BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR MLA NETWORKERS by Richard Griscom Indianapolis, February 1991 Note: format for sending commands as BITNET messages: IBM MVS/VM: TELL [server] AT [node] [command] (Example: TELL LISTSERV AT IUBVM GET ADMIN STRUCT) VAX VMS: SEND [server]@[node] [command] (Example: SEND LISTSERV@IUBVM GET ADMIN STRUCT) Guides to the networks Books Frey, Donnalyn, and Rick Adams. !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Address- ing and Networks. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1989. 284 p. A detailed electronic mail tutorial followed by an excellent directory covering over 100 networks. Each two-page entry includes the history of the network, addressing protocol, architecture, future plans, telephone numbers, paper-mail addresses, and information on gateways. LaQuey, Tracy L., ed. The User's Directory of Computer Networks. Bedford, MA: Digital Press, 1990. 630 p. ISBN 1555580475. "Contains host lists, domain information, maps, and extensive indexes for most major academic or research networks in North American and many overseas that are accessible from the U.S. networks. The book also has tutorial essays on topics such as domains and X.500 by knowledgeable people in the field"--Jim Cocks on the INFO-NET list. Quarterman, John S. The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide. Bedford, Mass.: Digital Press, 1990. 719 p. ISBN 1555580335. The current bible of computer networking. Covers a broad range of topics, including ethics and etiquette. Discussion of over 400 networks is arranged geographically by country. Excellent coverage of addressing syntax, network information servers, and gateways. Also contains infor- mation on technical protocols and administrative/management issues. Bibliographies Parker, Elliott. "Computer Networking." 3 p. August 1990. A short bibliography including many helpful sources covering a broad range of networks--not only BITNET and the Internet. More practical for the layman than "FYI on Where to Start." Send an interactive message to COMSERVE@RPIECS consisting of the request SEND COMPUNET BIBLIO Network Working Group. "FYI on Where to Start: A Bibliography of Internet- working Information." 41 p. August 1990. Bibliography on the Internet, categorized by format (articles, bibliogra- phies, books, guides, etc.). Includes many entries on technical and administrative matters that are not of interest to casual Internet users. Also contains a table of common acronyms (Appendix B). Send mail to service@nic.ddn.mil with "RFC 1175" in the subject line. (See also the section Network Information Servers below for information on lists of files available from the various servers.) Network files About BITNET BITNET Network Information Center. "User Help." 23 Jan 89. 1 p. A list of recommended files and services for the BITNET novice. Send the request GET USER HELP to LISTSERV@BITNIC. ________. "Bitnet Overview." 26 Feb 1989. 2 p. The official description of BITNET and its purposes. Written since the formulation of CREN and clears up some of the confusion over the distinc- tion between BITNET (the network) and CREN (the organization). Send the request GET BITNET OVERVIEW to LISTSERV@BITNIC. Condon, Chris. "Bitnet Userhelp." October 1990. ca. 14 p. The single best introduction to the BITNET network and its services. Covers the three basic services (interactive messages, mail, and file transfer) and offers a fine discussion of file servers, name servers, discussion-list servers, and relays. Written clearly, avoiding many technicalities. Send the request GET BITNET USERHELP to LISTSERV@MARIST. Subscribers to Netmonth receive updates automatically. ________, ed. NetMonth. A network-service publication produced by the Yale Computer Center BITNET Services Library (BITLIB) staff. Don't be surprised if you don't receive an issue each month; the frequency varies. To subscribe, send the command SUB NETMONTH [Your full name] to LISTSERV@MARIST. You will also receive updates to "Bitnet Userhelp" and "Bitnet Servers" with your subscription. About the Internet Chew, John J., ed. "Inter-Network Mail Guide." 3 April 1990. 4 p. A quick-reference guide to the address syntaxes required to send mail between a variety of networks. Send the message GET NETWORK GUIDE to LISTSERV@UNMVM. Krol, Ed. "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet." September 1989. 23 p. The most frequently recommended introduction to the Internet, although much of the document is of a technical nature. Send a message to ser- vice@nic.ddn.mil with RFC 1118 in the subject line. Jones, Paul. "What is the Internet?" 