Special Web Server Offer for Librarians (fwd)

[Roy Tennant]

I applaud O'Reilly's special pricing of their Web server software for 
public and school librarians. They seem to realize what few companies do -- 
that public and school libraries provide a great service to our communities 
but have few resources with which to do it. By the way, I am not connected 
with O'Reilly and I have nothing to gain by stating this opinion.
Roy Tennant

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 17:36:36 -0800
From: Mary Silveira Leal <mary at ora.com>
To: libraries at ora.com
Subject: Special Web Server Offer for Librarians

Hi,

I promised to let you know what I was planning to do with the
"white papers" or essays I was asking to have written about
library uses of the Web.  Below is the press release for the kit
we at O'Reilly have created for librarians, "WebSite for Librarians".

If you're just interested in the white papers that were written,
they are posted on our Online Center:

http://www.ora.com/gnn/bus/ora/sales/edu/index.html

Please take a look.

Thank you,
Mary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  CONTACT:  Mary Leal
January 22, 1996                                                 707/829-0515
                                                                 mary at ora.com

         O'REILLY'S RELEASES WEB SERVER KIT FOR LIBRARIANS

SEBASTOPOL, CA --  O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. announces "WebSite for
Librarians," a World Wide Web server packaged and priced for library use.
WebSite, a feature-rich World Wide Web server, allows Windows-using
librarians to create and "serve" electronic information -- make it available
on an internal computer network for library staff only or on the Internet to
any of the Web's estimated eight million users. With WebSite, a PC with
Windows 95 or Windows NT, and an Internet connection, any librarian can
build a collection of interconnected documents that can include text,
graphics, and even sound and video into a web site.

"WebSite for Librarians" is O'Reilly's expanded server kit tailored for
librarians. It is comprised of three components: the complete commercial
WebSite package; two white papers (one written by F. Joseph McHugh of the
University of Maryland at College Park Libraries, and the other written
by Gary Giannelli of the Ferguson Public Library, Stamford, CT)
both covering library uses of the World Wide Web, but from different
perspectives; and a copy Ed Krol's bestselling guide to the Internet, _The
Whole Internet for Windows 95_ . With public and school libraries and
their limited resources in-mind, "WebSite for Librarians" is priced
at an affordable $99.00 (US), as compared to WebSite's list price of $499.
WebSite was given the 1995 John C. Dvorak Award for Excellence in PC
Telecommunications, Outstanding Web Server Software.

WebSite is an elegant, easy solution for Windows 95 and Windows NT users who
want to start publishing on the Internet.  It is a 32-bit World Wide Web
server with remarkable power and flexibility and with the ease of use of a
Windows application. Its intuitive graphical interface and easy Install make
it a natural for Windows users. Using CGI (Common Gateway Interface), users
can run a desktop application like Excel or Visual Basic from within a Web
document on WebSite. Its access security lets administrators control which
users have access to different parts of the Web server.

The two white papers, "Public Library Use of the World Wide Web" by Gary
Giannelli and "Libraries and the World Wide Web" by F. Joseph McHugh, offer
different approaches to how the World Wide Web can be utilized by public
and school librarians, respectively.  The papers explain how the Web can
be put to use: to serve basic information, act as a community resource,
promote events, publish patrons' works, highlight new acquisitions, and
to reference and link to online resources available from all parts of the
world. Also offered for consideration are the uses of the Web as a vehicle
for two-way communication with your local community and the librarian
community as an internal communication tool and even as a user education
center. These essays cover some of the potential drawbacks of using the
Web, but both end with encouragement to use the Web and reap it's benefits
now.

_The Whole Internet for Windows 95_ , written by the bestselling Internet
author Ed Krol, is the most comprehensive introduction to the Internet
available today. It shows users how to take advantage of the vast resources
of the Internet with Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator,
Microsoft Exchange, and many of the best free software programs available
from the Net. It also includes an introduction to multimedia for PCs and
a catalog of interesting sites to explore.

To set up a WebSite server, Windows 95 users need the following system
requirements: a 386 or higher; VGA video display adapter; 3.5" disk drive;
12 MB RAM (16 MB recommended); 5 MB free disk space; TCP/IP connectivity; and
of course, Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.5.


ORDERING INFORMATION:

"WebSite for Librarians" is available to all public and school librarians
in the US and Canada. Orders must be FAXed to 707/829-0104 or mailed on
library letterhead with pre-payment or on a library purchase order to O'Reilly
and Associates, 101 Morris St., Sebastopol, CA 95472, USA. The kit must be
shipped to a library address.  "WebSite for Librarians" is $99 (US), plus
tax and shipping.


                      ABOUT O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES

O'Reilly & Associates is recognized worldwide for its definitive books on the
Internet and UNIX, and more recently for its development of online content and
software. Working closely with developers of new technologies, O'Reilly's
editors are computer people who write about software they use. The company's
planning and review process links together authors, software developers,
computer vendors, and technical experts throughout the industry in a creative
collaboration that mirrors the strengths of the open systems philosophy
itself.

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WebSite is a trademark of O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
Windows 95 is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation

WebSite for Librarians
Available January 22, 1996
$99.00 (US), plus tax and shipping
Toll-free Customer Service number:  800/998-9938
Order FAX: 707/829-0104
Mailing Address: 101 Morris St, Sebastopol, CA 95472, USA



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Mary Leal
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. * 103A Morris Street * Sebastopol, CA 95472
(707)829-0515, ext. 254 or 800-998-9938, fax (707)829-9043, mary at ora.com
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