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From:         g.egan@uws.EDU.AU
Subject:      EUDORA manual

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

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Does anyone know if a manual for EUDORA (an e-mail package for the MAC) is
available for ftp from anywhere?
Gerard Egan
Associate Librarian (Information Access & Planning)
University of Western Sydney, Nepean
PO Box 10 Kingswood
New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
(ph)    +61-47-360 342
(fax)   +61-47-360 480
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From:         Walt Crawford <BR.WCC@RLG.BITNET>
Subject:      WAIS and Z39.50: correction

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A friendly correction to an earlier message:

Z39.50 is *not* the "WAIS protocol" and it
is *not* "waiting to become an official standard."

Z39.50 *is* an approved NISO/ANSI standard. It is
titled "Information Retrieval Service Definition and
Protocol Specifications for Library Applications."
It is a protocol within the Open Systems Interconnection
7-layer model. A revision of Z39.50 is under way, and
there will certainly be enhancements to the next version.
(Every ANSI standard is reviewed periodically, for that
matter.)

WAIS *uses* Z39.50. So do (or will) lots of other
folk who have nothing to do with WAIS. Calling Z39.50
the "WAIS protocol" is like calling ASCII the "Zeos
character set."
-walt crawford-

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Date:         Tue, 15 Sep 1992 10:49:00 CDT
From:         "(Erik Jul)" <ekj@oclc.org>
Subject:      OCLC's Linking Strategy: Internet and NREN

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OCLC Internet White Paper Now Available

An electronic version of the OCLC White Paper, "OCLC's Linking Strategy:
Internet and NREN," is now available to Internet users via the File Transfer
Protocol (FTP).

From the Introduction:

"Advances in telecommunications are providing libraries with the ability to
link networks, to move information at faster and faster speeds, and to combine
data in ways barely perceived 20 years ago.  In "Journey to the 21st Century,"
the summary of OCLC's Strategic Plan, OCLC's telecommunications strategy
stated that between 1995 and 2000, OCLC would become fully integrated into the
digital, global community that is emerging.  This document summarizes OCLC's
linking strategy with respect to U.S. national networks that are becoming part
of that global community--the Internet and its next phase, the National
Research and Education Network (NREN)."

*************
File Location
*************

Host:zeus.rsch.oclc.org
Directory:pub/white_papers
File name:linking.txt (ASCII text, 14032 bytes)

****************
FTP Instructions
****************

1 To obtain a copy, at your system prompt enter:

  ftp zeus.rsch.oclc.org

2 At the "Name" prompt, enter:

  anonymous

3 At the "Password" prompt, enter"

  guest
  or
  your network ID

4 At the ftp> prompt, enter:

  cd pub/white_papers

5 To transfer the file to your local computer, enter:

  get linking.txt

6 To close the FTP connection, enter:

  quit
***********************
For a Free Printed Copy
***********************

To get a free printed copy of "OCLC's Linking Strategy," write to:

Internet White Paper
OCLC Online Computer Library Center
6565 Frantz Road
Dublin OH  43017-3395
USA

*********
Copyright
*********

OCLC grants the right to reproduce "OCLC's Linking Strategy" in print
and electronic formats and encourages users to share this information
widely with appropriate citation.

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Cross-posting
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This message has been posted to PACS-L only.  Users are encouraged to
forward this message to other lists and newsgroups, as appropriate.

Erik Jul, Communications Manager
Office of Research
OCLC
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:20:19 CDT
From:         BAKEREA@NYUACF.BITNET
Subject:      Library Catalogues in Europe

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

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Hello!

Jeffrey Bary of the Academic Computing Facilities of New York University has
advised me to send a note to you.

I am seeking information if the university or major city libraries are accessibl
GERMANY:  Berlin
          Frankfurt
          Munich

AUSTRIA:  Vienna - The University Library went online in 1989

ITALY:    Milan
          Bologna
          Rome
          Florence
          Venice

I am also interested if any of the major State or National Libraries are on line
Please include FRANCE:  Paris  as well.

Many thanks for the information!

Evan Baker     IN%"BAKEREA@ACF1.NYU.EDU"
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Date:         Tue, 15 Sep 1992 10:47:08 CDT
From:         NOONAN@MSUS1.BITNET
Subject:      Delicious irony

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Last week I was next to a US Post Office truck for a few brief moments
at a 3-way stop sign. When I glanced over at it, I saw the following:

   "Color Scheme" followed by a circle with either a C or R in the middle.
   It made my day to see that the old familiar red, white, and blue is now
   considered by the Post Office to be its intellectual property. How clever
   of them to have thought it up. (Perhaps it was only a good-humoured prank -
   but I doubt it.)

