This is a summary of a poster session presented at the 1993 
CAUSE Annual Conference held in San Diego, California, 
December 7-10. It is the intellectual property of the 
author(s) and may not be published without permission. 
Disseminating the material otherwise is permitted, provided 
that the author(s) and the original presentation of the 
paper at CAUSE93 are acknowledged. 


                   Poster Session ABSTRACT
                              
                              
               INTERNETWORKING--A CAMPUS GUIDE
                              
Gene T. Sherron, D.B.A.
Professor of Information Studies
School of Library & Information Studies
Florida State University


Internet, Gopher, Archie, FTP, e-mail, CWIS . ..*#fghjkz!!!  
All new comers to the campus are bombarded with this barrage 
of acronyms and strange words.  And, this occurs even before 
they turn on a PC.  Yet, we know that survival in the 1990s 
will require a certain mastery of networking, yes, electronic 
networking.

To help incoming students, the Graduate School of Library and 
Information Studies at Florida State has developed version 
1.0 of "The Technology Guide."  This Guide is offered as the 
first line of defense against the ignorance of not knowing 
what everybody is talking about.

Further, it is designed for self-study rather than the
inconvenience of waiting for a course on the Internet and
other networking services.

The philosophy of its design is that if you can not explain 
accessing an information resource in one page, rewrite it!  
Thus, the campus wide information system, the school's LAN, 
the state-wide network, and the Internet are all single pages 
in the Guide.

     Come see this example and tell us about your
experience.  The Guide will be available on the Internet.
In this manner, you can take part in its revision and be
instrumental in "version 1.1."

                              

                       Poster Session
                              
               INTERNETWORKING--A CAMPUS GUIDE
                              
                   Gene T. Sherron, D.B.A.
              Professor of Information Studies
           School of Library & Information Studies
                  Florida State University

Internet, Gopher, Archie, FTP, e-mail, CWIS . . .*#fghjkz!!!  
All new comers to the campus are bombarded with this barrage 
of acronyms and strange words.  And, this occurs even before 
they turn on a PC.  Yet, we know that survival in the 1990s 
will require a certain mastery of networking, yes, electronic 
networking.

To help incoming students, the Graduate School of Library and 
Information Studies at Florida State has developed version 
1.0 of "The Networking Guide."  This Guide is offered as the 
first line of defense against the ignorance of not knowing 
what everybody is talking about.  Further, it is designed for 
self-study rather than the inconvenience of waiting for a 
course on the Internet and other networking services.

The philosophy of its design is that if you can not explain 
accessing an information resource in one page, rewrite it!  
Thus, the campus wide information system, the school's LAN, 
the state-wide network, and the Internet are all single pages 
in the Guide.

Come see this example and tell us about your experience.  The 
Guide will be available on the Internet. In this manner, you 
can take part in its revision and be instrumental in "version 
1.1."


     This poster session focused attention on a networking
guide that was developed for graduate students of the School
of Library & Informtion Studies at Florida State University.
The Guide, over a year in the making, is about 40 pages long
and consists of simple, usually one-page instructions on how
to access a part of our networking world.

The "posters" were 18 by 24 inch blow-ups of a dozen selected 
pages from the Guide.  Additionally, copies of the Guide were 
available for the conferees to examine.

The Guide has been revised (version 1.1) since the Conference 
and is now available through the CAUSE Exchange. Send for one 
today!

Gene T. Sherron, D.B.A.     sherron@LIS.FSU.edu
Professor                   School of Library & Info. Studies
(904) 644-6400 Office       238 Shores Building
(904) 893-6051 Home         Florida State University
(904) 644-9763 FAX          Tallahassee, Florida  32306-2048
Internet: SHERRON@LIS.FSU.edu


Date Revised: 02/27/94 (bdz)