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Teaching Internet to Academic Staff
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (maryanne ashton)
Thu Jul 23 11:48:56 1992
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 10:43:49 CDT
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From: maryanne ashton <m.ashton@uws.EDU.AU>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
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I have literally been thrown in the deep end. It is my responsibility to
promote AARNET and the Internet to Academic staff of an agriculturally
based University. It is pretty scary out there considering that Academics
are very sceptical about the whole thing.
Currently we are going out to Academics and instructing them in such issues
as e-mail, FTP and all that jazz. The bit that worries me is that once
they know the how-to's what comes next? I have a pile of lists and things
for them to use, but it is a bit of a worry handing over a pile of
listservers and e-journals etc. Does anybody out there have another
method to assist academics in there search for knowledge? I have
considered breaking up each FTP'd file into subject areas for them. This
will be a lengthy process. Can someone please help. We have academics
lining up for lists. Tattle tap is the only thing that keeps these lists
in The Library. I have been able to refer one or two to listservers that
will benefit them, but only through coincidence.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Maryanne Ashton
Reference Librarian
University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury