no.1946-FIRST SEARCH & TELNET ACCESS

From: Lynn F. Sipe <lsipe_at_usc.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 11:25:27 -0800
To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu
From: Dennis Dillon <dillon_at_mail.utexas.edu>

We've been hearing repeated rumors from different sources inside OCLC since
mid-December  -- that OCLC is planning to discontinue telnet access to
Firstsearch at the end of 1999.  There has been nothing in print.

Can anyone shed further light on this possiblity?


Dennis Dillon
Head, Collections and Information Resources
The University of Texas at Austin
Received on Mon Feb 08 1999 - 11:25:03 EST