From lowcost-net-owner@psg.com Fri Jun 16 09:39:26 1995 Message-Id: Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 10:37:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Molly Molloy Reply-To: Molly Molloy Subject: Internet Resources for Latin America 1995.6.15 To: lowcost-net@psg.com Status: RO Hi. I have compiled a guide "Internet Resources For Latin America" that includes info about your gopher and many other sites and lists for Latin American and caribbean info. A VERY outdated version of my guide is posted in this gopher in the directory /1m/networks/connect/layc Under the title :Internet Latin America-Development Information and Revised list of lists... I hope that you can include this new version in the gopher. I will include a copy here, but I encourage you to link to the guide on the NMSU Library gopher to insure access to the most current version of the guide. Thanks---Molly Molloy NMSU Library Las Cruces, NM 88003 *************************************************************************** INTERNET RESOURCES FOR LATIN AMERICA revised June 15, 1995 copyright 1995 by Molly E. Molloy [All rights reserved, except the following: permission is granted to repost this guide via email, Usenet or other electronic means. If making the guide available via gopher, WWW or other information servers, please check the URL below under "Link Information" in order to obtain the most recent version, or contact the compiler. Permission is also granted to copy the guide for one's own use. Contact the compiler for permission to reproduce in any other form such as printing or inclusion in another publication.] compiled by Molly E. Molloy New Mexico State University Library----- Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA Internet address: mmolloy@lib.nmsu.edu Peacenet address: mmolloy@igc.org TABLE OF CONTENTS I. LINK INFORMATION II. INTRODUCTION III. INFORMATION PRODUCTS & SERVICES IV. LIST OF LISTS & NEWSGROUPS V. OTHER RESOURCES-----articles, books, etc. I. LINK INFORMATION # Type=0 # Name=Internet Resources for Latin America # Path=0/.subjects/.border/.lanet # Host=lib.nmsu.edu # Port=70 # URL: gopher://lib.nmsu.edu:70/00/.subjects/.border/.lanet II. INTRODUCTION Since my first attempts to compile a list of Latin American resources on the Internet in May 1993, the quantity of information products and modes of access has exploded. It is no longer possible to know all, or list all resources; the best alternative is to point the new researcher to the best compilations and information servers now available in the Latin American "region" of the Net. Librarians tend to think in terms of genre (encyclopedias, handbooks, atlases, etc.) when describing information sources. This tendency has carried over into Internet guides where the genres used (gophers, WWW pages, FTP archives, WAIS indexes) actually describe different software tools or network services that enable the user to access the same universe of electronic information products stored in millions of files on computers all over the world that are connected to the Internet. In some cases, the same information product will be accessible in multiple ways, depending on the tools available to the user. Section III of this guide will point to specific information products and/or places that serve as gateways into the vast array of Latin American resources on the Net. Section IV will mention a few of the hundreds of electronic conferences, email lists and newsgroups devoted to Latin America-related topics. A few carefully picked list subscriptions can be the best way to obtain information about new resources as they become available. Section V. contains a very selected bibliography of published information. (NOTE: this section is VERY incomplete. I hope to update it this summer.) Current versions of this guide are available on the UT-LANIC system, the University of Michigan Subject Oriented Guides to the Internet clearinghouse and the NMSU Library gopher (see link information above). The NMSU Library gopher/Resources by Subject/Border & Latin American Information is my own experimental information server. When I learn of new Latin American net resources, I will probably create a link to them in the gopher before getting the info into this guide. The mercurial nature of the Net demands that both the gopher and this guide are updated regularly and should never be considered static or published or finished. III. INFORMATION PRODUCTS & SERVICES Most of these resources are accessible via gopher, WWW or both. WWW servers offer a hypertext interface to information and allow the display and retrieval of graphics, sound, and other media. Gopher provides access to text documents through a system of menus. Some information products may be available through numerous servers--once a document is posted on the Net, other servers can link to it. Many universities, government agencies and non-governmental organizations in Latin America now have gopher or WWW servers to disseminate information. These can be reached via any gopher menu or WWW document that provides geographically arranged links such as "all the gophers in the world" or some other encompassing menu item. Sites listed here are fairly stable and offer unique databases, documents, directories or other resources useful for Latin American research. I have provided the address of an administrator or contact person when possible. If you have access to a gopher client on your system, you can gopher directly to any of these servers. If not, you can connect via telnet to any gopher, and use the menu system to get to others. The URL (uniform resource locator) is provided. If you use a WWW browser such as Mosaic, Netscape or Lynx, this address will connect you directly to any site. This list is not meant to be comprehensive!! The amount of networked information from and about Latin America is growing rapidly. I have included sources I have found most useful as of April 1995. It is somewhat biased toward my own interest in social sciences, human rights, and indigenous peoples, and has a geographic slant toward Mexico and the US-Mexico border. The content of information servers changes constantly, with new sources and new links appearing almost daily. The UT-LANIC information system currently provides the best gateway for exploring Latin American Net resources. ********************************************************************* Base de Dados Tropical--BDT, Campinas, Brasil [gopher] Gopher directly to . The BDT collects organizes and disseminates local and regional information on biology and biodiversity in Brasil and other tropical regions in the hemisphere. Most of the databases on the BDT gopher are in Portuguese and/or English. URL: gopher://bdt.ftpt.br:70/1/ CGNET [gopher]. Gopher directly or access via any gopher menu in the North America/USA subdirectory. Administrator For more information on CGNET services contact Ken Novak . The CGNET gopher is provided by CGNET Services on behalf of CGNET members for the dissemination of their data, publications, and other reference information. CGNET is a communication network designed to facilitate communication among researchers in developing countries . The CGNET gopher provides access to the CGIAR (agricultural research) files on biodiversity, PROFMEX databases on Mexico, United Nations documents and more. URL: gopher://gopher.cgnet.com:70/0/0/ Chicano/LatinoNet [gopher]. Access via any gopher menu: North America/USA/California/University of California--Los Angeles/ or directly Director: Richard Chabran . Clearinghouse for information on Chicano/Latino research at the University of California and elsewhere. Produced by the Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA. URL: gopher://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu:70/0/0/ CLACSO-Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales Latin American Council for the Social Sciences includes over 100 affiliated research centers from 19 Latin American countries. The databases provided by CLACSO include books published by the organizations, research directories, etc. Internet access to the databases