I'm sure other list members are delighted as we are to learn that HighWire
Press has made the archive of 139,777 free full text articles available.
http://intl.highwire.org/lists/freeart.dtl
We've started adding URL links from our Web OPAC to the mirror sites
recommended for users outside USA and Canada.
http://intl.highwire.org/lists/intl.dtl
However we have found that intl.plantcell.org directs the user to
www.plantcell.org (US site) instead. Our network expert speculates that
because the Janet caches are in the ja.net domain rather than ac.uk, their
(i.e. Digital Island's) software cannot tell where the request is coming
from and so directs it to the US site.
I then saw the following notice:
http://intl.highwire.org/help/slow.dtl
If you go to http://intl.highwire.org
and notice that it changes to
http://highwire.stanford.edu/ that means our
system has automatically detected that you
are using a very-high-speed
research-network connection between
Stanford University (where the HighWire
Press server is located) and your
organization. This network is called
"Internet2" (or "Abilene"). Our server
automatically uses that very-high-speed path
instead of Digital Island.
In fact http://intl.highwire.org directs me to http://www.highwire.org.
What should we do? Does this mean access via this method is subject to
transatlantic charges? Should we add all the sites (they are usually
in the format: intl-xxxx.yyyy.org) to our cache bypass list?
Any suggestions on this will be welcome.
Mieko
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Technical Services Manager/System Coordinator +44 (0)1248 382970
Main Library, University of Wales Bangor, UK +44 (0)1248 382979 (Fax)
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