NetWeek 1/24/88

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  ********  A BITNET news summary for the week of January 24, 1988  *********

  NetWeek provides a brief look at recent events in Bitnet.  Items noted here
  will be covered in further detail in NetMonth.  For a subscription send the
  following command to LISTSERV@MARIST: SUB NETMONTH your_name.  NetWeek is a
  publication of the Bitnet Services Library.

  Editor:  Chris Condon, BITLIB@YALEVM                               Issue #1

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  * Glenn  Ricart has been voted  to a one year  seat on the BITNET  Board of
  Trustees.   The following BITNET  Institutional Representatives are members
  of the BITNET Board of Trustees and have been subscribed to BOARD-L@BITNIC.

                Douglas Bigelow        BIGELOW%WCC@WESLEYAN
                Ira Fuchs              FUCHS@PUCC
                Butch Kemper           X040BK@TAMVM1
                Ben Klein              BSKCU@CUNYVM
                Les LLoyd              LLLOYD@DREW
                Phil Long              LONG@YALEVM
                Glenn Ricart           RICART@UMDC
                Marty Solomon          TS2425@OHSTVMA
                Douglas Van Houweling  devh@UM.CC.UMICH.EDU
                Leland Williams        TUCLHW@TUCC
                John Young             CJY2@NERVM

  The next  Board meeting  is tentativly  scheduled for  March 22nd  in Saint
  Louis,  Missouri.    Additional information  explaining specific  times and
  locations will be sent to the BITNET Institutional Representatives.


  * BIOSERVE  - BIOSCIence  File Server:   BIOSERVE@UMDCC  is a  network file
  server for the BIOSCIence area.  Currently BIOTECH and SEQNET bulletins are
  stored.   Future changes  and additions to the server will  be announced in
  the BIOTECH bulletin  board.   The server accepts  both interactive message
  requests and mail  requests.   In mail requests the command  must appear in
  the "Subject:" portion of the header.   Commands are:

         HELP              sends you help
         LIST              sends you a catalog of BIOSERVE files
         SEND    sends you a file.

  For a more detailed description of  BIOSERVE and its commands send BIOSERVE
  the HELP  command.   More in-depth  coverage will  be provided in  the next
  NetMonth.


  * An  interesting  new server  is available,  ISERVE@UWAEE.    The database
  system  it  accesses is  called  ISAAC,   Information System  for  Advanced
  Academic Computing.    ISAAC is a  free,  computer-based system  devoted to
  information  about the  use of  IBM  computers and  compatible software  in
  higher  education  and research.    All  students,   faculty and  staff  at
  institutions of higher education and members of participating societies are
  eligible to use ISAAC.

  ISAAC may  be accessed in  two ways.   The  first is the  usual interactive
  message sent to ISERVE  (note that the server does not  accept commands via
  mail).  The second method is with a PC and a modem.   When you use ISAAC by
  modem,  you will actually log on a  mainframe computer at the University of
  Washington in Seattle.   If you choose  modem access,  the ISAAC staff will
  send you  the communication  and terminal  emulation software  you'll need.
  ISAAC's toll-free number  operates in the United  States (except Washington
  State)  and  Puerto Rico,   so prospective users  outside that  area should
  consider trying BITNET access.

  You must be registered before you can access ISAAC in either way.  Send the
  following information  to ISAAC@UWAEE.   User  materials will be  mailed to
  you.

      (1) Name
      (2) Address, City, State, Zip
      (3) Phone: (w)  Please include area code.
      (4) University
      (5) Your BITNET address
      (6) You may connect to ISAAC in two ways. Each method requires separate
          authorization.   Please  indicate which method(s) you would like to
          use. If you choose modem access, the communications software you'll
          need will be sent to you.

  If you would like more details about  the services ISAAC offers,  send mail
  to  ISAAC@UWAEE.   The  services  will be  reviewed  in-depth  in the  next
  NetMonth.


  * Please remember that when subscribing to a Listserv list, you should send
  your mail/message SUB  command to LISTSERV@NODENAME,  not  to the listname.
  For example,   to subscribe to ETHICS-L,   you would send the  command "SUB
  ETHICS-L your_name" to LISTSERV@MARIST.   Sending the command by message to
  ETHICS-L@MARIST accomplishes  nothing.   However,   sending the  command to
  ETHICS-L by MAIL will send your subscription request to every member of the
  list.  This is (to say the least) annoying and wasteful.   These guidelines
  also hold true for UNSUBing from lists.