is provided by UT-LANIC. URL: gopher://lanic.utexas.edu:70/11/la/region/clacso Corporacion Andina de Fomento-CAF [WWW site] CAF is one of the ten largest banks in Latin America and serves as a link between the international financial markets and the Andean region. The WWW site (via the Red Cientifica Peruana) provides corporate information, data on countries served by the bank, and financial statistics. For more information . URL: http://antara.rcp.net.pe/CAF/ EcoTravel in Latin America [WWW site] This is a series of articles and other information compiled by journalist Ron Mader (Austin, TX) who specializes in environmental issues on the US-Mexico border. It includes many useful contacts, addresses, travel tips and other information. For more info contact Ron Mader . URL: http://www.txinfinet.com/mader/ecotravel/ecotravel.html ECUANET: Corporacion Ecuatoriana de Informacion [gopher] Corporacion Ecuatoriana de Informacion. Access via any gopher menu which provides access to gopher servers worldwide: South America/Ecuador/ or directly . Contact for ECUANET: Xavier Baquero, Director or or . ECUANET provided Internet access and services to more than 500 users in Ecuador as of May 1993 and has grown considerably since. Via the ECUANET gopher, users can access library catalogs, other gophers, archie and a variety of (standard) Internet services. Also provides a news service, "Diario Hoy", which is also sent to the ECUADOR e-mail list subscribers. URL: gopher://ecnet.ec.:70/0/0/ ESAN-Escuela Superior de Administracion de Negocios--Peru [WWW] Includes information about the faculty, teaching and research, and services offered by this post-graduate business school in Lima. For more information, Isabel Olivera, Directora ESAN/CENDOC URL: http://www.esan.edu.pe Fourth World Documentation Project: Indigenous Peoples Information for the Online Community. [FTP site, gopher, World Wide Web] A collection of documents from nations and organizations around the world relating to indigenous peoples organized by the Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS). The archive contains over 300 documents on Fourth World nations in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, Melanesia and the Pacific. It is a unique archive of primary source documents--treaties, tribal government information, etc. Submissions to the FWDP or questions may be addressed to John Burrows . Access: gopher: URL:gopher://locust.cic.net/11/Politics/Fourth.World FTP: URL:ftp://ftp.halcyon.com/pub/FWDP/ WWW: URL:http://www.halcyon.com/FWDP/fwdp.html Handbook of Latin American Studies [bibliographic database via gopher]. Accessible via the Library of Congress gopher or via the UT-LANIC gopher . Follow the menus: Latin America/Latin America General Information/ Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS). HLAS is produced by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. It provides abstracts and complete bibliographic information for published materials from and about Latin America on a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences. URL: gopher://locis.loc.gov:23/8/ INFOSEL--Mexico Online News via WWW [WWW server] Commercial Mexican information provider. Site includes online access to selections from Mexican newspapers including REFORMA de la Cd. de Mexico; EXCELSIOR-Mexico DF; EL NORTE de Monterrey and the DIARIO OFICIAL de la Federacion (for updates on Mexican legislation). The web page also includes description and advertising information for CD-ROMs and other online products. URL: http://www.infosel.com.mx:80/ INFO-SOUTH--Latin American Information System-Univ. of Miami [gopher & WWW] Produced by the North-South Center, University of Miami, this gopher server provides information about the fee-based INFO-SOUTH abstracts database that covers political, social and economic information from hundreds of periodicals. It includes subscription information, sample abstracts, information about the North-South Center and a telnet connection to the database for subscribers. URL: gopher://gopher.nsc.miami.edu:70/1 URL: http://www.gate.net/info-south/ Institute for Global Communications/IGC [gopher] Access via gopher Administrator: IGC provides a major link to the internet for NGOs in Latin America. The IGC gopher provides access to news from the Interpress News Service from Latin America and other regions focusing on peace, human rights, environment, labor and other social justice issues. It also provides links to other "Progressive Gophers." A good way to find out about conferences, news and other resources available via the IGC networks. URL: gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:70/1/1/ Inter-American Development Bank-IADB [WWW server] The Public Information Center of the Inter-American Development Bank makes available a variety of information on IADB publications and projects, including a directory of personnel, news releases, project documents, frequently asked questions, etc. Information in English & Spanish. URL: http://www.iadb.org JORNAL DO BRASIL: Rio de Janeiro daily newspaper [WWW server] Contains selected news stories from each day's paper. First Brazilian newspaper on the net. URL: http://www.ibase.br/~jb/ Juarez y la Frontera--Sintesis de Noticias (UACJ) [gopher] News service provided by the Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez. Selections from daily northern Mexico newspapers such as El Diario de C. Juarez. URL: gopher://leo.uacj.mx:70/11/noticiasant LA JORNADA--Mexico newspaper [WWW server] Access to this independent newspaper from Mexico DF via the net began in February 1995 and is now provided and maintained by the UNAM. The service provides same day access to all text and many graphics from the daily paper. The archive includes from 1-2 months of information. For more info contact Several mirror sites exist in the US and Canada. URL: http://serpiente.dgsca.unam.mx:80/jornada/index.html LA NACION--Costa Rica newspaper [WWW server] Contains selected articles from the paper, plus a news summary in English. URL: http://mac1.nacion.co.cr Latin American and Caribbean Center/LACC, Florida International University [gopher] Access via the UT-LANIC main menu, or directly . Administrator: . The FIU/LACC gopher provides excerpts from Hemispheres magazine, information on Latin American and Caribbean research at Florida International University, information on trade relations between the southern U.S. and Latin America, and information on scholarships for Latin American studies. URL: gopher://gopher.fiu.edu:70/0/0/lacci/ Latin America Data Base--LADB, University of New Mexico [gopher] The LADB gopher server provides sample newsletters (Notisur, Chronicle of Latin American Economic Affairs, SourceMex), selected economic data on Latin America, articles about LADB, subscription rates and other information about the LADB fee-based news service. For more information, contact Roma Arellano . URL: gopher://gopher.unm.edu:70/11/news/ladb Latin American Information Base (LAIB) [database]. LAIB is designed and maintained by K.C. Walpole <76200.3533@compuserve.com> It can be retrieved on the Internet as a set of binary files from the UT-LANIC gopher. LAIB is a "database of databases" on Lat in America. The user can retrieve the files from the Internet and run the database on a PC under DOS or Windows. For more information contact the database developer, K.C. Walpole, PO Box 13856, Gainesville, FL 904-371- 0458 or via email <76200.3533@compuserve.com>. MEXICO--Consulado General en Nueva York [Mexican Consulate, New York] An electronic forum on the WWW, announced May 10, 1995 that will provide news from the Mexican government, stock market, central bank and other official sources beginning May 15. The service is being offered by the Consulate through a commercial internet provider in New York. For more information contact: Laura Randall URL: http://www.quicklink.com/mexico Mexico Human Rights News/Chiapas Bulletin--Mexican Academy of Human Rights [WWW page] Newsletter and special information on the Chiapas situation by the AMDH (Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanos). Access via