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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:14:00 -0500
From:         Jane.Thompson@UC.EDU
Subject:      RE: COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

Re your need to streamline acquisitions procedures: 1. Are you big
enough to support an approval plan? This would allow a number of staff
to see the current items without wading through a lot of paper flyers.
If you buy enough materials to justify an approval plan, you can
tailor your profile to weed out things you are not interested in. 2. I
would first of all appoint/select one person to be responsible for
collection development--let them receive the flyers and publishers'
catalogues. If other staff want to suggest titles, they can send those
to the CD person. Even if you can't start an approval plan, do choose
one person to be responsible for collection development. Good luck!
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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:29:46 EST
From:         donovan@HAL.HAHNEMANN.EDU
Subject:      RE: MEDLARS vs. BRS vs. DIALOG

TERRY, the October 1st issue of American Libraries has an article on
tips for cost-effective searching.  They state that DataStar is a good
bargain for US customers "because connect time is discounted 20% during
off-peak hours in Switzerland.  That translates to the afternoon on the
East Coast and most of the working day in the West".  Sounds like you
could use it anytime where you are.

As far as comparing NLM charges to datastar's, were you considering
datastar as a source for databases other than NLM's offerings?  If
so it is probably a cheaper alternative for searching sources like
Excerpta Medica and some the alcohol and health related databases
not  offered by NLM.  I seem to recall a new "Alternative Medicine"
database, available only on Datastar.

Judy Donovan
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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:35:00 EST
From:         "USA::SSC26857" <SSC26857%USA.decnet@USAV01.GLAXO.COM>
Subject:      COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

Hello People,

Our Information Services Staff is reviewing our Collection Development
Procedure. Currently we route huge folders of publishers ads, book reviews,
etc. among the 6 of us. We indicate on a post-it note form which books
we would like to purchase for which library (we have 3) and if we want
the book to be reference or circulating. When we are finished with the
folder it goes to Technical Services for ordering. These folders are
cumbersome and if you get backed up, watch out!

Would anyone like to share their collection development process with us
or any ideas you might have to streamline this process.

Sandra
ssc26857@usav01.glaxo.com
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Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:19:15 EST
From:         JPER000 <JPER%RUSHVM.bitnet@UICVM.UIC.EDU>
Subject:      DataStar, Oh Dear...

Due to the avalanche of personal messages I got in
response to my comment re: DataStar as an alternative
to BRS/DIALOG/ELHILL for MEDLINE access, I'd like to
respond "in public" thru the list.  I wasn't trying to
be coy-I really didn't think that many'd be interested|

Michelynn McKnight from Norman Regional hit the nail
on the head re: why we at Rush migrated most of our
MEDLINE use to DataStar.  Nearly all afternoon (US time)
is non-prime time w/ DataStar; it adds up to big savings
if you can hold on to your searches til after 12:00 n.
I'm sorry I can't quote the EXACT savings-the figures
are buried in my notes from 2 years back when we did
our cost analysis.  I DO recall tho that so long as
we searched in the afternoon, we beat BRS and DIALOG
hands down for price.

Staff at Rush do use NLM, but most searchers here avoid
it in preference for DataStar.  For some of us, Elhill
is just too much of a pain.  Sorry if that offends-no
offense intended, just my opinion.

DataStar is nearly identical re: search commands to BRS-
it uses the .. (dot dots), ie. ..s, ..d, ..purge, etc.
with one useful additional command- ..park, which lets
you "turn off" database royalty charges if you get
an interuption; ..go lets you pick-up where you left of.
You still pay connect charges.

Finally, to be perfectly honest, we had a really nasty
customer service problem with BRS regarding a problem
with our Colleague Group account.  The details aren't
important.  It was enough that I decided to go shopping.

To all of you that wrote me directly, I hope this message
does the trick|  Sorry I can't write to each of you
directly; I just don't have the time| Hope you'll
understand.  PLEASE feel free to write me directly
if you still need something not covered above.  And next
time I won't be so coy|  Promise|

Jerry Perry
Library of Rush University
Chicago, IL
JPER@RUSHVM.BITNET
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Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:17:54 -0500
From:         Mark Funk <Mark_Funk@QMCUMC.MAIL.CORNELL.EDU>
Subject:      RE>search for material

Your patron may be thinking of this publication from NAS:
Biologic Markers in Immunotoxicology. ISBN 0-309-04389-1.
Good luck.

Mark
Mark_Funk@QMCUMC.MAIL.CORNELL.EDU
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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:51:00 EDT
From:         HAWKINSD@SNYSYRV1.BITNET
Subject:      Policy questions

I would like to solicit your ideas and experiences on two unrelated matters.

