+ Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News Volume 6, Number 2 (1995) ISSN 1050-6004 Editors: Linda Thompson (LIB1J@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU) and Ann Thornton (AThornton@UH.EDU). Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS CARL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES WORLD WIDE WEB SERVER, 1 NOVELIST NOW AVAILABLE IN WINDOWS-BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, 1 AMERITECH LIBRARY SERVICES ANNOUNCES NETPUBLISHER, 2 UTAH CONSORTIUM INSTALLS PROQUEST POWERPAGES, 3 UNICORN INSTALLED AT TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE LIBRARY, 3 UNCOVER REVEAL AWARDED PRODUCT OF THE YEAR BY ONLINE MAGAZINE, 3 CARL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES WORLD WIDE WEB SERVER CARL Corporation has made access to databases, product information, newsletters, and more available over the Internet via the CARL Corporation World Wide Web Server. The CARL Corporation Web Server provides information about products and services, news, documentation updates for current customers, downloadable demos of microcomputer-based software, and links to library and information resources across the Internet. Documents on the Web are encoded in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), which allows users to view the documents with browsers such as Lynx or Mosaic and "jump" through hypertext links to other documents anywhere on the Internet. The address for the CARL Corporation server is http://www.carl.org/carl.html. NOVELIST NOW AVAILABLE IN WINDOWS-BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE NoveList readers' advisory software, introduced by CARL Corporation in September 1994, is now available in a Windows- based format with a graphical user interface, as well as in DOS. Two new features have been added; context-sensitive help is now available in every component of NoveList, and a new editing feature has been made available that allows library staff to add, change, or delete bibliographic records through every major function. + Page 2 + There are four major functions of the GUI software. "Match a novel" uses a reader's favorite author or title to retrieve a list of titles with similar content. Matching is done from a database of over 10,000 subject headings offered through a cooperative agreement with the Hennepin County Public Library System. "Describe a plot" uses keywords provided by the user to go into a subject browse, or uses those keywords to find titles that may be of interest. "Explore fiction types" uses genre headings in an icon-based environment, to retrieve titles of interest for the user. "Best Fiction" is totally customizable and can feature awards, such as the Pulitzer and Nebula prizes, bestsellers, or local favorites. The editing feature allows for timely updates for these locally created databases. The Windows/GUI format of NoveList will be available as a stand- alone product, as well as through CARL Corporation's Everybody's Catalog public access GUI. Over 34,000 adult fiction titles with more than 10,000 subject headings and 2,500 ALA Booklist reviews are included in the NoveList package. A library of icons and "Best Fiction" titles are provided as well. For more information, contact Dodie Ownes at (303) 758-3030; E- mail: downes@carl.org. AMERITECH LIBRARY SERVICES ANNOUNCES NETPUBLISHER Ameritech Library Services recently introduced NetPublisher, a Windows-based publishing tool for internal networks and the Internet. Available early this year, NetPublisher will provide library staff with a system to make information widely available to patrons. NetPublisher is a World Wide Web, Gopher, and Z39.50 server that helps libraries catalog and organize resources of all media types including text, image, audio, video, and multimedia. The system features point-and-click cataloging for information such as annual reports, product brochures, sales presentations, customer support, and other useful data. Unlike other World Wide Web servers, NetPublisher eliminates the need to learn HTML (hypertext markup language) to deliver documents. A unique template feature lets users customize layouts by prompting them for headers, footers, and other graphical information. NetPublisher then automatically delivers this information as an HTML page. An online NetPublisher demo can be viewed on World Wide Web via http://netpub.notis.com. To request a media kit and screen shots, please provide your name and message via phone: (708) 866- 0141 or e-mail: BBrodley@amlibs.com. + Page 3 + UTAH CONSORTIUM INSTALLS PROQUEST POWERPAGES UMI announced that the Utah Academic Library Consortium has installed a ProQuest PowerPages information-retrieval and document-delivery system. It will serve eleven sites, including Brigham Young University and its affiliates. All sites will have access to UMI's General Periodicals Ondisc (GPO), a CD-ROM-based information resource that offers indexing and abstracts for articles in 1,600 business, academic, and general-reference journals. It also offers complete electronic images of articles from many of the titles most frequently cited and accessed by researchers. The ProQuest PowerPages system makes GPO and other databases available over local- and wide-area-networks. It offers simultaneous access for multiple users and instant document delivery through laser printers and fax machines. For more information, contact Thomas Pack at (800) 626-2823, ext. 223. UNICORN INSTALLED AT TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE LIBRARY SIRSI announced that its UNICORN Collection Management System is installed at the Transportation Development Centre Library, located in Montreal, Canada. UNICORN is installed on a DEC host computer. The library has licensed the Authority Control, Bibliographic and Inventory Control, Circulation, Enhanced Public Access, and Request Modules. The Transportation Development Centre is the central research and development organization for Transport Canada, the Canadian department of transportation. Open to the public, the library houses over 20,000 documents and 400 active serials. The collection covers subject areas such as marine, air, road, and rail transportation and transportation accessibility. For more information, contact Greg Hathorn at (205) 922-9825. UNCOVER REVEAL AWARDED PRODUCT OF THE YEAR BY ONLINE MAGAZINE UnCover Reveal, an electronic table of contents alert service, received the 1994 Online Magazine Product of the Year Award for best online searching product. UnCover Reveal is just one service of UnCover, a database that provides table of contents indexing from nearly 17,000 journals worldwide. + Page 4 + UnCover Reveal, introduced in 1994 by the UnCover Company, allows UnCover users with profiles to create a list of journal titles in which they are interested. When the next issue of any of those titles is entered into the UnCover database, the table of contents is automatically e-mailed to them. Currently, this e- mail table of contents alert service is free. Documents may be ordered through reply e-mail and are delivered by fax for a service charge and copyright fee. The UnCover database may be accessed through the Internet by telnetting to database.carl.org, or by dial-up at (303) 756-3600. There is no charge for searching the database. Copies of articles from the titles may be ordered through the database for delivery via fax (for service charge plus copyright fees). For more information, contact Brenda Bailey, The Uncover Company, at (303) 758-3030 or send e-mail to uncover@carl.org. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News is an electronic newsletter that is distributed on Internet and other computer networks. There is no subscription fee. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU that says: SUBSCRIBE PACS-P First Name Last Name. Public-Access Computer Systems News is Copyright (C) 1995 by the University Libraries, University of Houston. All Rights Reserved. Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by academic computer centers, computer conferences, individual scholars, and libraries. 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