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Volume 20 Number 12December 2000
Supreme court to hear copyright case
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the publisher of a print publication may add an article written by a freelance writer to an electronic database without the author's permission when there is no contract between the parties or the contract does not specifically cover the future use of the article in an electronic database. Six freelance writers are pursuing the case and claim the right to publish a printed version of an articles does not automatically include the right to publish it electronically.
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epixtech stresses suitability of Horizon for public libraries and small libraries 92
Ex Libris moves beyond academic library market 92-93
Geac cutting workers to position itself for possible sale 93
Innovative's Millennium to support Mac OS X clients and netLibrary eBooks 93
OCLC will distribute ILLiad software 94
Sirsi teams with Northern Light 94
Dell cuts server prices 94
IBM Mainframe Rivals Bow Out 94-95
CRN Test Center releases UPS ratings 95
T-Carrier line speeds 95
OSHA releases workplace ergonomic rule 95
FCC opens more wireless spectrum 96
Panel doesn't push filtering 96
International Union Catalog of Braille and Audio Materials expands 96
Washington's diaries available online 96
OCLC releases Web data 97
Image drivers explained 97
AMD introduces new chip sets 97
Windows 2000 is a family 97-98
Volume 20 Number 11November 2000
A Look at Desktop Storage Options 83-85
Endeavor ILL module in beta testing 85
epixtech's Remote Patron Authentication wins support 85
Innovative Adds 38 accounts in first eight months of 2000 85
Integral Concepts releases ZSearcher 85-86
Gaylord releases new Galaxy WebPAC 86
Sirsi teams with Syndetics Solutions to deliver enhanced bibliographic data 86
SISIS wins Rotterdam 86-87
Compaq versus Sun 87
Fiber costs closing in on copper 87
Intel announces Pentium 4 88
Microsoft releases Windows ME 88
Dell to build wireless LANs into Notebooks 88
Majority of those not online, do not plan to go online 88-89
DOJ seeks speedy review of Microsoft case 89
EBSCO Online Hits 1 Million Article Target 89
JVC introduces multimedia projector 89-90
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome revisited 90
Volume 20 Number 10October 2000
Wireless LAN technology catches on 75-77
Cybertools for Libraries 77
EOS International corrects customer support statistics 77
Endeavor reports acceptance by LC 77
epixtech releases ILL RSS 3.1 77-78
Sirsi and Blue Angel implement Z39.50 Bath Profile 78
B&T offers EDIFACT ordering and invoicing 78
Standards study completed 78-79
HP upgrades to Ultra 3 SCSI 79
Why Unicode 79-80
Web Feet adds MARC records 80
Linux bodies merge 80
Metropolitan Area Networks proliferate 80
IEEE taskforce drafting 10 Gbps standard 80
Projecting documents and 3-D images 81
Fortres introduces Clean Slate 81
Netscape 6 preview 81
Digital divide statistics available 81-82
Electronic ink and paper 82
National Online and IOLS 2001 scheduled 82
Volume 20 Number 09September 2000
Compare maintenance charges to determine long-term costs 67
Thin versus fat clients 68
DRA is shopping 68-69
Dynix to Horizon migrations increase 69-70
Innovative introduces new products 70
Sirsi establishes itself in consortium market 70
Sagebrush introduces serials control product 70-71
Hubs and switches revisited 71
Wireless for bookmobiles 71
Intel developing the Pentium 4 71-72
American Memory Collections reach 70 72
Ebsco adds Biological Abstracts 72
Ebsco introduces Reading Room 72
Internet filtering legislation update 72-73
European Commission moves against Microsoft 73
Identifying full-text sources 73
Canon introduces 2,750 lumen portable digital projector 73-74
LITA announces Third Annual National Forum 74
Volume 20 Number 08August 2000
Internet filtering controversy continues 59-60
The life expectancy of library-vendor relationships 61
DRA's Taos live at several sites 61
EOS International's Q Version 3.0 released 61
epixtech and DRA announce joint development 61-62
epixtech Announces Horizon with Sunrise 6.0 62
Ex Libris signs SUNY 62-63
Innovative quietly offers imaging support 63
TLC acquires CARL Corp. 63
VTLS shows Chameleon Gateway at ALA 63-64
Bath Profile sets specifications for Z39.50 64
Outsourcing by another name 64-65
Sun stands for profit 65
Bibiostat.com becomes theLibraryPlace.com 65
FirstSearch migration nearing completion 65
Standards issue limits e-Signatures 65-66
PC prices drop slightly 66
Microsoft and DOJ await Supreme Court decision 66
Volume 20 Number 07July 2000
The use of viability criteria in the qualifying of vendors 51-52
Workstations for patrons 52-53
Endeavor announces digital library collections management product 54
Ex Libris offers Linux on Intel servers 54-55
Linux not just for little systems 55
Gaylord deploys 350+ user NT systems 55
Dansk Data Electronik resurfaces as eHuset DDE 55
Sirsi delivers Unicorn 99.4 55-56
TLC adds Asian MARC to ITS.MARC Database 56
CASPR introduces service bureau on the Web 56
NISO to hold standard test 56
Thomson may revamp Dialog 56-57
Implications of a possible Microsoft breakup 57-58
Microsoft launches free online version of Encarta World English Dictionary 58
Oxford English Dictionary goes online 58
Volume 20 Number 06June 2000
Distance learning impacts libraries 43-44
Ex Libris opens east coast office 44-45
Gaylord Polaris 1.4 offers improved performance 45
Sirsi releases Version 99.4 of Unicorn 45
Follett releases v4.1 45
Sagebrush releases Athena v8.1 45-46
Vendors' experience with large and small systems 46
SIRS Mandarin M3 v.1.1 released 46
Management Dynamics becomes Bibliostat.com 46
XML hype and EDI reality 46-47
Hubs versus switches 47
RFID technology gains acceptance in Singapore 48
Arabic cataloging pilot seeks participants 48
Ovid adds Pre-MEDLINE 48
JSTOR's General Science Collection selected by 220 libraries 48-49
Web of Science Proceedings on the Internet 49
The price point goes up to 700 MHz 49
PC manufacturers move to on-line support 49-50
Microsoft ruling expected in fall 50
Digital signature legislation expected this year 50
Volume 20 Number 05May 2000
Customer Support Ratios Slip 35-36
Elsevier acquires Endeavor 36-37
Innovative allies with netLibrary 37
TLC inks 300th contract 37-38
Linux is coming 38
Inmagic, Inc. submits its data 38-39
Cable modems may offer unreliable bandwidth 39
AT&T introduces flat-rate wireless data service 39
Study documents growth of fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet 39-40
Arguments in Microsoft remedy hearing set for May 24 40
EBSCOhost adds NTIS 40
CORC adds GPO to list of participants 40
Videoconferencing leaps forward 40-41
EDI statistics compiled 41
Delorme offers 55,000 Quad maps in electronic form 41-42
Full-MARC records for Websites 42
Checkpoint and Gemplus seek RFID standards 42
Volume 20 Number 04April 2000
Annual survey of PC- and Mac-based library system vendors 27-34
Volume 20 Number 02February / March 2000
Annual survey of automated library system vendors: integrated, multi-user, multi-function systems running on main-frames, minis, and micros that use a multi-user operating system 9-25
Volume 20 Number 01January 2000
Acceptance testing- initial and ongoing
Most RFPs for the procurement of an automated library system call for acceptance testing after installation. While this is a good idea, it is rare for a system from a major vendor to fail such testing when undertaken shortly after the initial installation.
