USENIX online index & library
Deborah Scherrer
scherrer at mtxinu.COM
Sat Jan 21 06:35:52 AEST 1989
USENIX Online Index and Library
As the quantity of USENIX and USENIX-related publications
rapidly expands, and the quality becomes increasingly
attractive, the need has arisen for some sort of online
access, at least to an index of published articles. USENIX
has authorized a proposal to fund, implement, and make
available an electronically accessible index to USENIX and
related groups published articles. Versions of abstracts
and/or full papers will also be made available in cases
where authors are willing to donate them. Articles to be
referenced will be drawn from (past and future): USENIX
conference and workshop proceedings, ;login:, the Computing
Systems journal, EUUG conference proceedings and
newsletters, AUUG conference proceedings and newsletters,
JUS conference proceedings, and the Software Tools Users
Group proceedings. Other sources (AFUU, GUUG, NZUSUGI,
etc.) will be continually evaluated and included as deemed
suitable.
The index will include references from as many past issues
of the publications as can be obtained, and kept current as
new issues are released. In addition, authors of relevant
publications are being given the opportunity to donate their
full paper, or abstract only, for inclusion and distribution
through the online library.
The online index and library will reside at UUNET and be
freely available. Users will be able to retrieve both the
index and any available online abstracts or papers, indivi-
dually, by simple email request. Specific details on
retrieval will be forthcoming. Although the library and
index will be most effectively used electronically, the
index will also be printed periodically and made available
through the USENIX office, for those without email access.
If you have ever had an article published by one of the
above groups, you have the opportunity of donating a copy to
the library. Or, authors may choose to donate abstracts
only, even in cases where a full paper has been published.
Donation of either a paper or an abstract is purely volun-
tary. Papers can be distributed either with a
copyright notice, or a copyright release, at the copyright
holder's discretion. The electronic papers and abstracts
will be made available for retrieval in essentially the same
format they were delivered -- no attempt will be made to
translate into a common text formatting language, etc.
(Understand that some illustrations will not be available
electronically and some people may not be able to properly
print papers they request.) For specific information on
donating papers or abstracts, write to usenix!office.
Deborah Scherrer
USENIX Vice President
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