ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries September 1 9 9 5 /5 3 5 O nline resources for Internet train ers By N ancy J. W eissinger and J o h n P. Edwards Here’s help fo r preparing your Internet training sessions A s the Internet and its wealth of resources proliferate, academic librarians continue to be confronted with the challenge o f training staff and users. The new o r inexperienced trainer may find the charge to conduct Internet training somewhat daunting. However, many resources are available both in print and elec­ tronically. This bibliography is a selective list of some of the training materials available over the Internet itself. Since the Internet is ever- changing, additional sources frequently become available and existing sources are often modi­ fied, moved, or deleted. It should be noted that the Coalition for Net­ w orked Information (CNI) and ACRL’s Instruc­ tion Section (ACRL-IS) are currently attempting to locate a site to house a virtual collection of Internet user education and training materials. This should provide a much needed and use­ ful mechanism for identifying and providing access to Internet training materials. Course materials This section includes a variety of course mate­ rials that may be helpful in planning and con­ ducting local Internet training sessions or pro­ grams. It includes syllabi and course outlines, as well as general and subject-oriented hand­ outs that have been used in academic settings. • Colum bia U niversity Libraries Inter­ net Training Program Notebook. Course ma­ terials from Columbia’s comprehensive, semes­ ter-long Internet training program designed to teach librarians skills for using the Internet. Access: ftp://ftp.cc.colum bia.edu/pub/cul/itp. (Note: All files are Macintosh Word format. Use binhex 4 to de-binhex, then each file is a Mac self-expanding archive.) • C o n d u ctin g U ser -fr ien d ly In te rn et W orkshops. Based on Urban A. Lejeune’s pro­ grams for Stockton State College, this guide includes suggested formats for Internet train­ ing sessions an d w orkshops. Access: ftp :// p ilo t .n j i n .n e t / p u b / I n t e r n e t - c o u r s e / u s e r - workshops.txt. Also available at this site are d o c u m e n ts o n th e em ac s ed ito r: em acs- leaming.txt and using-emacs.txt. • George W ashington U niversity Inter­ n et W orkshops. Designed by Scott Stebelman, these are detailed guides to the Internet for social sciences and humanities faculty. Access: ftp://gw uvm .gw u.edu. (Note: These files can be transferred without changing the directory. They are BINARY WordPerfect files, not plain ASCII text.); bitwork.fac (“Electronic Commu­ nication on the UNIX”); gwis.hum (“Humani­ ties Databases and Resources on the GWIS”); intemet.ss (“Advanced INTERNET Functions: A Guide for Social Scientists”); gwis.ss (“Social Science Databases and Resources on GWIS”). • Internet: R esource D iscovery, Orga­ nization, and D esign. Syllabus (fall 1994) for the University of Michigan SILS course. Student assignments for this course are the foundation of the Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented In­ te r n e t R e s o u rc e G u id e s . Access: h t t p : / / http2.sils.umich.edu/~lou/60694. html. • Internet Web Text. Created by John December as the required Internet “text” for a Nancy J. Weissinger is electronic information resources librarian, an d John P. Edwards is manager, Library Network Services, at the Milbank Memorial Library, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York; e- mail: Weissinger: njw4@columbia.edu a n d Edwards: jpe9@columbia.edu ftp://ftp.cc.columbia.edu/pub/cul/itp ftp://gwuvm.gwu.edu mailto:njw4@columbia.edu mailto:jpe9@columbia.edu 5 3 6 /C&RL News course in com puter-mediated communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Includes links to information about Internet orientation, guides, reference materials, and tools. Access: h ttp ://w w w .rp i.e d u /In tern et/G u id es/d ec em j/ text.html. Also: The syllabus for the course is available: http://w w w .rpi.edu/Internet/G uides/ decem j/course/cm c.htm l. • In trod u ction to th e Internet. Devel­ o p ed by University of Michigan SILS students, this Web page provides an overview o f the major tools of the Internet, including tutorials and links to general and Internet reference sources. Access: h ttp ://w w w .sils.u m ich .ed u / ~fρrefect/inet/. • N etw ork T raining Materials Gopher. This initiative of the Network Training Materi­ als Project ( a joint project of Mailbase an d the Information Technology Initiative), based at the University o f Newcastle u p o n Tyne, provides access to a range of netw ork training materials. Includes a useful bibliography, tms-list.txt. A c­ cess: gopher://m ailbase.ac.uk:7070/ll/. Note: As w e go to press, there are plans to move this to: http://w w w .m ailbase.ac.uk/. • U niversity o f Texas at Austin G eneral Libraries Internet H andouts. Topics include ftp, gopher, file compression programs, Inter­ net for Mac and PC users, and others. Access: h t t p : / / r o w a n . l i b . u t e x a s . e d u / P u b s / InternetHandouts/InternetG uides.htm l. Online courses and tutorials Several online courses and tutorials have been developed and m ade available on the Internet. In addition to their usefulness as models, these courses provide structured support for the in­ d ep e n d en t explorer and an opportunity for follow-up practice after formal instruction. • Electronic Mail U sin g Pine. An inter­ active course in using the Pine e-mail program designed by Ken Hensarling at Honolulu Com­ m unity College. Access: h ttp ://k a w ik a .h c c . haw aii.edu/issl01/pine/pm ast.htm l. • “E xp lore th e Internet Now!” Users are invited to “start your Internet journey here by exploring concepts and techniques” in a course developed by Mansfield University reference librarian Larry Schankm an. T opics include e-mail, listservs, Usenet news, ftp, telnet, go­ pher/veronica, w w w searching, and moral and ethical issues. Access: h ttp ://w w w .clark .n et/ pub/lschank/explore/explore.htm l. • Internet Explorer’s Toolkit. A self-con tained hypertext system about using the Inter­ n e t. A ccess: f t p : / / h y d r a . u w o . c a / l i b s o f t / explorer.zip. Note: Several other goodies for li­ brarians are in the libsoft directory including: network_knowledge_for_the_neophyte.txt. • The Internet Hunt. Developed by Rick Gates, this monthly series of questions is use­ ful for developing and practicing Internet search skills. Previous hunts and answers are archived. Access: h ttp ://w w w .h u n t.o rg /. • In tern et Public Library. Developed by the students o f the SILS at the University of Michigan, the Internet Public Library contains introductory tutorials covering com puter and Internet topics, as well as tools and resources. Access: h ttp ://ip l.sils.u m ic h .e d u /c la ssro o m / userdocs/userdocs .html. • In tern et Searching: A C arleton Tuto­ rial. A hypertext introduction to Web search ing tools maintained by Reuven Steinberg of Carleton College. Includes Webcrawler, Info Seek, and Lycos. Access: http://w w w .carleton. e d u /ca m p u s/lib ra ry /stu d en tw o rk ers/tu to rial/ intro.html. • In trodu ction to th e In tern et II. The Global Network Academy, a nonprofit corpo­ ration having the long-term goal o f creating a fully accredited online university, offers this online course about how to use the Internet. Some of the course material is a hypertext ver­ sion of w hat w as formerly the “Big Dummy’s Guide to the Internet.” The course features con­ sultants w ith office hours. Access: h ttp ://u u - g n a . m i t.e d u : 8 0 0 1 / u u - g n a / t e x t / i n t e r n e t / index.html. • Let’s Go G op herin g. This classic o n line course first offered on a listserv is, natu­ rally, available on a gopher. It is indexed by the listserv at SUNY-Buffalo. Access: g o p h er:// c w is .u s c .e d u :7 0 /1 l/O th e r _ G o ρ h e r s _ a n d _ Inform ation_R esources/G opherin. To obtain s p e c ific se s s io n s , s e n d m ail to listserv@ ubvm.buffalo.edu with the command: “index g o phern” in the body o f the message. Find the session you want, and send the command: “get gophern 93-XXXXX”. • N avigating th e Internet: An Interac­ t iv e W o r k sh o p . T his classic in tro d u c to ry course w as designed by Richard J. Smith in N ovember 1992. The files in the training direc­ tory represent a sequential course. Topics in­ clude finger, hytelnet, ‚mailrc file, ftp. Access: ftp ://ftp.sura.net/p u b /n ic/train in g /. • Patrick C rispen ’s In tern et Roadm ap. Neil Enns’s HTML version of the self-paced w orkshop developed by Patrick Crispen of the http://www.rpi.edu/Internet/Guides/decemj/ http://www.rpi.edu/Internet/Guides/ http://www.sils.umich.edu/ http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/ http://rowan.lib.utexas.edu/Pubs/ http://kawika.hcc http://www.clark.net/ ftp://hydra.uwo.ca/libsoft/ http://www.hunt.org/ http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/classroom/ http://www.carleton http://uu- September 1 9 9 5 /5 3 7 5 3 8 /C&RL News University of Alabama. Lessons are designed for new users. Includes guest lectures, hom e­ w o rk , a n d q u iz z e s . Access: h ttp : //w w w . B ran d o n U .ca/– en n sn r/R eso u rces/R o ad m ap / Welcome.html. Guides Numerous guides to the Internet and its re­ sources are available in print and on the Inter­ net itself. Trainers may find the following se­ lections useful as referen ce so u rces w h en developing their programs. • A nsw ers to Frequently Asked Ques­ tio n s (FAQs). FAQ compilations for many of th e U sen e t n ew sg ro u p s, in c lu d in g new s, n ew u se rs. Access: f tp ://rtf m .m it.e d u /p u b / usenet/new s.answ ers/. Individual files include: emily-postnews (a sarcastic stab at explaining “netiquette”), intemet-services, gopher-faq, in ternet-access. Subdirectories include: wais-faq, what-is-usenet, www. • Bulletin Board for Libraries. Designed for library and information science profession­ als, this page provides information on network resources and services and training materials. Access: h ttp ://w w w .b u b l.b ath .ac .u k /B U B L / home.html. • EFF’s Guide to th e Internet. Formerly Big Dummy’s Guide to the Internet, prepared by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Access: ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide; netguide.eff; netguide.faq. • ILT Guide to In form ation about the Internet. The Institute for Learning Technolo­ gies at Teachers College, Columbia University, has compiled a useful entry point with links to resources on the Internet, indexes on the Inter­ net, and the W oild Wide Web. Access: h ttp :// w w w .ilt.c o lu m b ia .e d u /g e n /r e f /I L T g u id e . html#toρ. • Internet R esources o n th e Web. De­ veloped by Neil Enns at Brandon University, this page includes links to numerous resources, including Internet guides and resource lists; ftp archives; g o p h er sites; U senet new sgroups; mailing lists; drafts, RFCs, and FAQs; Internet course descriptions and examples; collected search engines; and other resources. Access: http://w w w .brandonu.ca/~ ennsur/R esources/ Welcome.html. • Internet Tim eline. A timeline of the de­ velopm ent o f the Internet through 1994 com­ p iled by Robert H. Zakon. In clu d es som e grow th statistics. Access: h ttp ://w w w .u m d . um ich.edu:80/~nhughes/htm ldocs/. • Introduction to BITNET. A first look at this v en e rab le netw o rk . Access: e-m ail to: listserv@bitnic.educom.edu with SEND BITNET INTRO in the body of the message. • Introduction to Internet for Trainers. Based on EFF’s (Extended) Guide to the Inter­ net. Includes e-mail, telnet, gophers, veronica, archie, ftp, www, and search engines. Access: h ttp ://w w w . magi .com /~aim / train. html. • Learning/Charm Net Inc. This hyper­ text guide includes books, tutorials, and hint sheets related to the