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Are F-D-C-Reports ("The Pink Sheet") available via telnet, ftp, or www?

Thanks for information.


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> Lieber Herr Stegmann,
> ich habe irrtuemlich ihre Mail mit der Frage nach den Klinischen Studien
> geloescht. Koennen sie mir diese Mail fuer das Medibib-Archiv bitte nochmal
> schicken?
> 
> Als Antwort wuesste ich nur das US-amerikanische Cancernet, das aber
> vermutlich kaum europaeische Studien auswertet.
> 
> Ihr O.Obst
> 

Lieber Herr Obst,

hier nochmal meine Anfrage:

Haben das BGA bzw. seine (Nachfolge-) Institute oeffentlich zugaengliche
FTP-, Gopher-, WWW-Angebote?

Wie kann man europaweit laufende Klinische Studien erfragen
(Internet-maessig)?

Danke fuer Hinweise
 

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From obsto Fri Feb 10 11:35:13 1995
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Lieber Herr Stegmann,
laut Auskunft eines Mitarbeiters wird das BGA erst im Verlauf diesen
Jahres ans Internet angeschlossen, von Angeboten des BGA selber ueber das
Internet ganz zu schweigen.
Das einzige, was ich kenne, ist das CancerNet des NCI und das Online Journal
of Current Clinical Trials.

Mfg,

Oliver Obst

> Haben das BGA bzw. seine (Nachfolge-) Institute oeffentlich zugaengliche
> FTP-, Gopher-, WWW-Angebote?
>
> Wie kann man europaweit laufende Klinische Studien erfragen
> (Internet-maessig)?
>
> Danke fuer Hinweise
>
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Liebe Medibibler,
nun, da sich waehrend meiner einwoechigen Abwesenheit kein Listen-GAU
entwickelt hat, kann ich daran gehen, meinen Jahresurlaub zu planen ;-)

Wer auf der diesjaehrigen ASpB-Tagung in Hamburg (21.-25.3.) teilnehmen kann,
sollte dies bald in die Wege leiten (Anmeldeschluss 15.2., Formulare bei
mir). Dort warten u.a. folgende Vortraege auf ihn:

Ursel Lux: Erfahrungen mit dem Einsatz von ADONIS in der Bibliothek eines
Phrmaunternehmens (Boehringer Ingelheim)
Uta Michold: Internet fuer Bibliothekare
Ulrich Korwitz: Internet in der Praxis: Beispiele aus der DZM

sowie weiteres ueber die "Virtualisierung" von Buechern.

Das Interessanteste aus nunmehr schon fast 2 Wochen medlib-l anbei,

Ihr O.Obst

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1 Medizinische Volltexte online: Ergebnis einer Umfrage
2 Martindale's Health Science Guide - '95
3 Healthnet Newsletter
4 1995 List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus (LJI) auf dem NLM-Gopher
5 Nursing resources on the internet
6 Sacherschliesung im Internet u.a. Hypertexte (aus INETBIB)
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Date:    Wed, 1 Feb 1995 14:20:02 +0500
From:    Jenifer Grady 
Subject: summary of medical texts online

So far, the majority of respondents have recommended a CD-ROM product called
STAT-Ref Medical Reference Library which is the full text of 26 medical
reference texts and is updated quarterly.  It includes many Lange
publications like Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, Basic and Clinical Endo.,
Stein Internal Medicine and drug manuals.  Family practice residents seem to
like it.  You can customize the product for your needs from a set of texts.
The number for pricing is 1-800-882-2844.  I was given these addresses and
numbers:

Teton Data Systems (2 libraries used this company)
211 East Broadway
P.O. Box 3082
Jackson, WY 83001
800-755-7828
307-739-1229 (fax)

Login Brothers (vendor)
800-621-4249

Pricing information:
Selected MEDLINE citations, $2495.00
Complete oncology library, $995.00
smaller versions, $199.50-$595.00
will add other titles for a reasonable fee

Debbie Rand at Long Island Jewish Medical Center Library (rand@aecom.yu.edu)
recommended a product called SAMC-CD.  It's one comprehensive medical text
that includes CME in the form of Discotest.  She says it's reasonable as a
standalone, but expensive and unwieldy if networked.

A representative from CD Plus informed me that the company offers online
access to the Comprehensive Core Medical Library (CCML).  This is full text
of over 80 medical journals.  CD Plus is producing full-text with full-color
graphics of the New England Journal of Medicine from 1991-.  Call David
Ratner (davidr@cdplus.com) 800-950-2035 x456 for information.

Thanks to everyone who sent suggestions and indicated interest.  Jenifer


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Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 12:42:45 -0500
From: April Love 
To: Multiple recipients of list 
Subject: New to the Internet: "Martindale's Health Science Guide - '95"

        New to the Internet:  "Martindale's Health Science Guide - '95,"



A "Health Science Multimedia Education Resource" for all medical
personnel, dentists, veterinarians, scientists, and students world wide.
Currently contains synopses with direct links to over "2400" Teaching
Files/Manuals/Modules, over "3400" Medical Cases, "42" Medical School
Courses/Textbooks, "27" Graduate/Undergraduate Health Science related
Courses, 1000's of Images and over 450 Movies.  Includes: Medical Center,
Veterinary Center, Nursing Center, Public Health Center, Nutrition
Center, Graduate & Undergraduate Courses and Health Science related
Images and a Reference Desk.

Compiled by Jim Martindale at the University of California, Irvine
Science Library:  JMARTINDALE@vmsa.oac.uci.edu

--April Love
  Physical Sciences Librarian
  Science Library R&I
  P. O. Box 19556
  University of California
  Irvine, Calif.   92717-9566
  714.824.7237
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Date:    Wed, 8 Feb 1995 08:31:00 +0500
From:    Tom Flemming 
Subject: Re: New to the Internet: "Martindale's Health Science Guide - '95"
         (fwd)

The URL given in the following post for Martindale's new guide to health
sciences e-resources (bears no relation to _Martindale's extra
pharmacopeia_ ) did not work for me.  My computer was unable to locate the
host computer, as given.

When I searched for it, however (using Webcrawler) the resource turned up
quickly with one tiny, but important detail; the URL that linked me follows:

        http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/HSGuide.html

Take a look at it; this is the most comprehensive electronic health
sciences resource I have yet seen on the web.
.............................................................................
Tom Flemming                            Internet: tomflem@fhs.csu.McMaster.ca
Health Sciences Library                 Envoy 100: mac.lib.hsl
McMaster University                     Ariel: 130.113.13.192
1200 Main Street West                   (905) 525-9140  x22321   work
Hamilton, Ontario   L8N 3Z5             (905) 528-3733           fax
Canada                                  (905) 527-2848           home


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Date:    Tue, 31 Jan 1995 17:49:00 PST
From:    "Richetelle,Alberta" 
Subject: Healthnet newsletter

The newsletter published by Healthnet: Connecticut Consumer Health
Information Network is now available on the homepage of the Lyman Maynard
Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center.   Healthnet is a
program that helps public libraries in Connecticut provide consumer health
information services.   The newsletter includes information about consumer
health organizations and associations, sources for free publications,
consumer health resources on the Internet, and reviews of new consumer
health publications and electronic databases.   The URL is
http://cortex.uchc.edu/~libweb/libpg1.html  .

You may also want to check out "Biomedicine and Health in the News".  This
is a  feature that provides quick access to the biomedical, scientific, and
health journal literature referenced in newspaper articles appearing in the
New York Times.    This feature may be helpful when you're trying to find a
citation to research mentioned in a news story and the reference is too
recent  for Medline.  If you don't have a Web browser, you can access
"Biomedicine and Health in the News" via gopher : gopher.uchc.edu, select
"Lyman Maynard Stowe Library.

Alberta L. Richetelle
Program Director, Healthnet
Lyman Maynard Stowe Library
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT  06034
203/679-4055
e-mail: richetelle@nso.uchc.edu


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 To: Multiple recipients of list SERIALST 
 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 10:51:00 -0500 (EST)
 From: Esther_Baldinger@OCCSHOST.NLM.NIH.GOV
 Subject: NLM serial publications available via INTERNET

           The 1995 List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus (LJI) and
           the 1995 List of Serials Indexed for Online Users (LSI) are
           now available from the NLM Gopher (gopher.nlm.nih.gov) and
           via FTP (ftp to nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov and login as anonymous,
           using your email address as the password).
  
           The online 1995 LJI available via INTERNET includes entries
           for titles selected for indexing in late Fall, 1994.  This
           information was not available when the printed LJI went to
           press.
  
           The printed 1995 LSI, which is scheduled for distribution by
           early Spring 1995, will be identical to the 1995 LSI
           available via INTERNET.
  
           For further information, contact Esther Baldinger, Serial
           Records Section, NLM, (elb@nlm.nih.gov)


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Date:    Tue, 7 Feb 1995 14:38:05 +0500
From:    Tom Flemming 
Subject: Nursing resources on the Internet

WARNING: this is a long message!  Delete now if not interested in Nursing
resources on the Internet.

The University of Warwick in the United Kingdom maintains a home page on
the WWW listing nursing electronic resources in a very comprehensive way.
In response to the query posted to MEDLIB-L earlier today by Donna Betts,
I used Netscape to access this home page and to mail a copy of the text to
myself.  In this fashion, I am able to post the following message to this
list.  I have edited a very long text to leave you with what I think are
the bits pertinent to Donna's question.  You will find a list of e-mail
listservs at the end of this message.  I don't believe that there is one
for administrators, but you can decide for yourselves whether what
appears here is useful.

If you have Netscape or Mosaic and want to access the home page yourself,
use the URL appearing directly below:

        http://www.csv.warwick.ac.uk:8000/nurse-resources.html

Please note that the "editing" I have done consists only of removing
large chunks of the text which dealt with resources on the WWW, telnet
sites and Usenet groups for medicine and related topics.  If you have a
web browser, you can access the home page and get this information for
yourself; if you don't have a web browser, the information will be of
little use to you. I have indicated where deletions occur with a square
bracket.  Read on below my sig block.
.............................................................................
Tom Flemming                            Internet: tomflem@fhs.csu.McMaster.ca
Health Sciences Library                 Envoy 100: mac.lib.hsl
McMaster University                     Ariel: 130.113.13.192
1200 Main Street West                   (905) 525-9140  x22321   work
Hamilton, Ontario   L8N 3Z5             (905) 528-3733           fax
Canada                                  (905) 527-2848           home
..............................................................................

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>   Nursing Internet Resources v1.04
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This guide is available on the NURSE service and also on the Science
> section of the Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource
> Guides
>
>       Introduction
>       active map of nursing resources by geographical site, a list by
>      geographical area is available if you have a browser that can not
>      handle active maps.
>       Related Resource Guides
>       Gopher
>       World Wide Web (WWW)
>       Telnet Sites
>       Wide Area Information Search (WAIS)
>       USENET
>       Email Lists
>
                [stuff deleted here]

> Related Resource Guides
>
> Other general resource guides can be found at the Clearinghouse for
> Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides at URL
> gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/11/inetdirs, and on the NURSE WWW/gopher
> service more specific health related links at URL
> http://www.csv.warwick.ac.uk:8000/other-resources.html.
>
> Gopher
>
> Gopher is a method of providing lots of services under one "roof". you
> log onto a server and you are given a list of menus to choose from.
> Goopher allows (dependent upon one's terminal etc.) graphics, sound
> and an increasingly multi-media oriented environment, as does WWW (see
> below).
>
> The menu items may take you to other sites anywhere in the world, but
> this is transparent to the user. One may build up a service deidicated
> to a particular subject, and there are specific ones for nurses.
>
> Nurse gophers include :-
>
>       NURSE at Warwick University.
>       NIGHTINGALE at Tennessee University.
>
> To reach them say something like
>
>      gopher nurse.csv.warwick.ac.uk. This will log you onto NURSE at
>      Warwick University.
>       gopher nightingale.con.utk.edu. This will log you onto
>      NIGHTINGALE at Tennessee University.
>
> If you are at another site with no gopher client but with telnet
> access, log into a a telnettable gopher (choose one as close to you in
> the net as possible) ...

                [stuff deleted here]

> USENET
>
> Nursing Groups
>
>       sci.med.nursing a general forum, which has an FAQ or Frequently
>      Asked Questions.
>       bit.listserv.snurse-l a newgroup for the email list snurse-l,
>      for Student Nurses.
>       alt.npractitioners for nurse practitioners

                [stuff deleted here]

>
> Email Lists
>
> There is another list which should be pretty similar kept by Peter
> Rame. The NURSE gopher has a pretty substantial list of lists list of
> lists but the most relevant for nurses are :-
>
>   1.  GradNrse Graduate Nurses List. To join GradNrse send mail to
>      LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU with SUB GradNrse first-name last-name
>      e.g. SUB GradNrse Denis Anthony
>   2.  NURSENET discourse about diverse nursing issues. To subscribe,
>      send the following command in the body (the body is the actual
>      message, which is kept separate from the address, rather like a
>      letter is separate from the envelope) of a mail message to:
>      LISTSERV@VM.UTCC.UTORONTO.CA SUB NURSENET first-name last-name in
>      the body of the message.
>   3.  psychiatric-nursing Psychiatric Nursing Discussion Group. To
>      join send the message join psychiatric-nursing first-name
>      last-name to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
>   4.  NRSING-L Nursing Informatics List. To join NRSING-L send mail to
>      listproc@nic.umass.edu with SUB nrsing-l first-name last-name in
>      the body of the message.
>   5.  NURSERES Nurses Research List. To join send mail to
>      LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU with SUB NURSERES first-name last-name
>      in the body of the message.
>   6.  NRSINGED Nursing Educators List. To join NRSINGED send mail to
>      listserv@ulkyvm.louisville.edu (or listserv@ulkyvm) with SUB
>      NRSINGED first-name last-name in the body of the message.
>   7.  SCHLRN-L School Nurse List. To join send mail to
>      LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU with SUB SCHLRN-L first-name
>      last-name in the body of the message.
>   8.  SNURSE-L for undergraduate nursing students. To join send mail
>      to listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu with SUB snurse-l first- last- in
>      the body of the message.
>   9.  MIDWIFE for midwives. To join or leave the list send email to
>      midwife-request@csv.warwick.ac.uk asking to be placed on the
>      list.
>  10.  NURSE-UK for nurses interested in UK issues. To join or leave
>      the list send email to nurse-uk-request@csv.warwick.ac.uk asking
>      to be placed on the list.
>
> Most, if not all, of the listservers above will respond to UNSUBscribe
> list to remove yourself from a list. Send this request to the
> listserver, not the list. E.g. for nursenet, send UNSUBscribe nursenet
> to LISTSERV@VM.UTCC.UTORONTO.CA.
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, England, Great Britain tel
> +44 203 524629
> Contact for WINFO (WWW) cudma@warwick.ac.uk

66666666666666
Ich moechte auf zwei neue Publikationen der letzten Wochen innerhalb unserer
"Electronic text collection LIBRARIES AND INTERNET" aufmerksam machen.
Beide sind, wie alle anderen Beitraege auch, im Hypertext-Format 
publiziert und mit zahlreichen Links ins Internet versehen.
Die Adresse ist:
http://www.ub2.lu.se/UB2proj/LIS_collection/collection_top.html

Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
Traugott Koch
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Babiak, Ulrich: Sacherschliessung im Internet.

Diplomarbeit April 1994. Fachhochschule fuer Bibliotheks- und
Dokumentationswesen in Koeln.

ABSTRACT: 

Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit den im Internet gebraeuchlichen Methoden
zur inhaltlichen Erschliessung.
Zunaechst wird ein Ueberblick ueber die in Frage kommenden klassischen
Methoden der Sacherschliessung gegeben. Die Anwendbarkeit dieser
Methoden auf die Verhaeltnisse im Internet wird ebenso diskutiert wie die
Probleme, die einer umfassenden Erschliessung der Internet-Ressourcen
entgegenstehen.
Aus dem Bereich der Informatik werden vor allem Methoden der
Indexierung beigetragen (z.B. Archie, Veronica, WAIS). Diese werden
besprochen und untersucht. Das Bibliothekswesen beschaeftigt sich hingegen
mit Versuchen, das Internet klasierend zu erschliessen. Als Beispiel hierfuer
wird das Projekt der UB Lund besprochen.
Es wird gezeigt, dass die Systeme zur Erschliessung des Internet dessen
dynamischer Entwicklung hinterherhinken, so dass das Internet fuer die
professionelle Informationsbeschaffung noch nicht zufriedenstellend
genutzt werden kann.
Abschliessend werden Ansaetze fuer ein umfassendes Networked
Information Retrieval diskutiert, die durch eine Integration der bestehenden
Dienste die Informationssuche im wachsenden Internet komfortabler
gestalten sollen.
[Hinweis: Die Arbeit wurde Anfang 1994 erstellt und spiegelt daher den
damaligen Stand der Entwicklung. Links und Hinweise zu neuen
Entwicklungen seither sind in Vorbereitung.]
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Kelly, Brian: Running a WWW service. 1995

ABSTRACT:

The objectives of the document are to provide the reader with:
a) An understanding of the history of the World-Wide Web (WWW).
b) Examples of how WWW is currently being used in a number of areas.
c) An understanding of the role of a WWW browser and examples of some
of the popular browsers.
d) An understanding of the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and
examples of popular HTML authoring tools, document converters and
quality tools.
e) An understanding of the use of graphics on WWW and a review of some
of the popular graphical tools.
f) Examples of some of the popular searching tools which are available on
WWW and a review of some of the popular indexing tools.
g) An overview of WWW server software and a review of the main
functions carried out by a server.
h) Examples of extensions to the basic WWW architecture, including the
use of external browsers, running client-side and server-side applications.
i) An awareness of the legal and ethical aspects of providing a WWW
service.

The handbook also gives a number of examples of the use of WWW in the
following areas:
Campus (or community) wide information systems (CWIS); Teaching and
learning; Collaboration; Libraries; Books and magazines about WWW.
The handbook also provides pointers to a variety of sources of further
information including:
WWW mailing lists; WWW resources; National UK WWW services.

Target Audience: 
This document is intended primarily for the UK academic community. It
should be suitable for computing service or administrative staff responsible
for managing a World-Wide Web service, and for academic staff who wish
to run a departmental service. 
The document contains many screen shots, illustrations and links to
relevant resources on the Internet.
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From: "Oliver Obst" 
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To: medibib-l
Subject: Fw: Eine neue Homepage der UB Duesseldorf
Status: R

Aus INETBIB, fyi O.Obst
------------------------------
From: Thomas Hilberer  
Fri, 17 Feb 95 10:28:15 MDT
To: Internet in Bibliotheken 
Subject: Eine neue Homepage

Hallo, Inet-Bibs,

die ULB Duesseldorf testet nun eine eigene WWW-Homepage, mit OPAC-Zugang
(Adresse siehe Signature). Schmueckende Bildchen fehlen noch, kommen aber 
bald.

Diese Eingangsseite bietet sowohl Infotexte ueber die ULB als auch 
fachliche Verweisungen.

Letztere konzentrieren sich derzeit noch auf einige geisteswiss. 
Faecher - meinen eigenen Schwerpunkten entsprechend.

Sobald ein Institut an der hiesigen Uni seine eigene Homepage hat, 
koennten solche fachlichen Verweisungen durch einen einzigen Hinweis auf 
eben diese Homepage ersetzt werden (bis jetzt in Duesseldorf erst bei 
Teilgebieten der Biologie und Physik der Fall; fuer Germanistik geplant). 

Viel Spass beim Ausprobieren - und ueber Anregungen und Kritik wuerde ich 
mich freuen :-)!

Thomas Hilberer
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Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf
Universitaetsstr. 1, D-40225 Duesseldorf                 
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From: "Oliver Obst" 
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To: medibib-l
Subject: Medlib Digest 10.-16.2.
Status: R

Liebe Medibibler,
es war diesmal nicht viel fuer uns in medlib-l, obwohl die Zahl der Mails
eine rekordverdaechtige Hoehe erreichte. Die Liste war drei Tage lang ganz
aufgeregt ueber die Werbung einer Rechtsanwaltspraxis und ueber ein
siebenseitiges religioeses Phamplet (geschrieben aus dem Gefaengnis). Beide
Briefe gingen nicht nur an medlib-l, sondern zahlreiche andere Listen. Die
schoenen Zeiten des verantwortlichen Umgangs mit dem Netz scheinen vorbei
zu sein. Immer mehr skrupellose Menschen werden wohl - wie auch dem letzten
ZEIT-Artikel zu entnehemn war - von den maechtigen und zunehmend
kommerziellen Diensten des Internet angezogen.

Na dann - Ein schoenes Wochenende,

O.Obst

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1 5th NLM Class. endlich publiziert
2 IFLA-Web-Server
3 Internet - das neue Computerspiel?
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1111111111111111
Date:    Fri, 10 Feb 1995 16:11:00 EST
From:    Christa Hoffmann 
Subject: Published -- NLM Classification, 5th edition

    The National Library of Medicine Classification, 5th edition, is now
    available.  Order information is given below.
    U.S. depository libraries for U.S. Goverment Documents will receive one
    copy of the NLM Classification as part of their depository agreement.

    The National Library of Medicine regrets the delays that occured once
    the publication date was annouced, these delays were beyond the
    Library's control.