8 February 1990. 4 p. A short, readable introduction to the Internet and its three basic services: mail, remote login (telnet), and remote file transfer (ftp). Includes a short bibliography. Send the message GET INTERNET WHAT_IS HUMANIST to LISTSERV@BROWNVM. Malkin, Gary Scott, April N. Marine, Joyce K. Reynolds. "Answers to Commonly Asked 'New Internet User' Questions." August 1990. 23 p. Answers both general and technical questions and includes a helpful ten- page glossary of Internet terms and acronyms. NSF Network Service Center. "Internet Resource Guide." 170 p. 1989. A guide to the various resources available through the internet. Lags behind the unofficial guides (for example, the coverage of library cata- logs is much less complete than the St. George and Larsen, below). FTP to nnsc.nsf.net, change directory to "resource-guide". Subscription requests should be sent to resource-guide-request@nnsc.nsf.net. Also available in hardcopy for $15 from the NSF Network Service Center, BBN Systems and Technologies, 10 Moulton Street, Cambridge MA 02138. Electronic mail and network etiquette and ethics Anderson, Robert, and Norman Shapiro. Toward an Ethics and Etiquette of Elec- tronic Mail. Rand Corporation, 1985. 50 p. (Excerpted in BITNET Network Information Center "Mail Manners.") Report prepared for the National Science Foundation. Includes general information on electronic mail systems and their effect on the quality of communication. Hard copies available for $4 (in 1987) from Publications Distribution Services, The RAND Corporation, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica CA 90406-2138. Ask for publication R-3283-NSF/RC. BITNET Network Information Center. "Bitnet Usage Guidelines." July 1988. 2 p. " ... established by the BITNET Board of Trustees to remind users of the intended purpose of BITNET, Inc., and to offer some solutions to avoid abuse." Send the message GET USEGUIDE INFO2 to LISTSERV@BITNIC. "Electronic Mail." In Users' Directory of Computer Networks Accessible to the Texas Higher Education Network Member Institutions, comp. Tracy Lynn LaQuey, Section 11. A description of email, a glossary of network and email terminology, an addressing-syntax primer, and a directory of networks and the address formats appropriate for getting mail from one to the other. Send the request GET NETDIR6B TABLE to LISTSERV@BITNIC. Updegrove, Daniel A., John A. Muffo, and John A. Dunn, Jr. "Electronic Mail and Networks: New tools for University Administrators." Educom Review 25 (Spring 1990): 21-28. An article by written by academic administrators for academic administra- tors, but the information on the networks and their services is applica- ble generally (and is also occasionally incorrect). Includes advice on how to get an institution started in networking (for example, how to approach the local computer center, how to find suitable PC software). BITNET Network Information Center. "Mail Manners." April 1987. 3 p. Consists of two parts: "The Phenomenon of FLAMING," excerpted from Ander- son and Shapiro (above), and "The Ethics of Computer Conferencing," an abstract of a paper by John R. Cook. Send the request GET MAIL MANNERS to LISTSERV@BITNIC. Network Working Group, Internet Activities Board. "Ethics and the Internet." January 1989. 2 p. An official policy statement issued after the November 1988 hacker inci- dent that jammed network traffic for hours. Send a message to service@nic.ddn.mil with RFC 1087 in the subject line. Information on LISTSERVs and other file distribution systems Guides to using LISTSERV BITNET Network Information Center. "Using Servers from the BITNET Network Information Center." September 1988. ca. 14 p. A simple, readable tutorial, tailored for use with BITNIC, but applicable to all basic LISTSERV services. Not as comprehensive as "Listserv Memo," but more concise and understandable. The remainder of the document is less valuable and is specific to the services of BITNIC. Send the request GET USING SERVERS to LISTSERV@BITNIC. Thomas, Eric. "Listserv Memo." The official introduction to revised LISTSERV by the author of the latest versions of the software. Includes descriptions of all the commands you will need to take full advantage of LISTSERV. More detailed than the discussion in "Bitnet Userhelp." Send the command INFO GENINTRO to the nearest LISTSERV. (see also Condon, Chris, "Bitnet Userhelp," above, which includes a basic tutorial.) Directories of discussion lists and servers [Global list of LISTSERV lists] The most basic listing: one line for each list, giving address and a brief description. Send the command LIST