Scout Report: Week ending September 9, 1994
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Highlights in this week's Report:
- National Science Foundation Homepage
- VP Gore's Homepage
- Continuing Medical Education credits earned on the Web
- Accessing The Internet By E-Mail: FTP, gopher, Usenet, WWW...
- The 19th Hole
World Wide Web:
-
The Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library has been now added to the WWW
Virtual Library systems at Coombs Computing Unit, Research Schools of
Social Sciences & Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National
University, Canberra. Others include Asian Studies, Demography
& Population Studies, and Social Sciences.
- The EnviroWeb
is advertised as the world's largest environmental
information archive on-line... and the clearinghouse of all on-line
environmental information. Collections include the Virtual Environmental
Library, the Internet Environmental Resource Directory, and the
EnviroProducts Directory, containing information about many different
environmentally-friendly or "green" products and services.
- The National Science Foundation
announces its WWW Home Page which
includes the Guide to Programs and the Grants Proposal Guide. These
documents provide information on program initiatives at NSF, along with
instructions for preparing and submitting proposals. Biographies of NSF
officials, weekly "What's New" pages, and a link to NSF's publications
database are also accessible.
-
Plugged In is a non-profit group which brings computer-based educational
programs to children from low-income communities. Based in East Palo
Alto, California, the site contains curriculum materials, online projects
by kids and completed multimedia projects by kids.
- The University of Washington
Department of Radiology Webserver offers
an online learning center with Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits
are available online through the Webserver. The University of Washington
School of Medicine has designated the digital teaching file on the
Webserver for credit hours in Category I of the Physicians Recognition
Award of the American Medical Association.
- Vice President Al Gore's National Performance Review announces the test
release of
"Your ToolKit to help reinvent government." An inter-active
World Wide Web home page. In the ToolKit users will find one of the best
sources of reinvention information as well as important links to the
people and places working to create a government that works better and
costs less.
-
Women's Resources Project presents information on academic programs in
Women's Studies and libraries with strong collections pertaining to the
discipline, women and literature, community resources for women, and a
gathering of women's resources found on the 'net.
- The USENIX Association,
the UNIX and advanced computing systems professional and technical
association, announces the availability of its WWW server.
- Recently Announced College and University Web Servers:
Gopher
Email/FTP/Telnet
- The Electronic Newsstand is a service which collects articles,
editorials, and table of contents from over 165 magazines and provides
them to the Global Internet community. The Electronic Newsstand now
offers email access for those without a local Gopher, telnet or Mosaic
client program. Send any email message (a blank line is sufficient) to
gophermail@enews.com, and instructions will be returned
to you. For more information about the services of the Electronic
Newsstand, send email to info@enews.com.
- Expanded 2nd edition of Accessing The Internet By E-Mail: shows you how
to retrieve files from FTP sites, explore the Internet via Gopher, search
for information with Archie, Veronica, or WAIS, tap into the World-Wide
Web, and even access Usenet newsgroups using E-MAIL as your only tool.
Lots of new stuff as a result of comments received from around the world.
Check out the updated Net Goodies section! New info on European mail
servers.
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National Information Infrastructure
- The President signed P.L. 103-317, the FY95 Appropriations bill for the
Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary (H.R. 4603) on
August 26. Among the programs funded through this bill are Information
Infrastructure Grants to demonstrate applications of telecommunications
technology for education, health care, public and community services, and
public safety. The conferees on the bill (H.Rept. 103-708) decided to
appropriate $64,000,000 for FY95 to the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration for these matching grants to help nonprofit
entities, including libraries, develop the National Information
Infrastructure. The conference report noted the value of the creation of
a national information highway to rural and remote areas, and urged NTIA to
give particular consideration to applications which would lead to
increased telecommunications access in areas where such service is not
readily available. (From ALAWON)
- New documents on the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications
Information Administration (NTIA) gopher:
- The Info Infra: Reaching Society's Goals(Comments Requested)
- Technology Policy Working Group Minutes from 07/28/94 meeting
- Notice of 09/13/94 NII Advisory Committee Meeting
- Notice of Three Intellectual Property Hearings
- Reengineering Through Information Technology
NetBytes
-
NCSA Web Server V1.3 for Microsoft Windows. This HTTP/1.0 compliant
server runs under Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in native
16-bit mode, providing fully multi-threaded operation for up to 8
simultaneous connections at rates of over 8/sec on a 486/66. It
incorporates the Windows CGI Specification as well as a DOS-VM based CGI
interface. Features closely match those of the NCSA Web server "httpd"
1.3 for Unix systems, including the common log file format, automatic
directory indexing, and access authorization.
Weekend Scouting:
- The 19th Hole
(a.k.a. "The Clubhouse") now offers The Rules of Golf
Online. which answers all of your questions about the rules, settle your
score and tell a few tall tales in the Clubhouse after a hard 18. The
19th Hole is a place for golfers to relax, share some stories and maybe
even settle a bet or two (not that golfers bet!) Included is Headlines!
with info on the latest scores, tournaments, and local happenings. The
1994 Golf Digest Record Book is the place to find out how your favorite
golfer did in 1993 or who won the British Open in 1863.
- THE GAMES DOMAIN -
The largest collection of games related links on the
Internet. This site contains over 140 links to various FAQs,
walkthroughs, FTP links, home pages, interactive links, information
documents, and much more! Also games reviews via the W3 version of
GameBytes magazine.
- World Wide Web photography exposition,
The Jazz Photography Of Ray Avery, explores 50's West Coast
Jazz through Avery's classic images, a
discography, record covers and music samples. It is offered by
University of California, Irvine Bookstore.
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