ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 139 r iod, transfer th at footage to videodisc, and invite eyew itnesses who w ere p re se n t at the filming or lived in the place film ed to be in terv iew ed and describe w hat is on th e screen. In addition, the p roject will store an d catalog some of YIVO’s col­ lection of 120,000 photographs. YIVO, w hich was founded in Vilna, Poland, in 1925, and m oved to N ew York in 1940, is a m ajor c e n te r for th e study of Jewish history and culture in E astern and C e n ­ tral E u ro p e ; Jew ish im m ig ratio n to an d s e ttle ­ m en t in th e U nited States; th e H olocaust period; and Yiddish language, literatu re and folklore. ■■ New Technology • T he C o u n c i l o f N e w E (C O N SU n L g l a n S U ­ v e r s i t y L i b r a r i a n s ) has d a n t a n t o e u n c e n d i th e a v a ila b ility o f th e final r e p o r t on a stu d y u n d ertak en to autom ate th e libraries and link th e system s of those six New E ngland libraries. The r e p o r t, w h ic h is d a te d D e c e m b e r, 1981, was c o m p le te d by R ichard W. Boss of In fo rm atio n System s C o n su ltan ts. In a d d itio n to a 94-page discussion of th e needs of those libraries and how they m ight approach autom ation, and a series of recom m endations, th e re p o rt contains a series of appendices sum m arizing th e activities u n d ertak en as a p a rt of th e study. Copies of the re p o rt are available for $15 from Joseph P. C usker, E xecu­ tive Officer, Council of P resid ents, N ew E ngland L an d G ra n t U n iv e rsitie s, 15 G arrison A venue, D urham , N H 03824. • D a t a p r o R e s e a r c h C , D e lra n , N ew J e r s e y , h as p u b lis h e o d r p a o b r a a s t i i c o n r e f e r e n c e source for organizations faced w ith th e n e e d to im prove upon conventional text com m unications sy stem s. T h e 2 6-page re p o r t, All A b o u t E lec­ tronic Mail, provides an overview of th e state-of- t h e - a r t in e le c tro n ic m ail p ra c tic e s a n d t e c h ­ nologies. T h e r e p o r t ex am in es e le c tro n ic m ail from a w ide range of p ersp ectiv es, h ighlighting fu n ctio n al an d econom ic co n sid e ratio n s of vo l­ um e, speed, and com patibility in th e analysis and selectio n of electro n ic m ail altern ativ es. It fea­ t u r e s te c h n o lo g ie s r a n g in g fro m c o m p le te in te r n a l/e x te r n a l c o m m u n ic a tio n s n e tw o rk s to sim ple extensions of conventional mail service. A lis t o f m o re th a n 100 h a r d w a r e a n d s e r v ic e supp lier nam es, addresses, and telep h o n e n u m ­ bers is in clu d ed at the end of the repo rt. Copies of All A bout Electronic Mail are avail­ able at $15 each from D atapro Research C orpora­ tio n , 1805 U n d e rw o o d B o u lev ard , D e lra n , NJ 08075; (800) 257-9406, or in N ew Jersey, (609) 764-0100. • G e a c I and n t e r n a t i o n a l , M ark h am , O n ta rio , C a r l y l e S y s t e m s , B erkeley, California, have agreed to link th e Geac online circulation system with th e Carlyle online catalog system in o rd er to provide libraries with an in te g ra te d approach to s o p h is tic a te d catalog se a rc h in g an d c irc u la tio n control. Using th e com bined system , th e libraiy patron will be unaw are which of the two linked system s is b e in g u se d . F o r catalo g se a rc h in g , messages and com m ands e n te re d on Geac term i­ nals will b e au to m a tic a lly p a sse d th ro u g h th e G eac m in i-c o m p u te r to th e C arlyle c o m p u te r. The C arlyle system , which provides full keyword searching, Boolean com binations, authority con­ trol, and index brow sing capabilities, will execute each search and tran sm it th e results back to the term inal. A re q u e st for inform ation on th e availa­ bility of d e sire d m aterials can be m ade on the same term inals, and will b e ex ecu ted solely by the Geac system . U n d e r th e ag reem ent, Carlyle and Geac will both m arket th e com bined system. • J o h n s H o p k i n s U n i v e r s i t y ’ s M ilto n S. E is e n h o w e r L ib ra ry has re c e iv e d a $1,232,000 grant from th e Pew M em orial T rust to im prove th e L ib ra