ALCTS Network News v5n22 (April 28, 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v5n22 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 5, Number 22 April 28, 1993 In this issue "ERGONOMICS AND VDT USE" BROADSIDE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM LC NEW RESOURCES AVAILABLE UNCOVER COMPANY FORMED ************************************************************************** "ERGONOMICS AND VDT USE" BROADSIDE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM LC "Ergonomics and VDT Use," a laminated broadside prepared by the Collections Services VDT Ergonomics Committee of the Library of Congress is no longer available in laminated form. (See AN2, vol. 5, no. 1 for original notice.) According to Winston Tabb, Associate Librarian for Collections Services, supplies have been exhausted by the unexpected heavy demand. Meckler Publishing will print the broadside in full size in its entirety in the May 1993 issue of Computers in Libraries. The response of the library community to the Library of Congress's offer of this broadside emphasizes the importance of VDT ergonomics. The staff of the Library of Congress will make every effort to continue to share its expertise with colleagues nationwide. ************************************************************************* NEW RESOURCES AVAILABLE Charting the Paths published by RLG The Research Libraries Group (RLG) has just published a 30-page report called Preferred Library Futures II: Charting the Paths. The report captures ideas put forward at a workshop last June by 32 attendees who represented a broad spectrum of those with a stake in the future of research libraries in the U.S. RLG president James Michalko attended the workshop and wrote an "afterword" to the report. Said Michalko: "The necessary goodwill for a productive partnership between the various stakeholders is there. What is more, the urge to change is also evident. The imperative to find a new paradigm of information provision motivated all those who attended." Charting the Paths is a sequel to Preferred Library Futures, published by RLG in January 1992. This report, based on a series of workshops that brought together library directors and chief academic officers from 40 campuses, concluded that although there was considerable consensus on the future preferred--that of universal access by faculty and students to information via multifunctional workstations--there was little agreement on how libraries could begin making it happen. Single copies of the report are available free of charge from: RLG Distribution Services Center, 1200 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041-1100. Books in Print of the United Nations System Books in Print of the United Nations System (UNBIP), produced by the Advisory Committee for the Co-ordination of Information Systems (ACCIS), lists over 14,000 citations to monographic publications currently in print and available from the sales and distribution offices of the United Nations, its specialized agencies (ILO, FAO, UNESCO, ICAO, WHO, The World Bank/IFC, IMF, UPU, ITU, WMO, IMO, WIPO, IFAD, UNIDO), the IAEA and the GATT. Each citation includes bibliographic and ordering information. The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is included if available. Citations are listed by subject sector for ease of browsing. Title, series and ISBN indexes help to identify and locate specific publications. UNBIP also provides information on the sales and distribution agents for each organization as well as on the publishers of United Nations system publications. ISBN: 92-1-100379-2; Sales No: GV.E.92.0.18; Price: US$ 50.00. Available from: Publishing Division, Sales Section, United Nations, New York, NY 10017. DDC 20 Workbook A new workbook designed to help beginners learn how to use the Dewey Decimal Classification is now available from OCLC Forest Press. The DDC 20 Workbook: A Practical Introduction to the Dewey Decimal Classification, by Sydney W. Davis, can be used for self-instruction or in a classroom setting. The workbook aims to introduce students to the main features of the DDC and to the practical application of assigning classification numbers. The DDC 20 Workbook: A Practical Instroduction to the Dewey Decimal Classification (ISBN 0-910608-47-4) was prepared by Mr. Davis for library school students in Australia and revised for a North American audience. The 58-page paperback can be purchased from OCLC Forest Press, 6565 Frantz Road, Dublin, OH 43017-3395 for $17.00. Preservation of Electronic Formats & Electronic Formats for Preservation For those interested in electronic formats and their longevity, Highsmith Press has just published a book based on the 1992 Electronic Preservation Conference sponsored by the Wisconsin Preservation Program (WISPPR). The book, "Preservation of Electronic Formats & Electronic Formats for Preservation," focuses on the durability and longevity of specific electronic formats, the best possible preservation methods, costs of imaging techniques, and the appropriateness of these formats for libraries today and tomorrow. The book contains chapters by Anne Kenney, Michael Pate, Fynnette Eaton, Basil Manns, Mark Arps, and Don Willis. It sells for $25 and can be ordered by calling 1-800-558-2110. Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published " Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks: Proceedings of the Second Symposium, December 5-8, 1992." The meeting and the proceedings were co-sponsored by the Association of American University Presses, with support from the American Mathematical Society and the National Science Foundation. The first symposium on scholarly publishing on the electronic networks was held in the spring of 1992. One publisher commented that the experience was "like being a deer caught in the headlights of an onrushing truck." But by the start of the second symposium, participants had survived the shock of the new. They came forward with well-formed experiments, prototype projects, and questions about the ways and means of making the new technology serve the demands of the scholarly and scientific community. The objective of Symposia has been to promote information-sharing and discussion among people interested in developing the potential of formal scholarly electronic publishing, with particular emphasis on not-for-profit models. Presenters also discussed developing collaborative plans for sharing electronic publishing expertise among organizations in the academic publishing chain. Presentations ranged from a deliberately visionary look at electronic publishing "the day after tomorrow" to very pragmatic discussions about what it takes to make electronic text that can be used in the current network environment. Common economic concerns were evident in many of the presentations and included questions on such issues as those of cost recovery and intellectual property laws in a new and evolving technological environment. A riveting 'lawyers tour' was given of the realities of the the copyright law and its interpretation and application. "Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks" was compiled and edited by Ann Okerson, Director of ARL's Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing. It contains text or summaries of 17 papers presented at the symposium, as well as two supplemental papers. ISBN 0-918006-61-9. March 1993 182 p. $20.00 U.S. Postage/Handling (Choose appropriate charge) North America: $4.00 Europe: $8.00 All Others: $12.00. Send check or money order payable to ARL (ONLY PREPAID ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED) to: Jeff Day, Program Assistant, Association of Research Libraries, 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036. ************************************************************************* UNCOVER COMPANY FORMED CARL Systems Inc. and B.H Blackwell Ltd. have announced the establishment of the UnCover Company, a joint venture to develop, expand and market the UnCover current awareness and article delivery service. UnCover is under a new partnership. The existing UnCover service will be enhanced and expanded to serve the growing need of libraries and researchers for timely and cost effective access to current research literature. The UnCover database will be expanded from the current 13,600 titles to in excess of 20,000, and will be delivered to libraries worldwide over appropriate public and private networks. Sophisticated ordering options are under development to meet the needs of high volume users, such as corporate information centers and interlibrary loan departments. To supplement these, a number of new payment options will be introduced. A graphical front end is planned, as is full support for the Z39.50/SR inter-operability protocol. UnCover's access to table of contents information will be augmented with a selective alerting service. UnCover will continue to provide publishers with a proven and effective way to reach the new and expanding market for rapid article supply, and will protect their intellectual and economic interests, through accurate assessment of copyright fees. UnCover will provide marketing feedback tailored to individual publisher's specific needs. Both B.H. Blackwell and Readmoore, a Blackwell company, will actively market UnCover to their clients. Service provision for existing UnCover customers remains unchanged. CARL Systems will continue to market UnCover as an integral part of its library management system. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ALCTS NETWORK NEWS (ISSN 1056-6694) is published irregularly by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. Editorial offices: ALCTS, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; Liz Bishoff, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director. Editor: Karen Muller (u34261@uicvm); Editorial Advisory Board: Liz Bishoff, Jennifer Younger, Arnold Hirshon; Editorial Assistance: Alex Bloss, Nelly Mendez. ALCTS NETWORK NEWS is available free of charge and is available only in electronic form. 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