the WWW is provided via the UT-LANIC system. Contact address URL: http://lanic.utexas.edu:80/la/region/news/arc/amdh/1995/ Mexico News Archives [various sources] Several sites exist that provideaccess to archives of Mexico news (mostly from internet sources) dating back to about the beginning of 1994. The NMSU Library gopher contains a menu linking to these archives in the path Resources by Subject/Border & Latin American Information/Border & Latin American News/Mexico & Border News from Internet Sources: URL: gopher://lib.nmsu.edu/.subjects/.border/.news/.netnews/.newsarch CHIAPAS-L list archives URL: gopher://profmexis.dgsca.unam.mx:70/11/foros/chiapasl MEXICO94 list archives URL: gopher://profmexis.dgsca.unam.mx:70/11/foros/MEXICO94 Chiapas95 list archives URL: gopher://mundo.eco/utexas.edu:70/1m/mailing/chiapas95.archive Chiapas News Archive via Applied Anthropology Network (includes index) URL:gopher://gopher.acs.oakland.edu/ftp:vela.acs.oakland.edu/pub/anthap/ Chiapas_News_Archive/ Mexican Newspapers via FTP. [binary image files] To retrieve these files FTP to and go to the directory. At this point, use a or command to see a list of the newspapers. As of mid-May 1994 the list includes: El Economista, El Nacional, Excelsior, La Jornada, Sintesis, and Uno mas Uno. This FTP archive contains scanned images of the pages of these newspapers on a daily basis. The resulting files are very large, compressed, binary image files which can be transferred via FTP and must be uncompressed before they are usable. You must also have a graphics filter that makes it possible to view files with a .tif extension. Migration News [electronic journal via gopher] A monthly summary of immigration developments covering many world regions, including Latin America and the US-Mexican border. Produced by the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of California--Davis , the journal is distributed via email and is archived on the UC-Davis gopher. To subscribe send a message to or access current and back issues via gopher. URL: gopher://dual.ucdavis.edu:70/1/1/Migration News. NACLA Report on the Americas [electronic journal via gopher]. Access via the IGC gopher (see above) in the Publications directory. The gopher version contains tables of contents from recent issues and selected articles. APC network subscribers (see above) can read the full-text of NACLA Report online in the NACLA conference on Peacenet. URL: gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:70/1/1/pubs/nacla.gopher NAFTA--North American Free Trade Agreement [electronic documents]. Send e-mail to In the body of the message type . Instructions for retrieval will come by return email. For more info send message to and in the body of message type The NAFTA documents exist in various electronic formats on the Internet. It is available via WAIS and FTP from various sites. The USDA Extension Service provides an easy way to retrieve releva nt sections of NAFTA. The command will get a listing of the sections available with instructions on how to retrieve each. NAFTALAB--Experimental WWW on Border Issues--Univ. of Texas [WWW page] Produced by grad students in Communications, Business and Library Science at Univ. of Texas at Austin. Subjects covered include NAFTA, border economic development, telecommunications, health and other issues. URL: http://naftalab.bus.utexas.edu:80/ New Mexico State University Library [gopher]. Access directly via gopher and follow the directory path: Resources by Subject/Border & Latin American Information. In this subdirectory you can find the most updated version of this guide; information about the subscription service--Latin America Data Base; several public access electronic journals relating to the border or Latin America; postings of news from internet sources relating to the border and Mexico from August 1994---; and links to many of the other sources mentioned in this guide. URL: gopher://lib.nmsu.edu:70/1/1/.subjects/.border Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) [gopher] The World Health Organization's regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean. The PAHO gopher contains data files on publications, news and press releases, human resource development information and pointers to many other health resources on the net. The PAHO documents are being offered via the University of Maryland at Baltimore gopher. For more information contact: Dr. Gaston Oxman, PAHO/WHO or David Freedman, UMD-Baltimore URL: gopher://umabnet.ab.umd.edu:159/1 Peru--Universidad de Lima [gopher]. Access via gopher directly or through any other gopher via the South America menu. Provides a unique database of information on Constitutional Law in Peru and other countries. Includes the full-text of constitutions of many countries of the world (in Spanish). URL: gopher://ulima.edu.pe:70/1/1/ PSGnet--Networking in the Developing World [gopher] The PSGnet gopher contains information about the state of networking in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and other parts of the "developing" world. Contains archives of the LatCo (Latin American Trade Council of Oregon) and other resources. A good place for papers on the state of networking in Latin America and other regions. URL: gopher://rain.psg.com Red Cientifica Peruana/RCP [gopher]. Access via gopher or through any other gopher via the South America menu. For more information contact Jose Soriano . RCP provides an excellent gateway to the internet from South America. It includes many useful internet documents and instructional tools in Spanish. RCP also has an excellent List of Latin American Networks and gateways to other gophers and libraries in South America. RCP also maintains discussion groups on a variety of topics. You can get a list of the RCP lists through the gopher or by sending email to the address above. URL: gopher://chasqui.rcp.net.pe:70/0/0/ Red de Informacion Ejidal (RIE) [gopher] Information service on ejidos and other rural Mexico-agrarian issues produced by the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana. URL: gopher://tonatiuh.uam.mx:70/11/RIE Revista CARETAS (Peru) via Red Cientifica Peruana WWW [www page] Access provided by the RCP to this venerable Peruvian periodical. URL: http://www.rcp.net.pe:80/CARETAS RIO GRANDE FREE-NET: [community network] Accessible via telnet . Login: visitor. Patterned after the Cleveland Free-Net, the Rio Grande Free-Net provides service to El Paso, TX, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and nearby communities in Texas and New Mexico. The service is hosted by El Paso Community College. Administration: . Anyone can login as a visitor; accounts are currently restricted to people in the service area. The menu offers information in health, education, science and technology, business, arts, government and more. RGFN is currently under development and aims to provide a wide range of local community information in Spanish and English. Summit of the Americas [gopher] Access via or via the UT-LANIC main menu. Florida International University's Latin American and Caribbean Center will be maintaining this gopher to distribute news, documents and other information o n the Summit of the Americas to be held December 9-10 1994 in Miami. All elected heads of state in the western hemisphere will be invited to attend. URL: gopher://summit.fiu.edu:70/0/0/ TAIS-Iniciativa Telematica de Apoyo a la Investigacion Social [gopher] An information network for the development of social research in Venezuela and Latin America. Provides access to many internet resources related to social sciences and social development in Latin America. Also an e-mail conference, TAIS-L. URL: gopher://kanojo.ivic.ve:70/11/tais United Nations [gopher] Access via any gopher menu/International Organizations, or directly via . Administrator: Malcolm Chapman, UNDP/DAIS, 212-906-6585 . The UN gopher provides access to documents from the UN General Ass embly and the Security Council, directories of the UN system, catalogs of documents and other publications with ordering information, press releases and other news about the UN. URL: