CPSR now provides a wide range of electronic services for its members and the public including administrative and informational mailing lists and an extensive online library. General information on CPSR and electronic access of all forms is available by sending email to .

The Internet CPSR library now houses files on a wide range of subjects: privacy, networking, conferences, computer crime, gender, disability, the workplace, and others. Files in the library are available via email, gopher, FTP and the World-Wide Web.

ACCESS TO THE INTERNET LIBRARY IS SIMPLE.

For users limited to email: Send a message to , the subject should be blank, with the command HELP in the mail body. A help file will be mailed to your address explaining how to use the library.

For anonymous FTP: Type the command ftp ftp.cpsr.org and you will be asked to login (use the word: anonymous) and provide a password (use your own login id). You will then be in the home directory of CPSR's library.

For Gopher Access: Type the command: gopher gopher.cpsr.org and you will go directly to CPSR's home directory.

For World-Wide Web access (via Mosaic, Lynx, or other browsers): Point your browser to the following URL: http://www.cpsr.org/ which will take you to the home page of CPSR.

The main announcement mailing list, originally created by Paul Hyland as CPSR@GWUVM.BITNET is now called CPSR-ANNOUNCE@CPSR.ORG. It disseminates official, short CPSR-related messages. We encourage you to subscibe and widely publicize the list. To subscribe, send email to with the following message: SUBSCRIBE CPSR-ANNOUNCE

You will get a message that confirms your subscription. If you have a problem, send email to . To find out what other email lists are available on cpsr.org, send email to with the message: LIST

There are two new USENET newsgroups. The first, comp.org.cpsr.announce, is an echo of the CPSR- ANNOUNCE mailing list to the netnews system. The other newsgroup is called comp.org.cpsr.talk. It is open for use by anyone to discuss CPSR-related issues.

If you would like to reach a chapter contact, send email to . This email address will reach one person who has been designated as a contact. Email lists have been set up for a few chapters (cpsr-boston-members, cpsr-paloalto-members, and cpsr-berkeley-members) in order to send announcements to chapter members or for the purpose of chapter discussions. Otherchapters that wish to form member lists should contact .

HANDY LISTSERV COMMANDS

Send the following commands in the body of an email message to : HELP to receive basic help, LISTÑto find out the list of email lists the listserv supports, GET CPSR CPSR_FILE_LIST to receive a list of files that may be retrieved, GET CPSR NII_POLICY- to receive the CPSR NII position paper, GET CPSR/CPSR_MEMBERSHIP_INFO CPSR.ALIASES- to receive organization contact names.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Volunteers are needed to help run CPSR.ORG. There are three fundamental classes of assistance that are needed. First and foremost is the need for contributors to and maintainers of the library of information. Individuals with FTP access who are interested in controlling a directory of information on a particular topic or helping with the library in general are needed. Second is the need for those who can moderate some of the email discussion lists; a direct connection is not required for this function. The third class of assistance involves maintenance of the software on the CPSR server; those with knowledge of listserv, FTP, WAIS, Web, Mosaic, sendmail and gopher software would be helpful. C programmers are also useful for special functions. Anyone interested in this kind of involvement should send email to . Additionally, we need access to a faster link as well as upgrade the software for managing our library. We currently use the WAIS software that is publicly available. Any help in this would be appreciated.

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