ry ’s in fo rm atio n re trie v a l cap ab ilities. The grant will b e used to continue th e conversion of inform ation in th e card catalog to co m p u ter- read ab le form and to acq u ire c o m p u te r e q u ip ­ m e n t sufficient for a local c o m p u ter-accessib le catalog. T he grant will also enable th e L ibraiy to b e g in ex p lo ratio n of v id eo d isc te ch n o lo g y as a preservation m edium and to use telecopying d e ­ vices for in creased reso u rce sharing am ong th e U niversity’s libraries. • LITA’s V i d e o a n d C a b l e C o m m u n i c a t i o n S e c t i o n is seeking library p ro d u c e d videotapes for a screen in g to be h e ld at th e annual Video Showcase du rin g th e ALA annual conference in P h ilad e lp h ia . This year, lib ra rie s are asked to subm it tapes th at feature new or unusual uses of v id e o a n d c a b le te c h n o lo g y in lib r a r ie s . T h e showcase provides an oppo rtu n ity for those ALA m em bers in te re ste d in video and cable com m uni­ cations to see how librarians across th e country are using this technology. T he video showcase will be h eld in the LITA suite, which provides an informal atm osphere for sharing ideas. V id e o ta p e e n trie s sh o u ld b e in ¾ ” U -m atic form at and lim ited to ten m inutes. Tapes should b e s u b m itte d to Bob K atz, A lbany P u b lic L i­ b r a r y , 161 W a s h in g to n A v e n u e , A lb a n y , NY 12210. H ighlights from th e video tapes may be e d ite d to g e th e r and m ade available as a VCCS Video Sam pler. • T he E d ito rial L ibrary of th e A T i m e s will b e th e first te st site for L a o s ‘ro n ll g fi e c l h e e s ’’ version of th e T hird Edition of CATALIST, the u n io n list o f books in C alifornia lib ra rie s. T he 140 ro llf ic h e C A T A L IS T w ill b e i n s t a l l e d in an A uto-G raphics, In c., M icromax 800 (TM) read er. U n til re c e n tly , C A T A L IS T has b e e n av a ila b le only in 4” x 6” cut m icrofiche w hich is an eco­ n o m ic a l fo rm a t fo r files th a t a r e sm a ll o r i n ­ f r e q u e n tly a c c e sse d . H o w e v e r, m icro fich e can also b e p r o d u c e d in an u n c u t fo rm c a lle d “rollfiche” . Rollfiche can h an d le m ore inform ation than m icrofilm ; one lin ear foot of rollfiche co n ­ tains as m uch inform ation as te n feet of microfilm at th e sam e red u ctio n ratio. Rollfiche is co n v en ient for a large, freq u en tly - u sed file. U sing th e M icromax 800 (TM), inform a­ tio n can b e fo u n d m u c h fa s te r th a n s e a rc h in g th ro u g h a large n u m b e r of cut m icrofiche. T he Los Angeles Tim es lib raiy staff will p re ­ p are an evaluation for th e California L ibrary Au­ th o rity for S ystem s a n d S erv ices (CLASS) a n d A u to - G r a p h ic s o f t h e i r e x p e r i e n c e in u s in g “ M A X C A T”, th e rollfiche version of CATALIST. F o r m ore inform ation about CATALIST, contact C ath erin e F in e at CLASS. F o r inform ation about th e M ic ro m a x 8 0 0 , c o n ta c t Jim H e a d le y a t A uto-G raphics, In c.; (213) 269-9451. • T he N a t i o n a l T e c h n i c a l I n f o r m a t S ­ v i c e (NTIS) has b eg u n to collect use fees i o fo n r A e G r ­ RICOLA, effective January, 1982. As p a rt of an a g re e m e n t b e tw e e n NTIS and th e N ational Ag­ ricultural L ibrary signed this past su m m er, NTIS w ill, in a d d i tio n to d i s t r ib u t i n g A G R IC O L A m agnetic tapes, also collect from tap e subscribers use fees for online and SD I searches. No use fee will be ch arged to U .S. F e d e ra l or State ag en ­ cies, or to L an d -G ran t or 1890 colleges and u n i­ versities who subscribe to th e tapes. T he use fees will be $2 p e r co n n ect h o u r for online access and $.35 for each S D I profile p e r year. F oreign tape subscribers will be charged slightly h ig h er fees. • T h e O n l i n e C h r o n i c l e , a n e w e le c tr o n ic jo u rn al serving th e professional o nline database and th e hom e inform ation utility in d u stries, has b e g u n full c o m m e rc ia l p u b lic a tio n by O n lin e , In c., W eston, C o n n ecticu t, a n d is d istrib u te d in ­ tern atio n ally by D IA L O G In fo rm atio