+ Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News Volume 3, Number 9 (July 9, 1992) ISSN 1050-6004 Editors: Dana Rooks (LIBL@UHUPVM1) and Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (LIB3@UHUPVM1). Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS PACS REVIEW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PRINT FORM, 1 VTLS DEVELOPS PROTOTYPE ELECTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, 2 MIT IMPLEMENTS CD-ROM CATALOG WITH CIRCULATION LINK, 2 PACS REVIEW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PRINT FORM The first volume of The Public-Access Computer Systems Review is now available as a printed book. The volume has just been published by the American Library Association's Library and Information Technology Association (LITA). LITA will publish the second volume of the PACS Review in the near future. Walt Crawford produced camera-ready copy for the volume using Ventura Publisher and he also indexed the volume. At the urging of the PACS Review Editorial Board, the University of Houston Libraries published the print annual in order to provide wider access to the journal, especially for individuals who do not have network access. The electronic version of the PACS Review will continue to be free, and all article files will still be available at LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 (the print version provides instructions for retrieving these files). Any revenue from the print volume will be used to help support LITA activities. Volume one has an in-depth symposium about staffing issues and public-access computer systems, plus a special section on SPIRES that describes how this system is being used for locally mounted databases and campus-wide information systems. It also has articles about Carnegie Mellon University's Library Information System II and other innovative library automation systems, text management software, CD-ROM LAN implementations and network licensing agreements, Z39.50, and other topics; columns by Walt Crawford and Martin Halbert; and book reviews. + Page 2 + The volume's price is $18 for LITA members and $20 for non-LITA members. Its ISSN is 1063-164X. For further information, contact: ALA Publishing Services, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611, (800) 545-2433. VTLS DEVELOPS PROTOTYPE ELECTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA Supported by a grant from BRA BOCKER (publishers of the Swedish National Encyclopedia), VTLS has developed a prototype electronic encyclopedia. A Hewlett-Packard 3000 computer acts as a server for the full-text file, which is accessed from VTLS Intelligent Workstation clients. In the future, images will also be accessible. Users can access the encyclopedia via the VTLS OPAC. Hypermedia links permit users to find related materials in the library's collection. For further information, contact Gail Gulbenkian, VTLS, 1800 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060, (703) 231-3605. MIT IMPLEMENTS CD-ROM CATALOG WITH CIRCULATION LINK The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries have implemented a Marcive/PAC CD-ROM catalog that is linked to the Libraries' Geac circulation system. The CD-ROM catalog is being updated on a biweekly basis. For further information, contact Greg Anderson, Associate Director of Systems and Planning at the MIT Libraries, (617) 253- 5654. + Page 3 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News is an electronic newsletter that is distributed on BITNET, Internet, and other computer networks. There is no subscription fee. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 (BITNET) or LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU (Internet) that says: SUBSCRIBE PACS-P First Name Last Name. PACS-P subscribers also receive two other electronic serials: Current Cites and The Public-Access Computer Systems Review. Public-Access Computer Systems News is Copyright (C) 1992 by the University Libraries, University of Houston. All Rights Reserved. Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by computer conferences, individual scholars, and libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their collection, in electronic or printed form, at no charge. This message must appear on all copied material. All commercial use requires permission. -----------------------------------------------------------------