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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 09:43:11 CST
From:         KERRYD@LIB.AUBURN.EDU
Subject:      Position Announcement
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              PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET, LIBREF-L@KENTVM.BITNET

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                     POSITION ADVERTISEMENT


HUMANITIES REFERENCE LIBRARIAN:  Duties involve reference and
information services at the combined Humanities and General
Information Desk, including evening and weekend hours as scheduled;
collection development responsibilities in English and American
literature; participation in the library's bibliographic
instruction program; performs other duties as assigned.  The
librarian in the position will report to the Head of the Humanities
Department, one of eight departments of the Reference and
Information Services Division.  QUALIFICATIONS: Required: An ALA-
accredited MLS with a strong academic record. Desired:  Graduate
work in English and American literature, reference experience; and
a record of scholarly, professional, and research activity.  Salary
$25,000 minimum, higher with experience.  Twelve-month tenure track
position.  Benefits include 20 days vacation; 12 days sick leave;
participation in state teacher's retirement (mandatory); TIAA/CREF
or additional voluntary retirement plans available;
health/life/disability insurance.  Application review process
begins October 1, 1992.  Beginning date negotiable.  Complete
application must include resume, undergraduate and graduate
transcripts, and names and addresses of at least three current
references.  APPLY TO:  Glenn Anderson, Chairperson, Humanities
Reference Librarian Search Committee, Ralph Brown Draughon Library,
Auburn University, AL 36849-5606.  AUBURN UNIVERSITY IS AN
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.  WOMEN AND
MINORITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 09:14:25 EDT
From:         Irene Pelak <pelak@PILOT.NJIN.NET>
Subject:      Individual Patron Group Changes
Comments: To: notis-l@tcsvm.bitnet

I guess I overdid keeping the message short last time.  Here are some more
details.  We have 3 patron groups representing the 3 sources of patrons for
batch updating-PErsonnel Master, STudent Master, and ALumni Office.  We also
have a MAnual group for patrons entered and updated on-line.  We want our
patrons to have only one patron subrecord-the one with "highest privileges":
any personnel should be PE even if they are also a student or alumni.  I have
a COBOL program which reads the Masters on-line and an Alumni tape and
produces a Patron Interface Tape with only one record for each valid patron.
Our problem is that when a person was a student at the time of our last patron
file batch update but has now been hired as a staff member, LB510 will bypass
that patron's interface record because of "patron group discrepan".  WeWe
would want it to change the patron group and update the dates as per the
interface record.  I am exploring my options.  I suspect that more would be
involved than just changing the patron group code in the D10 field.  Maybe
someone could enlighten me onat is happening behind the scenes here?
IRENE PELAK  TECH1  BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE  201-447-9236
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 11:23:41 EST
From:         Robin Wendler <RRKING@HARVARDA.BITNET>
Subject:      No-Hit rates

For what it's worth, in Harvard's HOLLIS system (which includes
locally-input authority records and cross-references) the no-hit
rates have hovered quite consistently around 19% for authors and
29.8% for subjects.  I don't know what this means.  It will be very
interesting to see if these rates change during the coming year
as two big things happen to HOLLIS:  RECON begins in a big way,
adding approximately 75,000 more records/month for the next 6 years,
and OCLC performs authority work on our existing file and all
future cataloging, both RECON and current.

It will also be interesting to see if I still have my hair and my
sanity...

Robin Wendler
Office for Information Systems
Harvard University Library
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-3724   FAX: (617) 495-0491
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 11:49:00 EDT
From:         Ron Johnston <ADLB001@MVS.MCGILL.CA>
Subject:      zero hits
Comments: To: Notis Discussion <NOTIS-L@VM.TCS.TULANE.EDU>

I have noticed in our 5.0.2 opac that it is very easy to get zero
hits for what looks like a valid search.  First you mis-spell the
search term for a non-keyword search.  Second you call up the
revise screen using command R.  Third you move the cursor along
towards the end of the search term and use the SPACE BAR to blank
out the spelling error.  This new term that is shorter and looks fine
produces zero hits.  If you revise it again and use the ERASE EOF
key to get rid of the invisible trailing blanks, you then get your
hits.

Example where the hyphen represents a SPACE BAR type space:

A=SHAKZPORR  obviously gives zero hits
A=SHAK-----  still gives zero hits but appears as A=SHAK
A=SHAK  gives lots of hits (no spaces after the K) but appears
        at the top of the resulting screens exactly as above.

