Article
The MIT libraries electronic journals project: Reports on patron access and technical processing
Serials Review
(1993)
Abstract
A library's decisions about the acquisition and management of electronic journals depend to some extent upon the organization of computing facilities at the library's parent institution; it is important, therefore, to set the stage for the following reports by briefly describing what that organization consists of at MIT. The MIT Libraries function within MIT's distributed computing environment, a campuswide UNIX-based network (MITnet) of which Athena, one of several smaller networks, is a part. Access to Athena is possible both on specialized Athena workstations and through dial-up access from a PC.
Athena provides the MIT Libraries' staff with their access to the Internet and offers a variety of information resources, including an e-mail component that uses mhmail, and a campuswide online public information service called TechInfo. (TechInfo is accessible via telnet to techinfo.mit.edu.) TechInfo includes a range of materials such as schedules of campus events and classes, policy documents, and information about library services.
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall 1993
DOI
10.1016/S0098-7913(05)80039-5
Citation Information
Marlene Manoff, D. Scott Brandt, Carter Snowden, Carol Zoppel, et al.. "The MIT libraries electronic journals project: Reports on patron access and technical processing" Serials Review Vol. 19 Iss. 3 (1993) p. 15 - 40 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carol-zoppel/1/