Public-Access Computer Systems News Volume 3 Number 16

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              Public-Access Computer Systems News 
  
Volume 3, Number 16 (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 
  
CARLYLE INTRODUCES IMAGEOPAC, 1 
WLN EASY ACCESS SYSTEM AVAILABLE THROUGH INTERNET, 2 
TWO NEW OCLC DATABASES PROVIDE ACCESS TO JOURNAL ARTICLES, 2 
RLG DEVELOPS Z39.50 SERVER FOR INTERNET USE, 3 
VTLS TO CREATE VIRGINIA ONLINE UNION CATALOG, 3 
  
  
CARLYLE INTRODUCES IMAGEOPAC 
  
As part of its new Voyager Series of library automation systems, 
Carlyle has introduced a new product called ImageOPAC.  The 
system features state-of-the-art image and scanning technology 
and provides quick access to digital images associated with 
bibliographic records, allowing linked images to display on the 
screen of an online catalog terminal or workstation. 
  
ImageOPAC uses true color scanning to allow photographs, maps, or 
other visual materials to be scanned online.  Searching for 
images is done with Voyager's graphical user interface (GUI), 
which incorporates multiple windows, pull-down menus, and 
powerful database searching.  After retrieving a set of records, 
the user can display any record as well as the associated image. 
The system supports zooming and panning, reductions, 
enlargements, and image cropping.  Edited images can be saved to 
a PostScript file for printing. 
  
For information, contact Sabina Ahmed, Carlyle Systems, Inc., 
415-345-2500. 
  
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WLN EASY ACCESS SYSTEM AVAILABLE THROUGH INTERNET 
  
Easy Access is a new searching interface to the WLN online 
system.  It combines and reduces the dozens of sophisticated WLN 
commands to a few essential search types.  Easy Access assists 
the untrained or infrequent user in searching the WLN database. 
  
The WLN database currently contains nearly 7.5 million 
bibliographic records--in all formats and a broad range of 
languages--and over 16 million holdings.  The cost of accessing 
the WLN system through the Internet is $15.00 per hour.  Credit 
card billing is available.  Easy Access is also available by 
dial-up and from leased-line workstations. 
  
To access WLN, type TELNET WLN.COM or 192.156.252.2 at your 
system's prompt.  Then just follow the instructions. 
  
For additional information, contact Rush Brandis: 1-800-DIALWLN; 
(206) 923-4000; or info@wln.com. 
  
  
TWO NEW OCLC DATABASES PROVIDE ACCESS TO JOURNAL ARTICLES 
  
OCLC has introduced two new tools on the FirstSearch Catalog and 
the EPIC service: ContentsFirst (a serials table-of-contents 
database) and ArticleFirst (a database of article citations). 
  
ContentsFirst contains the complete texts of the table-of- 
contents pages of over 80,000 issues of 7,000 serial titles, most 
of which are in English and have been published since January 
1990.  It is updated daily, with information for the most 
frequently published titles going online within 48 to 72 hours of 
publication.  ContentsFirst contains each publication's entire 
contents page, including news stories, editorials, reviews, and 
letters to the editor, in the subject areas of science, fine 
arts, engineering, health sciences, business, humanities, and 
social sciences. 
  
ArticleFirst, which contains 1 million citations for the articles 
in the same 7,000-title database, can be searched by subject or 
author across the whole database. 
  
Libraries holding the journals cited in ArticleFirst will be 
listed from the holdings of the OCLC Online Union Catalog. 
ArticleFirst can be searched in 18 different ways, including 
author keyword, author phrase, title keyword, title phrase, 
abstract keyword, journal title keyword, journal title phrase, 
article type keyword, and publication date. 
  
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The ContentsFirst and ArticleFirst databases will expand to over 
11,000 titles and will grow by 1 million articles per year. 
Document ordering and delivery service will be available for 
articles found in ArticleFirst.  Ordering information, including 
delivery methods (e.g., fax, overnight delivery, first-class 
mail, and overseas mail) and the payment options (i.e., credit 
cards and account numbers) will be displayed on the screen, and 
searchers can enter the appropriate information to receive the 
articles promptly. 
  
  
RLG DEVELOPS Z39.50 SERVER FOR INTERNET USE 
  
The Research Libraries Group (RLG) has developed a Z39.50 server 
for searching its RLIN and CitaDel databases, and 14 institutions 
nationwide have now successfully tested the server over the 
Internet.  The Z39.50 server, when fully implemented, will make 
it easier for users of other online catalogs to search RLG's 
databases. 
  
Z39.50 is a national standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.50) for computer-to- 
computer information retrieval that enables users to search other 
online library catalogs and information sources using the same 
commands they use to search their local online catalog. 
  
For more information, contact: Lennie Stovel, Research Libraries 
Group, 1200 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041-1100; (415) 
691-2259; BL.MDS@RLG.BITNET; or BL.MDS@RLG.STANFORD.EDU. 
  
  
VTLS TO CREATE VIRGINIA ONLINE UNION CATALOG 
  
Virginia State Library and Archives has contracted with VTLS Inc. 
for the CAVALIR ONLINE Database Creation Project.  The aim of the 
project is to create an online union catalog containing holdings 
of all participating libraries in the State of Virginia. 
  
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CAVALIR is the first stage in the implementation of the Virginia 
Library and Information Network (VLIN).  More than 2.8 million 
records of selected Virginia colleges, universities, and public 
libraries will be loaded in the first phase, which is scheduled 
for completion by March 1993. 
  
For information, contact Gail Gulbenkian, VTLS Inc.: (703) 231- 
3605. 
  
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