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SCIENCE REFERENCE INSTITUTE  TIER THREE  JULY 27, 28, 29,  1994  SIMMONS
COLLEGE


THURSDAY, JULY 28TH

BUS TRIP TO WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE

Greetings by Catherine Norton, Head Librarian at the Marine Biological
Lab/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Library and David Remsen, Manager or
User Services at the Library of the Marine Biological Lab

OVERVIEW OF MBL/WHOI RESOURCES AND SERVICES, by Catherine Norton:
-fisheries
-coastal zone management
-U.S. Geological Survey information and maps (some free??)
-Sea Education Program for College Students
-Research on global warming
-oceanographic instrumentation
-vertical file items of interest to k-12 community available free  from
National Marine Fisheries Aquarium
-saltwater aquariums for sale
-free loan audio cassettes
-lists of free and low cost curriculum materials
-classroom subscriptions to Ocean Explorer magazine for middle grades
-Sea grant program for k-12 has information on marine science and oceanography.
(see handouts)
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The mission of the National Marine Fisheries is to get information out to the
public. Contact Donna Place for information.

Materials in the MBL/WHO library are primarily for students at the doctoral
level. More general material is available from the National Marine Fisheries.

Examine handouts and get on mailing lists.

HANDOUTS
Participants in Tier Three were given a packet which contained the following
handouts:
-Internet resources (handout by David Remsen  explaining gopher, mosaic, ftp,
etc.
-National Marine Fisheries Service  Aquarium -Wood Hole_Information Files
((list of pamphlets that students might request) Donna Place is contact person.
She will set up tours for schools.
-Information pamphlet about marine aquariums and their specimens available from
the Marine Biological Laboratory's Department of Marine Resources
- list of free loan audio cassette tapes
-Ocean Prospects, a High School Teacher's Guide to ocean-related topics
-Oceanography Reading Lists for Adults (annotated subject guide)
-Oceanography Reading Lists for Young Students (annotated subject guide)
-How to Find Marine Information in Public and School Libraries (a Rhode Island
Sea Grant Report)
-List of Sea Grant Programs with addresses for information
-Education Programs at North American Aquariums (article from Current/Vol. 10,
no. 2, 1991)
-Marine Career Series,Marine Related Occupations, a Primer for High School
Students
-Mission statement of the JASON PROJECT FOR EDUCATION
-U.S. Dept. of Commerce NOAA information flyers: Ocean Pollution Data and
Information Network; NOAA posters; cd rom product information, speakers bureau,
etc.
-various brochures describing the education programs at MBL/WHOI
-sample issues of the following periodicals: The Classroom Conservationist;
various sea grant newsletters; Current; National Sciences Resources Newsletter;
Tidal Ebb Breakers bureau, etc.
-various brochures describing the education programs at MBL/WHOI
-sample issues of the following periodicals: The Classroom Conservationist;
various sea grant newsletters; Current; National Sciences  Newsletter; Tidal E;
Tidal Exchange;Woods Hole Currents; Ocean Explorer; Oceanus; Coastal Educators
News; etc.
-Interlibrary loan rates for book loans and photocopies
-Ready reference shelf titles list

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Judith Ashmore, Assistant Director for Marine Biological Laboratory Library
Operations

Overview of MBL library. Primarily for graduate level. Teachers and students
can get a one day pass only. A fee is customarily charged to researchers who
rent desk space in the library. The library catalog is electronically
accessible and the MBL/WHOI campus uses fiber optic cable connections. The
local multitype library collaborative is upgrading its cabling to enable
electronic access for users outside the MBL/WHOI campus. Soon, this will be
possible via the Boston Library Consortium, a collaborative of fourteen
Massachusetts institutions, including the Massachusetts State Library,
MBL/WHOI, and twelve colleges and universities.

Resources of the MBL/WHOI include over 3,000 subscriptions to scientific
periodicals published in 40 languages.Most of the journals are complete back to
their first issue, and more than 50 new issues are received every day.
Additionally, there are online resources (Medlars, Georef, Biological
Abstracts,Fisheries Abstracts, etc.)  a book collection of 50,000 items,  a
document library, a library of over a million  photos and another collection of
over 7,000 scientific instruments dating back to 1930. The library contains one
of the world's most complete collections of biological, ecological and
oceanographic literature. All scholarly investigation is built on library
research. Scientists spend a great deal of time in the research library.
Scientists often phone in or fax requests, and material is usually faxed back
to the various research sites.

Information is also sent to Woods Hole scientists via the Internet:(Ecosystem
Center Report; Jason Report)

The Marine Educators Association welcomes new members. Their monthly newsletter
is a good resource for teachers.
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SCIENCE ON THE INTERNET by David Remsen

In addition to having connections to online resources, MBL/WHOI has its own
database which is accessed by other institutions. The center envisions an
electronic card catalog for ALL marine science and ocean information in the
future.This will be similar to a gopher or a mosaic access for all marine
resources.

Handout:INTERNET RESOURCES (definitions of ftp, telnet, gopher, mosaic, url,
and a list of links to internet resources for oceanography, and other topics)

Mr. Remsen explained TCP-IP Protocol, a Unix internet protocol by comparing it
to U.S. Mail system. Internet protocol is like the zip code in U.S. Mail. The
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is like a large pallet of mail in the mail
truck. The IP(internet protocol) is the individual internet address or the mail
sender or recipient.

Mr. Remsen demonstrated both gopher  (text based only)  and mosaic  (text plus
images)  access via the MBL/WHOI Internet Menu.

The MOSAIC software originated in 1993, and lets you combine both text and
images in files which can be downloaded by a site running a MOSAIC server. It
lets you imbed an internet address in the text of a paragraph. When you click
on the paragraph, you are then linked to that source, and the Internet address
for that source appears at the top of the computer screen. MOSAIC software was
developed at the University of Illinois and is available free for Macintosh, PC
and Unix systems.

There are two parts to the Mosaic system. The Server delivers the system, but
the Mosaic software presents or displays the information on the computer
screen. It uses the HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) to present the
information. Mosaic takes the text file from the HTTP server and keeps
retrieving the accompanying graphics. Mosaic comes with additional software:
image viewer, sound, paint program, and video clip software.  Mosaic software
can also be used to view gopher text files. You can capture Mosaic files using
ftp. MBL has copies of applications for courses on Mosaic.  Both Gopher and
Mosaic can ftp formatted files, although gopher will only show the text files.

REQUIREMENTS FOR MOSAIC:
One needs to have a slip connection, or use  point to point protocol. Your
local network provider or Internet host site can provide you with the slip
connector. You will need a 9600 baud modem(minimum). IF you are running Windows
on a PC,. you will need 4 meg of RAM.

See previously mentioned handout on Internet Resources for additional
information about oceanography resources available via mosaic,gopher, and ftp.
If I have to time to scan this handout, I will upload it to the LM_NET
discussion group at a later date.

Internet World magazine recently advertised the following:
INTERNET IN A BOX:EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO RUN MOSAIC FROM HOME  from O'Reilley
Associates. $12.00 per month. (Not sure if I took all the information on this
item accurately. Need to verify.)

A colleague showed us information that appeared in the March 20 issue of
LM_NET discussion group messages about Mosaic. Need to get this via the
following:

         telnet ericir.syr.edu
              gopher
                 virtual
                   educational listservs archives
                        lm_net




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Afternoon hands-on session using the MBL gopher and mosaic systems.

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Afternoon tours. Tier 3 Participants could choose one of the following:
-MBL/WHOI Library
-WHOI Exhibit Center
-Marine Resource Center
-NEFSC Aquarium