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             The Public-Access Computer Systems Review

Volume 2, Number 2 (1991)                         ISSN 1048-6542

Editor-In-Chief:    Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
                    University of Houston

Associate Editors:  Columns: Leslie Pearse, OCLC
                    Communications: Dana Rooks, University of
                    Houston
                    Reviews: Mike Ridley, University of Waterloo

Editorial Board:    Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group
                    Nancy Evans, Library and Information
                      Technology Association
                    David R. McDonald, Tufts University
                    R. Bruce Miller, University of California,
                      San Diego
                    Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked
                      Information
                    Peter Stone, University of Sussex

Published on an irregular basis by the University Libraries,
University of Houston.  Technical support is provided by the
Information Technology Division, University of Houston.
Circulation: 3,000 subscribers in 32 countries.
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                            CONTENTS
COMMUNICATIONS

Symposium on the Role of Network-Based Electronic Resources in
Scholarly Communication and Research

  Charles W. Bailey, Jr. and Dana Rooks, eds. (pp. 4-60)

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     Ralph Alberico, William Britten, Craig Summerhill, and Erwin
     Welsch answer five questions about network-based electronic
     resources:

     QUESTION 1: What role should librarians play in providing
     intellectual access to network-based electronic resources?
     Should librarians mount a collective, nationwide effort or
     should they primarily focus their efforts on meeting local
     user needs?

     QUESTION 2: Considering the dynamic nature of the network
     information environment, what are the most promising
     technological strategies for facilitating access to network-
     based electronic resources?  Catalog records in national
     bibliographic utilities and local online catalogs?
     Specialized resource directory databases, which would be
     available on the network?  Microcomputer-based front-ends,
     possibly utilizing hypermedia or expert system technologies?

     QUESTION 3: What kind of support services should libraries
     provide to their users to help them utilize network-based
     electronic resources?  Special workstations in the library?
     Bibliographic instruction?  User documentation?  Mediated
     access?

     QUESTION 4: Should libraries "collect," provide access to,
     and preserve network-based electronic resources?  If so,
     what types of information (e.g., computer conference logs
     and electronic serials) should be collected?  How should
     access to these locally housed electronic materials be
     provided?  What types of barriers do you see that will
     hinder libraries in their attempts to accomplish this goal?

     QUESTION 5: As one response to the deepening crisis in the
     cost of library materials, colleges and universities could
     become publishers of network-based electronic journals,
     index and abstract databases, and scholarly electronic
     books.  Should they do this?  If so, what role should
     libraries play in this effort?

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COLUMNS

Public-Access Provocations: An Informal Column
  I Like It Like That
  Walt Crawford (pp. 61-64)

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     Walt Crawford examines the question of how online catalogs
     can help users find more items "like that one."

EDITORIAL

  You Say You Want an Evolution
  Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (pp. 65-66)

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     The Editor-in-Chief discusses changes in the distribution
     format of the PACS Review.

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