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w o rk in g , k n o w in g h o w fra g ile it is an d h o w
w o rd s .
easy it w o u ld be to se rio u sly d isru pt it. T h is w a s
Q u e e n s la n d U n iv e rs ity sent m e a note ab o ut
W e ll,
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fro m
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re in fo rce d re c e n tly w h e n h u n d re d s o r m a y b e
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th o u sa n d s of p e o p le aro u n d th e w o rld re c e iv e d
tried it and it w o rk s q u ite w e ll. U n fo rtu n ate ly, it's
offers of c h ild p o rn o g rap h y th rou gh e-m ail m es­
o n ly a v a ila b le in a 3 2 -b it W in d o w s ve rsio n . Yo u
sages.
can
get
it
fro m
h ttp :/ / w w w .a p n p c .c o m .a u /
fa m ily p c / 1 9 9 6 / 9 6 1 0/p a ssk e e p e r.h tm l.
It ap pears that it w a s not a se rio u s o ffer, but
a c ase of reveng e ag ain st a person w h o had been
M a n a g e m e n t o l g o v e rn m e n t
b e h a v in g o b n o x io u s ly in a n u m b e r o f n e w s-
in fo r m a t io n
groups. Th at person's nam e w a s given as the c o n ­
T h e In fo rm atio n M an ag em en t Steering C o m m it­
tact point for the o b je c tio n a b le m a te ria l, and he
tee o f th e G o v e rn m e n t In fo rm a tio n
w a s investigated th o ro u g hly by A m e rica n au th o ri­
Man­
agement of government information as a national
strategic resource, its p re lim in a ry report on in fo r­
tie s. T h e m atter re c e iv e d w id e p ress c o v e ra g e
o v e r a fe w d a ys, but then d isa p p e a re d from the
S e rv ic e s
P o lic y B oard has released the fin a l draft of
p u b lic v ie w . M e a n w h ile , la w e n fo rce m e n t ag e n ­
m atio n m an ag em en t in the C o m m o n w e a lth g o v­
c ie s aro u n d the w o rld w e re c o n ta cte d by m a n y
e rn m e n t.
irate and c o n c e rn e d 'n e t c itiz e n s w h o had re ­
im sc rp t.h tm l. T h e report co n sists o f an e xe cu tiv e
c e iv e d the o ffen d in g e -m a il. M a n y o f these p e r­
su m m a ry , 15 4 pages o f te xt, and e x te n s iv e a p ­
sons acted in haste, and w h e n (not if) su ch a thing
p e n d ice s p ro v id in g lin k s to in fo rm atio n m an ag e­
It's
at
h ttp :// w w w .o g it.g o v .a u /
h ap p e n s ag ain it w o u ld be b etter fo r th o se a f­
m ent a c tiv itie s re la tin g to the C o m m o n w e a lth
fected to th in k before th ey sp rin g into a c tio n .
go vern m en t, in c lu d in g inform ation in the A u stra l­
F irst, y o u sh o u ld a ssu m e th at y o u are not
a lo n e . It's lik e ly that a n y spam (slan g for u n s o lic ­
ited and a n n o yin g m ail sent to a large n u m b er of
people) is not d ire cte d at o ne p e rso n , and that it
ian States, and so m e o th er g o vern m en t ju r is d ic ­
tio n s. A lth o u g h th e d e a d lin e for fe e d b a c k is
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p ro vid e s a useful o u tlin e of w h a t g o vern m en t in ­
fo rm atio n is ab o u t.
is being d iscu sse d e ls e w h e re on the 'n et. H a v e a
lo o k cit the n e w s .a d m in .n e t- a b u s e .m is c n ew s-
C o in c id e n t a lly , the U K G o v e rn m e n t has re­
group to see w h a t o th er p eo p le are sa yin g ab out
The electronic delivery
of government services and it is n o w a v a ila b le at
it.
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you
c o u ld
se a rch
new s
on
D e ja N e w s o r A lta V is ta u sin g k e y w o rd s
fro m the s u b je c t lin e of th e sp a m . If it
appears that yours is an isolated in stan ce,
you m ay try to re p ly to the e-m ail at its
return ad d ress but th is w ill p ro b a b ly be
bo g us, so th e re 's not m u ch p o in t. Y o u
sh o u ld not re p ly if the pro b lem ap p ears
to be w id e sp rea d as y o u r m essage w ill be
added to the th o u sa n d s o f others m akin g
the system a d m in istra to rs at that ad dress
even m ore a n g ry.
