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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 16:23:15 CST
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Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Publications
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<PACS-P@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
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From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
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Subject: Public-Access Computer Systems News 6, no. 1 (1995)
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To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-P <PACS-P@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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Volume 6, Number 1 (1995) ISSN 1050-6004
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Editors: Linda Thompson (LIB1J@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU) and Ann Thornton
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(AThornton@UH.EDU).
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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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UMI ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY AWARD, 1
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COMING SOON: ABI/INFORM ON NEXIS, 2
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R.R. BOWKER IN AGREEMENT WITH MUZE, INC., TO OFFER BOOKS IN PRINT
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DATABASE IN BOOKSTORE KIOSKS NATIONWIDE, 2
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VTLS AUTOMATES TWO LIBRARIES IN KUWAIT WITH UNIX VERSION OF
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SOFTWARE, 3
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RESEARCH INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES REFERENCE MANAGER VERSION
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FRANCAISE, 4
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INTERNET ON-RAMP DESIGNED FOR LIBRARIES, 4
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UMI ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY AWARD
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UMI is now accepting nominations for the Library Technology
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Award. Established in 1991 in cooperation with Learned
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Information, Inc., the award honors a librarian who has used
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technology to better serve library patrons.
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Last year's winner was Randal Putnam, Systems Operator and
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Librarian at the Washoe County Library in Reno, Nevada. He
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established an electronic bulletin board system for the
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Reno-Sparks area to provide community access to the library
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catalog, the Internet, White House press releases, and public
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domain files.
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Mr. Putnam will serve as the judge for the 1995 Award. The
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winner will receive $1,500, which will be presented in May at the
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National Online Meeting in New York.
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To nominate a librarian, you do not need a special entry form.
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Just write a 1-2 page essay that includes the name of the
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librarian, where he or she works, and a brief description of his
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or her accomplishments. (If you are a librarian, you may
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nominate yourself.) Any technology is eligible if it was
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established in 1994 and directly benefits public, academic, or
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corporate library patrons. Entries must be postmarked by March
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31, 1995, and mailed to the following address: UMI Library
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Technology Award, Attn: Thomas Pack, 620 South Third St.,
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Louisville, KY, 40202-2475.
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COMING SOON: ABI/INFORM ON NEXIS
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UMI announced that ABI/INFORM will be available in 1995 as an
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individual file and as part of appropriate NEXIS group files.
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ABI/INFORM offers nearly a million records for articles published
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in more than 1,000 business journals. Abstract-and-indexing
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coverage dates from 1971. Online full-text coverage dates from
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1991 for selected publications. Currently, more than 500 sources
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are available in full-text format.
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For a free ABI/INFORM search help, call UMI at (800) 626-2823
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(U.S. and Canada) or (502) 583-4111. Press 5 twice to reach the
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help desk. For more information about NEXIS, call (800) 543-6862
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(U.S. and Canada).
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R.R. BOWKER IN AGREEMENT WITH MUZE, INC., TO OFFER BOOKS IN PRINT
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DATABASE IN BOOKSTORE KIOSKS NATIONWIDE
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Reed Reference Publishing announced that it has reached an
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agreement with Muze, Inc., to offer the company's R.R. Bowker
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Books in Print database at patron kiosks in bookstores
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nationwide. Early this year, bookstore patrons will be able to
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use a kiosk to access information on any of over 1.2 million
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in-print books through Bowker's Books in Print database. In a
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user-friendly environment, they will be able to call up all
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available titles by topic and conduct searches by any word in any
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entry in the database. Customers will be able to look up
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information in a variety of ways by selecting author, title, or
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publisher.
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Muze, Inc., is currently serving music retailers, consumers, and
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the recording industry through its MUZE kiosk that offers a
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computerized database of over 100,000 available recordings and
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which has been installed in Tower Records, The Wall, Spec's,
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Borders, and many other major music store chains. The company is
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expanding its information kiosk concept to include video and
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other entertainment fields.
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For more information, contact Joan Silinsh at (908) 665-2818.