n Services, Inc. T h e C hronicle contains new s of databases; online system s (such as D IA L O G or BRS); te rm i­ nals and p rin te rs; m icro co m p u ters and software in in fo rm a tio n a p p lic a tio n s; m e rg e r s , a c q u isitio n s and o th e r corpo rate news; p erso n n el changes; in ­ form ation utilities such as T he Source and C om ­ p uS erve; and videotex system s. Also in clu d ed are featu re articles, colum ns and classified ads. A new issue of th e Online Chronicle is avail­ able on th e D IA L O G service every o th e r M on­ day m o rn in g . E a c h issu e a v erag es a b o u t fo rty news and featu re articles. T he C hronicle is p riced at $35 p e r connect ho u r, plus $.15 p e r ty p ed re c ­ ord and $.30 p e r offline p rin t. F o r fu rth e r infor­ m ation, contact: Jean-P aul E m ard , E d ito r, Online Chronicle, 11 T annery Lane, W eston, C T 06883; (203) 227-8466. • T he R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s G r o u p , I n c ., a n nounced th a t it has signed a co n tract w ith T ran s­ tech In tern atio n al C orporation of W ellesley, M as­ sa c h u s e tts , to d e v e lo p an R L G CJK (C h in e se , J a p a n e s e , K orean) te rm in a l c lu s te r w h ich w ill provide co m p u te r su p p o rt for m an ag em en t of b ib ­ liographic records com posed in w hole or in p a rt of C h in ese, Japanese and K orean characters. The contract, in th e am ount of $279,480, is th e sec­ ond signed w ith T ranstech. In Ju n e a co n tract for $40,000 was c o n c lu d e d w ith T ra n s te c h for th e first phase of d e v e lo p m e n t on th e RLG CJK, and it was on th e basis of th e successful com pletion of th is w o rk t h a t t h e s e c o n d c o n t r a c t w as negotiated. T he RLG CJK device d ev elo p ed by T ranstech w ill b e m o d if ie d v e r s io n o f T r a n s t e c h ’s S IN O T E R M , m ark eted since 1979 and cu rre n tly u sed by th e M inistry of N ational D efen se of th e R e p u b lic o f C h in a . M o d ificatio n s w ill in c lu d e s u p p o r t for an e x te n d e d c h a r a c te r s e t, a n d a larg er display screen. T he e x te n d e d ch aracter set w ill b e c o m p r i s e d in iti a l ly o f a p p r o x im a te ly 15,000 characters including sim plified and origi­ nal C hinese form s, Japanese form s, an d C hinese characters u sed in Korea. RLG expects to install approxim ately fifty t e r ­ m inals in te n institutio ns in 1983. T he L ibrary of C ongress has in d icated it plans to use R L G ’s CJK to process its E ast Asian m aterials and in te n d s to o rd e r a n u m b e r of clusters to su p p o rt this. T he d ev elo p m en t p ro ject is su p p o rte d by grants from th e A n d re w W . M ellon F o u n d a tio n , th e F o rd F o u n d atio n , an d th e N ational E n d o w m en t for th e H u m an ities. ■■ LIBRARY INSURANCE Increasing aw areness of th e value of academ ic library collections m akes th e su b ject of insuring th e m ag ain st loss or dam age vitally im p o rta n t. T he ALA L ib ra ry A d m in is tra tio n a n d M a n a g e ­ m e n t Association’s In su ran ce for L ibraries C om ­ m ittee w ould like to h e a r from academ ic lib ra r­ ians about th e ir successes and/or failures in con­ vincing academ ic adm inistrators of th e n e e d for action. W hat control do academ ic librarians have over the am ount and type of library insurance, if any, pro v id ed by th e institution? Is library in su ran ce co n sid ered as p a rt of a library plan for p ro tectio n against disaster or as p a rt of an in stitu tio n -w id e insurance program ? R esponses to th ese and sim i­ lar questions should b e sen t to E lean o r Pinkham , LAM A/LOM S In su ran ce C o m m ittee C hair, C ol­ lege L ib rarian , Kalam azoo C ollege, Kalamazoo, MI 49007, by Ju n e 15, 1982. T hey will be u sed for fu tu re p ro g ram p la n n in g for an n u al c o n fe r­ ences or for th e possible publication of guidelines a p p r o p r ia te for th e sp ecial n e e d s o f a c a d e m ic librarians. ■■ Cut the costs of online searching by as much as 60% … with preferential rates for subscribers on SCISEARCH® and Social SCISEARCH®! 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