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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 08:59:24 CDT
From:         Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Coordinator of Integrated Library System Operations Position

       COORDINATOR OF INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM OPERATIONS

     The University of Houston Libraries are acquiring a second-
generation integrated library system.  This system will be a major
component of a state-of-the-art Electronic Information System that
will provide access to citation, full-text, image, numeric, and
other databases via computer networks.  The Coordinator of
Integrated Library System Operations reports to the Head of Systems
and is responsible for the management of all operations of the
integrated library system, including supervision of 2 staff and 2.4
FTE student operators.  The UH Libraries are a dynamic, service-
oriented, and highly automated environment in which major new
funding for expansion of technology, collections, and services
within the libraries has been achieved.  Requires ALA-accredited
Master's degree; one year of proven successful experience in
library systems; excellent analytical and communication skills; a
strong commitment to responsive and innovative service; and the
ability to work effectively in a demanding and rapidly-changing
environment.  Salary; $30,000.  Excellent benefits package; 88% of
social security paid for first $16,500 of salary; choice of
retirement programs including TIAA-CREF; tax-deferred annuity
program available; release time to take a class up to 3 hrs/week;
no state or local income tax.  As the  research library for a four
campus system, the University of Houston Libraries holdings exceed
1.6 million volumes.  Total staff currently includes 42
professionals and 155 support staff.  The library is a member of
ARL.  Review of applications will begin immediately and continue
until the position is filled.  Send letter of application, names of
3 references, and resume to Dana Rooks, Assistant Director for
Administration, University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX
77204-2091.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER                                8/92
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:17:52 CDT
From:         Ernest Perez <EPEREZ@UTDALLAS.BITNET>
Subject:      OPAC Hackers???

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

Excerpt from a recent message on the net...

>From:    riddle@is.rice.edu (Prentiss Riddle)
>Subject: GopherCon '92 trip report
>Next came security concerns involved in running a public Gopher client
>(a Gopher client accessible via telnet or on a public terminal which is
>not tied to a particular user's account).  There have already been
>cases of such Gopher clients being used by system crackers to "launder
>IP addresses".  The Gopher practice of leaving people at the "front
>door" of a telnet site is dangerous (library systems are particularly
>notorious about having crackable systems accessible through the same
>port as the online catalog).

Hmmm..."library systems are particularly notorious about having crackable
systems accessible through the same port as the online catalog".

How did OPACs get to be "particularly notorious"? Are they? I haven't seen
floods of network or printed reports highlighting this desperate situation.
Does anyone have valid reports of disasters, crashing and burning, via an OPAC
open door? Or, for that matter, of hackers inadvertently erasing the
bibliographic database or indulging in OPAC grafitti? :-)

I'd be interested in any comments about this matter. What with all the
directories like Hytelnet, and the CWAIS menus for autoconnect via TELNET to
remote OPACs....

-ernest

..............................
Ernest Perez, Ph.D
Access Information Associates
2183 Buckingham, Suite 106
Richardson TX 75081
214-530-4800
INTERNET: eperez@utdallas.edu
  BITNET: eperez@utdallas
..............................
The standard disclaimer: No it wasn't me; someone must have used my password.
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:14:42 CDT
From:         "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: Chronicle Article
              11 Sep 1992 09:31:42 CDT from <wya+@andrew.cmu.edu>

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
I was going to keep quiet publicly about the Chronicle Article quoting me
(August 12 p 15A) since I had been told the Chronicle of Higher Education
was such a distinguished example of journalism.  However, I must now tell
you that not everything (in any article about Project Gutenberg has ever,
not once, been totally accurate, and that the most accurate one was not a
result of any direct interview, published in the ILEEC Journal in London.
How they did that is beyond me.

However, I have learned to expect that I, particularly, am going to note,
sometimes note strongly, errors the press makes about Project Gutenberg--
and to let it go because others thought the publicity was good.

