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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 08:51:11 -0700
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Subject: Re[2]: NTIS and the Rebellion... (fwd)

     Two articles (on the subject of internet portals) relevant to this
     rebellion:

     1. NATURE 08 July 1999 v.400 no.6740 pp.107-109
        Steve lawrence & C. Lee Giles
        "Accessibility of information on the web"

     2. SCIENCE 1999 July 16; 285: 295 (in NetWatch)
        Net News: Search Engines Fall Short
        "No single search engine...covered more than 16% of the Web's
         contents..."

     Additionally, this author regrets using the "i" word to characterize the
     fine Bureaucrats in the Dept. of Commerce responsible for this action
     against NTIS and librarians everywhere. Surely Johnnie Sutherland would
     never have allowed this profane insolence and alas now probably will never
     take another vacation and leave his moderator post @ uga ever again.
- PML
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Subject: Re: NTIS and the Rebellion... (fwd)
Author:  Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> at {ucsdhub}
Date:    8/17/99 8:35 AM


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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 13:45:14 -0700
From: Jim O'Donnell <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: NTIS and the Rebellion... (fwd)

The point about the potential NTIS closure is not whether the cataloging
is/has been 'worth it', but where's the cataloged material?  Probably
considerably less than 1% of NTIS' collection is available anywhere but
from NTIS.  I don't see the Library of Congress taking on that task.

Jim O'Donnell