Internet. Access: h ttp :// w w w .charm .net/learning.htm l. • N ew b ie’s N ew (an d Old) U ser’s Guide to the Net. Created by Steve Franklin, this guide includes links to Internet docum ents and ser­ vices, as well as to UNIX and programming g u id e s . Access: h t t p : / / u g . c s . d a l.c a :3 4 0 0 / newbie.html. • The O n lin e W orld R esources H and­ b ook. This guide by O dd de Presno “. . . deals with the practical sides of using the GLOBAL online information resources as seen from an international perspective.” Available in differ­ ent formats, the Handbook is not just about the Internet, but also covers BBSs, conferencing systems, and online databases. Access: h ttp :// login, eunet. n o /~ p resn o /index, htm l. • SURAnet Guide to Selected Internet Resources. A guide to a variety of Internet re­ sources. A complete description of the avail­ able files and directories is included in the 00- README.FIRST file. Access: ftp://ftp.sura.net/ pub/nic/infoguide. ‹ m o n th › -‹ y e a r› . The “WEB about the WEB” Over the past year, the explosive expansion of the World Wide Web has considerably altered the terrain o f the Internet. Web browsing soft­ w are has alleviated some pressure on librar­ ians to learn and teach a full com plem ent of Internet tools, but w e are now being asked to becom e Web publishers. Fortunately, there are many learning tools available to help us get up to speed with the Web and Hyper Text Mark- Up Language. • About th e World W ide Web FAQ. T h e World Wide Web Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) is intended to answer the most common questions about the WEB.” Maintained by Tho­ mas Boutell an d m irrored o n several sites around the world. Access: http://sunsite.unc. edu /b o u tell/faq /ab o u t.htm l. • Bare B on es Guide to HTML. A four- page guide to HTML tags that includes compat- http://www ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/ http://www.bubl.bath.ac.uk/BUBL/ ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/gen/ref/ILTguide http://www.brandonu.ca/~ennsur/Resources/ http://www.umd mailto:listserv@bitnic.educom.edu http://www http://www.charm.net/learning.html http://ug.cs.dal.ca:3400/ ftp://ftp.sura.net/ http://sunsite.unc September 1 9 9 5 /5 3 9 ibility (HTML 2.0, 3.0, o r Netscape) information for all th e listed tags. Access: h ttp ://w w w . access, digex. n e t/-w e rb a c h /b a re b o n e .html. • A B eg in n er’s Guide to HTML. A good hypertext introduction to the foundations of HTML. Access: http://w w w .ncsa.uiuc.edu/dem o w eb /h tm l-p rim er.h tm l a n d to URLs: h ttp :// w w w .ncsa.uiuc.edu/dem ow eb/url-prim er.htm l. • E n te r in g t h e W o rld W id e W eb: A Guide to C yberspace. Kevin H ughes’s guide to the W eb includes links describing the W eb and h ow it works. Includes statistics o n W eb u s a g e . Access: h t t p : / / w w w . e i t .c o m / w e b / w w w .g u id e/. • R u n n in g a WWW Service. A handbook by Brian Kelly o f the University o f Leeds. A c­ cess: h ttp : //s c h o la r 2 .lib .v t.e d u /h a n d b o o k / handbook.htm l. • U n iv ersity o f T o ro n to In str u c tio n a l a n d R e se a r c h C o m p u tin g G rou p W orld W id e W eb h o m e p a g e . T h is c o n t a in s hyperlinks to locally stored an d m aintained in­ formation about HyperText Mark-Up Language (HTML) style and editors, HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP), HTTP servers, an d a hyper­ text version o f the com pilation o f answ ers to WWW F requently A sked Q u estio n s (WWW FAQs). Access: h ttp://w w w .utirc.utoronto.ca/. • W eb P ro jects— C la rk so n T e c h n ic a l C o m m u n ic a tio n s . In clu d es a selectio n o f learning materials about WWW, Mosaic, and HTML. Access: h ttp ://fire.clark so n .ed u /ed u /tc/ tcpage.htm l. • W orld W ide W eb H o m e. This “w eb about the w eb ,” m aintained by the W3 Consor­ tium, provides pointers to many useful w eb sources, including “The definitive WWW project p age.” T he