LM_NET: Library Media Networking
Dear LM_NET Colleagues,
There are a number of archives of Internet discussion groups for K-12
educators on the AskERIC Gopher. These discussion groups can be very
helpful for assisting your classroom teachers.
They are found next to the LM_NET Archives, which are available as
indicated below. You may follow these instructions to get to AskERIC
Listserv Archives for these groups, review their discussions, see if they
are a place to post your questions to assist your teaching colleagues,
then join the list and ask the question, etc.
Also listed below is information on KIDLINK, a highly organised and
effective group that connects students aged 10-15.
FINDING THE LM_NET ARCHIVES AND RELATED INFORMATION
This is an update of previously posted
instructions for locating the LM_NET Archives. (3-94)
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THE LM_NET ARCHIVES, ETC. ARE AVAILABLE BY GOPHER
The LM_NET Archives and other interesting related information is
now available at the AskERIC Gopher site.
One quick way to find it is to use your telnet to go directly there,
and then, by going through a series of menus, you will reach the
LM_NET Archives. (Of course, you can Gopher there as well, port 70.)
For example: Telnet to the AskERIC Gopher:
1. Telnet to> ericir.syr.edu
2. At the login prompt, type: gopher
3. At the TERM=(vt100) prompt, press: return key (or enter your terminal
type), and then enter your name at the request. You will then be
given the following menu:
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Welcome to The AskERIC Public Access System
Providing Resources and Services Related to K12 Education
Please make a selection from the choices below...
1. Access The AskERIC Virtual Library via GOPHER
2. Access The AskERIC Virtual Library via WWW
3. AskERIC a Question (MUST INCLUDE RETURN ADDRESS IN MESSAGE)
4. Mail AskERIC with Comments about this Service
5. Exit
Your choice [1,2,3,4, or 5]:
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4. Select choice: "1. Access The AskERIC Virtual Library via GOPHER"
LM_NET is found by moving through the following directories, which
are given as menu choices through the Gopher menu:
--> AskERIC - (Educational Resources Information Center)/
--> Education Listservs Archives/
--> LM_NET/
[And there you are!]
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(For example, Telnet and log-on to AskERIC. Then you first must
go into "The AskERIC Virtual Library via GOPHER", then choose
"Education Listservs Archives", then "LM_NET", and you will enter
the LM_NET section, which includes the discussion Archives, the
LM_NET Directory, the Skills Indexof LM_NET Mentors, and other
interesting information.)
Happy searching! (It is a lot of fun to see what has been posted there.)
Please note the KIDLINK information below my sig file.
Best wishes,
Peter
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Peter Milbury, Library Media Teacher/Mentor Teacher PMILBURY@ERICIR.SYR.EDU
Pleasant Valley High School, Chico, California 95926 Voice: 916-891-3060
Co-owner of LM_NET: Discussion Group for School Library Media Professionals
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KIDLINK GOPHER
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KIDLINK offers a Gopher Client/Server is running on an IBM RT computer at
Duquesne University in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA. The focus of the
information found on this server is the KIDLINK series of projects, all
of which are intended to help youth age 10-15 get involved in a global
dialog through e-mail and other telecommunications exchanges.
This file has a dual purpose: 1. It is displayed as the top choice on
the KIDLINK Gopher Main Menu to give basic information about the KIDLINK
Gopher. 2. It is used to give people information about the full set of
files in the KIDLINK Gopher Help File set.
If you are reading this for the first purpose, then take note that on
the KIDLINK Gopher, most menus have a top choice which appears to be a
file called '_.' Please disregard this choice. It does no harm if you
select it, but you won't see anything if you so select it. Its purpose
is to validate our log file information to ensure that people like you
actually *meant* to view the top file in a menu and didn't view it just
because you pressed <Enter> one too many times.
If you are reading it for the first purpose, then you can stop reading
and start using the Gopher. However, if you are reading it for the
second purpose, then by all means continue reading.
Mark Hunnibell
KIDLINK Special Projects
<mark@kids.ccit.duq.edu>
Part 2
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The rest of this file provides information about the entire set of
KIDLINK Gopher Help Files. These file are intended to assist KIDLINK
users (or people interested in KIDLINK) in making the most of the
KIDLINK Gopher. In most cases, the text in the files relates PRIMARILY
to the use of the KIDLINK Gopher but, while some information can be
useful to the users of other Gopher systems, this is not the definitive
text on using the Internet Gopher.
Contained in this file series are:
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KIDLINK GOPHER This file.
KIDLINK GOPHER1 How to connect to and use the KIDLINK Gopher.
Basic instructions on how to connect using
your own Gopher Client or via TELNET to the
KIDLINK Gopher Client.
KIDLINK GOPHER2 How to use the KIDLINK Gopher by e-mail only.
Many KIDLINK people have access only to
email. The information in this file tells
you how to use the KIDLINK Gopher via email.
KIDLINK GOPHER3 Getting and Installing your own Gopher Client.
If you have a direct connection to Internet
but don't yet have a Gopher Client installed,
this is the generic introduction for how to
get the software.
KIDLINK GOPHER3A Installing and Using the Macintosh TurboGopher.
For users with internetted Macintoshes.
KIDLINK GOPHER3B Installing and Using the PC Gopher III Client.
For users with internetted PCs.
KIDLINK GOPHER4 The vm1.NoDak.Edu Gopher Link.
Description of the link established between
one menu of the KIDLINK Gopher and the LISTSERV
program computer at vm1.NoDak.Edu.
KIDLINK GOPHER5 Connecting to Other Gophers.
How to connect to other Gophers besides the
KIDLINK Gopher.
To get these files, follow the instructions in the box at the end of
this file.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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Much of the information contained in the above file set is reproduced
from copyrighted text. It has been used here with permission of the
authors and may be used only with consideration of the following:
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Copyright (C) 1993 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota.
All rights reserved.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute the Gopher
software for non commercial purposes and without fee is hereby
granted, provided that the University of Minnesota copyright
notices and this permission notice appear in all copies, and that
the name University of Minnesota not be used in advertising or
publicity pertaining to this software and documentation without
specific, written prior permission. The University of Minnesota
makes no representations about the suitability of this software
and documentation for any purpose. It is provided 'as is' without
express or implied warranty.
Commercial use of Gopher requires specific permission from the
University of Minnesota; contact the internet gopher development
team at <gopher@boombox.micro.umn.edu> for further information.
Printed in the U.S.A.
TRADEMARKS
Internet Gopher is a trademark of the University of Minnesota.
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If you have questions or feedback regarding this file, please send it
to: Mark Hunnibell
KIDLINK Special Projects
<mark@kids.ccit.duq.edu>
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| This is the KIDLINK GOPHER file. For the latest version of this |
| file or any other in the KIDLINK Gopher Help File set, you |
| should send a message to LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU |
| In the text of your message, just type the command: |
| GET KIDLINK GOPHER |
| |
| If you would like more than one file, place it on the next line. |
| For more information about the KIDLINK projects, just include |
| the following additional text in the above message: |
| GET KIDLINK GENERAL |
| GET KIDLINK MASTER |
| |
| All information about KIDLINK is also available via the KIDLINK |
| Gopher. If you have Gopher on your computer, you can try this |
| command: gopher kids.ccit.duq.edu Alternatively, you |
| can use: telnet kids.ccit.duq.edu login: gopher |
| The Gopher help files are located in the menu titled 'Finding |
| and using KIDLINK Services' |
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