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fa m o u s for its p rin te d C o m m o n w e a lth G o v e r n ­
m ent D ire c to ry , has released the Internet versio n
o f its fo rm er G O L D (G o v e rn m e n t O n -lin e D ir e c ­
tory) s e rv ic e . In it, yo u ca n n o w se arch for g o v­
e rn m e n t e m p lo y e e s (at a se n io r le v e l o n ly ) by
nam e, lo ca tio n , ag e n cy , or fu n ctio n , and h ave in ­
fa x , and e-m ail ad dress retu rned. T h e se rv ic e can
the la w e n fo rc e m e n t a u th o ritie s (if the
are lo o k in g for sugg estio ns on h o w to im p ro ve it.
th ey'd like som e w a rn in g if the p o lice are
c o m in g to m ake fu rth er e n q u irie s.
T h is p a rtic u la r sp am in d ic a te d th at
I f y o u
can
d is c o v e r w h a t it is
M IS Q D isc o v e ry , is an e -jo u rn al, or a reso u rce, or
a liv in g e le c tro n ic p u b lic a tio n , o r so m e th in g .
D e c id e
for y o u rs e lf b y
re a d in g
it at
http://
w w w .m is q .o rg /d is c o v e ry / a b o u t.h tm l. In the first
issu e ,
th e re 's
an
in te re stin g
a r tic le
e n title d
the re cip ie n ts' e-m ail ad dresses w'ere o b ­
'T e le d e m o c ra c y : using inform ation te ch n o lo g y to
tained from a listserv. T h is is u n lik e ly , but
e n h a n c e p o litic a l w o rk '. In su ch a d y n a m ic e n v i­
from listse rv s yo u c a n get th o u sa n d s of
ro nm ent as the W e b , w e can e x p e c t that p eople
a d d re sse s. If yo u w a n t to h id e y o u r e-
w ill tin k e r w ith all sorts o f p u b lica tio n m etho ds.
m ail ad dress from c a su a l o b servers, you
Som e w ill su cc e e d and som e w o n 't, but it's go­
c a n do it u sin g a c o m m a n d su ch as
ing to be fun.
T o do th is, c h e c k the in stru c tio n s that
you got w h e n you jo in e d y o u r lists.
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both ho u ses, the w o rk of p a rlia m e n ta ry co m m it-
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t h e A L I A w e b s e r v ic e ,
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A L I A n e t , c a n b e fo u n d a t t h e
b e rs, and w a y s th at c itiz e n s c a n in flu e n c e the
ABZU,
f o llo w in g U R L :
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Byzantium, Diotima, Exploring Ancient
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M e d ic a l lit e r a t u r e
W e b M e d L it at h ttp :// w w w .w e b m e d lit.c o m / is a
reso u rce w h ic h tra c k s updates to eig htee n m e d i­
ca l jo u rn a ls on the w e b and b u ild s to p ic a l v ie w s
h t t p :/ / w w w .a lia .o r g .a u /
p o rtio n s of the Internet w h ic h are not relevan t to
a n c ie n t and m e d ie v a l in te re sts. See it at http://
a rg o s .e v a n s v ille .e d u .
T h is c o lu m n (w it h a s s o c ia t e d
fro m the c o m b in e d tab les of c o n te n ts. T h e jo u r­
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n als are sc an n e d d a ily and the site is updated as
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n e w co n te n t ap p e ars. T h e lin k s p o in t b a ck to the
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a n d h a s th e U R L o f
o rig in al artic le s or abstracts at the p u b lish ers' w e b
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h t t p :/ / w w w .a lia .o r g .a u /
sites and all the so u rce s p ro vid e at least som e ab ­
F re n c h , G e rm a n and Ja p a n e se ) w ith a lib ra ry -
in c it e / w w w w /
stracts to the fu ll-te xt a rtic le s. Som e of the sou rces
based C en ter housing h ard w are and softw are su it­
Journal of the American Medical Associa­
tion, the New England Journal of Medicine, and
the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
a b le for the c re a tio n and a n a ly s is of text. Y o u 'll
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se arch e n g in e .
