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InterNIC News, July 96,Vol. 1 Issue 4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Newell)
Wed Jul 10 21:31:11 1996
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 17:29:17 -0500 (CDT)
From: Tom Newell <tomn@internic.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
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The July issue of the InterNIC News newsletter is now available
at the URL:
http://rs.internic.net/nic-support
In this issue:
CyberStacks
by Robin Murphy, InterNIC
a prototype demonstration project at Iowa State University,
under the direction of Gerry McKiernan, Coordinator of the Science
and Technology Section of the Reference and Instructional Services
Department, is one approach to applying the traditional touchstones
of librarianship - selection, organization, presentation and
access - to networked information. Using the Library of Congress
Classification scheme and selection criteria identified by the
American Library Association's Reference Collection Development
and Evaluation Committee, CyberStackssm is tackling the Internet.
The InterNIC's Referral Whois:
Bringing Questions Closer to the Answers
by Rich Landers, InterNIC
The RWhois client/server program currently being developed by
Network Solutions, Inc. and implemented at InterNIC will provide
tools that bring the answer closer to the question when performing
a Whois query. RWhois will take advantage of the existing
technologies of X.500, Whois, Whois++, and DNS. It is hierarchical
by design, allowing for the reduction of a query, and providing a
distributed system for the display of hierarchical information
End User's Corner
Basic Considerations for Publishing on the Internet
by Jack Solock
The Internet has given computer users access to amazing amounts of
information. Perhaps more significantly, it has offered publication
capabilities to almost anyone. If you are about to develop Web pages,
there are two basic considerations that should influence how you
design those pages.
1.Who are your users?
2.What is your content?
InterNIC Support for Higher Education Institutions:
A Report on the InterNIC Outreach Efforts to the Research and
Education (R&E) Community
by Tom Newell, InterNIC
A look at the outreach efforts of the InterNIC to determine what
service would be of value to the Research and Education community.
Responding to Mail Spam
Keeping Your Mailbox Junk-Free
By Julie Robichaux, InterNIC
You may already be a winner!
An advertising circular. Coupons from the local pizza place.
Mail-order catalogs. A postcard. Contest entries. Special
offers: act now!
Does this sound like the mail you find in your mailbox at home?
Most of us are used to the junk mail we receive every day, and
hardly blink at mail addressed to "Occupant," "Resident," or even
"Our friend at..." But deliver the same kind of commercially-oriented
mail to our electronic mailboxes and we sit up and take notice.
Performance Measures
InterNIC Statistics for May 1996
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