This apparent problem did not occur in our 4.6 opac.  Is it
happening at other 5.0.x sites?  Has anyone found where to modify
the source to eliminate the trailing blanks?

Thanks for any suggestions, Ron Johnston, McGill University
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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 07:52:10 EDT
From:         "Foley, Mary Lee" <SYSMLF@UOFT01.BITNET>
Subject: Re: CHAT: BSR's, can passes and non-profitability.

On Mon, 28 Sep 1992 22:12:00 EST W.C. DIVENS said:
>                            Are examples of local 'liquid
>refreshment' still solicited?
>
 I sure hope so!  I drove 300 miles this weekend to pick up local brew
 from my hometown.  (OK, so what I got was bottled in Rochester and I'm
 from Buffalo. Sue me!)

Mary Lee Foley                    University of Toledo
Software Specialist               Computer Services
SYSMLF@UOFT01                     Toledo, Ohio  43606-3390

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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 08:05:40 EST
From:         Alan Alexander-Manifold <ALANAM@PURCCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: LOCATION-BASED SEARCHING IN 5.1
              28 Sep 1992 17:36:00 AST from <RE_SMITH@UPR1.UPR.CLU.EDU>

We have 5.1 up in production at Purdue, but have not yet implemented any
location-based catalogs.  The reason, actually, is quite simple.  We have
5.1 early so that we will be better prepared to implement PACLink when we
get it (supposedly soon).  We don't have lots of time to try anything new
right now, so we did the minimum that we could get away with in bringing
up the new release.  Our serials people are taking the first looks at
CheckMARC in test, and I have already tried some experiments with location-
based catalogs in test.  We won't try to put them into production until
we have a little breathing space.  Sorry we can't provide any real
information about them yet.
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 22:12:00 EST
From:         "W.C. DIVENS" <N93774@PITTVMS.BITNET>
Subject: CHAT: BSR's, can passes and non-profitability.

Rusty wishes to make a public thank-you for the promise of
a can pass.  It was difficult to get all those $5.00 entrance
fees on to the expense account, and I am sure the Internal
Audit department is now convinced that the Palmer House has
the most expensive pay-stalls in the nation.

I suspect that there may be ulterior motives, however, since
the door prizes will be awarded to ticket holders, and under
the old system (BSR 4.2...no longer supported) those who had
to run the gauntlet of Michael the Bouncer would at least
increase their chances of winning a door prize, having amassed
a prodigious quantity of tickets.

We all owe a great deal of thanks to those who have taken the
time to set this thing up...it has come a long way from NUGM
90, when the BSR took place in a wee conference room at the
Palmer House...thence to Millers and thence almost to Night
Court!  Good work, guys.  Despite the banter, the efforts are
indeed appreciated.  After last year, when we had 200 people
squeezed into a lounge that resembled Duke Kahanamouku's beach
hut, a change of venue is indeed needed.  Not having my
Palmer House brochure here, I assume that the Windsor House
Lounge is on the premises?  Are examples of local 'liquid
refreshment' still solicited?

A final note...the BSR is indeed a 'not-for-profit' event which
is something that folks who work in libraries are quite familiar
with.

Rusty
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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 16:00:36 EST
From:         Paul Asay <LIBASAY@INDST.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Can we skip 5.0.2?
              29 Sep 1992 10:06:49 EDT from <pelak@PILOT.NJIN.NET>

Moving from 5.01 to 5.1 without going to 5.02 is no problem.  You only
need to complete one extra step to convert the LCRFILE.

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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:19:28 CST
From:         "Michael J. Stephens" <VB7R0007@SMUVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Programmer SIG Enhancement Ballot Summary

Here are the average rankings for the 17 items presented to NOTIS-L from
the combined Programmer's Special Interest Group.  We had 28 responses
to our request.  Several left items blank.  I arbitrarily assigned a rank
of 17 to these missing values.  All the responses, including comments,
will be given to the Team NOTIS members and forwarded to NSI, with comments,
from the current and incipient chairs of the MVS and VSE P-SIG's.  I will
also reccommend a slightly better way of tabulating the results for next
year's survey.  Maryanne and I have decided not to edit the enhancement
requests in any way, either before or after we presented them to you for
votes.  Even though we felt that some of the items did not fall, strictly
speaking, into the catagory of an enhancement.  Hopefully, we will see some
positive response from NSI leading to action to implement some of these
items.  Thank you all for participating.