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Ameritech Library Services now epixtech, inc.
In November, it was announced that Ameritech Library Services (ALS) had been sold to a private investment group. In late December, the company adopted a new name, epixtech, inc.
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Endeavor signs 25th ARL
Endeavor Information Systems has announced that the University of Hawaii has signed a letter of intent to purchase the Voyager integrated library system. The University of Hawaii is the 25th Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member to choose Voyager since Endeavor's inception. Including this system, Endeavor has captured 20% of the ARL marketplace.
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Ex Libris grows and moves
Ex Libris has announced the signing of the Brandeis University Library, its third major academic library account in the United States in the past three months. The Brandeis system will support 100 concurrent users on a SUN Enterprise 450 hardware platform.
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Innovative leads in the law library market
The Contributing Editor has recently been invited to make a presentation at a meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). As part of the research several library automation vendors were asked to provide listings of their law library installations. Innovative Interfaces is the clear leader in this market segment. Its total number of North American law library customers is currently 127.
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Keystone Systems, Inc. forwarding address has expired
Keystone Systems, also known as KLAS is one of a number of companies that relocated more than a year ago. A library planning to send out RFPs to vendors should verify that current addresses are being used for all vendors.
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Open Text Corporation
Information Dimensions Inc. , the automated library system vendor that sold a large number of BASIS Techlib systems in the special library market worldwide has a new owner and a new name. The company to contact is Open Text Corporation.
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ProData address change
ProData, a vendor of automated library system software for IBM AS/400 machines is no longer at the address listed in most directories.
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ILS evolving to SydneyPLUS
International Library Systems has begun to de-emphasize its name in recent advertising and on its letterhead. The new name, in large print, is "SydneyPLUS International." Its original name still appears in small print, but the company is clearly seeking to take advantage of the better known name of its principal product. Its Web address and e-mail address also reflect this new emphasis.
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COMPanion extends free software promotion 5
Deteriorating PC performance explained 5-6
New Web resource library from Winnebago software 6
OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections online passes 2100 mark 6
Microsoft finally finishes Windows 2000 6-7
Barnes & Noble plans print-on-demand sales 7
Ambassador hosts TechPro office 7
Corrections to LTR "Security Products" issue 7-8
Internet service for the visually impaired 8
EBSCO Online offers lists of titles and publishers 8
Volume 19 Number 12December 1999
Microsoft and DOJ far from finished 91-93
EOS releases Q Series Report Writer 93
Ex Libris rolls on 93
Endeavor signs 37 in July-September period 93-94
Inmagic releases DB/Text for Libraries 94
SIRSI introduces small bundled system 94
Hold off on LCD purchases 94
Token-Ring standards body discusses its future 94-95
Wireless LAN standard approved 95
EDI and XML 95
OCLC announces plans for WebExpress 95
Home technology gap documented 95-96
Anti-virus downloads for Y2K 96
Centralized anti-virus management evolves 96
Pentium III/450s drop below $1,500 96
Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 96-97
Video conferencing costs drop 97
Procomm's CD-ROM server receives top rating 97
Digital signature bill fails in house 97-98
HP tries again 98
National Online Meeting & IOLS scheduled 98
Volume 19 Number 11November 1999
RAID 0, 1, and 5 83-84
EOSi Releases Q Series V.2 83-84
Innovative's 86th contract for '99 84
Sirsi announces alliance 84-85
TLC signs 232nd contract 85
Follett distributes release 4.0 85
Sagebrush Technologies signs Atlanta schools 85
Winnebago releases Spectrum 4 85
HP tries again 85
Testing CAT 5 UTP 85-86
DSL technology remains confusing 86-87
Putting the bookmobile online 87
Dell PCs and servers for less 87
MITINET/marc software promises windows 87
EBSCO publishing adds databases 87
Earthlink-Mind-Spring merger creates giant 87
Virus scanning moving to ISPs 88
Protecting PC data 88
Saving desktop space 89
Microsoft to extend support of Windows 9x 89
Netscape Communicator 4.7 suite released 89
Speech recognition update 89
Computer definitions online 89
Ameritech Library Systems changes owners
Ameritech Library Services (ALS) will be acquired by a private investment group led by 21st Century Group and Green Leaf Ridge Company. Headquarters will stay in Provo, Utah and the staff of 520 will grow, rather than shrink, because the reconstituted company's goal is to commit a more substantial portion of revenues to product development and sales. [John Ware, president of 21st Century Group died in May 2010]
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Volume 19 Number 10October 1999
An updated cost comparison of CAT 5 and fiber optic cable 75-76
Standalone CSU/DSUs still viable 76
RoweCom Inc. acquires Dawson Information Group 76-77
XML may displace EDI 77
Best-Seller gets capital infusion 77-78
DRA announces third quarter results 78
Library of Congress goes into production with Endeavor Voyager 78
Geac customers turn to Sun 78
Innovative strengthens its position in consortium market 78-79
Sirsi signs six colleges 79
SIRS adds visual catalog 79
Frame relay use grows 79
OCLC milestones 79-80
Windows 2000 and 'thin client" costs 80
Zen drives improve CD-ROM performance 80
Slim browsers 80
Computer firewalls 80-81
Ovid ADDS OUP and AMED 81
SilverPlatter adds Wilson OmniFile full text select 81
Gale Group signs up 89 newspapers 81
Britannica focuses on Internet 81
Ameritech offers remote patron authentication 82
Volume 19 Number 09September 1999
Endeavor signs 38 contracts in three months 68
Carl adds database validation 69
Inmagic acquires BiblioTech Pro 69
SIRS Mandarin pursues larger accounts 69
Three automated library system vendors named to VARBusiness 500 69
Compaq offers low-cost Unix server 69-70
HP introduces fault-tolerant NT servers 70
Tips for realizing 99.9% up-time 70
Old switches and routers may not be Y2K compliant 70
Anti-virus software packages reach best-seller lists 71
SuperNet deployment begun 71
XML: the non-standard standard 72
White box sales compete with major manufacturers 72
Microsoft posts Win 98, Explorer fixes 73
Windows 2000 caveat 73
Model licensing agreement for electronic journals 73
EBSCO passes 2,100 electronic journals mark 73-74
Ovid adds Oxford University Press 74
Notebook service plan announced 74