1) Are there good reasons to keep old issues of Annotated MESH now that history
notes and previous indexing are available online and in CD-ROM products?  I'm
thinking of the searcher's perspective.  Can we assume this information will
always be available on CD-ROMs?  Or that CD-ROMs themselves will be a viable
product indefinitely?  If online is all you have, is it advisable to have to go
online before you can work out your strategy?  Are there archival or historical
reasons to keep the old MESH?  They take up a lot of space.

2) If you  have databases on your campus network,  intended primarily
for affiliated persons with user accounts, do you make these databases
available to unaffiliated library users?  If so, under what conditions?  Of
course, contracts which prohibit use by outsiders leave no room for doubt on
this issue.  But how about agreements which merely specify a maximum number of
simultaneous users at your institution?  I am not talking about remote access
with telnet and anonymous users.  I mean persons in the community who know the
library's resources and are used to getting good service, particularly from
publicly supported institutions.  What if the staff have to provide their own
accounts or temporary accounts for these users and spend a great deal of time
to log in, set up the database and advise on the search?  What if some of these
users are employed by profit making firms and have been advised that mediated
searches are available for a fee, but have declined that option?  What if some
are students from neighboring schools who may or may not have that same
database available for end users?  Does it make any difference if you have the
print version on hand as well?  I do not raise these questions with regard to
OPACS or CD-ROM workstations which require no established user accounts.  If
you do not make these resources available to walk-in users, are you offering
them second rate service?  Are you in fact allowing them to depart without
being told that you have the ideal resource for their needs, but that they are
not eligible to use it?

Any thoughts on these matters will be appreciated.    Thanks, Diane

        Diane Hawkins                           hawkinsd@snysyrv1
        SUNY Health Science Library             hawkinsd@vax.cs.hscsyr.edu
        766 Irving Avenue                       (315)464-7114
        Syracuse, NY 13210
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 13:58:00 EST
From:         Eric H Schnell <ehschnel@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
Subject:      Table of Contents 2
              "Christine=W.=Fleuriel%RESADM%DFCI@netban2-gw.dfci.harvard.edu"
              at Jan 4, 93 3:52 pm

Using scanners to perform document delivery tasks has been documented, with
ARIEL being the prime example. However, these systems have been point to point
, ARIEL can not send a scanned document directly to the requestor's
e-mailbox, well at least for the moment. This technical possibilities for this
level of service is just coming of age. Yes, image files take up lots of
memory, but compression is helping to solve this problem. The bigger problem as
I see it is on the receiving end, how do you know if the computer on the other
end can decode and output the exact file format the image was encoded in? There
arew literally dozens of formats, but not all software programs support all
file formats.

If ARIEL does provide a software package for workstation delivery, will the
user want to have yet another software package on their hard drives just to
support receiving ARIEL documents?

What are your thoughts?

Eric

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^ Eric Schnell                           schnell.9@osu.edu                   ^
^ Automation Librarian                                                       ^
^ Ohio State University Health Sciences Library                              ^
^                                                                            ^
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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:47:56 CST
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From:         Jeffrey Martin <SM0134@SPRINGB.BITNET>
Subject:      Policy questions

Hi Diane!!

This is the second note I've seen you post on MEDLIB-L and I thought it would
be terrible if I didn't respond just to say hello!! I'm sure all SUNY staff
must be annoyed with me for not writing but would you please say hello to
everyone and tell them that I am in the process of writing them an actual
paper note.In case you or anyone else need my address, phone #, and email
address I'll include them here. Just thought I would also say that everything
is going very well here--I enjoy the people and the job tremendously but I
also miss everyone in NY. It's a shame that there just wasn't a position for
me at SUNY. Oh well, maybe the future will see some new openings. If you get a
chance please drop me a line to tell me how things are going.

Jeff Martin Special Collections/Technical Services Librarian,SIU Medical
School Library

home address: 420 W. Maple Ave. N. Springfield, IL 62702 (217) 789-2958

email address: sm0134@SPRINGB.BITNET
                 I will be getting another mail account soon (we have our own
VAX in the library & are starting email using it)

Take care and please send regards to everyone--in particular Augusta.

Jeff Martin
From: MMCKNIGHT@AARDVARK.UCS.UOKNOR.EDU (MICHELYNN)
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Subject: RE: Clinical practice guidelines
Date: 7 Jan 93 18:55:00 GMT
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ALSO -- how are you handling Practice Paramaters? And what do you think
of the AMA index and the AMA CD-ROM full-text version to come out this
spring???

Michelynn McKnight
Norman Regional Hospital

mmcknight@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu
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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:19:10 PST
From:         Bob Pringle <PRINGLE@WSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Collection Development & Approval Plans

Just a note to say that your book budget need not be "large"; we're a
relatively small nursing library, and run a good approval plan with Majors.


