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Public-Access Computer Systems News
March 20, 1991 Volume 2, Number 2 ISSN 1050-6004
Editors: Dana Rooks (LIBL@UHUPVM1) and Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
(LIB3@UHUPVM1).
Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries,
University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091.
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CD-ROM NETWORKING SOLUTION
Meridian Data has introduced the CD Net Model 100NC, designed to
integrate up to 8 CD-ROM drives on a standard local area network.
The system runs on a variety of network operating systems
including LAN Manager, Novell, 3Com, and Ungermann-Bass. The
system can be configured for ARCNET, Ethernet, or Token-Ring
networks, and it features up to 4MB of cache memory to enhance
access speed. CD Net 100NC connects to LANs like any other node.
A single CD-ROM drive configuration of the CD Net 100NC is priced
at $4,995.
For more information, contact Sheri Elpern at Meridian Data Inc.,
5615 Scotts Valley Dr., Scotts Valley, CA 95066 (408-438-3100).
Z39.50 IMPLEMENTATION
A partnership of the University of California (UC), Data Research
Associates (DRA), and Digital Equipment Corporation is developing
software to comply with the National Information Standards
Organization's (NISO) emerging Z39.50 protocol. Z39.50 provides
a standard method of information transfer among automation
systems using different hardware, software, and operating
systems.
The software and supporting record transfer formats developed as
part of this partnership will ultimately link the University of
California's MELVYL online catalog and UC Davis's new DRA library
automation system, permitting transparent access to MELVYL from
UC Davis OPAC terminals and display of UC Davis item status
information in MELVYL.
For more information, contact Data Research Associates, Inc.,
1276 North Warson Road, P.O. Box 8495, St. Louis, MO 63132 (1-
800-325-0888).
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For a concise summary of Z39.50, contact Carl Grant at DRA and
ask for "Z39.50 in Plain English," an overview written by
Clifford Lynch of the University of California.
UMI EXPANDS PERIODICAL ABSTRACTS ONDISC
University Microfilms International (UMI) announced the expansion
of its Periodical Abstracts Ondisc file to 950 titles. The
current CD-ROM version offers access to 450 general interest
titles. Periodical Abstracts Ondisc provides abstracts and
complete bibliographic citations for articles in a broad cross-
section of subject areas. All of the added titles were chosen
from the lists of H. W. Wilson's Humanities Index, Social
Sciences Index, and General Sciences Index.
Virtually all of the indexed publications are available on
microform from UMI as subscriptions and backfiles as well as
photocopies of individual articles. Users can electronically
retrieve complete articles for the most frequently requested
titles in Periodical Abstracts from UMI's General Periodicals
Ondisc.
For further information, contact Jonathan James, University
Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI
48106 (800-521-0600).
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