The publication should be ordered from the U.S. Superintendent of
Documents.
Please address your order to:
       New Orders, Superintendent of Documents
       P.O. Box 371954
       Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954

Orders may be FAXed to: (202)-512-2250
The Stock No.:  017-052-00319-4
        Price:  $40.00 domestic
                $50.00 foreign

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Date:    Tue, 14 Feb 1995 15:19:41 CST
From:    Kuny Terry 
Subject: Announcement: The International Federation of Library Associations and
         Institutions (IFLA) WWW server

----------------------------Original message----------------------------


The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
IFLANET WWW server


URL:       


Contact:
           Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications (UDT) Core Programme
           e-mail:  


IFLA, in conjunction with SilverPlatter Information Inc. and the UDT
Core Programme, is pleased to present IFLANET,
our new Internet hypertext information system.

We look forward to presenting our members and interested individuals
with an evolving range of electronic information resources and services
through the use of Internet technologies.

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
or  (IFLA), is a worldwide, independent organization created to provide
librarians around the world with a forum for exchanging ideas,
promoting international  cooperation, research and development
in all fields of library activity.


IFLA's objectives are:

    - to represent librarianship in matters of international interest;
    - to promote the continuing education of library personnel;
    - and to develop, maintain and promote guidelines for library services.


It is registered in the Netherlands as an Institutional Association
and has its secretariat in The Hague.
Over twelve hundred institutional and individual
members from more than one hundred and thirty-five countries
currently comprise IFLA's membership, which is extended to all
countries providing library and information services.
The Annual General Conference, held in August each year,
provides an opportunity for colleagues from around the work to meet,
identify and discuss their concerns.


Among the current electronic services of IFLANET:

     A WWW brochure with information about the 1995 IFLA Conference which
         will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on August 20-25, 1995.


     IFLA listserver (electronic mailing list)
         Information about subscribing to the IFLA mailing list.

     The IFLA Virtual Library

         A collection of Internet guides, information policy statements,
         virtual library papers, standards pointers, and other
         documents of note.

        Some of the documents and pointers included here are:

        - standards information and organizations pointers
          

        - a selection of those RFCs that might appeal to a general
          readership or individuals interested in the intersection
          of Internet technologies and the future "virtual library".
          

        - a selection of Internet and WWW indexes and finding aids
          

        - Library and related information policy statements
          


     Internet and Library Software Archive

         A selection of freeware and shareware applications
         for libraries and for Internet use.
         (these pages are still under development)


     HTML and ASCII versions of the UDT Newsletter
         


Please post and distribute this message to your colleagues.
If you have any suggestions, comments or items that you would
like to see added to this collection, please direct your messages
to:

Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications (UDT) Core Programme

           e-mail:  


Your support of IFLANET is encouraged and appreciated!

333333333333333333
Date:    Tue, 14 Feb 1995 09:40:20 CST
From:    "Costigan, Pat" 
Subject: Re: K. Alexander's Question

     Katherine Alexander, Librarian  501-750-6560 (voice) Springdale
     Memorial Hospital  501-750-6564 (fax)
     609 West Maple Street   springmh@mary.iia.org
     Springdale, Arkansas 72764
     wrote:
     ::Does Internet seem to be the latest computer toy?
     ::some of the information I've found on the net is not as extensive or
     ::as authoritative as information I find in books or Medline, etc.
     ::Perhaps the databases are just in their infancy and some day there
     ::will be consistent quality, but right now...I wonder.
     ::What's your opinion?


     Yes. Of course (-- there also isn't consistent quality on databases
     which have been around for twenty years, though it's better than your
     average journal article bibliography.) In any case, I'd rather try to
     grow with it than catch up to it.
     **********************************************************************
     Patrick W. Costigan, Reference Librarian     "If it's over my name,
     North Memorial Medical Library                it's my opinion -- but
     3300 Oakdale Avenue                           you're more than welcome
     Robbinsdale, MN 55422                         to share it."
     612-520-5678  FAX 612-520-1453
     Internet: pat.costigan@cl.nmmc.com

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Status: R

FYI, O.Obst .... Aus LIS-MEDICAL
------------------------------
From: "Nigel Robinson"  
Fri, 17 Feb 1995 14:43:54 GMT0
To: lis-link@mailbase.ac.uk, lis-scitech@mailbase.ac.uk,
        lis-medical@mailbase.ac.uk
Subject: ABG ANNUAL CONFERENCE

           ASLIB BIOSCIENCES GROUP ANNUAL CONFERENCE 

               *** BIOSCIENCES ON THE INTERNET *** 

        ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION, HARPENDEN, HERTS. 

                    Thursday 18th May 1995 

The ASLIB Biosciences Group is please to announce that this year's
Annual Conference will take place on 18th May at Rothamsted Experimental
Station, Harpenden, Herts with a theme of Biosciences on the Internet. 
With the increase in the use of the net for both work and leisure
activities, the conference aims to provide sessions covering the needs of
library and information professionals working in the biosciences.

Places are likely to be in heavy demand, so if you would like to attend,
please book early to avoid disappointment.  Please return the booking form
below no later than 1st May to Nigel Robinson. Conference fees (including
lunch, tea & coffee): Members #40, Non members #50, Unwaged #20 (pounds).


Provisional programme
---------------------

10.00-10.30    Registration & Coffee 
10.30-11.15    Derek Law, Kings College - Library futures: information
 				highways or information cul de sacs 
11.15-12.00    Andy Dawson, UCL - Internet information tools - the good,
 				the bad and the ugly 
12.00-12.30    Judy Howcroft, BIOSIS - Building a WWW server: it can be
 				easier than you think 
12.30-2.30     Lunch / Demonstrations 
2.30-3.15 	Frank Norman, National Institute for Medical Research -
 				Organising Medical Networked Information: catalogues 
				and gateways 
3.15-3.45      Tea / coffee 
3.45-4.15 	Margaret Isaacs, Glasgow University - Approaches to 
				network training 
4.15     		Demonstrations & Close


Please return booking forms by 1st May to N Robinson, BIOSIS UK, 54 
Micklegate, York, YO1 1LF (Tel: 01904 642816; Fax: 01904 612793; E mail 
nrobinson@york.biosis.org)



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                               BOOKING FORM

            ABG Annual Conference - Biosciences on the Internet

Reply by 1st May 1995 to:   Nigel Robinson, BIOSIS, UK, 54 Micklegate, 
York, YO1 1LF. Tel: 01904 642816;  Fax: 01904 612793;  
E mail: nrobinson@york.biosis.org

Please reserve ...... place(s) for the ABG Annual Conference on 18th May 
1995.

*Member .........              *Non member .......         *Unwaged 
.......


*I enclose payment of #...........pounds          *Please invoice me .....

                                             (* Please tick as 
appropriate)

Please indicate if you require a vegetarian meal ..............            

               
                         

Other special requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 





Name   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 





Organisation   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 





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Please make any cheques/postal orders  payable to ASLIB Biosciences Group

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Nigel Robinson               Internet: nrobinson@york.biosis.org
ABG Meetings Secretary
BIOSIS UK
54 Micklegate, York, YO1 1LF      Tel: +44 (0)1904 642816
United Kingdom                    Fax: +44 (0)1904 612793
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Subject: Fw: A panorama view of the bodensee!
Status: R

FYI, Obst
------------------------------
From: Marc.Rittberger@uni-konstanz.de (M. Rittberger) 
Fri, 17 Feb 95 17:34:50 +0100
To: obsto@uni-muenster.de
Cc:
Subject: HIM'95 - information

--------------------------------------------------
announcement to the email list of the HIM'95 
--------------------------------------------------

Since the last email our WWW Documents have been frequently updated
with new information about HIM'95:

- A list of all accepted papers.
- Several very interesting system demonstrations/ posters.
- The panel session "Digital Libraries" with H.P. Frei, N.Fuhr, R. Kuhlen,
  J.F. Jauslin and H.Maurer.
- A detailed description of the seven pre-conference tutorials.
- Our social program with a boat trip to the Insel Mainau and a conference 
  dinner at the Comturey-Keller.
- Easy participation via an email 'Call for Participation' available in
  http://www.inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de/HIM/himconf.html#IREG.
- A timetable of the HIM'95 in postscript format for print-out at your local
  printer.
- A panorama view of the Bodensee area.
- A list of recommendable restaurants and pub's for the apris-HIM'95.

The Document URL for HIM'95:
http://www.inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de/HIM/himstart.html

Don't hesitate, reduced fees for early registration are valid until 28 February 1995.

Regards 

Marc Rittberger

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Subject: Fw: LINC Health Panel proposed - media release
Status: R

FYI, O.Obst ... Aus LIS-MEDICAL
------------------------------
From: Allison Beattie  
Fri, 17 Feb 1995 15:41:21 +0000 (GMT)
To: ab80@miranda.umds.ac.uk
Cc: LIS-medical@mailbase.ac.uk
Subject: LINC Health Panel proposed - media release


           LIBRARY & INFORMATION CO-OPERATION COUNCIL
     
                          MEDIA RELEASE
                        3rd February 1995
     
                     TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE
     
     LINC HEALTH PANEL PROPOSED.  CONSULTATION
     INVITED.
     
     Organisations involved in health information provision are
     invited to comment on proposals to establish a membership-
     based LINC HEALTH PANEL, which will enable the sector to
     speak with one voice.
     
     Awareness of the importance of good quality information on
     health matters is increasing in all sections of the health care
     community, and particularly among opinion formers and
     leaders.  Heath libraries, whether in the NHS, academic, public
     or commercial sectors, are being offered enormous
     opportunities arising from the new information intensive
     culture, while at the same time they are under pressure from
     structural and funding changes within their own sectors.  They
     face many issues in common but have no mechanism for
     taking collective action or speaking with one voice.
     
     In May 1994, LINC invited the Cumberlege Organising
     Committee, established following the 1992 seminar chaired by
     Baroness  Cumberlege, to prepare detailed proposals for the
     establishment of a LINC Health Panel to address inter-sectoral
     and cross-sectoral issues.  The proposals have been approved
     in principle by LINC Council, subject to consultation with the
     wider health library and information community.
     
     The Cumberlege Organising Committee is chaired by Michael
     Carmel, Director of Library Services, South Thames (West).  Its
     ten members, representatives of the broad health information
     sector, include Margaret  Haines, new NHS Library Adviser for
     England; David Russon, Director General, The British Library;
     Robert Gann, Director of the Help for Health Trust; and Judith
     Palmer, Director, Health Care Libraries Unit, Oxford University
     and Chair of the LA Medical and Welfare Group.
     
     They have identified key issues which include:
     
          the transfer of the provision of diploma level nurse
               education to Higher Education institutions;
          the quality of information provision to the general
               public;
          the education and training of health information
               professionals;
          the disbanding of regional structures and its implications
               for delivery of library and information services;
               opportunities created by national and        
     international networking;
          the growing emphasis on evidence based clinical   
          practice and its impact on education;
          the need for an acceptable and representative UK focus
               for dealing with the European and international
               aspects of health information provision.
     
     The proposals for the establishment of a LINC HEALTH PANEL to
     address such issues recommend a membership-based body
     composed of Sponsoring and Subscribing organisations.  The
     NHS Regional Librarians Group, the Library Association's
     Medical Health and Welfare Group and the University Medical
     School Libraries Group have already indicated a willingness to
     become Sponsoring Members.   Active support is sought from
     a wide range of library co-operatives, groups, institutions and
     individual libraries.  It is anticipated  that members will include
     such organisations as the King's Fund, the Department of
     Health Library, the Association of Scottish Health Science
     Libraries and the Consumer Health Information Consortium.
     
     In order to facilitate a seminar on the funding of library
     services to nurses in early Summer 1995, the Cumberlege
     Organising Committee has been designated the INTERIM LINC
     HEALTH PANEL.  Following the consultation exercise the PANEL
     aims to adopt a constitution, formally recruit members and
     raise subscription income to enable it to appoint an Executive
     Committee and to fund a Secretariat.  The LINC HEALTH PANEL's
     founding meeting is expected to be held in the summer of
     1995.
     
     Copies of the proposals are available from LINC Secretariat,
     Information House, 67 Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 2LH.  Tel &
     Fax: 0114 275 0566.  Deadline for comments is 12 May 1995. 
     From 1 April 1995 LINC Secretariat will be at 11 Paxton Court,
     Sheffield S14 1RH.  Tel & Fax: 0114 253 1463.
     
     
     
     Notes to Editors
     
     LINC is the leading UK and European body in the field of library
     and information co-operation and planning.  It promotes co-
     operation and partnership as a means of improving the
     effectiveness of the library and information sector in the UK
     and Republic of Ireland.  Its membership represents the broad
     range of interests in that sector.
     
     Further information is available from LINC Executive Secretary
     Alan Beevers on 0114 275 0566 or LINC Interim Health Panel
     Chair Michael Carmel on 01483 372 70 or m.carmel@surrey.ac.uk
     
     Linc Secretariat, Information House, 67 Surrey Street, Sheffield,
     S1 2LH. 
     Tel: 0114 275 05666 [voice and fax]

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To: medibib-l
Subject: CARL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES WORLD WIDE WEB SERVER CARL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES WORLD WIDE WEB SERVER CARL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES WORLD WIDE WEB SERVER CARL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES WORLD WIDE WEB SERVER
Status: O

FYI, O.Obst ... Aus PACS-P
----------------------------------------------------------
CARL = Colorado Academic Research Libraries (oder so aehnlich)
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CARL Corporation has made access to databases, product
information, newsletters, and more available over the Internet
via the CARL Corporation World Wide Web Server.  The CARL
Corporation Web Server provides information about products and
services, news, documentation updates for current customers,
downloadable demos of microcomputer-based software, and links to
library and information resources across the Internet.

Documents on the Web are encoded in Hypertext Markup Language
(HTML), which allows users to view the documents with browsers
such as Lynx or Mosaic and "jump" through hypertext links to
other documents anywhere on the Internet.  The address for the
CARL Corporation server is http://www.carl.org/carl.html.

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FYI O.Obst ... aus LIS-MEDICAL
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Forwarded message:
> From: CABaker@ukolug.demon.co.uk (Christine A. Baker)
> To: LIS-MEDICAL@MAILBASE.ac.uk
> Subject: Internet Resources in Biomedicine
> 
> There are a few places left on the
> UK Online User Group's meeting on
> 
> ****** INTERNET RESOURCES IN BIOMEDICINE*******
> which is to be held on Thursday 16 March 1995,
> at St Bart's Hospital, London, 9.30-4.30.
> 
> This practical workshop will explore the sources of
> biomedical information  available on the Internet.
> There will be reviews of starting points for Internet
> navigation, tools and methods of searching the Internet
> and a discussion of how end-users can be guided through
> the maze of Internet resources. There will be lots of
> opportunity for participants to develop their skills as
> Internet navigators!
> 
> ******* Provisional Programme*******
> 
> 9.30   Registration and coffee
> 9.45   Introduction (Alain Besson, St Bart's Hosp. Med. School)
> 10.10  Internet access tools (Liz Davies, Royal PG Med. School)
> 10.55  Guides to Internet resources in biomedicine (Betsey 
>        Anagnostelis, Royal Free Hosp. Med. School)
> 11.40  Coffee
> 12.00  Setting up an information server (Bob Parkinson, Nott. Univ)
> 12.45  Lunch
> 14.00  Searching the Internet - Practical sessions
>        Tea
> 16.00  Discussion of practical session
> 16.30  Close
> 
> Cost including lunch & refreshments UKOLUG members 90 pounds+VAT
> Others 120 pounds +VAT
> 
> Please contact Christine A Baker, UKOLUG Administration if you
> would like to attend, or require further information.
> Tel & Fax 01969 663749
> E-mail: CABaker@UKOLUG.demon.co.uk
> 
> -- 
> Christine A. Baker
> U.K.Online User Group Administration
> Tel & Fax 01969 663749
> email: CABaker@UKOLUG.demon.co.uk
> 


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FYI, O.Obst ... aus MMATRIX
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HEALTH SCI. LIBRARIES CONSORTIUM SOFTWARE DATABASE
URL: http://www.einet.net/hytelnet/FUL050.html
The Health Sciences Libraries Consortium  Computer Based Learning
Software Database, begun in 1987, contains listings of PC compatible
and Macintosh programs used in health sciences education. Contact:
Jerilyn Garofalo,  Garofalo@shrsys.hslc.org

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Status: O

Liebe Medibibler,
das Thema Nr.2 "medizinische Informationen fuer Bibliotheksklientel
(Consumer Health)" brachte mich auf den Gedanken, mal in die Runde zu
fragen, ob irgendjemand Informationen fuer Patienten oder sonstige
interessierte Laien in seiner Bibliothek anbietet (ausser populaerwiss.
Buecher natuerlich) oder aber eine Bibliothek kennt, die dies anbietet
oder vorhat?
Oder gibt es gar keine an ihrer Krankheit/Gesundheit Interessierten?
Oder sind die Bibliotheken dafuer nicht zustaendig?
Oder fuehlen sich die Patienten von ihrem Arzt ausreichend beraten?
[Antworten erbeten, es interessiert!]

Ein schoenes Wochenende,

Ihr Oliver Obst
-------------------------------------------------
1 Das Yale Gateway hat sich 'bewegt'
2 Summary on consumer health information
3 Neue Zeitschrift online: Medical Matrix News
4 Zeitreise durch die Internet-Geschichte
--------------------------------------------------

11111111111111111111111
Date:    Fri, 17 Feb 1995 10:25:01 -0400
From:    Holly Grossetta Nardini 
Subject: Re: Yale Gateway

The Yale gopher list of Internet Libraries recently moved.  The new
location is libgopher.yale.edu at port 70.  Point your gopher browser
there or have your gopher administrator update the link to:

Type=1+
Name=Internet Libraries
Path=
Host=libgopher.yale.edu
Port=70

URL:  gopher://libgopher.yale.edu:70/11/

The link from the Yale Biomedical Gopher should be updated today.  We
apologize for any confusion.


--Holly

Holly Grossetta Nardini, M.S.
Reference Librarian
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Yale University
333 Cedar Street                   holly@biomed.med.yale.edu
P.O. Box 208014                    tel.  203/737-2961
New Haven, CT  06520-8014          fax.  203/785-4369

222222222222222222
Date:    Tue, 21 Feb 1995 12:24:00 EST
From:    Deanna Black 
Subject: Summary of Consumer Health Information

     Thanks to the 3 people who sent us leads to start our search
     for consumer health information.  It's been fun searching,
     but it's time to quit.  This is only a partial list of
     what's out there.   Perhaps others will share sources  as
     they find them.  There is definitely an interest as we
     received many requests for a summary.  Well, here it is:


     ATLANTA REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CENTRE
      http://www.mindspring.com/~mperloe/index.html
          > information in areas of womens health
          including: infertility, endometriosis,
          contraception, menopause, and PMS.

     BIOLOGICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND MEDICAL INTERNET RESOURCES
      http://lib-www.ucr.edu/dbase/query_b.html
          > RESOURCE QUERY

     BOOK OF BASICS FOR PATIENTS
      http://nysernet.org/bcic/bmt/bmt.book/toc.html
          >Re: Bone morrow transplants

     CITATIONS TO ARTICLES MENTIONED IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS
      gopher://lenti.med.umn.edu:70/11/biomed/news/citations

     CONSUMER HEALTH
      http://www.gsa.gov/staff/pa/cic/health.htm
          > Guides to information about: Cancer for
          patients; Emotional support: physical loss,
          chronic illness, and bereavement; Women's health
          resources on the Internet; Arthritis Foundation
          Information; Information on Caffeine Jitters;
          Travel Health; Silicone Breast Implants;
          Secondhand Smoke; Choosing a Contraceptive;
          Estrogens; Eye Wear; Kids' Vaccinations;
          Dizziness; Alzheimer's Disease; Glaucoma;
          Lyme Disease; Varicose Vein Treatments--AND MORE

     CONSUMER_HEALTH-PATIENT_ED/
      Currently #3 on the list when doing a search via
      Veronica on "consumer health"
          > A lengthy menu of links to other menus on
          consumer health topics

     DISEASE ORIENTED MENUS
      http://cancer.med.upenn.edu:80/1s/disease
          > Cancer

     HEALTHLINE  has moved
          Gopher access:  gopher healthline.umt.edu 700
          Telnet access (USE ONLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GOPHER
          CLIENT AT YOUR SITE):
                  telnet health.umt.edu, login as health
          HTTP/Web access: (NEW!!):
                  http://healthline.umt.edu:700
          >  to assist in learning and understanding topics
          of general health/medical interest.
          Use "Search HEALTHLINE Files and Menus" for a
          keyword search



     HEALTHWISE
      http://lib-www.ucr.edu/dbase/query_b.html
          > Drug and Alcohol Concerns; Nutrition and Healthy
          Diet; Emotional Well-Being; General Health

     HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
      http://vh.radiology.uiowa.edu/Nursing/ICU/ICU.html

     IOWA HEALTH BOOK
      http://vh.radiology.uiowa.edu/IowaHealthBook/
            PatientInfo.html
          >  Patient instruction materials: Healthy Living;
          Information about your Heart; Healthy Lifestyle;
          Why Seat Belts?;  What You Need to Know About
          Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV Disease,  and
          AIDS; Influenza Vaccine (1994-1995);  Emotional
          Support Guide; Poison Control Center

          Brochures and Patient Guide Information:  Advance
          Directives for Health Care;  Ambulatory Surgery;
          Rheumatoid Arthritis; Understanding You
          Atherosclerosis and Living With It;  Autologous
          Blood Donation; Treating Cancer;  Your Halo Vest;
          Total Hip Replacement; Knee Arthroscopy; Total
          Knee Replacement; Patient Controlled Analgesia;
          SOMI Brace; Stereotactic Procudure; Treating the
          Untreatable:  Stereotactic Radiosurgery

     NATIONAL ASTHMA EDUCATION PROGRAM
      http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/Medicine/Allergy/
           Asthma/asthmatoc.html
          > PART  III:  PATIENT WORKSHEETS


     NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS
      http://nysernet.org/bcic/nci/ncipub.html
          > For Patients and the Public
          PATIENT EDUCATION: ADULT
           http://nysernet.org/bcic/nci/adult/nci.adult.html
               >  NUTRITION DURING CANCER; PAIN CONTROL;
               RADIATION THERAPY;  WHEN CANCER RECURS; ETC

          PATIENT EDUCATION: PEDIATRIC
           http://nysernet.org/bcic/nci/nci.pediatric.html
               >MANAGING YOUR CHILD'S EATING PROBLEMS DURING
               CANCER TREATMENT;  YOUNG PEOPLE WITH CANCER:
               A HANDBOOK FOR PARENTS; WHEN SOMEONE IN YOUR
               FAMILY HAS CANCER

     NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NETWORK
      http://nysernet.org/bcic/
          > provides information for breast cancer patients
          and their families.


