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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 10:02:02 EDT
From:         "ADKO000 Kathleen Olivier - Computer Center" <ADKO@NMUMUS.BITNET>
Subject:      Books for College Libraries (BCL3)

We are looking for information for a special project dealing with a
comparison of current holdings with the collections depicted in "Books
for College Libraries" - 3rd edition.  Apparently this publication is
now available in Marc record form on tape and can be used to compare
advised collections for college libraries and your current holdings.
Has anyone used BCL3 for this purpose?  We're particularly interested in
the possibility of loading these Marc records into a fake NOTIS bib
file for easier comparison with our current bib file.  Has anyone tried
loading these?  Does anyone know anyone else who's tried it?

Thanks in advance for any information tidbits.  Feel free to respond
directly to me if you feel this subject is not of general interest to
the list.

Kathleen Olivier (TECH1)
Northern Michigan University (UPRLC, Inc.)
Marquette, Michigan
Bitnet:  adko@nmumus
Ma Bell:  (906)227-1279
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:59:44 LCL
From:         "Alan E. Hagyard" <AHAGYARD@WESLEYAN.BITNET>
Subject:      course reserve lists

Has anyone developed a public course reserve list
from the NOTIS data which is accessible online or
on a PC (networked or standalone)?

And, a related question --  those of us who are
printing course reserve lists, how many pages per
day (week/month) are you printing? (Respond direct
to me and I'll summarize)

We have just started course reserves and are printing
over 500 pages per day to keep course lists up to date!
Timmm-berrrr!

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Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:00:47 EST
From:         "Marlene Kemski, Univ. of Windsor" <MARLENE@UCC.UWINDSOR.CA>
Subject:      Re: Phone Trees
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              8 Sep 1992 15:55:09 LCL from
              <SGRUCAN%WESLEYAN.bitnet@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>

Notification of unplanned system down time....

Our Operations shift supervisor has a list of all administrative contacts
for each system that s/he would phone during office hours.

During non-office hours they are instructed to contact the supervisor at
each circulation desk.  Circulation supervisor would then post signs and
contact any others within the library, if necessary.  (We only have two
Libraries to contact).




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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:25:58 EDT
From:         Deborah Coleman <C0105@UNIVSCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      LB360-AUTHORITY UPDATES

  Has anyone modified LB365JC to update any other errors beside #1.  The 5.0.2
version only dedups the database.  I would be interested in any modifications
to this programs for the other errors or any other programs that can do
at least errors 2-4.
   Thanks ahead of time for any assistance given.

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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:55:09 LCL
From:         Sally Grucan <SGRUCAN@WESLEYAN.BITNET>
Subject:      Phone Trees

How do you handle the passing along of messages relating to unplanned system
downtime from systems staff to the rest of the library staff, when such cannot
be reported via the system itself?  A "phone tree" is useful during work
hours, but how about before 8 and after 4?  Thank you for any suggestions
                                                           --Sally Grucan



Sally Grucan                      BITNET:  sgrucan@wesleyan
Systems Planning and              INTERNET:  sgrucan@eagle.wesleyan.edu
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Olin Library                      Fax:  (203) 344-7969
Wesleyan University
Middletown CT O6459-0108
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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:49:00 EST
From:         "Robert H. Wittorf (219) 239-6429" <AX46LY@IRISHMVS.BITNET>
Subject:      Self-serve circ.

We are interested in knowing the hardware and software configurations of
self service circulation systems used by institutions to
allow patrons to record their own circulation charges.
We are particularly interested in standalone systems which interact
with NOTIS, i.e. record data in standalone mode and then download.
Vendor names would be helpful, of course as well as your perception of
how well the standalone system works.
Sorry about the cross listing on PACS-L; NOTIS-L; and on the CIRC-L
boards.
Please reply to me directly:
Robert Wittorf
Assistant Director for Systems
University Libraries of Notre Dame
BITNET: AX46LY@IRISHMVS

Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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Date:         Sat, 5 Sep 1992 10:25:00 EDT
From:         Lois Lessig Morris <LLCHS@CLEMSON.BITNET>
Subject:      Batch LSR

    Has anyone used batch LSR to improve the run time of batch jobs?
    We are considering it.  I'd love to know if anyone else has found
 it useful.

