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- From: len@mel.dit.csiro.au (Len Makin)
- Subject: Re: Directory of External Courses at Aust Uni's
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.221902.15858@mel.dit.csiro.au>
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- Organization: CSIRO DIT (Melb.)
- References: <mahoney.728107053@helios> <atkinson-280193132727@esumac15.csu.murdoch.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 22:19:02 GMT
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- In article <atkinson-280193132727@esumac15.csu.murdoch.edu.au>, atkinson@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au (Roger Atkinson) writes:
- |> In article <mahoney.728107053@helios>, mahoney@helios.usq.EDU.AU (barry
- |> mahoney) wrote:
- |> >
- |> > I have been told that somewhere there exists a directory of External
- |> > Courses offered by Australian Tertiary Institutions. Does this exist
- |> > somewhere and if so how does one gain access to it?
- |> >
- |> Yes, it exists, hosted by University of New England Distance Education
- |> Centre. It is accessible by AARNet, but because it is an ORACLE database
- |> rather than a collection of files downloadable by anon ftp, you really
- |> should get the "Information and Instructions Guide", phone UNE DEC on 067
- |> 732 098 (sorry, don't have an email address to cite). The Guide booklet
- |> contains username and password specifications. I'm told that it is "down"
- |> for the whole of this week, for maintenance.
- |>
- |> By the way, the question of which is the better approach, a database such
- |> as used in this case, or a collection of files for anon ftp. I think that
- |> the Directory is really awful to access via Oracle type approach.
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- I agree, this type of information would now be better set up as a
- WAIS server or similar, accessible by gopher. Like the libraries, they are
- just so difficult to access. Although at least they're thinking about
- access to information on the net now.
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