The Internet for Librarians
Uta Grothkopf
European Southern Observatory ESO Library Garching near Munich Germany
Abstract
Librarianship is currently undergoing ma jor changes New information sources
accessible via the network of networks the Internet o er opp ortunities whichwere
previously unknown but which require continuous ongoing learning The Internet
seems to b e organized badly or not at all The p o or app earance might lead to an
underestimation of its value
In the following an intro duction to the main functions will b e given in order
to facilitate understanding and use of the Internet E Mail FTP File Transfer
Proto col and Telnet will b e covered as well as Mailing lists Newsgroups and the
to ols Archie Gopher