Several times in the last couple of weeks I have had the pleasure of
seeing similar oddities on the net:

   a special interest list claim ownership (with right to publish and profit)
       of all communications on the list - known as compilation copyright
       and held by the organization which owns the computer the listserv
       resides on... (I shouldn't have copied my thesis at Kinkoes - now they
       must own it)

   several signatures (you know - the silly little pictographs or quotes)
       sporting copyright notices for the author's network communications
       (darn if they weren't copyrighted I could include them in this
       message!)

   an apparently deliberate violation of Billboard's copyright for its top
       hits list in the form of a publicly available "finger" location -
       merely saying that they are "provided for personal use" doesn't
       strike me as right when the directions are given out on usenet and
       several special interest groups

While these examples make me laugh at their very absurdity, they indicate
the present state of uncertainty regarding intellectual property rights.


Dana Noonan
noonan@msus1.msus.edu
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:29:20 CDT
From:         Paul Gherman <GHERMAN@VTVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Responses to Jennings' Article

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Lelde Gilman's articulate response to the Jenning's article is seems to be
more an indictment of the future and a fear of that future than the article.
Paul Gherman
Special Asst. to the VP for Information Systems
Virginia Tech
Gherman@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
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Keywords: National Electronic Library, NREN, Alexandria Project, Internet
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:37:43 CDT
From:         "Amy Wang @ Bellcore - Library Network, Piscataway,
              NJ" <january@donner.cc.bellcore.com>
Subject:      NJ/ASIS presents Dr. Paul Kantor on "Networks of Information"

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The following has been cross-posted to ASIS-L and PACS-L for someone who does
not have Internet, List, or News access.  My apologies for any duplication!


NJ/ASIS PRESENTS DR. PAUL KANTOR DISCUSSING THE ALEXANDRIA
        PROJECT (APLAB) AND NREN on SETPEMBER 23

On Wednesday, September 23, the New Jersey Chapter of the
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE will hold its
annual membership meeting at the Colonial Farms Restaurant
on Amwell Road in Somerset, NJ.

The featured speaker at the meeting will be Dr. Paul Kantor
of the School of Communication, Information and Library
Science at Rutgers University.  In his talk, "NETWORKS
OF INFORMATION," Dr. Kantor will discuss projects underway
at the Alexandria Project, nicknamed APLab, whose mission
is to study library functions whose goals remain unchanged
since the Library of Alexandria but that are now organized
in a structure of rapidly changing technology.  One current
project involves user-based networks of information materials,
while another proposed project involves navigating and coordi-
nating library information in the Internet.  Dr. Kantor will
also discuss the new National Science Foundation initiative
for a national electronic library and report on a conference
that focused on a national engineering information system.

A social hour will begin at 5:00 pm, followed by dinner and the
evening's program.  The cost for this meeting will be 2-for-1
for members and students who bring interested colleagues.
Requests for information and reservations should be addressed
to Barbara Ringk, CIBA-Geigy Corporation, telephone number
(908) 277-7374, fax number (908) 277-4399, by September 18.
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:28:38 CDT
From:         Abbie Basile <USERGFZV@UMICHUM.BITNET>
Subject:      ULibrary Update

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Update on ULibrary

The University of Michigan Library's gopher, ULibrary, provides
access to a variety of electronic resources, some of which are
unique to ULibrary.  These include:

     * the Dept. of Commerce's Economic Bulletin Board

     * 1990 Census data for the state of Michigan

     * electronic serials

The best way to access ULibrary is to point your gopher client to:

     gopher.lib.umich.edu

You may want to contact your local Systems Office or Computer Center
if you need information or assistance with a gopher client.