This note is not meant for further distribution.
=====================================================
Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532
No official connection to U of Illinois--UIUC
hart @uiucvmd.bitnet or hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
    THIS MESSAGE IS A PRIVATE COMMUNICATION, INTENDED ONLY TO BE
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    THIS MESSAGE MAY NOT COPY, CHANGE OR DISTRIBUTE IT IN WHOLE
    OR IN PART WITHOUT MICHAEL HART'S WRITTEN PERMISSION.
    Copyright [1992] Michael Hart
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Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 1992 08:09:15 CDT
From:         Chia-ning Chiang <GRFG059@TWNMOE10.BITNET>
Subject:      NCL to sponsor conference on National Libraries-Towards the 21st
              Century

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
POSTED TO LISTERVS, WITH APOLOGIES FOR DUPLICATE POSTINGS.

          NATIONAL LIBRARIES -- TOWARDS THE 21ST CENTURY

    THE NATIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA IS PLEASED TO
ANNOUNCE AN UPCOMING CONFERENCE ON NATIONAL LIBRARIES ENTITLED "NATIONAL
LIBRARIES -- TOWARDS THE 21ST CENTURY".  THIS CONFERENCE WILL BE TAKING
PLACE ON APRIL 20-24, 1993 TO MARK THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
FOUNDING OF THE NATIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY IN APRIL OF 1933.  THE FOCUS
OF THE CONFERENCE WILL BE TO DISCUSS THE MISSION OF NATIONAL LIBRARIES
AND TO PLAN FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL LIBRARIES INTO THE
21ST CENTURY.  CENTRAL TO THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AN EMPHASIS ON
GREATER USE OF LIBRARY RESOURCES AND AUTOMATION.  MOREOVER, AN EQUALLY
IMPORTANT THEME OF THE CONFERENCE IS TO EXPAND COOPERATION AND EXCHANGE
BETWEEN NATIONAL LIBRARIES.

    WE CORDIALLY INVITE THE DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND SCHOLARS
WITH RESEARCH INTERESTS IN THE AREA OF NATIONAL LIBRARIES TO ATTEND.
SPONSORING THE CONFERENCE WITH THE NATIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY ARE THE
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF CHINA AND THE CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES.  IF
INTERESTED IN THE CONFERENCE "NATIONAL LIBRARIES -- TOWARDS THE 21ST
CENTURY", WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU A PROSPECTUS WHICH CONTAINS
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE.  ANY REQUESTS, PLEASE WRITE
TO:
             SECRETARIAT
             CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
             NATIONAL LIBRARIES -- TOWARDS THE 21ST CENTURY
             NATIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY
             20 CHUNGSHAN S. ROAD
             TAIPEI 10040
             TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA

             FAX NO: 886-2-382-0747
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Date:         Tue, 15 Sep 1992 10:34:56 CDT
From:         Gary <GSTRAWN@NUACVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Invitation

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
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:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:18:10 CDT
From:         CMARINHO@ccvax.unicamp.br
Subject:      The Net: Third World info-hunger redemption?

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Hello pacslistees,

Time to baby-step out of silent majority: I've been "hearing
your voices" for some time now (3-4 months) and I'm happy to
confirm my intuition to subscribe PACS-L as a first-travel
"sailor". You're one of the most responsive, self-organized
and "tuned" listpeople I've seen from then on.

The problem is, to be short, that the effort (it's amazing the
amount of time Internet proficiency requires, not to say being
leisure-time proficient helping others) you all have been
doing is NOT being paired by end-user full-text
producers'/depositors' work on the net. To put it another way,
you seem to be all tied up in a kind of "macluhanian --
anybody remember him? -- trap": the more you elaborate the
medium (it's is the message!), the more we get "thirsty" for
info and frustrated for not getting access to it -- I mean
*real*  end-user information for action ("where is the
information we have lost in data?", Inose/Pierce, "Information
Technology and Civilization").

Now, get on my side to take a look from here. I'm a Third
World researcher in development economics doing my doctoral
dissertation work in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. I am a
net.enthusiastic.guy (isn't great logging into CARL/Uncover
through my old PC at home and getting to my nextdoor
university library in the morning to pick the most recent
article by X on Y?) but I feel badly when I see some
references to working papers that are electronic texts for
sure and are not on the net. Could we imagine the two-way road
for research discussions if that would be the general case,
not the exception? I don't mean we should all be skywriting in
nearly-real time about our problems and points of view, but we
could at least be FTPing a lot more of our semi-elaborated
ideas on specific matters ("try info end-user discussion
lists" -- yes, I tried lots of them and, at least in my
subject area, they're poor enough is their discussions, when
they exist at all, to encourage me to provoke you, throughput
people).