gopher://gopher.undp.org:70/1/1/ United Nations Development Programme/UNDP [gopher] Access via gopher or telnet For information contact Lorraine Waitman, Dag Hammarskjold Library . This gopher server contains a directory of the UN system, UNCED documentation with WAIS search facility, UNDP field office telecommunications catalog, press highlights, etc. New information is added daily. URL: gopher://gopher.undp.org:70/1/1/ United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization/FAO [gopher] Access via gopher or through a gopher menu for International Organizations. Administrator: Henry Muda . The FAO gopher contains information in English, French and Spanish. Contains current statistics on food production worldwide. URL: gopher://gopher.cgnet.com:2070/0/0/ United States Agency for International Development [gopher] Access via or from many gopher menus. For more information contact . USAID plans to distribute information about the Agecy and its pro grams through this gopher. It includes policy statements, congressional presentations, directory information, etc. As of May 1994, this gopher is fairly new and some of the menu items are still in process. URL: gopher://gopher.info.usaid.gov:70/1/ USAID Latin America & Caribbean Economic & Social Data [gopher/database]. Access to this data is via the UT-LANIC gopher or login: lanic or access UT-LANIC from any "All the gophers in the world" menu. In the UT-LANIC menu system it is located at Latin America/Latin America General Information/Latin America and the Caribbean/Economic and Social Data, USAID. Excellent source for current statistics covering many economic and social indicators including e ducation, environment, health, poverty, trade, etc. It is easy to find charts with specific information and to download or email using the gophermail feature. URL: gopher://lanic.utexas.edu:70/7/7/wais-indexes.dev/usaid-index USIA-United States Information Agency [gopher & WWW] The USIA servers "help explain and advocate U.S. policies in terns that are credible and meaningful in foreign cultures, and to bring the benefits of international engagement to American citizens and institutions by helping them build relationships with counterparts overseas." Info about Fulbright program, exchanges, international broadcasting, etc. Contact: Chip Harman URLs: gopher://gopher.usia.gov http://www.usia.gov UT-LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center [gopher]. Austin: University of Texas, Institute of Latin American Studies. Access via gopher or telnet Login You can also access via any gopher server with a menu system that allows access to "all gophers in the world". Choose North America/Texas/University of Texas Latin American Network Information Center. For more information contact . Announced in April 1993, the UT-LANIC gopher provides access to library catalogs, specialized databases, internet access tools and information, FTP archives, economic/social statistics from Latin America and links to most internet sites in all Latin American countries. The WWW pages contain maps for most countries and other graphical sources--most from the University of Texas Benson Latin American Collection. This is the primary gateway for Latin American information on the internet. URL: gopher://lanic.utexas.edu:70/0/0/ URL: http://lanic.utexas.edu/ For users without gopher or WWW clients LANIC can also be accessed via email and telnet: Email: gopher@lanic.utexas.edu Telnet (VT100): lanic.utexas.edu (login: lanic) World Bank [gopher] Access via any gopher with an International Organizations menu, or directly . The World Bank gopher provides access to publications available from the Public Information Center, a directory of field offices, e conomic reports on many countries, environmental data sheets, national environmental action plans and other bank documents. URL: gopher://ftp.worldbank.org:70/0/0/ World Health Organization/WHO [gopher] Access via gopher The WHO gopher provides text files on WHO programs, press releases and resolutions of UN agencies, email and phone directories of personnel and programs, etc. URL: gopher://gopher.who.ch:70/1/1/ !ZAPATISTAS! Documents of the New Mexican Revolution [electronic book] Published by Autonomedia (1994), the electronic version can be obtained on the internet via the UT-LANIC gopher. Contains the full, English translations of published communiques issued by the EZLN from Dec 31, 1994 -- June 12, 1994. Compiled by a volunteer editorial collective working via the internet. URL: gopher://lanic.utexas.edu:70/11/la/Mexico/Zapatistas IV. LIST OF LISTS & NEWSGROUPS Most of the lists mentioned below use the listserv software. You can subscribe automatically by addressing a message to . The body of the message should be . Some lists do not use listserv and you must send a message to an address, perhaps asking to subscribe. You will also see other list software such as and . Each of these has slightly different protocols for subscribing and unsubscribing to lists. For detailed information on list commands address a message to the listserv, listproc, or majordomo address with the single word in the body of the message. You will receive a return mail message with the information you need. NOTE: When subscribing to a majordomo list, you need to put your complete email address (instead of your name) after the subscribe command. I have tried to provide the most current information available for the lists, but addresses change and lists come and go. Even with the best efforts, there are sometimes glitches in the process of subscribing and/or unsubscribing to a list. Any listserv site will provide detailed instructions on interacting with the listserv software. Also, upon subscribing to a list, you will receive a message with basic information on the purpose, membership rules (if any) and other necessary information. Not all lists are available for open subscription. If this is the case, your listserv request to subscribe will be forwarded to a list moderator who will either sign you up, or inform you of rules for list subscription. I have included a person's email address when possible. ALSO, I do not have personal experience with all of these lists! I have tried to make the information as correct as possible as of April 1995, but because of the mercurial nature of the internet, it is not always possible to include the most up-to-date information in a written compilation. This list is not meant to be complete. A good way to find out more about Latin American lists (or lists on any subject) is to send database searches to (described below under NEW-LIST). Also, explore other lists of lists accessible on UT-LANIC and other gophers. Addresses of lists and people have been enclosed in <....> These marks are NOT part of the addresses. *************************************************************************** ACTIV-L: Peace, Democracy, Freedom, Justice (Activists' Mailing List) To subscribe send message to To send messages to the list . This list also exists on USENET as This is a very busy list covering all kinds of progressive/radical political issues. Of interest to Latin Americanists because many activist/human rights groups post news and bulletins from numerous Latin American countries. Excellent source for news from El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Peru and other countries. Also postings from environmental, trade, development organizations. ARENAL: "Lista de discussion para hispanos/as que desean acabar con la homofobia..." To subscribe send message to For questions send email to or . List announced in April 1993 for gay/lesbian Latinos and discussion of gay issues. ARGENTINA Network: Argentina discussion and news group(s). To subscribe send message to Moderators: Elena Fraboschi and Jorge Gatica There are several subsets of the Argentina news group: argentina-afuera (mensajes a miembros fuera de Argentina) argentina-adentro (mensajes a los en Argentina) argentina-noticias (news from Argentina) To find out what is available send a message to . It will be answered by one of the moderators who will provide specific information on the