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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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November 15, 1991 Volume 2, Number 11 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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NEW PACS-L MODERATOR
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Charles W. Bailey, Jr., who founded PACS-L in 1989 and has served
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as its Moderator since, has resigned from that post. Mr. Bailey
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will continue to act as Editor-in-Chief of The Public-Access
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Computer Systems Review and as Co-Editor of Public-Access
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Computer Systems News. Mr. Bailey also co-edits Advances in
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Library Automation and Networking. He said: "The scope and
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complexity of the services offered on PACS-L has grown
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significantly since the conference was founded. It has been an
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honor to serve as PACS-L Moderator, but it is time to focus my
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energies on editorial duties and other professional activities."
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Dana Rooks, Assistant Director for Administration at the
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University of Houston Libraries, has been appointed as PACS-L
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Moderator. Jill Hackenberg will continue as the Associate
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Moderator of PACS-L.
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Ms. Rooks has served as Co-Editor of the Public-Access Computer
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Systems News since its inception and became Associate Editor,
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Communications for The Public-Access Computer Systems Review this
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year. She instituted and has coordinated the Texas Conference on
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Library Automation since 1982. In addition, she holds an
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appointment as Adjunct Professor with the University of North
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Texas Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences.
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Ms. Rooks has presented a number of papers and has published
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widely in the areas of human resources management and
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organizational development as related to the effects of library
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automation. Her book, Motivating Today's Library Staff: A
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Management Guide, was published by the Oryx Press in 1988. She
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has reviewed manuscripts for many of the leading library journals
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and has served on the ALA/RASD Publications Committee.
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She was selected to participate as a member of the UCLA Senior
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Fellows Program this past summer. Active in professional
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associations, Ms. Rooks currently serves as Past-Chair of the
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ALA/RASD Collection Development and Evaluation Section.
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Prior to joining the University of Houston, Ms. Rooks served as
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Head of Public Services at the University of Missouri, St. Louis
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and Head of the Undergraduate Library at the University of
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Oklahoma. She holds an M.L.S. from Louisiana State University
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and an M.A. in Public Administration from the University of
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Oklahoma.
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Ms. Rooks said: "As Charles moves on to other endeavors, I will
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attempt to justify his trust and your hope that Jill and I will
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continue to meet the standards for quality, timeliness, and
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relevance which Charles established for the conference. So as we
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begin this transition, keep those comments, concerns, questions
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and issues coming in to PACS-L. Jill and I will do our best to
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continue the traditions, explore some new horizons, and
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hopefully, serve as able successors."
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NAL PICKS INFOSTATION FOR MULTIMEDIA PROJECT
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The National Agricultural Library (NAL) has selected the VTLS
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InfoStation to link full text, images, and audio information to
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the NAL online catalog. The project will allow a library patron
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in a remote location to access and print records in the NAL
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database that have been linked to full text, image, and sound.
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The InfoStation, configured on a NeXT computer, serves as a front
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end to the VTLS library system running on a Hewlett-Packard 3000
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computer. It supports high-resolution graphics in black and
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white and in 12-bit/24-bit color, overlapping transparent images,
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and high-fidelity sound.
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Initially, the hardware for the NAL project will comprise three
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public access InfoStations linked together using a local area
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network. The hardware will be configured to provide 10,000 pages
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of scanned black and white images, 1,000 color images, 10 seconds
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of recorded voice per scanned page, and 2,500 characters of text
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per page for each scanned image.
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For information contact, VTLS, Inc., 1800 Kraft Drive,
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Blacksburg, VA 24060, or call 703-231-3605.
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ELECTRONIC NETWORKING AND PUBLISHING CONFERENCE
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Meckler will sponsor the 1st Annual Electronic Networking and
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Publishing Conference in New York City, January 14-16, 1992.
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Five plenary sessions and ten specialist sessions will be
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presented in three tracks: Using Computer Networks on Campus,
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Electronic Publishing, and Electronic Networking. Registration
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is $290 for the full conference or $160 per day. For
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registration and program information, call 1-800-635-5537.
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SPECIAL OFFER FOR DIALOG ONDISC ERIC AND NTIS
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Dialog Information Services has announced it will offer a special
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end-of-year discount on the complete versions of its DIALOG
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OnDisc ERIC and NTIS CD-ROM products. DIALOG OnDisc ERIC (1966
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to the present) will sell for $900 versus the $1,295 current
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price. Dialog OnDisc NTIS (1980 to present) will be discounted
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to $2,900 from the current $3,600. The discounted prices are
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effective October 1, 1991 through January 31, 1992. Upon
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renewal, the prices will revert to the current list price.
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For information, contact Dialog Marketing, 3460 Hillview Avenue,
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Palo Alto, CA 94304, or call 800-3-DIALOG.
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DATA RESEARCH TO DEVELOP MACINTOSH INTERFACE
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Data Research and the Maricopa Community College District have
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announced plans to jointly develop an Apple MacIntosh interface
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to the Data Research System for library automation.
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The Data Research System, which runs on hardware from Digital
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Equipment Corporation, currently supports user interfaces through
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Digital VT-series terminals and through PCs and other VT-series
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emulators. The interface design project team is comprised of
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staff from the Maricopa Community Colleges and from Data
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Research.
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For information, contact Joe Bonwick, DRA, PO Box 8495, St.
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Louis, MO 63132-1806, or call 1-800-325-0888.
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Houston. All rights reserved.
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