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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 19:48:31 -0400
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From:         "Wayne W. Santos" <wwsantos%COLBY.EDU@SDSC.BITNET>
Subject: Re: Magstripes and IDs
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Colby College uses both systems.  I am not as familiar with the mag
strip problems so I will speak to points b-d:

b)  We have the patron barcode attached to new student IDs prior to
registration.  Since our databases are linked together, we get the
download in late August, then all we have to do is attach the barcode
number to their patron record.  This is a slick system if your school
can do it.  All the student defaults are set up.  Faculty and staff
have to come to the library, but setting up an account for them is
much easier.

c)  We handle special patrons as "courtesy" patrons, with different
card system. This is simply a paper card that is renewable every year.
Four times a year we clean up the database by listing cards with
expiration dates greater than three months.  The student database is
cleaned up each year at graduation (delete graduates/withdrawal etc)
and all fines and bills are purged and sent to the business office to
posted to their student bill.  This keeps the database clean.  We
also keep track of faculty and staff leaving through created lists.
This kind of database maintenance is what makes the system work well
for us.  By the way we do keep paper records of courtesy patrons, but
they are only small percentage of the total patron d-base.

d.  Our School Patron d-base schedule looks like this:

        Late August- New Student download from Computer Center
        Jan - New Students Spring down load
        Sept/Jan/Mar/Jun - Courtesy Patron Database purge
                (all patrons with expired cards greater than
                 3 months)
        Feb - delete January graduates
        May receive lists of graduates and faculty not
          returning in Fall
            create list of Overdues
            check outs to faculty not returning
        Jun - Delete cleared Senior records
            - Delete Faculty not returning
        Jul - purge all fines below 5.00
              print out bills for over 5.00, send
              to business office, purge all student bill/fines

Let me know if you have other questions,

Wayne
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From:         MAYEJOH@MINNA.IIT.EDU
Subject:      Re: Serial printing using INNOVATIVE
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We jsut received a new version of Lan workplace for DOS from Novell.  We
found out about it from Compuserv Netwire, it wasn't widely pblicised that
I know of.  The new version can be obtained FREE for registered users
by calling 1-800-netware.  It's something like version 4.01 and although
Novell claims it won't solve all serial printing problems with LWP4DOS,
it seems to be working for us.  We have Novell 3.11 Netware and are
using LANWP4DFOS to connect to eh Innopq.  Preliminary tests are very
positive.  Get the upgrade!
John Mayer
Chicago-Kent College of Law
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Date:         Mon, 31 Aug 1992 16:46:40 -0700
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From:         LAWSYSTEMS@UPS.EDU
Subject:      Serial printing using INNOVATIVE
X-To:         innopac@maine.maine.edu

I'm trying to find out if it is possible to print serial when using
INNOVATIVE. If you are using a serial printer please respond and tell me
how you set it up to work properly. I would appreciate anyone that could
answer this for me. Thank you.

Gary Pinnell - University of Puget Sound School of Law
               Tacoma, WA
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From:         WEILAND@UPS.EDU
Subject:      Florida access
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Hello Florida.
I have a sister living in West Palm Beach
She is looking for a public access number for Internet..
So far, all I have been able to find are 2 in Orlando and 1 in Pensacola.

Any one out there know a number she could use in West Palm.

Thank you,

Larry
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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:01:17 -0400
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From:         amyers@BU-PUB.BU.EDU
Subject:      What do you do with routing labels?
X-To:         innopac@maine.maine.edu

I am looking for ideas from people who use the routing labels generated
during serials check in.  What do you DO with them?

We've come up with several options, each of which presents problems
along with a possible solution.  And there may well be more:

    1.  Peel off the backing and stick the the label right on the piece.
            Plus:  the routing stays with the item
            Minus:  violation of privacy

    2.  Staple the label to the piece.
            Plus:  the routing has a good chance of staying with the
                        piece
            Minus:  removing the label might tear the piece

    3.  Paper clip the label to the piece
            Plus:  won't tear the item when label is removed
            Minus:  more likely to be separated from the item in transit

    4.  Peel off label and attach to paper routing slip inserted in piece.
            Plus:  won't permanently stay with the item
            Minus:  easily lost


Does anyone have any more ideas?  Or can you shoot holes in my "Minuses"
above and tell me that the problems don't happen enough to rule out the
option.

Once again, any and all information is welcomed.  Feel free to respond
to me directly or to the list if that's easier.


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From:         LAWSYSTEMS@UPS.EDU
Subject:      Parallel printing on Innovative
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Dear subscribers:

Would you please take a moment of your time to respond to the following
if you can be of help.

Is anyone printing from a pc computer to a parellel printer that's
Is anyone printing from a pc computer to a parellel printer that's
using Novell's LAN Workplace for DOS? If so, could you please tell me
how you set it up. Then I can share the findings with the group. Thank you

Gary Pinnell
UPS Law School
Tacoma, WA
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From:         shelly <SHELLS@UKANVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: innopac check-out

We use their social security number.
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From:         L_BILLS@CC.BRYNMAWR.EDU
Subject:      Re: Use of MARC tags for summary holdings
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Reading over pages 32 and 38 of the release 8 documentation it
looks to me like:

1.  For showing holdings in journal citation databases all that
is necessary is a Library Has statement - not even necessarily
MARC - so long as it is in a checkin record.  At this point
there is no mention of the system matching up your holdings statement
with the citation vol/year, so I would guess it does not matter
how coded or chaotic your holdings statement is.