Abbie Basile
Online Search Services Coordinator
University of Michgian
Graduate Library
(313)764-2389     abbie.basile@um.cc.umich.edu
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:34:59 CDT
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Subject:      LITA Conference Reports

3 Messages, 55 Lines
*-----

From:      "Walt Crawford" <BR.WCC@RLG>
Subject:   LITA Conference reporting: posting to PACS-L

Steve Cisler offers a fine suggestion, and I should have
noted that I have no objection to people posting LITA
reports to PACS-L at the same time they send them to me--
or, for that matter, just posting to PACS-L
*with an explicit permission line to reprint.*

PACS-L reaches quite a few people who aren't in LITA (although
I think you should all be!). LITA Newsletter reaches quite
a few people who aren't on the Internet.
-walt crawford-
*-----

From:         CGOODSON@UGA
Subject:      Re:  Reporting on the LITA National Conference

On Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:45:04 CDT Steve Cisler said:
>However, I think it would be great if the reporters copied
>PACS-L when they sent their material to Walt Crawford, or
>if someone would post short summaries of their favorite
>sessions. There are thousands on this list who don't get
>to attend many, if any, meetings.
***wonderful idea!  I can't go either (money) and would really appreciate
reading the reports, even though they will probably come out later in the
LITA newsletter...

| Carol Goodson, Coordinator/Off-Campus Library Services   |
| Ingram Library, WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE                     |
| Carrollton  GA  30118                                    |
| Phone: (404) 836-6502   FAX: (404) 836-6626              |
| Bitnet: cgoodson@uga    Internet: cgoodson@uga.cc.uga.edu|
............................................................
 "You only live once: but once is enough if you play it right"
       --Woody Allen  (Interiors)
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From: "KARL SCHNEIDER" <kschneider@asrr.arsusda.gov>
Subject: Re:  Reporting on the LITA National Conference

I would liketo thank Steve Cisler for his summary of the meeting reports
issue, and encourage others to follow his suggestions and post inform-
ation here, on PACS-L, to aid those without meeting travel opportunities.
Also, THANKS to Steve for the reports that he prepares, I'll take verbose,
articulate, and thorough every time!

| Karl Schneider                 |  National Agricultural Library |
|   kschneider@asrr.arsusda.gov  |    Reference Unit, Rm 111      |
|   ALF bbs: 301/504-6510        |    10301 Baltimore Blvd        |
|   Voice: 301/504-5113          |    Beltsville, MD 20705        |
| Keep the head clear, perhaps the tail will tire of wagging...   |
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Subject:      Re: Subject Headings for Gopher Virtual Library

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Questions that need asking and, if possible, answering in developing a new
classification system or adapting an extant system are:

        1.  Who will be using the system?
        2.  What is the purpose of the system (convenience, speed,
comprehensiveness in retrieval or storage; to identify; to type; to
locate; to describe; to exclude or include)?
        3.  What characteristics of the things-to-be-classified are
important (format, file size, fonts, codes, languages, target audience,
subjects or contents, authors, editors, distributors, sponsors, designers,
dates of creation and revision, retraction, etc.) to what users and why?
        4.  Will groups of likes be stable over time?
        5.  Will differences between things inside groups be less than differenc
es between things in different groups or will it be very hard to separate
like things into groups?
        6.  What will be excluded?
        7.  How much time have you got to design a system?
        8.  Can another system already in existence be used with or
without adaptation?
        9.  Who will use the classification system to classify items?
        10.  Who will keep the system up-to-date and accomodate user
suggestions and complaints?

Of course, there are many more questions (why hierarchial for instance?), but
anybody who has serious intentions of developing a classification system or
modifying one for a new use, needs to address these kinds of issues.

Hannah King
SUNY HSC Library at Syracuse
kingh@snysyrv1
kingh@vax.cs.hscsyr.edu
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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 09:32:55 CDT
From:         Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
Subject:      enews listings (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 06:43:54 EDT
From: Lou Bona <bona@PILOT.NJIN.NET>
To: Multiple recipients of list HELP-NET <HELP-NET@templevm.bitnet>
Subject: enews listings

    To any interested parties,

      There is now a file at internet site pilot.njin.net that lists all
  the currently active enews discussion groups with a one line description
  of most of them. It is available via anonymous ftp and can be found in
  /njin/public/ftp/pub/Internet-course and is called enews.lst - notice the
  capital I in Internet-course, this is a case sensitive server. Also note
  when you ftp in you should already be in the ftp directory.

                          Lou Bona
                          bona@pilot.njin.net

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From:         Dave Davis <ddavis@cass.ma02.bull.com>
Subject:      Interested in 'Information Navigator' discussion group ?

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

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

[I have cross-posted this somewhat, for a wide dispersion.
 Sorry if you see it more than once. ]

We are looking to start an informal e-mail conference
for swapping ideas, etc. on the 'Information Navigator'
database software (sold by IME Systems, Inc.), similar to the
listserv's for BRS (brs-l) or NOTIS, etc.

