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Library of Congress gopher
From: Dick St.Peters <stpeters () bird crd ge com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 93 20:18:44 EDT
This evening I stumbled across the new Library of Congress gopher, by accident while wandering the Internet. One of the items on it says it only went into service yesterday! You can find it in gopherspace at host marvel.loc.gov [140.147.2.15] and the usual port [70]. Unfortunately, the only real on-line LOC information is still the terminal-oriented LOCIS system, which is awkward and clumsy to use, but hey, this is a start in the right direction. Based on the blurb appended below about MARVEL, they're going to keep going. ../dick Found on the LOC gopher 7/10/93: ******************************************************* * * * WELCOME TO LC MARVEL * * * * MACHINE-ASSISTED REALIZATION * * OF THE VIRTUAL ELECTRONIC LIBRARY * * * ******************************************************* The Library of Congress (LC) Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual Electronic Library (MARVEL) can be thought of as a global information system combining the vast collection of information available at and about LC with the many electronic resources accessible through the Internet. It aims to serve the staff of LC, the U.S. Congress, and constituents throughout the world. It is available on the Internet and is built using the Gopher software from the University of Minnesota. During the preliminary stages of development, the posting of information on LC MARVEL will be coordinated by the "LC MARVEL Design Team" in cooperation with service units and divisions throughout the Library. The Information Technology Services (ITS) service unit has sponsored this effort in conjunction with recommendations coming from the staff organization -- The Internet Users Group (IUG). Once the initial design of LC MARVEL is complete, the responsibility for overseeing the system will transition from the "Design Team" to a more permanent "LC MARVEL Advisory Team." Paralleling that transition will be an effort to transfer of responsibility for publishing and maintaining specific menu items on the system to "information owners" throughout the Library. Since the information offered by the system will be viewed by both staff members and users outside of the Library from workstations with varying ranges of characteristics and capabilities, the format of documents on LC MARVEL will, for the most part, adhere to the "lowest common denominator" -- plain ASCII text. In some cases files will be listed that are not in ASCII format (i.e., graphic images from the Library's exhibits) which can be saved, but not viewed through LC MARVEL. It may be possible in the near future to view images and more richly formatted textual works. If you would like to consider publishing information on LC MARVEL or would like to make comments on any aspect of the system, please contact the LC MARVEL Design Team at the Internet address: lcmarvel () seq1 loc gov Since LC MARVEL is still in an experimental state, please help us by reporting any operational or technical problems to the same Internet address: Thank you for your interest. *** Last update 6/24/93 (efm) ***
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