    Thank you,
    Lois Lessig Morris, tech 1     bitnet:  llchs@clemson
    Clemson University, SC         voice:   803  656-2453
                                   fax:     803  656-0122
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 13:16:32 PDT
From:         Dan Gillett <ZZGILLET@UVVM.UVIC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Patron Delete Dates
Comments: To: Irene Pelak <pelak@PILOT.NJIN.NET>, NOTIS-L@TCSVM.BITNET

On Tue, 8 Sep 1992 10:00:21 EDT you said:
In fact the LB510JC job is not designed to do what you want to do, that is
change specific expire and delete dates to indefinite..see the flowchart
on page LB530BAL.2-.3 of the old NOTIS Programmer's Reference Guide.
We wanted to do exactly the same thing and when it did not work we started
looking at the code and the flowchart.  The interface does not distinguish
between missing date values and indefinite date values.
>We originally set our staff to expire on 9/1/93 and delete on 9/15/93.  We
>changed our mind and decided to give staff indef expire and delete dates.
>I built the patron interface record with PIFDATD, PIFPDATF and PIFPDATD blank.
> The subrecord expires and the id expires fields now read indef but the
>subrecord delete and id delete still reflect the previous 09/15/93.  How do I
>force them to indef?
>IRENE PELAK  TECH1  BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE  201-447-9236

Dan Gillett,   NOTIS TECH1,   E-Mail: ZZGILLET@UVVM.UVic.CA
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada. (604/721-7676)
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:18:22 CDT
From:         "Gary L. Strawn" <GSTRAWN@NUACVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: LB360-AUTHORITY UPDATES

LB360 is already set up to take care of error 1, or errors 2-5. All you
have to do is alter the parameter card in the JCL.

Gary L. Strawn
Authorities Librarian, etc., Northwestern University Libraries
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:25:37 CDT
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From:         GSTRAWN@NUACVM.BITNET
Subject:      Invitation
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Northwestern University Libraries are pleased to announce the successful
introduction of NOTIS version 5.0.2 over the Labor Day weekend. Among the
many changes made to the basic public catalog are:

  - corrected sorting of titles appearing in author and subject indexes
  - improved handling of numerals, which allows search redirection to work
    in all cases
  - all help and explain screens rewritten
  - corrected generation and searching of call numbers

We also have our "amplified index" working in staff mode, and "search
qualification" is on the way; these two features will eventually appear in
the OPAC, as well.  Support is also present for the new authority linking
fields (although the effect of this is not yet visible, as we have not yet
moved our LCSH/MeSH linking data into the new fields), and the new subdivision
fields.

We have retained the name "LUIS" for the entire system-wide information
service, which includes MEDLINE, and Expanded Academic Index. The public
catalog is now named "NUcat." A copy of our new handout is available on
request from Natalie Pelster, chair of the LUIS Instruction Committee
(npelster@casbah.acns.nwu.edu).

Use these Internet addresses to gain access to Northwestern's new public
catalog:

    nuacvm.acns.nwu.edu     or
    129.105.16.1

Gary L. Strawn
Authorities Librarian, etc., Northwestern University Libraries

Gary L. Strawn
Authorities Librarian, etc., Northwestern University Libraries
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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 08:46:59 CDT
From:         Gina Gestautas <C231GNG@UTARLVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Basic SAS Update Question
              11 Sep 1992 08:57:58 EDT from <pelak@PILOT.NJIN.NET>

Irene,

After reading Wayne's response.. I remembered the trouble I had using
multiple VSAM files using assembler.  The issue here I think is strings.
In a BAL program.. I can control the number of strings I need (you need
one for each different kind of processing you require and also you need
to consider how many files you will be reading at the same time)  For
example.. if you needed to be working with two files as you are now you
would need 2 strings.  I don't really see how that can be done with SAS
(though I am not that familiar with VSAM processing with SAS).  So odds
are you WILL have to modify your program to hold values until you can
re-read the first file and get all your information before trying to
update it.  I hope this helps.  If you want to do more research on your
own.. just read the IBM VSAM manuals.  One gives an overview of how VSAM
files work and the Macro Reference Manual gives you more information on
how to use assembler to work with them.  In particular.. read the ACB
and RPL sections.  I know this won't necessarily help you with the SAS
problem but it might give you some insight into what to consider when you
write SAS programs because of the limitations of single strings.