Just how old is the Internet? 74
Volume 19 Number 08August 1999
11 Mbps Wireless LAN standard nearing completion 59-60
Ameritech Library Services broadens the scope of its services 60
EOS enhances the Q Series 60-61
Endeavor's UK office signs major accounts 61
KLAS strengthens position in special needs libraries 61-62
TLC releases Library.Solution version 2.00 62
Gateway introduces affordable LCD PC 62
Database clean-up time 62-63
CatExpress fully operational 63
DRA's Internet service passes 10th birthday 63
Web growth outstrips search engines' capacities 63-64
Bell & Howell purchases Electric Library 64
Stripping Web ads 64
EBSCOhost adds El Compendex 64-65
The big four dominate corporate PC market 65
Healing PCs 65
Microsoft trial nears end 65
Electronic book '99 announced 65-66
Volume 19 Number 07July 1999
ALA Annual Conference, large vendors target of negative marketing 51-52
DRA moves ahead with Taos 53
Innovative shows Kidsonline 53
Sirsi releases Unicorn 99.2 53
Gaylord positions Polaris for K-12 market 54
CSU designs its own journal access program 54
Java versus C/C++ 54-55
High availability requirements point to Unix 55
PC price expectations change 55
International Library Systems announces new Sydney module 56
Patent database released 56
Ovid reaches 300 title goal 56
Ex Libris roars 56
Authentication options 57
VTLS migrates MicroVTLS customers to NT 57
Geac shows circulation client 57-58
ATM begins to fade 58
Volume 19 Number 06June 1999
Evaluating customer support 43-44
DRA second quarter results released 44-45
Endeavor reports strong sales 44-45
Ex Libris continues to rack up sales in Europe 45
Gaylord's Polaris adds two more 45
Innovative signs 40 new accounts in 14 weeks 45-46
Sirsi celebrates 20 years 46
Library.Solution experiences sales burst 46
77 WV libraries upgrade with VTLS 46
Bestseller signs seven Quebec libraries 46
Project URL offers wealth of information about library automation 47
FCC plans e-rate program expansion 47
MCI introduces circuit view 47
Disaster recovery sourcebook released 47
OCLC to discontinue work-station sales and service 48
Major PC manufacturers establish Y2K siteOCLC to discontinue work-station sales and service 48
Microsoft ships beta 3 of Windows 2000 48
Winners announced in National Digital Library 48
Publishers cautious about e-books 48
More Internet bottlenecks 49
Federal government launches fee-based search engine 49
Free Web site hosting for medical libraries 49
OCLC Electronic Collections Online expands 49
SilverLInker passes milestone 50
Volume 19 Number 05May 1999
Annual survey of PC- and Mac-based library system vendors 35-42
Volume 19 Number 03March / April 1999
Annual survey of automated library system vendors: integrated, multi-user, multi-function systems running on main-frames, minis, and micros that use a multi-user operating system 17-34
Volume 19 Number 02February 1999
Carl/UnCover sold 10
DRA sales lag 10-11
Endeavor and Ex Libris join NISO 11
EOS International broadens "Q" product's functionality 11
Geac acquires assets of Stowe Computing 11-12
Innovative introduces KidsOnline 12
Soutron moves its offices 12
TLC introduces MARC-Z 12
VTLS opens new subsidiary 12
Vendors disagree on NT 13
Sun increases market share 13
OCLC and WLN merge 13
PC prices drop again 13
Universal serial bus finally taking hold 14
Windows 2000 delayed again 14
Slow Internet access common 14-15
Preservation resources offers protection for microfilm 15
National leadership grant guidelines released 15-16
ACRL conference theme: Racing Toward Tomorrow 16
Bowker publishes Global Books in Print 16
Ameritech renames NextGen 9-10
Volume 19 Number 01January 1999
CAT 5 cabling tips 1-2
Carl signs large consortium for Dialog@Carl 2
Ex Libris (USA) appoints Grant as president 2-3
Geac announces plus enhancements 3
ILS adds web link field 3
Sirsi issues semi-annual report 3-4
BLCMP to become Talis Information Ltd. 4
CPS systems enhances URSA 4-5
Intel lines up Unix partners 5
Oracle is the leading DBMS company 5
E-rate letters sent 5
Moving PC control to the network 5
Paper for laser printers 5
Buying PCs and other computer products on the Internet 6
OCLC adds 313 members 6
Public library Internet connections 6
Time out products for Internet PCs 6
Filtering out unwanted ads and cookies 6-7
EBSCO adds more electronic journals 7
ISI provides link to Web content 7
HTTP next generation in design 7
Outsourcing's downside 7-8
High resolution confusion 8
High-resolution LCD projector ratings 8
Volume 18 Number 12December 1998
Server price differences may reflect support level 89-90
Endeavor revenues up 90
Best-Seller still active in the US 90-91
III public library sales add public libraries
The Tulsa City-County Public Library and the Nalmo (Sweden) City Library, one of the largest public libraries in Europe, are the latest public library awards for Innovative Interfaces.
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TLC announces 17 new customers 91
Linux everywhere at Comdex 91
Intel becomes a factor in the Unix server market 91-92
Microsoft confirms Windows 2000 name 92
Gigabit Ethernet standard adopted 92
Convergence still risky 92-93
Frame relay pricing very uneven 93
Sales of 19-inch monitors rise dramatically 93
IBM's manageable PCs 93-94
PC prices continue to drop 94
Laptop prices remain high 94
Screen capture to printer software available 94
Positive Internet access control 94-95
CD-ROM speed increased again 95
OCLC rewriting FirstSearch 95
Lexis-Nexis Universe introduced 95
Metadata project participants sought 95-96
ISP charges increasing 96
Netscape releases Communicator 4.5 96
Volume 18 Number 11November 1998
WLN and OCLC may merge 81
Wireless connectivity for bookmobiles 82-83
Tours of Preservation Resources 83
Ameritech releases TeleCirc II 83-84
Ameritech's EDI X.12 claiming interface 84
Kid's Catalog Web option 84
DRA signs major outsourcing contract 84
Endeavor continues to thrive 84-85
Innovative signs large public library 85
SIRS shipping Mandarin M3 85
SIRSI expands library products division 85-86
New study of server operating systems 86
NT 5.0 may be delayed again 86
LCD monitor standards coming 86-87
CompUSA also makes PCs 87
Senate passes Y2K disclosure bill 87
Links to Y2K web sites 87
Marc Link Corp. enters the retrospective conversion field 87
Wolters Kluwer acquires Ovid 88
Information technology funding sources available 88
Volume 18 Number 10October 1998
Pay as you go frame relay 73-74
Endeavor rolls along 74-75
Innovative extends its reach to Japan 75
International Library Systems introduces SydneyPLUS' DMI module 75
Another medical library sale for Sirsi 75
Gigabit Ethernet standard for CAT 5 UTP 75
Compaq goes with Alpha 75-76
Intel pursues Unix initiative 76
EDIFACT begins to take hold 76-77
News from OCLC 77
EBSCO adds Springer-Verlag 77
Online atlas 77
PC prices continue to drop 77-78
Government surplus PCs available 78
PC postage 78
AT&T ISP pricing 79
First year 2000 case settled 79
RBOCS to bill for terminating VOIP calls 79
Computers in Libraries '99 announced 79
Color scanners reviewed 79-80
ISPs testing usage metering software 80
Volume 18 Number 09September 1998
Rewritable DVD-- caution recommended 65-66
Free access to court information 66
Patent and trademark office announces online service 66