W3 Consortium exists to develop com m on standards for th e evolution o f the World Wide Web. Access: http://w w w .w 3.org/. • WWW & HTML D e v e lo p e r ’s Jum pSta tio n . M aintained by the SingNet WWW Team, this page includes pointers to useful informa­ tion about being a WWW information provider. A ccess: h ttp ://o n e w o r ld .w a .c o m /h tm ld e v / d ev p ag e/d ev -p ag e. htm l. Subject guides The following selections provide a degree of subject access to the Internet’s resources and m ay b e helpful in identifying resources o f in­ terest to specific disciplines a n d /o r audiences. • T he A w eso m e Lists. Developed by John Makulowich. Access: http://w w w .clark.net/pub/ journalism /aw eso m e.htm l. • C lea r in g h o u se fo r Subject-O riented In tern et R esou rce Guides. A joint effort of the University o f Michigan’s University. Library an d SILS. Includes num erous subject guides to the Internet. Access: http://w w w .lib.um ich.edu/ chhom e.html. • EINET G alaxy. This extensive subject guide provides access to w orldw ide informa­ tion an d services. Categories include: arts and humanities; business and commerce; com m u­ nity; engineering and technology; governm ent an d law; leisure and recreation; medicine; ref­ erence an d interdisciplinary information; sci­ ence an d the social sciences. Access: h ttp :// galaxy.einet.net/. • G lobal N etw ork N avigator’s W hole In­ tern et Catalog. Based o n the Whole Internet User’s G uide a n d Catalog, this collection pro­ vides links to som e o f the best resources on the Internet through “easy-to-surf” subject ar­ e a s . A ccess: h t t p : / / w w w . g n n . c o m / w i c / newrescat.toc.html. • T he In tern et Sleuth. Allows keyw ord searching as well as browsing through alpha­ betical an d subject categories. Access: h ttp :// w w w .intbc.c o m /sle u th /. • MIDnet G op h er J ew e ls. MIDnet pro­ vides a W eb view o f USC’s Gopher-Jewels gopher. Includes subject an d alpha listings as well as options to search by title, p ath nam e, directory structure, hostname, or by multi-fields. Access: http://www.mid.net/GJEW EL. • S ch o la rly S o cieties Project. This Uni­ versity o f W aterloo project is designed to facili­ tate access to information about the scholarly societies across the world. Includes w eb pages, gophers, subject guides, and other selected re­ sources from scholarly societies. Access: h ttp :/ / w w w .lib.uw aterloo.ca/society/overview .htm l. • Scott Y a n o ffs Special In tern et C on­ n e c tio n s. Provides subject access to Internet resources via broad categories. Access: h ttp :// w w w .uw m .edu/M irror/inet.services.htm l. • Y ahoo. A com prehensive Internet direc­ tory by subject. Net cognoscenti surf here first. Access: h ttp ://w w w .y ah o o .co m /. Newsgroups and listservs Newsgroups an d listservs are useful vehicles for discovering an d sharing information about the Internet itself, as well as issues related to Internet user education. The following list in­ cludes several groups that may b e of particular interest to trainers an d an entry for the ARL (Online cont. on page 572) http://www http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demo http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/url-primer.html http://www.eit.com/web/ http://www.guide/ http://scholar2.lib.vt.edu/handbook/ http://www.utirc.utoronto.ca/ http://fire.clarkson.edu/edu/tc/ http://www.w3.org/ http://oneworld.wa.com/htmldev/ http://www.clark.net/pub/ http://www.lib.umich.edu/ http://www.gnn.com/wic/ http://www.mid.net/GJEWEL http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/overview.html http://www.yahoo.com/ 5 4 0 /C&RL News Why worry ? You don’t have to. No longer will your staff have to process, catalog, or prepare books for the shelf under tight budget constraints and shrinking resources. 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Strategic Directions: 2.1 ACRL will participate in activities of, and seek cooperative relationships with, higher education associations. 