GLOBAL to the nearest LISTSERV. BITNET Network Information Center. "Listserv Groups." ca. 20 p. A directory of LISTSERV discussion groups, shorter and less informative-- but of a more manageable size--than the Zellich list. Each entry in- cludes the list's address, the name of its coordinator, and a description of its purpose. Also includes a table of Internet special interest groups that have BITNET sublists. Send the request GET LISTSERV GROUPS to LISTSERV@BITNIC. Zellich, R. "List-of-lists." ca. 200 p. The most complete listing of discussion lists on BITNET and the Internet. It's a huge document; when I requested it via BITNET in November 1990, it was sent in eleven separate files. Available through BITNET (send the command GET INTEREST PACKAGE to LISTSERV@NDSUVM1) or the Internet (FTP to nic.ddn.mil). The BITNET Network Information Center. "BITNET Servers." 17 p. A directory of the file servers, user directory servers, list servers, relay servers, and electronic magazines accessible via Bitnet (and a few via the Internet). Note that this is not a directory of distribution lists (such as MLA-L, HUMANIST, etc.) but rather of LISTSERVs and other servers (such as LISTSERV@IUBVM). Updates are distributed with NetMonth (see above). May be retrieved separately by sending the request GET BITNET SERVERS to LISTSERV@BITNIC. Selected files available from LISTSERV@IUBVM For a complete listing of the files available from MLA-L, send the command INDEX MLA-L to LISTSERV@IUBVM.Many of these files are suitable for subscription through Automatic File Distribution (AFD) or File Update Information (FUI). Send a message to RWGRIS01@ULKYVM for more information. Administrative Structure of MLA An official document of the association, maintained by the Executive Secretary, listing all officers, editors, committee members, and chapter chairs. Send the command GET ADMIN STRUCT to LISTSERV@IUBVM. Griscom, Dick. "Directory of MLA Electronic Mail Addresses." "Email MLA," formerly "BITNET MLA." Updated on a fairly regular basis. Lists name, institution, and email addresses (including, when available, BITNET, Internet, ALANET, CompuServe and MCI Mail). Send the command GET EMAIL MLA to LISTSERV@IUBVM. Send updates to RWGRIS01@ULKYVM. Kuyper-Rushing, Lois. [List of thematic indexes and reference works used by the Library of Congress for formulating uniform titles]. September 1990. Compiled from entries in the Music Cataloging Bulletin. For general information on the files, send the command GET THEMIND README to LISTSERV@IUBVM. The list of reference works is in the file THEMIND REFBOOKS; thematic indexes are in THEMIND INDEXES. List of MLA-L subscribers A file containing the names (when provided) and email addresses of the subscribers to MLA-L, arranged alphabetically according to network nodes. Note that this is different from "Email MLA," which contains more de- tailed information and generally includes only MLA members. Send the command REVIEW MLA-L to LISTSERV@IUBVM. Logs of past messages on MLA-L Monthly cumulations of messages distributed on MLA-L. Each file is retained for six months and then dropped. The last four characters of the filename are the year and month of the log. Messages sent in January 1991, for example, are stored in file MLA-L LOG9101. These logs can make for interesting reading. They provide a snap shot of the thoughts and concerns of music librarians. If you find the daily activity of MLA-L too hectic, you might consider requesting the monthly logs for perusal at your leisure. Send the message GET MLA-L LOG[YYMM] to LISTSERV@IUBVM. Minutes of MLA Board Meetings The official minutes, with filenames in the format BDMINUTE [YYMM] (for example, BDMINUTE 9010 for the October 1990 board meeting). Library catalogs accessible through the Internet St. George, Art, and Ron Larsen. "Internet-Accessible Library Catalogs and Databases." November 1990. ca. 46 p. Issued several times each year. Divided into several sections. Addi- tions are noted at the beginning of each new edition. Send the request GET INTERNET LIBRARY to LISTSERV@UNMVM. Network Information Servers The DDN Network Information Center (NIC). FTP to nic.ddn.mil using username "anonymous," password "guest," or send a message with HELP as a subject to service@nic.ddn.mil for an introduc- tion to batch file retrieval. The BITNET (Because It's Time Network) Network Information Center (BITNIC). Many of the files listed in this bibliography were retrieved from BITNIC. Send the request INDEX to LISTSERV@BITNIC for a list of available file- lists. The most valuable filelist for the BITNET novice is the NETINFO INDEX. Send