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Volume 2, no. 7
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July 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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Steve Cisler, Teri Rinne, Vivienne Roumani,
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Lisa Rowlison, Mark Takaro, Roy Tennant
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Expert Systems
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Heller, Martin "Windows Meets AI" BYTE 16(6) (June 1991):351-354.
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Microsoft's Windows 3.0 has opened up AI applications for the
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personal computing environment by providing a protected-mode
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operation which furnishes AI applications with the necessary
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amount of memory to run efficiently and by providing a graphical
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user interface (GUI) which is greatly needed by those of us who wish
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to use AI tools. This article discusses a few of the new AI tools
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using Windows 3.0 : KEE (Knowledge Engineering Environment) and
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KPWIN (KnowledgePro for Windows) are well described, the first
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being a large and expensive tool and the second, a less powerful but
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more affordable tool.
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Hyper- and Multimedia
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Heller, Marvin. "Future Documents" BYTE 16(5) (May 1991):126-135.
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Software vendors for the PC continue to make inroads on the lead
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held by Apple in the emerging hypermedia market. This review of
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Microsoft's OLE and HP's New Wave software describes how they
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integrate text with graphics using a variety of initial software
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packages. Gradually the barriers between individual software
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products are being dissolved as linking programs like these provide
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environments in which Windows can operate on a variety of
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programs and produce documents combining spreadsheets, with text
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and graphics. Communication between software environments that
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the programs provide enables rapid updating of changing data and the
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packages are now appearing with new, object-oriented capabilities.
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While still somewhat clunky in their operation, these packages are
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another indicator of the changes soon to come.
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Yi, Paul "Putting Your Mac on TV: Desktop Video" MacUser 7(8)
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(August 1991):94-108. The MacUser Labs describe and test six
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desktop video-out products ranging from relatively simple to very
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spiffy special effects-capable products. Essentially these DTV
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(Desktop video) hardware products translate Mac output into NTSC
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video images which, to varying degrees, can be manipulated and
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edited by the Mac. Overlays of graphics, still images and text on to
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the video output will awaken the suppressed film producer in many
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of us and open new channels for development. While your final
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product may fall short of the quality seen on most home televisions,
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the potential for in-house training and presentations make this
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type of video a component of the future multimedia world.
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Information Transfer
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Basch, Reva "Books Online: Visions, Plans, and Perspectives for
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Electronic Text" Online 15(4) (July 1991):13-23. Basch's article is
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about electronic text using Michael Hart's (Director of the Project
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Gutenberg) definition. Basch describes several issues associated
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with e-text including input technology, standardization, copyright,
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and future use.
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Jackson, Mary "Library to Library" Wilson Library Bulletin (June
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1991):97-100. More than an article this is an annotated reading list
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to keep current with issues in Interlibrary Loan and information
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transfer.
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Networks and Networking
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Fisher, Sharon "Whither NREN?" BYTE 16(7) (July 1991):181-189.
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Fisher investigates the ongoing discussion of who should provide the
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NREN. Should the government start it up? or should the burgeoning
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commercial networks just grow into it? Both sides agree that it
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should ultimately be a commercial venture.
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Green, Roedy "Remote Connections" BYTE 16(7) (July 1991):161-168.
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Roedy covers that various types of wide-area networks and their
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resulting speeds of data transmission (the all-important parameter
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of computing). Also included are inset articles on relay framing and
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ISDN by Bob Ryan and Janet J. Barron, respectively.
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Kahle, Brewster and Art Medlar "An Information System for
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Corporate Users: Wide Area Information Servers" (June 24, 1991).
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Posted as WAIS-discussion digest #13: Paper on WAIS Project on
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WAIS-DISCUSSION@think.com. "The Wide Area Information Server
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(WAIS, pronounced "ways") project is an experimental venture
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seeking to determine whether current technologies can be used to
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make profitable end-user full-text information systems....This paper
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discusses the design and implementation of the prototype system."
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The National Public Telecomputing Network "Infosphere Report"
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(June 21, 1991). Available on CNIDIR-L@UNMVM.BITNET, PACS-
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L@UHUPVM1.BITNET, and other Listservs. "This summer and fall the
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National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN), a nonprofit public
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computer network headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, will be working
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on its first annual 'Infosphere Report'Qa research report... which will
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attempt to asses the nation's capacity to effectively and equitably
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utilize telecomputing as a medium for its information and
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communications needs."
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Sproule, William and Jon Edwards "AppleTalk Over the Internet" BYTE
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16(7) (July 1991):293-298. Using AppleShare and third party
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products, Princeton and Penn State Universities were able to
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establish an easy-to-use Wide-area AppleTalk network. Sproule
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describes how this was accomplished and the future of such
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linkings.
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Stanton, Deidre "Libraries and Information Resources Networks: a
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Bibliography" (June 14, 1991). Available by e-mail to
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stanton@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au message "SEND NETWORKS.BIB".
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This is an extensive bibliography of network and networked
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information. Included is a list of relevant electronic serials.
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General
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Bosseau, Don L. and Susan K. Martin "Librarianship, the Profession --
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Prelude to its Future" (June 21, 1991). Posted on PACS-
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L@UHUPVM1.BITNET. Bosseau and Martin look at some of the issues
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facing librarians as roles change but perceptions don't. Much of the
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changes that are not understood by the general public involve the
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interaction of library staff and technology.
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Cisler, Steve "Future of Librarianship, Comments (long)" (June 25,
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1991). Posted on PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET. Apple librarian Steve
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Cisler comments on the paper written by Bosseau and Martin. As one
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might expect, Cisler concentrates on the ramifications of new
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technologies on librarianship, and conversely how librarians can
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affect new technologies.
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Citizens Rights and Access to Electronic Information; A Collection
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of Background Essays Prepared for the 1991 LITA President's
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Program / edited by Reynolds, Dennis. Chicago: Library and
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Information Technology Association, 1991. This collection of brief
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essays solicited by LITA to distribute at the American Library
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Association 1991 meeting in Atlanta investigates such issues as
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information access, individual privacy, and intellectual freedom in
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regards to electronic information. LITA plans to publish these papers
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plus the presentations at the program itself in Fall 1991 under the
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same title (sans subtitle).
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Sadleir, C.D. "Evolutions in Information Technology" Bulletin of the
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American Society for Information Science 17(4) (April/May
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1991):20-21. Sadleir, Vice President of computing and
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communications at the University of Toronto, describes the outcome
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of the information technology revolution as he sees it.
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Stanley, Carol A. J. "What Technology Hath Wrought the Consumer
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Will Demand be Changed" Bulletin of the American Society for
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Information Science (April/May 1991):23-25. Stanley suggests that
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for the 90s the consumer will drive technological developments
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rather than "technology [driving] product development."
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Forthcoming
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McClure, Charles R., et.al. The National Research and Education
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Network (NREN): Research and Policy Perspectives. Norwood, NJ:
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Ablex Publishing, 1991.
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And everyone should be on the lookout for the September 1991 issue
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of Scientific American. It's devoted to networks and has articles by
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Alan Kay, [Nicholas] Negroponte [of the MIT Media Lab], [Mitch] Kapor
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[creator of LOTUS 1-2-3; founder of the Electronic Frontier
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Foundation], [Vinton] Cerf [of the Corporation for National Research
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Initiatives], and others. Should be an important work for future
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reference. -- Steve Cisler
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