Public-Access Computer Systems News Volume 1 Number 02

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               Public-Access Computer Systems News 
  
April 6, 1990  Volume 1, Number 2 
  
Editors: Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (LIB3@UHUPVM1) and Dana Rooks. 
  
Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University 
of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091. 
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Coalition for Networked Information Established 
  
The Association of Research Libraries, CAUSE, and EDUCOM have 
announced the formation of the Coalition for Networked Information 
(CNI) to promote the provision of information resources on existing 
and proposed networks.  An initial priority of CNI will be to link 
libraries to these networks. 
  
CNI was formed following the National Net '90 Conference.  A 
primary goal of the conference is the pursuit of the National 
Research and Education Network (NREN), an advanced computer network 
proposed to interconnect more than 1,000 colleges, universities, 
and research organizations. 
  
CNI will address the policy, technical, operational, and economic 
issues of such a network along with questions of intellectual 
property rights, standards, cost recovery models, and other public 
policy issues. 
  
The work of CNI will be accomplished through a Task Force composed 
of representatives of member and sponsoring organizations. 
  
  
Institute for Scientific Information Announces FOCUS ON: GLOBAL 
CHANGE 
  
ISI has introduced a new biweekly electronic publication that will 
provide users with access to multidisciplinary citations for 
research and issue-oriented articles that deal with the global 
environment.  This product, called FOCUS ON: GLOBAL CHANGE, is 
issued on diskettes for either IBM, Macintosh, or NEC 
microcomputers.  For a limited time, A one-year subscription costs 
$245 ($100 below the normal price). 
  
For further information contact: Institute for Scientific 
Information, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 1-800-336- 
4474 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-215-386-0100, extension 1483. 
  
  
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Brandeis University Offers CARL UnCover Gateway 
  
The January/February 1990 issue of On CARL, the newsletter of the 
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, indicates that the 
Libraries of Brandeis University are offering their users access 
to both the CARL UnCover database and the Boston Library 
Consortium's Union List of Serials via an Internet link on the 
campus LAN.  Boston College also provides access to the UnCover 
database. 
  
  
Brodart Produces Large CD-ROM Union Catalog 
  
Brodart Automation announces that it has produced a CD-ROM union 
catalog for the Commonwealth of Virginia that contains 3.3 million 
unique titles.  The CD-ROM union catalog, called CAVALIR, is 
contained on five CD-ROM disks, and it is being distributed to 220 
libraries across the state. 
  
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