different groups and how to sign on. ARQUITECTURA-L: Discussion of Latin American Architecture. To subscribe send a message to Post messages to List administrator Gonzalo Velez . List announced April 1993. ATARRAYA: Venezuela information and discussion & NOTIVEN: Venezuela News. To subscribe and to obtain more information about the Venezuelan news and discussion lists send a message to By return mail you will receive instructions. For more information contact Erdwing Coronado . ATARRAYA is a general discussion group on Venezuela, with a parallel USENET group . NOTIVEN is a news list with daily news digests. AZTLAN: Pre-Columbian history of the Americas. To subscribe send a message to . Listowner is James Cocks . An exchange of information among students and researchers of pre-columbian histor y of the Americas. AVIFAUNA: Neotropical Birds & Conservation. To subscribe send message to To post messages Contact Jose Soriano at the Red Cientifica Peruana for more information . List announced April 1993 from the International Council for Bird Preservation and the Red Cientifica Peruana. BASQUE-L: Basque Culture Mailing List. To subscribe send a message to List owner Marta . A forum for the exchange of information on Basque culture including news, literature, human rights, music, food, art and other topics. Languages: Basque, French, Spanish and English. BORIKEN: Cultura y Sociedad de Puerto Rico. To subscribe send message to Messages to: For other list and subscription information contact: Rafael Pirazzi . General discussion o f Puerto Rican society and culture. The ENLACE listserv, located at the Universidad de Puerto Rico also administers several other discussion groups on other issues. BRAS-NET: Brazilian Discussion Groups/Network . BRAS-NET distributes electronic mail among Brazilians, and those interested in Brazil, worldwide. It is divided into several subnetworks based on the users' location. The user should subscribe to the closest network address. The overall coordinator of the network is Walter Morales. Messages are automatically distributed to all users regardless of which subnetwork they use. For more information, including a detailed FAQ file and information about various WWW sites for Brazil information, send a message to . BRAS-NET-BRASIL for users in Brazil. To subscribe send a message to Coordinator: Alberto Gomide BRAS-LESTE for users in the Eastern US. To subscribe send a message to with in the body of the message. Coordinator BRAS-WAT for users in Canada. To subscribe send a message to . BRAS-OESTE for users in the western US, Latin America (except Brazil) and in Africa. To subscribe send a message to with the in the body of the message. Coordinator . BRAS-UK for users in the United Kingdom. To subscribe send a message to BRAS-CON for users in Europe and the Middle East. To subscribe send a message to BRAS-PACIFIC for users in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, China and Southeast Asia. To subscribe send a message to BRAS-NOTICIAS: News distribution list. This is NOT a discussion list, so do not send mail to the list. Users in the Americas (except Brazil), Asia, Africa, Oceania send a subscribe message to . Users in Brazil send a message to . Users in Europe send a subscribe message to . CARECON: Caribbean Economy. To subscribe: To post: . Discussion of issues related to the Caribbean economy. CENTAM-L: Central America Discussion Group. To subscribe: Post messages to Active discussion group for people from Central America and others interested in the region. Many members are studen ts in the United states from Central American countries. News, human rights reports and other info posted regularly from the region. CHIAPAS-L: Chiapas Discussion. To subscribe send a message to Post messages to Put the word in the body of the message followed by your complete email address. For more information contact the list owner, Arturo Grunstein and Nicole Wolf . An open, unmoderated discussion concerning the conflict in the state of Chiapas. Languages Spanish and English. CHICLE: Chicano Literature Discussion List Discussion of Chicano literature and Hispanic culture in general. To subscribe send a message to . Post messages to . Moderator: Teresa Marquez . CHILE-L: Chile Discussion Group To subscribe send message to Post messages to List administrator, Jorge Arriagada. General discussion on Chile. Parallel Usenet group is CLACSO-INST-L: Red Electronica de Ciencias Sociales en America Latina-Institutional Information & CLACSO-ACCESO-L: Regional Social Science News. To subscribe Post messages to or Questions to Gustavo Navarro or or . Lists announced in April 1993. CLACSO-INST-L includes an electronic newsletter, "Carta de CLACSO". COLEXT: Colombianos en el Exterior. To subscribe send message to . Post messages to Moderator: Juan Felipe Arjona . Discussion and news on Colombia. COMEDIA: Hispanic Classic Theatre. To subscribe To post . Discussion of Hispanic Classic Theatre. CUBA-L: Cuba Today. To subscribe send message to . Moderator: Nelson Valdes . News on current events in Cuba from many sources including wire services, Radio Havana Cuba and the Voice of America. DEVEL-L: Technology Transfer in International Development. Volunteers in Technical Assistance. To subscribe Post messages to Administered by Volunteers in Technical Assistance. For more information contact . Exchange of information on technology and development. Good source for finding out about publications (electronic and otherwise). Maintains archive of ftp files. DEVMEDIA: Media for Development and Democracy. To subscribe send message to . Moderator Don Richardson . A list for the discussion of progressive media (radio, video, etc) in developing countries. EC-CHARLA: Discussion of Ecuadorean society, politics, culture, etc. To subscribe send message to . Post messages to Questions to Javier Hidalgo . General discussion on Ecuador. Mostly in Spanish, but any language is welcome. EC-NOTICIAS-L: Ecuador News Bulletins "Diario Hoy" To subscribe send message to Do not post to the list. Questions may be addressed to Luis Fierro . Excellent source for news from Ecuador. Daily news bull etins from "Diario Hoy" include Ecuador news and also important news from elsewhere in the region. ECOLOGIA and BIOLOGIA: To subscribe send a message to or . Postings to the list should be addressed or . For more information contact Ananias Escalante or . Lists for Spanish-speaking professionals in ecology and biology. ECONOMIA--Lista Latinoamericano de Economia Discussion list foe Latin American economic issues. To subscribe send message to with the message . ELAN--The Environment in Latin America Network: To subscribe send a message to . To post: . ELAN was established in July 1994 by the Environment and Natural Resources Working Group of the Latin American Studies Association for the purpose of providing communications links between researchers, activists and others with an interest in environmental issues in Latin America. Listowner: Timmons Roberts . The list will be ar chived in the environment directory of the Center for a Sustainable Future gopher at . ESPANA-L: Discussion list on Spain. To subscribe send a message to . To post messages . Listowner Jorge Bela-Kindelan . General discussion list for Spain. Languages include Spanish, Basque, Catalan and English. ESPORA-L: Spanish-Portuguese History. To subscribe To post messages . Discussion and exchange of information on the history of the Iberian peninsula. Multilingual--Portuguese, Spanish, English, Catalan, etc. FOLLAC: Folklore Latino, Latinoamericano y Caribeno. Note: Mailing list for discussion of Latin American Folklore. To join list send a message to Emily Socolov at To post messages to the list send to . Moderator's address University of Texas--Austin, Folklore Studies. Spring 1993. Multilingual. Described as a mailing list for "all people interested in the folklore and traditional, expressive culture of the hemisphere." GNET: Global Networking. To subscribe send message to . This lists posts announcements of research papers and other documents available from the GNET Archives, an ftp site . The