ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 570 / C &R L News dergraduate librarian at the University of Illinois, Urbana. A n d r e w Z a n d has been appointed head of au­ diovisual and microform services at Villanova Uni­ versity, Pennsylvania. Retirements J a m i e G r a h a m , communications and public re­ lations specialist at Washington University L i­ braries, Saint Louis, retired on September 30. Gra­ ham had joined the Libraries in 1969 as social sciences librarian and bibliographer specializing in urban studies. A r t h u r C. K u l p , facilities coordinator at the Cornell University Libraries, retired September 30 after 38 years of service. He had come to Cornell in 1947 as assistant circulation librarian. Death I r e n e E . N y l a n d , former catalog librarian at the University of California, Berkeley, died recently. She had retired from Berkeley in 1968. ■ ■ N E W TECHNOLOGY • Alos Micrographics Corporation, has devel­ oped a compact microfilmer that weighs only 38 pounds and occupies less space than a typewriter. The Simplex Camera 16 will film documents of all types and colors that can be sheet-fed into the cam­ era. Maximum document size is 11 by 17 inches. The resolution is very high—over 1p/mm. Contact Alos Micrographics Corp., P.O . Box 407, Walden, NY 12586; (914) 778-7511. • Barcode Industries has introduced special ver­ sions of its MindReader series of bar code readers that are compatible with online library systems. Models MR-200 and MR-230 may be used for ter­ minals on O C LC systems and Model MR-300 is to be used with the C LSI system. The readers auto­ matically recognize and decode all popular sym- bologies, including Codabar and Code 39, the two most widely used in library systems. The readers can be equipped with contact light pens or a table- mounted laser scanner. Prices range from $595 to $740. Contact Barcode Industries, In c., 17 Bar­ stow Road, Great Neck, NY 11021; (516) 466-5770. • C L SI’s LIBS 100 System, an integrated library automation system, now has the capability of proc­ essing codes generated by Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) language data entry. The system was demonstrated at the IFL A Convention last summer in Chicago on an RLG CJK Terminal de­ veloped by the Transtech International Corpora­ tion. C LSI and Transtech are developing the LIBS 100/CJK for libraries in Taiwan and other East Asian markets. Transtech’s new terminal, SINO- TER M III , with the specific capabilities required of a local data entry and inquiry terminal, will be used in the library system. The final product will be introduced upon completion of negotiations with the Research Libraries Group concerning the use of R L G ’s East Asian Character Code. The uniqueness of Transtech’s SINOTERM approach lies in the definition of a set of 245 basic ideograms and a set of typing rules following the natural writ­ ing stroke sequence of Chinese characters. The 179-key keyboard can create 13,000 Chinese char­ acters (classical and simplified), including Jap a­ nese Kanji and Chinese as used in Korea. Addition­ ally , 150 Jap an ese K ana and 1 ,9 0 0 K orean characters may be composed, and other characters can be added as required. For more information, co n tact C L Systems, I n c ., 1220 W ashington Street, West Newton, MA 02165; (617) 965-6310. • The Design o f Interactive Com puter Displays: A Guide to the Select Literature, edited by Kate McGee (692 pages, July 1985), is the first volume in a set of four reference books that will make up a complete guide to significant information sources on computer display design. The book reviews 301 titles from several disciplines, including engineer­ ing technology, computer graphics, cartography, and perceptual and cognitive science. With an em­ phasis on the user-computer interaction, the book covers equipment limits and potentials, the infor­ mation presented