2.  The MARC coding needed for union listing is modelled on that
in the USMarc format for Holdings data which unfortunately does
not seem to agree with data we got from our OCLC union list
tapes, the way III allowed serials holdings data to be coded
in earlier software versions (or the way we decided to code our
data).

The union list capability seems to be on the one hand a display
capability and on the other a major step in conforming to the
new MARC standard.  Perhaps III could (does?) allow the
unionlist display capability regardless of how data is
input in the "h" LIB HAS field and allow us to use this
capability before we re-formulate all our holdings (assuming
we ever do that)?

Linda Bills
Tri-College Consortium
l_bills@cc.brynmawr.edu

P.S.  Responses from III on the truth or inaccuracy of these assumptions
are welcome - either to the list or directly to me.
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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 08:22:25 -0700
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From:         LAWSYSTEMS@UPS.EDU
Subject:      Re: Serial printing using INNOVATIVE
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Thanks for your reply. We are using a serial printer attached to a pc.
We are also using Novell's LAN Workplace for DOS also. So I hope that gives
you enough information to go by. Also, do you know how to print using
parallel with the same setup? Thank you for your time. I look forward to
hearing from you soon.

Gary Pinnell

Systems Operations Specialist
University of Puget Sound School of Law
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From:         Diane Grover <grover@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject:      Serial Checkin Data Conversion
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The University of Washington Libraries is in the planning stages of a III
implementation, including the serials checkin module.  We would like to
hear from libraries which have used Faxon's Microlinx system for serials
checkin and later migrated to III.

We are especially interested in data conversion between the two systems.
How was the data prepared?  What machine conversions were done?  Who did
the work to prepare and convert data?

Please reply directly to me at:

grover@u.washington.edu

Diane Grover
University of Washington Libraries
(206) 543-4786
Thank you
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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:40:00 EST
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From:         L_BILLS@CC.BRYNMAWR.EDU
Subject:      Changed email address
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Since most of my regular correspondents are on this list,
I am using this to announce a temporary change to my email
address:

	l_bills@oldcc.brynmawr.edu

This will be in effect for about a month while the college
changes machines.

My apologies to those of you who never write.

Linda Bills
Tri-Colleges
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From:         LAWSYSTEMS@UPS.EDU
Subject:      Re: Serial printing using INNOVATIVE
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Thanks John, I'll look into that

Gary Pinnell
UPS Law SChool
Tacoma, WA
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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 08:40:29 PDT
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From:         JOHNSLI@SJSUVM1.BITNET
Subject:      Innovative Users Group -- ALA Meeting -- Small Group Discussions
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From: binda

Judy

Thanks for sending this --I have it from INNOPAC and my Govdoc listservers
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Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 1992 15:55:00 EDT
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From:         Will Owen <UWOWEN@UNC.BITNET>
Subject:      Allowing users to free locked records

Are there any sites which allow users to free their own busy
records?  I remember from a Users' Group meeting at mid-winter
that many sites kept this as a systems-only function, and were
very adamant about not letting users free busy records.

We have had a request to open up this feature to non-systems
staff, and I'm having a hard time coming up with good reasons
to say no.  All thoughts on the matter appreciated, especially
those that arrive before 2 p.m. on Tuesday the 8th when we meet
to begin discussion of this topic.  Thanks...

Will Owen
Systems Librarian
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
uwowen@unc.oit.unc.edu
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From:         ARTHUR@TWNAS886.BITNET
Subject:      How to catalog Russian materials

Dear INNOPAC users,

     Can you tell us how to catalog Russian material ?

     Arthur Chen
     Computing Center, Academia Sinica
     Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, R.O.C.
     Tel:886-2-7899497
     Fax:886-2-7836444
     Email:arthur@ccvax.as.edu.tw
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From:         Michael Rissinger <michael_rissinger@MACMAIL.MED.NYU.EDU>
Subject:      Financial Activities

                       Subject:                               Time:5:36 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          Financial Activities                   Date:8/25/92
Does anyone out there use the Ordering and Receiving functions for general
library accounting?  That is, do you use Innovative to keep track of budgets,
encumbrances and expenditures other than those for bibliographic items?  If you
do, do you establish bibliographic and order records for such things as
pencils, Macintoshes, etc. to enable you to order, receive and pay OR do you
simply adjust balances in special accounts established for supplies and other
such things OR do you use some other procedures?

If you reply to me directly, I will gladly summarize for the list.  Thanks.

