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Subject: N-1-4-020.20.1
Gopher and Electronic Journals
Billy Barron, UNT/CICNet
<BILLY@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
The Internet Gopher and its cousin World Wide Web (WWW) are the first Internet
systems that really allow the easy distribution of electronic journals
to readers. A variety of sites ranging from UNT to NCSU to CICNet to MSEN
have worked in this field already. The level of cooperation has been nothing
less than amazing up to the present. However, in this article, I will focus on
one project at CICNet.
CICNet is the NSFNET regional provider for the Midwestern portion of the US and
has agressively providing information resources to its members. CICNet and its
members have seen that the archival and access of electronic journals is an
important task.
One of the beliefs of this project is that we are in the early stages of
electronic journals. Many of the journals are experimental in nature, and
these early efforts will provide early insights into the changing nature of
communication. It is also felt that we should not depend on the journal
producers to maintain historical archives anymore than we currently depend
on publishers or authors to maintain archives. CICNet will be attempting
to fill a part of this role.
Electronic journals will be collected in two methods. The first is a member
library will collect journals and ship volumes to CICNet for archival and
general access by CICNet members. The second method is that CICNet will be
directly collecting other journals via mostly automated procedures.
The project is also considering access issues. Is gopher hierarchies based on
a library classification scheme such as Library of Congress acceptable? Should
MARC records be cut for these items? What other access methods, such as WAIS,
are useful?
If you would like to look at the project, it is available via Gopher at
gopher.cic.net port 70 under the E-Serials item. Any specific questions or
comments can be directed to me at my CICNet account (billy@cic.net).