+ Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News Volume 3, Number 16 (1992) 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS CARLYLE INTRODUCES IMAGEOPAC, 1 WLN EASY ACCESS SYSTEM AVAILABLE THROUGH INTERNET, 2 TWO NEW OCLC DATABASES PROVIDE ACCESS TO JOURNAL ARTICLES, 2 RLG DEVELOPS Z39.50 SERVER FOR INTERNET USE, 3 VTLS TO CREATE VIRGINIA ONLINE UNION CATALOG, 3 CARLYLE INTRODUCES IMAGEOPAC As part of its new Voyager Series of library automation systems, Carlyle has introduced a new product called ImageOPAC. The system features state-of-the-art image and scanning technology and provides quick access to digital images associated with bibliographic records, allowing linked images to display on the screen of an online catalog terminal or workstation. ImageOPAC uses true color scanning to allow photographs, maps, or other visual materials to be scanned online. Searching for images is done with Voyager's graphical user interface (GUI), which incorporates multiple windows, pull-down menus, and powerful database searching. After retrieving a set of records, the user can display any record as well as the associated image. The system supports zooming and panning, reductions, enlargements, and image cropping. Edited images can be saved to a PostScript file for printing. For information, contact Sabina Ahmed, Carlyle Systems, Inc., 415-345-2500. + Page 2 + WLN EASY ACCESS SYSTEM AVAILABLE THROUGH INTERNET Easy Access is a new searching interface to the WLN online system. It combines and reduces the dozens of sophisticated WLN commands to a few essential search types. Easy Access assists the untrained or infrequent user in searching the WLN database. The WLN database currently contains nearly 7.5 million bibliographic records--in all formats and a broad range of languages--and over 16 million holdings. The cost of accessing the WLN system through the Internet is $15.00 per hour. Credit card billing is available. Easy Access is also available by dial-up and from leased-line workstations. To access WLN, type TELNET WLN.COM or 192.156.252.2 at your system's prompt. Then just follow the instructions. For additional information, contact Rush Brandis: 1-800-DIALWLN; (206) 923-4000; or info@wln.com. TWO NEW OCLC DATABASES PROVIDE ACCESS TO JOURNAL ARTICLES OCLC has introduced two new tools on the FirstSearch Catalog and the EPIC service: ContentsFirst (a serials table-of-contents database) and ArticleFirst (a database of article citations). ContentsFirst contains the complete texts of the table-of- contents pages of over 80,000 issues of 7,000 serial titles, most of which are in English and have been published since January 1990. It is updated daily, with information for the most frequently published titles going online within 48 to 72 hours of publication. ContentsFirst contains each publication's entire contents page, including news stories, editorials, reviews, and letters to the editor, in the subject areas of science, fine arts, engineering, health sciences, business, humanities, and social sciences. ArticleFirst, which contains 1 million citations for the articles in the same 7,000-title database, can be searched by subject or author across the whole database. Libraries holding the journals cited in ArticleFirst will be listed from the holdings of the OCLC Online Union Catalog. ArticleFirst can be searched in 18 different ways, including author keyword, author phrase, title keyword, title phrase, abstract keyword, journal title keyword, journal title phrase, article type keyword, and publication date. + Page 3 + The ContentsFirst and ArticleFirst databases will expand to over 11,000 titles and will grow by 1 million articles per year. Document ordering and delivery service will be available for articles found in ArticleFirst. Ordering information, including delivery methods (e.g., fax, overnight delivery, first-class mail, and overseas mail) and the payment options (i.e., credit cards and account numbers) will be displayed on the screen, and searchers can enter the appropriate information to receive the articles promptly. RLG DEVELOPS Z39.50 SERVER FOR INTERNET USE The Research Libraries Group (RLG) has developed a Z39.50 server for searching its RLIN and CitaDel databases, and 14 institutions nationwide have now successfully tested the server over the Internet. The Z39.50 server, when fully implemented, will make it easier for users of other online catalogs to search RLG's databases. Z39.50 is a national standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.50) for computer-to- computer information retrieval that enables users to search other online library catalogs and information sources using the same commands they use to search their local online catalog. For more information, contact: Lennie Stovel, Research Libraries Group, 1200 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041-1100; (415) 691-2259; BL.MDS@RLG.BITNET; or BL.MDS@RLG.STANFORD.EDU. VTLS TO CREATE VIRGINIA ONLINE UNION CATALOG Virginia State Library and Archives has contracted with VTLS Inc. for the CAVALIR ONLINE Database Creation Project. The aim of the project is to create an online union catalog containing holdings of all participating libraries in the State of Virginia. + Page 4 + CAVALIR is the first stage in the implementation of the Virginia Library and Information Network (VLIN). More than 2.8 million records of selected Virginia colleges, universities, and public libraries will be loaded in the first phase, which is scheduled for completion by March 1993. For information, contact Gail Gulbenkian, VTLS Inc.: (703) 231- 3605. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News is an electronic newsletter that is distributed on BITNET, Internet, and other computer networks. There is no subscription fee. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 (BITNET) or LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU (Internet) that says: SUBSCRIBE PACS-P First Name Last Name. 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