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VTLS AUTOMATES TWO LIBRARIES IN KUWAIT WITH UNIX VERSION OF
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SOFTWARE
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VTLS, Inc., announced that Kuwait University and the National
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Scientific and Technical Information Center (NSTIC) of Kuwait
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have chosen the UNIX-based VTLS integrated library automation
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software to automate their libraries. At Kuwait University the
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system will run on a Hewlett-Packard Series 9000/800 Model G-40
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computer, which supports 69 microcomputers, 14 of which will be
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for public access. At the NSTIC the system is already installed
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and running on an IBM RISC System/6000 Model 550 computer that
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supports 18 microcomputers, five of which are for public access.
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Both systems support Arabic and English via the Windows-based
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VTLS EasyPAC, a client interface to the online public access
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catalog.
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The basic VTLS software package consists of the online public
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access catalog, circulation control, keyword searching,
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cataloging, authority control, serials control, reserve room
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control, reporting and collection management, status monitoring,
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and parameters and library profiling. In addition to the basic
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system, Kuwait University is installing the following optional
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subsystems and microcomputer-based products: acquisitions and
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fund accounting, document delivery, inventory control, journal
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indexing, materials booking, UTLAS interface, VTLS Cataloging
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Client, and VTLS InfoStation. With an annual circulation of
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113,684, the university libraries house 164,206 volumes, 52
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percent of which are non-Arabic books, and 4,512 periodicals, 82
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percent of which are non-Arabic. Kuwait University is the only
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national university in the country that is supported by the
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government.
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In addition to the basic system, the National Scientific and
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Technical Information Center has installed the following optional
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software: acquisitions and fund accounting, journal indexing,
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locally mounted database secondary account, and VTLS InfoStation.
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Before the invasion of Kuwait, NSTIC housed 50,000 book titles,
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1,300 journal titles, 3,000 technical reports, and 300,000
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reports on microfiche. Today, the library houses only 5,800 book
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titles, 757 journal titles, and 2,300 cataloged technical
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reports, but the collection is growing. The library serves 1,200
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patrons and has an annual circulation of 5,000. The NSTIC is a
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major library in Kuwait and can be accessed by 400 microcomputers
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used by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.
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For more information, contact Gail Gulbenkian, (703) 231-3605.
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RESEARCH INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES REFERENCE MANAGER VERSION
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FRANCAISE
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Research Information Systems has announced that Reference Manager
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for Windows is now available in the French edition. Reference
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Manager is Research Information Systems' popular bibliographic
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database management program used by tens of thousands of
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researchers and scientists world-wide.
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Reference Manager Version Francaise is complete with French
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language written documentation and on-line help. Special
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introductory pricing is available. For more information, contact
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Bilaney Consultants, Schirmerstrasse 23, 40211 Dusseldorf 1,
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Germany. Phone: 49-211-35-7242; Fax: 49-211-164-9177.
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INTERNET ON-RAMP DESIGNED FOR LIBRARIES
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CARL Corporation has announced the availability of its new
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Gateway Server product, a pre-packaged, seamless on-ramp to the
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Internet designed especially for libraries. The Gateway Server
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is a Unix workstation with prepackaged software, designed to
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provide a front-end to any existing hardware platform, local area
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network, or mainframe computer. The server acts as a pathway to
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and from the Internet, providing World Wide Web access, Internet
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electronic mail capabilities, Gopher search and retrieval,
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Telnet, FTP, WAIS, and Z39.50 data transfer services.
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CARL Corporation has carefully selected packages included with
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the Gateway Server to meet known library needs; for example, a
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terminal emulation package is included to insure that any library
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terminal or PC using the Gateway Server can emulate a VT100 or a
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variety of other terminal types required by Internet hosts. The
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product has been designed to serve any library, not just those
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using a CARL system. CARL Corporation offers a full array of
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additional services, including set-up, support, and network
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administration.
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For more information about the Gateway Server of other services
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from CARL Corporation, contact Dodie Ownes, Marketing
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Coordinator, at (303) 758-3030, ext. 154; E-mail:
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downes@carl.org.
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Public-Access Computer Systems News is an electronic newsletter
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that is distributed on Internet and other computer networks.
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There is no subscription fee.
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Public-Access Computer Systems News is Copyright (C) 1995 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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