachers and librarians who want to learn
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about the Internet and as a model training tool for
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those teaching the Internet to their students. What
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makes this volume particularly valuable is the chapter
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on "Making the Internet Happen" which discusses how to
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get your school connected to the Internet and the
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technological and educational issues associated with
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this process. (The PLUS version of this workbook, for
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people who train groups of K-12 professionals, comes
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with Windows and Macintosh diskettes of PowerPoint
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presentation slides that can either be customized to
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the instructor's own need or used as is.) -- MP
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Koopman, Ann and Sharon Hay. "Large-scale Application of
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a Web Browser" College and Research Libraries News 57(1)
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(January 1996): 12-15. -- Librarians at Indiana University-
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Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) recount their
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experiences building a multiplatform, multimedia,
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integrated workstation using a World Wide Web browser as
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an interface. Providing access to muliple Internet sites,
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online catalogs, indexes/abstracts, video resources,
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personal storage space and communications, this new
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information system is the primary tool through which most
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students are delivered information. The authors describe
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the campus and library environment and the development
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process for establishing the library's information system.
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The long list of lessons learned which includes such sage
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advice as "design for long-term flexibility, assuming
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changes in technology will be the norm" or "graphics are
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not necessarily better than text" or "patron education was
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and continues to be paramount" should prove to be
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invaluable for any information professional participating
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in similar projects at their own institutions. -- MP
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McClements, Nancy and Cheryl Becker. "Writing Web Page
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Standards" College & Research Libraries News 57(1) (January
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1996): 16-17. -- This is a short, practical article that
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describes how the library at the University of Wisconsin-
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Madison established content, design and technical guidelines
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for the many units on its campus creating Web pages. With the
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primary goal of encouraging standardization, the guidelines
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[http://www.library.wisc.edu/help/tech/Web_standards.html]
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are designed to be used by staff members with varying levels
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of expertise. -- MP
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Singleton, Andrew. "Wired on the Web" BYTE 21(1) (January
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1996):77-80. -- Although masquerading as yet another Java
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hype article, one soon remembers that this is BYTE. Here you
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get to see an actual applet, as well hear about some of the
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technical details lacking in many other articles on the
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subject. Includes informative diagrams. -- RT
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Stuart, Lynn M. and Dena Holiman Hutto. "Internet Resources
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for Health Policy" College & Research Libraries News 57(1)
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(January 1996): 19-22. -- This month's C&RL News feature on
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Internet resources focuses on online sources in the health
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sciences. The article provides a list of useful gateway
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sites then lists the significant resources produced by each
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of the following contributors to the U.S. health care policy:
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government, academia, medical associations and the health
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care industry. All of the sources listed are World Wide Web
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sites. -- MP
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"The Year of the Internet" Newsweek (December 25, 1995/
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January 1, 1996) -- In this end of year special issue,
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Newsweek proves the impact the Internet has had on news
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organizations this year by devoting a sizeable chunk of
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editorial real estate to discussing it. Besides profiling
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their pick of the fifty people who "matter most" on the
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Internet (it's debatable whether they picked the right
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fifty, but certainly some earned their slot), they discuss
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Wall Street's love affair with Internet stocks, profile
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Netscape, and begin the whole thing with a piece entitled
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"This Changes Everything". Hang on to your hats, as the
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final sentence of the intro piece quotes John Barlow: "If
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this year seemed like a big one for the Net, wait till
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the next one. You ain't seen nothing yet." -- RT
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Optical Disc Technology
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Bennett, Hugh. "Hewlett-Packard 4020i SureStore CD-Writer:
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CD-R for the Mainstream Buyer?" CD-ROM Professional 9(1)
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(January 1996):78-92. -- Many industry pundits deem H-P's
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CD-Writer 4020i as the Holy Grail for the CD-R industry:
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a product so attractive, so inexpensive (only $1049), and
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easy to use that it will be universally adopted as a
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necessary peripheral for the desktop computer. Bennett
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provides a lengthy and informative overview of this new
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product, explaining how it "addresses and expands the needs
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and desires of individuals, small- and medium-sized
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business PC users, and hobbyists for an appropriate method
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for file distribution, inexpensive archiving, personal
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audio compact disc creation, and multimedia storage..."
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-- TR
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General
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"Information Technology Security" National Institute
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of Standards and Technology, Technology Administration
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(August 1995) -- A short, concise and informative
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pamphlet that serves as a wonderful reference for
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defining, in detail, the jargon surrounding electronic
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technology security. Included is a terrific list of
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resources such as the Computer Security Resource
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Clearinghouse: http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/. -- DR
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Current Cites 7(1) (January 1996) ISSN: 1060-2356
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