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- From: geoffg@sco.COM (Geoff Galitz)
- Subject: Re: LIBRARIES
- Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:47:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.234743.20953@sco.com>
- References: <1992Dec15.175442.423@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> <BzCtKt.Cz9@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil> <1992Dec16.190509.20499@netcom.com>
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- In article <1992Dec16.190509.20499@netcom.com> horen@netcom.com (Jonathan B. Horen -- [408] 736-3923) writes:
- >In article <BzCtKt.Cz9@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil> yoshi@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil (D M Yoshikami) writes:
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- >[informative posting deleted only for brevity's sake]
- >
- >I would like to add that increasingly, libraries are permitting remote access
- >to their computerized catalogs, via modem -- the Sunnyvale (CA) Public Library
- >is one such critter. Here, I can perform a limited number of commands (search
- >by title, author, subject; display entries, # of copies), but cannot (yet)
- >reserve books or access inter-library databases.
- >
- >How about others? Also, does anyone know of online, ASCII-format collections
- >available for browsing/ftp/etc. over the Internet?
- >
- >I know, for example, that one can ftp to ftp.uu.net and find a lot of
- >interesting stuff in the /docs directory...
- >
- >
- >Jonathan B. Horen
- >Sun System Administrator/Sr. Technical Writer
- >tel: (408) 736-3923 | email: horen@netcom.com
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- Here in Santa Cruz, you can access the catalogues, reserve
- books, and request an inter-library loan.
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- There is also a computerized periodical database in the
- Monterey Bay Area that works by modem, though I believe only libraries
- currently have access.
-
- -geoff
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