2.2 ACRL will seek cooperative relation­ ships w ith other inform ation-related associa­ tions to develop cooperative initiatives to en ­ hance and expand the library’s role as central to academic endeavors. 2.3 ACRL will strengthen its relationship w ith the Association o f Research Libraries. 2.4 ACRL will w ork with higher educa­ tion and scholarly associations to protect ac­ cess to intellectual property in an electronic environm ent. 3. M aintain at th e n a tio n a l le v el a p ro m i n e n t ro le in p la n n in g and d e c is io n m ak in g fo r in flu e n c in g in fo r m a tio n p olicy. Strategic Directions: 3.1 ACRL will provide financial support for the ALA Goal 2000 technology initiative and legislative agenda to insure that the items of concern to academic librarians receive prom pt attention. 3.2 ACRL will support the ALA W ashing ton Office in responding to issues affecting aca­ dem ic libraries and higher education. 3.3 ACRL will use an effective com m uni cation mix to prom ote an understanding o f the value and contributions o f academ ic/research librarians and libraries to higher education and society in general. 3.4 ACRL will participate in activities of higher education an d other organizations to inform these groups o f the value o f library re­ sources an d services and the library’s role in the teaching/learning and scholarly process. 4. 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Strategic Directions: 4.1 The ACRL Board o f Directors will take responsibility for planning in order to provide organizational direction. 4.2 ACRL will develop and maintain an integrated dynamic m anagem ent system and process that include: a strategic plan, a finan­ cial plan, and product-line marketing or busi­ ness plans. 4.3 Members o f the ACRL Board o f Di­ rectors will act with the mission, vision, and goals o f the association in mind, and ensure that issues an d ideas are exam ined an d dis­ cussed openly an d thoroughly with the mem ­ bership. 4.4 ACRL will exam ine an d modify as appropriate its current structural arrangements to enhance its influence o n information policy setting and legislation through better coordi­ nation o f national an d state efforts. 4.5 ACRL will review an d revise its by­ laws to reflect the roles o f the Board o f Direc­ tors and all ACRL units. 4.6 ACRL will k eep inform ed o f current association m anagem ent practices an d ap p ro ­ priate technologies to ensure that it operates at an optim um level o f efficiency. ■ (Online resources cont. from page 539) Directory o f Electronic Journals, Newsletters, and Academic Discussion Lists. Many o f the listserv lists are mirrored as U senet new sgroups. • BI-L. The bibliographic instruction list­ serv list. Access: e-mail to: listserv@bingvmb. cc.bingham ton.edu with subscribe bi-1 in the body o f the message. • D ir e c t o r y o f E le c tr o n ic J o u r n a ls , N e w s le tt e r s , a n d A c a d e m ic D is c u s s io n Lists, 5th Edition, May 1995 (g o p h e r ed i­ tio n ). Although this is an abridged version of the ARL publication, it includes information on approximately 2,500 discussion lists. Access: go­ p h er://arl.cn i.o rg :7 0 /ll/sco m m /ed ir. • NET-HAPPENINGS. This list distributes announcem ents o f interest to Internet users, in­ cluding information about upcom ing Internet events. Access: e-mail to MAJORDOMO@IS. INTERNIC.NET with subscribe net-happenings in the body o f the message. • NETTRAIN. A listserv m ailing list for p eo p le interested in netw ork training issues. Access: e-m ail to: listserv@ ubvm .cc.b u ffalo . edu with subscribe nettrain in the body o f the message. • A rch ives NETTRAIN. The archives of NETTRAIN are available an d searchable by author, title, an d subject using BRS/OnSite. Boolean searching is su pported and a tutorial covers search techniques and docum ent dow n­ lo a d in g . Access: t e l n e t : / / a . c n i.o rg /; login: brsuser. ■