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Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 1992 16:45:24 PDT
From:         Jennifer Porro <BL.JMP@RLG.BITNET>
Subject:      RLG news

The following is an announcement from the Research Libraries Group.

           NEW RLG SERVICE DEBUTS AT RUTGERS AND BYU

April 6, 1992 -- CitaDel, the new citation and document-delivery
service from the Research Libraries Group (RLG), is being previewed
this spring at Rutgers and Brigham Young universities.

From April 6 through May 22, the two RLG-member institutions will
provide their campus communities with unlimited online access to five
CitaDel files:  ABI/INFORM, Periodical Abstracts, Newspaper
Abstracts, Ei Page One, and Current Bibliography in the History of
Technology.

ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL AND SCHOLARLY CITATION DATABASES
RLG's CitaDel service provides libraries and campus information
networks with online access to some of the most popular commercial
and most interesting scholarly citation databases available today.
Institutions need only a connection to RLIN (RLG's information
network) to be able to subscribe to CitaDel.

All loading, maintaining, and updating of CitaDel files is done
centrally at RLG, which has optimized the service for multiuser access
and quick response.  One easy-to-learn, easy-to-use interface is used
for searching all CitaDel files.

CITADEL PREMIUM FILES
CitaDel has two types of files:  Premium and Special.  CitaDel
Premium files are commercial citation databases that, for a fixed
annual fee, can be searched without limit.  Premium files being
previewed are ABI/INFORM, Periodical Abstracts, Newspaper
Abstracts (all from UMI/Data Courier), and Ei Page One (from
Engineering Information Inc.).

Full-text copies of most articles cited in these Premium files can
be ordered online by CitaDel users.  Delivery options include
first-class mail, express courier, FAX, and Ariel, RLG's new
proprietary document-delivery system that enables high-resolution
image transmission over the Internet.

Depending on the policy of the subscribing institution,
article-delivery fees will be charged to the institution or directly
to individual users through their VISA or MasterCard.

In fall 1992, two other CitaDel Premium files will be available:
Dissertation Abstracts (from UMI/Data Courier) and PAIS '80+ (from
Public Affairs Information Service, Inc.).

CITADEL SPECIAL FILES
CitaDel Special files are scholarly citation databases, which are
currently charged by the search.  One Special file is being previewed
-- Current Bibliography in the History of Technology.

Coming in fall 1992 are Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, Isis
Current Bibliography of the History of Science, and Hispanic-American
Periodicals Index.

RUTGERS:  MAKING AVAILABLE ON INFO NETWORK
Rutgers will make CitaDel available to students, faculty, and
staff through INFO, its campuswide information network.  CitaDel's
debut will be celebrated with a reception on Thursday, April 16, at 10
a.m., in the Library of Science and Medicine, where CitaDel and
document delivery using RLG's Ariel system will be demonstrated.

BYU:  PREVIEWING FOR STATE LIBRARY CONSORTIUM
BYU -- as part of the Utah College Library Council, an 11-member
consortium of Utah private and public college and university
libraries -- will be previewing CitaDel with an eye towards eventual
use by the entire consortium.  During the preview, CitaDel will be
available, through BYU's local information network, at all BYU campus
libraries and academic departments.  University of Utah and Utah State
University, through the state's library network, will also have access
to CitaDel during the preview.  An event to celebrate the CitaDel
preview is planned for 9 a.m., April 13, in the training room at the
Lee Library.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
For information about the CitaDel service and pricing, please contact
the RLIN Information Center, E-mail BL.RIC@RLG.BITNET or
BL.RIC@RLG.STANFORD.EDU, phone 800/537-RLIN (US/Canada), FAX
415/964-0943.

For information about the Rutgers and BYU previews, please contact
Jennifer Porro, Corporate Communications, RLG, E-mail
BL.JMP@RLG.BITNET or BL.JMP@RLG.STANFORD.EDU, phone 415/691-2204, FAX
415/964-0943.

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