     NY STATE'S DEPT. OF HEALTH
      gopher://gopher.health.state.ny.us/11/.consumer
          >  extensive information on communicable diseases.

     ONCOLINK
      http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/
          > medical oncology,  radiation oncology,
          pediatric oncology, surgical oncology, medical
          physics, psychosocial support for oncology
          patients & families,

     RESOURCES FOR ASTHMA PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
      http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/Medicine/Allergy/
           Asthma/asthmaws5.html
          >  three resource lists that describe where to
          find helpful information on many topics related to
          asthma

     PDQ (National Cancer Institute) TREATMENT STATEMENTS
     FOR PATIENTS
      gopher: /gopher.nih.gov:70/11/clin/cancern t/pif
   les.html
          >  About the Back and Back Problems
               example:      CAUSES OF LOW BACK PROBLEMS
             http://vh.radiology.uiowa.edu/BackPatient/Text/
                  Causes.html

     TALARIA    Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cancer Pain
      http://www.stat.washington.edu/TALARIA/TALARIA.html


     Deanna Black
     Clarksburg, WV


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Date:    Sun, 19 Feb 1995 21:51:00 GMT
From:    Gary Malet 
Subject: ANNOUNCING: MEDICAL MATRIX NEWS

                             ANNOUNCING!!!

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Medical Matrix News is a new periodic publication supported by the
American Medical Informatics Association Internet Working Group to
assist healthworkers in their quest to discover new Internet
medical resources. It focuses on those resources and
developments thought to be of interest to the clinical practice of
medicine. It is offerred in conjunction with the AMIA IWG
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MEDICAL INTERNET GROWTH

     Internet use among healthworkers and the number of medical
resources oferred is expanding dramatically. Mosaic and other point
and click web browsers are bringing large numbers of new users to
Internet. These developments have encouraged a very rapid increase
in the number of radiographic and pathology images that are
available over Internet.  Many universities are offerring
multimedia interactive programs as part of education projects. Web
browsers have been developed with a "forms" functionality that
allows users to input information.  The information or data can
then be processed or enter a remote database or program. Some of
the proposed medical applications include surveying, expert system
work, "digital cash" transactions, electronic signatures, and
on-line testing.

MEDICAL RESOURCE INDEXING PROJECTS

     A multicenter effort is underway to index and catalog Internet
Medical Resources. Richard Rogers, M.D., rodgers@nlm.nih.gov, at the
National Library of Medicine, has developed a prototype search
engine, Sorcerer, for keyword and functional searches of indexed
Internet medical resources tied to the Medline database. The health
sciences libraries of the CIC institutions (Committee for
Institutional Cooperation, made up of the Big 10 schools plus the
University of Chicago) are in the planning stages of a cooperative
Internet resource project to index health and medical resources.
Julia Kelly, J-KELL1@maroon.tc.umn.edu, is a contact person for this
project.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS

     An important new Internet medical resource is The Virtual
Medical Center, http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Medical.html,
offerred by Jim Martindale.  It provides an index of multimedia
medical educational courses available on Internet.
     Internet provides a rich environment for sharing medical images.
A large Dermatological Image Database,
http://www.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/docs/FAU/fakultaet/med/kli/
derma/bilddb/db.htm,  an Atlas of Hematology,
http://pathy.fujita-hu.ac.jp/~ichihasi/Pictures/atoras.html, and
the Vanderbilt Pathologic Image Database,
http://virgil.mc.vanderbilt.edu/Virgil_Lessons/Complete_List.html,
have recently been offerred. CARDIAX (Cardiac Diagnosis),
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/cardiax/cardiax.html, and the Synapse
Project, http://synapse.uah.ualberta.ca/synapse/00000000.htm, from
Synapse publishing have joined the Virtual Hospital,
http://indy.radiology.uiowa.edu/VirtualHospital.html, in presenting
innovative interactive educational programs.
     Medical specialties are now well represented on Internet with
the addition of discussion groups in opthalmology and neurology.
Cardiology resources have expanded dramatically and include a
Cardiology Compass, http://avnode.wustl.edu, that provides
comprehensive pointers in this field.

                ------------------*--------------------

                            "WHAT'S NEW"
                    New Internet Medical Resources List
           (Selected from over 70 entered on "The Medical List"
                          in the last month)

CARDIAX    U of Mich. Multimedia Cardiac Diagnosis
URL: http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/cardiax/cardiax.html
This resource uses chest x-rays, echocardiograms, EKG's, and video to
teach cardiac diagnosis principles.

MIT  CLINICAL DECISION MAKING     Cardiovascular topics
URL: http://medg.lcs.mit.edu/
This is a multimedia resource that offers case based reasoning in
cardiovascular disease, a heart failure diagnosis program for
physicians, and patient health information.

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY CLINICAL MENU   Okl. Einthoven System
URL: http://wailer.vahsc.uokhsc.edu/einth-2-rhythms.html
Hypertext presentation of EKG pathology including  accelerated
ventricular rhythm, junctional rhythm,

SYNAPSE PROJECT    Medical Education/Cananda
URL: http://synapse.uah.ualberta.ca/synapse/00000000.htm
Synapse Publishing presents advanced demonstrations of "Care Maps",
Clinical Rating Scales, Clinical Trials, Continuing Medical
Education and Consensus and Guideline Information. Links are
provided to Medline citations and abstracts.  Sound, image, and
video annotate publications. Contact: Dr. Andrew Penn, Div.
Neurology, U of Alberta, synapse.info@ ualberta.ca

VANDERBILT ATHEROSCLEROSIS & DISEASES OF THE AORTA
URL:http://virgil.mc.vanderbilt.edu/Virgil_Lessons/Atherosclerosis/Athero
sclerosis.html
This is a multimedia course that reviews the pathogenesis of
atherosclerotic lesions.

VIRTUAL MEDICAL CENTER  Medical Multimedia Education
URL: http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Medical.html
A "Medical Multimedia Education and Specialized Information Resource
Center" for health professionals who are  interested in health or
medical education. The database includes pointers to thousands of
Multimedia Medical Teaching Files/Manuals/Modules, Multimedia
Medical Cases, and Continuing Medical Education Courses. Contact:
Jim Martindale, jmartindale@vmsa.oac.uci.edu

 These resources are categorized by subject and incorporated into
                       The Medical List
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                             and
                        Medical Matrix
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Archive-name: Hobbes' Internet Timeline v2.0
Last-updated: 14 February 1995
Maintainer: Robert H'obbes' Zakon, hobbes@hobbes.mitre.org
Description:
  An Internet timeline highlighting some of the key events and technologies
  which helped shape the Internet as we know it today.

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                       Hobbes' Internet Timeline v2.0
                                     by
                            Robert H'obbes' Zakon
                           hobbes@hobbes.mitre.org


1957    USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial earth satellite.  In response,
        US forms the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) within the
        Department of Defense (DoD) to establish US lead in science and
        technology applicable to the military (:amk:)

1962    Paul Baran, RAND: "On Distributed Communications Networks"
        - Packet-switching (PS) networks; no single outage point

1965    ARPA sponsors study study on "cooperative network of time-sharing
        computers"
        - TX-2 at MIT Lincoln Lab and Q-32 at Systems Development Corporation
          (Santa Monica, CA) are directly linked (without packet switches)

1967    ACM Symposium on Operating Principles
        - Plan presented for a packet-switching network
        - First design paper on ARPANET published by Lawrence G. Roberts

        National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Middlesex, England develops NPL
        Data Network under D. W. Davies

1968    PS-network presented to the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)

1969    ARPANET commissioned by DoD for research into networking
        - First node at UCLA [Network Measurements Center - Xerox DSS 7:SEX]
          and soon after at: [legend = function - system:os]
          - Stanford Research Institute (SRI) [NIC - SDS940/Genie]
          - UCSB [Culler-Fried Interactive Mathematics - IBM 360/75:OS/MVT]
          - U of Utah [Graphics (hidden line removal) - DEC PDP-10:Tenex]
        - use of Information Message Processors (IMP) [Honeywell 516 mini
          computer with 12K of memory] developed by Bolt Beranek and Newman,
          Inc. (BBN)

        First Request for Comment (RFC): "Host Software" by Steve Crocker

1970    ALOHAnet developed by Norman Abrahamson, U of Hawaii (:sk2:)
        - connected to the ARPANET in 1972

        ARPANET hosts start using Network Control Protocol (NCP).

1971    15 nodes (23 hosts): UCLA, SRI, UCSB, U of Utah, BBN, MIT, RAND, SDC,
        Harvard, Lincoln Lab, Stanford, UIU(C), CWRU, CMU, NASA/Ames

1972    International Conference on Computer Communications with
        demonstration of ARPANET between 40 machines and the Terminal
        Interface Processor (TIP) organized by Bob Kahn.

        InterNetworking Working Group (INWG) created to address need
        for establishing agreed upon protocols.  Chairman: Vinton Cerf.

        Ray Tomlinson of BBN invents email program to send messages across a
        distributed network. (:amk:)

        Telnet specification (RFC 318)

1973    First international connections to the ARPANET: University College of
        London (England) and Royal Radar Establishment (Norway)

        Bob Metcalfe's Harvard PhD Thesis outlines idea for Ethernet (:amk:)

        File Transfer specification (RFC 454)

1974    Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn publish "A Protocol for Packet Network
        Internetworking" which specified in detail the design of a
        Transmission Control Program (TCP). (:amk:)

        BBN opens Telenet, the first public packet data service (a commercial
        version of ARPANET) (:sk2:)

1975    Operational management of Internet transferred to DCA (now DISA)

        "Jargon File", by Raphael Finkel at SAIL, first released (:esr:)

1970s   Store and Forward Networks
        - Used electronic mail technology and extended it to conferencing

1976    HM Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom sends out an e-mail
        (various Net folks have e-mailed dates ranging from 1971 to 1978;
         1976 was the most submitted and the only found in print)

        UUCP (Unix-to-Unix CoPy) developed at AT&T Bell Labs and distributed
        with UNIX one year later.

1977    THEORYNET created at U of Wisconsin providing electronic mail to
        over 100 researchers in computer science (using uucp).

        Mail specification (RFC 733)

        Tymshare launches Tymnet

1979    Meeting between U of Wisconsin, DARPA, NSF, and computer scientists
        from many universities to establish a Computer Science Department
        research computer network.

        USENET established using uucp between Duke and UNC by Tom Truscott
        and Steve Bellovin.  All original groups under net.* hierarchy.

        First MUD, MUD1, by Richard Bartle and Roy Trubshaw at U of Essex

        ARPA establishes the Internet Configuration Control Board (ICCB)

        Packet Radio Network (PRNET) experiment starts with DARPA funding.
        Most communications take place between mobile vans.  ARPANET
        connection via SRI.

1981    BITNET, the "Because It's Time NETwork"
        - Started as a cooperative network at the City University of New York,
          with the first connection to Yale (:feg:)
        - Original acronym stood for 'There' instead of 'Time' in reference to
          the free NJE protocols provided with the IBM systems
        - Provides electronic mail and listserv servers to distribute
          information, as well as file transfers

        CSNET (Computer Science NETwork) built by UCAR and BBN through seed
        money granted by NSF to provide networking services (specially
        email) to university scientists with no access to ARPANET.  CSNET
        later becomes known as the Computer and Science Network. (:amk:)

        Minitel (Teletel) is deployed across France by France Telecom.

1982    DCA and ARPA establishes the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and
        Internet Protocol (IP), as the protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP,
        for ARPANET. (:vgc:)
        - This leads to one of the first definitions of an "internet"
          as a connected set of networks, specifically those using TCP/IP,
          and "Internet" as connected TCP/IP internets.
        - DoD declares TCP/IP suite to be standard for DoD (:vgc:)

        EUnet (European UNIX Network) is created by EUUG to provide email and
        USENET services. (:glg:)
        - original connections between the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and UK

        External Gateway Protocol (RFC 827) specification.  EGP is used for
        gateways between networks.

1983    Name server developed at U of Wisconsin, no longer requiring users
        to know the exact path to other systems.

        Cutover from NCP to TCP/IP (1 January)

        CSNET / ARPANET gateway put in place

        ARPANET split into ARPANET and MILNET; the latter became integrated
        with the Defense Data Network created the previous year.

        Desktop workstations come into being, many with Berkeley UNIX which
        includes IP networking software.

        Need switches from having a single, large time sharing computer
        connected to Internet per site, to connection of an entire local
        network.

        Internet Activities Board (IAB) established, replacing ICCB

        Berkeley releases 4.2BSD incorporating TCP/IP (:mpc:)

        EARN (European Academic and Research Network) established.  Very
        similar to the way BITNET works with a gateway funded by IBM.

        FidoNet developed by Tom Jennings.

1984    Domain Name Server (DNS) introduced.

        # of hosts breaks 1,000

        JUNET (Japan Unix Network) established using UUCP.

        JANET (Joint Academic Network) established in the UK using the
        Coloured Book protocols; previously SERCnet.

        Moderated newsgroups introduced on USENET (mod.*)

        Neuromancer written by William Gibson

1985    Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL) started

1986    NSFNET created (backbone speed of 56Kbps)
        - NSF establishes 5 super-computing centers to provide high-computing
          power for all (JVNC@Princeton, PSC@Pittsburgh, SDSC@UCSD, NCSA@UIUC,
          Theory Center@Cornell).
        - This allows an explosion of connections, especially from
          universities.

        Cleveland Freenet (start of NPTN) comes on-line (:sk2:)

        Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) designed to enhance Usenet news
        performance over TCP/IP.

        Mail Exchanger (MX) records developed by Craig Partridge allow
        non-IP network hosts to have domain addresses.

        The great USENET name change; moderated newsgroups changed in 1987.

        BARRNET (Bay Area Regional Research Network) established using high
        speed links.  Operational in 1987.

1987    NSF signs a cooperative agreement to manage the NSFNET backbone with
        Merit Network, Inc. (IBM and MCI involvement was through an agreement
        with Merit).  Merit, IBM, and MCI later founded ANS.

        UUNET is founded with Usenix funds to provide commercial UUCP and
        Usenet access.  Originally an experiment by Rick Adams and Mike O'Dell

        1000th RFC: "Request For Comments reference guide"

        # of hosts breaks 10,000

        # of BITNET hosts breaks 1,000

        CREN formed by the merge of BITNET and CSNET

1988    1 November - Internet worm burrows through the Net, affecting ~6,000
        of the 60,000 hosts on the Internet (:ph1:)

        CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) formed by DARPA in response to
        the needs exhibited during the Morris worm incident.  # of advisories
        per year: 1/88, 7/89, 12/90, 23/91, 21/92, 18/93, 15/94

        DoD chooses to adopt OSI and sees use of TCP/IP as an interim.  US
        Government OSI Profile (GOSIP) defines the set of protocols to be
        supported by Government purchased products (:gck:)

        Los Nettos network created with no federal funding, instead supported
        by regional members (founding: Caltech, TIS, UCLA, USC, ISI).

        NSFNET backbone upgraded to T1 (1.544Mbps)

        CERFnet (California Education and Research Federation network) founded
        by Susan Estrada.

        First Canadian regionals join NSFNET: ONet via Cornell, RISQ via
        Princeton, BCnet via U of Washington (:ec1:)

        Countries connecting to NSFNET: Canada, Denmark, Finland, France,
        Iceland, Norway, Sweden

1989    # of hosts breaks 100,000

        RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) formed (by European service providers) to
        ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to
        allow the operation of the pan-European IP Network. (:glg:)

        First relays between a commercial electronic mail carrier and the
        Internet: MCI Mail through the Corporation for the National Research
        Initiative (CNRI), and Compuserve through Ohio State U (:jg1,ph1:)

        Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Internet Research Task
        Force (IRTF) comes into existence under the IAB

        Corporation for Research and Education Networking (CREN) is formed
        by the merge of CSNET into BITNET

        AARNET - Australian Academic Research Network - set up by AVCC and
        CSIRO; introduced into service the following year (:gmc:)

        Cuckoo's Egg written by Clifford Stoll tells the real-life tale of a
        German cracker group who infiltrated numerous US facilities

        Countries connecting to NSFNET: Australia, Germany, Israel, Italy,
        Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, UK

1990    ARPANET ceases to exist

        Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded by Mitch Kapor

        Archie released by Peter Deutsch, Alan Emtage, and Bill Heelan at McGill

        Hytelnet released by Peter Scott (U of Saskatchewan)

        ISO Development Environment (ISODE) developed to provide an approach for
        OSI migration for the DoD.  ISODE software allows OSI application to
        operate over TCP/IP (:gck:)

        CA*net formed by 10 regional networks as national Canadian backbone
        with direct connection to NSFNET (:ec1:)

        Countries connecting to NSFNET: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil,
        Chile, Greece, India, Ireland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland

1991    Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX) Association, Inc. formed by General
        Atomics (CERFnet), Performance Systems International, Inc. (PSInet),
        and UUNET Technologies, Inc. (AlterNet) (:glg:)

        Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS), invented by Brewster Kahle,
        released by Thinking Machines Corporation

        Gopher released by Paul Lindner and Mark P. McCahill from the U of Minn

        US High Performance Computing Act (Gore 1) establishes the National
        Research and Education Network (NREN)

        NSFNET backbone upgraded to T3 (44.736Mbps)

        NSFNET traffic passes 1 trillion bytes/month and 10 billion
packets/month

        Countries connecting to NSFNET: Croatia, Czech Repulic, Hong King,
        Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Tunisia

1992    Internet Society (ISOC) is chartered

        World-Wide Web released by CERN; Tim Berners-Lee developer

        # of hosts breaks 1,000,000

        First MBONE audio multicast (March) and video multicast (November)

        IAB reconstituted as the Internet Architecture Board and becomes
        part of the Internet Society

        World Bank comes on-line

        Countries connecting to NSFNET: Cameroon, Cyprus, Ecuador, Estonia,
        Kuwait, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand,
        Venezuela

1993    InterNIC created by NSF to provide specific Internet services: (:sc1:)
          - directory and database services (AT&T)
          - registration services (Network Solutions Inc.)
          - information services (General Atomics/CERFnet)

        US White House comes on-line (http://www.whitehouse.gov/):
          - President Bill Clinton: president@whitehouse.gov
          - Vice-President Al Gore: vice-president@whitehouse.gov
          - First Lady Hillary Clinton: root@whitehouse.gov (-:rhz:-)

        Internet Talk Radio begins broadcasting (:sk2:)

        United Nations come on-line (:vgc:)

        US National Information Infrastructure Act

        Businesses and media really take notice of the Internet

        Mosaic takes the Internet by storm; WWW proliferates at a 341,634%
        annual growth rate of service traffic.  Gopher's growth is 997%.

        Countries connecting to NSFNET: Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Egypt, Fiji,
Ghana,
        Guam, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Peru, Romania,
        Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukrayne, UAE, Virgin Islands

1994    Internet celebrates 25th anniversary

        Communities begin to be wired up directly to the Internet
            (Lexington and Cambridge, Mass., USA)

        US Senate and House provide information servers

        Shopping malls arrive on the Internet

        First cyberstation, RT-FM, broadcasts from Interop in Las Vegas

        The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) suggests that
        GOSIP should incorporate TCP/IP and drop the "OSI-only" requirement
        (:gck:)

        Arizona law firm of Canter & Siegel "spam" the Internet with email
        advertising green card lottery services; Net citizens flame back

        NSFNET traffic passes 10 trillion bytes/month

        Yes, it's true - you can now order pizza from the Hut online

        Worms of a new kind find their way around the Net - WWW Worms (W4),
        joined by Spiders, Wanderers, Crawlers, and Snakes ...