on-screen, and thè user’s con­ straints and capabilities. The book costs $125 and may be ordered from the Report Store, 910 Massa­ chusetts St., Suite 503, Lawrence, KS 66044; (913) 842-7348. ISBN 0-916313-08-5. • D ukane Corporation has developed a 35-mm microfilm reader with 360° optical image rotation, adjustable screen angle, convenient scan control, variable light intensity, a three-digit counter for 572 / C&RL News reference and locating, and a m otorized film drive in high and low speeds. T h e new m odel, M M R 16 + 35 , also features six interchangeable snap-in lenses w ith m agn ificatio ns ran gin g from 15x to 48x. C o n ta ct the D ukane C orp oration, Audio V is­ ual Division, 290 0 D ukane D rive, St. Charles, IL 6 0 1 7 4 ; (312) 584-2 3 0 0 . • Eastm an Kodak Com pany has introduced a color video im ager w hich produces a high-quality instant p rin t of video images displayed on televi­ sion screens and other video monitors. T h e hybrid film/electronics device is designed for use w ith Ko­ dak T rim print instant color film . T h e video im ager is also plug-in com p atible w ith R G B m onitors typi­ cally used by personal computers w ith electronic sp re a d sh e e t s o ftw a r e th a t fe a tu r e s in te g r a te d graphic displays. T h e film comes in packs o f 10 in ­ dividual pictures a t a cost of less th an $1 each. E x ­ posure takes only a tenth of a second and the print is ready in less th an two m inutes. T h e first units will go on sale early next year at a list price o f $700. C o n tact E astm an Kodak C o ., 343 Sta te S t ., R och­ ester, NY 14650; (716) 724 -4 2 4 1 . • Georgia State University introduced in Sep- tem ber an online catalo g being m arketed as PALS (P roject fo r Autom ated L ib ra ry Systems) by Sperry UNI V AC and developed by M ankato State Univer­ sity in M innesota. T h e online catalo g contains the m ach in e-readable records fo r G eorgia Sta te’s P ul­ len L ib ra ry and the G SU L a w L ib rary. T h e li­ braries have dubbed the new catalo g O L L I (On- L in e L ib ra ry Inform ation ). •Micro Design is now m arketing a D C 5 8 0 mi- cro fich e reader/printer with a coin box attachm ent th a t allow s users to m ake th eir ow n copies. An Auto-Exposure assist allows for quality first-tim e copies, and the p rinter requires no w arm -up tim e to function properly. T h e reader can b e activated separately from th e printer for long periods o f tim e at an energy-efficient level. F o r m ore inform ation, co n tact M icro D esign, a D ivision of Bell & How ell, Liaison report Jo Bell W h itla tch , San Jose S ta te University, gave a paper entitled “Exploring C lien t Feed­ back in Service O rganizations” a t the 45th an­ nual m eeting o f th e Academ y o f M anagem ent in San D iego. H er paper was presented a t the August 12 session of the O rganizational C o m ­ m unication Division, “C om m unication and In ­ form ation Processing.” T h e paper reviewed the recent research on feedback, its im plications for th e study o f client feedback, and proposed a model for use in studying client feedback in ser­ vice organizations. T h e model presented in the paper suggested th a t research investigations w hich focus on task uncertainty, client social­ ization and client selection have the most po­ tential for im proving knowledge regarding the role o f client feedback in service organizations. 