+ Page 1 + ---------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News March 20, 1991 Volume 2, Number 2 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------- CD-ROM NETWORKING SOLUTION Meridian Data has introduced the CD Net Model 100NC, designed to integrate up to 8 CD-ROM drives on a standard local area network. The system runs on a variety of network operating systems including LAN Manager, Novell, 3Com, and Ungermann-Bass. The system can be configured for ARCNET, Ethernet, or Token-Ring networks, and it features up to 4MB of cache memory to enhance access speed. CD Net 100NC connects to LANs like any other node. A single CD-ROM drive configuration of the CD Net 100NC is priced at $4,995. For more information, contact Sheri Elpern at Meridian Data Inc., 5615 Scotts Valley Dr., Scotts Valley, CA 95066 (408-438-3100). Z39.50 IMPLEMENTATION A partnership of the University of California (UC), Data Research Associates (DRA), and Digital Equipment Corporation is developing software to comply with the National Information Standards Organization's (NISO) emerging Z39.50 protocol. Z39.50 provides a standard method of information transfer among automation systems using different hardware, software, and operating systems. The software and supporting record transfer formats developed as part of this partnership will ultimately link the University of California's MELVYL online catalog and UC Davis's new DRA library automation system, permitting transparent access to MELVYL from UC Davis OPAC terminals and display of UC Davis item status information in MELVYL. For more information, contact Data Research Associates, Inc., 1276 North Warson Road, P.O. Box 8495, St. Louis, MO 63132 (1- 800-325-0888). + Page 2 + For a concise summary of Z39.50, contact Carl Grant at DRA and ask for "Z39.50 in Plain English," an overview written by Clifford Lynch of the University of California. UMI EXPANDS PERIODICAL ABSTRACTS ONDISC University Microfilms International (UMI) announced the expansion of its Periodical Abstracts Ondisc file to 950 titles. The current CD-ROM version offers access to 450 general interest titles. Periodical Abstracts Ondisc provides abstracts and complete bibliographic citations for articles in a broad cross- section of subject areas. All of the added titles were chosen from the lists of H. W. Wilson's Humanities Index, Social Sciences Index, and General Sciences Index. Virtually all of the indexed publications are available on microform from UMI as subscriptions and backfiles as well as photocopies of individual articles. Users can electronically retrieve complete articles for the most frequently requested titles in Periodical Abstracts from UMI's General Periodicals Ondisc. For further information, contact Jonathan James, University Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (800-521-0600). ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------