Providing patron access to Usenet newsgroups

[Edward Spodick, HKUST Library, 2358-6743]

Here at HKUST Library, we are trying to find the best way to provide patron
access to individual usenet newsgroups (especially the ClariNet groups,
which our University subscribes to).  I have been playing with URLs like
news:clari.world.asia.hong_kong and news:clari.world.asia.*  but these seem
only to work if the individual user's browser considers the groups targeted
by this request to be subscribed to by the user.

We are looking for a more effective solution, both for our in-Library PCs
and for our on-campus users.  I would welcome suggestions - what do you do
at your site to provide such access in a functional and easy-to-use manner?

-Edward Spodick, Systems Librarian

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Edward F Spodick, Systems Librarian - lbspodic at usthk.ust.hk or @uxmail.ust.hk
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library
tel:  852-2358-6743    fax:  852-2358-1043