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UMich Library to Suspend its Commerce Data (EBB) Gopher
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Grace A York)
Thu Oct 3 22:06:05 1996
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 16:18:20 -0500 (CDT)
From: Grace A York <graceyor@umich.edu>
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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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TO SUSPEND ITS COMMERCE DATA GOPHER IN
FAVOR OF STAT-USA SITE LICENSE
The Department of Commerce has recently placed the vast majority of
files only on its dial-in Economic Bulletin Board Server to
the STAT-USA World Wide Web Server (URL: http://www.stat-usa.gov/).
Due to the friendliness of the STAT-USA interface, new software which
permits STAT-USA to site-license access to large clusters of IP addresses,
and the availability of a single no-cost password to federal depository
libraries, the University of Michigan has agreed to suspend its
downloading of all STAT-USA files to its own gopher server
(gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu:70/11/ebb) as of October 9, 1996.
The following files had previously been suspended from the University of
Michigan's gopher server on April 4, 1996: AgWorld, Eastern European
Euroopean Trade Leads,Industrial Sector Analysis Reports, International
Market Insight Reports, Trade Opportunity Program, USDA Agriculture
Leads, and United Aid Initiative.
Users affiliated with the University of Michigan may access
Stat-USA's files directly using the URL: http://www.stat-usa.gov/
Non-University of Michigan users can obtain information about
STAT-USA/Internet by calling the STAT-USA Helpline at (202) 482-1986,
Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Eastern Time, or via
e-mail at stat-usa@doc.gov.
For a list of federal depository libraries which may have
on-site access to STAT-USA, consult the Government Printing
Office web site (URL: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos001.html).
Grace York, Coordinator
Documents Center
University of Michigan Library
graceyor@umich.edu
October 2, 1996