the command GET NETINFO INDEX to LISTSERV@BITNET. The command GET INFO FILELIST will retrieve the list of LISTSERV documenta- tion available from BITNIC. CSNET (Computer Science Network) Coordination and Information Center (CIC). FTP to sh.cs.net using username "anonymous," password "guest," or send a message with the following lines to info-server@sh.cs.net for an intro- duction to batch file retrieval: request: info topic: help request: end NSF (National Science Foundation) Network Service Center The Internet Resource Guide (see above) is available through this server. FTP to nnsc.nsf.net using username "anonymous," password "guest," or send a message containing the following lines to info-server@nnsc.nsf.net for an introduction to batch file retrieval: Request: nsfnet Topic: help Request: end MERIT/NSFNET Network Information Service (NIS). FTP to nis.nsf.net using username "anonymous," password "guest," or send a mail message with a first line of HELP to nis-info@nis.nsf.net (Inter- net) or NIS-INFO@MERIT (BITNET) for an introduction to batch file re- trieval. MUSIC- AND LIBRARY-RELATED LISTSERVS AND INTERNET MAILING LISTS The following are traditional BITNET lists run on LISTSERV. Unless otherwise noted, subscribe by sending the message SUB [listname] [Your name] to LISTSERV@[nodename]. For example, to subscribe to the list MLA-L@IUBVM I would send the command "SUB MLA-L Richard Griscom" to LISTSERV@IUBVM. ALLMUSIC@AUVM Mailing list is dedicated to the discussion of all forms of music, in all its aspects. ARLIS-L@UKCC Art Library Association AUTOCAT@UVMVM Library cataloging and authorities discussion group. BI-L@BINGVMB Bibliographic instruction BUSLIB-L@IDBSU Business librarians EMUSIC-D@AUVM Electronic music (digested) EMUSIC-L@AUVM Electronic music (unedited list) GOVDOC-L@PSUVM Government documents HUMANIST@BROWNVM Humanities scholars ILL-L@UVMVM Interlibrary loan IR-L@UCCVMA Information retrieval list LIBPLN-L@QUCDN Library planning LIBREF-L@KENTVM Library reference services MLA-L@IUBVM Music Library Association OPERA-L@BRFAPESP Opera (send SUB OPERA-L [your name] to MAILSERV@BRFAPESP) PACS-L@UHUPVM1 Public Access Computer Systems SERIALST@UVMVM Serials SINFONIA@ASUACAD Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia TML-L@IUBVM Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum Unless otherwise noted, you may subscribe to the following lists by sending a note to [listname]-request@[domain]. For example, I would subscribe to Exlibris by sending a note to exlibris-request@zodiac.rutgers.edu. adolph-a-carrot@andrew.cmu.edu The Severed Heads and other bands on the Ralph label aon@polyslo.calpoly.edu The Art of Noise backstreets@virginia.edu Bruce Springsteen brass@dinorah.wustl.edu Brass musicians dead-flames@virginia.edu Grateful Dead dead-heads@virginia.edu Digest of Dead-Flames exlibris@zodiac.rutgers.edu Rare books, manuscripts, and special collections law-lib@ucdavis.edu Law librarians (send note to law-req@ucdavis.edu) Love-Hounds@eddie.mit.edu Music of Kate Bush music-research@prg.oxford.ac.uk Music research stormcock@cs.qmw.ac.uk Music of Roy Harper SELECTED LIBRARY CATALOGS ACCESSIBLE VIA THE INTERNET Access to the following should be possible via Telnet, unless tn3270 is speci- fied. Brown University brownvm.brown.edu (tn3270) Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries pac.carl.org Cleveland Public Library clevxe.cpl.org Columbia University clio.cul.columbia.edu Cornell University cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (tn3270) Emory University emuvm1.cc.emory.edu (tn3270) Florida Center for Lib. Automation nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu (tn3270) Harvard University hollis.harvard.edu Indiana University iuis.ucs.indiana.edu New York University bobcat.nyu.edu Northwestern University pacx.acns.nwu.edu Ohio State University lcs.us.ohio-state.edu Penn State University lias.psu.edu Princeton University catalog.princeton.edu Rice University library.rice.edu Rutgers University library.rutgers.edu University of California melvyl.ucop.edu Univ of Cal, Berkeley gopac.berkeley.edu U of Ill, Urbana-Champaign garcon.cso.uiuc.edu University of Kansas kuhub.cc.ukans.edu University of Maine ursus.maine.edu University of Maryland umcat.umd.edu University of Michigan cts.merit.edu University of Minnesota lumina.lib.umn.edu (tn3270) University of Missouri umrvmb.umr.edu University of Nebraska unllib.unl.edu University of Oregon janus.uoregon.edu University of Pennsylvania pennlib.upenn.edu University of Tennessee dca.utk.edu Univ of TX, Austin utaus.cc.utexas.edu University of Wisconsin blue.adp.wisc.edu