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Public-Access Computer Systems News
January 23, 1992 Volume 3, 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.
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CONTENTS
RLG Will Provide Access to UMI/Data Courier Databases, 1
Blackwell and CARL will Develop System Links, 2
NOTIS Previews GUI OPAC Interface at Midwinter, 2
Update on EFF Activities, 3
RLG WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO UMI/DATA COURIER DATABASES
UMI/Data Courier and the Research Libraries Group (RLG) announce
an agreement to offer fixed-cost access to several of UMI/Data
Courier's most popular databases. By spring of 1992, searchers
on RLIN will be able to access ABI/INFORM, Newspaper Abstracts,
Periodical Abstracts, and Dissertation Abstracts for a fixed
annual fee.
As part of the agreement, RLG and UMI will offer users access to
full-text article delivery of UMI's Article Clearinghouse
collection of 12,500 titles. Delivery options include
first-class mail, express courier, fax, and Ariel, RLG's new
proprietary document-delivery system that enables high-resolution
image transmission over the Internet.
For more information, contact the RLIN Information Center, e-mail
BL.RIC@RLG (BITNET) or
[email protected] (Internet).
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BLACKWELL AND CARL WILL DEVELOP SYSTEM LINKS
Blackwell North America and CARL Systems, Inc. have announced a
system development effort that will make several Blackwell
services accessible through the CARL system in 1992:
o Access to Blackwell's NTO (New Titles Online) database
enriched with abstracts and tables of contents.
o Electronic ordering of materials from both Blackwell
North America and B. H. Blackwell Ltd.
o Electronic distribution of LC MARC cataloging enhanced
with tables of contents and processed through
Blackwell's authority control system.
o An interface to CARL's System Authority Control Module
that will provide several services, including
retrospective conversion, immediate updating of new
records, and maintenance of CARL files in constant
accordance with current LC practice.
The Internet will be used to connect systems from the two
vendors.
For further information, contact: CARL Systems, Inc., 3801 E.
Florida Ave., Bldg. D, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80222, (303)
758-3030.
NOTIS PREVIEWS GUI OPAC INTERFACE AT MIDWINTER
NOTIS Systems, Inc. will be demonstrating a prototype graphical
user interface (GUI) to its OPAC at the 1992 ALA Midwinter
Conference. The ProPac prototype runs under Microsoft Windows.
For further information, contact: Stuart W. Miller, NOTIS
Systems, Inc, 1007 Church Street, Evanston, IL 60201-3622, (708)
866-0171.
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UPDATE ON EFF ACTIVITIES
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is currently advocating that:
o Congress establish an open telecommunications platform
featuring Personal ISDN.
o The open platform be created with legislative
safeguards that ensure a level playing field for all
those competing in the information services market.
o The NREN serve as a testbed for new voice, data, and
video services that will eventually be offered over our
National Public Network.
o Electronic bulletin boards be afforded the same First
Amendment protections enjoyed by other media.
o Citizens who use computers for communications purposes
be afforded the full protection of the Fourth
Amendment.
o An Electronic Freedom of Information Act be passed that
will grant citizens access to the electronic version of
public information consistent with the public's right
to know. Technical means be mandated to insure the
privacy of personal communications carried over
cellular and other radio-based communications systems.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is also a co-sponsor (along
with the Consumer Federation of American and the ACLU) and the
principal coordinator of the Communications Policy Forum, which
is designed to explore the means for achieving the communications
goals of consumer organizations. Over 28 consumer groups, from
the OMB Watch to the NAACP participate in forum activities. The
Communications Policy Forum is funded by foundations as well as a
diverse group of computer and communications firms.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation, with offices in Cambridge and
Washington, was established a year and a half ago by Mitchell
Kapor, who started the Lotus Development Corporation, and John
Perry Barlow.
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