cross@wsu.CSNET (George Cross) (05/13/86)
[Ken - I think this may be of interest to some portion of the AI community. It was on the Weizmann Bulletin Board] PPPP IIII PP II PP PSYCHNET II PP II PP II PP II PSISSSSPSI SSSS SSSS SSSS SSSS SSSS SSSS PSISSSSPSI EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - UNIVERSITY PARK 4800 CALHOUN BOULEVARD HOUSTON, TEXAS 77004 For More Information: Norman Kagan, Ph.D. or Distinguished Professor Robert Morecock, M.A. Graduate Assistant 713-749-7621 EPSYNET@UHUPVM1.BITNET March 21, 1986 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Selected professional papers scheduled for presentation at the August APA convention soon will be available worldwide via PSYCHNET, the new electronic bulletin board and mail machine at the University of Houston. Dr. Norman Kagan, distinguished professor and chair of the Educational Psychology Department there said, "PSYCHNET will enable psychologists to arrive with papers in hand, having read and processed the presenters' ideas months in advance of the convention. They will be ready to discuss these ideas rather than just assimilate them at our annual meeting." PSYCHNET, which will eventually serve the psychological community in a number of ways, is distributed by BITNET, the electronic mail network that links much of the academic world. "This year PSYCHNET will be sending out papers for Divisions 12, 16, 17 and 38 to anyone on the BITNET system who requests them. Next year we hope that even more divisions will participate," continued Dr. Kagan, "and we are already encouraging people to contact us via BITNET because PSYCHNET is up and running." "Most requests for papers will be automatically acknowledged within five seconds," said Dr. Kagan. Actual arrival time of requested papers will vary from five seconds to twenty minutes, depending on how busy the mail system is. "We are hoping people will go ahead and give PSYCHNET a try now, rather than wait till the last minute." For most computer sites with VM operating systems the command TELL UH-INFO AT UHUPVM1 PSYCHNET HELP will start the process of requesting PSYCHNET papers. Many VAX sites (JNET) will find the command SEND UH-INFO@UHUPVM1 PSYCHNET HELP will obtain the same information. Others should consult their local computer center regarding sending the message PSYCHNET HELP to userid UH-INFO at node UHUPVM1. Via leased lines BITNET makes PSYCHNET available at some 1203 nodes or university computer sites in the free world. Locations range from Israel in the Middle East, to Europe, the United States and Canada, then west as far as Tokyo in Japan. Users of VM (BITNET) systems can obtain the psychnet exec, which vastly simplifies using psychnet. Just give the command TELL UH-INFO AT UHUPVM1 PSYCHNET SENDME PSYCHNET EXEC When it arrives move it from your reader to your file area and then give the command PSYCHNET. Your PSYCHNET use will now be automatic