Does that make any sense? If it does, what could we devise so
as to put together end-user and throughput people? If it
doesn't deserve a collective discussion by active pacslistees,
I would really appreciate receiving any individual postings by
those interested  in a one-to-one conversation.

Thanks

Claudio Marinho
IE/Unicamp
Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
cmarinho@bruc.bitnet
cmarinho@ccvax.unicamp.br
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:21:46 CDT
From:         405 Zia Partovi 325-3181 <UA4431@UOKMVSA.BITNET>
Subject:      British Library Internet

Please reply to the author, not PACS-L.  Thanks, Jill

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Some of our patrons are interested to have access to British Library through In
ternet.  I would appreciate to let me know of the Internet address of this libr
ary.


Thank You

Zia Partovi
University of Oklahoma Libraries
Manager, Library Systems Programming
ua4431@uokmvsa
(405) 325-3181
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Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 1992 08:05:31 CDT
From:         "Peter Graham, Rutgers U., (908) 932-2741" <GRAHAM@ZODIAC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Full-Text CD-ROMs and ARIEL

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

From:  Peter Graham, Rutgers Univ.

The posting read:

>It's indeed a logical extension of the use of Ariel and has been mentioned
before.  Unfortunately, it's not possible since the only way Ariel can print
something is if it's been scanned first - it can't take a document that's
already in digital form and then print it.  (Since there are different ways
to store documents and different methods of compression, the problem is
also far more complex than it would appear at first glance, even if Ariel
could read files not created through first scanning using Ariel.)

I respond:  But are there not ways of taking text files (or graphics) and
pseudo-scanning them within a workstation?  The fax-generating PC applications
come to mind, for example the Mac powerbook with fax modem included which
(as I know from experience) goes through the conversion of text to a fax
image before it goes online to send the bits.

Presumably this technology could be adapted to allow transmission into the
Ariel application.  I'm sure there are other minor glitches, including
compression differences, but these are tactical rather than strategic I would
think.  Comment?

--pg
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Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 1992 08:06:41 CDT
From:         leedo@okra.millsaps.edu
Subject:      LIBRARIES AND INTERNET

Please respond directly to the author, not PACS-L.  Thanks, Dana

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

Millsaps College has recently acquired access to the Internet.  In
addition to training staff members, I'm trying to develop a plan
incorporating Internet access with more "traditional" library services.
Did you incorporate Internet access to library databases (and other
information) within your bibliographic instruction sessions?  Has there
been an increase in a particular area such as demand for CD ROM services
or ILL?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Please respond to me,
not the list.  Thanks.

Deborah Lee
Collection Development Librarian
Millsaps College
leedo@okra.millsaps.edu
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Date:         Tue, 15 Sep 1992 10:48:43 CDT
From:         "Donna J. Souza" <SSDC@BROWNVM.BITNET>
Subject:      MRDFs

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
The Libraries of Brown University are beginning to organize a central
resource of machine radable data files (MRDF). Initially, we will
concentrate on social science data such as census and general social
surveys.

I would like to ask for your feedback on how you deal with the
various services that are necessary to such a resource. In particular,
I would be interested to know the general support services, staff,
storage of tapes/CDs/diskettes/documentation, collection policies, and
circulation policies.

Please e-mail:  Donna J. Souza
                SSDC@BROWNVM

      telephone:  (401)  863-2518
      address:    Brown University
                  Rockefeller Library - Serials
                  Box A
                  Providence, RI  02912
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:19:15 CDT
From:         MCNULTY@NYUACF.BITNET
Subject:      SLA Joblist

Please reply to the author, not PACS-L.  Thanks, Jill

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Several weeks ago, I posted a request for info on an SLA Joblist
available through Dialog. Several people requested information, and I
intended to contact individuals, but I have lost or deleted the list
of names. Anyway, there is an SLA JOBLIST AVAILABLE as a bulletin board
on DIALMAIL, but only covering library jobs in California (both para
and professional positions).
-Tom McNulty
mcnulty@nyuacf
Bobst Library, NYU
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:27:42 CDT
From:         "Peter Graham, Rutgers U., (908) 932-2741" <GRAHAM@ZODIAC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Chronicle Article

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

Bernie Sloan comments on the Chronicle article featuring Bill Arms at
Carnegie Mellon, who is paraphrased:

>"Most important,
 he (Arms) says, distributed computing eliminates the need for a
 central library administration and makes management more flexible".
 (This is a Chronicle paraphrase of what he said, not a direct quote
 of something Arms said).

