The information sources Anonymous FTP, GOPHER and WWW of FUNREDES represent all the material that has been created since the very start of our project. In this way we hope to conserve the memory of the foundation with the purpose of sharing it with people interested in

• The history of the scientific and academic networks in Latin America and The Caribbean
• The metodological aspects in relation to the development of the mentioned networks
• The results of the projects of certain national networks.
• The impact of the new technologies of information and communication, NTIC, in question of development.

The content of our information system is unique (more than 200 documents), it covers a bright variety of issues about development and the Internet in the South.

To process and organize this amount of information requires a lot of will and power, especially for an ONG with limited possibilities. We decided to no longer delay the publication of our information system though we know that we'll need some weeks more to complete the recollection, description, translation, and organization of all the contents. We hope you'll understand that and you'll be patient.

We think this material could be interesting for:

• People who work with networks in this region or in different parts of the world.
• The representants of international cooperations, whether they are from multilateral or bilateral oganizations.
• People doing research on NTICs, Latin America, the Caribbean or development in general.
• Any person who is interested in the mentioned themes.

Organization of FUNREDES' information system

Our information system consists of three levels: Anonymous FTP, GOPHER and WWW allow the user to access the same information in different ways (See technical information).

1. An anonymous FTP Server lets users access the documents directly in different directories (proyectos, ponencias, publicaciones, notas de correo, miscel‡neos), following table (1).

   URL: ftp://ftp.funredes.org
   login: anonymous
   password: (your e-mail address)

   Note: People who only have an e-mail access can use FTP-mail.

2. A gopher-server lets the user navigate in a menu structure to find a file. The menu consists out of:
   
   • Institutional data
   • Projects
   • Publications
   • Conferences (Information about conferences in which we participated as expositor)
   • Services
   URL: gopher://gopher.funredes.org:70
   
   

3. A WWW-Server lets users navigate via hypertext links to find the information he/she is looking for.

   Note: The documents about 'Projects' and 'Publications' can be found under 'Activities'.

   URL: http://www.funredes.org:70
   
   

   (1) File-Nomenclature used by the FTP-Server:

   THEMES
   Metodology	METO
   Socioeconomical vision	SOCI
   Users	USUA
   Information sources	RINF
   Information	INFO
   Education	EDUC
   Interface	IFAZ
   Health	SALU
   Networks	REDS
   Gender	GENR
   Democracy	DEMO
   Other TEIC	TEIC
   Observing Tecnology	VIGI
   Virtual Communities	COMU
   Global	GLOB
   Telecom (relation)	TELE
   Librarians - Cybernauts	BIBL
   Formation, Sensibilisation	FORM
   REGION AND COUNTRY
   Dominican Republic	DO
   The whole world	WW
   Haiti	HT
   The Caribbean	CA
   Venezuela	VE
   Africa	AF
   Latin America	AL
   Asia	AS
   Latin America and The Caribbean	AC
   Eastern Europe	EE
   Standard ISO	XX
   LANGUAGE
   Spanish	C
   English	E
   French	F
   Italian	I
   Other	O
   YEAR
   From 1988 until 1996

   
   
   

   Santo Domingo
   August 5 1996

   To contact us: [email protected].

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