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Date:         Mon, 7 Sep 1992 09:49:29 EDT
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From:         Duane F Marble <dmarble@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
Subject:      Bibliography Test

     Those who are interested are invited to assist us with a test
of some materials prepared for the GIS Master Bibliography Project.
A file containing extended bibliographic entries (including
abstracts) of the technical papers presented at the recent Fifth
International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling in Charleston is
available for downloading via anonymous FTP. The file is available
is two forms, an ASCII file in REFER format and a PC binary file
for use with the EndNote/Endnote Plus bibliographic system.

     We had intended to load a Mac version of the EndNote file but
we are also finding some difficulty in moving Mac binaries thru
Unix (see Harlan's comments on the NCGIA offering). Since we are
novices in the Mac world, any assistance in this matter would be
greatly appreciated! [Messages directly to me and not to the net
would be most effective.] For the moment, it is suggested that
those with a Mac version of EndNote copy the REFER file and then
import it into EndNote.

     To obtain a copy of either of these test files, FTP to:

     BASTET.SBS.OHIO-STATE.EDU     (128.146.134.152)

and login using "anonymous" followed by your name and system ID as
the password.

To obtain the REFER file issue the following FTP commands:

     cd /pub/gis.refer
     get sdh92.ref

To obtain the EndNote (PC) file issue the following FTP commands:

     cd /pub/gis.pc
     binary
     get sdh92.lib

     If you want to obtain printed copies of the SDH-92 papers, the
two volume set is available from David Cowen at the University of
South Carolina (cowen@otis.hssc.scarolina.edu). I am not sure of
the price, but it should be around $50 - check with Dave.

Legal Matters

     Since I was the one who brought this up with Harlan, I should
be clear about our position on this matter. Harlan cites a number
of legal precedents which he feels make it OK to distribute copies
of the NCGIA 1991 bibliography over the net.  We feel uneasy about
this since some journal publishers are collecting fees for allowing
commercial services to include their references and the relevancy
of U.S. copyright law to international distribution via the net
(even if no charge is made) is -- at best -- undefined. In any
case, it is our intent to provide extended references including
abstracts of articles and tables of contents for books. We are
informed (unofficially) that these items will require explicit
permissions from the copyright holders.

     In any case, we have neither the time, inclination, nor
resources to deal with unhappy publishers after the fact. Thus we
will not include any items for which we do not hold official
permissions. I am in the process of writing to various publishers
and while I do not anticipate any massive wave of refusals from the
publishers, we will not include any commercial items for which we
do not have formal permissions on file. This will slow things down
at first, but as was noted some years ago "Good fences make good
neighbors."

Comments on the Test

     Please direct all comments on the test to me at the e-mail
address given below.

Thanks!


--
Duane F. Marble            E-mail: dmarble@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Dept. of Geography
The Ohio State University  Telephone:  (614) 292-2250
Columbus, OH 43220         Fax:  (614) 292-6213
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