CICNet is running the e-serials archive.  CICNet is an regional
Internet provider based out of Ann Arbor, MI.  CICNet was started by
the Big 10 Universities, who also make up the "Committee on
Institutional Cooperation" (the "CIC" in CICNet). The Big 10 schools
all have Big Libraries, and they have an interest in collecting just
about anything that exists.  CICNet agreed to start trying to gather
electronic journals, and the library folks agreed to come up with some
policies for what to collect and what not to collect.  (What do you do
with stuff like "The Electronic Porn Gazette"?)

One point about the archive is that is fuctions more like a library
than a publishing house.  We don't make space avaiable for people to
archive their journals, rather we point to some master location and
collect it all togther.  However, the archive is all real text, not
pointers, to ensure that the material won't be lost if the original
archive goes away.

The archivist who makes all this work is Paul Southworth; he can be
reached as pauls@cic.net.  We don't have a formal procedure for
requesting that journals be included, but basically if you want
something in, send a message to Paul and let him know what you have.

The archive was actually started by Billy Barron, now of University of
Texas.  

If you want more information about what else CICNet is doing, the last
item in this menu wlll take you to the CICNet Gopher.

Small point -- those in the know pronounce CICNet as "see-eye-see
net", not "sick-net".  Every organization has it's foibles ...

-- Paul Holbrook (who works for CICNet)
   8/25/93
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