[546] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Summary to Internet training questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Billy Barron - VAX/UNIX Systems Ma)
Mon Jun 22 11:05:16 1992
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 10:02:20 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
From: Billy Barron - VAX/UNIX Systems Manager <billy@sol.acs.unt.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
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"Ron Doctor, Univ. of Alabama SLIS" <RDOCTOR@UA1VM.BITNET> writes:
>Dudee Chang's summary was very good, but it lacked one point that I think is
>important. Although a print copy of Art St. George's list is useful during a
>training session, it is even more useful to show the students how to access
>your local CWIS, on which you've mounted St. George's list, Billy Barron's
>list, and Judy Hallman's CWIS list ... at a minimum. This gives the students
>a greater sense of independence and allows them to look up the info they need
>without leaving their machines or waiting until the printed directory is
>available.
What's a LOT more useful than this is to mount HYTELNET on your system or use
the MSU Gopher version of HYTELNET. For some sites like I suspect Ron's is,
these are not possible to do, but if you can, it is definitely the way to go.
--
Billy Barron, VAX/UNIX Systems Manager, University of North Texas
Pres., League Against Salivating Monsters
billy@unt.edu, billy@untvax.bitnet, THENET: NTVAX::BILLY
