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NBS LIBRARY SERVER Information Transfer Center, Ft.Collins, CO

last update - March 6, 1995
NEWCOMERS
Welcome to the National Biological Service (NBS) Information Transfer Center (ITC) Library Server. This facility is accessible to anyone with the ability to exchange electronic mail with the NBS through the USFWS communications backbone.

The Library Server is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

All inquiries or requests should be addressed to NBSITCLIB. Within the Department of Interior, that username may be addressed at ~IFWS.

ATTENTION: INTERNET USERS - Please read instructions at the bottom of this page regarding UUDECODE and FILE SIZE issues. Also, please note addressing instructions.

The Internet address for this username is NBSITCLIB@mail.fws.gov

All requests must be entered in the SUBJECT LINE of your message, not the MESSAGE TEXT.

INSTRUCTIONS
The SUBJECT LINE of your email to this username contains the command that triggers the response to your inquiry. For example, you received this guide in response to a message that contains the SUBJECT LINE "Send Help". Please note that with the exception of "Send Comment", the MESSAGE TEXT of your message is ignored - only the SUBJECT LINE is used for inquiries. You may use caps or lower case - the system is not case sensitive. Please enter the subject line EXACTLY as described below. Only the first request in the subject line will be acknowledged. If your request is not entered on the SUBJECT LINE exactly as documented below, your request CANNOT BE PROCESSED.

SUBSCRIBERS PLEASE NOTE: New or revised items below are prefaced with an *

The National Biological Service's Information Transfer Center announces the availability of an electronic version of the much sought-after report entitled "Endangered Ecosystems of the United States: A Preliminary Assessment of Loss and Degradation." This is the first in a continuing series of NBS reports to be released electronically prior to publication in hard copy.

We expect to begin distributing hard copies to recipients on the NBS mailing list about March 21. To obtain the electronic version (sans photographs), send a message to this library server with SEND ECOSYSTEMS MS in the subject line. Watch for more information on these electronic reports.

* To retrieve a copy of this document with photographs (2.7MB) from an ftp server, access the following ftp site:

ftp.its.nbs.gov (165.83.32.5)

Log in as ftp or anonymous and go to /pub/nbs-series. The file is called ecosystem.manuscript. Make sure your ftp client is set to binary transfer mode.

SERVICE MISSION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION
SEND SDI INSTRUCTIONS You will receive background information and instructions regarding receipt of NBS Selective Dissemination Information.

CURRENT VERSION DATED 1/4/95

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JANUARY 1995 DATA AVAILABLE

Four Monthly SDI's available on Automatic Electronic Mailing List: Wetlands Endangered and Threatened Species Contaminants Aquaculture.

SEND RIB INSTRUCTIONS You will receive background information and instructions regarding retrieval of the NBS Research Information Bulletins.

CURRENT VERSION DATED 1/31/95

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January RIBs now available.

RIBs available in WordPerfect 5.1 format only.

Electronic Mailing List now available.

SEND PA INSTRUCTIONS You will receive background information and instructions regarding retrieval of NBS Product Announcements -- a list of NBS-authored publications available directly from authors or from the Publications Unit at the Fish and Wildlife Service.

CURRENT VERSION DATED 11/3/94

(This contains a WordPerfect file - 20k)

Electronic Mailing List now available.

INFORMATION ABOUT THIS LIBRARY SERVER
SEND HELP You will receive this guide.

SEND COMMENT You can comment to the System Manager and System Owner regarding this server in your MESSAGE TEXT.

SUBSCRIBER SERVICE You will automatically receive updates to this User Guide as new features are added to the Library Server. (To remove your ID from the subscriber list, simply "SEND COMMENT" to the effect that you wish to be removed.)

INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER LIBRARY SERVERS
R9IRMLIB U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Information Management (IRM) Library Server. Operational between 8:30 AM (EST) Monday until approximately 9:00 AM (EST) Saturday.

All inquiries or requests should be addressed to R9IRMLIB. Within the Department of Interior, that username may be addressed at ~IFWS. The Internet address for this username is R9IRMLIB@mail.fws.gov.

Type "send help" on subject line of message to receive the Library Server User's Guide

ATTENTION: INTERNET USERS Internet users retrieving WordPerfect and other non-ASCII files via Internet Mail may need UUDECODE to "unencode" these files after retrieval. We cannot provide this utility to you. Please contact your Email administrator for assistance with UUDECODE.

Additionally, some responses may be too large to be received by your host system.

If you receive a response you cannot read or receive an error message that the file is too large, you should contact your local Email or System Manager for help.

http://www.nbs.gov/nbii/nbs2_3_2.htm
Last Updated 3/7/95