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_Current_Cites_
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Volume 2, no. 6
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June 1991
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Library Technology Watch Program
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University of California, Berkeley
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Edited by David F.W. Robison
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ISSN: 1060-2356
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Contributors:
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Teri Rinne, Vivienne Roumani, Lisa Rowlison, Mark Takaro, Roy Tennant
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Hyper- and Multimedia
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Fersko-Weiss, Henry. "Software: 3-D Reading with the
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HypertextEdge" PC Magazine 10(10) (May 28, 1991):241-282. The
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most thorough and current review of Hypertext and Hypermedia
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packages for the PC. Software writers for the IBM world are
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catching up with Apple's pioneering HyperCard and this detailed
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review as well as sidebars on general concepts of hypermedia
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authoring, provide an excellent source for information about these
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packages. The distinction between hypertext and hypermedia
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eases as many packages offer linking capabilities to video disk
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sources, sound and graphics packages and other applications. These
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are clearly the second generation of PC-based hypermedia
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applications, displaying some sophisticated capabilities like
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Boolean searching, generous indexing and other new features.
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Information Transfer
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"Double-Sided Document Scanner from Germany" Information Media &
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Technology 24(3) (May 1991):95. In the Document Imaging section
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we find a description of the MS-Race-DS, a double sided document
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scanner produced by a German company, MSMikrofilm GmbH.
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"IBM turns up the heat on ImagePlus" Information Media & Technology
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24(3) (May 1991):113-118. A detailed description of IBMs
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ImagePlus image processing system and its capabilities.
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Jul, Erik. "Howard Besser Explores the Development of Image
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Databases" OCLC Newsletter 190 (March/April 1991):16-18. Dr.
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Besser, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information
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Science, University of Pittsburgh, offers his expert view (20 years
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experience with image databases) on digital image technology, its
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limitations and its future.
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"Paperless Fax" Information Media & Technology 24(3) (May 1991):98.
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This newsbrief in the Facsimile section introduces the MetaFax.
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Roche, Marilyn. "Ariel: The Document Transmission Workstation"
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Posting on ILL-L@UNMVM (May 24, 1991) item #000347. A useful
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and detailed explanation of the RLG Document Transmission
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Workstation including equipment specifications and current prices.
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Networks and Networking
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Braunstein, Yale M. "Resolving Conflicts between Information
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Ownership and Intellectual Freedom" Library Trends 39(1-2)
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(Summer/Fall 1990):126-131. The "tension between information
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ownership and intellectual freedom emerges both from the balancing
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of economic and political interests and as a result of the underlying
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structure of communications and information industries." While not
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a new issue, the advent of mass electronic data and information
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sharing only adds to this tension. Braunstein investigates some of
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the legal and intellectual aspects of this issue.
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CREN Board of Trustees, BITNET Network Information Center
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(INFO@BITNIC) "Why Continued Membership in CREN is Important"
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NetMonth / An Independent Guide to BITNET 38 (July 1991):3-5
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(BITLIB@YALEVM). As plans and some implementation of the
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NREN/NSFNet progress, it is important that institutions
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participating in the national networks understand the ramifications
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of membership in the various networks currently available. Those at
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CREN (BITNET and CSnet) "believe that it is important to maintain
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your CREN membership at least until the NREN exists with access
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rules, funding, and usage policies which enable a smooth and
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complete transition from current connectivity and capabilities to
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the new expanded capabilities we aspire to achieve on the NREN."
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The promise of an open-access NREN is not secure. On reserve in
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LSL.
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Eaton, Nancy L. "Freedom and Equality of Access to Information: The
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Lacy Commission Report" Library Trends 39(1-2) (Summer/Fall
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1990):111-125. Eaton looks at the impact of the Lacy Commission
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Report, which centered "upon dissemination of, and access to,
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information," ALAs response, and the ensuing discussion of
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information in the electronic age.
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Optical Disk Technologies
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Flanders, Bruce "General Periodicals Ondisc: UMI's one-stop wonder"
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CD-ROM Librarian 6(4) (April 1991):27-32. As the title clearly
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indicates, this is a very enthusiastic review of the University
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Microfilms, Inc. family of full-
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text CD-ROM data-bases. General Periodicals Ondisc links an
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abstract and index database to a full-text image database of
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complete articles of key publications. The articles appear just as
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they do in the original publication-only in black and white-complete
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with photographs, charts, graphics and
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maps.
