- What is the value of a national electronic library to the
typical K-12 student (Kindergarten through 12th grade)?
Describe this using a list of at least 5
bullets, rather than prose, with one important added-value
(provided by such a library) covered by each bullet.
- The gopher files available for browsing through
the class readings could be extended to include all readings
commonly studied by first year graduate students. They could be
packaged on a CD-ROM and made to work with most UNIX
systems. Please write a short, 1 page proposal to ACM Press
Database and Electronic Products, suggesting this.
- Collecting and integrating the materials for an electronic
library are very challenging tasks. Explain why - briefly.
- If Project Envision provided network access to a large part
of the ACM publications, and charged on behalf of ACM, would
it be better for charges to be per use or per copy received? Why?
- Describe the main differences between the send, find,
and whois type commands of netlib. Which of these
allows Boolean query forms, and why are such query forms useful for such
types of access?