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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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Volume 4, Number 11 (1993) ISSN 1050-6004
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Editors: Dana Rooks (LIBL@UHUPVM1) and Linda Thompson
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(LIB1J@UHUPVM1).
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Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University
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of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091.
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CONTENTS
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OCLC CJK Plus Adds Pinyin-to-Wade-Giles Conversion Feature, 1
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ARL/RLG ILL Report, 2
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Two New Files Added to RLG's CitaDel Service, 3
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Assistance Offered to Flood-Damaged Libraries, 4
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EPIC Prices to be Standardized, 4
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The COOK Report on Internet, 5
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OCLC Awards Three Research Grants, 6
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OCLC CJK PLUS ADDS PINYIN-TO-WADE-GILES CONVERSION FEATURE
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The OCLC CJK Plus system for cataloging materials written in the
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Chinese, Japanese, or Korean languages can now convert
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automatically words and phrases from Pinyin, the recently
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developed Chinese romanization system, into the Wade-Giles
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Romanization system, which librarians have used since the 19th
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century for transliterating Chinese words into Roman characters.
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For example, books about the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), the last
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imperial dynasty before the Republican Period, have titles and
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subject headings that spell the dynasty name "Ch'ing," according
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to the Wade-Giles system. Catalogers who use the Pinyin spelling
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("Qing") have not been able to search online for items about this
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period because they are all listed as "Ch'ing."
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CJK Plus helps catalogers who are more familiar with the Pinyin
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system search for bibliographic records that have Wade-Giles
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romanizations in the OCLC Online Union Catalog. The system
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converts the Pinyin text to Wade-Giles text and formulates it
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into an OCLC search key. For example, the Pinyin search phrase
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for the Chinese Communist Party, Zhongguo gungchandang, is
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converted to its Wade-Giles equivalent, Chung-kuo kung ch'an
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tang. When the searcher clicks on "corporate name search," the
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search phrase is formulated into =chun,kun,c and the search is
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begun.
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The new conversion capability was introduced at OCLC CJK Plus
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user meetings held at the Association for Asian Studies annual
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meeting in Los Angeles in March 1993. OCLC based its conversion
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program on the Pinyin-to-Wade-Giles algorithm written by Karl K.
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Lo, head of the International Relations and Pacific Studies
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Library at the University of California, San Diego.
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The CJK Plus system, released in 1993, is the second generation
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of the CJK350 system, which OCLC introduced in 1987. CJK Plus
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displays machine-readable cataloging (MARC) records with author,
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title, and other fields written in both the transliterated Roman
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characters and in the language's actual characters.
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CJK Plus runs on a 486 microcomputer in the Microsoft Windows
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environment. Its powerful hardware and graphical user interface
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support the standard East Asian Character Code; five methods
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(including phonetic and graphic) of inputting CJK characters;
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efficient text editing (through COPY and PASTE commands);
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comprehensive user documentation (including workbook, template,
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input code dictionary, and online user manual); and the ability
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to print catalog cards at a local site or to export records to a
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local system.
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For additional information, contact Andrew Wang, 614-764-6188; or
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Nita Dean, 614-761-5002.
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ARL/RLG ILL REPORT
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The Association of Research Libraries and the Research Libraries
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Group have recently issued the findings of a joint project to
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determine the present costs of interlibrary lending and borrowing
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in North American research libraries. The 64-page report,
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"ARL/RLG Interlibrary Loan Cost Study," is being distributed by
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ARL.
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Seventy-six U.S. and Canadian research libraries collected
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interlibrary loan (ILL) cost data for 1991, which was then
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verified, analyzed, and distilled into the published study.
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Some findings, presented in statistical detail in the study:
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o The major cost of ILL operations is for staff; less than
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one-fourth of the total goes to all other elements--
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communications, photocopying, supplies, equipment, materials
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delivery, etc.
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o More than half of all filled ILL transactions are done
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through photocopies rather than transmitting the original
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item.
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o The average cost for a completed ILL transaction (incurred
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by both the lender and the borrower) is close to $30--nearly
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$19 for the requester and $11 for the lender.
