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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:42:14 CDT
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- From: Calvin Boyer <cjboyer@uci.edu>
- Subject: gopher miscellanea
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- A particularly readable overview of the Internet gopher can be found
- in a recent issue of UIUCnet accessible over the Internet through the
- University of Illinois Gopher Server in one of the menu selections
- under "Information about Gopher".
-
- "Exploring the Power of the Internet Gopher" presents an overview
- in some considerable depth with a minimum of technical jargon.
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- Name=Exploring the Power of the Internet Gopher (UIUCnet Issue v6.1)
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- Path=0/Information about Gopher/vol6no1.txt
- Host=gopher.uiuc.edu
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-
- Brian Nielsen's compliment paid to the University of California, Santa
- Cruz's gopher InfoSlug is richly deserved. As a notable gopher among
- a rapidly expanding universe of gophers, it owes, no doubt, much to
- the cooperation between the campus library and computing center; yet,
- I suspect the greater influence in its qualities is that of its
- principal manager Steve Watkins.
-
- Likewise another notable example among library-based gopher servers
- is that of North Carolina State University Library whose character
- is largely shaped by the creativity and technical expertise of
- Eric Morgan.
-
- While developments over the last several months have provided
- each with a distinctive character, both have strengths in common.
- One of the more notable strengths is the rapidity with which each has
- incorporated new resources and refinements in their respective
- offerings. A second is the ability to accomodate considerable
- growth without the necessity to undertake a major restructuring,
- a characteristic founded on insightful conceptual models laid down in
- early planning.
-
- It is both interesting and informative to peruse among the use
- statistics of the UCSC's InfoSlug gopher.
-
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