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RED CIENTIFICA PERUANA                                                 NOTIRED
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                     LC MARVEL
               LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
MACHINE-ASSISTED REALIZATION OF THE VIRTUAL ELECTRONIC LIBRARY


What is LC MARVEL?

     LC MARVEL is a global information system combining the vast
collection of information available at  and about LC  with  many
electronic resources accessible through  the Internet. Its  goal
is to serve the staff of LC, the U.S. Congress, and constituents
throughout the world.  It  is available on  the Internet and  is
built upon the Gopher software from the University of Minnesota.
Since  the information offered by  the system will  be viewed by
both  staff members  and  users  outside  of  the  Library  from
workstations  with   varying   ranges   of  characteristics  and
capabilities, the format of documents on LC MARVEL will, for the
most  part,  adhere  to  the  "lowest common denominator"--plain
ASCII text. In some cases files will be listed that are  not  in
ASCII format (i.e., graphic images from  the Library's exhibits)
which  can  be saved, but  not viewed through LC MARVEL. In  the
near future, it  may  be possible to view images and more richly
formatted text.


Availability and How to connect:

     LC MARVEL will be available to  the public on  July  9.  To
access it  via  the Internet, telnet to MARVEL.LOC.GOV and login
as Marvel. This will connect you  to  the "generic telnet gopher
client." Initially only  10  ports for direct telnet connections
will be available to outside users. However, it is also possible
to connect to  LC  MARVEL using gopher client software, or  from
other  gopher servers, by  pointing  to MARVEL.LOC.GOV, port  70
(the 10 user limit does not apply to this access method).

MAIN MENU:
     The  main  menu  of  LC  MARVEL consists  of  the following
selections:

     1. About LC MARVEL (please read first)
     2. Library   of  Congress:  facilities,  activities,  and
        services
     3. Research and reference
     4. Library of Congress online systems
     5. The U.S. Congress
     6. Federal government information
     7. Services to libraries and publishers
     8. Copyright
     9. Employee information
    10. The global electronic library (by subject)
    11. Other Internet resources.

Reporting comments and problems:

     Since LC MARVEL will be "under construction" for several
months, the design team is interested in hearing your comments
and reports of any technical problems that may occur. Please
send any Internet mail messages to:  LCMARVEL@SEQ1.LOC.GOV
.