857 W . Sta te S t., H artford, W I 5 3 0 2 7 ; (414) 673- 3920. • N O T IS , N o rth w e ste rn U n iv e rs ity ’s au to - m ated lib rary system, w ent online last M arch with its new circulation m odule. T h e new m odule offers com p letely online file updating for all the circula­ tion functions. I t supports both regular and hourly checkouts, using m achine-readable identifiers for patron and m aterial identification. Northwestern is using laser scanners for the circulation o f m ateri­ als and is printing date due slips at the charge desks. Over a m illion pieces w ere barcoded last year in a massive p ro ject w hich involved all of the library staff. T h e N O T IS autom ation system is available to o th er lib ra ries. C o n ta c t N O T IS , N orthw estern University L ib ra ry , 1935 Sheridan R oad, E v an ­ ston, I L 6 0 2 0 1 ; (312) 491-7 0 0 4 . •STN International, the inform ation network th a t offers C AS O n lin e and P h y s ic s B r ie fs , has m ade available five new databases: M A T H , an on­ l i n e v e rs io n o f Z e n t r a l b l a t t f u r M a t h e - m a t ik /M a t h e m a t i c s A b s tr a c ts , 1 972 to p resent; N T IS , corresponding to G o v e r n m e n t R e p o r ts A n ­ n o u n c e m e n ts & In d e x , 1964 to present; V tB , all docum ents in th e V e r fa h r e n s te c h n is c h e B e r ic h te from 1966 to present; D E T E C , containing infor­ m ation on the m anu factu re of apparatus in the field o f environm ental engineering; and D E Q U IP , concerned w ith tech n ical equipm ent in the fields of chem ical engineering and biotechnology. STN In ­ tern atio n al is offered cooperatively through the A m erican C hem ical Society and th e W est G erm an Fachinform ationszentrum E n ergie, M athem atik G m b H . C o n ta c t S T N -C o lu m b u s , A m e r ic a n C h em ical Society, 254 0 O lentangy River Road, P .O . Box 2 2 2 8 , C olum bus, O H 4 3 2 0 2 ; (614) 421- 3600. •University Microfilms International has devel- oped a prototype Inform ation D elivery M odule to support local and rem ote docum ent retrieval and to integrate inform ation searching, ordering, and delivery. T h e system is composed o f a desktop e lec­ tronic p rin ter, a facsim ile interface, an optical disk storage m odule, and database retrieval softw are. A dem onstration a t the IF L A conference in Chicago this sum m er featured th e system’s access to distrib­ uted databases of articles and indexes on optical disc, as w ell as access to online databases coupled w ith e le c tr o n ic or p o stal a r tic le d eliv ery . T h e w orkstation can b e in teg ra ted w ith th e O C L C M 300 or an IB M -co m p atib le P C . C o n ta ct U M I, 3 0 0 N. Z eeb R oad, Ann A rbor, M I 4 8 1 0 6 ; (313) 761-4 7 0 0 . •The University of Florida Foundation has pro- duced a computer-assisted instruction video pro­ gram called “H ow to Search O C L C .” T h e pro­ gram runs both on th e O C L C M 300 and on an IBM P C and has a large file of practice examples selected and m atched at random , allow ing for continually different com binations. I t avoids lib rary jargon. T h e program was designed by m em bers of th e C a t­ N ovem ber 1985 / 573 alo g D e p a rtm e n t a t th e U n iversity o f F lo rid a L i ­ b ra rie s to im p rove th e q u a lity o f s ta ff tra in in g . I t teach es m a n y details n o t co m m o n ly enco u n tered , b u t im p o rta n t fo r a c cu ra te search in g. M uch o f th e p rog ram is ru n like a video gam e, w ith colorfu l graphics and o p tion al sound effects. Users w ho do w ell on th e com p rehensive G ra n d Slam E x a m sec­ tio n a re en tered on th e disc’s “H a ll o f F a m e .” T h e co st is $ 2 4 5 . C o n ta c t th e U n iv ersity o f F lo rid a F o u n d a tio n , R oom 2 1 7 L ib r a ry W e s t, U niversity o f F lo rid a , G ain esv ille, F L 3 2 6 1 1 ; (904) 3 9 2 -0 3 4 2 . • U T 1.A S , I n c ., has b egu n th e re tro sp ectiv e conversion o f som e 6 0 0 ,0 0 0 records fo r th e M cG ill U n iversity L ib ra rie s, on e o f th e largest such p ro j­ ects u ndertaken in C a n a d a . T h e p ro je c t w ill up­ grade all records to M A R C standards and reclassify som e o f th e U n iversity’s o lder co llectio ns. A nastas- sia K h o u ri S t-P ie rre is M c G ill’s systems lib ra ria n responsible fo r th e lib ra ry ’s a u to m a tio n p ro je c t. • T h e W ashington University School of