----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I've spent the afternoon looking for gophers and ftp sites on the NET. (Thanks to Bill Theon for a good start) and I connected with the gopher at the Coalition of Networked Somethings (!? It's after 5:00 on Friday) Anyway, under "ARL FTP archives" there is another path "Dupont Circle Group" and yet another path "Chicago Conference..." There you will find the ARL Alternatives mentioned in the Area 2. You will also find a docu- ment from the Law Librarians. This is interesting, because the Law Libraries are similar in relationship to GPO and the DLC as Map Libraries. That is, they are sort of a subset. It would be helpful for us to look at their document. We need to make our existence known or we will be taken care of. I have both documents and can send them. They are lengthy however and I don't want to put them on the LIST. ---------------------- PATRICK MCGLAMERY MAP LIBRARIAN U-5M HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY UNIV. OF CONNECTICUT STORRS, CT 06268 (203) 486-4589 LIBMAP1@UCONNVM