Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pacs-l
Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 1992 08:07:53 CDT
From:         Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Library Automation--Comments & Questions

4 Messages, 90 Lines
1) PF's
2) Scanning Journal Table of Contents
3) Automation for Research Tape Library
4) Mac Software for Small Library

Please respond to the authors, not PACS-L.  Thanks, Dana
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From:     CAROL%MDLIB.DECNET@VMS.HUJI.AC.IL
Subject:  PF'S

I have just spent most of the morning trying to get into various OPAC's around
the world looking for a particle reference.  I was truly horrifed to see that
so many catalogues, especially in Canada, require the use of PF characters.
Here in Israel, we also use PF's but every PF key also has a code that can be
used alternatively (Type: xx or yy). Since my keyboard is not set up with same
PF's as the ones obviously set up in the individual libraries, I can not
search, select a library or in many cases, exit nicely. Please, this is not a
big deal. Like I say, we had the same problem in ALEPH in Israel, but we
learned very early on that everyone had a different keyboard. Please, if your
library does this, you obviously do not want outside users searching, so make
that clear and we won't waste time trying to get in.
     Thanx,
         Carol
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Subject: scanning journals' tables of contents
From: lou@engin.umich.edu

I am looking for information on distributing
table of contents information electronically.
Specifically, I would like to know if anyone
has done a cost comparison between using scan-
ning and optical character recognition tech-
nology vs. manually typing tables of contents.
In lieu of empirical data, hunches and guesses
will be gratefully accepted.

Thank you.

--Lou Rosenfeld, University of Michigan
  lou@engin.umich.edu
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From: spenderg@world.std.com (Stephen L Pendergast)
Subject: Automation for Research Tape Library

We are desirous of automating our tape library for our acoustic research
center. We have large quantities of high density telemetry tapes, processed
data, and software, both classified and unclassified. We are looking for
software which could run on Sun 4, Macintosh, or VAX to maintain card catalog
type information, as well as circulation and useage history.

Please email, and I will post a summary.
Thanks

Stephen L Pendergast, Senior Scientist/Engineer, Hughes Aircraft Company
Ground Systems Group, PO Box 3310 604/B152, Fullerton, CA 92634
Voice: (714)732-2579  Personal - No Company/Official Responsibility
Email: 0000440@msgate.emis.hac.com  -penderga@hac2arpa.hac.com
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From: 35007_321@uwovax.uwo.ca (Gord Nickerson)
Subject: What Mac software for small library?

Wanted:
suggestions for software   to organize a small library collection of
reference book, journals, reprints and apmphlet files.

the platform is macs currently linked by appletalk using phonenet connectors
with the future plan being an ethernet network linked to the campus backbone.

I would like to hear from anyone with experience or ideas on this. Currently
there are:

< 200 manuals   but will grow to max of 500
< 24 journals
???? reprints
lots of  pamphlets

I  will summarize and post the replies if there is enough interest.

thnak
gord
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