archive contains many papers on global networking, use of networks in less developed countries, communication in international development and other related topics. HAITI-L: To subscribe send message o Moderator Senaida Jansen CONICIT provides access to various other discussion groups focused on the Caribbean area. Forum for the creation of a Haiti network. Part of the REDALC project. HELP-NET: Internet & Bitnet User Help To subscribe To post messages Parallel USENET group . Good list for new network users. Get answers to many techno- questions. Contains a list of FAQ (frequently-asked-questions) files to help new users. HILAT-L: Higher Education in Latin America. To subscribe send a message to To post messages to the list . For information contact Simon Schwartzman, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Research Group on Higher Education . Intended as a means of information interchange about research on higher education in Latin America by disseminating information about research projects, publications, meetings, etc. H-LATAM: Latin American History. To subscribe send message to . Post messages to . H-LATAM coordinators are Jacquelyn Kent and Philip Mueller . H-LATAM is part of a larger network of history lists. For more information on H-Net (the History Network) contact Richard Jensen . HONDURAS: Popular Support Group. The address for this groups is For more information on this group contact HONDUNET: To subscribe send a message to . To post messages . List announced in June 1994 to discuss topics relevant to Honduras. For more information contact Neil Irwin . IBASE-TEXTS-L: Brazilian Institute of Social & Economic Analyses. Note: To subscribe send message to . To post messages to the list send to . For more information send email to or . This list contains texts prepared by the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analyses, IBASE, a non-governmental research, service and consultancy organization based in Rio de Janeiro. IBASE prepares information packages in several formats including text, video, radio, etc. on Brazilian social, economic, political and cultural issues. IBASE's main goal is democratization of information...(this info obtained from the new list announcement posted to ACTIV-L on May 11, 1993). INDKNOW: Indigenous Knowledge List. To subscribe send message to . To post ***NOTE NEW ADDRESS AS OF JULY 1994. List covers issues relating to indigenous peoples' knowledge systems worldwide. Often focus on Latin America. LADIG-L: Latin American Database Interest Group. To subscribe send message to . Roma Arellano . Announcements and discussion of database products and services from and about Latin America. LALA-L: Latin Americanist Librarians' Announcements List. To subscribe . Messages to Moderator: Gayle Williams . Announcements and discussion for Latin American Studies librarians and others. Currently restricted to members of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM). LASNET: Latin American Studies Network. To subscribe send a message to: . Post messages to . LASNET is an unmoderated list with over 600 subscribers for the purpose of faciltating communication among Latin Americanists internationally. For more information contact Kent Norsworthy at LATAM-ECON: Latin American Economy. A list originating in Peru, to subscribe send a message to To post messages to the list . For more information on this and other RCP (Red Cientifica Peruana) lists send a message to and in the body of the message type . LATAM-INFO: Latin America Academic Information. To subscribe send a message to Post messages to . Similar to LASNET, but based in UK. Dissemination of information and discussion of matters of common concern to subject specialists, librarians, students and others in Latin American studies. LATCO: Business & Trade with Latin America. Latin American Trade Council of Oregon. To subscribe send a message to To post messages to the list Produced by the Latin American Trade Council of Oregon. Moderators: Tom Miles and Walter Morales . Discussion list for trade and economic data, analysis, opinions and experience, sources of information about Latin American business and industry, conference announcements, etc. Multilingual. LETRAS-L: Luso-Brazilian Languages and Literatures. To subscribe send message to Coordinator Alamir . From list announcement: "Forum para discussao de assuntos correntes nas areas de linguistica aplicada, de teoria da literatura...bem como anuncio de congressos e associacoes." LIBERO-AM: Politics of Ibero-America and the Middle East Discussion of relations between Latin American countries and the countries of the Middle East, Central American peace process, Middle Eastern peace process and other topics. To subscribe . Post messages to . Moderator: Felipe Avila . LLAJTA: Bolivia list. To subscribe send message to For help send message . Mailing list on Bolivia. MCLR-L: Midwest Consortium for Latino Research. To subscribe Post to . Dialogue among Latino scholars and others in the United States. Announcement of grants available, academic jobs of interest to Latinos and other information and discussion. H-MEXICO: Mexico History List. For historians and other professionals, interested in all aspects and periods of Mexican history--postings of conferences, scholarships and other academic news, research-in-progress, announcements of internet resources, etc. To subscribe send a message to . List owners: Felipe Castro and Martha Loyo . MEXICO-L: Knowing Mexico, People, Places & Culture. To subscribe To post messages . NOTE: This list has been inactive for several months due to technical problems. When revived, there will be announcements in the Usenet group and probably in several other Mexico interest groups. I will update this entry when new info is available. MEXICO94: To subscribe send a message to Post messages to . For majordomo lists, put your emial address (instead of your name) after the subscribe command in the body of the message. List established in April 1994 to discuss the political transitions in Mexico--rebellion, assasination, elections. Listowners: Arturo Grunstein and Nicole Wolf . NAHUAT-L: Nahuatl language, Nahua cultural studies and the Aztecs. To subscribe . Post to . NATIVE-L: Indigenous Peoples Information; NAT-LANG: Languages of Indigenous Peoples; NATCHAT: Indigenous Peoples Discussion. Three separate lists available for subscription via Post messages to . These lists deal with various issues related to indigenous peoples worldwide. Politics, culture, information sources are all discussed. Participants include academics, activists, students, etc. Good news source for information on environment, human rights, politics, etc. in Latin America, especially for Guatemala, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and other countries with large indigenous populations. Archive maintained at . Parallel USENET groups and . NET-HAPPENINGS: Internet Announcements To subscribe send message to Moderator: Gleason Sackman . Very active list (20+ messages/day) of announcements and bulletins on internet resources and services. Excellent for information on legislation affecting the "info-superhighway." A good way to follow new developments on the net. Parallel usenet group Archives are available at the following addresses: URL: gopher://gopher.mid.net:7000/11/02menu URL: http://www.mid.net:80/net NEW-LIST: Announcements of new bitnet/internet mailing lists. To subscribe send message to . NEW-LIST announces newly established e-mail lists on bitnet and internet. The also provides a good databas e to search for the existence of lists by keywords. To perform a search send the following database commands to //dblook job echo=no database search dd=rules //rules dd * select searchterm in lists index select searchterm in intgroup index select searchterm in new-list index The listserv will search bitnet, internet and new-list archives lists of lists for mailing lists that contain your searchterm. By return email you will receive a list of results. NOTICOL: Noticias de Colombia. To subscribe send a message Subscription is not automatic. News bulletins from