ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries A p ril 1985 / 197 N E W T E C H N O L O G Y •Bell & Howell’s Microfilm Products Division has introduced a series of bond paper reader/prin­ ters that produce high quality prints from silver film and diazo or vesicular duplicates. The 5100 model is designed for fiche, jacket, and aperture card ap p licatio n s, and is av ailab le w ith in te r­ changeable fiche carriages and index grids. The 5500 and 5600 models are dedicated to roll film ap­ plications. The latter model features a controller that enhances speed and accuracy by providing six functional retrieval modes to accomodate a variety of microfilm formats and record systems. All the printers can print up to 99 copies of a single image at the rate of ten per minute. For more inform a­ tion, contact Bell & Howell Company, Microfilm Products Division, 6800 M cCorm ick Road, C hi­ cago, IL 60645. • T h e California State Library has awarded $52,000 to the University of C alifornia Division of L ib ra ry A utom ation for the developm ent of a “talking” term inal for the visually impaired. The te r m in a l w ill in t e r fa c e w ith th e u n iv e rs ity ’s M E L V Y L online catalog, which combines the li­ brary holdings of all nine University of California campuses into one source. The project is targeted for com p letion in Sep tem ber. M arion Bou rke, principal librarian of the C alifornia State L ibrary ’s Braille and Talking Book L ibrary, is primary con­ sultant for the project. • T h e Knogo Corporation’s electronic article surveillance (EAS) system has been successful in com battin g theft in E u rop e’s second largest li­ brary, the new Rotterdam Public Library in the Netherlands. E ach book protected by the EAS sys­ tem has a small magnetic strip concealed in the spine that triggers an alarm at the exit unless it is first deactivated at the circulation desk. Rotterdam has been tagging new books with electrom agnetic strips as they arrive, and older books in stages. Knogo has also adapted its system for use in book­ stores and supermarkets. For more inform ation, contact Knogo Corporation, 100 T ec Street, Hick- sville, NY 11801. •Fourteen libraries of the New Hampshire Col­ lege and University Council are developing a state­ wide integrated online library system for acquisi­ tions, circulation, cataloging, serials, and interli­ b rary loan. T h e C o u n cil, a consortium of the four-year, private and public postsecondary insti­ tutions in the state, is coordinating and funding the development phase. An R F P will be ready by June 1, 1985. T h e L ib ra ry A utom ation P ro je c t, co ­ chaired by Philip C. W ei (Plymouth State C ol­ lege), M ichael York (M errimack Valley College), and Susan Epstein (SBE L td .), will complement and coordinate with the automation of the state’s public libraries. • Newport Communications International has introduced VHS and Betam ax versions of a theft- prevention device for videocassette recorders. V I­ D E O L O K inserts into the recorder like a cassette; when an attem pt is made to tamper with or remove the V C R , a startling 98-decibel alarm is set off that can only be disengaged by an individual key. For more inform ation, contact James Bartolom ucci, Newport C om m unications In tern atio n al, 4120 Birch Street, Suite 101, Newport Beach, CA 92660; (714) 476-0855. • O C L C , I n c ., now offers m icrocom puter- based services for retrospective conversion and seri­ als control. M IC R O C O N is a batch retrospective conversion service that enables libraries to input lo­ cal information onto a microcomputer for later searching on the O C L C database. SC 350 is a seri­ als control system that allows for serials data trans­ fer to the local site from the O C L C Online Union C atalog or vice versa. Both systems run on the M 300 workstation provided rent-free by O C L C . C ontact: O C L C , 6565 Frantz Road, D ublin, OH 43017-0702; (614) 764-6000. •Union College L ibrary, Lincoln, Nebraska, is installing an E M ILS/ 3000 library system from E lectric Memory, In c ., of Monterey, California, that features an online catalog and automated cir­ culation system. In 1983 the college had a com ­ puter term inal placed in every dormitory room on campus. The same terminals will soon be able to access the library catalog in several formats rang­ ing from full M arc record to specific copy inform a­ tion. Reserve, acquisitions, and serials subsystems will be added in the future.