Gina Gestautas                   University of Texas at Arlington

C231GNG@UTARLVM1                 c231gng@utarlvm1.uta.edu
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 10:36:08 EDT
From:         Donna Alsbury <FCLDDA@NERVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Serials Question for NUGM
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            ++++Duplicate posting NOTISACQ and NOTIS-L++++

A reminder that Stuart Miller has offered to answer questions about
5.1 serials check-in at the Serials SIG meeting at NUGM.  DEADLINE FOR
SUBMITTING QUESTIONS IS THIS FRIDAY (9/18).

The question/answer sessions have been a highly informative part of
the past few SIG meetings.  If a sufficient number of questions are
received (so far I have gotten very few), the question/answer session
will again be part of the meeting agenda.  After NUGM, the questions
and answers will either be published in NOTISes or available on
request so send your questions even if you won't be attending the SIG
meeting.

Email or Fax questions by Friday to:

Donna Alsbury
Florida Center for Library Automation
(904)392-9185     FAX                   FCLDDA@NERVM
(904)392-9020     VOICE                 FCLDDA@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU
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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 10:41:53 CDT
From:         Rita Millican <LLMILL@LSUVM.BITNET>
Subject:      New Serials Control Workshop in Louisiana

We will sponsor a "New Serials Control Workshop" at Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge on November 13, 1992 if we can get enough interest (20-30
participants).  This is a one-day workshop.  If you or your staff are
interested in attending, at $95.00 per person, please contact me as soon as
possible.  We will be sending out information to Louisiana, Texas, and
Alabama NOTIS sites; but we would like a tentative head count before then,
if possible.

Please send a FAX, Bitnet, or post card with your address and number interested
in attending.

Information you will need to contact me--

Rita Millican
Rm. 116 C-8
Law Library
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1010

Ph. 504-388-4045
FAX 504-388-5773

Bitnet address: LLMILL at LSUVM.Bitnet
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Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:57:55 CDT
From:         SMUIR@UA1VM.BITNET
Subject:      Re: CHAT-L: Big news from Texas
              10 Sep 1992 14:05:39 -0500 from <F_WILLIAMS@CCSVAX.SFASU.EDU>

Is there an "April 1" anywhere in this message?

Congrats!!

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Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:28:00 CDT
From:         Kevin Calmes <TMIS1692@VEGA.SELU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: CHAT-L: Big news from Texas

Congratulations!  You never know what nice things can happen!  Good luck!


Kevin Calmes - TMIS1692@selu.edu
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Date:         Mon, 7 Sep 1992 16:02:00 EST
From:         "MARY POPP, LIBRARY INSTRUCTION, 5-4265" <POPP@IUBACS.BITNET>
Subject:      Another Try---request for information from OPAC SIG by Stuart
              Miller

I tried to send this more than a week ago, but evidently I did
something wrong and my message went out into the ether
somewhere....

Here it is again, with apologies.

Mary Pagliero Popp, Co-Chair, NOTIS OPAC SIG

****************************************************************

Stuart Miller has asked the OPAC SIG to identify questions/topics
that we would like NOTIS staff to address as part of our SIG
meeting at NUGM.  NOTIS staff are particularly interested in
issues of strategic direction (rather than very specific
questions).

Please send any topic ideas, questions or suggestions to Carol
Caro or to me.


Thanks!

Mary

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Carol Caro                         Mary Pagliero Popp
O'Neill Library                    Library Instruction
Boston College                     Library E172
Chestnut Hill, MA  02167           Indiana University
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Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 1992 09:19:37 EDT
From:         Irene Pelak <pelak@PILOT.NJIN.NET>
Subject:      Re:Patron Delete Dates

I backdated my delete dates to 08/31/92 on-line, the patron update was run
last night, and this morning I have indef delete dates.  If the batch job will
allow me to backdate my delete dates, my problem will probably be solved.
IRENE PELAK  TECH1  BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE  201-447-9236
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 12:07:19 EDT
From:         Lydia Pettis <LRP@CORNELLC.BITNET>
Subject:      re-writing records with SAS

Part of our MARC holdings coversion process will be writing local
programs that move 990 and 590 fields from the bib record to the MHLD
record.

