Gain Practical experience in electronic journal distribution. Provide a broad base of researchers access to a test journal set so that their reactions can be used to guide future efforts. Two to five years of back issues will be used. Scanned bitmaps of ApJ , ApJ Supp , AJ , and PASP from 1986-1990. The data volume for scanned pages is too large for deliverable media, so a centralized archive is required.
Electronic networks are widely available for the transfer of data.
The proposed libraries and the selected individuals will be listed at the time of the presentations. Distribution of Bitmap images and abstracts to the above external sites. This access and distribution does not place any restrictions as to which of the included journals would be available to the limited test group. List of authorized subscribers to each journal. It is expected at this time that a request will be made to continue the experimental access for another year.