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The above is from
*       Bob Pringle, Head Librarian                   *
*       Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education  *
*       Spokane, WA    (509) 325-6140                 *
*       PRINGLE@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU                    *
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From: CALABRETTA@JEFLIN.TJU.EDU (Nancy Calabretta,
              Thomas Jefferson University)
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Subject: readings for older adults
Date: 7 Jan 93 16:44:43 GMT
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I recently came across some interesting resources for older adults which may be
of interest to those of you who do bibliotherapy or have staff in your
institutions that offer such services to older adults.The Third Age Press, a
public service imprint, publishes large print literary anthologies comprised of
brief excerpts on topics likely to stimulate reminiscences and discussion.
They have been used with success at a number of facilities in the Philadelphia
area.Five booklets are currently available with two more in the works.  They
are extremely inexpensive.  Anyone who is interested can request a sample copy
for $2.00 (or just further information) from the Elizabeth B. Wenzel, Editor,
Third Age Press, 337 Dickinson Avenue, Swarthmore, PA   19081
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:01:35 EST
From:         Annanaomi=Sams%LIBRARY%UMASS@BANYAN.UMMED.EDU
Subject:      re: Online Catalog BACK UP

We do not have a "good" backup for patron use when/if the online catalog is
down.  We share an online system with 40+ other libraries (academic and
public) and are the only ones open on Sunday mornings.  The system does not
come up until noon on that day.  Library use is low Sunday mornings, as you
might expect, but we attempt to direct patrons to the call number range
matchng their inquiry and let them browse.  We also double check the Reserve
collection if appropriate.
When we have more library terminals tied into the Internet, we will be able to
use this as a backup system to search our library holdings via CARL.  Of
course, our library holdings are not yet on the CARL menus, but we expect them
to be there "soon."  (minor software glitches)

Circulation is no problem.  Our online system includes an auxilliary circ
system running from floppies.  When the system comes up, we upload the
captured data.

Our consortium is C/W MARS.  Our online system is CARL.


Annanaomi Sams                      University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Deputy Library Director                                   55 Lake Avenue North
Medical Library                                            Worcester, MA 01655
asams@umassmed.ummed.edu                                          508-856-2399
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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 09:13:16 EST
From:         Trudi Di Trolio <TRUDI@NERVM.BITNET>
Subject:      vacancy announcement

The Health SciencesCenter Library (HSCL) at the University of Florida is seek-
ing an Information Specialist. Responsibilities include: Reference Desk cover-
age, computer-based literature searching, end-user assistance in the Medical
Informatics Laboratory, participation in the Library's Education Program (both
group and individual instruction) and selection duties in assigned subject
areas.
 Required: ALA accredited MLS, excellent oral and written communication skills,
ability to interact well with patrons and staff.
 Preferred: A science and/or online searching orientation, either through lib-
rary course work or experience.
 Rank: Instructor (entry level leading to tenure track) or Assistant
 Salary: $24,000
 Available: Immediately
 The HSCL is one of the largest health Sciences libraries in the Southeast. The
Library serves faculty, staff and students in the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing
Health Related Professions, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine and Shands
Hospital.
 Send resume and three references by March 13, 1993 to:
Trudi Di Trolio
Assistant to the Director
University of Florida
Health Sciences Center Library
Box 100206
Gainesville, Fl 32610
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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 11:47:18 EST
From:         Marian Dorner <dornerm@CCSMTP.CCF.ORG>
Subject:      CD Plus statistics

          I read Jim Morgan's message on using Bindview to calculate
          CD Plus usage with interest.  I agree that both Bindview and
          CDPStats don't report the actual usage of the system.  My
          suggestion, which I've talked to CD Plus about, is to change
          the way CDPStats collects the statistics.

          I would be interested in getting an accurate number of total
          search sessions.  As Jim explained, the patron has to exit
          CD Plus in order for CDPStats to increment the total of
          search sessions.  A more accurate representation of the
          total of search sessions would be available if the sessions
          total was incremented after the patron pressed the F3 End
          Session key.  This number still wouldn't include improperly
          exited sessions, but it would reflect each new user's
          search at public access terminals without login protocols.

          It would also count the actual number of searches run by
          professional searchers.  At CCF, the librarians run several
          searches for different patrons in one CD Plus session; it's
          too cumbersome and time-consuming to totally exit after each
          search is finished.

          I'd be interested in hearing how others use the statistics
          generated with CDPStats.   I run the various statistics on a
          monthly basis, however I don't find the File Access
          Statistics (Citations Browsed, Printed, Downloaded, etc.)
          very useful.