        WWW edges out telnet to become 2nd most popular service on the Net
        (behind ftp-data) based on % of packets and bytes traffic distribution
        on NSFNET

        Japanese Prime Minister on-line (http://www.kantei.go.hp/)

        UK's HM Treasury on-line (http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/)

        New Zealand's Info Tech Prime Minister on-line
        (http://www.vuw.ac.nz/govt/)

        First Virtual, the first cyberbank, open up for business

        The European Research and Education Network Association (TERENA) is
        formed by the merge of RARE and EARN, with representatives from 38
        countries as well as CERN and ECMWF.  TERERNA's aim is to "promote
        and participate in the development of a high quality international
        information and telecommunications infrastructure for the benefit
        of research and education"

        Countries connecting to NSFNET: Algeria, Armenia, Bermuda, Burkina Faso,
        China, Colombia, French Polynesia, Jamaica, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macau,
        Morocco, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Panama, Philippines, Senegal,
        Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Uruguay, Uzbekistan

1995    NSFNET backbone expected to be replaced by a system of interconnected
        network providers

        "A Day in the Life of the Internet" begs to be published (:rhz:)


Internet growth:

   Date       Hosts        |      Date       Hosts     Networks    Domains
   -----    ---------      +      -----    ---------   --------    -------
    1969            4      |      07/89      130,000        650      3,900
   04/71           23      |      10/89      159,000        837
   06/74           62      |      10/90      313,000      2,063      9,300
   03/77          111      |      01/91      376,000      2,338
   08/81          213      |      07/91      535,000      3,086     16,000
   05/82          235      |      10/91      617,000      3,556     18,000
   08/83          562      |      01/92      727,000      4,526
   10/84        1,024      |      04/92      890,000      5,291     20,000
   10/85        1,961      |      07/92      992,000      6,569     16,300
   02/86        2,308      |      10/92    1,136,000      7,505     18,100
   11/86        5,089      |      01/93    1,313,000      8,258     21,000
   12/87       28,174      |      04/93    1,486,000      9,722     22,000
   07/88       33,000      |      07/93    1,776,000     13,767     26,000
   10/88       56,000      |      10/93    2,056,000     16,533     28,000
   01/89       80,000      |      01/94    2,217,000     20,539     30,000
                           |      07/94    3,212,000     25,210     46,000
                           |      10/94    3,864,000     37,022     56,000
                           |      01/95    4,852,000     39,410     71,000


Worldwide network growth:   (I)nternet  (B)ITNET  (U)UCP  (F)IDONET  (O)SI

           ____# Countries____                         ____# Countries____
   Date     I   B   U   F   O                  Date     I   B   U   F   O
   -----   --- --- --- --- ---                 -----   --- --- --- --- ---
   09/91    31  47  79  49                     04/93    56  51 107  79  31
   12/91    33  46  78  53                     08/93    59  51 117  84  31
   02/92    38  46  92  63                     02/94    62  51 125  88  31
   04/92    40  47  90  66  25                 07/94    75  52 129  89  31
   08/92    49  46  89  67  26                 11/94    81  51 133  95  --
   01/93    50  50 101  72  31


USENET growth:

   Date  Sites  ~MB  ~Posts  Groups  |  Date   Sites   ~MB  ~Posts  Groups
   ----  -----  ---  ------  ------  +  ----  -------  ---  ------  ------
   1979      3            2       3  |  1986     2200  2.0     946     241
   1980     15           10          |  1987     5200  2.1     957     259
   1981    150  0.05     20          |  1988     7800  4.4    1933     381
   1982    400           35          |  HELP: Where is data archived for
   1983    600          120          |        this period 1989-1991?
   1984    900          225          |  1992   63,000   42  17,556
   1985   1300  1.0     375          |  1993   69,000   50  19,362
                                     |  1994  190,000  190  72,755

      ~ approximate: MB - megabytes per day, Posts - articles per day

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Comments/corrections should be sent to hobbes@hobbes.mitre.org.

Hobbes' Internet Timeline Copyright (c)1993-5 by Robert H Zakon.
Permission is granted for use of this document in whole or in part for non
commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the author/
maintainer.  A copy of the material the Timeline appears in is appreciated.
For commercial uses, please contact the author first.

---
Hobbes' Internet Timeline FAQ:

Q: Why did you compile Hobbes' Internet Timeline?
A: For use in the Internet courses I teach: Introduction to the Internet,
   Internet Tools Administration, and Net Surfing 101.

Q: How do I get Hobbes' Internet Timeline?
A: For now, you can send an e-mail to timeline@hobbes.mitre.org.  You will
   receive an automated reply with the Timeline.  For comments/corrections
   please use hobbes@hobbes.mitre.org.

Q: What do you do at MITRE?
A: I design the soccer shoe of the future (wrong MITRE :-)  Actually, I
   wear the following hats: Net Evangelist, HCI Engineer, Systems Integrator,
   Information Engineer, NIDR Administrator, Instructor, He with the Most Toys

Q: Why don't you list the # of Internet users?
A: This is too controversial, and relatively inaccurate, an issue which the
   author does not want to get flamed or spammed for.  His guess would be
   between 1 (himself) and 5 billion (but then again, one never knows if
   you're a dog on the Net).

Q: Is your license plate really NET SURF?
A: Yes, and there is a frame around it with INTERNET at the top, and my
   e-mail address at the bottom. (My wife is too embarrassed to drive it:)
   Oh, and the bumper sticker says "I'd Rather Be Net Surfing"

Q: Can I re-print the Timeline or use parts of it for ... ?
A: Drop me an e-mail.  The answer is most likely (though don't assume) 'yes'
   for non-profit use, and 'maybe' for for-profit; but to be sure you are not
   going to break any copyright laws, drop me an e-mail and wait for a reply.

[ I realize the question below is outdated, but I leave it as proof of
  my prediction powers :-]

Q: Who do you think is going to win the '94 World Cup?
A: Brasil, of course!  (I was born in Rio de Janeiro ...)

A: Peddie (Ala Viva!), CWRU (North Side), Amici Usque Ad Aras (OH Epsilon)
Q: E-mail me if you know

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Hobbes' Internet Timeline was compiled from a number of sources, with some
of the stand-outs being:

Cerf, Vinton (as told to Bernard Aboba). "How the Internet Came to Be."
This article appears in "The Online User's Encyclopedia," by Bernard Aboba.
Addison-Wesley, 1993.

Hardy, Henry. "The History of the Net."  Master's Thesis, School of
Communications, Grand Valley State University.
ftp://umcc.umich.edu/pub/users/seraphim/doc/nethist#.txt

Hauben, Ronda and Michael. "The Netizens and the Wonderful World of the Net."

Kulikowski, Stan II. "A Timeline of Network History." (author's email below)

Quarterman, John. "The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems
Worldwide."  Bedford, MA: Digital Press. 1990

"ARPANET, the Defense Data Network, and Internet".  Encyclopedia of
Communications, Volume 1.  Editors: Fritz Froehlich, Allen Kent.
New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1991

Internet growth summary compiled from:
  - zone program reports maintained by Mark Lottor at:
              ftp://ftp.nw.com/pub/zone/
  - connectivity table maintained by Larry Landweber at:
              ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/connectivity_table/

USENET growth summary compiled from Quarterman and Hauben sources above,
and news.lists postings.  Accuracy mileage may vary.

---
Contributors to Hobbes' Internet Timeline have their initials next to the
contributed items in the form (:zzz:) and are:

amk - Alex McKenzie (mckenzie@bbn.com)
ec1 - Eric Carroll (eric@enfm.utcc.utoronto.ca)
esr - Eric S. Raymond (esr@locke.ccil.org)
feg - Farrell E. Gerbode (farrell@is.rice.edu)
gck - Gary C. Kessler (kumquat@hill.com)
glg - Gail L. Grant (grant@pa.dec.com)
gmc - Grant McCall (g.mccall@unsw.edu.au)
jg1 - Jim Gaynor (gaynor@agvax.ag.ohio.state.edu)
mpc - Mellisa P. Chase (pc@mitre.org)
ph1 - Peter Hoffman (hoffman@ece.nps.navy.mil)
sc1 - Susan Calcari (susanc@is.internic.net)
sk2 - Stan Kulikowski (stankuli@uwf.bitnet) - see sources section
vgc - Vinton Cerf (vcerf@isoc.org) - see sources section

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Subject: 7ICML Program - Thursday morning, May 11, 1995

Thursday, May 11, 1995

7:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m.
Scientific Poster Sessions
International Terrace 
Posters will be viewable until noon, unattended

1.  "Using Gopher+ and its Interactive Attributes as a Health 
Science Library Outreach Tool"  Janet M. Arth and Julie Kelly, 
Bio-Medical Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 
USA

2.  "Health Information Network for Rural Western Massachusetts" 
Patrick W. Brennen, Tulin Diktas, and Lily Peng, Health Sciences 
Library, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA

3.  "Introducing New Computer Technologies in a Public Health 
Library"  Andre de Oliveira Carvalho, Benedita Silveira Campos 
Sadi, Maria Teresinha Dias de Andraded, and Cibele de Araujo 
Camargo, Library and Documentation Service, Sao Paulo, Brazil

4.  "Renaissance of the Medical Libraries in Taiwan" Lisa H. 
Chang, Medical Library, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 
Taiwan and Sally Chu, Health Sciences Library, Mills-Peninsula 
Hospitals, Burlingame, CA, USA

5.  "Impact of Information Technology in Nutrition and Allied 
Sciences:  Some Recent Developments"  K. Sampatha Chary, National 
Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India

6.  "International Cooperation - An Ongoing Commitment"  David S. 
Crawford, Health Sciences Library, McGill University, Montreal, 
Canada and Dizhi Xiong, China Medical University, Shenyang, 
China.

7.  "The Introduction of a CD-ROM Network to Access Scientific 
Literature in a Developing Country.  Preparing Users to Benefit 
from this New Technology"
Angela Maria Bellokni Cuenca, Maria do Carmo Avamilano Alvarez, 
Maria Teresinha Dias de Andrade, and Andre de Oliverira Carvalho, 
Servico de Biblioteca e Documentacao, Sao Paulo,  Brazil

8.  "Health Information Delivery through Networks in Sri Lanka" 
W.R.G. De Silva, Medical Library, Colombo, Sri Lanka

9.  "Development of Computer Applications in Thai Health Sciences 
Libraries"
Uthai Dhutiyabhodhi, Library and Information Center, Rangsit 
University Library, Muang, Phathumthani, Thailand

10. "MedConnect: a Skills Express Train Leaving From the Platform 
for Change"
Rosalind F. Dudden, National Jewish Center for Immunology and 
Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO, USA; Margaret Bandy, Saint 
Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO, USA; Kathy Murray, Lutheran Medical 
Center, Wheat Ridge, CO, USA; Lisa Traditi, Swedish Medical 
Center, Englewood, CO, USA,  and Danette Berzins, Boulder, CO, 
USA

11. "Promoting Medical Careers and Providing Health Information 
Services through Native American and Hispanic American Centers of 
Excellence in Medicine"
Diane Ebro, Health Science Library, University of Minnesota 
Duluth, Duluth, MN, USA

12. "Cultural Barriers to Providing Health Information to Native 
American Health Centers in the United States"
Lorraine Ettl,  and Lila Pedersen, Library of the Health 
Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA

13. "Health Libraries Review: Strategic Plan for Europe-Wide 
Coverage of Health Information Management"
Shane Godbolt, Health Libraries Review, London, UK, and Susan 
Crawford, Health Libraries Review, University of Illinois at 
Chicago School of Medicine, Evanston, IL, USA

14. "The NHS Library Adviser in England" 
Margaret P.J. Haines, London, UK

15. "The Hospital Library as Internet Gateway"
Marta Jorda-Olives, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, 
and Teresa Mas, Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biblioteca, 
Barcelona, Spain

16. "Role of Repackaging of Health Information in Rural India: 
Some Experiments"
R.S. Khetra, B.J. Medical College, New Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad; 
Dr. K.H. Shudla, Department of Library and Information Science, 
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad; and  Dr. Y.B. Mehta, Medical 
Education and Research, New Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, India

17. "China Experience - Information Reform"
Polin P. Lei, Arizona Health Sciences Library, University of 
Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; and Sally Chu, Health Science Library, 
Mils-Peninsula Hospitals, Burlingame, CA, USA

18. "Cooperative Acquisition and Resource Sharing in Major 
Medical Libraries in Bangladesh"
Abdul Mannan, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University 
of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

19. "National Database of Health Information: The Case of 
Zimbabwe"
S. Mapasure, Standards Association of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

20. "Utilizing a Database of Faculty Expertise to Link 
International and Local Research Communities"
Dr. Carol Hansen Montgomery,  Paul Keenan,  and Margaret G. 
Fallis, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University, 
Philadelphia, PA, USA

21. "Use of Medical Internet Resources in Germany"
Dr. Oliver Obst,  Branch Library of Medicine, Muenster, Germany

22. "Health Information Services in 3rd World Countries: Case 
Studies of Services of Hospital cum Academic Medical Libraries in 
Calcutta, Metropolis, India"
Siddhartha Shankar Ray, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric 
Diseases, Calcutta, India,  and Subal Kumar Dey, Indian Institute 
of Chemical Biology, Calcutta, India

23. "The Acquisition and Use of Reprint Material at the 
University of Zambia Medical Library"
Leonard Rhine, Health Science Center Library, University of 
Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, and Regina Cammy Shakakata, 
University of Zambia Medical Library, Lusaka, Zambia

24. "WHO Library Information System (WHOLIS)"
Adrian Senedhira and Kiyo Shibata, Office of Library and Health 
Literature Services, World Health Organization, Geneva, 
Switzerland

25. "Impact of Culture, History and Languages on Health 
Information in India"
C.V. Tirodkar, Jr., Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
BREAK

9:00a.m.-10:30a.m.
PLENARY SESSION II
"Access to the World's Resources: HIV/AIDS and Women's Health"  
International Ballroom Center

Introduction: Lucilda Hunter, Afro Health Sciences Library and 
Documentation Centre, WHO Regional Office for Africa, 
Brazzaville, Congo

Women's Health Information Resources  

"Women's Health in the Developing and Developed World"   Astrid 
N. Heiberg, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University 
of Oslo, Oslo, Norway  

"Internet Information Resources on Chronic Disease in Women" 
Gladys Faba Beaumont, Ph.D., Director, National Information and 
Documentation Center in Health, Mexico City, Mexico  

HIV/AIDS Information Resources  

"AIDS 2001: A GLobal Update. A Multimedia Presentation of Recent 
Medical, Social, and Scientific Aspects and Development on HIV 
Infection and AIDS"   Goren Falkenberg, M.D., Director of the 
Medical Information Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 
Sweden  

"Global Internet-Accessible HIV/AIDS Resources"   Matthew D. 
Lewis, Chairman of the Board, HIVNET Foundation, Amsterdam, 
Netherlands  

10:30a.m. -11:00a.m.
BREAK

11a.m.-noon
Contributed Papers Session 1
"Evaluating and Measuring the Effectiveness of Health 
Information"
Military Room

Moderator:  John Breinich,  Hawaii Medical Library, Honolulu, HI, 
USA

"Collecting or Accessing: How to Choose?"   
Yvonne Grandbois,  WHO Library, Geneva, Switzerland

"Rural Health Professionals and Information Access:  Follow-Up 
Study"
Josephine L. Dorsch, Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, 
University of Illinois at Chicago, Peoria, IL, USA and Victoria 
Pifalo, Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana, University of 
Illinois at Chicago, Urbana, IL, USA

"Measuring the Effectiveness of Health Information on Patient 
Care" 
Vincent Boumsong, Faculty of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, 
University of Yaounde,  Yaounde, Cameroon

"Development Consciousness of Research Libraries"  
Dr. Mariam Ginman, Chief Librarian, National Library of Health 
Sciences, Helsinki, Finland

Contributed Papers Session 2
"Role of the Government in Information Systems/Information 
Policy"
Thoroughbred Room

Moderator:  Lucilda Hunter, Afro Health Sciences Library and 
Documentation Center, WHO Regional Office for Africa, 
Brazzaville, Congo

"The Department of Veterans Affairs Library Network"   
Carol R. Glatt, Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
Philadelphia, PA, USA 

"Health Information Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa"   
Glenda Myers, Witwatersrand Medical Library, University of 
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

"Role of Government in Delivering Health Information" 
 P.L. Dhongade, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, India

Contributed Session 3
"Information Technology and Systems" 
Jefferson West

Moderator: Dr. R.P. Kumar, B.B. Dikshit Library, All India 
Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

"The Effects of the Searchers' Abilities on the Results of the 
Computerized Information Retrieval"   
Foroughsadat Alavi, Central Library, Iran University of Medical 
Sciences, Tehran, Iran

"Impact of Information Technologies (ITS) with Reference to 
Biomedical Information Centres and Libraries (ICLS) in India - A 
Survey Report"
Surya Nath Singh, Documentation Officer, National Institute of 
Virology, Pune,
India

"Medical Informatics at NIMS: In Prospect and Retrospect"  
Komala Rao Ravulapalli, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, 
Panjagutta, 
India

"Effective Literature Searching in the Clinical Setting"
Suzanne Bakker, Central Medical Library, University of Amsterdam, 
Amsterdam,
Netherlands

Contributed Session 4
"Networks for Health Information"
Jefferson East

Moderator: Angela Lambrou, Health Sciences Library, McGill 
University, Montreal, Canada

"The National Health Sciences Information Network in Argentina: 
Establishment, Development and Trends"   
Susana Catalina Iannello, Information and Documentation Center, 
Pan American Health Organization, Buenos Aires,  Argentina and 
Aurora Scavini de Lanari, Argentine Dental Association, Buenos 
Aires, Argentina

"Technical Cooperation PAHO/WHO in Support of National Scientific 
and Technical Information Decentralization Network"   
Judith Alamo Parrales, Pan American Health Organization, Mexico 
City, Mexico

"Active Partnerships: Successful Government Outreach Efforts in 
the Pacific Southwest Region of the United States NN/LM"   
Irene Lovas, Beryl Glitz,and Claire Hamasu, Pacific Southwest 
Regional Medical Library, Louise Darling Biomedical Library, 
University of California, Los Angeles, CA , USA

"National Medical Library Development in the Republic of Armenia" 

Dr. Robert M. Braude, Samuel J. Wood Library,Cornell University 
Medical College, New York, NY, USA , and Anna Siriniau, 
Scientific Medical Library, Ministry of Health, Yerevan, Armenia


Contributed Session 5
"International Cooperation for Health Information" 
Georgetown West

Moderator:  Henry Lemkau Jr., Louis Calder Memorial Library, 
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

"The International Congress on Medical Librarianship, 1953-1995"  

Dr. Susan Crawford, University of Illinois at Chicago School of 
Medicine, Evanston, IL, USA 

"The Medical Library in the Global Village in Tanzania"
D.W.K. Mwapwele, Medical Library, Muhimbili Medical Centre, Davis 
Salaam,
Tanzania

"BITNIS Project Helping Health Scientists in Latin America Access 
NLM Databases Through Grateful Med"
Dr. Richard K.C. Hsieh, Director, International Programs, 
National Library of Medicine
Bethesda, MD, USA; Dr. Carlos Gamboa, Pan American Health 
Organization, Washington, DC, USA; and Victor Cid, National 
Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA

"Japan Medical Library Association and Its International 
Cooperation"   
Toshinobu Suga, Tokyo Medical College Library, Tokyo, Japan and 
Kazutaka Sato, Medical Information and Media Center, Keio 
University, Tokyo, Japan (Presenter)

Contributed Paper Session 6
"Education and Training for Health and Health Information 
Professions"
Georgetown East

Moderator:  Dr. Boris Loginov, State Central Scientific Medical 
Library, Moscow, Russia

"Academic Health Sciences Librarians: Academic Teaching Faculty 
or Academic Clinical Faculty?"   
Dr. Elizabeth H. Dow and Dr. Julie J. McGowan, Charles A. Dana 
Medical Library, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

"Library Education for Health Information Delivery in a 
Developing Country: with Special Reference to Sri Lanka"   
Lionel R. Amarakoon, National Museum Library of Sri Lanka, 
Colombo, Sri Lanka

"The Needs and Expectations of Academic Staffs and Students on 
Medical Library Services"   
Kannigar Chollampe, Siriraj Medical Library, Mahidol University, 
Bangkok, Thailand

"Overview of Manpower Position in Government Dental College 
Libraries in Maharashtra"   
V.R. Chaudhari, Government Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur, 
India

Contributed Session 7
"Health Information for the People"
 Hemisphere Room

Moderator:  Dr. Celia Ribeiro Zaher, Latin American and Caribbean 
Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME), Sao Paulo, Brazil 


"Towards a Knowledge Society: Its Impact on the Latin American 
Health Sector"   
Maria Teresa Astroza, PAHO Headquarters Library,  Pan American 
Health Organization, Washington DC , USA

"Children at risk: The Librarian's Role in Social Action 
Programs"    
Robert G. Cheshier, Cleveland Health Sciences Library, Cleveland, 
OH, USA 

"Role of the Library in Promoting Equity in Health: the Case of 
Finland " 
Paivi Pekkarinen, National Library of Health Sciences, Helsinki, 
Finland

"Health Information Which Some Members of the Global Village are 
Preventing Others from Receiving"
June Rider Jones,  Librarian, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, 
Australia


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Oliver:
This is the schedule just for Friday afternoon.  I thought I'd send it
as this is when Mr. Ulrich Korwitz gives his contributed paper!  Diane.