Online access to U.S. senate and house voting records 66
Ameritech releases Dynix PAC for Windows 1.2 67
Carl releases year 2000 ILS 67
DRA announces third quarter results 67
Endeavor enjoys big second quarter 67
Geac increases revenues and profits 67
SLS acquisition begins to pay off for Innovative 68
Sirsi lands three school districts 68
Sirsi sites adopt SmartPort cataloging utility 68
SIRS Mandarin M3 now available 69
OCLC becomes subscription agent 69
EBSCO adds electronic journals of six publishers 69
Downtimes for Unix and NT 69-70
Five PC makers control 53 percent of market 70
Monitor prices drop again 70
Juries find keyboards not guilty 70
Dealing with year 2000 in PCs- continued 70
When is 56 kbps not 56 kbps 70-71
The case for external CSU/DSUs 71
Music composition on a PC 71
SkyCache inc. seeks to solve Web logjams 71-72
Internet kiosks in 7-eleven stores 72
ASIS annual conference 72
American Business Information corrects pricing 72
Volume 18 Number 08August 1998
Why an ill module? 57-58
ILL on DRA Web2 58
Sirsi continues sales growth 58
VARBusiness 500 rankings 58-59
Compaq committed to Digital's Alpha product 59
Firewalls evaluated 59
The RF-EAS/ID intelligent library system 59-60
WLN and DRA form library intranet 60-61
Records from libraries around the world enrich OCLC database 61
B&T's The Title Source II 61-62
Browser battle continues 62
Online bookstores increase discounts 62-63
Year 2000 fix 63
PC to TV connections 63
Repairing CDS and CD-ROMs 63-64
National Digital Library program update 64
Volume 18 Number 07July 1998
Wireless LAN update 49-50
Ameritech offers PC management 50-51
Serials module for EOSi Q Series 51
UK office for Ex Libris 51
Acquisitions and serials for TLC 51
Introducing VIAX manager 51-52
Geac moves toward a unified product 52
UNIX vendors embrace portability and USB 52-53
PMSC offers media cataloging over the Web 53
Verifying backups essential 53
NRMM records online 53
56 Kbps modem standard up for vote 53
Cable industry gets interested in bits 53-54
Windows98 released 54-55
2000 test for PCs 55
Mouse substitute 55
OCLC announcements 55
FCC scales back E-rate program 55-56
Directory assistance 56
Volume 18 Number 06June 1998
Hybrid online service gains market share 41
Ovid's sales rise 42
Discounted telecommunications services challenged 42
Software licensing proposals may weaken purchasers' rights 42-43
DRA's Taos begins to win major awards 43
Client/server system for LC 43
Ameritech to merge into SBC 44
TLC's Library.Solution near 100 44
Sirsi has new area code 44
Capacities outstripping needs 44-45
Date due options 45
Self-charging system interface 45-46
WLN introduces WebLN PAC 46
ILL practices publication issued by ARL 46
FirstSearch hours/WorldCat numbers 46-47
Internet access broadens 47
Internet connections for small libraries 47
AT&T launches internet long-distance telephone trials 47-48
PC prices drop again 48
Internet directory from AT&T 48
Volume 18 Number 05May 1998
Annual survey of PC and Mac-based library system vendors 33-40
Volume 18 Number 03March / April 1998
Annual survey of automated library system vendors: integrated, multi-user, multi-function systems running on main-frames, minis, and micros that use a multi-user operating system 17-32
Volume 18 Number 02February 1998
New GUIs from Carl 10
Endeavor breaks 100 10-11
76 customers for Library.Solution 11
Sirsi announces NT option 11
New headquarters for VTLS 11
CASPR offers upgrade to Columbia Library System sites 11
HP-UX leads the pack 12
NT versus Unix, continued 12
IMPACT/MARCit cataloging service 12-13
Global dimension of OCLC 13
OCLC ILL direct request 13
Cataloging URLs 13-14
ISI pursues links to full-text 14
ERIC online pilot launched 14
Career Guidance Foundation introduces CollegeSource Online 14
Microsoft closes in on Netscape 15
Gigabit Ethernet standard for fiber delayed 15
Lucent and 3com reach agreement 15
Pentium 333 15
LTR evaluates Z39.50 clients 16
Network computer woes 16
Compaq leaps into second place 9
Digital Video Disk (DVD) 9-10
Volume 18 Number 01January 1998
Extending the useful life of PCs in libraries 1-2
NoMan has new address 2-3
EOS' Q Series now in general release 3
Gaylord reaffirms commitment to Galaxy 3
Sirsi announces Unicorn98 3
1.0 GB Ethernet over copper 3-4
Slow modems still common 4
Gates Library Foundation signs first statewide partnership 4
Sun seeks Java standard 4
56 Kbps modem standard update 5
New PC jargon 5
Compaq joins Dell on the Web 5
Preparing PCs for 2000 5-6
PC built for two 6
Win 98 update 6
NFAIS issues white paper on content management 6
ARL market niche 6
Ameritech becomes ISP 6
U.S. Newswire goes public 7
U.S. Code on the Web 7
NARA's archival information locator 7
Continued viability of Alpha 7
Internet backbone rates up 8
Speech recognition market growing 8
Volume 17 Number 12December 1997
Preventing repetitive stress injury (RSI) 93-94
Dialog@CARL 1.3 released 94-95
DRA announces FY '97 results 95
SydneyPLUS for Windows NT 95
New customers for Library.Solution 95
News from OCLC 96-97
Gates Library Foundation releases grant guidelines 97-98
ISPs go 56 Kbps 98-99
Diamond, Rockwell look past 56k benchmark 99
The best U.S. government sites 99-100
Online news is booming 99-100
Volume 17 Number 11November 1997
Central site selection 85-87
Library service for distance learning 87
EDIFACT invoices 87
Horizon 4.2 deployed 88
CSUlink expands 88
Geac reports financials 88
Sirsi to automate the U.S. Courts libraries 88
Standards for 56 kbps modems delayed 88-89
Internet biz 89
Online booksellers 89
OCLC signs more publishers for ECO 89-90
Online publishing 90
OCLC dial TCP/IP access 90
Current Contents via the Web 90
Lexis-Nexis moves to the Web 90-91
E-mail performance 91
Automatic configuration of CD-ROM servers 91
National digital library guidelines 91-92
1998 CIL and National Online/IOLS 92
Faster disk drives 92
Volume 17 Number 10October 1997
Library automation market becomes increasingly international 77-78
The British Library chooses Amicus 78-79
UniVerse RDBMS 79
Northwestern University will replace NOTIS with Voyager 79
Endeavor launches media scheduling development effort 79-80
Sirsi has record sales year 80
Innovative introduces Web access management 80
Academic administrators see client/server as the wave of the future 80
Air blown optical fiber offers network upgradability 80-81
USMARC and CAN/MARC harmonized 81
OCLC acquires BNA authority control services 81
PCs absorb NetPC features 81
Novell moving to TCP/IP 81
Apple losing its grip in the school market 81-82
Internet access policies 82
Windows 3.11 support drying up 82
SilverPlatter signs 15 CSU campuses 82
OCLC FirstSearch adds IAC databases 82-83
Faxing via the Internet 83
Don't wait for Web search engines to find your site 83
Search engine "shoot-out" results published 83-84
Alexa, a new Internet search tool 84
Volume 17 Number 09September 1997
CD-R and CD-RW 69-70
CPS URSA online demo available 70-72
NARA chooses VTLS for EAP 70-72
CASPR buys Columbia 72
Geac has new director of sales and marketing 72-73
Selecting a network protocol 73
Fiber versus copper to the desktop 73
Unix not dead 73-74
Gigabit Ethernet standard nearing completion 74
New life for old PCs 74
Consortium of Estonian libraries signs contract with Innovative
