The BIOSCI electronic newsgroup network for the biological sciences

这一多机构奖将继续并扩大BIOSCI提供的服务，以及作为国际生物科学界成员之间交流工具的电子新闻组网络。除了专门科学领域的交流论坛外，这些服务还包括关于实验方法的新闻组、科学会议和其他一般公告以及期刊内容/摘要。还使用了专门报道基因组计划各个方面的新闻组。电子新闻组有可能给科学家之间的交流带来革命性的变化，将通过演示、培训课程和协助安装新闻软件，在生物界积极推广电子新闻组的使用。新闻组将扩大。将保存简报档案，以供通过文件传输协议和电子邮件检索。将维持一个关于生物科学的所有新闻组的数据库以及一个生物科学家的电子邮件地址目录。

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.