Has anyone written a SAS (or other) program that:
  -- changes the contents of a field and the corresponding field/record
     length
  -- deletes and/or adds a field and adjusts the record length?

Has anyone converted the 590 and 990 fields to the MHLD format?

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Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1992 13:49:15 EDT
From:         Irene Pelak <pelak@PILOT.NJIN.NET>
Subject:      Patron Delete Dates

We connect to BITNET thru Rutgers University and due to technical difficulties
there, I haven't seen any notis-l articles posted after Labor Day.  Undaunted,
I go on asking questions.  Please keep in mind that at this point I haven't
seen any of your answers.  Dan Gillett sent me direct mail so I got the
message that blanking the interface fields won't work once I have a delete
date.  However, it seems to me that students who had end of summer semester
delete dates now have indef delete dates.  This must be because their delete
date had expired.This leads me to my next question, does the delete date come
into play anywhere except in the batch delete program?  If not, I am thinking
about making two updates of the patron file-one to put in an expired delete
date and then one to use the blank delete date to produce the indef delete
date.  I am making a test run tonight, but would appreciate hearing about any
red flags of warning anyone sees when they read thi
IRENE PELAK  TECH1  BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE  201-447-9236
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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 08:50:14 EDT
From:         "R. Fishback" <BECK%NEMOMUS.bitnet@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Basic SAS Update Question
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> I am trying to use SAS to read the itemfile, read the corresponding bib record
> for a value and update th item file with that value.  The basics of what I
> have tried look like this:
>     INFILE LBRITMF VSAM ...;
>     FILE LBRITMF VSAM;
>     INPUT ....
>    PUT @1 _INFILE_ @;
>     INFILE LBRBIBF VSAM ....;
>     INPUT ....
>     PUT @54 value;
> I get a feedback code of 20.  I couldn't be experiencing "user lockout"
                                                                         reading
Try inserting a FILE LBRITMF VSAM; before the PUT @54 ... statement.    I am
This will insure that you are switched back to the item file before     ad and
you try to update it.                                                   RBIBF

Rebecca Fishback, TECH1     Computer Services               VSE/SP 3.1.2
BECK@NEMOMUS                Northeast Missouri State U.     CICS   1.7
816/785-4571                Kirksville MO 63501             NOTIS  5.0.2
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Date:         Tue, 15 Sep 1992 08:13:17 EDT
From:         "Huey S. Chan" <HCHAN@YALEVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Course Reserve List

In reply to Alan Hagyard's question about Course Reserve List --


At Yale, we have developed a series of C and SAS programs to generate
the various course reserve lists for public use (Comprehensive
Course List, Supplemental Course List, Closed Reserve Course List) and
for staff use (Stamping/Go-Get List).

The Comprehensive Course List is generated once a week.  It's now total up to
about 550 pages (there are about 12,000 - 15,000 course reserve statements in
the Item file for a semester).  The List is grouped by libraries/branches, and
within each library, the items are sorted by Course Number (and printed with a
page break for each different Course Number).  For each item, the following
fields are printed/displayed (all on one line):  Author, Title, Call Number,
Location (with loan period), and number of copies of the item available on
reserve.

The Supplemental Course List is generated on days of the week when the
Comprehensive Course List is not run.  Thus, the Supplemental Course List picks
up new items (by scanning the Action Date field in the Course Reserve
Statement) that are put on reserve after the generation of the previous
Comprehensive Course List.  The Supplemental Course List is relatively small
and the number of pages varies from day to day.

   -- Huey Chan
      Yale Library Systems Office
From: pelak@PILOT.NJIN.NET (Irene Pelak)
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Subject: Basic SAS outcome
Date: 14 Sep 92 14:55:07 GMT
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Thanks to everyone who responded to my SAS question and apologies to all.  The
basis code I originally tried works just fine-all in one data step and with
two separate put statements and without rereading the itemfile.  After a nice
restful weekend, my brain was able to sort out that I was upsetting things by
deciding not to rewrite some records I had read for update.  I got by that
temporarily by rewriting everything, changed or not, but I remember reading
about an update flag and will probably be able to use that to be more
efficient.  Thanks again and

      CONGRATULATIONS TO MICHAEL AND LEIGH!!!


IRENE PELAK  TECH1  BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE  201-447-9236
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