The Consortium of Estonian Libraries (ELNET) which includes the National Library of Estonia and the libraries of six academic institutions will implement INNOPAC from Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
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Monitors shouldn't be an afterthought 75
Windows 98 to be released in stages 75
OCLC makes IP address recognition available 75-76
Internet access test results released 76
Patent information on the Web 76
Volume 17 Number 08August 1997
ISDN and the Internet 61-62
Ameritech's RSS to be released 62
ARL libraries slow to replace NOTIS 62-63
DRA reports third quarter financial results 63
Information Dimensions sold by OCLC 63
EOS International announces new releases 63
SIRSI reports year-end results 63-64
Internet access to micro-based patron access catalogs 64
TLC rolls out ITS.MARC 64-65
Digital launches 600Mhz chip 65
The Internet survives a bad 48 hours 65
LC becomes more active in ILL 65-66
Internet delivery of current contents 66
SilverPlatter offers pay-per-use searching 66
Federal statistics and scholarships on the Web 66
EDIFACT gets another boost 66
Auto-Graphics subsidiary purchases ISM'S library services division 66-67
Mac PC compatibility card released 67
Ovid to release Java client 67
PC prices tumble 67
Canon Ink-Jet can function as a scanner 67
Microfilm to PC 67-68
HP replaces its topselling LaserJet 5L 68
Ricoh shows CD-RW hardware 68
Windows 9x on the way 68
Volume 17 Number 07July 1997
Firewalls now generally available from automated library system vendors 53-54
"Safe" system hardware 54-55
Ameritech to release new Dynix WebPAC in Fall 55
CARL up for sale 55-56
DRA names new product 56
EOS International announces GLAS version 2.0 56
Endeavor customer list now totals 80 57
Gaylord's Polaris to complement Galaxy 57
Ex Libris purchases Dabis
Ex Libris Lts., the Israeli company which sells the Aleph 500 automated library systems and supports several earlier generations of that system, has purchased DABIS of Germany and DABIS of Austria, a former leading vendor of automated library systems in the German speaking countries. DABIS had gone into receivership, primarily because of failure to sell new systems. ExL GmbH, a new Ex Libris subsidiary, will service the 300 DABIS accounts and will seek to migrate them to its product. It has hired 26 former DABIS staffers and will maintain offices in Hamburg, Berlin, and Cologne.
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Innovative Strengthens its Colorado position 57-58
EDIFACT agreement signed between BNA and Innovative 58
On Point announces relational TLC 58
VTLS continues to expand 58
LSSI to operate Riverside County Libraries 58-59
Discounted telecommunications services 58-59
AT&T WorldNet becomes world's largest ISP 59
Volume 17 Number 06June 1997
Electronic journal subscriptions in academic libraries 45-47
Innovative purchases SLS
Innovative Interfaces, Inc., purchased SLS Information Systems of Great Britain. SLS has over 700 installations in Europe, including more than 50 in academic libraries. Its primary product is Libertas. SLS was owned by 16 UK universities. Innovative purchased all of the outstanding stock for cash. The deal includes subsidiaries in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and Spain (Madrid) . SLS currently has a staff of 46 people.
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Correction 47
Inmagic discontinues DOS product 47-48
TLC establishes a market position for Library.Solution 48
Thin clients versus inexpensive PCs 48
LC seeks to implement an integrated library system 48-49
Z39.50 takes hold in Europe 49
Specifying CAT 5 UTP 49
OCLC PromptCat service has fourteen participants 49
UnCover and Catchword introduce new document delivery service 49-50
H.W. Wilson select full text on FirstSearch 50
WLN announces catalog card service 50
ISPs remain free of local charges 50
Ten libraries win national digital library program awards 50-51
DRA expands as national ISP 51
Canon introduces 33.6 KBPS laser fax machines 51
The MXX chip explained 51
EBSCO renames and reissues CD-ROM Handbook 51
Human relations area files on Cd-Rom and the Web 51-52
Translation software for PCs 52
Volume 17 Number 05May 1997
Annual survey of PC- and Mac-based library system vendors 33-44
Volume 17 Number 03March / April 1997
International survey of automated library system vendors: integrated, multi-user, multi-function systems running on main-frames, minis, and micros that use a multi-user operating system 17-32
Volume 17 Number 02February 1997
DRA development status 10-11
Calling VTLS 11
Z39.50 deployment grows 11
HP introduces new server 11
Laser printer reviews 11
Lower prices for 17-inch monitors 12
OCLC's CJK records increase 12
Dawson launches new Web-based reference service 12-13
In search of ISPs 13
LC establishes links to state library agencies 13
Domain name changes coming 13
FCC rules against ISP access fees 13
CD-ROM drives now number 100+ million 13
Pricing for CD-ROM towers/servers 14
Philips launches digital cellular voice and data phone 14
WordPerfect Suite 8 announced 14
Microsoft to release Windows97 14
3COM merges Token Ring and Fast Ethernet networks 14
Java standard study group appointed 14
Metcalfe predicts e-mail "postage" 14
Neato CD/CD-ROM labeler 15
Monitoring internet and CD-ROM use 15
Full-text reference databases expand branch library resources 9-10
Volume 17 Number 01January 1997
Long-distance via the Internet 1-2
Locating grants for information technology 2
SLA seeking grant proposals 2-3
Overview of the NDL program 3
Tips for vendor reference checks 3
Carl releases Spanish language Kid's Catalog 4
Currency on the Web 4
Retro Link signs major libraries 4
56Kbps modems arrive without standards 4
Security software for PCs 4-5
Color InkJet printers becoming affordable 5
Gigabit Ethernet near 5
Auto-Graphics signs Tennessee 5
OCLC issues 1995/96 annual report 6
OCLC announces Electronic Collections Online 6
Ariel now in 1,000 libraries 6-7
WLN partners with jobbers 7
Baby Bells propose broadening of contributor base for universal-service fund 7
ALA and W.K. Kellogg Foundation distribute report 8
Volume 16 Number 12December 1996
The 2000 rollover 93-94
DRA is selected for Singapore countrywide library automation 94-95
CPS wins North Bay project 95
RDBMS vendors announce object-oriented upgrades 95-96
H-P printer offers copier features 96
NAILDD goes international 96-97
SMTP displaces X.400 97
WLN to implement new computer system 97
OCLC and book jobbers begin shelf-ready materials pilot 97-98
Subsidized Internet access likely 98
Wireless Internet pilots 98-99
TLC offers Web support 99
Country studies handbooks available on-line 99
Dell drops price for Pentium 133 99
CD-RW standard announced 99
Multiple-user Cd-Rom recorders 99-100
Volume 16 Number 11November 1996
Windows95 versus Windows NT 85-86
Creating a home page 86-87
ProCite now owned by ISI 87
Ameritech Library Services names president 87
III broadens its market
Innovative Interfaces, Inc., appears to be succeeding in its goal of broadening its market beyond domestic academic libraries. In the twelve months ending September 17, 1996, it sold 62 systems, including 12 to public, state, special, and school libraries, and 17 outside North America.