P.S. Kindly send me a list of AGMB members who're attending MLA or ICML.
MLA International Cooperation Section wants to know! Thanks in advance! 
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Subject: 7ICML Program - Friday afternoon, May 12, 1995

12:30p.m.-1:30p.m.       
LUNCHTIME SEMINARS

L1    "Slice of Life and Slice of Brain: Videodisc Resources for
     Developing Computer-Based Instructional Materials"  Suzanne S.
     Stensaas, Ph.D. Director, The Education Center Cornell
     University Medical College, New York, NY, USA
     Bancroft Suite

L2   "SatelLife: Building Global Partnerships for Health"  Leela
     McCullough, Ed.D., Director, Information Services, SatelLife,
     Cambridge, MA, USA
     Chevy Chase Suite

L3   "UnCover: The World's Article Access and Delivery Solution" 
     Martha Whittaker, General Manager and Brenda Bailey, Marketing
     and Client Liaison, The UnCover Company, Denver, CO, USA
     Dupont Suite

L4   "The Medical Library Center of New York: A Unique Institution
     Goes GLobal"  Lois Weinstein, Director, The Medical Library
     Center of New York, New York, NY, USA Edison Suite

L5   "NLM: Improving Your Access to Health Information on the
     Global Highway"     Sheldon Kotzin, Chief, Bibliographic
     Services Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD,
     USA
     Cabinet Room

L6   "Cochrane Collaboration: Finding Out Which Interventions Work
     and Don't...Now"  Kay Dickersin, Ph.D., Director, Baltimore
     Cochrane Center, Baltimore, MD, USA and Carol Lefebvre,
     Information Specialist, UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, UK
     Farragut Suite

L7   "CD Plus: Meeting the Challenge for Medical Information" 
     Carleen Nelson, Vice President, Sales, CDP Technologies, New
     York, NY, USA 
     Grant Suite

L8   "The Research Libraries Group (RLG) Presents...Information
     Access and Distribution in the Global Village"   Judie Gee,
     Account Manager, The Research Libraries Group, Inc., Mountain
     View, CA, USA 
     Hamilton Suite

L9   "SPACELINE, A New Space and Life Sciences Database"  Ronald J.
     White, Ph.D., Senior Program Scientist, Life and Biomedical
     Sciences and Applications Division, National Aeronautics and
     Space Administration Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA and F.
     Ronald Dutcher, NASA SPACELINE Project Manager, Uniformed
     Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
     Caucus Room

L10  "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):  Accessing
     CDC on the Internet"  T. Demetri Vacalis, Ph.D., Assistant
     Director for Communications,  and Andrew G. Dean, M.D.,
     M.P.H., Chief, Systems Development and Support Branch, 
     Epidemiology Program Office, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA 
     Map Room

1:30p.m.-2:00p.m.
BREAK
                                     
2:00p.m.-3:00p.m.

Contributed Paper Session  15
"Role of the Government in Information Systems/Information Policy"
Military Room

Moderator:  Robert Cheshier, Cleveland Health Sciences Library,
Cleveland, OH, USA

"Services in Specialized Information and Consulting"
Gloria Hernandez Muguercia and Dr. Mirta Valdes Morris, National
Library in Science and Technology,  Havana, Cuba

"Health Information and Libraries in the Federal Republic of
Germany"   
Ulrich Korwitz, German National Library of Medicine, Cologne,
Germany

"Declaration of the Committee for International Links of
Belarussian Library Association"   Vladimir Lazarev, Minsk,
Republic of Belarus

"Integrated Consumers Health Information System (ICHIS): The Role
of Government "  
 H.S. Siddamallaiah, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro
Sciences, Bangalore, India

Contributed Paper Session 16
"Education and Training for Health and Health Information
Professions"
Hemisphere Room

Moderator:  Ralph Masanjika, Librarian, College of Medicine,
University of Malawi,  Blantyre,  Malawi

"Telemedicine in Italy and in EC Countries: an Overview"   
Brunella Sebastiani and Giuseppe Salvatori, Consiglio Nazionale
delle Ricerche, Biblioteca Centrale, Rome, Italy

"Passing Health Information at Grassroot Level Women to Women
Services in Nepal"   Gita Thapa, Institute of Medicine,Tribhuvan
University, Kathmandu, Nepal

"Diversity in a U.S. Medical Residency Program: Information
Education in a Multicultural World"   
Mary G. Mueller, Bio-Medical Library, University of Minnesota;
Barbara Brian, Health Sciences Library, Hennepin County Medical
Center; and Pamela J. Schomaker, Minnesota Center for Survey
Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA

"Education of Health Information Professionals in People's Republic
of China"   
Dr. Dizhi Xiong and Li Ma, Faculty of Medical Library and
Information Science, China Medical University,  Shenyang, China. 
Presenter:  David Crawford, McGill Health Sciences Library,
Montreal, Canada

Contributed Paper Session 17
"Health Information in Society"
Thoroughbred Room

Moderator:  Faith Meakin, Health Sciences Center, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

"Different Systems of Medicine and the Impact of Culture on Health
Information"   
P. Durgaprasada Rao, Indian National Scientific Documentation
Centre and P. Ranganayaki, Homoepath, New Delhi, India    

"Dissemination of Family Planning and Welfare Information to
Village Level Information Networks in Indonesia"   
Dr. Trisnawati Isa and Arif Sukadar, Center for Information &
Documentation Network, National Family Planning Coordinating Board,
Jakarta,  Indonesia

"The Impact of Culture and Language on Health Information"   
B.R. Bhanumathi Yadav, National Institute of Mental Health and
Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

"Access to Information on Medical Research and Health Care Issues
Relating to diverse Populations.  A Study of Embase, Medline, and
Psychinfo"
Efthimis N. Efthimiadis, Graduate School of Library and Information
Studies, University of California; Marianne Afifi, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Contributed Paper Session 18
"Resource Sharing and Document Delivery"
Jefferson West

Moderator:  Dr. Jessie Orlich, Biblioteca Nacional de la Caja
Costariscence de la Seguridad Social (BINASS), San Jose, Costa Rica

"Satellite Data Communication Network for Document Resources
Sharing among Military Libraries in China"   
Zang Yujie, Medical Library of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China

"Facilitating Access to Japanese Medical Monographs: Cooperative
Efforts by Japanese Academic Medical Libraries to Construct
Enhanced MARC Records"   
Yukiko Sakai, Medical Information and Media Center, Keio
University, Tokyo, Japan

"The C.N.R. Central Library as "Focal Point" for an European
Document Delivery Network"  AnnaMaria Campanile and Annunziata
Fazio, National Research Council Central Library, Rome, Italy

"Global Information Technology Access by Cooperative Research
Centres in Australia"  Josephine M. Marshall and Lisa M. Belkin,
CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering, Melbourne, Australia

Contributed Paper Session 19
"Bibliometric Studies and Databases"
Jefferson East

Moderator:  Dr. Shawky Salem, Alex Centre for Multimedia and
Libraries, Alexandria, Egypt

"Production and Availability of Local Health Literature: The Kenyan
Situation"   
Nancy Kamau, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

"Why a Japanese Version of the Metathesaurus is Needed"   
Midori Ichiko, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan  

"Creation of a Local Bibliographic Database Completing Medline "  
Francoise Noel and Anne-Marie Antony, Library of the Medical
Faculty, Liege University, Liege, Belgium

"Rebirth of the African Index Medicus: Progress and Prospects"   
Lucilda Hunter, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo,
and Marc J. Lippman, Boca Raton, FL, USA

Contributed Paper Session 20
"Case Studies in Health Information"
Georgetown West

Moderator:  Dr. Ritva Sievanen-Allen, Espoo, Finland

"Scarcity of Medical Information in Medical School Libraries of Sri
Lanka"   
K.J. Sirisena, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle,
Sri Lanka

"Ethical Considerations in the Delivery of Information Over a
Network"   
Dr. Alain Besson, Medical College Library, St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, London, UK

"A Low-budget Strategy for Improving Health Information in Romania:
Study of the CLUJ Medical Library Project"   
Ioana Robu and Sally Wood-Lamont, Central Library of the University
of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

"Prospects and Constraints in Health Care - Facilities of Kerala -
A Review"   
Mohamed Abdul Majeed, Calicut Medical College, Calicut, India

Contributed Paper Session 21
"Health Information for Specific Topics"
Georgetown East

Moderator:  David W.C. Stewart, Library, Royal Society of Medicine,
London, UK

"Health Information, Cancer Awareness and Prevention Programmes
through Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology"   
M. Nagaraj and N. Anantha, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology,
and M.A. Gopinath and D.C. Doval, Documentation Research Training
Centre, Bangalore, India

"Sources of Health Information on Hong Kong, 1841-1941"  
Mary Leong, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

"AIDS Information: Current and Emerging Service Models"
Dr. Phyllis C. Self and Lynne U. Turman, Tompkins-McCaw Library,
Virginia  Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

"Standards for Nursing Information in Community Health Centres and
Nursing Schools in India"
Kallakurichi Munisamy Keeran, College of Nursing, Madras Medical
College, Madras, India; Presenter: Dr. R.P. Kumar

3:00p.m.-3:30p.m.
BREAK

3:30p.m.-5:00p.m.
PLENARY IV 
"Unity in Diversity: Towards a Common Professional Vision of
International Health Science Librarianship"
International Ballroom East

Moderator:
Deborah Avriel, Ph.D., Chief, Office of Library & Health Literature
Services, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Panelists: 
Prof. Samuel Penchas, M.D., Director General, Hadassah Medical
Organization, Jerusalem, Israel 

Merlita M. Opena, Chief, Research Information,  Communication, and
Unitilization Program, Philippine Council for Health Research and
Development, Department of Science and Technology, Manila,
Philippines

Joseph J. Uta, Ph.D., Senior Assistant Librarian, University of
Malawi, Zomba, Malawi

5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.  
Summary, Resolutions, Invitation to the 8ICML, and Closing
David W.C. Stewart, Library Director, Royal Society of Medicine,
London, UK  

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
FAREWELL RECEPTION
The Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC

                                     

                                     


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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
The 9th Revision of the _Directory of Scholarly
Electronic Conferences_ is now available.
___________________________________________________
1. The revised scope of the 9th Revision Directory
2. The subjects/files available.
3. How to access or retrieve the Directory:
   Central Gopher sites, ftp, email anAd
   Central World Wide Web site.
   The published print version.
4. The Directory Team Members.

This announcement is extracted from the ACADLIST
README file.  Contact: diane@kovacs.com for additional
information

***************
1. Revised Scope of the 9th Revision Directory
***************
This directory contains descriptions of electronic
conferences (e-conferences) on topics of interest to
scholars.  E-conference is the umbrella term that
includes discussion lists, Internet interest groups,
e-journals, e-newsletters, Usenet newsgroups, forums,
etc.  In this 9th revision we have begun including
text based virtual reality systems known as MUDS,
MOO'S, Muck's, Mushes, etc. that are primarily for
scholarly or pedagogical activities.

The e-conferences in this Directory are all accessible
via Internet services including email, telnet, gopher,
or www.

We have used our own judgment in deciding what is of
scholarly interest, but always consider any advice or
argument about our decisions.  We have placed the
entries into categories by deciding the *dominant*
academic subject area of the electronic conference.

Where possible, the information in each record has
been checked for currency and accuracy by contacting
the moderators or other contact person.

We chose the term *moderator* as the umbrella term to
describe:  contact person, coordinator, listowner,
editor, moderator, etc.; in other words the Human in
Charge.

Topic descriptions are taken in whole or part from the
descriptions provided by each moderator.

***************
2. The Subjects/Files Available
***************
ACADLIST.README  =Required Reading to understand
                  scope and intentions as well as
                  subscription and archives
                  instructions.
ACADLIST.ACTIVIST=Social Activism
ACADLIST.ANTHRO  =Anthropology, Cross Cultural
                  Studies, and Archaeology
ACADLIST.ART     =Art, Architecture and Urban Design
BACADLIST.ASTRONOM=Astronomy
ACADLIST.BIOLOGY =Genetics, General Biology/Biophysics
                  /Biochemistry
ACADLIST.BOTANY  =Botany/Horticulture
ACADLIST.BUSECON =Business, Accounting, Finance, and
                  Marketing and =Economics
ACADLIST.CHEMIST =Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and
                  Materials Research
ACADLIST.COMMJOUR=Communication and =Journalism
ACADLIST.COMPENG =Computer Engineering, Software
                  Engineering
ACADLIST.COMPSEC =Computer Security
ACADLIST.COMPRES =Computer Science Research:
                  Artificial Intelligence, Expert
                  Systems, Virtual Reality
ACADLIST.COMPSTD =Computer Science Research: Computer
                  Standards (Official and De Facto)
ACADLIST.COMPACAD=Computer Science Research: General
                  Academic
ACADLIST.COMPNET =Computer Systems: Network
                  Administration
ACADLIST.COMPADMN=Computer Systems: System
                  Administration
ACADLIST.COMPTRNG=Computer Systems: Training and User
                  Support
ACADLIST.COMPMISC=Miscellaneous Computer-Related
ACADLIST.COMPPRGM=Programming Languages and
                  Programming
ACADLIST.COMPSOFT=Public Domain and Publically
                  Supported Software
ACADLIST.COMPSOC =Social, Cultural anAd Political
                  Aspects of Computing
ACADLIST.EDTECH  =Education: Computer Assisted
                  Instruction/Educational Technology
ACADLIST.EDRES   =Education: Educational Research
                  (general), Grants and Funding
ACADLIST.EDHIGHER=Education: Higher, Adult and
                  Continuing Education
ACADLIST.EDK12   =Education: Primary, Secondary
                  (K-12), Vocational and Technical
ACADLIST.EDMISC  =Education: Miscellaneous Education,
                  Alumni and Student Groups
ACADLIST.EDSPEC  =Education: Special Education,
                  Developmental Disabilities, Physical
                  Disabilities and ADA (Americans with
                  Disabilities Act)
ACADLIST.ENGINEER=Engineering and Technology General
                  and =Transporation Engineering
ACADLIST.FUTURE  =Futurology/Future Studies
ACADLIST.ENVIRON =Ecology and Environmental Studies
ACADLIST.GEOGRAPH=Geography and Miscellaneous Regional
                  and Individual Country Studies
ACADLIST.GEOLOGY =Geology and Paleontology
ACADLIST.HISTORY =History
ACADLIST.HUMGEN  =Humanities (Comparative &
                  Interdisciplinary)
ACADLIST.INFORETR=Information Retrieval
ACADLIST.INFOSYS =Information Systems
ACADLIST.INTERNET=Internet Tools and Resources
ACADLIST.JOBS    =Jobs, Employment, Placement Services
                  and Programs
ACADLIST.LABOR   =Human Resources and Industrial
                  Psychology
ACADLIST.LANG    =Languages
ACADLIST.LATAM   =Latin American Studies
ACADLIST.LAW     =Law, Criminology, Justice
ACADLIST.LIBRARY =Library and Information Science
ACADLIST.LING    =Linguistics and Text Analysis
ACADLIST.LIT     =Literature
ACADLIST.MATH    =Mathematics and Statistics
ACADLIST.MEDICAL =Medical Practice/NAursing/Medical
                  Personnel/Patients and
                 =Medical Sciences/Research
ACADLIST.METEOR  =Weather and Meteorology
ACADLIST.MUSIC   =Music
ACADLIST.PERD    =Physical Education, Recreation and
                  Dance
ACADLIST.PHILOS  =Philosophy and Ethics
ACADLIST.PHYSICS =Physics
ACADLIST.POLITICS=Political Science and Politics
ACADLIST.POPULAR =Theater, Film and Television and
                 =Popular Culture
ACADLIST.PSYCH   =Psychology and Psychiatry
ACADLIST.PUBLISH =Publishing and Related Issues
ACADLIST.RELIG   =Religious StudiesA
ACADLIST.SCIENCE =Science and Technology
                  (Miscellaneous)
ACADLIST.SOCIOLOG=Sociology and Demography
ACADLIST.VETZOO  =Agriculture, Veterinary Science and
                  Zoology
ACADLIST.WOMEN   =Women's Studies/Gender Studies
ACADLIST.WRITE   =Writing
ACADSTAC.HQX     =Binhexed Hypercard Database of Whole
                 Directory
**********
3. How to access or retrieve the Directory of
Scholarly E-Conferences
**********

An annual print version is published by the
Association of Research Libraries.  Contact Ann
Okerson ann@cni.org for information.

WWW Homepage:
Soon to be announced

Gopher access:

University of Saskatchewan
Contact: Earl Fogel earl.fogel@usask.ca
gopher://gopher.usask.ca/11/Computing/Internet
Information/Directory of Scholarly Electronic
Conferences

Clearinghouse of Subject-Oriented Internet Resource
Guides
Contact: Lou Rosenfeld lou@umich.edu
gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/1/inetdirs

How to retrieve files from the LISTSERV@KENTVM or
LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU
1. Send an email message addressed to LISTSERV@KENTVM
or
LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU.
2. Leave the subject and other info lines blank.
3. The message must read:
GET Filename Filetype f=mail
(eB.g., ACADLIST FILE1 or  ACADSTAC HQX or whatever)
4. If you need assistance receiving, etc. contact your
local
Computer Services people

How to retreive files via anonymous FTP to
zeus.kent.edu
1. type: ftp zeus.kent.edu
at your dollar sign prompt (VAX) your shell prompt
(Unix) or ready screen (IBM VM).  If you are on
another kind of system consult with your computer
services people to find out the proper procedure.
2. when prompted for 'USERID,' type   anonymous
3. Your password will be your actual userid on your
local machine.
4. Type:  cd library/acadlist
5. Type:  get Filename.Filetype
(see Files Available below)
6. The files will be transferred directly into the
directory you ftp'ed from.

***************
4. The Directory Team: (These are the entry compilers not the list moderators)
***************
Diane Kovacs - Editor-in-Chief diane@kovacs.com
*Education
*Ecology and Environmental Studies
*History
*Humanities (Comparative & Interdisciplinary)
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To: medibib-l
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Status: R

FYi, Obst ... Aus INETBIB
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From: "Mario Werner WB-Student"  
Mon, 27 Feb 1995 14:07:34 -0100
To: Internet in Bibliotheken 
Subject: Kongress an der HBI in Stuttgart: call for papers

Hochschule fuer Bibliotheks- und Informationswesen
Kongress 1995
Wolframstr. 32

D-70191 Stuttgart

                                                                    
                                                                      
Guten Tag !

Die Hochschule fuer Bibliotheks- und Informationswesen veranstaltet am 4. und 5. 
Dezember 1995 einen internationalen Kongress zum Thema:

"Informationsspezialisten zwischen Technik und gesellschaftlicher 
Verantwortung"

Der Kongress wird Vortraege sowie Workshops zu den folgenden Themenbloecken 
umfassen:

1) Welche neuen Moeglichkeiten der Informationstechnologien stehen uns heute 
und in Zukunft zur Verfuegung?

2) Welche Erwartungen und Anforderungen haben die verschiendenen 
gesellschaftlichen Gruppen angesichts dieser Entwicklungen an Bibliotheks- und 
Informationseinrichtungen?

3) Welche didaktischen Aufgaben und gesellschaftlichen Verantwortlichkeiten 
ergeben sich aus der Entwicklung der Informationstechnologien fuer unseren 
Beruf?

Haben Sie Interesse sich an diesem Kongress durch

- Vortraege
- Workshops
- Praesentationen
- Ausstellungen zu beteiligen?

Wir wuerden uns sehr freuen, wenn wir eine positive Antwort von Ihnen erhalten 
wuerden.
Bis dahin verbleiben wir mit freundlichen Gruessen

i.A. Michaela Schuessler
 (Kongressorganisationsbeauftragte)

Kontakt-Mail : guides@hbi-stuttgart.de

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Subject: Muenchener WWW-Server
Status: R

FYI, Obst ... aus MMATRIX-L
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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 00:05:07 +0100 (BSD)
From: ade@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de (Hr.Adelhard)
To: mmatrix-l@www.kumc.edu (amia)
Subject: WWW in Munich Medical Faculty
Message-ID: <9502252305.AA15158@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de>


Hello,

i am running the (rather new) WWW-server of the Faculty of Medicine
of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich / Germany.
   http://www.med.uni-muenchen.de/
My goal is to bring information about medical topics
(i.e. textbooks, teachware, medical recommendations an so on) to the net.
I appreciate any comments on my current WWW server and would be glad
to learn about "Medicine on the Internet" in general.

Klaus Adelhard

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Status: R

Dies kommt aus MEDLIB-L. Kann jemand helfen? - O.Obst
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Date:    Mon, 27 Feb 1995 18:16:31 EST
From:    "Mary A. Sherrard" 
Subject: ? German Cancer Therapy

The wife of one of our department managers has Hodgkin's
Disease.  She is considering going to Germany for treatment at
the Robert Janker Klinik in Bonn.  Apparently a Dr.. Wolfgang
Scheef offers what is considered an alternative cancer therapy.  A
search of Medline for articles written by Dr. Scheef turned up
some written in the mid-1980's -- none since 1991. None of
these articles seems particularly relevant to Hodgkins. The manager
is interested in anything anyone might know about the
reputation of this clinic and its treatment.  Any information
or suggestions anyone can offer would be most appreciated.

Reply to my directly, not to the list.
TIA

Mary Alice Sherrard
Memorial Hospital of Martinsville & Henry County
Martinsville, Virginia 24112
Voice:  703-666-7467   FAX:  703-666-7816
E-mail:  msherrad@leo.vsla.edu

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Status: R

Dies schickte mir Herr Allers mit Bitte um Weiterleitung an MEDIBIB-L.
O.Obst
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From: "Heinrich Allers" 
Wed, 1 Mar 1995 18:13:57 MET-DST
To: Oliver Obst 
Subject: Anfrage aus Cuba: Wer kann helfen bei Antwort?

...

Nachdem ich heute vom Evangelischen Krankenhaus in Oldenburg
die Absage bekommen habe, dass sich eine Auskunft auf die hier
gestellten Fragen nicht geben liesse, versuche ich auf diesem
Wege, einer Beantwortung der aus Cuba mir zugeschickten Frage
naeher zu kommen.

Ich bitte die Listensubskribenten um Verzeihung und Verstaendnis
fuer diese eigentlich listenfremde Fragenstellung (die ich als
Listenfremder hineinbringe).

Antworten und Hinweise bitte ich moeglichst an mich zu schicken;
ich wuerde sie buendeln und uebersetzt nach La Habana weiterschicken.
Falls jemand direkt an die E-mail-Adresse nach Cuba schreibt, 
bitte bedenken, dass dort auch einlaufende E-Post kraeftig in US-
Dollars nach durchgehenden Bytes abkassiert wird.

