[11424] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Input solicited on Internet Scout offerings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anna M. Sloan)
Tue Jun 24 20:46:29 1997
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:29:20 -0500
From: "Anna M. Sloan" <asloan@kuentos.guam.net>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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I love the Scout!!! Does that say it? It is a major fav.
They have a wide variety of items in each message; the sites have
clear, concise descriptions. I have never gotten a dead http from
them. And I also enjoy the new column of following up on previously
reviewed sites.
Personally, I use the delete key a lot. In the case of the Scout, I
have NEVER deleted an issue. And I even have a special notebooks where
I have a hard copy of all the issues that I have received. (Yes, I know
about the archives, but I like my own copies.) Everything else, I just
archive on lists after a cutting to the bone delete session.
It make this a balanced review, I have to admit that I liked the old
header on Scout better than the new one. Don't really care for those
increasing/decreasing lines.
Gotta dash -- wet from the shower, on the way out. But I just had to
say something positive about my favorite Scout.
A.M. Sloan
At 01:56 PM 6/23/97 -0500, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>[n.b. sent to other lists last week; sent to PACS-L 6/21... it's not too
>late to respond!]
>
>For my next column in American Libraries, I'll be discussing the Internet
>Scout, <http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/> , a project focusing on virtual
>"readers' advisory" services for the Internet. In 1998, Internet Scout will
>be funded with a $3,000,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
>
>I'd like both experienced comments and first-time impressions of this
>project's offerings. Did you know these services exist? Do you use these
>services? If not, why not? (Are you using something else?) If you use
>Scout resources, what do you like best about them? Take a looky-loo to
>see what this librarian-operated project has to offer, and let me know what
>you think. If you send me comments for my article, please include your
>name, library or organization, city and state or country.
>
>Here's what the Internet Scout offers:
>
>The Scout Report (http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/)
>Around for four years now, this is a weekly report on key Internet resources.
>
>The Scout Report Signpost (http://www.signpost.org/).
>This is an LC-classified archive of over 21,000 resources, collected from
>Scout Reports. The Signpost is also a testbed for Dublin Core cataloging.
>
>Net-happenings (http://www.mid.net/NET/)
>Moderated by Internet veteran Gleason Sackman, this is a sort of Internet
>news-bulletin service, available through email, the Web, and other means.
>
>The KIDS Report (http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/KIDS/)
>KIDS (Kids Identifying and Reporting Sites) is a twice-monthly report by
>kids, for kids.
>
>I look forward to hearing from you!
>
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>Director, US EPA Region 2 Library | Contractor, Garcia Consulting
>http://www.epa.gov/Region2/library/ | Columnist, American Libraries
>Author of the forthcoming book, A Practical Guide to Internet Filters
>See The Filter Assessment Project at http://www.bluehighways.com/tifap/
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