Heaven protect us from our friends, of course.  Arms has the weakness common
to those who haven't worked with the history of information provision (that
is, libraries) who don't realize all the back-room effort that goes into making
the information available.  I envision a "central administration" of some
kind continuing to see that what we now call the work of catalogers, reference
people, document delivery and the like is done in a way cost-effective and
efficient and useful to the University.

He has the strength of recognizing that the technology will allow much of
this to be distributed technically and perhaps even geographically.  As
Bernie Sloan suggests, the Jennings article is relevant here -- new ways of
approaching these issues will require change on our part as we convince both
the critics and our technological friends that there is more to technology
than meets the eye.

(Parenthetically:  Lelde Gilman's uncomfortableness with the generality of
the Jennings article is not wholly misplaced; it is indeed time to move on to
concretes.  But are Jennings' abstractions in the right direction, Ms
Gilman, or not?  I think so; so now let's get practical.)

--pg
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:15:42 CDT
From:         Jack Kessler <kessler@well.sf.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Chronicle Article

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

Critics of Bill Arms' views, or of those attributed to him, might consider
that librarians still will be needed to find things, even with the arrival
of electronic libraries and in spite of expert systems (which have fairly
limited application). The "information glut" and "information overload"
are being vastly increased by electronic access. I'll suggest that
although structural changes of the type outlined by Arms might occur on
the campus, the net effect of electronic access (we're not there yet,
folks -- it's only just begun) will be an increase in the total number
of librarians, just to help people find things on the networks.

Jack Kessler

kessler@well.sf.ca.us
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:28:13 CDT
From:         Gord Nickerson <35007_321@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Subject:      Libsoft Information

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
For the convience of your readers here is some information on the
LIBrary SOFTware archive site.

-----------------------------------  cut here --------------------------

Welcome to the LIBrary SOFTware Archives of the School of Library and
Information Science at the University of Western Ontario (HYDRA.UWO.CA)

Your moderator is Gord Nickerson.                    Updated Sept 3 1992


LIBSOFT contains programs of interest to librarians. File descriptions are in
the file INDEX.TXT which you should read before transferring files. This
site does not contain any general software (word processors, databases, etc)
as they are easily obtainable from the archives at simtel or its mirrors
such as wuarchive.wustl.edu. LIBSOFT also has files to help librarians make
use of the Internet.

LIBSOFT also maintains updates to Peter Scott's hypertext database
in the \HYTELNET directory. Changes that occur between releases of
HYTELNET versions are kept as text files with an extension of .TXT

Please login as user AMONYMOUS and use your e-mail address as a password. This
is a courtesy to the system manager who tracks these things.

Please do not access this site during local working hours (9-5) as it increases
the load on the machine. Remember, anonymous FTP is a privledge - not a right.
Hydra is located in the EDT.

Text (ASCII) files generally have the extension .TXT and can be transferred with
the GET filename command.

All program (binary) files have extensions .ZIP, .EXE or .COM and should have
the transfer type set to binary (TYPE BINARY) before transferring with the
GET filename command. Files with .EXE or .COM are self-extracting archives.
After downloading the file to your PC just type the filename to extract all the
compressed files. .ZIP files require the PKUNZIP program for extraction.

NOTE: WordPerfect files (.wp5) must have the file mode set to binary before
transferring.

Direct suggestions, comments,  etc to:


Gord Nickerson
Research Coordinator
Advancement Services
University of Western Ontario
email: NICKERSO@UWOVAX.UWO.CA


If you have written a useful program for librarians or have used some
public domain or shareware program specifically designed for libraries
and would like to share it with others just drop me a line and I shall
add it to the archives.

Currently the archive is slanted towards MS-DOS. However more Mac files
may be added in the future. Many files are in WordPerfect 5.1 format but
for the convenience of users I will try and provide ASCII versions as well.


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 |        | Gord Nickerson, Research Coordinator
 |   (*)(*) University of Western Ontario
C        _)
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