10.61  Avoid batch programs that have only one program/step


11.39  Provide NETNAME in LUIS statistics


11.07  Un-nest the JCL


 9.82  Efficient file blocksizes


10.46  PRINTMOD


 6.29  Eliminate need to assemble modules due to LC000OPT local changes


 7.86  Define an enhancement


 6.96  Program changes


 6.39  Make LCRFILE data resident in storage


 7.89  Simplify modifications to MHI tag table


11.29  User exit program at every TERMID control point except Interval Control


11.32  Command-level program like LIF800P to handle printer output


 8.00  Avoid program abends when reading/creating empty file


10.93  Availability of reported problems in NOTISrv


 6.14  Provide record layouts and field descriptions for all files


 6.93  Annotate documentation changes from release to release


11.86  Make changing the date format simple and consistent

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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:44:39 -0500
From:         "Colegate V. Spinks" <ZCVS@ADM.ANGELO.EDU>
Subject:      OCLC tapes converted by BNA, Why?
Comments: To: Notis Forum <Notis-L@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>

We are in the process of loading tapes that OCLC has generated of our
holdings. The previous tapes were sent to BNA for conversion? and it
was the converted tapes we processed through the LBC30 loader program.
BNA took a few tapes and made them into many.  Is it possible to just
process the OCLC tapes direct without going to BNA. Or if it is
necessary to go to BNA, what are they realy doing. Thanks

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Organization: Indiana University Music Library
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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 23:57:27 EST
From:         "A. Ralph Papakhian" <PAPAKHI@IUBVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: 5.1 in production

I do hope NOTIS staff will be able to telnet into the Indiana catalog
in both OPAC and staff mode and experience searching Shakespeare,
Mozart, or Beethoven ... or any number of other authors/composers
who have more than 100 entries.   I don't think anything less than
that will help to explain what Joe Harmon is talking about.

Most cordially,
A. Ralph Papakhian, Music Library (Co-Listowner for MLA-L@IUBVM)
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-2970  papakhi@iubvm.bitnet papakhi@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 09:26:04 EST
From:         Debbie Morrow <morrowd@GVSU.EDU>
Subject:      MARC Holdings Record OPAC Display Problem
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   Rob,
   We saw exactly this problem once we turned on MHLD and began converting
   out periodicals holdings from manual records.  It had a brief life as
   PPQ7440, was closed, and merged with another edit problem (PPQ?) -- all
   this back in mid-July.  We haven't had sufficiently lengthy holdings to
   run into it often, but definitely did twice, and yes -- it had to do with
   an 866 being split over two opac screens in both cases.  We do care, but
   if Ramona is correct about it being fixed in 5.1, that will probably be
   good enough for us.

   Debbie Morrow / Automation Librarian/LIB1
   University Library / 108 JHZ
   Grand Valley State University / Allendale  MI   49401
   616/895-3581 / Internet: morrowd@gvsu.edu
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Date:         Sun, 27 Sep 1992 14:25:10 EST
From:         P J Tramdack <TRAMDACK@TSCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: TCP/IP access to and from IBM hosts

We would like to hear the responses.  PJT
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Date:         Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:17:42 CDT
From:         Tony New <NEW@LIBRARY.UTA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: NUGM and QuikReports
Comments: To: "(Nikki Meyer)" <MEYERNL%VUCTRVAX.bitnet@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>,
              NOTIS-L@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU

> Also, since someone has brought it up, I am curious about the extent of
> interest in the QuikReports product.  Since we already produce a majority
> of the advertised reports here already, I was wondering how widespread the
> interest in this thing is.  I realize not all sites have the luxury of
> having someone able to devote time to local SAS programming, but if there
> is anyone out there who will be purchasing the product who is willing to
> answer some questions, I would appreciate it.
>

Hi Nikki,

We here at UTA just approved purchase of QuikReports with much
wincing (sic?) at the price tag.  As the lowly and ever so humble
library assistant who has to type in all the MANUALLY collected
statistics into Lotus 123 each month, I heartely approved of the
purchase and I am waiting breathlessly for its implementation.