Colombia by way of Universidad de los Andes, Bogota. NOTIPAEZ: Mexican news from _La Jornada_. Javier Paez posts news packets from the newspaper _La Jornada_ regularly. These news packets are often crossposted to the Usenet group . To subscribe to the electronic mail list, send a message to with the message in the body of the message. For more information, contact the listowner at . NOTISUR: To subscribe send a message to . A list from the RCP (Red Cientifica Peruana) for Latin American and Caribbean news. ORFEO: Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry. To subscribe send a message to . To post messages . Subscription is open, but you must be a subscriber to post messages. Listowner: Ted McVay . PARAGUAY-L: Paraguay & its People. To subscribe send a message to For more information contact Horacio Recalde . Discussion of Paraguayan culture, native language (Guarani) and current events. PERU: Discussion and news group. To subscribe send message to In the body type subscribe Peru firstname lastname. Post messages to . List administrator Herbert Koller . General discussion on Peru. Probably 5-10 news postings daily from various wire services and international newspapers. Mostly in Spanish. PRLIST: Puerto Rico List. To subscribe send a message to , leave the subject line blank and in the body of the message type ONE of the following words: join add subscribe. Listowner . This list (announced in August 1994) is "to keep Puerto Rican SysOps, BBSers, Internetters, etc. in touch and informed about topics/issues affecting Puerto Ricans throughout the world." REDALC: Redes de America Latina y del Caribe/Reseau Amerique Latine et Caraibes/Latin American & Caribbean Networks. To subscribe To post . You can also subscribe to this list via the Red Cientifica Pe ruana . Moderator Daniel Pimienta . Discussion of the creation and status of Latin American and Caribbean computer networks. SIRIAC-L:Latin American Networks. Puerto Rico, Sistema Integrado de Recursos Informaticos y Cientificos. To subscribe send message to: Post messages to For more information on other lists or subscriptions contact: Roberto Loran . An interest group for discussion of the present and future of Latin American networks. SPANBORD: history and archaeology of the Spanish Borderlands. To subscribe send message to . To post messages: . Focus on topics related to the history and contemporary culture of northern Mexico and areas of the United States that were once part of the Spanish Empire. For more information contact Anita Cohen Williams . TAIS-L: Iniciativa Telematica de Apoyo a la Investigacion Social A moderated mailing list for discussion and information on social sciences, social research and social development in Latin America. To subscribe send a message to and in the message type . Listowners: Cesar Ramos and Lenni Montiel . URUGUAY: Uruguay discussion and newsgroup. To subscribe send a message to There are several subsets of the Uruguay newsgroups, some for just news and others for discussion. The best way to subscribe is to send a message to the address above. It will be answered by one of the moderators who will provide specific information on the different groups and how to sign on. US_MEXBORDER: To subscribe send a message to . To post to the list . The listowner is Judy Calem . A forum established by the US-EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in August 1994, to begin a dialogue in the US, Mexico, and elsewhere among individuals and groups conducting research or work concerning the US/Mexico border environment. VIRTUA-L: Realidad Virtual. To subscribe send message to Post messages to List moderators Enrique Hernandez and Gonzalo Velez Jahn . A list for the discussion of "la re alidad virtual y el ciberespacio," and to "formular el intercambio y divulgacion de topicos culturales y de investigacion sobre la realidad virtual en el contexto latinoamericano. ___USENET NEWSGROUPS FROM & ABOUT LATIN AMERICA___ As of April 1995, the following USENET newsgroups can be found that concern Latin America, Latinos in the US and other parts of the world, and other Hispanic regions of the world: soc.culture.latin-america soc.culture.mexican soc.culture.caribbean alt.culture.argentina soc.culture.argentina soc.culture.portuguese soc.culture.spain soc.culture.peru soc.culture.brazil soc.culture.argentina soc .culture.uruguay soc.culture.chile soc.culture.venezuela alt.current-events.haiti alt.culture.us.southwest soc.culture.mexican.american rec.music.afro-latin soc.culture.puerto-rico soc.culture.ecuador soc.culture.cuba To read USENET news you must have access via a news reader on your local system or through access to another system. Find out about local access by contacting your computer center or other internet access provider. For example, the Peacenet and other IGC networks provide access to Usenet News. These newsgroups discuss almost anything relating to society, politics, travel, culture, etc. for the regions described. The groups sometimes include postings from newspapers and wire services. Various languages, mostly Spanish, Portuguese, English. Much info is cross-posted to other lists. USENET groups often have a regular posting called an FAQ (frequently asked questions) that provides a lot of good information about the content and culture of the list and will usually let you know if you want to become a regular participant. USENET groups can be created by a voting process and they can also disappear for lack of interest. Numbers of messages posted range from 1 to 1000+ in the groups mentioned above. Why ? why ??? The USENET hierarchy has developed over the years as a way to group certain categories of newsgroups together. generally means something devoted to discussion of society and culture. is the "alternative" hierarchy within Usenet and generally means a group with less rules and more open discussion and tolerance for wierdness. generally refers to hobby-related groups. If you participate in the USENET community, it will all become clear... V. OTHER RESOURCES---articles, electronic documents, books, etc... This section contains a VERY incomplete bibliography of articles and books about the Net in general and Latin American sources in particular. It will be updated in the near future. ********************************************************************************** Ainsworth, Shirley. "Mexican Information Resources in Electronic Format," forthcoming in Bowker Annual and Book Trade Almanac 1994, pp. 75-90. (in press) [article] An excellent overview of electronic information sources from and about Mexico. Includes references to fee-based online databases, public access databases such as online library catalogs, CD-ROMs, computer archives via FTP and more. The appendix provides complete addresses for many database providers in Mexico and elsewhere. Association for Progressive Communications. Global Computer Communications for Environment, Human Rights, Development and Peace [ftp document]. GNET Archive; 1993. Note: Brochure of the Association for Progressive Communications. FTP D irectory Filename . Details of the APC organization, including addresses of the APC member networks all over the world, including Uruguay, Brazil,Ecuador, Nicaragua. Also available by writing or calling the Association for Progressive Communication, 18 De Boom Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, (415) 442-0220. [see also the IGC gopher above.] Association of Research Libraries. Directory of Electronic Journals [book]. ISBN: 1057-1337. Printed edition of the Strangelove list of electronic journals (see below). For more information on the publication email . GNET Archive. [archive of FTPable documents] To transfer files from the GNET archive, FTP to and change to the directory. The archive contains many papers on global networking, use of networks in less developed countries, communication in international development and other related topics. Latin American countries represented in the file list include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Paraguay, and Peru. Other papers discuss networking in the region. To receive announcements about new additions to the archive, subscribe to the GNET announcements list (see List of Lists). Hahn, Harley; Stout, Rick. The Internet Complete Reference.