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BUBL - The Bulletin Board for Libraries
_A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
Dennis Nicholson
Systems Division
Strathclyde University Library
101 St James' Road
Glasgow
Scotland
United Kingdom
G4 ONS
_E_m_a_i_l: cijs03@vaxa.strathclyde.ac.uk
_P_h_o_n_e: 041 552 3701 ext 4132
_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
BUBL is the BUlletin Board for Libraries on JANET, the Joint
Academic NETwork in the U.K. BUBL collects information of
interest to network- using librarians and their users. A
major aim is to provide librarians with information on ser-
vices and resources on JANET and other networks (e.g., the
European IXI network and the world-wide Internet). However,
BUBL also covers items of general interest to librarians.
Moreover, it is increasingly used by non-librarians - lec-
turers, students, and others - for the guidance it provides
on finding and using networked resources and services. Most
BUBL users are from the U.K. However, there are known users
in several other countries, including Sweden, the Nether-
lands, Canada, Hong Kong, and the U.S.A.
BUBL is run by the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow
on behalf of JUGL, the JANET User Group for Libraries. It is
partially supported by the Information Systems Committee of
the Universities Funding Council and by private sponsorship,
but is run on a mainly voluntary basis by the two universi-
ties. The user interface is provided by a software package
called 'USERBUL'(copyright Leicester University and NISS).
This allows information to be accessed through a series of
menus and sub-menus. However, since the hierarchical
_________________________
The information in this section is provided in accor-
dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
of this guide.
September 20, 1992 NNSC Section 2.26, Page 1
structure is apparent rather than real, users need not
"climb" or "descend" 'through menus in order to reach the
files or menus they desire. It also allows users to search
large files by keyword, to transfer information to their
host machine via electronic mail using the POST command, to
send a message to the editor, or to display various kinds of
online help. Versions of this software are also used by the
humanities bulletin board HUMBUL and by the NISS (National
Information on Software and Services) bulletin board.
Sections of particular interest are:
B electronic reference works of various kinds, includ-
ing manuals, guides, descriptions of networked ser-
vices, bibliographies of networking
C recent LIS publications with abstracts(courtesy of
Book Data and others)
D national and international e-text directories cover-
ing opacs, information services, electronic mail
addresses, scholarly discussion lists, and resources
in general
E the most recent contents pages of over 70 LIS jour-
nals.
H users information, including information from LIS
organisations, news, items for sale, results of sur-
veys
S electronic journals and texts, including sources of
electronic text, a directory of electronic journals
and newsletters, some electronic journals in the LIS
field, and related items
V library systems and software items, including exam-
ples of Operational Requirements for library comput-
ing systems
Z Special user education team run by the Loughborough
LIS Computers In Teaching team
Information on the bulletin board is updated on a daily
basis, and update bulletins are sent out once or twice
weekly to the 680 plus members of the LIS-link electronic
mail discussion list on JANET.
September 20, 1992 NNSC Section 2.26, Page 2
The British Library Research and Development Division has
recently funded a six-month study into the future of BUBL.
The study aims to investigate how BUBL's role and, conse-
quently, its coverage and facilities should be developed in
the next few years, and to produce a coherent, co-ordinated
and costed short to medium term development plan as a guide
to future efforts.
_N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
To access BUBL from the internet:
telnet sun.nsf.ac.uk or 128.86.8.7
login: janet
At the "hostname:" prompt, type uk.ac.glasgow.bubl
At the "terminal type" prompt, enter vt100
(a password is not required)
_W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _B_U_B_L
No restrictions. Aim is to serve library and information
workers in particular, but also to serve the wider network-
ing community by providing access to directories and other
publications which facilitate resource access.
_M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s
Regular bulletins describing additions and updates to the
service are sent to the members of the LIS-link email dis-
cussion list. Note, however, that there is a restriction on
non-UK membership of this list. UK residents may join the
list by sending the message:
Join lis-link Firstname Lastname
to: mailbase@uk.ac.mailbase
Non-UK residents should contact cijs03@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
before joining the list.
September 20, 1992 NNSC Section 2.26, Page 3