[For those of you who don't know, 'The Information
 Navigator' is a library catalog software product, avail. in
 DOS and UNIX versions,  with several hypertext-like features.
 But, then, this message isn't specifically addressed to you :-) . ]

The group would exit as a forum for asking  (and perhaps
getting answered) 'how did you do this?' or 'has anybody
else seen this bug?', etc. ?

For now, please write back to me (don't post, for heaven's
sake!) and let me know that you're interested; mention
what version of the product you are running, and in
what hardware configuration.

Thanks. Please feel free to repost or forward to appropriate
individuals or groups.

Dave Davis, ddavis@ma30.bull.com (Internet)
These are my opinions & activities alone

QOTD:

There are Russians in the front yard, there's Martians on the ceiling
There's a Cape buffalo on the patio and you ask me how I'm feeling
There's a sniper by the swingset, the highway has been mined
Then here you come with a great big smile singing, rise and shine.

Well, there's nothing you could say that will get me up today
Nothing you have ever said that can drive me from this bed
You can call me lazy, crazy, call me stupid, I don't care
I ain't gettin' up, cause its dangerous out there.
			Bill Morrissey
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Date:         Tue, 15 Sep 1992 10:50:06 CDT
From:         "(Paul Buchanan)" <buchanan@wulib-jpb.wustl.edu>
Subject:      RE: Arms Clarification

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I think it's easy to over-draw Arms' analogy between libraries and computing
technology.  The tensions which have occured over the last 10 or 15 years in
academic computing have arisen primarily because of a change in technology: it
is now technically possible to distribute computing technology whereas it was
formerly difficult.  Institutions have largely chosen (or been unable) to
manage this technology shift and it has therefore gone its own way, driven
bottom-up by the technology itself.

In the larger view, this isn't quite the library paradigm.  In fact, it has
always been possible to distribute and decentralize library service and there
is strong historical precedent for doing so.  The modern central library is
not so much the "before" in this picture as the "after": the response to
early library models based on departmental or faculty collections.  Of course,
the same tension between "unresponsive" central services and distributed but
inefficient services continues in libraries as we struggle to balance branch
services against the central university library.

The difference is that our institutions have recognized the nature of
the problem with libraries and have decided to try and manage it.  So far,
few institutions show signs of successfully managing technology the same
way (or even recognizing that it is the same management problem in a different
technological garb).  The point is that we (in libraries) have been around
this circle many times and there is no one "right" answer; there are only a
series of compromises and cyclical adjustments that one day may become the
computing model as well.

Paul Buchanan
Washington University in St. Louis
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From:         JOANNE AKEROYD <AKEROYD@TRINCC.BITNET>
Subject:      JOB ANNOUNCEMENT - EXTEND. DATE

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

CATALOG LIBRARIAN (Search date extended):  Responsible for original
cataloging, and assistance with advanced level copy cataloging, in various
formats, with an emphasis on rare book and special collections cataloging.

Works with AACR2, LC classification, DCRB, and related standards, on OCLC,
in the NOTIS-based CTW Consortium with Connecticut College and Wesleyan
University.  Assists with database maintenance activities and online
authority control.  Participates in the overall functioning of the Library
through the Librarian's Conference, special appointments, and Library
committee work; reports to the Cataloging Unit Head.

Qualifications:  Required:  ALA-accredited MLS; thorough knowledge of AACR2,
LCSH, LC classification, MARC formats, and OCLC or RLIN cataloging;
ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team;
ability to combine accuracy with efficiency; proven interpersonal skills.
Preferred:  one or more years of experience in an academic library,
cataloging a variety of materials including rare books and special
collections; a broad liberal arts background; and academic course work in
two or more classical or modern European languages.

Applications:  Salary range:  $26,000-30,000, depending upon education and
experience.  We will begin reviewing applications on September 21, 1992.
Send letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, and phone
numbers of three professional references to:  Dr. Stephen Peterson,
College Librarian, Trinity College Library, Hartford, CT 06106.  Trinity
College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.


Joanne Akeroyd               Bitnet:  akeroyd@trincc
Head of Technical Services   Internet:  akeroyd@vax1.trincoll.edu
Trinity College Library      Phone:  (203) 297-2241
300 Summit Street
Hartford, CT 06106           Fax:  (203) 297-2251
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