================================================
Michael Rissinger                    Ehrman Medical Library
(212) 263-6691    New York University Medical Center

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Subject:      call for articles

Call for Tutorial articles for INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES

I am putting out a call for articles for the Tutorials section of the journal
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES (ITAL) published by the Library and
Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library
Association.  As editor of the Tutorials section, I am looking for articles on
the creative and innovative use of existing technology or the use of new
technologies in libraries or other information centers.  Articles should be
written in a "how to" style.  Articles should not be mere narratives of your
experiences with a technology, technique or method.  Rather, they should
instruct readers in such a way that they could implement your ideas at their
own institutions.  If you are interested in submitting a "how to" article to
ITAL, please send me a message with your topic.  In response, I will you "
instructions to authors."
I apologize if you have received this message on another list.
Brian Sealy                        phone:  (313)763-3420
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Date:         Tue, 25 Aug 1992 16:06:13 -0400
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From:         amyers@BU-PUB.BU.EDU
Subject:      Use of MARC tags for summary holdings
X-To:         innopac@maine.maine.edu

This is a belated follow-up to Gail Hitchcock's message about summary
holdings statements, MARC tags, and journal citation databases.

We are busy cleaning up serial records for the link into our new INNOPAC
which will be up soon.  Dead serials and holdings for them have been a
hot topic around the library this summer.  We had things fairly well
decided (current things would have a LIB HAS in the check record; dead
things would have NO check record and a dummy item to contain holdings).

However, after reading Gail's message and reading the Release 8 preliminary
draft, I have lots of questions and concerns about whether we're making
the correct choices.  It would seem that, in order to make the citation
database link into the library catalog work, holdings have to be in MARC
tags in a check record that we don't even have.  Adding check records
for dead things is going to get very expensive should we decide to do it -
but we may not have a choice, if that will be the only way to eventually
link our holdings with a citation database.

Does anyone else have problems with how to deal with this?  Or am I
leaving out something in my thought process?  (That's always possible,
I grant you.)

Then again, the tantalizing little bits of info on the MARC holdings
format found on pg. 32 of the draft will surely mean that we'll all have
to re-enter our LIB HAS anyway.  Why doesn't this clean-up and rehashing
of old records ever stop?!?

 -  On an aside:  note that I have a new Internet address.  I'm switching
over my mail to this account, although the other one will still work for
a while.
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From:         Lee Norden <norden@ANDY.BGSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Serial Checkin Data Conversion
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Diane,

We too are in the midst of Microlinx==>Innopac.  Please share
any information you gather.

Thanks,  Lee
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From:         "Edward D. Wladas" <EWLADAS@SCU.BITNET>
Subject:      innopac check-out

Dear INNOPACers:

I need your help please. I know we represent different types of
institutiions--academic and public with different clientel such
as students, patrons and faculty.

What is your policy if any individual would like to check out
books and DOES NOT have their library card (with barcode attached)
with them. Do you do this? How do you do it?

Please respond to me directly and do not take more than a few minutes.
I do not need anything lengthy. I will be glad to post findings. I have
had different experiences at various libraries and I wonder what
other people do.

Many thanks.


Edward Wladas
Orradre Library
Santa Clara University
ewladas@scu.bitnet; ewladas@scuacc.scu.edu
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From:         GHUTCHIN@SATURN.UARK.EDU
Subject:      Windows and Mice
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We are interested in hearing from libraries that are using Windows
with INNOPAC.
    How are you using it?
    Have you experienced any problems?  If so, what kind?
    Are you using a mouse?
    Has anyone developed a Help System using Windows for staff use of
INNOPAC?

Please reply to me directly.  Thanks for your assistance.
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From:         "VIRGINIA M. SCHESCHY" <9407SCHESCHY@VMS.CSD.MU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Spine labels

Since there have been a couple of inquiries recently re: INNOPAC label
production, I thought I would respond to the list.

At one time we produced labels (spine, card, and pocket) from our OCLC
terminals.  Now we use our local system terminals and INNOPAC records for
spine labels (don't use card and pocket anymore).  In addition to newly
cataloged material, this permits us to generate labels for added copies,
added volumes, serials, various relabels, etc.  We use the following
equipment:

	Local system terminal (DEC VT-320)
	Bar code wand (TPS PC-350)
	Printer (Panasonic KX-1124)

(Note: A plastic tab had to be cut off the printer to accommodate the very
narrow pin feed spine labels).

We could find no commerical label stock that would permit us to produce
spine labels only and would advance the required number of spaces to properly
align the call number.  We had Vernon Library Supplies in the Atlanta area
custom make the labels to our specification.  The label stock is foil backed
and thus far we have had no problems with fading or failure to adhere
properly (although we do heat treat with a tacking iron).

A truck of cataloged books goes into our Processing Unit for tattle taping,
property stamp, etc., and is labeled at that time.  The barcode is wanded
in to retrieve the proper bib record and labels are produced.

Depending upon the classification system you're using, Innovative has
several label printing options available.  We found that the program needed
some fine tuning to accommodate some of our needs (e.g., at first would not
properly format a decimal number with a double cutter).

We're very pleased with our decision to print labels off our local system
records, and find that it gives us much more flexibility than printing
from OCLC.

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