lish e d a sp e c ia l th em e issu e o f the E R C IM N e w s
a r e a lw a y s w e lc o m e . P le a s e
T h e In te rn a tio n a l B ra n c h o f the D e p a rtm e n t of
P rim a ry In d u stries and Energy has a c o lle c tio n of
A P E C m aterial on a num b e r of ag ricu ltu re -re la te d
at
h ttp :// w w w .d p ie .g o v .a u / d p ie /a p e c /
h o m e .h tm l. T h e D e p a rtm e n t's A P E C hom e page
a lso c o n ta in s lin k s to re late d in te rn a tio n a l and
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for
C o n t r ib u t io n s a n d
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L ib ra ry
e -m a il K e r r y W e b b a t
k e rry .w e b b @ a lia n e t .a lia .o r g .a u
tio n /E rcim _N e w s/e n .h tm l has m ore than a d o zen
o r v ia t h e A L I A N a t io n a l
a rtic le s d e s c rib in g in itia tiv e s fro m aro u n d the
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w o rld , in c lu d in g an update on the G 7 E le c tro n ic
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Pisa in Sep tem b er 1 9 9 7 .
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at http://
w w w .c s .w a ik a to .a c .n z / ~ n z d l/ is a p u b licly -a c c e ss ib le system th at p ro v id e s fu ll-te x t in d e x e s to
3 0 0 0 0 C o m p u te r S c ie n c e re se arch reports (o ve r
7 0 0 0 0 0 pages) from 3 0 0 sites w o rld w id e . It also
has in d e xe s to o v e r 3 0 0 0 F A Q lists, an d to the
Computists' Communique,
to b er 1 9 9 6 at h ttp :// w w w -e rc im .in ria .fr/p u b lic a -
nolog y for D ig ital Lib raries to be held in
C o m p u t e r S c ie n c e r e s o u r c e s
The
R e se a rc h
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A P E C
to p ic s
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a c o m p u te r s c ie n c e
re se arc h n e w sle tte r. A ll of the in d e x e s are fulltext, giving users the option of se arch in g for term s
ap p earin g a n y w h e re w ith in the d o c u m e n ts.
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Providing B u s y Library
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sity of W a le s A b e ry stw y th has a se rv ic e
c a lle d
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lin k s the best re­
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T e m p o ra ry sta ff p la c e m e n ts
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Library M a n a g e m e n t
so u rc e s in lib ra ry and in fo rm a tio n s c i­
e n c e on the In tern et. T h e P IC K ho m e
page
is
at
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T h e re 's a q u ite attractive site w ith plen ty of in fo r­
m atio n
ab o u t c re a tin g W e b
p ages at http://
ro d e n t.lib .ro c h e s te r.e d u /w e b to o ls /.
It's
c a lle d
W eb to o ls and it has lin k s to three m ain groups of
re so u rc e s. T h e first has in fo rm a tio n on h o w to
cre a te ta b le s, fo rm s, fra m e s, and c o u n te rs . T h e
sch e m e run by Th o m as Parry in a s so c ia ­
tion w ith the In tern atio n al G ro u p o f the
(U K ) L ib ra ry A s s o c ia tio n . It's at http://
w w w .a b e r.a c .u k / ~ tp lw w w / p a rry .h tm i.
We are looking
for an editor for
next is a series of H T M L guides and m an u a ls. Th e
E le c t r o n ic R e c o r d k e e p in g
T h e U S C e n te r for T e ch n o lo g y in G o v ­
grounds, ic o n s and an im ate d G IF s .
e rn m e n t at S U N Y A lb a n y is ru n n in g a
n o vice and a d v a n c e d w e b page autho rs, w ith the
so u rc e s h a v in g b een c a re fu lly se le c te d and o r­
ganised to e n su re d ire c t and q u ic k a c c e ss.
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s tu ff
A test ve rsio n of an e x p e rim e n ta l se arch en g in e
n u m b e r of c o -o p e ra tiv e a c tiv itie s . O n e
of them is the E le c tro n ic R e co rd k e e p in g
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to o ls by c o m b in in g best p ra c tic e s in
business process a n a ly sis, system design
and
d e v e lo p m e n t,
and
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re c o rd k e e p in g and a r c h iv in g . T h e d e ­
d e d icate d to the parts of the Internet re latin g to
ta ils are at h ttp :// w w w .c tg .a lb a n y ed u/
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projec ts/e r/erm n .h tm l.
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ta ils of L IB E X , the lib ra ry staff e x c h a n g e
third features im age a rc h iv e s for c o lo u rs , b a c k ­
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