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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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January 23, 1992 Volume 3, Number 2 ISSN 1050-6004
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Editors: Dana Rooks (LIBL@UHUPVM1) and Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
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(LIB3@UHUPVM1).
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Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries,
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University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091.
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CONTENTS
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RLG Will Provide Access to UMI/Data Courier Databases, 1
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Blackwell and CARL will Develop System Links, 2
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NOTIS Previews GUI OPAC Interface at Midwinter, 2
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Update on EFF Activities, 3
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RLG WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO UMI/DATA COURIER DATABASES
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UMI/Data Courier and the Research Libraries Group (RLG) announce
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an agreement to offer fixed-cost access to several of UMI/Data
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Courier's most popular databases. By spring of 1992, searchers
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on RLIN will be able to access ABI/INFORM, Newspaper Abstracts,
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Periodical Abstracts, and Dissertation Abstracts for a fixed
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annual fee.
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As part of the agreement, RLG and UMI will offer users access to
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full-text article delivery of UMI's Article Clearinghouse
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collection of 12,500 titles. Delivery options include
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first-class mail, express courier, fax, and Ariel, RLG's new
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proprietary document-delivery system that enables high-resolution
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image transmission over the Internet.
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For more information, contact the RLIN Information Center, e-mail
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BL.RIC@RLG (BITNET) or BL.RIC@RLG.STANFORD.EDU (Internet).
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BLACKWELL AND CARL WILL DEVELOP SYSTEM LINKS
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Blackwell North America and CARL Systems, Inc. have announced a
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system development effort that will make several Blackwell
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services accessible through the CARL system in 1992:
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o Access to Blackwell's NTO (New Titles Online) database
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enriched with abstracts and tables of contents.
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o Electronic ordering of materials from both Blackwell
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North America and B. H. Blackwell Ltd.
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o Electronic distribution of LC MARC cataloging enhanced
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with tables of contents and processed through
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Blackwell's authority control system.
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o An interface to CARL's System Authority Control Module
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that will provide several services, including
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retrospective conversion, immediate updating of new
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records, and maintenance of CARL files in constant
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accordance with current LC practice.
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The Internet will be used to connect systems from the two
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vendors.
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For further information, contact: CARL Systems, Inc., 3801 E.
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Florida Ave., Bldg. D, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80222, (303)
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758-3030.
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NOTIS PREVIEWS GUI OPAC INTERFACE AT MIDWINTER
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NOTIS Systems, Inc. will be demonstrating a prototype graphical
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user interface (GUI) to its OPAC at the 1992 ALA Midwinter
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Conference. The ProPac prototype runs under Microsoft Windows.
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For further information, contact: Stuart W. Miller, NOTIS
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Systems, Inc, 1007 Church Street, Evanston, IL 60201-3622, (708)
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866-0171.
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UPDATE ON EFF ACTIVITIES
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation is currently advocating that:
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o Congress establish an open telecommunications platform
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featuring Personal ISDN.
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o The open platform be created with legislative
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safeguards that ensure a level playing field for all
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those competing in the information services market.
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o The NREN serve as a testbed for new voice, data, and
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video services that will eventually be offered over our
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National Public Network.
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o Electronic bulletin boards be afforded the same First
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Amendment protections enjoyed by other media.
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o Citizens who use computers for communications purposes
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be afforded the full protection of the Fourth
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Amendment.
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o An Electronic Freedom of Information Act be passed that
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will grant citizens access to the electronic version of
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public information consistent with the public's right
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to know. Technical means be mandated to insure the
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privacy of personal communications carried over
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cellular and other radio-based communications systems.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation is also a co-sponsor (along
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with the Consumer Federation of American and the ACLU) and the
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principal coordinator of the Communications Policy Forum, which
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is designed to explore the means for achieving the communications
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goals of consumer organizations. Over 28 consumer groups, from
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the OMB Watch to the NAACP participate in forum activities. The
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Communications Policy Forum is funded by foundations as well as a
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diverse group of computer and communications firms.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation, with offices in Cambridge and
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Washington, was established a year and a half ago by Mitchell
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Kapor, who started the Lotus Development Corporation, and John
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Perry Barlow.
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Houston. All rights reserved.
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