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VTLS, inc., to expand in 1996-97 fiscal year 88
Geac committed to broad product line 88-89
Ameritech/IBM turnkey systems for community colleges 89
Checkpoint adds features to FireWall-1 89
Wireless LAN standard nearing completion 89-90
The New York Times available on OCLC FirstSearch 90
An electronic discussion list for science fiction 90
Dialog Web debuts 90
Citing Web sources 91
Sales taxes on Internet access 91
Compaq readies network PCs 91
Procom debuts 8x Cd-Rom tower 91
WordPerfect update coming 91
IDT to offer phone-to-phone service over the Internet 91
Digital AltaVista for PCs 91
Volume 16 Number 10October 1996
RDBMS and ODBMS compared 77-78
Geac has strong first quarter 78-79
DRA integrates Medianet into its products 79
Keystone introduces KLAS client/server system 79
Operating system migration 79-80
OCLC SiteSearch 3.0 software released 80
Network access via WWW 80-81
EBSCOnet adds new WWW features 81
Gigabit Ethernet demos dominate Networld+Interop 81-82
56 Kbps over voice-grade lines 82
AT&T to offer local ISDN 82
Knight-Ridder revamps Dialog 82-83
Four11 and lookup merge 83
Recycling printer cartridges 83
Self-diagnostic PCs in development 83
Wall-mounted PCs conserve space 84
Deleting PC files 84
Dell and Gateway bundle Microsoft Office 84
Volume 16 Number 09September 1996
Changes at Ameritech 69-71
Horizon systems for Utah academic libraries 71
DRA earnings up 71-72
Innovative to automate National Library of Poland
The National Library of Poland will be Innovative's first site in Central Europe. The INNOPAC database for the National Library will contain 1.8 million bibliographic records. In addition, the system will contain a Union Catalog of titles from numerous other libraries in Poland, and will be used as the national bibliography. The Library already has built a database of 500,000 records. There will also be special catalogs for the music and microform collections.
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University of Toronto gives high marks to WebCat 72
Keystone pursues libraries for the blind and physically handicapped 72
DBMS market consolidates 73
PC bargains on the Web 73
OCLC introduces bib notification 73
Dial-in modem speeds 73
Gigabit Ethernet LAN products coming 73-74
N.S.F. funds vBNS 74
Hughes offers satellite access to the Internet 74
Internet use continues to grow 74
LITA/LAMA to meet in Pittsburgh 74
EBSCO offers free access to library reference center 75
Computers In Libraries '97 75
CIC and OCLC building a "virtual electronic library" 75
National digital library competition 75-76
DRA launches librarian's library 76
Volume 16 Number 08August 1996
Z39.50 taking hold 61-62
Quarton leaves Ameritech 62-63
More on firewalls 63
ILL modules finally coming 63-64
Standalone media booking systems 64
DRA continues client/server development 64
Endeavor achieves positive cash flow 64-65
Vendor Web sites proliferate 65
OCLC selection service now available 65-66
Dewey for windows, the CD-ROM 66
BiblioFile access to RLIN 66-67
GPO expands online access 67
U.S. patents via the Internet 67
Lycos reaches 100 million searches a month 67
New cabling for faster speeds? 67-68
Buying RS/6000 components direct 68
ASIS announces annual meeting 68
Volume 16 Number 07July 1996
Customer support ratios 53-54
Gaylord appoints Skiles 54
Public information kiosks proliferate 54-55
Ohio deploys statewide network 55
Category 5 UTP requires skilled installation 55-56
Delaware sets fee limit for ISDN use 55-56
Shipping magnetic media 56
Netscape continues to lead web browser field 57
CD-ROM/online hybrids becoming popular 57
Document delivery competition heats up 57
VTLS signs university of Kansas 58
OCLC'S 25th anniversary celebrated 58-59
Java and thin clients can reduce the cost of client/server applications 59
Washington and Jefferson papers to be digitized 59
Academic achieves online journal goal 59
NISO elects directors 60
Volume 16 Number 06June 1996
Security concerns grow 45-47
Data Trek and IME become EOSi 47-48
Sirsi demonstrates Z39.50 link to SilverPlatter's ERL database 48
3M library systems announces data transfer protocol for patron self-check 48
OCLC installs Phase 2 of format integration 48-49
Protection of copyrighted information comes to the Internet 49-50
ISI announces Windows versions of its citation indexes 50
The New York Times to be available on OCLC FirstSearch 50
Abstracts to be added to six H.W. Wilson indexes 51
Finding full-text online 51
Gaylord's CyberOdyssey group installs statewide Internet system 51
Memory upgrades are portable 51-52
Survey finds 44.8% of public libraries connected to the Internet 52
Volume 16 Number 05May 1996
Annual survey of PC- and Mac-based library system vendors 33-42
Volume 16 Number 03March / April 1996
International survey of automated library system vendors: integrated, multi-user, multi-function systems running on mainframes, minis, and micros that use a multi-user operating system 17-32
Volume 16 Number 02February 1996
A.L.S. announces the Ameritech Library Network 10
Data Trek, Inc. introduces the Manager Series for Schools 10-11
IME announces Q Series 11
IME acquired by Data Trek, Inc. 11
Innovative adds gateway feature to Innopac WindowPAC 12
Software integration company- CPS- enters U.S. market 12-13
Michigan Tech's Endeavor system operational 13
WLN switching to Internet access 14
Gale introduces Fast Reference Facts 14
Guidelines for writing Web pages 14
HTML and JAVA- what's the difference? 14
Marcive signs 150th GPO tapes client 15
3M demonstrates selfcheck-in system 15
Impact/ONLINE selected by groups in three states 15
Yahoo! 16
100BaseVG & 100BaseT standards? 9-10
Volume 16 Number 01January 1996
Five-year costs as a basis for comparing vendor proposals 1-2
Innovative has record year
Innovative Interfaces had a record year in 1995, signing 100 new-name customers during the year, including 11 academic research libraries and 20 public libraries.