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Kesselman, Martin "CD-ROM/Online Update" Wilson Library Bulletin
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65(7) (March 1991):94-97. Among the new products Kesselman
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discusses is the Kubik Compact Disc Changer Jukebox, which has the
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potential to take CD-ROM jukebox technology a giant step forward.
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Currently in the prototype phase of development, this jukebox
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format has a capacity of 240 discs and includes a multiple server
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with up to five Phillips drive mechanisms. It would greatly enhance
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access to large CD-ROM sets such as UMI's full-textcollections.
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King, Alan "Kicking the tires: the fine art of CD-ROM product
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evaluation" Online 15(3) (May 1991):102-104. The author outlines
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the basic foundation for planning and executing a CD-ROM product
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evaluation during a trial run period offered by the manufacturer.
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Quint, Barbara "Controversy over NLM CD-ROM licensing prices" CD-
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ROM Librarian 6(4) (April 1991):24-26. This articles discusses the
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National Library of Medicine's controversial fee restructuring for
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networked CD-ROMs. Annual fees for providing access to CD-ROM
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Medline databases through local area networks have jumped from
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$100 to many thousands of dollars in some cases. Medical librarians
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are outraged and the information community fears that NLMs move
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may be precedent-setting.
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General
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Duggan, Mary Kay. "Copyright of Electronic Information: Issues and
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Questions" Online 15(4) (May 1991):20-26. Electronic information is
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discussed in relation to the issues of copyright, fair use, and the
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protection of intellectual property vs.the free exchange of ideas.
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The author anchors these broad topics in everyday reality by citing
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specific examples of current uses of CD-ROMs and other electronic
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databases.
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Seiden, Peggy, ed. Survey of Libraries Providing Locally Mounted
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Databases. RASD Occasional Papers, 8. Chicago: American Library
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Association, Reference and Adult Services Division, 1991. The
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growing phenomenon of libraries mounting additional databases on
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their online catalog systems is documented by this survey of U.S. and
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Canadian libraries conducted during 1989. Analytic essays
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accompany the survey data.
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Forthcoming
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Connolly, Frank, Steven W. Gilbert and Peter Lyman. "A Bill of Rights
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for Electronic Citizens." An edited version of this draft document
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(March 13, 1990) will be appearing in the next two issues of EDUCOM
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Review. A thoughtful, stimulating, and wide-ranging review of
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issues regarding intellectual property, copyright, free scholarly
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exchange, and a host of related issues within the environment of a
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national research and education network. Definitely a must read for
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librarians interested in networking issues.
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Farley, Laine, ed. "Strategies for Selecting and Using Library
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Resources on the Internet" Reference and Adult Services Division,
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Machine-Assisted Reference Section, Direct Patron Access to
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Computer-Based Reference
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Systems Committee, July 1991. The draft of the MARS Direct Patron
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Access Committee's guide to library catalogs on the Internet can
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now be FTP'd from: host dla.ucop.edu, directory pub/internet/libcat-
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guide.
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Kalin, Sally W. and Roy Tennant. "Beyond OPACS...The Wealth of
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Information Resources on the Internet." Database 14, no. 4 (August
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1991) (in press). Strategies for identifying non-bibliographic
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databases on the Internet are described. Issues regarding evaluation,
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access problems, ethics, support and training are discussed.
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Selected databases are highlighted with brief descriptions and
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access instructions.
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New Journals Announced
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Electronic Networking: Research, Applications, and Policy, edited by
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Charles McClure (CMCCLURE@suvm.acs.syr.edu), has been announced
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by Meckler Publishing Co. Beginning in the Fall of this year, "the
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purpose of the journal is to describe, evaluate, and foster
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understanding of the role and applications of electronic networks.
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Moreover, the journal intends to promote and encourage the
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successful use of electronic networks. The journal will be of
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interest to network users, managers, and policy makers in the
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academic, computer, communication, library, and government
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communities." -- Meckler's press release.
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Virtual Reality Report, edited by Sandra Kay Helsel. Published
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monthly by Meckler, the purpose of this newsletter is to "report on
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the organizing consciousness of an emerging new discipline and its
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requisite concepts and technologies." -- Meckler's press release.
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Current Cites 2(6)(June 1991) ISSN: 1060-2356
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Copyright (C) 1991 by the Library, University of
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California, Berkeley. All rights reserved.
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Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by computerized
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bulletin board/conference systems, individual scholars, and
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libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their
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collections at no cost. This message must appear on copied
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material. All commercial use requires permission from the editor,
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who may be reached in the following ways:
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drobison@library.berkeley.edu // drobison@ucblibra // (510)642-7600
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