Mit bestem Dank fuer jegliche
weiterfuehrende Bemuehungen und
Antworten und mit freundlichen
Gruessen:


*                               Heinrich Allers *
* Bibliothek der Carl-von-Ossietzky-Universitaet *
*              Postfach 2541, D-26015 Oldenburg *
*                   Telefax +49 (0)441 798 4040 *
*           E-Post: allers@bis.uni-oldenburg.de *
****** LA BIBLIOTHEQUE, CE N'EST PAS MOI! *******



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Weitergeleitete Nachricht (UEbersetzungen eingerueckt von mir (ha):
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Subject: desde Cuba
To: allers@bis.uni-oldenburg.de
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 95 11:28:10 EST

Saludos Heinrich:

...... Yo conozco el desarrollo que Alemania ha alcanzado en el
campo de la Neurocirugia para el tratamiento de la enfermedad de 
Parkinson,
Alzheimer, Cerebrovasculares, etc., y quisiera conocer algunos datos
de
Cuanto cuestan estas tecnicas al paciente?

     ... Ich kenne den Stand der Entwicklung, den Deutschland
     auf dem Gebiet der Neurochirurgie bei der Behandlung der
     Parkinsonschen, Alzheimerschen Krankheit und von
     "cerebrovaskularen" Stoerungen erreicht hat, und moechte
     einige Daten darueber erfahren, wie teuer diese Techniken
     dem Patienten kommen.

Pienso que depende de en que hospital sea?, que neurocirujano?, que 
grado
haya alcanzado la enfermedad?, etc.

     Ich denke, dass das von dem jeweiligen Krankenhaus abhaengt,
     nicht wahr? Und von dem behandelnden Neurochirurgen und von
     dem Grad der Krankheit, usw. ?

Pero al menos necesito algun rango de precios. Igualmente me gustaria
conocer lo mismo, pero para los servicios de rehabilitacion.

     Mindestens brauche ich aber irgendeine Groessenordnung von
     Preisen. Ich wuerde das auch gern fuer den Bereich der in der
     Rehabilitation angebotenen Dienstleistungen wissen.

Conozco que en su region, el "Protestant-Hosp-Oldenburg" ha alcanzado
resultados reconocidos en esta materia.

     Ich weiss, dass in Ihrer Region das Evangelische Krankenhaus
     Ergebnisse erzielt hat, die sich allgemeiner Anerkennung
     erfreuen.

Le agradeceria cualquier informacion relacionada con los cobros de
estos
servicios.

     Ich waere Ihnen fuer jede Information dankbar, die mit der
     Berechnung dieser Dienstleistungen zusammenhaengt.


Sin mas, agradecido de antemano,

Ing. Carlos Acosta
Consultoria BIOMUNDI
Calle 200 No. 1922 e/ 19 y 21
Rpto Atabey, Playa, C. Habana,
Cuba
Tel.:21-7711
Fax: (537) 33-6529
E-mail: acosta@biotec.cu

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Date: Fri, 3 Mar 1995 10:17:24 +0100 (MET)
From: stegmann@XKLS1.ukbf.fu-berlin.de
To: medibib-liste 
Subject: Transplantation and Immunology Letter
Message-Id: 
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Status: R

Kann mir jemand sagen, welche Bibliothek (ausser der NLM) diese 
Zeitschrift fuehrt?

Is there anybody who can tell me which library (besides the NLM) holds this 
titel?

Danke/Thanks


******************************************************************************
>  Dr. Johannes Stegmann          |  Universitaetsklinikum Benjamin Franklin <
>                                 |  Medizinische Bibliothek                 <
> stegmann@xkls1.ukbf.fu-berlin.de|  Hindenburgdamm 30                       <
>    Phone: +49 30 798 2035       |  D-12200 Berlin                          <
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Status: R

> Kann mir jemand sagen, welche Bibliothek (ausser der NLM) diese
> Zeitschrift fuehrt?

Ich weiss es leider auch nicht, aber im Serials Directory steht
folgendes:

ISSN 0748-1861
Vol 1. 1984ff
World Medical Communications Organizations
7 Rigdedale Avenue
Cedar Knolls
NJ 07927
Tel (201) 455-1121
$ 35,- per year

Hope that helps

Oliver Obst

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Status: R

Dies ist leider (oder gottseidank?) alles aus dieser Woche!

O.Obst
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1 Health Science Communication WWW
2 Copyright Fragen im Internet
3 Communicating With Library Users
4 Datendanken fuer Krankenpfleger
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111111111111111111
Date:    Thu, 2 Mar 1995 22:04:56 GMT
From:    Eric Schnell 
Subject: HeSCA's HTML Virtual Workshop

    Just passing this along! I think this is a great project and
a must for HSL's putting up Web sites!

***
Eric Schnell
Automation Librarian
Prior Health Science Library
The Ohio State University
schnell.9@osu.edu
http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric.html


Forwarded message:

> Subject: HESCA Digest - 27 Feb 1995 to 2 Mar 1995
> Sender: Health Sciences Communications 
> To: Recipients of HESCA digests 
> Message-id: <33C7C55EC31F24E21C@phem6.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> There is one message totalling 27 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics of the day:
>
>   1. HeSCA/NLM Virtual Workshop
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date:    Thu, 2 Mar 1995 08:43:27 EST
> From:    "Keven J. Siegert" 
> Subject: HeSCA/NLM Virtual Workshop
>
> It's Finally Ready!
>
> The Health Sciences Communications Association and the National
> Library of Medicine are pleased to announce the "Virtual Workshop"!!!
>
> The Workshop's initial topic is "Creating Multimedia Materials for the
> Internet".  This course is for those who have used Internet and World
> Wide Web client programs, but who have not yet developed materials of
> their own.  There is a workshop assignment and instructional materials,
> but no workshop faculty.
>
> A ftp site and listserv have been established to share projects,
> information, and advice.  For further information, check out
> the Virtual Workshop Syllabus at Dartmouth's alternative Web server.
> The URL is:
>
  http://mmm.dartmouth.edu/pages/visual-media/vwsyl.html
>
> This project is coordinated by Craig Locatis at the National Library of
> Medicine and Keven Siegert at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.


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Date:    Tue, 21 Feb 1995 10:43:15 -0600
From:    "Paul M. Blobaum" 
Subject: Copyright discussion.... Internet resources available

There is an excellent gopher which has lots of copyright information
available at Rice University.  This gopher is available through WWW, or
through Gopher.  I can't say Ive used the copyright stuff yet, but I have
added it to my bookmarks because _some day_ I will become a Copyright
Wizard, and I consider this gopher to be my primer.

Gopher access:   gopher  chico.rice.edu

WWW & Lynx:     gopher://chico.rice.edu:70/11/Subject/LibSci


"Men who drive cars don't need no redemption." -Flannery O'Connor
Paul Blobaum   pblobaum@interaccess.com
Medical Librarian, Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital
Olympia Fields, IL     (Midwestern University)

333333333333333333333
Date:    Wed, 22 Feb 1995 10:40:28 -0500
From:    TRACY@SLA.ORG
Subject: Self-Study Program

SLA's newest self-study workbook, "Communicating With Library Users"
is now available.  The workbook guides the special librarian toward
understanding that all-important person: the library patron.

Other self-study workbook topics include: subject indexing,
cataloging, presentation skills, etc.  To receive a copy of the
brochure, call the Special Libraries Association's Manager of
Professional Development, Tracy Lofty, at (202) 234-4700, ext. 649.

444444444444444444
Date:    Wed, 22 Feb 1995 11:28:22 -0500
From:    PEGGY RICHWINE 
Subject: Re: Databases for nursing

The Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library is located at Sigma Theta
Tau International in Indianapolis, IN. Its gopher address is:

    stti-sun.iupui.edu. 

Log in with userid and password of visitor. It has a database of nurse
researchers.     

Peggy Richwine Indiana University Medical Lib.

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Soviel ich wei~ hat Frau Inge Pawel, EAHIL und AgMB-Mitglied, in Wolfsburg
am Stadtkrankenhaus Wolfsburg in ihrer Bibliothek consumer information
material.  Auch die Arbeitsgemeinschaft hatte sich ja schon mal daf}r ausge
sprochen, sich mit diesem - meiner Ansicht nach - sehr wichtigen Thema zu befas
sen.  Auch Herr Seehofer m}~te das wohl tun| Ursula Hausen

--
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8
D-30623 Hannover
Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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FYI, O.Obst ... aus MMMATRIX-L
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Date: Wed, 01 Mar 95 21:01:03 GMT
From: Roger 
To: mmatrix-l@www.kumc.edu
Subject: Polish medical World Wide Webs
Message-ID: <2838@hazelton.demon.co.uk>

In article: <01HNJCI3D2AA8X8EMJ@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU> PEKASZ@vm.cc.uni.torun.pl writes:
 
 I would like official (again) write about estabilising adn existing
 Polish Medical WWW. I write this to hoppe, that this can be helpfuly
 for AMIA to update medical resources list. Commens about this
 nice to see.
 1. WWW of Ludwik Rydygier State Hospital in Torun (Polish & English)
    URL: http://www.cc.uni.torun.pl/Torun/health/LRSH/StateHospital.html
 Info about Our Hospital, links to another Polish and World medical WWW
  
 2.WWW of Medical University in Gdansk (Polish, partly English too)
   URL: http://www.amg.gda.pl

 3.WWW of Pathology on Karol Marcinkowski University in Poznan (Polish & Eng)
   URL: http://ampat.amu.edu.pl
   (the Informations about K.M. Medical Univ. Poznan are present
    on main University gopher: gopher://hum.amu.edu.pl)
  
 4.WWW of Institute of Agriculture Medicine in Lublin (Polish & Eng in creation)
   URL: http://www.lublin.pl/imw/index.html
 The informations about Institute and first Polish Medical Journal
 "GALEN"- language Polish
  
 I think this msg. can help the medical networker to take contacs
 with Polish medical Centres.
  
 Sincerely
 Piotr Kasztelowicz, MD, Bsc
  
  
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    |Piotr Kasztelowicz  +++|||                          |
    |Dep.of Cardiology    + +   pekasz@vm.cc.uni.torun.pl|
    |L.Rydygier State Hosp. + + PEKASZ@PLTUMK11.BITNET   |
    |Torun* Poland*         + +   phone +4856/21071e.535 |
    |=======================+============================|

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FYI, O.Obst ... aus HMATRIX-L
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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 23:09:30
From: gmalet@surfer.win.net (Gary Malet)
To: hmatrix-l@www.kumc.edu
Subject: ANNOUNCE: The Medical List Update


***********************************************************************
                         ANNOUNCEMENT:
                UPDATE OF AN INTERNET RESOURCE
        _____________________________________________________

                       THE MEDICAL LIST
         A GUIDE TO INTERNET CLINICAL MEDICINE RESOURCES
                      _________________

                 Version 2.3,  1 March 1995
               Dr. Gary Malet, gmalet@surfer.win.net
             Lee Hancock, LE07144@UKANVM.CC.UKANS.EDU
_________________________________________________________

********************************************************************
 A March 1, 1995 update of The Medical List is now available from
  the Univ. of Michigan Clearinghouse for Subject Oriented Guides
URL:gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu:70/00/inetdirsstacks/medclin:malet
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     The Medical List is a database of clinical medicine Internet
resources. This new and improved version categorizes resources by
disease and specialty. It subcategorizes the resources as web or
interactive resources. This new version lists more than 60 new
entries. The Medical List gives text descriptions of resources,
spotlights the more developed programs, and gives news and
backround on Internet medical resource development.
     The Medical List is made available in a Mosaic, hypertext,
Internet-linked format as "Medical Matrix". Medical Matrix is
available at the URL:
   http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/units/medcntr/Lee/HOMEPAGE.HTML
*****************************************************************************
Dr. Gary Malet                |7 W 5th Street       |  "communication,
Family Physician              |Stockton, Ca. 95206  |      search,
Healthtel, Inc.-windows based |VOICE  209-466-6878  |     delivery,
  medical telecommunications  |FAX    209-466-0502  |    networking"
gmalet@surfer.win.net         |Compuserve 72630.1535|
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Status: R

Fuer einen wunderbaren und bisher kostenlosen Uncover-Service wird nun eine
Gebuehr erhoben - wie zu erwarten war. Dafuer bekommt man nun aber auch
noch was zusaetzlich frei Haus geliefert (s.u.). Mit $ 20 besitzt dieser
Service m.E. ein sehr gutes Preis-Leistungsverhaeltnis.
Da hilft nur eins: Leute, kauft Kreditkarten!

O.Obst
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Dear UnCover Reveal user:

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From: Diane Ebro 
Subject: Anfrage aus Cuba: Wer kann helfen?  Quien puede responder?
To: Oliver Obst , acosta@biotec.cu,
        Diane Ebro -- Diane Ebro 
Cc: medibib-l@uni-muenster.de, allers@bis.uni-oldenburg.de
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INFORMATION ZU ANFRAGE AUS CUBA  = IMFORMACION PARA SENOR ING. ACOSTA

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FYI, Obst ... aus dem Scout-Report
----------------------------------
The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) server contains
information of interest to anyone involved in providing services for
synthesis, sequencing, or use of DNA and protein.
gopher to: riley.bs.jhu.edu

The National Micropopulation Simulation Resource is funded by the National
Institutes of Health Center for Research Resources. The purpose of the
Resource is to promote Monte Carlo simulation of structured
micropopulations in biomedical research. The emphasis is on development of
simulation and analysis methodologies and software tools, with broad
application to studies in epidemiology, genetics and demography.
gopher to:  dragon.labmed.umn.edu

Walden University offers doctoral programs "over the 'Net" in the areas of
Administration/Management, Education, Health Services, and Human Services.
gopher to:   gopher.waldenu.edu

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FYI, Obst
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From: pletzke@usuhsb.usuhs.mil (Chester J. Pletzke) 
Tue, 7 Mar 95 16:23:29 EST
To: obsto@uni-muenster.de
Subject: Home Page on WWW

The Learning Resource Center of the Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences announces a new version of its home page on the WWW.

The current address for the home page is : http://lrcgwf.usuf2.usuhs.mil/

Like all home pages it will never be complete but you will always find the
date of the last revision on the home page. All connections to points
outside of the University have been checked. We regularly check these
connections to make sure that they are still operational.

There are pictures in some of the files and if you want to view them you
may need to allow a few extra moments for them to load.

We invite your review and suggestions. Thanks to all of the LRC Staff who
contributed to this effort.

Chester J. Pletzke
Director, Learning Resource Center
Associate Professor
Pletzke@USUHSB.USUHS.MIL


Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Md. 20814-4799 USA
Phone 301-295-3356;Fax 301-295-3795

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Status: R

FYI, Obst
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From: Fred.Lerner@Dartmouth.EDU (Fred Lerner)
07 Mar 95 11:41:33 EST
To: obsto@uni-muenster.de
Subject: Posting for MEDIBIB-L

	THE PILOTS DATABASE: AN ELECTRONIC INDEX TO THE TRAUMATIC STRESS
LITERATURE

	The PILOTS database is an electronic index to the worldwide literature
on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-healkth consequences
of exposure to traumatic events. It is produced by the National Center for
PTSD, and is available for searching as a file on the Dartmouth College Library
Online System. There is no charge for using the database, and no account or
password is required. As of January 1995 there were over 7000 references
(almost all including abstracts) in the database.
	For further information, including brief access and search
instructions, and how to obtain a PILOTS Database User's Guide, please contact
the National Center at the address below, or send email to ptsd@dartmouth.edu
	--Fred Lerner, D.L.S., Information Scientist
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
VA Medical Center (116D)
White River Junction, Vermont 05009
(802) 296-5132    Fax (802) 296-5135

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FYI, Obst .. aus PACS-L
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Date:    Mon, 6 Mar 1995 16:53:43 CST
From:    Public-Access Computer Systems Forum 
Subject: NSF New Home Page

From: pbryant@nsf.gov
Subject: NSF Announcement of New Home Page

Please post this notice about the National Science Foundation's Home
Page which will be "live" on March 6th.

Thank you.
Pat Bryant
pbryant@nsf.gov

The National Science Foundation is pleased to announce its newly
redesigned  Home Page!  Our original Home Page went live in August
1994. We have been collecting users' suggestions and the new design
reflects those suggestions as well as many new features which include:

z A new graphic look including "button" navigational tools.
z The "World of Science and Engineering", which features current
  highlights of NSF funded science and engineering.
z "Focus Areas" which serve as short-cut guided tours for audiences
  with specific interests.
z Easy access to information about the NSF.
z Important deadline dates for funding opportunities.
z Comments Section;  we welcome comments so we can keep the Home Page
  up-to-date with its users.

We invite you to visit the National Science Foundation via the WWW.
Our URL is:   http://www.nsf.gov/

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FYI, Obst
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From: Stephan.Schug@uni-koeln.de (Stephan H. Schug) 
Tue, 7 Mar 1995 19:56:06 +0100
To: "Oliver Obst" 
Subject: Uebersetzungshilfe

Lieber Herr Obst,

kennen Sie zufaellig die englische Entsprechung des deutschen Terminus
"nicht selbstaendige Literatur". Die Entsprechung des Begriffs "selb-
staendige Literatur" ist bekannt ("bibliographically independent literature")
das Gegenteil wird gesucht. Hintergrund meiner Anfrage ist, dass ich fuer
ein EU-Projekt gerade eine Uebersetzung bearbeite,hier wird diese
Information benoetigt).

Vielen Dank fuer eventuelle Ideen,

MfG, S.H.Schug

--
Dr. Stephan H. Schug 
Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Foerderung der Qualitaetssicherung in der Medizin
c/o Bundesaerztekammer, Herbert-Lewin-Str. 1, D-50931 Koeln, Germany

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FYI, Obst .. aus PACS-L
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Date:    Mon, 6 Mar 1995 17:09:46 CST
From:    PROF NORM COOMBS 
Subject: Call for Articles: Information Technology and Disabilities Journal

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
              CALL FOR ARTICLES AND NEWS ITEMS

          INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DISABILITIES
                       ISSN 1073-5127

                        SPECIAL ISSUE

     LIBRARIES, INFORMATION AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Information Technology and Disabilities (ITD) is planning a
special, monographic issue on access to libraries by readers and
staff with disabilities. The editors of ITD are seeking articles
on any and all aspects of library service to readers with
disabilities.  We hope to receive submissions representing a
broad range of libraries, from school media centers to public,
academic, research and special libraries of all sizes.

Now in its second year, ITD's primary goal is to disseminate
practical and theoretical research on adaptive technology, and
the applications of electronic technologies and information
resources by persons with disabilities.  In general, but perhaps
even more so for this special issue, we use the term technology
in its broadest sense. In addition to current, state-of-the-art
high tech solutions to library access, we hope to include
historical pieces, profiles of organizations, noteworthy
sources of financial assistance, and other useful information.

If you would like to discuss an idea for this issue, please
contact the editor (address below), preferably via e-mail.  If
you would like to assist by reviewing a publication, hardware or
software product, video or other item for our review section, or
if you or your organization has news of interest to our target
audience of librarians and educators, please drop us a line.

PRINT VERSION AND INDEXING:

Selected articles accepted for this special issue of ITD will
comprise a special issue of _Library Hi Tech_, a quarterly, print
journal published by Pierian Press. In addition, it is expected
that this special issue will be selected for inclusion in the
ERIC documents collection.

FORMAT:

Plain ASCII electronic text, made available via Internet at St.
Johns University gopher.

DATES:

Submissions must be received by:        October 1, 1995
Notification will be made by:           November 1, 1995
Publication Date:                       November 20, 1995

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS:

To receive a copy of ITD's guidelines, address an e-mail message
to:

listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu

leave the subject line blank, and send the following as the only
line of text:

get author guidelin

Or, write to the editor, address and phone below.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS CALL FOR PARTICIPATION WITH YOUR
COLLEAGUES.

And, thank you for your interest in Information Technology and
Disabilities.