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Java surges onto the Internet 3
Decoding Web addresses 3
Harrassowitz announce EDIFACT project 4
Wireless LANs: worth a second look? 4-5
Are DOS and the '486 dead? 5
ISI introduces new line of Internet-delivered alerting products 5-6
Multimedia developers look beyond CD-ROM 6
CD recorder prices drop 6-7
UMI announces availability of Mac compatible Resource/One full text CD 7
Computers In Libraries scheduled 7
Encyclopaedia Britannica on CD-ROM 7-8
SLA announces 1996 conference plans 8
Blackwell announces CIP upgrade service 8
Volume 15 Number 12December 1995
NISO publishes latest version OF Z39.50 105-106
Interlibrary loan modules in integrated systems 106-107
OCLC extends Prism availability 107
ALS announces general release of NetConnect 107
GPO promotes online access 107
DRA snares another large account 108
Eleven special libraries choose Sirsi 108-109
Sirsi adds Macintosh 109
VTLS OPACs now available via WWW browsers 109
New development at ISI 109-110
Subscription agents as sources of machine-readable records 110
The ideal electronic carrel 110-111
Multimedia World tests Pentiums 111
Carnegie-Mellon offers links to computer Web sites 111
Emily Gallup Fayen to head IME's U.S. operation 111-112
Network World reviews Internet servers 112
OCLC announces phase 2 of format integration 112
Volume 15 Number 11November 1995
Innovative installs CJK module 100
OCLC offers new service 100
Sirsi adds Macintosh platform 100
UnCover adds Linda Hall library 100-101
WLN offers training product 101
Public television stations get on information highway 101
PC purging simplified 101-102
6X CD-ROM drives not always the fastest 102
Encarta 96 encyclopedia 102
National Digital Library program update 103
Internet user survey 103
Netscape Navigator 2.0 in beta release 103
Maps on the Web 103
Sirsi offers API to customers 103-104
Geac announces library division revenues 104
Intel launches Pentium Pro 104
ALA on the Web 104
ISI's Electronic Library project now operational 97-98
Ameritech announces changes 98-99
Best Seller offering client/server system 99
DRA offers format integration support 99
Gaylord announces multimedia products and expanded retrocon service 99
Volume 15 Number 10October 1995
Endeavor is one year old 89-90
IME moves downtown 90
Horizon now in 160 libraries 90-91
DRA expands internet capabilities and world wide Web presence 91
Gaylord announces record-breaking month 91
EBSCO invoices in X12 to Geac Advance systems 91-92
Innopac strengthens position in art institutions market 92
Sirsi signs 23 academic libraries in six months 92
Unix sales strong 92
Category 5 UTP the popular choice 92-93
Frame relay to ATM connectivity 93
The Library Corporation releases ITS for Windows 93-94
PC software vendors moving to Z39.50 94
Coping with keyboarding stress 94-95
Electronic access to IOP journals 95
New PC family coming 95
Overdrive chip prices drop 95
Industry agrees on format for high-capacity CDs 95-96
Resolution confusion 96
Volume 15 Number 09September 1995
Digital library projects update 81-83
LTR publishes report on digital libraries 83
Knight-Ridder to acquire Carl and UnCover 83-84
OCLC FirstSearch activity passes 2 million searches per month 84
SIRS acquires Mandarin library automation system 84
WordFocus released 84-85
A.L.S. introduces Dynix for Windows Cataloging 85
DRA and UC'S Melvyl establish Z39.50 connection for circulation status 85-86
World Wide Web access now available for Innopac systems 86
VTLS, Inc. announces Hebrew support 86-87
RAM Doubler for Windows available 87
Protecting the CPU is not enough 87
Zapping static electricity 87
Linking SLA members 87-88
Products shield kids from adult material online 88
Volume 15 Number 08August 1995
Scanning equipment options 73-74
Ameritech Library Services' NetPublisher wins award 74-75
Geac's Canadian presence continues to grow 75-76
Unicorn/Stilas Version 7.1 released 76
VTLS Inc., announces VIRTUA 76-77
Ex Libris enters U.S. market
Although it has had customers in the U.S., ALEPH Library Management System has formally entered the U.S. library automation market as of July 3, 1995. Ex Libris Ltd., distributor of the ALEPH system (already holding offices in Prague, Luxembourg, and Israel) announced this strategic market expansion.
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Contec Data Systems introduces new system 77
Library Corporation offering BiblioFile ITS 77-78
UnCover introduces new gateway service 78
ISI'S electronic library prototype incorporates Lotus Notes 78
Charlotte's virtual library 79-80
Volume 15 Number 07July 1995
Monitoring gateway usage 65-66
CIC's Virtual Library takes shape 66-67
Ameritech Library Services unveils WEBPAC at ALA 67
DTI introduces G.L.A.S. 67
Several academic libraries choose Innopac 67-68
Albuquerque public schools chooses Athena for its libraries 68
Technical services workstations improve productivity 68-69
NC library launches Charlotte's Web 69
GPO access gateways available 69-70
Guidelines for staff Internet use 70
UnCover Reveal announces new features 70-71
Sirsi continues to grow 71
Intel distributes 133 MHz Pentium chips 71-72
Multimedia industry struggling 72
Securing PCs 72
IBM gives in to Windows 72
Volume 15 Number 06June 1995
Client/server defined 57-58
Jane Burke named President And CEO of Endeavor Information Systems 59
MIT and Geac to co-develop client/server systems for academic libraries 59
Nine more United Kingdom libraries choose Geac 59-60
Public libraries choose Innopac 60
Four libraries to test Innopac interlibrary loan module 60-61
Sirsi penetrates the academic library market 61
One gigabyte chips coming 61
TCP/IP becomes the protocol of choice 61
Internet e-mail slows down 61-62
800 directory on the Internet 62
ISI to release Windows version of Current Contents 62
Rewritable optical disks update 62-63
CD-ROM proliferation 63
Vista offers SIRS full-text online 63
EBSCO publishing and OCLC to jointly provide full-text images of articles from 1,000 journals 63
Dataware acquires BRS 63
FastCat K-12, A cataloging CD-ROM for school libraries from WLN 64
Volume 15 Number 05May 1995
Annual survey of PC- and Mac-based library system vendors 41-54
Volume 15 Number 03March / April 1995
International survey of automated library system vendors: integrated, multi-user, multi-function systems running on mainframes, minis, and micros that use a multi-user operating system 17-39
Volume 15 Number 02February 1995
Innovative Interfaces offers Internet claiming interface 10
EBSCO regroups its divisions 10-11
Swiss network chooses VTLS 11-12
Geac introduces Prontoplus for small libraries 12
Geac acquires ODIS 12
Carl introduces gateway server 12-13
Ameritech signs distributor agreement with Kommunedata 13
Ameritech announces NetPublisher 13
Vista to provide weekly updates for IAC databases 14
University of Alberta contracts for MARC-ADVANTAGE 14
RLG moving to new network technology 14
Borland discontinues DOS development 14-15
Patron self-charge takes hold 15
Specify a "smart" UPS 15
IME introduces TINLAW 16
OCLC database passes 30 million records 16
Merriam-Webster ships Collegiate Dictionary, Electronic Edition 9-10
Volume 15 Number 01January 1995
Endeavor acquires MARCorp's Voyager
A start-up company made up of nearly 30 former NOTIS employees and several other library automation industry veterans has purchased rights to the Voyager automated library system product of MARCorp. The new company, named Endeavor Information Systems, Inc., is based in Rosemont, Illinois. The founders of Endeavor include Patrick Franklin, Verne Coppi, Cindy Edgington, at Don Reilly. All have experience with development, sales, and support of client/server systems at NOTIS.
