The BIOSCI electronic newsgroup network for the biological sciences

该多机构奖将继续和扩展BIOSCI提供的服务，以及作为国际生物科学界成员之间通信工具的电子新闻组网络。除了专门科学领域的交流论坛外，这些服务还包括实验方法新闻组、科学会议和其他一般公告以及期刊内容/摘要。致力于基因组计划各个方面的新闻组也在使用中。电子新闻组有可能使科学家之间的交流发生革命性的变化，通过演示、培训会议和协助安装新闻软件，它们将在生物界得到积极推广。新闻组将被扩展。将保存公告档案，以便通过FTP和电子邮件检索。所有致力于生物科学的新闻组的数据库将与生物科学家的电子邮件地址目录一起维护。

This multi-agency award will continue and extend the services provided by BIOSCI, and electronic newsgroup network which serves as a vehicle for communications between members of the international biological sciences community. In addition to forums for communications in specialized scientific fields, these services include newsgroups for experimental methods, scientific meeting and other general announcements, and journal contents/abstracts. Newsgroups dedicated to various aspects of the Genome Project are also in use. Electronic newsgroups have the potential to revolutionize communications among scientists, and their use will be actively promoted among the biological community through demonstrations, training sessions, and assistance with installation of news software. The newsgroups will be expanded. Archives of bulletins will be maintained for retrieval by FTP and e-mail. A database of all newsgroups dedicated to the biological sciences will be maintained along with a directory of electronic mail addresses of biological scientists.