Tom McNulty
Editor-in-Chief
Information Technology and Disabilities
mcnulty@acfcluster.nyu.edu
phone: 212 / 998-2519
TDD:   212 / 998-4980

MAILING ADDRESS:
Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY  10012

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From: "Oliver Obst" 
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To: medibib-l
Subject: Natural Medicine der "Alchemie Medicine Research ... Assoc."
Status: R

FYI, Obst ... aus MMATRIX-L
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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 01:19:08 -0800
From: mitch@teleport.com (Mitch Stargrove)
To: mmatrix-l@www.kumc.edu
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NATURAL MEDICINE ON THE INTERNET
Message-ID: <199503080919.BAA00528@desiree.teleport.com>

PRESS RELEASE: NATURAL MEDICINE ON THE INTERNET

********************************
CONTACT: ELLA ROGGOW or MITCHELL STARGROVE (503/228-6851)

********************************
NATURAL HEALTH SERVICES AVAILABLE ON INTERNET.

Natural Medicine, Complementary Health Care And Alternative Therapies
http://www.teleport.com:80/~amrta

        AMR'TA, a pioneering organization that two years ago released
the most comprehensive data-base software package available in the
natural medicine field, has just opened three new health information
services on the Internet.
        The medical research and teaching organization now offers two
home pages on the World Wide Web providing a broad array of
information on natural medicine for both general and professional
audiences.  In addition, a new mailing list opens a fresh forum for
discussion among health professionals.
        The first website, "Natural Medicine, Complementary Health
Care and Alternative Therapies,"  is a place to access health
information as well as reference health organizations, medical
institutions and other health resources available on Internet.  The
site's Internet address is http://www.teleport.com:80/~amrta.
        The second website provides introductory information on the
pioneering AMR'TA software program, IBIS, the Interactive
BodyMind Information System.  That Internet home page can be
reached at http://www.teleport.com:80/~ibis.
        A third new service, PARACELSUS, is a mailing list aimed at
promoting communication, cooperation and exploration among
health care professionals. Subscription is limited to practitioners,
educators, researchers and students in alternative and conventional
medical fields. The list is intended to focus on interesting cases,
practical clinical pearls, recent publications, useful anecdotes and
medical news.
        "We all have unique experiences, different perspectives and
valid insights. No one has all the answers," commented Dr. Mitchell
Stargrove, Research and Education Coordinator of AMR'TA.
"We can serve our patients best and advance the evolution of the
healing arts and medical science best by working together, sharing
ideas and being willing to learn," the naturopathic physician continued.
        Those wishing to participate in PARACELSUS should send a e-
mail message to , reading "subscribe
paracelsus". As part of the subscription approval process, send a
biographical note indicating training, practice and interests to
.
        AMR'TA, the Alchemical Medicine Research and Teaching
Association, is a nonprofit institution formed by a group of health
professionals in 1987 to investigate natural medicine and provide
education integrating a wide range of therapies. In 1993  the
organization released the IBIS software package.  More than 100
medical professionals spent four years compiling and editing IBIS.
        The result is the most comprehensive software package
available in the natural health field. Hypertexted for easy and quick
cross-referencing, the 10,000-page data base covers 282 common
medical conditions, and offers treatments from more than 16
systems of conventional and natural medicine.  Among them are
acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, homeopathy, naturopathic
medicine, psychospiritual approaches and various techniques of
physical manipulation and exercise.  IBIS includes detailed
information on 120 herbs, and dosage information on more than 300.
        Medical professionals from across the world now employ IBIS.
Its users are represented in all regions of the U.S. and dozens of
nations, among them Germany, Brazil, Sri Lanka, China,
Egypt  and Saudi Arabia.  Both IBM-compatible and Macintosh
versions are available. IBIS is available only to health care
professionals; tools for the general public are in development.
        IBIS is published by GAIA Multimedia Inc.  U.S. sales
information is available toll-free at (800)627-6851 weekdays 9 a.m.-
5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
E-mail is for AMR'TA is amrta@teleport.com and for
IBIS is ibis@teleport.com.

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From: "Oliver Obst" 
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To: medibib-l
Subject: Fw: PACS Review Web Page
Status: R

Eine der fuer Bibliothekare wichtigsten und interessantesten
Diskussionsgruppe/el. Zeitschrift hat jetzt auch eine Homepage (gehoert
mittlerweile zum guten Ton :-)  ): Der Name PACS=Public Access Computer
Systems verschleiert ein bisschen, dass es um alle Arten der Anwendung von
EDV (und Internet) in Bibliotheken geht. Zahl der Teilnehmer weltweit
> 8.000,
O.Obst
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From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum 
Thu, 9 Mar 1995 11:51:20 CST
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-P 
Subject: PACS Review Web Page

The PACS Review now has a World-Wide Web page: http://info.lib.uh.edu/
pacsrev.html.  In addition to PACS Review links, this page has
links to pages for the PACS News, PACS-L, and PACS-P.

Best Regards,
Charles

+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Charles W. Bailey, Jr.             Voice: (713) 743-9804   |
| Assistant Director For Systems     Fax:   (713) 743-9811   |
| University Libraries               lib3@uhupvm1.uh.edu     |
| University of Houston              or cbailey@uh.edu       |
| Houston, TX 77204-2091                                     |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
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| Editor-in-Chief, The Public-Access Computer Systems Review |
+------------------------------------------------------------+

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Subject: Homepage fuer medizinische Illustratoren
Status: R

FYI, Obst ... aus HMATRIX-L
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Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 09:02:01 -0600
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them for line art, full-color illustrations, computer-generated images, and
other commissioned work. Many of the artists also can provide you with
stock photos. From our selection of artists you can see that the work of
medical illustrators is fascinating and diverse. We hope that you enjoy
us every month. Artists interested in having their work displayed here
can use our on-line  sign-up form.
Medical Illustrators' Home Page has just come on line at
http://siesta.packet.net/med_illustrator/Welcome.html

The Medical Illustrators' Home Page serves as the Internet hub for
medical illustration and related services. Publishers, advertisers, medical
schools, doctors, and net surfers from around the globe are all
welcome to visit here.


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Status: O

Liebe Medibibler,
ich wuensche Ihnen allen ein schoenes Wochenende, und dass das Internet uns
nicht ueberfluessig macht (s. Punkt 6)!

O.Obst
----------------------------------------------------
1 Glossar der Internetbegriffe
2 Elektron. Zeitschrift EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
3 Wie man aus dem Internet zitiert
4 BIOSIS WWW-Homepage
5 Canadian HIV Trials Network
6 Verlieren wir unsere Jobs? gedanken einer Pharmabibliothekarin (engl.)
----------------------------------------------------
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Date:    Wed, 1 Mar 1995 13:47:01 EST
From:    "Jeanne Becker@Mskcc.Org" 
Subject: Internet Glossary

     We found an excellent "Glossary of Internet Terms" at this address:

     http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

     Permission is granted to use the glossary with credit to the author
     for non-commercial and educational purposes.

     Jeanne Becker
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Date:    Mon, 27 Feb 1995 11:21:17 EST
From:    Lucy Rowland 
Subject: Re: (fwd)

This is a much longer explanation of how to subscribe to or access the
new CDC journal, EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. We have found that especially
clinicians are interested in subscribing directly to the electronic
version. For those who don't have access, or don't want to deal with
the Internet version, we are obtaining a paper copy.

Lucy M. Rowland, MS, MLS
Head, Science Collections and Branch Services
University of Georgia Libraries
Athens, GA 30602-7412
706-542-6643
FAX: 706-542-7907
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Instructions on how to subscribe to EID follow.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.

Thank you for your interest in EID.

Electronic Access to Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)

If you have Internet access, you can retrieve the journal
electronically through file transfer protocol (FTP), electronic
mail, or World-Wide Web (WWW).

The journal is available in three file formats: ASCII, Adobe Acrobat
(.pdf), and PostScript (.ps). The ASCII version of the journal does
not contain figures. Both the .pdf and .ps files, however, contain
graphics and figures and are true representations of the hard
copy of the journal. The Adobe Acrobat format requires an Adobe
Reader (available at no charge from CDC through FTP,
LISTSERVer, or WWW). This reader is available in DOS,
Windows, UNIX, and Macintosh versions and will allow you to
view and print the journal just as it looks in hard copy. Installation
instructions come with the Adobe software.

Accessing EID on the Internet

FTP: Download the journal through anonymous FTP at
ftp.cdc.gov; the files can be found in the pub/EID directory
in each of the file types listed above.

WWW Mosaic: Launch WWW Mosaic software for the Internet
and connect to the following address:  http://www.cdc.gov.
Your WWW software will allow you to view, print, and retrieve
journal articles.

LISTSERVer (e-mail lists): You may have the table of contents
sent to your e-mail box by subscribing to the EID-TOC mailing
list. When you subscribe to this list, you will automatically receive
the table of contents and will be able to receive individual
journal articles by FTP or e-mail.

If you choose to receive the entire journal, you may subscribe
to one of three other lists. EID-ASCII sends the journal in
ASCII format. EID-PDF sends the journal in Adobe Acrobat
format. You can get the free Adobe Acrobat Reader by
ubscribing to this list. EID-PS sends the journal in PostScript format.

However, because of the large file sizes of the journal and
the complexity of sending the journal to different e-mail systems,
it is strongly recommended that if you have FTP capabilities,
you choose to access EID through FTP rather than by e-mail lists.

To subscribe to a list, send an e-mail to lists@list.cdc.gov with the
following in the body of your message: subscribe listname
(e.g., subscribe EID-TOC).

Once you have requested a subscription, you will receive further
instructions by e-mail. If your name is on an e-mail list, you will
receive Dispatches as soon as they are cleared for publication.

For further information about receiving Emerging Infectious Diseases
electronically, send an e-mail to eidhelp@cidod1. em.cdc.gov.


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Date:    Tue, 7 Mar 1995 14:12:23 CST
From:    "Williamson, Mary Ann" 
Subject: Citing Electronic Information: Compilation of Responses

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

I have received several messages asking about the responses to my request
for electronic information citation standards.  Here is a compilation of the
suggested sources.

Mary Ann Williamson
Mary_Ann_Williamson@nih.gov
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The International Standards Organization (ISO) has been working on it.
See the Chicago Manual of Style. 14th edition, 1993 p. 633-634.  Bulletin
Board examples are given as well as an address for ISO.


Patrias, Karen.  National Library of Medicine recommended formats
  for bibliographic citation.  Bethesda, Md. : National Library of
  Medicine, Reference Section, 1991.  248 p.

  Chapter XII, Sections C (serials in electronic formats), E (bulletin
   boards), and F (Electronic mail)  have been reprinted in:
   Strangelove, Michael and Kovacs, Diane.  Directory of electronic
   journals, newsletters, and academic discussion lists; edited by
   Ann Okerson.  3d ed.  Washington, D.C. : Association of Research
   Libraries, 1993.  pp. 13-26.

One guide that mentions gophers and how to cite items found on them is:
"The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: a manual
for writers & librarians".  Diane L. Garner. Congressional Information
Service. 1993.

The latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style now has a section
on citing electronic resources.


1.  Use the URL where possible, e.g.
URL:ftp://xxx.nodename.nz/pub/dirname/filename

2.  Use the information given in Crane and Li, but use it with caution.
Nancy Crane and Xia Li, eds, *Electronic Style* (Meckler, 1993).  See my
review in *Internet Research* (Spring, 1994), also at:
URL:http://aultnis.rutgers.edu/pgrutgers.html


Li, Xia and Nancy B. Crane, Electronic Style: A Citation Guide to Citing
Electronic Information, (Westport, Conn.: Meckler, 1993).
        -xi, 1-65.     ISBN 0-88736-909-x


  The APA Publication Manual (fourth edition) has a *very* limited
section on citing some Internet sources (e.g. email and FTP).

===========================================================================
Anyone interested in examples of citations to online/electronic material
may wish to consult the new APA guide available electronically.  Send a
message
   to LISTSERV@CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU with the command: INDEX TESLEJ-L.  In the
index
listing there is a file named TESLEJ-L APAGUIDE.  For you info, TESLEJ-L is
the electronic journal of TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language).


Additionally, College and Research Library News, Sept. 1994, p. 511
gives a brief description of how to cite Internet sources.


For those of us who are interested in cataloging the resources of the
Internet, Bruce E. Mills mentioned a draft document, "Guidelines for
bibliographic description of Internet resources," which is available
from OCLC. The print edition can be ordered from OCLC (Product code
8320) for $22.50. This document is also available in a PostScript
version via anonymous FTP as follows:

    Host: ftp.rsch.oclc.org
    Dir:  /pub/internet_resources_project/report
    Files: *.ps


the new APA Style manual also has the its way of handling electronic
citings.

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Date:    Mon, 6 Mar 1995 18:53:48 GMT
From:    Shelley Kardon 
Subject: BIOSIS Announces its World Wide Web Server

                BIOSIS Announces its World Wide Web Server

BIOSIS has mounted its World Wide Web server on the Internet. The BIOSIS web
server can
be reached via the URL: http://www.biosis.org

Through the new World Wide Web server, customers can find:

  Free educational information, including "How to Search" instructional
booklets
  Detailed product information
  Zoology-related information through a link to the BIOSIS, U.K. office
  Current and back year pricing information
  Publication delivery dates
  The full text of the BIOSIS Evolutions newsletter
  Sales office locations

Also available through the BIOSIS World Wide Web server are screens that allow
customers
to:

Pose questions to the BIOSIS help desk
Complete "profile development forms" for B-I-T-S, BIOSIS' customized literature
search
service
Sign up for BIOSIS training courses
Order copies of original documents indexed by BIOSIS through BIOSIS Document
Express

Users who have access to the Internet but not to the World Wide Web can receive
free
educational material and place an order by contacting BIOSIS through its new
Internet e-mail
address: info@mail.biosis.org

BIOSIS' European customers can reach the European Help Desk at the Internet
e-mail
address: helpdesk@york.biosis.org

For more information about BIOSIS' web server, contact the BIOSIS Marketing and
Sales
Department at 1-800-523-4806 (USA and Canada); (215) 587-4847 (Worldwide); Fax:
(215)
587-2041; Internet: info@mail.biosis.org

BIOSIS, a not-for-profit organization, produces bibliographic databases that
cover
international life science literature.  Serving the research needs of
scientists, information
specialists, business professionals, and students, BIOSIS' databases are
available in a variety
of formats including print, CD-ROM and online.

5555555555555555555
Date:    Thu, 9 Mar 1995 12:08:52 -0800
From:    Marcel Fortin 
Subject: WWW Cdn HIV Trials Network

The Canadian HIV Trials Network would like to announce its
new World Wide Web homepage.  The site includes all AIDS/HIV
clinical trial information available in print otherwise along
with all Network publications.  You can also find some interesting
projects in which the Network takes part.  One of these projects
is INTERact, the International AIDS Clinical Trials information
project, along with others.

While some parts of the site are still under construction, most
of the areas are functioning and useful for health care workers,
physicians, and Persons Living with AIDS/HIV.

Most of the same information can also be found in our anonymous
ftp site at "hivnet.ubc.ca". Login as "anonymous" and leave
your email address as your password.  Change directories to
"pub/science/trialinfo".

If you have any requests, comments or questions about our services,
please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Fortin@hivnet.ubc.ca
or 1-800-661-4664
or (604) 631-5327

------------------------------

Date:    Thu, 9 Mar 1995 12:12:35 -0800
From:    Marcel Fortin 
Subject: WWW Cdn HIV Trials Network

The Canadian HIV Trials Network homepage can be found
at the following URL:

http://unixg.ubc.ca:780/~fortin/Marcel.html

Sorry for the need of a second message.

Fortin@hivnet.ubc.ca

66666666666666666666
Date:    Thu, 9 Mar 1995 10:46:12 -0600
From:    "COOPER, ELLEN R." 
Subject: LIB'N LOSES JOB

There's a news item on the front page of the Wall Street Journal
for Tuesday, March 7 titled, "Corporate librarians find the
information boom can threaten their jobs." It goes on to describe
how a company librarian lost her job (the library was closed)
because the company was letting the staff do their own online
searches now. Internet specifically was mentioned. I wonder if
the employees will continue to be satisfied with the quality of
their own searches. Or if they'll even know what they're missing.
The librarian is quoted as saying she "didn't do a good job of
marketing herself or the library" so I guess there's a lesson
there for all of us.

Ellen Cooper, Librarian
Solvay Pharmaceuticals
Marietta, GA 30062
ECOOPER@LIFE.JSC.NASA.GOV

