Public Access Computer Systems Review Table Of Contents v6n04 (1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/pacsr/pr-v6n04-contents + Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Public-Access Computer Systems Review Volume 6, Number 4 (1995) ISSN 1048-6542 ----------------------------------------------------------------- COMMUNICATIONS Edward A. Galloway and Gabrielle V. Michalek, The Heinz Electronic Library Interactive Online System (HELIOS): Building a Digital Archive Using Imaging, OCR, and Natural Language Processing Technologies In February 1994, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) embarked on a project to convert one million pages of the congressional papers of Senator John Heinz (R-PA) into digital format and to provide access to these papers through information retrieval software developed at CMU. To create the HELIOS database, documents are scanned, converted to ASCII form via OCR, verified and organized, and indexed using the CLARIT natural language processing software. The HELIOS project will develop three graphical user interfaces in a Microsoft Windows environment: a scanning interface, an archivist/verification interface, and an end-user interface. HELIOS will allow researchers to access the Heinz papers through the CMU campus network as well as through the Internet. o HTML file World-Wide Web: http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v6/n4/gall6n4.html o ASCII file Gopher: gopher://info.lib.uh.edu:70/00/articles/e-journals/ uhlibrary/pacsreview/v6/n4/galloway.6n4 List Server: Send the e-mail message GET GALLOWAY PRV6N4 F=MAIL to listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu. + Page 2 + COLUMNS Casting the Net Priscilla Caplan, You Call It Corn, We Call It Syntax-Independent Metadata for Document-Like Objects Metadata really is nothing more than data about data; a catalog record is metadata; so is a TEI header, or any other form of description. The goal of the 1995 OCLC/NCSA Metadata Workshop was to define a set of data elements simple enough for authors and publishers to use in describing their own documents as they put them on the Net, but useful enough to facilitate discovery and retrieval of these documents by others. This simple metadata could then also be used by catalogers and other third parties as a starting point for creating more rigorous or more detailed descriptions. o HTML file World-Wide Web: http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v6/n4/capl6n4.html o ASCII file Gopher: gopher://info.lib.uh.edu:70/00/articles/e-journals/ uhlibrary/pacsreview/v6/n4/caplan.6n4 List Server: Send the e-mail message GET CAPLAN PRV6N4 F=MAIL to listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu. + Page 3 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Editor-in-Chief Charles W. Bailey, Jr. University Libraries University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-2091 (713) 743-9804 cbailey@uh.edu Associate Editor, Columns Leslie Dillon, OCLC Associate Editor, Communications Dana Rooks, University of Houston Associate Editor, Production Ann Thornton, University of Houston Editorial Board Ralph Alberico, University of Texas, Austin George H. Brett II, Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval Priscilla Caplan, University of Chicago Steve Cisler, Apple Computer, Inc. Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group Lorcan Dempsey, University of Bath Pat Ensor, University of Houston Nancy Evans, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Charles Hildreth, University of Oklahoma Ronald Larsen, University of Maryland Clifford Lynch, Division of Library Automation, University of California David R. McDonald, Tufts University R. Bruce Miller, University of California, San Diego Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information Mike Ridley, University of Waterloo Peggy Seiden, Skidmore College Peter Stone, University of Sussex John E. Ulmschneider, North Carolina State University + Page 4 + List Server Technical Support List server technical support is provided by the Information Technology Division, University of Houston. Tahereh Jafari is the primary support person. Publication Information The Public-Access Computer Systems Review is an electronic journal that is distributed on the Internet and on other computer networks. It is published on an irregular basis by the University Libraries, University of Houston. There is no subscription fee. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu that says: SUBSCRIBE PACS-P First Name Last Name. Circulation PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU: 9,454 subscribers in 72 countries (PACS-L is estimated to have 10,000 additional USENET subscribers). PACS-P@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU: 3,349 subscribers in 61 countries. Electronic Distribution Each article is initially distributed in both ASCII and HTML formats. ASCII files are paginated. They are available from the following servers: o List Server: Send the e-mail message GET INDEX PR F=MAIL to listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu. o Gopher: gopher://info.lib.uh.edu:70/11/articles/e-journals/ uhlibrary/pacsreview HTML files are not paginated. HTML files may have linked GIF files. HTML files may have internal links, external links, or both. The editors do not maintain external links. HTML files are available from the following server: o World-Wide Web: http://info.lib.uh.edu/pacsrev.html + Page 5 + In consultation with article authors, the editors determine whether an article is updated, whether both ASCII and HTML files are created for updated articles, and whether all prior versions of an article are retained. Print Distribution The first four volumes of The Public-Access Computer Systems Review are also available in book form from the American Library Association's Library and Information Technology Association (LITA). (Volume five is in process.) To order, contact: American Library Association, Book Order Fulfillment, 155 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606, (800) 545-2433. Copyright The Public-Access Computer Systems Review is Copyright (C) 1995 by the University Libraries, University of Houston. All Rights Reserved. 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