[book] Berkeley, CA:Osborne McGraw-Hill; 1994. Said to be one of the best Internet books so far... Jacobson, Thomas L.; Zimpfer, Scott. Non-Commercial Computer Networks and National Development [ftp document]. Available via FTP from the GNET archive. in the directory filename . Discusses the growi ng role of computer networks in developing countries in the context of other communications media. Kehoe, Brendan. Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginners Guide [book]. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall; 1993. The first edition is available from several FTP sites, including: nic.merit.edu in the directory: introducing.the.internet. Filen ame: zen.txt. The new version is published as a book and contains new information and some corrections. Maybe the best self-help guide to Internet resources including explanation of Internet addressing, how to use archie and WAIS, how to connect to free nets, and much more. Kovacs, Diane [and others]. Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences [ftp document, electronic mail file, hypercard stack]. 9th revision ed. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Libraries; 1995; c1992. Note: Exists as a set of electronic files. Files ca n be retrieved via email or FTP. Send email messages to with the message line: get filename.filetype. To retrieve via FTP, ftp ksuvxa.kent.edu Look in the library directory fo r a list of the files. Also available in this direc tory as keyword-searchable hypercard stacks. For more information contact Diane Kovacs [dkovacs@kentvm.kent.edu] Provides good subject access to hundreds of electronic discussion lists. Subject divisions in this revision include: anthropology, education, geography and area studies, library science, linguistics, political science, business, biological sciences, computer science, etc. contains the area studies lists, including many on Latin America. FILE2 also includes the library science lists. The contains detailed information about retrieving the files and about subscribing to the lists. The entries note whether or not the list is moderated and/or archived. Krol, Ed. The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog [book]. : O'Reilly & Asso.; 1992. Comprehensive guide to the netwwork, how it works, acceptable use, security and other issues. Lane, Graham. Communications for Progress: A Guide to International E-Mail [book]. London: Catholic Institute for International Relations; 1990. Excellent overview of electronic communications intended as a manual for non-profit organizations. Good technical background with details on networks accessible in developing countries. LaQuey, Tracey; Ryer, J. C. The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking [book]. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley; 1993. Foreword by VP Al Gore. This book explains Internet origins, netiquette, and other basics. Includes chapter on network legends... Levison, Andrew. Latin America Online: Best Databases For News, Business and Current Affairs. DATABASE December 1993, pp. 14-28. An excellent, detail-filled review of Latin American information available online via commercial vendors, subscription databases, internet resources and more. Includes comparison charts of search results in a variety of databases. An electronic version of this article is posted on the NMSU Library gopher in the Resources by Subject/Border & Latin American Information/Border & Latin American News/LADB/about directory path. The author can be reached at the following email address <71544.2621@compuserve.com>. Lin, Ning. Diffusion of Information Technology: A Case Study of Computer Networks and the Role of Government, Industry, and Academia in Developing the Internet/NREN. [Ph.D. dissertation] Austin: University of Texas, 1993. Through a case study of the de velopment of the UT-LANIC and other network information centers (NICs), this dissertation proposes a broad framework for the analysis of information technology diffusion and the varying roles of government, academia and industry in the developed and developing country contexts. Lynch, Karen. Internet a la Latina [article] CommunicationsWeek Latinoamericana,1994 March, 1 (1) 21-. Posted to the REDALC newsgroup in April 1994, this is an excellent overview of electronic networking in Latin America. The article is archived in the Red Cientifica Peruana (RCP) gopher in the directory path . URL: gopher://chasqui.rcp.net.pe:70/0/0/alcd/ARTICULOS SOBRE REDES/INTERNET.LATINA. McGee, Arthur R. African, African American, African- Caribbean, African Latin Internet/Bitnet Mailing Lists [ftp document]. Retrieve latest version of this list-of-lists via FTP from: in the directory: Also available via email to: . Art McGee regularly posts updates of this list to many of the Latin American interest groups and other email discussions. The list includes many of interest to Latin Americanists. McGee also produces a list of lists on Native/Indigenous peoples' issues. Announcements of updates are posted on many of the lists noted in the LIST OF LISTS, on USENET and on bulletin boards. Molloy, Molly. Internet Resources for Latin American Studies. [article] College and Research Libraries News. 1993 Jul; 54(7) 395-399. Introductory list of Latin American resources on the Internet. O'Brien, Rory. The APC Computer Networks: Global Networking For Change [ftp document] GNET Archive; 1993. Retrieve via FTP from the GNET Archive. FTP Directory Filename Paper also published in the Canadian Jo urnal of Information Science (v.17 July 1992, p. 16-24). Analysis of how social activists all over the world are using computer communications to enhance networking, focusing specifically on the Association for Progressive Communications. Pimienta, Daniel. La Comunicacion Mediante Computador: una esperanza para el sector academico y de investigacion del Tercer Mundo. La experiencia de REDALC en America Latina y el Caribe [ftp document]. GNET Archive; 1993 May. Paper available from the GN ET Archive via FTP in the directory Filename . First paper of the GNET archive published in Spanish. Pimienta gives various reasons why network communication aids development. Description of the REDALC project. Resnick, Rosalind. "OLE' Latin America's Net Presence is Growing" [article] INTERNET WORLD MAGAZINE 6 (4) April 1995: 86-90. An overview of the net in Latin America with an emphasis on business and new commercial sources. Schrieberg, David. "Logging on in Latin America," [article] NEWSWEEK January 16, 1995, 56. An interview with Jose Soriano, Director of the Red Cientifica Peruana who eloquently states the case for continuing network development in Latin America. Smith, Richard J.; Gibbs, Mark. Navigating the Internet. [book] Indianapolis: SAMS Publishing; 1993. Good and basic. Detail on internet access to online databases such as CARL, DIALOG, OCLC and ERIC. Tennant, Roy [and others]. Crossing the Internet Threshold: An Instructional Handbook [book]. Berkeley: Library Solutions Press; 1992. Guide for training users on the Internet. Weis, Allan. Commercialization of the Internet. [article] Electronic Networking: Research, Applications, and Policy. 1992 Sep; 2(3): 7- 16. Describes Internet history and growth and the current trend toward commercial use of the Internet. Emphasizes the need to revise acceptable use policies to account for private use and investment, the need for statutory treatment of liability issues for network providers, the need to integrate development networks based on leading edge technologies with heavily used production networks based on proven technologies, and the need for more global planning. Yanoff, Scott. Internet Services List [different formats] Updated about every 2 weeks. An eclectic list of special Internet files and services on a variety of topics. Arranged in ABC order, browse list to become aware of new things on the net. To keep track of locations and access . FTP or USENET list WWW