+ Page 1 + ---------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News January 30, 1991 Volume 2, Number 1 ISSN 1050-6004 Editors: Dana Rooks and Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (LIB3@UHUPVM1). Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091. ---------------------------------------------------------------- FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS ON CD-ROM UMI (University Microfilms International) has announced the completion of agreements to offer The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune on CD-ROM. The Wall Street Journal will only be available to public and academic library markets exclusively. All three products will provide the full text (ASCII) of articles in the newspapers from 1985 forward. The new products will add to UMI's ProQuest group of full text newspapers on CD-ROM and each will be updated monthly. Pricing and availability of the titles will be announced at a later date. For more information, contact Jonathan K. James, UMI, 313/761- 4700. FULL-TEXT IMAGE DATABASE IN DEVELOPMENT UMI and H.W. Wilson Company have embarked on a joint effort to develop a new social science image database to be called Social Sciences Index/Full Text. Wilson's Social Sciences Index will serve as the bibliographic component and UMI will supply expertise in full-text and imaging technology. The database will be updated monthly and will contain full articles from the more than 350 journals indexed in Social Sciences Index. Coverage will be from 1989 forward, and will introduce a new search software program that features pull-down windows, color schemes, and easy-to-use menus. Scheduled for release in September 1991, annual subscriptions are $16,500, which includes the index disc, full-text discs, complete image workstation, disc storage cabinets, documentation, and user aids. There will be a 10 cent charge per printed article. For more information, contact Jonathan James, UMI, 313/761-4700. + Page 2 + WILSON ESTABLISHES REMOTE ACCESS PRICING FOR CD-ROMs H.W. Wilson Co. has established a WILSONDISC network pricing policy for remote access to its 18 CD-ROM databases. Pricing is determined by type of library. * College and university libraries will pay an additional 10% of the annual subscription rate for each potential simultaneous remote user. * Public libraries will pay 10% per branch for remote access. For access in patron homes and offices, an additional 10% will be assessed for each simultaneous remote user. * Elementary and secondary school libraries pay no additional fee for remote access for students and faculty of that school. Each additional school within the same district will pay an additional 50% of the annual rate for remote access. * Corporate libraries pay 50% for each additional site or office with remote access and an additional 10% for each simultaneous remote user. For more information, contact Michael Page, H.W. Wilson, 800/367- 6770, ext. 2272. WILSONTAPE ACCESSIBLE THRU BRS AND VTLS An agreement between H.W. Wilson and Maxwell Online will provide access to the WILSONTAPE Database Licensing Service accessible through the BRS/OnSite program. BRS/OnSite makes the materials cited in the Wilson indexes accessible locally through a combination of BRS/SEARCH, full-text retrieval software, and fully processed database tapes. An agreement with VTLS, Inc. will also provide access by extending the VTLS system to accommodate WILSONTAPE using VTLS software through a VTLS public access catalog. For more information, call Becky Clarke, H.W. Wilson, 800/367- 6770, ext. 2758. + Page 3 + CARL DEVELOPING UNCOVER 2 CARL Systems previewed its UnCover 2 system during the recent ALA Annual Conference. UnCover 2 allows users to locate, order, and receive articles, from their homes, offices, or libraries, by charging it to their Visa or Mastercard. Costs will be determined by the copyright fee plus a CARL Systems service charge, with exact fees indicated online before the order is billed and finalized. UnCover 2 is expected for general release in the second quarter of 1991. For more information, contact the CARL Systems office 303/861- 5319. PHOTO IMAGE ACCESS IN ONLINE CATALOG CARL Systems, Inc. and the Boulder Public Library have announced the development of photo image access in the CARL System Public Access Catalog. The process links photo images to corresponding MARC records in BPL's bibliographic database, and allows the PAC user at a PC-compatible terminal to display the images on demand in the online catalog. The process supports both color and black and white photos. CARL Systems and the Boulder Public Library Foundation are jointly marketing the imaging process and linking software. For more information, contact CARL Systems 303/861-5319. VTLS ANNOUNCES PROJECTS FOR 1991 VTLS, Inc. has announced it will focus on five projects for 1991. First, the company plans to deliver VTLS on IBM to their customers. Second, they plan to create and distribute an Annotated OPAC, which will permit sound, image and text editing of image and text documents. Third, they want to introduce a new version of Micro-VTLS--a microcomputer-based library system for smaller collections--that will support integrated graphics and images. Fourth, the company is implementing an improved system of internal quality control that involves every aspect of their operation--product development, documentation, delivery, training, support and marketing. Lastly, they will be making major enhancements to the OPAC and the Authority Control subsystem. For more information, contact Gail Gulbenkian, VTLS, 703/231- 3605. + Page 4 + HYPERTEXT SYSTEM DEVELOPED FOR CARLYLE PAC Researchers at Indiana University of Pennsylvania used hypertext and a graphical user interface (GUI) in a project to improve subject access in the online catalog. The project is designed to help people retrieve a more reasonable number of highly relevant hits from subject searches in large online catalog databases. The test GUI uses icons for author, title, subject, and combined searches and gives the user a choice of layman, professional and scholarly search levels. In addition, it offers a menu of databases, including books, non-print, ready reference, magazines, papers, and journals. It prompts the user to expand the search if zero hits are retrieved and to narrow the search if more than 21 hits are retrieved. Dr. Mary Micco, Associate Professor in Computer Science at IUP, was Principal Investigator for the project and Dr. Linda Rambler, Associate Director, University Libraries at IUP, served as Project Director. For more information, contact Kathy Kane, Carlyle Systems, Inc., 415/428-3900. INFOTRAC 2000 AVAILABLE THRU CARLYLE Carlyle Systems, Inc. has signed an agreement with Information Access Company to offer the InfoTrac 2000 service through the Carlyle online catalog. Network access is also available to branch libraries and through dial-in access. Fixed annual site- license fees follow a sliding scale tied to the library's annual book budget. For more information, contact Kathy Kane, Carlyle Systems, Inc., 415/428-3900. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1991 by the University Libraries, University of Houston. All rights reserved. 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