          Marian Dorner
          Library Services Dept.
          The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
          phone: 216-445-7334
          fax: 216-444-0271
          internet: dornerm@ccsmtp.ccf.org
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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 14:20:01 EST
From:         Sandy Dwiggins <sandy@ICICB.NCI.NIH.GOV>
Subject:      CancerNet Update for January (fwd)

             +----------------------------------------------+
             |       NATIONAL           INSTITUTE           |
             |               C A N C E R                    |
             |  INTERNATIONAL           INFORMATION         |
             |               C E N T E R                    |
             +----------------------------------------------+
                     |  CancerNet@icicb.nci.nih.gov  |
                     +-------------------------------+


 CancerNet, NCI's mail server providing cancer information
 has been updated for January.  For a description of statement
 changes, request Monthly PDQ Statement Changes ( cn-305001).

 To access CancerNet, send a mail message to:

     cancernet@icicb.nci.nih.gov

 Leave the subject line blank, and in the body of the mail message,
 enter HELP to receive the instructions and most current contents
 list. If you have a problem accessing CancerNet, please call
 1-301-496-8880.

 If you are redistributing the PDQ information you retrieve from
 CancerNet to others at your location, the ICIC would be interested
 in hearing how you reuse the information, how useful you find it, etc.
 Additionally, we may be able to suggest ways to enhance your use of the
 information or we may have other information that would be useful to you.
 Please send responses to:

      Cheryl Burg
      International Cancer Information Center
      Internet: cheryl@icicb.nci.nih.gov


+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  Sandy Dwiggins              Internet: sandy@icicb.nci.nih.gov        +
+  Building 82, Room 111        Phone: (301) 496-7406                    +
+  Bethesda, Maryland 20892     Fax:   (301) 480-8105                    +
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Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:52:33 EST
From:         Christine=W.=Fleuriel%RESADM%DFCI@RHYS.DFCI.HARVARD.EDU
Subject:      re: Table of Contents

In response to Eric Schell's question about scanning the Tables of Contents
onto a network...we considered doing that at Dana-Farber, but encountered two
problems or potential problems.  If the text is scanned in as text, there can
be a lot of editing needed.  If it is scanned in as a graphic image, it
requires a large amount of memory.  There are only two people on staff here
and the first option potentially did not represent a time savings.  We were
trying to work with our Information Services department and they could not
allocate as much memory as necessary to scan the TCs in as a graphic image.

We are considering a multi user subscription to Reference Update.  That would
allow putting it up on the network, and groups could purchase an account for
access.

Christine Fleuriel
christine_fleuriel@dfci.harvard,edu
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Phone: (617)632-3508
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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 12:27:57 CST
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From:         "Melissa Kaus --UNMCVM(MKAUS)" <MKAUS@UNMCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      MEDLARS Training

          *********************Ski MEDLARS!!!*****************

The Fundamentals of MEDLARS Searching will be offered in Salt
Lake City in February.  The staff of the Midlands Online Training
Center invites you to ski on in and learn to search the NLM system.
Truthfully, lift tickets are not included in the registration, but
then the registration fee for this class is still $0.  The class will
be held Tuesday, February 9 thru Thursday, February 11.

If you already know how to search MEDLARS, you might be interested
in attending the MEDLARS: Refresher & Review class held in Salt
Lake City, February 12 (8:30-12:30).  The registration fee for
this class is $30.

The "Request for Training" form which appears in the NLM Technical
Bulletin can be filled out and mailed or faxed (402/559-5482) to
the Midlands Online Training Center in order to register for either
class.  For more information, dial the NN/LM number (800/338-7657) and
ask for Nancy Ralston, Melissa Kaus, or Jonalee Amato.


Melissa Kaus
Online Services Instructor
NN/LM-MR
MKAUS@UNMCVM.UNMC.edu

402/559-4326   800/338-7657
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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 07:11:26 PST
From:         "WENG, FLORENCE Y." <FWENG@LIFE.SPAN.NASA.GOV>
Subject:      ACQUISITION - ORIENTATIN TAPE - RE-SEND

Sorry for this repeated message. The first one was cut off. Here it is the whole
question:
Hello, Everybody! Does anyone in this list know any current commercial
orientation tape covering Sexual Harrassment and Confidentiality of Patient
Information? The Human Resources Dept. in our hospital want to purchase the
tape. I have tried AVLINE with no luck. Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks
in advance for your response.
You may send message directly to me:
FWENG@LIFE.SPAN.NASA.GOV (Internet), or (918) 333-1345 (fax)
or, (918) 333-7200 ext. 512 (voice)
from:  Florence Weng, Medical Librarian, JPE-MMC, Bartlesville, OK
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