Public-Access Computer Systems News Volume 3 Number 09

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              Public-Access Computer Systems News 
  
Volume 3, Number 9 (July 9, 1992)                  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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CONTENTS 
  
PACS REVIEW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PRINT FORM, 1 
VTLS DEVELOPS PROTOTYPE ELECTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, 2 
MIT IMPLEMENTS CD-ROM CATALOG WITH CIRCULATION LINK, 2 
  
  
PACS REVIEW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PRINT FORM 
  
The first volume of The Public-Access Computer Systems Review is 
now available as a printed book.  The volume has just been 
published by the American Library Association's Library and 
Information Technology Association (LITA).  LITA will publish the 
second volume of the PACS Review in the near future.  Walt 
Crawford produced camera-ready copy for the volume using Ventura 
Publisher and he also indexed the volume. 
  
At the urging of the PACS Review Editorial Board, the University 
of Houston Libraries published the print annual in order to 
provide wider access to the journal, especially for individuals 
who do not have network access.  The electronic version of the 
PACS Review will continue to be free, and all article files will 
still be available at LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 (the print version 
provides instructions for retrieving these files).  Any revenue 
from the print volume will be used to help support LITA 
activities. 
  
Volume one has an in-depth symposium about staffing issues and 
public-access computer systems, plus a special section on SPIRES 
that describes how this system is being used for locally mounted 
databases and campus-wide information systems.  It also has 
articles about Carnegie Mellon University's Library Information 
System II and other innovative library automation systems, text 
management software, CD-ROM LAN implementations and network 
licensing agreements, Z39.50, and other topics; columns by Walt 
Crawford and Martin Halbert; and book reviews. 
  
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The volume's price is $18 for LITA members and $20 for non-LITA 
members.  Its ISSN is 1063-164X. 
  
For further information, contact: ALA Publishing Services, 50 
East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611, (800) 545-2433. 
  
  
VTLS DEVELOPS PROTOTYPE ELECTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA 
  
Supported by a grant from BRA BOCKER (publishers of the Swedish 
National Encyclopedia), VTLS has developed a prototype electronic 
encyclopedia.  A Hewlett-Packard 3000 computer acts as a server 
for the full-text file, which is accessed from VTLS Intelligent 
Workstation clients.  In the future, images will also be 
accessible.  Users can access the encyclopedia via the VTLS OPAC. 
Hypermedia links permit users to find related materials in the 
library's collection. 
  
For further information, contact Gail Gulbenkian, VTLS, 1800 
Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060, (703) 231-3605. 
  
  
MIT IMPLEMENTS CD-ROM CATALOG WITH CIRCULATION LINK 
  
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries have 
implemented a Marcive/PAC CD-ROM catalog that is linked to the 
Libraries' Geac circulation system.  The CD-ROM catalog is being 
updated on a biweekly basis. 
  
For further information, contact Greg Anderson, Associate 
Director of Systems and Planning at the MIT Libraries, (617) 253- 
5654. 
  
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