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> From Marc.Rittberger@uni-konstanz.de Tue Mar 14 17:56:22 1995
> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 95 17:24:02 +0100
> From: Marc.Rittberger@uni-konstanz.de (M. Rittberger)
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> Subject: HIM'95 - information
> 
> Don't miss the tutorials at HIM'95. If you are interested 
> to participate at one of the pre-conference tutorials send email 
> to Marc.Rittberger@uni-konstanz.de until 15th March.
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>          Conference Hypertext - Information Retrieval - Multimedia
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>                  5 - 7 April 1995, University of Konstanz    
>  
> 
> ***************************  Organised by:  ***************************
> 
>        The department of Information Science, University of Konstanz
>             (FG Informationswissenschaft, Universitaet Konstanz),
>                The Society for Appplied Information Science
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> 
> Tutorial T_1:  Erzeugung von Hypertexten in der industriellen Praxis.
> Organizer:     Dr. Martin Hofmann, SAP AG
> Time and Date: Dienstag 14.00 - 17.30 und Mittwoch 09.00 - 12.30
> Intended:
> Audience:      Personen, die vor praktischen Aufgaben im Hypertext-
>                umfeld stehen, sowie Entscheider, die ueber Hypertext-
>                projekte entscheiden muessen. Ausserdem Personen aus
>                dem akademischen Umfeld, die sich fuer die Problem-
>                stellungen der Praxis interessieren (muessen).
> Duration:      ganztaegig
> Abstract:      1 Einfuehrung
>                2 Hypertextanwendungen, WWW
>                3 Verteilungsmittel
>                4 Dokumentstandards, Hypertextstandards
>                5 Problemfelder beim Einsatz/Erzeugung von HT in der
>                  Praxis
>                6 Werkzeuge zum Erzeugen von Hypertexten
>                7 Konsistenz von Hypertexten
>                8 Entwicklungsmethodik ESPRIT-Projekt HYTEA/HIFI
>                9 Entwicklungsmethodik Simon/Hofmann
>                10 Ergonomische Faktoren im einzelnen
> Curriculum
> vitae:         Dr. Martin Hofmann
>                ******************
>                bis 1987     Studium der Informatik an der TU Braunschweig
>                1987-1991    Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der TU 
>                             Braunschweig
>                             Taetigkeitsgebiete: Multimediasysteme,
>                             Hypertext, wissensbasierte Systeme,
>                             Objektorientierte Dokumentarchitekturen
>                1991         Dissertation; Themenkreis Hypermedia
>                seit 1991    Mitarbeiter der SAP AG, Walldorf
>                             Taetigkeitsbereiche: Hypertext,
>                             Multimediaevaluationen, Textsysteme,
>                             offene Schnittstellen der SAP
>                seit 1994 Projektleitung Desktopintegration
>                Dr. Hofmann ist Autor zahlreicher Veroeffentlichungen
>                mit Schwerpunkt Hypertext und Hypermedia. Seit 1990
>                gehoert er der Fachgruppenleitung der GI-Fachgruppe
>                "Hypertextsysteme" an. Ausserdem ist er Co-Autor des
>                Buchs 'Problemloesung Hypertext', Carl Hanser Verlag,
>                1995 (zusammen mit Lothar Simon).
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> Tutorial T_2:  Offene interaktive Multimedia Dokumente - Medien-
>                Kompression und MHEG.
> Organizer:     Dr. Ralf Steinmetz und Guido Grassel, IBM Heidelberg
> Time and Date: Dienstag 14.00 - 17.30 und Mittwoch 09.00 - 12.30
> Duration:      ganztaegig
> Abstract:      ca. 1.5 St., Multimedia: Uebersicht, Grundkonzepte 
>                Komponenten  
>                ca. 2 St., Kompression: Allgemein, JPEG, H.261,
>                MPEG-1, -2 -4
>                ca. 3 St., ISO Standardisierung MHEG: Konzepte,
>                Komponenten, Realisierungserfahrungen
>                ca. 0.5 St., Ausblick: Anwendungsbeispiele 
> 
>                Unterlagen zum Tutorial:
> 
>                zur "Anschauung":
>                -----------------
>                [Stei93] Ralf Steinmetz, Multimedia-Technologie:
>                Einfuehrung und Grundlagen, Springer-Verlag, 1993.
> 
>                wird verteilt:
>                --------------
>                [Stei94a] Ralf Steinmetz; Data Compression in
>                Multimedia Computing: Principles and Techniques; acm 
>                journal 'Multimedia Systems', vol.1, no.4, pp.166-172, 
>                February 1994.
>                [Stei94b] Ralf Steinmetz; Data Compression in 
>                Multimedia Computing: Standards and Systems; acm
>                journal 'Multimedia Systems', vol.1, no.5, March 1994,
>                pp.187-204.
>                [Meye94]: Thomas Meyer-Boudnik: MHEG in der Uebersicht;
>                Technischer Bericht der Universitaet Mannheim,
>                September 1994.
> Curriculum
> vitae:         Dr. Ralf Steinmetz
>                **************
>                Dr. habil. Ralf Steinmetz studied electrical engineering with
>                the focus on communications at the University of 
>                Salford, England, and at the Technical University of
>                Darmstadt, Germany, where he received the M.Sc.
>                (Dipl.-Ing.) degree in 1982. Working as scientific
>                assistant, he received the Ph.D. degree (Dr.-Ing.) in
>                1986 at the same university. There he worked in the
>                area of Petri-Nets and concurrent programming languages.
>                After the last graduation (Ph.D.) he focused his work
>                in CSP nd OCCAM, there he published the first book on
>                OCCAM-2 in German. Subsequently he joined the 
>                "Advanced Development Department" of "Philips 
>                Kommunikations Industrie" in Siegen-Eiserfeld, Germany,
>                where he was involved in an ISDN and established an 
>                ESPRIT project as part of multimedia workstations 
>                development activities.
>                Since 1988 he has worked at the IBM European Networking
>                Center (ENC) in Heidelberg, Germany. There he has been
>                involved in various multimedia communication activities.
>                He started the first activities on multimedia and 
>                networking at the ENC and was in charge of a multimedia 
>                laboratory. In the follow-up integrated multimedia
>                projects he acted as a key technical coordinator. He was
>                the leader of the whole OS/2 multimedia transport system
>                development and subsequently was in charge of several
>                application projects and the respective application 
>                support issues. Ralf Steinmetz is also in charge of the
>                definition and establishment of new projects in this
>                area. Now he leads the Multimedia Technology group at the
>                ENC in Heidelberg.
>                He lectures at the University of Frankfurt on
>                "distributed multimedia systems". He is editor and 
>                co-author of a multimedia course, which reflects the
>                major issues of a first in-depth technical book on
>                multimedia technology, 1993, (in German). He is editor 
>                of the magazine "Computer Communications" published by
>                Butterworths-Heinemann and of the "Distributed Systems 
>                Engineering".  He was the leader of a worldwide IEEE
>                Multimedia Taskforce working group for magazine
>                publication. There he is the associate-editor in-chief
>                of the IEEE Multimedia Magazine. He has served as chair,
>                vice-chair and member of various program and steering
>                committees of multimedia workshops and conferences. He
>                is member of acm, GI, ITG, and senior member of IEEE.
>                
>                Guido Grassel
>                *************
>                Mr. Guido Grassel studied computer science and business
>                administration (a joint course) at the University of 
>                Mannheim, Germany, where he received a Master's degree
>                in March 1994. His special interest at university was
>                deveoted to computer networks, software engeneering
>                and commercial computer applications. Since May 1993
>                he is working at the European Networking Center of IBM
>                in Heidelberg where he has evaluated the proposed
>                standard for a data interchange format for interactive
>                multimedia documents (MHEG) and developed a MHEG
>                run-time environment. Currently he represents IBM in 
>                the ESPRIT / Open MHEG Architecture (OMHEGA) project 
>                and the German national technology development project
>                Berkom Globally Accessible Services (GLASS). He has
>                been editor and author of a paper and a deliverable
>                within the OMHEGA project and has given a course about
>                the priniciples of MHEG and MHEG system design at the
>                EURECOM Institute in Sophia-Antipolis, France.
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> Tutorial T_3:  Multimedia - von der Technik zur Anwendung
> Organizer:     Dr. Ulrich Glowalla, Univ. Giessen; Prof. Dr. Eric Schoop,
>                Technische Univ. Dresden
> Time and Date: Dienstag 14.00 - 17.30
> Intended
> Audience:      Adressaten sind in erster Linie Entscheider ueber die
>                Nutzung von Multimediatechnologie in beruflichen
>                und/oder privaten Einsatzfeldern. Grundlegende
>                Kenntnisse der Zusammenhaenge rechnerunterstuetzter
>                Informationsverarbeitung sind sinnvoll, weitere
>                Vorkenntnisse werden nicht vorausgesetzt.  
> Duration:      halbtaegig
> Abstract:      Ausgehend von einem grundlegenden Begriffsverstaendnis
>                werden die wichtigsten technologischen Aspekte von 
>                Multimedia eingehend erlaetert, bevor schwerpunktmae_ig
>                anhand exemplarischer Beispiele auf Nutzungsaspekte und
>                Einsatzgebiete der jungen Technologie eingegangen wird.
>                Im Vordergrund stehen die Eigenschaften des Mediums
>                und die sich daraus ableitenden Potentiale fuer bestimmte
>                Anwendungen. Entsprechend ihrer unterschiedlichen
>                fachlichen Herkunft (Psychologie, Wirtschaftsinformatik)
>                legen die Referenten ihr Hauptaugenmerk auf die 
>                kommunikativen und praesentativen Effekte multimedialer
>                Anwendungssysteme, auf technologieinduzierte Impulse, 
>                auf die dahinterstehenden Aufgaben sowie auf die 
>                Diskussion von Effektivitaet und Effizienz als Basis fuer
>                Einsatzentscheidungen
> 
>                Dieses Tutorium bietet sich als Vorbereitung auf eine
>                sich anschlie_ende Session wie T_2 oder T_7 an.   
> Curriculum
> vitae:         Prof. Dr. Eric Schoop
>                *********************
>                Prof. Dr. Eric Schoop  ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls fuer
>                Wirtschaftsinformatik, insbesondere Informations-
>                management, an der Fakultaet Wirtschaftswissenschaften
>                der Technischen Universitaet Dresden. Nach dem Studium
>                der Volkswirtschaftslehre an der Universitaet Heidelberg
>                wurde er an der Universitaet Bamberg 1987 mit einer
>                Arbeit ueber dezentrale Fertigungsinformationssysteme
>                zum Dr.rer.pol. promoviert. 1993 erfolgte die
>                Habilitation zum Dr. rer.pol.habil an der Universitaet
>                Wuerzburg mit einer Arbeit ueber entscheidungs-
>                orientierte Informationsverarbeitung mit Hypertext.
>                Derzeitige Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind die Entwicklung
>                verteilter, multimedialer Anwendungssysteme sowie
>                das Informationsmanagement in kooperativen Arbeits-
>                umgebungen. Prof. Schoop ist aktiv in mehreren
>                Fachgruppen der Gesellschaft fuer Informatik und
>                Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Beirats des Heidelberger
>                Multimediakongresses.
> 
>                Dr. Ulrich Glowalla
>                *******************
>                Dr. habil. Ulrich Glowalla, geb.1951, vertritt seit 1989
>                an der Universitat Gie_en eine Professur fuer Kognitive 
>                und Paedagogische Psychologie. Im gleichen Jahr gruendete
>                er die Forschungsgruppe "Entwicklung und Evaluation
>                interaktiver Lern- und Informationssysteme", die
>                bis heute unter seiner Leitung in 26 Einzelunter-
>                suchungen die Effizienz elektronischer Medien untersucht
>                hat. Dr. Glowalla arbeitete als Gastwissenschaftler an
>                verschiedenen Universitaeten und Gro_forschungsein-
>                richtungen in USA und Europa. Er gehort seit 1990 dem
>                Leitungsgremium der Fachgruppe 4.9.1, Hypertextsysteme,
>                der Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI) an. 1992 rief er
>                gemeinsam mit dem Wirtschaftsinformatiker Prof. Schoop
>                den GI-Arbeitskreis "Hypermedia in der Aus- und 
>                Weiterbildung" ins Leben. Dr.Glowalla ist au_erdem
>                stellvertretender Vorsitzender des wissenschaftlichen
>                Beirats des Deutschen Multimedia Kongresses.
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> Tutorial T_4:  Einfuehrung in Information Retrieval.
> Organizer:     Prof. Dr. Norbert Fuhr, Univ. Dortmund
> Time and Date: Dienstag 14.00 - 17.30
> Aim:           Der traditionelle Forschungsgegenstand des Information
>                Retrieval (IR) ist die inhaltlichen Suche in Text-
>                bestaenden. Weder reichen die hierfuer von den Datenbank-
>                systemen angebotenen Zeichenkettenfunktionen aus, noch
>                bieten die derzeit auf dem Markt vertretenen speziali-
>                sierten IR-Systeme (mit ihrer zudem umstaendlichen
>                Bedienung) eine befriedigende Retrievalqualitaet. Schon
>                25 Jahre alte Ansaetze aus der IR-Forschung ermoeglichen
>                dagegen eine effektivere Suche bei gleichzeitig 
>                einfacherer Bedienung. Hierbei werden Anfragen als vage
>                aufgefasst und die Repraesentation der Textinhalte als
>                mit Unsicherheit behaftet angesehen; anstelle einer
>                fest umrissenen Antwortmenge wird daher eine nach
>                fallender "Aehnlichkeit zur Anfrage geordnete Folge von
>                Antworten bestimmt. 
>                Ziel dieses Kurses ist es, neuere, grundlegende
>                Konzepte aus dem Bereich des IR vorzustellen; ein Teil
>                hiervon wird anhand experimenteller und teilweise auch
>                im Internet verbreiteter Systeme demonstriert. Auf
>                gaengige kommerzielle Systeme wird hingegen nicht
>                eingegangen.
> 
> Intended
> Audience:      Das Tutorium bietet eine Einfuehrung fuer alle an dem
>                Gebiet "`Information Retrieval"' Interessierte, 
>                insbesondere fuer Entwickler und Anwender von
>                IR-Systemen.
> Duration:      halbtaegig
> Abstract:      Einfuehrung: Vagheit und Unsicherheit in Informations-
>                systemen
>                Retrievalqualitaet: Relevanz, Bewertungsma_e und 
>                -methoden
>                Repraesentation von Textinhalten: informatische,
>                computerlinguistische und wissensbasierte Methoden
>                IR-Modelle: Boolesches und Fuzzy Retrieval,
>                Vektorraummodell, probabilistisches Modell, Clustering.
> 
>                Begleitmaterial:
>                Folienkopien, kommentiertes Literaturverzeichnis.
> 
> Curriculum
> vitae:         Prof.Dr. Norbert Fuhr
>                *********************
>                Norbert Fuhr arbeitete nach seinem Datentechnik-
>                Studium als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und
>                Hochschulassistent am Fachbereich Informatik der 
>                TH Darmstadt, wo er 1986 ueber "`Probabilistisches
>                Indexing und Retrieval"' promovierte. Seit 1991 ist er
>                Inhaber einer Professur am Fachbereich Informatik der
>                Universitaet Dortmund. Seine Hauptarbeitsgebiete sind
>                probabilistische IR-Modelle, die Integration von IR- 
>                und Datenbanksystemen und IR in multimedialen 
>                Informationssystemen. Er ist Sprecher der 1991
>                gegruendeten Fachgruppe Information Retrieval der GI.
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> Tutorial T_5:  Offene Hypertextsysteme
> Organizer:     Dr. Rainer Hammwoehner, Univ. Konstanz           
> Time and Date: Mittwoch 09.00 bis 12.30
> Intended
> Audience:      Das Tutorial wendet sich an einen Personenkreis, der sich
>                ueber die Moeglichkeiten offener Hypertext-Systeme
>                informieren will. Es werden aber auch Aspekte der 
>                Realisierung derartiger Syteme untersucht, die fuer 
>                Entwickler von Interesse sind. Spezielle Vorkenntnisse
>                sind nicht erforderlich. 
> Duration:      halbtaegig
> Abstract:      Offenheit von Hypertexten bzw. Hypertext-Systemen, ein
>                Aspekt der in der Forschung in den Vordergrund gerueckt
>                ist und auch in der Praxis an Bedeutung gewinnen wird,
>                umfa_t eine Gruppe von Systemeigenschaften, wie
>                - Verteiltheit / gro_e Datenmengen,
>                - diversifizierte Nutzungsmoeglichkeiten,
>                - Multi-Medialitaet,
>                - heterogene Nutzergruppern,
>                - Integration heterogener Informationsressourcen
>                  (e-mail, Online-Db, etc.).
>               Das Tutorial wird den Begriff der Offenheit im Zusammenhang
>               mit Hypertext-Systemen einfuehren und plausibel machen. Der
>               von derartigen Systemen zu erwartende Nutzen wird an
>               konkreten Beispielen exemplarisch aufgezeigt.
>               Abschlie_end wird auf Aspekte der Implementation derartiger
>               Systeme eingegangen.
>               Im einzelnen werden folgende Fragestellungen angesprochen: 
>               - Struktur offener Hypertexte
>               - Benutzerschnittstellen fuer offene Hypertext-System fuer
>                 die
>                   - Navigation / Suche in offenen Hypertexten
>                   - Manipulation offener Hypertexte
>               - Integritaet offener Hypertexte
>               - Tailoring offener Hypertexte
> Curriculum
> vitae:         Dr. Rainer Hammwoehner
>                **********************
>                Dr. Rainer Hammwoehner, geb. 14.12.56, Studium der
>                medizinischen Informatik in Heidelberg/Heilbronn, seit
>                1983 Mitarbeit im Fachbereich Informationswissenschaft der
>                Universitaet Konstanz, zunaechst in den Projekten
>                TOPOGRAPHIC und TOPIC/TOPOGRAPHIC, seit Promotion im Jahr
>                1990 als Hochschulassistent. Seit 1991 Projektleiter
>                zusammen mit Prof. Kuhlen des DFG-Projekts WITH, das die
>                Entwicklung einer Methodologie offener Hypertext-Systeme
>                zum Ziel hat.
> 
> ************************************************************************
> Tutorial T_6:  Entwurf und Gestaltung kooperativer Hypermediasysteme.
> Organizer:     Dr. Dr. Norbert Streitz, GMD Darmstadt
> Time and Date: Mittwoch 09.00 bis 12.30
> Aim:           In diesem Tutorial sollen die Teilnehmer einerseits das
>                innovative Potential von Hypertext und Hypermedia fuer 
>                Anwendungen im Bereich des computergestuetzten 
>                kooperativen Arbeitens (CSCW - Computer-Supported
>                Cooperative Work) kennenlernen. Andererseits soll
>                dargestellt werden, wie existierende Hypermediasysteme
>                um die Funktionalitaet verteilter und kooperativer
>                Systeme erweitert werden muessen. Dazu gehoert auch
>                die Perspektive, kooperative Hypermediasysteme als eine 
>                Basis fuer Anwendungen auf den zur Zeit diskutierten
>                Datenautobahnen (Information Super Highways) einzusetzen.
> Intended 
> Audience:      Das Tutorial wendet sich an Teilnehmer, die keine 
>                speziellen Vorkenntnisse zu  Hypertext oder CSCW haben
>                muessen. Das Tutorial richtet sich sowohl an aktuelle 
>                oder potentielle Anwender als auch an Entwickler aus
>                Forschung und Industrie.
> Duration:      halbtaegig
> Abstract:      Das Tutorial beginnt mit einer kurzen Einfuehrung in die
>                Konzepte von Hypertext/Hypermedia und in ausgewaehlte
>                Szenarios von CSCW-Anwendungen (z.B. kooperative
>                Dokumenterstellung von zeitlich und raeumlich verteilten
>                Gruppen, kooperatives Problemloesen, Argumentations- und
>                Entscheidungsunterstuetzung). Dies betrifft sowohl die
>                Zusammenarbeit vom persoenlichen Arbeitsplatz aus
>                (desktop-based collaboration) als auch lokale und
>                verteilte elektronische Gruppensitzungsraeume (electronic
>                meeting rooms). Auf der Basis dieser Anwendungs-
>                situationen werden Anforderungen fuer den Entwurf und die
>                Gestaltung von kooperativen Informationssystemen
>                abgeleitet. Dabei spielen z. B. Fragen der synchronen und
>                der asynchronen Zusammenarbeit und der "weichen" 
>                Uebergaenge zwischen Situationen eine wichtige Rolle. Es
>                werden ausgewaehlte Beispiele von kooperativen 
>                Hypermediaystemen vorgestellt und in Bezug auf die
>                zugrundeliegenden Designentscheidungen kritisch
>                diskutiert. Zum Abschlu wird ein Ausblick auf aktuelle
>                Entwicklungen und sich abzeichnende Trends gegeben. Die
>                interaktive Praesentation wird durch ausgewaehlte Video 
>                Clips von Systemen ergaenzt.
> Curriculum
> vitae:         Dr. Dr. Norbert A. Streitz
>                **************************
>                Dr. Dr. Norbert A. Streitz ist der stellvertretende
>                Leiter des Instituts fuer integrierte Publikations- und
>                Informationssysteme (IPSI) der GMD in Darmstadt. Seit
>                1987 am IPSI, leitet er dort seit 1990 den Forschungs-
>                bereich "Kooperative Hypermediasysteme". Er ist Sprecher
>                der GI-Fachgruppe Hypertextsysteme (seit 1990) und war  
>                Vice Chair der ACM SIGLINK (Special Interest Group fuer
>                Hypertext/media) von 1991-1993. Seit 1991 ist er 
>                Associate Editor der Fachzeitschriften ACM Transactions
>                on Information Systems (TOIS) und Hypermedia.
> 
> ************************************************************************
> Tutorial T_7:  Informationssuche in Multimedia-Datenbanken.
> Organizer:     Prof. Dr. Peter Schaeuble, ETH Zuerich
> Time and Date: Mittwoch 09.00 bis 12.30
> Intended
> Audience:      Alle Interessierte mit Grundkenntnissen im Bereich
>                Informationssysteme.
> Duration:      halbtaegig
> Abstract:      Fuer die schnelle und flexible Bereitstellung von
>                Information werden immer oefter moderne Informations-
>                und Kommunikationstechnologien (Information
>                Superhighways, Digitale Bibliotheken) eingesetzt.
>                Insbesondere werden spezielle Muldimedia-
>                Datenbanksysteme (Dokumenten-Management-Systeme)
>                verwendet, um die schnell anwachsende Zahl verfuegbarer
>                Dokumente zu verwalten und zu archivieren. Dabei haben
>                wir es seit neuestem neben Text- auch vermehrt mit 
>                Multimedia-Dokumenten zu tun, die Bilder, Audio-
>                aufnahmen und Filmsequenzen enthalten, anstelle von
>                Referenzen auf solche nichttextuelle Objekte. Die
>                Multimedialitaet der Dokumente, die schnell anwachsende
>                Zahl maschinenlesbarer Dokumentenkollektionen und
>                deren komplexe Struktur haben dazu gefuehrt, da_ das
>                Auffinden relevanter (und nur relevanter) Information
>                schwieriger geworden ist.
>                Das hier angekuendigte Tutorium ist dem Problem der 
>                schwieriger gewordenen Informationssuche gewidmet.
>                Es werden moderne Methoden vorgestellt, welche die 
>                Informationssuche in grossen Multimedia-Datenbanken 
>                optimal unterstuetzen. Ausserdem wird anhand von
>                Systemdemonstrationen gezeigt, wie diese Methoden in
>                verschiedenen Informationssystemen Anwendung finden.
> Curriculum
> vitae:         Prof. Dr. Peter Schaeuble
>                *************************
>                Nach dem Mathematikstudium an der ETH Zuerich
>                beschaeftigte sich Peter Schaeuble mit der Berechnung
>                von Satellitenbahnen bei der Europaeischen Raumfahrt-
>                organisation (ESA). Er doktorierte anschliessend an
>                der ETH auf dem Gebiet Information Retrieval und
>                verbrachte einen Postdoc-Aufenthalt bei den
>                Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Kalifornien. Seither ist
>                er als Oberassistent bzw. als Assistenzprofessor am 
>                Institut fuer Informationssysteme der ETH Zuerich taetig
>                und beschaeftigt sich mit der Informationssuche auf
>                grossen Mengen von Daten.
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> ***********************************************************************
> 
> Registration for the pre-conference tutorials
> *********************************************
> 
> For registration we recommend the email registration form at the bottom
> of this message. The deadline for the tutorial registration is March 15
> 1995.
> 
> Students are kindly asked to send a copy of their actual enrolment 
> (Immatrikulationsbescheinigung). Please bring along your student 
> identification card for the conference check-in in Konstanz.
> 
> Please notice: Registration is valid only with the conference fee paid!
> Please keep a receipt with you.
> 
> All tutorials will be held in german.
> 
> The tutorials will take place only with the minimum number of eight
> participants.
> 
> Registration fee
> ****************
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>                      I   (full-day)         II  (half-day) T_3, T_4  I
>                      I    T_1, T2           II   T_5, T_6,T_7        I
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> ****************  HIM'95 Tutorial Registration Form  *****************
> 
>             to be returned to the Organisation Committee:
> 
>                   Marc.Rittberger@uni-konstanz.de
> 
> Name:________________________________________________________________
> Title:_______________________________________________________________
> Affiliation:_________________________________________________________
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> Ganztaegige (full-day) Tutorials:
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>  (  ) T_3   (  )  T_4   (  )  T_5    (  ) T_6    (  ) T_7
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> 
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> 


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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 95 13:53:11 EST
From: obarnett@WARREN.MED.HARVARD.EDU
To: mmatrix-l@www.kumc.edu
Subject: DXplain available over Internet
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DXplain, a diagnostic decision support system, developed at the
Laboratory of Computer Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, has
been available for many years both as a PC version and over a
commercial network. DXplain provides access to a structured knowledge
base of clinical manifestations and disease entities. The user can 1)
enter clinical manifestations for analysis, 2) request information
(including recommended literature references) about a disease and 3)
request a discussion about diseases associated with a particular
finding. DXplain contains over 5,000 terms for describing patient
symptoms, signs, epidemiology, and x-ray and laboratory results and
over 2000 diseases.

DXplain's comprehensive knowledge base is designed to provide plausible
explanations for a given set of signs and symptoms. DXplain is not
intended to provide the "right answer" or to give definitive medical
consultation regarding the diagnosis of any patient.  It should not be
used as an automated differential diagnosis system to replace or
overrule a physician's judgment. DXplain should not be considered
complete or always accurate.  There are diseases and signs and symptoms
which are not included; there are probably inaccuracies regarding the
occurrence of particular signs and symptoms in specific disease
entities.

We are now providing access to DXplain on a trial basis through telnet
connections over the Internet. Access to DXplain requires the user to
sign a license with the Massachusetts General Hospital and is available
only to licensed physicians or to medical educational institutions and
hospitals where a collaborative evaluation is an essential component of
the arrangement.  DXplain is a robust and mature system, which has been
used by thousands of physicians and medical students for over a decade;
however, we continue to look upon it as a system in evolution.  We
consider users of the system to be part of an R&D collaboration.
Feedback from our users is important for the on-going improvement of
DXplain.  We monitor the DXplain sessions, and strongly encourage users
to take advantage of DXplain's built-in mailbox feature to provide us
with comments, criticisms, and suggestions.

Because providing Internet access to DXplain is a new experiment, we
are providing two trial evaluation arrangements to new users. The
first, for a fee of $30, provides a 30 day license for up to 10 hours
of use; the second, for a fee of $100, provides up to 50 hours of
access over a period of 2 months.

If you would like to take advantage of this offer, please respond by
email and we will return by email a license agreement. The license
agreement must be signed and returned as required by the trustees of
the Massachusetts General Hospital.  As soon as we receive the signed
license and the initial payment, we will send you a set of instructions
for the telnet connection and passwords for access.

Octo Barnett, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Laboratory of Computer Science
Massachusetts General Hospital
50 Staniford St, Boston, MA 02114  USA           dxp-lic\dxintro.int
 617/ 726-3939 FAX: 617/ 726-8481 obarnett@warren.med.harvard.edu