More specifically there was much rejoicing and dancing in
the stacks and a whoop of joy that echoed throughout the library!
<grin>

We only recently filed our SAS position.  understandably therefore
there is an huge backlog of programming requests for her to handle
including the statistical reports.  I was informed that for
our programmer to write original programming to duplicate the output
of
QuikReports would take a single individual 4 years of programming
time.  So for us, the benefits purchasing the module is clear.  The
benefit for institutions with programming in place already is more
questionable.  In looking over the "blub" NOTIS sent, the reports
cover pretty standard (and most requested) information.  A report by
report comparison may be the only option to determine if QuikReports
is "better".

Already there is discussion here on writing additional SAS programming
to obtain the additional information.






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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 08:38:01 EST
From:         JOSEPH HARMON <JHARMON@INDYCMS.BITNET>
Subject:      5.1 problems

CROSS POSTED TO AUTOCAT AND NOTIS-L BECAUSE I GOT QUESTIONS FROM BOTH LISTS

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A couple of people have asked for some clarification of my comments on the less
than satisfactory traits of 5.1.  On the problem of uniform titles not index-
ing with main titles:  If you do a title search, the 245, 240 and |t of the 700
fields will interfile.  But if you do an author search, you get a split index
in both OPAC and Staff mode; the uniform titles index after the 245's. Thus, in
our catalog, if I do an author search on Voltaire, I get the following:

1     VOLTAIRE 1694-1778.  AFFAIRE CALAS ET AUTRES AFFAIRES      1-     37
2     VOLTAIRE 1694-1778.  CANDIDE AND OTHER WRITINGS           38-     74
|
| etc.
|
9     VOLTAIRE 1694-1778.  ZADIG AND OTHER STORIES             278-    333
10    VOLTAIRE 1694-1778.  CANDIDE ENGLISH                     334-    370
etc.

When I said that you cannot do an author/title search, you can certainly do an
author or title search, but you cannot do an author-title search; i.e. in 4.6
you could enter a-voltaire 1694 1778 .Candide and pull up records having the
author in the 100 or 700 fields plus the uniform title in the 240 or 700 |t.
You can still do that kind of search in 5.1 staff mode -- very handy for gettin
g to the authority file for Shakespeare's Works, but 5.1 normalized punctuation
in OPAC, so it no longer recognizes the "." for the uniform title.  With a data
base the size of ours, we literally cannot get to many titles except by keyword

It also appears that 5.1 does not like |f (dates) in uniform titles. Thus, if
our carefully crafted authority record tells the user to "search under" some-
one's Works 1950, and they either type in what is indicated or redirect the
search by typing the line number, they get no hits; we have lots of Works and
Selections plus dates in our database.  We are not amused.

Just be prepared to do a lot of explaining and training of your public service
staff; they are going to need plenty of TLC to get through this one. Fortunate-
ly at IU, we have first rate folks in the Automation Office and at UCS who are
good at overcoming some of NOTIS's more peculiar characteristics. Stick togethe
r gang, and we'll all make it.


Joseph Harmon
IUPUI University Library
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 15:40:44 EDT
From:         Grace Tsai <GTSAI@CCVM.SUNYSB.EDU>
Subject:      Abend I001

We have KWB 1.0.1, LMS 5.0.2, and GTO 3.0 in production.  We got abend
I001 when using some KWB searches which I list as follows:

K=ECOTOXIC?                -OK
K=ECOTOXIC? ADJ ENVIRON?   -OK
K=ECOTOXIC? ADJ SAF?       -ABEND I001
K=SAFTY?                   -OK
K=SAFT?                    -OK
K=SAF?                     -ABEND I001

I checked the program LIF900P for abend I001, it said "Unknow Dataset
Requested", but it still doesnt help me to figure out what's wrong,
Does anybody have any idea?  Your help will be greatly appreciated.

                                  Grace Tsai
                                  Programmer/Analyst
                                  SUNY - Stony Brook
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 18:12:00 EDT
From:         Ron Johnston <ADLB001@MVS.MCGILL.CA>
Subject:      zero hits
Comments: To: Notis Discussion <NOTIS-L@VM.TCS.TULANE.EDU>

Well, we do not have the ED command available to us.  I understand
that it is a feature of MDAS which we do not own.  We need only
use the R command, and then we can modify our OPAC search.  The
modified search string shows up on subsequent opac screens but
there is no indication of trailing blanks.

You can try t=time with and without a blank added at the end.
You should get TIMES as a hit if you leave off the blank, but not
if you put the blank in.

My concern is that the R command will lead people to dead ends if
they shorten their search terms using the space bar.  Do other
sites see the same phenomenon?

RJ
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