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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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Volume 3, Number 14 (1992) 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, University
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of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091.
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CONTENTS
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WALTON RESIGNS AS CLSI PRESIDENT, 1
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VOLUME TWO OF THE PACS REVIEW AVAILABLE FROM LITA, 2
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COMPACT CAMBRIDGE INTRODUCES CLINPSYC, 3
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WILSON AND PBS ANNOUNCE BIBLIO-LINK TO WILSONDISC, 4
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WALTON RESIGNS AS CLSI PRESIDENT
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Bob Walton, President of CLSI, has issued the following
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statement:
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This is to announce that on August 4, 1992, I tendered my
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resignation as President of CLSI, Inc. to Michael J.
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Timbers, President and CEO of IHS Group. I will continue to
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serve as President until October 9, 1992.
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After serving as CLSI President for over two years, the
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timing of my departure follows the fulfillment of the three
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primary objectives I set out to accomplish: CLSI has re-
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established a very strong and aggressive financial position
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to enable it to aggressively continue to compete for new
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business and to invest in new products in an increasingly
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competitive library automation marketplace. Secondly,
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significant improvements in CLSI's customer and field
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service operations are establishing a new standard in the
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industry. And, most recently, CLSI has successfully
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introduced the new, second generation LIBS 100plus software
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into active service in representative libraries in each of
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CLSI's primary markets--the United States, Europe, and
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Australia. While I have enjoyed my time in New England, the
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timing of my departure also reflects the desires of my
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family to return to the West.
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During my tenure at CLSI, I have had the privilege of
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working closely with hundreds of CLSI customers. I am
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indebted to those librarians who have contributed
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significantly to improving my understanding of and
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appreciation for customer service which is, of course, the
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objective of our efforts at CLSI. I am happy to report that
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I now count many of these professional colleagues as
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personal friends.
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Certainly, I am indebted to the loyalty and enthusiasm I
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have witnessed by CLSI managers and staff. Without
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question, they have contributed the lion's share of talent
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and resources resulting in CLSI's turnaround and recent
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successes. In particular, Jim Hofbauer, who previously
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served with me as Executive Vice President, will continue to
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lead CLSI's forward movement in his new capacity as CEO.
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Having worked closely with Jim since the summer of 1990, I
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am very confident that given his understanding of the CLSI
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and IHS Group organizations, combined with the management
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talents and insights he has demonstrated during the last two
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years, CLSI will safely continue to grow as a leading
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company in the library automation industry.
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My immediate plans are to begin a long overdue vacation,
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relocate my family, and seek new employment in some
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meaningful capacity in the service of libraries and their
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patrons.
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In a related announcement, CLSI confirmed that James A. Hofbauer
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had been promoted to President and CEO of CLSI and noted that:
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The Office of the Executive structure provided CLSI the
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opportunity to have two senior managers, Bob Walton and Jim
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Hofbauer, work closely together and learn from each other on
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a daily basis. Decisions were made with mutual input since
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both co-managed CLSI.
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VOLUME TWO OF THE PACS REVIEW AVAILABLE FROM LITA
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The second volume (1991) of The Public-Access Computer Systems
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Review is now available in book form, published by the American
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Library Association's Library and Information Technology
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Association (LITA). Walt Crawford, LITA President, produced
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camera-ready copy for the volume using Ventura Publisher, and he
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also indexed the volume.
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Volume two has a special section about major electronic serials
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on networks that includes papers by the editors and publishers of
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EJournal, The Electronic Journal of Communication, the Journal of
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the International Academy of Hospitality Research, New Horizons
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in Adult Education, the Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues,
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Postmodern Culture, and PSYCOLOQUY as well as a guide to the
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LISTSERV software. It also has a symposium about network-based
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information resources and scholarly communication, plus a paper
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on machine-readable data files in libraries.
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The first volume of the PACS Review is also available from LITA.
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The price of each volume is $17 for LITA members and $20 for non-
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LITA members. For further information, contact: ALA Publishing
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Services, Order Department, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL
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60611-2729, (800) 545-2433.
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COMPACT CAMBRIDGE INTRODUCES CLINPSYC
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Compact Cambridge has announced that it will publish a new CD-ROM
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database about clinical psychology this fall. ClinPSYC will
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initially offer over 222,000 records from 1980 to the present;
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approximately 24,000 new items will be added each year. ClinPSYC
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is drawn from a database maintained by the American Psychological
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Association.
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For the rest of the year, the database will cost $1,995 per
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year--one-third off the normal U.S. price of $2,995 ($2,495 for
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subscribers of the print index Psychological Abstracts). Each
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subscription will include $250 worth of free document delivery
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service from CARL UNCOVER 2. Subscriptions from U.S. customers
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ordered before October 31, 1992 include the use of a CD-ROM
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reader at no extra charge.
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For further information, contact: Compact Cambridge, 7200
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Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 961-6700.
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WILSON AND PBS ANNOUNCE BIBLIO-LINK TO WILSONDISC
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The H. W. Wilson Company and Personal Bibliographic Software,
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Inc. (PBS) have announced the availability of Biblio-Link to
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WILSONDISC. This product is a companion program to PBS's Pro-
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Cite bibliographic database management system. Using Biblio-
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Link, WILSONDISC searchers can transfer records directly into
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Pro-Cite Version 2.0, where bibliographic elements are
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transferred into appropriate fields according to document type.
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Within Pro-Cite, records can be searched, sorted, indexed, and
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formatted into bibliographies.
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For further information, contact: Michael Page, The H. W. Wilson
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Company, 950 University Ave., Bronx, NY 10452, (800) 367-6770,
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extension 2272.
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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) 1992 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 computer
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