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13 TALL Newsl. 1 (1993-1994)

handle is hein.journals/tallquart13 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol. 13 No. 1 TALL NEWSLETTER TOOT ASCATO OF LAW LIRRAN Navigating the Internet Gian Medves Computer Services Librarian Bora Laskin Law Library University of Toronto The information age is upon us and, like a star that is about to go supernova, the information explosion may destroy our current universe as we know it. There is a peril for libraries and librarians if we do not keep abreast of the technology and develop strategies for making maximum use of the available electronic infor- mation efficiently and cost effectively. At a recent symposium on the problems and challenges posed by electronic access to information, the keynote speaker, Douglas E. Van Houweling, Vice Provost for Information Technology at the University of Michigan, highlighted the changing role of libraries and challenged participants to develop strategies to utilize technological advances to meet the information needs of users. Mr. Van Houweling described the information explosion as an oppressive miasma of unfathomable opportunity which could become more burden than opportunity. The process of digitization has created a new medium spanning human experience, incorporating text, graphics, image, sound and video and integrating these media into a unified experience. This new format won't fit onto library shelves, changing the way in which information or knowledge is presented and disseminated, connected together to transmit and posing problems for the information to one another. A traditional library. The purpose IN THIS ISSUE group of machines connected of this article is to introduce Feature together in one physical loca Navigating the Internet librarians to one particular tion is called a local area aspect of this changing uni- Bibliographic Notes & Book Reviews 24 network or LAN. ALAN can Committee News 19 verse: The Internet. What is it? Conferences & Workshops 28 connect with other LANs to What can you do on it? How do Copyrightland 14 form a Wide Area Network Editor's Notes 2 you get on to it? IRa's 18 (WAN). WANs can then be Index to Advertisers 28 connected to other remote Library Profile: John Holmes Library 21 What is the Internet? Online Update 20 networks through host comput- Networking is, at its core, a President's Message 3 ers which are usually located at TALL Committees and Chairs 31 simple idea: the sharing of TALL Directory Order Form 30 government or university sites. resources among computer TALL Professional Development Award 22 The Internet is a very large ...there will be some changes made... 25 users. A network is, essen- Upcoming TALL Events 13 collection of networks (a tially, a group of machines (Continued on page 4) O3ctober 1993

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