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The study is available for $10 per copy (includes shipping and
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handling) prepaid. Prepaid orders go to: ARL Publications
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Department, P.O. Box 0692, Washington, DC 20073-0692. For
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further ordering information, contact Gloria Haws, Program
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Assistant for Customer Services, 202-296-2296 (e-mail:
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osap@cni.org; fax: 202-872-0884).
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For other information concerning the study, contact C. Brigid
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Welch, 202-206-8656, brigid@cni.org.
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TWO NEW FILES ADDED TO RLG'S CITADEL SERVICE
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Two new files--Hispanic American Periodicals Index and Isis
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History of Science Bibliography--have been added to CitaDel, the
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article-citation and document-delivery service from the Research
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Libraries Group (RLG).
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Hispanic Studies Index
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Hispanic American Periodicals Index, an ongoing project of UCLA's
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Latin American Center, contains over 165,000 citations to
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articles from more than 400 scholarly social science and
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humanities journals published in Latin America or treating Latin
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American and U.S. Hispanic topics. The journals are selected and
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indexed by an international panel of librarians and scholars.
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The index is updated annually; coverage at present is 1970 to
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1991.
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History of Science Index, Exclusive to CitaDel
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Isis History of Science Bibliography, compiled by the History
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of Science Society, currently contains 60,000 citations to books
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and articles about the history of science and the influence of
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science on culture. It indexes more than 600 journals and is
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updated annually; coverage is 1976 to the present. The index is
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available online only through RLG's CitaDel service. The Isis
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index has been combined with CitaDel's History of Technology file
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to form a new CitaDel file called History of Science and
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Technology.
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For more information, please call the RLIN Information Center at
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1-800-537-7546; email bl.ric@rlg.bitnet or
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bl.ric@rlg.stanford.edu (Internet).
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ASSISTANCE OFFERED TO FLOOD-DAMAGED LIBRARIES
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OCLC is offering assistance to flood-damaged libraries in the
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Midwest. OCLC will help with recovery of damaged workstations
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and offline products, expedite telecommunications line and
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workstation installations, and provide general systems advice and
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counsel.
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Libraries that need assistance should contact their regional
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network. Independent institutions should contact the OCLC
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support and training specialist, 614-764-6000 or 800-848-5878.
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EPIC PRICES TO BE STANDARDIZED
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As part of OCLC's overall pricing simplification plan, some
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connect-hour and display-format charges for the EPIC service
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have changed effective July 1, 1993. The changes are being made
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primarily to allow libraries to more easily predict search costs
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and to remember prices across databases.
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Highlights of the changes:
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o database connect-hour charges are now multiples of 10:
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$30, $40, $50, etc.
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o record-display charges are now standardized across
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databases
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o online and offline record-display charges are now the
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same
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o practice database connect-hour prices are now all $10
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per hour
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o display list is the free display format for browsing
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search results
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For most databases on EPIC, charges for connect time have either
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stayed the same or decreased. They were increased for 11
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databases. Record-display prices, which varied widely, will
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increase somewhat for most databases. Prices for most databases
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added since January 1993 have followed the new pricing standard.
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Copies of the new EPIC price list are available from
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OCLC-affiliated regional networks or OCLC reference services.
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THE COOK REPORT ON INTERNET
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The COOK Report is a monthly newsletter focusing on the policy
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complexities of NREN, and National Information Infrastructure
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(NII) development as well as Internet commercialization.
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Published by the former Director of a US Congress Office of
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Technology assessment of the NREN, who is beholden to no federal
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agencies or private companies for funds, it contains views not
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generally found within the community of NREN and NII "boosters."
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The COOK Report helps subscribers:
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o to understand the so far, convoluted evolution of Federal
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Policy toward the commercialization and privatization of the
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Internet, the creation of an NREN and a National Information
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Infrastructure;
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o to understand the economic trends linking the development of
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multi-protocol routers and public network transport
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technologies from Federally sponsored testbeds to commercial
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implementation;
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o to understand whether commercial internet providers can
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satisfy corporate needs to link LANs over a wide area
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network;
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o to understand developments and issues affecting k-12 and
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library access to the network infrastructure;
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o to understand the commercialization's impact on the
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cooperative nature of the Internet and its standards
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process;
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o and to track changes in policy by the new administration.
