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Public-Access Computer Systems News
April 6, 1990 Volume 1, Number 2
Editors: Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (LIB3@UHUPVM1) and Dana Rooks.
Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University
of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091.
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Coalition for Networked Information Established
The Association of Research Libraries, CAUSE, and EDUCOM have
announced the formation of the Coalition for Networked Information
(CNI) to promote the provision of information resources on existing
and proposed networks. An initial priority of CNI will be to link
libraries to these networks.
CNI was formed following the National Net '90 Conference. A
primary goal of the conference is the pursuit of the National
Research and Education Network (NREN), an advanced computer network
proposed to interconnect more than 1,000 colleges, universities,
and research organizations.
CNI will address the policy, technical, operational, and economic
issues of such a network along with questions of intellectual
property rights, standards, cost recovery models, and other public
policy issues.
The work of CNI will be accomplished through a Task Force composed
of representatives of member and sponsoring organizations.
Institute for Scientific Information Announces FOCUS ON: GLOBAL
CHANGE
ISI has introduced a new biweekly electronic publication that will
provide users with access to multidisciplinary citations for
research and issue-oriented articles that deal with the global
environment. This product, called FOCUS ON: GLOBAL CHANGE, is
issued on diskettes for either IBM, Macintosh, or NEC
microcomputers. For a limited time, A one-year subscription costs
$245 ($100 below the normal price).
For further information contact: Institute for Scientific
Information, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 1-800-336-
4474 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-215-386-0100, extension 1483.
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Brandeis University Offers CARL UnCover Gateway
The January/February 1990 issue of On CARL, the newsletter of the
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, indicates that the
Libraries of Brandeis University are offering their users access
to both the CARL UnCover database and the Boston Library
Consortium's Union List of Serials via an Internet link on the
campus LAN. Boston College also provides access to the UnCover
database.
Brodart Produces Large CD-ROM Union Catalog
Brodart Automation announces that it has produced a CD-ROM union
catalog for the Commonwealth of Virginia that contains 3.3 million
unique titles. The CD-ROM union catalog, called CAVALIR, is
contained on five CD-ROM disks, and it is being distributed to 220
libraries across the state.
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