Given the importance of online information, I believe Interfaces has an excellent idea in having an electronic counterpart concentrating on its clientele. I would strongly encourage the other journals to also consider electronic counterparts to provide additional subfield specific information. I do think that the online capabilities can revolutionize research dissemination and have an extremely positive effect on developments in research. Technical Report Directory One common comment about research is that if you find a paper in a journal, you are two years behind the research frontier. While perhaps an exaggeration, there is more than a grain of truth in that statement.
Technical reports provide the best description of current research activities.
These services could be combined into one, of course, with both an indexing and submission system. This service can be as simple as providing access and pointers to course syllabi, courses, and projects. This can also include the publishing of online courses, supplementary material, and material aimed and high school, junior high school, and elementary school children and teachers. These activities have been based on personal computing software. Other Services One fundamental point that must be stressed is that too much centralization of the information can be counterproductive.