Medi- cine L ib ra ry , St. Lo u is, has b een aw ard ed a c o n ­ tr a c t b y th e In s titu te o f S cien tific In fo rm a tio n to provide C u r r e n t C o n te n ts o n lin e to fa c u lty , sta ff and students a t th e M ed ical C en ter. T h is I S I ser­ vice reproduces th e ta b les o f co n ten ts o f scien tific jo u rn a ls and distributes these in w eekly co m p ila ­ tion s. T h e p ilo t p ro je c t covers tw o areas: 1) th e ap ­ p lica tio n o f n ew tech n o log y to m a k e in fo rm a tio n m o re read ily a v a ila b le and less c ostly; an d 2) inves­ tig a tio n into th e uses o f C u r r e n t C o n te n ts in science and industry. T h e In s titu te is p rov idin g support services and a d a ta b a se co vering th e p h ysical, life , c lin ic a l, an d a g r ic u ltu r a l scien ces. T h e L ib r a r y and th e U n iversity’s M ed ical C o m p u tin g F a c ility has d eveloped so ftw are fo r accessing C u r r e n t C o n ­ te n ts th rou gh its B A C S in tegrated lib ra ry system and is studying in fo rm a tio n needs and uses for re ­ s ea rch , te a ch in g , and p a tie n t care. •X erox C orp oration has begun a copy vend ing p ro g ram ca lle d C a rd -O p th a t allow s lib ra ries to p rov ide co p y service to users w ith o u t inv estm ent or m a n a g em en t responsibility. X ero x 1 0 4 5 copiers are u sed e q u ip p e d w ith a n a c c e s s o r y fo r c o in o r m a g n etic -c a rd o p eratio n o r b o th . All h a rd w a re and supplies are provided and m a in ta in ed by X e ­ rox a t no fin a n c ia l risk to th e lib ra ry . A fter a m in i­ m um reven u e is o b ta in ed ea ch m o n th , a p e rce n t­ age o f th e ad d itio n al revenue is sh ared w ith th e lib ra ry . T h e co in o p era tio n device is also offered w ith X ero x copiers on a co nv en tio n al re n ta l agree­ m e n t, b u th th e m a g n etic -c a rd system is a v a ila b le on ly in c o n ju n ctio n w ith th e C a r d -O p c o n tra c t. T h e lib ra ry c a n set its ow n co p y p ric e, an yw h ere fro m 5 cen ts to $ 1 .5 5 . I f a co in -o p erated device is in stalled , a bon ded th ird -p a rty a g e n t co llects th e co in s, restocks th e c h a n g e r, and tak es a ll m eter readings for th e custom er. I f receip ts fa ll b elo w a sp e cified m o n th ly a v e ra g e over a p erio d o f six m onths, th e a rra n g em en t is re-ev a lu a ted and th e lib ra ry m ay b e asked to relin q uish th e co p ier. C o n ­ ta c t X ero x C o rp o ra tio n , X ero x S q u a re 0 0 6 , R o c h ­ ester, N Y 1 4 6 4 4 ; (716) 4 2 3 -5 0 7 8 . ■ ■ W hich books are most used? T o th e ed itor: I h ave b een h ired by B oston C o llege to esta b ­ lish a M ost Used Books C o llec tio n an d to over­ see R e s e r v e S e rv ic e s in th e B a p s t L i b r a r y , w h ich w as v a ca ted w h en th e new O ’N eill L i ­ b ra ry opened la st fa ll. M ost Used Books w ill b e a c o llectio n th a t d u p licates th e heaviest c irc u ­ la tin g item s in th e B oston C o llege L ib ra rie s. T h o se 2 0 ,0 0 0 volum es w ill h a v e a b o rro w in g p eriod o f o ne w eek. B e c a u s e B o s to n C o lle g e h a s h a d an i n t e ­ grated o n lin e system (G E A C ) fo r tw o years, I am a b le to an alyze d a ta from th e c ircu la tio n sub-system w h ich w ill show m e w h ich books h ave b een check ed o ut th e m ost fo r th e past tw o years. I w ill use this in fo rm a tio n to develop th e n ew co llectio n . H ow ever, fo r a n u m b er o f reasons this p ro ­ cess is n o t as sim ple as it sounds. I am eag er to h ea r from o th er lib ra ria n s w h o a re using o utput fro m a u to m a te d c irc u la tio n system s fo r use studies and/or c o llectio n developm ent. Please w rite to C la u d ia M o rn er, B a p st L ib r a r ia n , B o s­ to n C o lle g e , C h e s t n u t H i l l , M A 0 2 1 6 7 . — C l a u d i a M o r n e r .