ASSOCIATES (vol. 1, no. 1, July 1994) - associates.ucr.edu
INFO FROM THE SUPERHIGHWAY A Column by Linda Putnam Senior Library Technical Assistant Document Library Florida State University Life in the library subculture is changing rapidly. As more and more library employees become enmeshed in the new technologies, many of us are becoming teachers as well as students. Each new employee who signs onto the Internet or sits down to a new computer program looks to the "old timers" for help. The amazing thing is that those of us who are now considered "old timers" have only been on the Internet ourselves a relatively short time. This brings up the problem of where we go for help to instruct our co-workers. There is a list of e-mail addresses available for people just like ourselves who have volunteered to help. It is called "Internet Assistance for LM_NET Members Index". A current copy of this list can always be found via the ERIC gopher, in the LM_NET section. Included in "Internet Assistance for LM_NET Members Index" are a basic "tips on getting help" section and e-mail listings for people who will help you with a variety of telecommunications software, UNIX, VMS, and regional networks as well as such Internet tools as e-mail, ftp, gopher, listserv, Mosaic, telnet, UseNet news, Veronica, WAIS, and World Wide Web. To get to this resource: telnet ericir.syr.edu You will be asked for a password which, as the screen will state, is GOPHER. Once inside, there will be a menu of choices that will lead you to more menus and more choices. In this case, you need to choose, in order, the following: AskERIC Virtual Library via Gopher Education Listservs Archives LM_NET Internet Assistance for LM_Net Members Index For additional information about this index, contact Shelley Lochhead, Librarian, Hopkinton High School, 297 Park Avenue, Contoocook, NH 03229 (S_Lochhead@mentor.unh.edu) ************************ As we strive to learn about the Internet and teach others what we know, we struggle with a new language. Terms which mean one thing in the world of the Internet and telecommunications mean another in"real life". The FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) put together by UseNet is one of the many on-line aids that are being designed to solve this problem. The UseNet FAQ is a huge collection of information covering 879 topics and is found on a gopher in Oregon. One way to get to this information is to use the gopher system at the University of Maryland (College Park): telnet inform.umd.edu. Then choose: Access to other electronic information resources Gopher Servers--All over the world North America USA Oregon PSGnet/RAINet: low-cost and international networking Other Gopher and Information Services FAQ postings for many groups If you would like to download the information you find in a file to your e-mail, type q to quit, then m to mail. Give your e-mail address when asked for a destination. [To say that many groups have posted information in this file is an understatement. The content ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous, and some people may be offended by the information posted by some of the groups. The Editors] ************************ Another good source of information about the use of the Internet is called "The Net Users Guidelines and Netiquette". This guide has been designed to instruct us as to the proper etiquette or "netiquette" used on the Internet. It assumes that the user has some familiarity with the terms and protocols that are referenced. Again using the gopher system at the University of Maryland (College Park), choose: Access to other electronic information resources Gopher Servers--All over the world Europe United Kingdom University of Newcastle Upon Tyne The World! Network Training Materials Gopher Networking Guides Other Networking Guides (netiquette, etc.) Rinaldi: The Net For additions, comments, suggestions and requests for revisions, please send E-mail to RINALDI@acc.fau.edu. ************************ _EDUPAGE_, a summary of news items on information technology, is a newsletter which keeps you up to date as to what is happening in telecommunications. It is "published" three times a week by Educom, a consortium of leading colleges and universities seeking to transform education through the use of information technology. It has summaries from newspapers, newsletters, magazines, etc. all dealing with information technologies and telecommunications. Skimming this newsletter will help keep you up to date on many facets of our "new world." One such summary follows: E-MAIL PRIVACY "A survey of 301 companies by _Macworld Magazine_ showed that 78.4% of the firms do not spy on employee e-mail or search their electronic files. Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.) has drafted legislation requiring that companies tell their workers that their e-mail might be monitored. (_Tampa Tribune_ 6/8/94 BayLife 5) To add your name to the EDUPAGE distribution list, send an e-mail message to: LISTPROC@EDUCOM.EDU In the body of the message, type: SUB EDUPAGE