+ Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News November 15, 1991 Volume 2, Number 11 ISSN 1050-6004 Editors: Dana Rooks (LIBL@UHUPVM1) and Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (LIB3@UHUPVM1). Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEW PACS-L MODERATOR Charles W. Bailey, Jr., who founded PACS-L in 1989 and has served as its Moderator since, has resigned from that post. Mr. Bailey will continue to act as Editor-in-Chief of The Public-Access Computer Systems Review and as Co-Editor of Public-Access Computer Systems News. Mr. Bailey also co-edits Advances in Library Automation and Networking. He said: "The scope and complexity of the services offered on PACS-L has grown significantly since the conference was founded. It has been an honor to serve as PACS-L Moderator, but it is time to focus my energies on editorial duties and other professional activities." Dana Rooks, Assistant Director for Administration at the University of Houston Libraries, has been appointed as PACS-L Moderator. Jill Hackenberg will continue as the Associate Moderator of PACS-L. Ms. Rooks has served as Co-Editor of the Public-Access Computer Systems News since its inception and became Associate Editor, Communications for The Public-Access Computer Systems Review this year. She instituted and has coordinated the Texas Conference on Library Automation since 1982. In addition, she holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor with the University of North Texas Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences. Ms. Rooks has presented a number of papers and has published widely in the areas of human resources management and organizational development as related to the effects of library automation. Her book, Motivating Today's Library Staff: A Management Guide, was published by the Oryx Press in 1988. She has reviewed manuscripts for many of the leading library journals and has served on the ALA/RASD Publications Committee. + Page 2 + She was selected to participate as a member of the UCLA Senior Fellows Program this past summer. Active in professional associations, Ms. Rooks currently serves as Past-Chair of the ALA/RASD Collection Development and Evaluation Section. Prior to joining the University of Houston, Ms. Rooks served as Head of Public Services at the University of Missouri, St. Louis and Head of the Undergraduate Library at the University of Oklahoma. She holds an M.L.S. from Louisiana State University and an M.A. in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. Ms. Rooks said: "As Charles moves on to other endeavors, I will attempt to justify his trust and your hope that Jill and I will continue to meet the standards for quality, timeliness, and relevance which Charles established for the conference. So as we begin this transition, keep those comments, concerns, questions and issues coming in to PACS-L. Jill and I will do our best to continue the traditions, explore some new horizons, and hopefully, serve as able successors." NAL PICKS INFOSTATION FOR MULTIMEDIA PROJECT The National Agricultural Library (NAL) has selected the VTLS InfoStation to link full text, images, and audio information to the NAL online catalog. The project will allow a library patron in a remote location to access and print records in the NAL database that have been linked to full text, image, and sound. The InfoStation, configured on a NeXT computer, serves as a front end to the VTLS library system running on a Hewlett-Packard 3000 computer. It supports high-resolution graphics in black and white and in 12-bit/24-bit color, overlapping transparent images, and high-fidelity sound. Initially, the hardware for the NAL project will comprise three public access InfoStations linked together using a local area network. The hardware will be configured to provide 10,000 pages of scanned black and white images, 1,000 color images, 10 seconds of recorded voice per scanned page, and 2,500 characters of text per page for each scanned image. For information contact, VTLS, Inc., 1800 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060, or call 703-231-3605. + Page 3 + ELECTRONIC NETWORKING AND PUBLISHING CONFERENCE Meckler will sponsor the 1st Annual Electronic Networking and Publishing Conference in New York City, January 14-16, 1992. Five plenary sessions and ten specialist sessions will be presented in three tracks: Using Computer Networks on Campus, Electronic Publishing, and Electronic Networking. Registration is $290 for the full conference or $160 per day. For registration and program information, call 1-800-635-5537. SPECIAL OFFER FOR DIALOG ONDISC ERIC AND NTIS Dialog Information Services has announced it will offer a special end-of-year discount on the complete versions of its DIALOG OnDisc ERIC and NTIS CD-ROM products. DIALOG OnDisc ERIC (1966 to the present) will sell for $900 versus the $1,295 current price. Dialog OnDisc NTIS (1980 to present) will be discounted to $2,900 from the current $3,600. The discounted prices are effective October 1, 1991 through January 31, 1992. Upon renewal, the prices will revert to the current list price. For information, contact Dialog Marketing, 3460 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, or call 800-3-DIALOG. DATA RESEARCH TO DEVELOP MACINTOSH INTERFACE Data Research and the Maricopa Community College District have announced plans to jointly develop an Apple MacIntosh interface to the Data Research System for library automation. The Data Research System, which runs on hardware from Digital Equipment Corporation, currently supports user interfaces through Digital VT-series terminals and through PCs and other VT-series emulators. The interface design project team is comprised of staff from the Maricopa Community Colleges and from Data Research. + Page 4 + For information, contact Joe Bonwick, DRA, PO Box 8495, St. Louis, MO 63132-1806, or call 1-800-325-0888. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1991 by the University Libraries, University of Houston. All rights reserved. Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by computerized bulletin board/conference systems, individual scholars, and libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their collections at no cost. This message must appear on copied material. All commercial use requires permission. -----------------------------------------------------------------