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Subscriptions available for volume one at slightly reduced prices
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or starting with volume two (April 1993).
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Price List for one year subscription (effective April 1993):
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Individual: $85
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Non-Profit, Small Government Agency, or Corporation: $175 (Site
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License $300)
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University or college library: $175 (subscriptions available
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through Readmore and Faxon)
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Corporate (revenues greater than $10 million a year) or Cabinet
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Level Agency: $350
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Corporate Site License (hardcopy and electronic with right to
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redistribute within corporation): $500
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Foreign Subscriptions: add $50 in each category
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Call, write or email: Gordon Cook, COOK Network Consultants,431
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Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618; 609-882-2572; Internet:
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cook@path.net
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OCLC AWARDS THREE RESEARCH GRANTS
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The OCLC Office of Research has awarded three Library and
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Information Science Research Grants (LISRG) to university
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researchers for 1993.
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The grant recipients and their projects are:
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o Carolyn O. Frost, Ph.D., Associate Dean, School of
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Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan: "An
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Empirical Test of Gopher Searching Using Three Organization
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Schemes"
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Gopher is an example of a commonly used protocol for
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searching networked information. Although the use of
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networked information is proliferating at an astounding
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rate and is providing unprecedented access to
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information, the organization of this information has
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not kept up with its use. Likewise, there is need for a
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greater understanding of information searching in order
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to design better searching tools, organize networked
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information more effectively, and assist information
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providers in the mounting of networked sources. There
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has been little research on how people use Gopher, or
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its effectiveness as a searching tool. The proposed
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project will study Gopher users' information searching
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behavior, identify patterns and problems in the
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searching behavior or with the information retrieval,
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and recommend changes for improvement.
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o Richard P. Smiraglia, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Palmer
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School of Library and Information Science, Long Island
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University: "Toward the Bibliographic Control of Works:
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Derivative Bibliographic Relationships in the Online Union
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Catalog"
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The purpose of this project is to further the
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bibliographic control of works by verifying the extent
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of derivative bibliographic relationships in the OCLC
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Online Union Catalog and by testing a conceptual model
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for a database of bibliographic works. The methodology
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employed will be descriptive survey research of a random
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sample of bibliographic families from the Online Union
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Catalog and qualitative examination of the most complex
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families to assess the efficacy of the conceptual model.
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o James H. Sweetland, Ph.D., Associate Professor, and Judith J.
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Senkevitch, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Library and
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Information Science, University of Wisconsin at Madison:
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"Evaluating Public Library Fiction Collections: Is There a
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Core List of Classics?"
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The project will address the following research
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questions: Is there a core of widely held adult fiction
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in the OCLC database which can be used as a list of
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classics? Does this core list relate to standard lists
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of recommended fiction supposedly relied upon by public
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libraries in selection and evaluation? Can one or more
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standard lists be recommended as those most likely to
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predict librarians' behavior? Is it feasible for OCLC
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to consider using the core list concept to develop a
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machine-readable product to assist public librarians in
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evaluating their fiction collections?
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The OCLC Library and Information Science Research Grant program
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awards grants of up to $10,000 to help foster quality research by
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faculty in schools of library and information science. Projects
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are generally completed within one year, and findings are
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published in the OCLC Annual Review of Research and in other
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scholarly communications. Application materials for 1994 will be
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available this November. For more information, contact the
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Office of Research, 614-764-6000 or 800-848-5878.
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Public-Access Computer Systems News is an electronic newsletter
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that is distributed on BITNET, Internet, and other computer
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networks. There is no subscription fee.
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To subscribe, send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 (BITNET)
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or LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU (Internet) that says: SUBSCRIBE PACS-P
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First Name Last Name. PACS-P subscribers also receive two other
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electronic serials: Current Cites and The Public-Access Computer
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Systems Review.
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Public-Access Computer Systems News is Copyright (C) 1993 by the
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University Libraries, University of Houston. All Rights
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Reserved.
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Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by academic computer
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centers, computer conferences, individual scholars, and
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libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their
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collection, in electronic or printed form, at no charge. This
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