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NYSL selects Sirsi 3
Ameritech Horizon progress report 3
Ameritech Library Services' distance training program 3-4
Ameritech's 800 numbers 4
Ethernet NIC's 10/100 Mbps 4
Internet jargon in brief 4-6
Geac offers internet connectivity services 6
Internet messaging protocol revamped 6
Online full-text proliferates 6-7
PICA libraries test Z39.50 interface to FirstSearch 7
SilverPlatter announces Internet subscriptions 7
Full-text biographies on CD-ROM 7
Philips proposes high density CD-ROM standard 7-8
OMS issues SPEC kit on document delivery services 8
RCA digital satellite system now $700 8
Volume 14 Number 12December 1994
Major library automation vendors outside North America 89-91
Modern mania 91-92
Geac's client/server GeoPac installed at Los Alamos 92
SIRSI and Carnegie Mellon sign licensing agreement 92
SIRSI releases Unicorn/Stilas Version 7.0 93
Mosaic products proliferate 93-94
Ameritech Horizon client operating system options expanded 94
The costs of upgrading to fast Ethernet 94
PC printer Types 94
Volume 14 Number 11November 1994
Protecting systems on the Internet 81-82
DRA lands three major accounts 82
DRA completes purchase of muItiLIS 83
DRA adds subject and keyword searching to its LC MARC database 83
Data Trek, Inc., announces version 2.1 of the Professional Series 83-84
P.S.S. Tapestry announces headquarters move 84
Multiprocessor Unicorn installed at Emory University 84
LC's National Digital Library project 84-85
EBSCO invoices available through Internet FTP 85
Illinois State Library to provide FirstSearch statewide 85
Catalog of Internet resources 85-86
UnCover S.O.S. launched 86
E-mail costs dropping 86
IBM releases new OS/2 86-87
Multi-layered optical disk demonstrated 87
ISI releases proceedings literature on CD-ROM 87
Video CD agreement reached 87
Encyclopedia Americana on CD-ROM 87-88
National Online and IOLS scheduled 88
SLA schedules winter education conference 88
Video scan converters 88
Volume 14 Number 10October 1994
McDonnell Information Systems still active in U.K. and Europe 73
P.S.S. Tapestry signs Notre Dame 74
Compressible cartridge tape drives 74
Freenet access 75
Image enhancement products 75-76
OCLC announces FirstSearch enhancements 76
LC expands name authority file 76
NISO to ballot revised Z39.50 76-77
NISO Internet access available 77-78
ISI to index electronic journals 78
Apple to encourage clones 78
Color LaserJet announced 79
Windows upgrade to be called “Windows95" 79
High-resolution color monitor prices drop 79
Extending price guarantees in vendor proposals 79
Yellow pages over the Internet 80
Radiation standards for monitors 80
Volume 14 Number 09September 1994
Prototype electronic document system for ISI 65-66
DRA libraries implement Z39.50 servers on the Internet 66-67
Carl corporation acquires Novel approach 67
Harriet Traeger's good reads released 67
New release of VTLS software includes four new subsystems 67-68
College catalogs on CD-ROM 68
MITINET/marc 4.0 released 68-69
Utah State Library division contracts with Vista 69
WWW, Hypertext, and the Web 69-70
Used RS/6000 hardware now widely available 70
IBM issues AIX 4.1 70
Disk storage for journal citation files 70
Dynix automation center contracted for Chicago Library System 70-71
Farley on Geac 71
IME moves to larger quarters in the U.S. 71
Wireless LANs gain in popularity 71
LTR publishes second part of vendor study 71-72
Volume 14 Number 08August 1994
OCLC testing Internet access to PRISM 57-58
WLN will convert to TCP/IP 58-59
Mosaic simplifies the Internet 59
DRA beta testing PAC client 60
Geac experiences sales gains 60
GEAC introduces GeOPAC 60
8TH edition of the Serials Directory now available 60-61
NIightN, a new finding tool from TLC 61
Ameritech Library Services seeks to renegotiate Horizon agreements 61-62
Dynix PAC Plus for Windows 62
Dynix Express- systems for small libraries 62
The New York Public Library- branches selects Dynix 62-63
New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia recognized 63
Client/server in library automation 63
Kid's catalog licensed to Geac 63
MARC holdings becoming available 64
ASIS meeting set 64
Volume 14 Number 07July 1994
Dynix and NOTIS Systems consolidate as Ameritech Library Services
Since Dynix and NOTIS were already wholly owned subsidiaries of Ameritech, the announcement last month that the two companies had been consolidated into a single entity with Dynix president Paul Sybrowsky as President, was not a great surprise. The new company, Ameritech Library Services, will be organized around a Library Systems group and an Information Services group.
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WinGopher becomes part of WinPAC access products 51
IBM introduces new RS/6000s 51-52
Frame relay as a telecommunications option 52-53
Texas State Library implements Geac's Z39.50 53
VTLS Z39.50 client now interfaces with NCSA Mosaic for MS Windows 53
LC's ALA exhibits show wide range of products 53-54
Sirsi showcases GUI at ALA 54-55
Sirsi offers information desk 55
EBSCO invoices available through Internet 55
TLC introduces staff work timer 55
Carl offers outsourcing 55-56
Gaylord introduces MARC-based I&R module 56
Spanish-language Kid's and Everybody's Catalog 56
MARCorp expands GUI offerings 56
Volume 14 Number 06June 1994
Phoenix Public Library's electronic bus 41-42
Carl selected by Bibliomation 42
Data Research seeking to acquire MuitiLIS library automation system 42
Dynix and NOTIS announce single sales channel 43-44
Dynix Marquis clients established in Hungary and Poland 44
Geac emphasizes EDI X.12 44
MuItiLIS installs its first Alpha 45
P.S.S. Tapestry expands marketing effort 45
Sirsi Z39.50 compliant server free to customers 45
Sirsi announces new installations 45-46
Library automation with Unix on PCs 46
Internet accessibility 46
Vista announces free trial offer and links with UnCover 46
ISM offers gateway to RLG 46
BLDSC expands in North America 46-47
ARL to manage cooperative project for NRMM serials records 47
EBSCO acquires dynamic information corporation 47
One hundred million CD-ROMS manufactured in 1993 47-48
Random house unabridged dictionary on CD-ROM 48
Volume 14 Number 05May 1994
Annual survey of PC- and Mac-based library system vendors 33-40
Volume 14 Number 03March / April 1994
Annual survey of automated library system vendors: multi-function systems running on mainframes, minis, and micros that use a multi-user operating system 17-32
Volume 14 Number 02February 1994
RFPs should reflect realistic goals 10-12
CARL announces name change 12
Open DRAnet's first year 12-13
Sirsi opens Canadian office 13
VTLS installs its first Unix-based systems 13
IBM RS/6000 chips changing 13
Self check-out gains in popularity 13-14
ARL releases SPEC kit on services to remote users 14
Internet use explodes 14
Schools to be linked to futuristic networks 14-15
EKI relocates 15
More GUIs introduced 15
Broadcast News on CD-ROM 15
Chadwyck-Healey announces seven major bibliographies on CD 16
CD-ROM access options 9-10
Volume 14 Number 01January 1994
New options for local data communications 1-2
DRA installs Z39.50 access to Cambridge Scientific databases 2
Downloading of MARC serials records 2-3
Paris chooses LIBS 100plus 3
MARCorp announces a new release of Voyager 3
SUNY implementing muitiLIS 3-4
Sobeco Ernst and Young acquires MuitiLIS Europe 4
Sirsi releases new shadow catalog 4
RLG discontinues AMIS 4-5
TLC introduces Gold Express 5
Client/server isn't all PCs 5
Optical storage prospects improving 5-6
Curriculum information now added to MARC records 6
Current contents on CD-ROM 6-7
CD-ROM best sellers 7
Pentium not a good investment yet 7
HP launches recycling for printer cartridges 7
Office automation forecasts 7-8
Computers in Libraries ‘94 announced 8
Volume 13 Number 12December 1993
Automated storage and retrieval a viable option 91-93
Blackwell's tables-of-contents service 93
200 Dallas schools automate with Dynix Scholar 93-94
Gaylord installs first Cosmos 93-94
Inlex purchase terms revealed 94
Sirsi announces new Unicorn installations 94-95
UNAL (Monterey, Mexico) signs with VTLS 95
IBM to extend RS/6000 line 95-96
NISO press established 96
America Online plans easy Internet access 96
OS/2 sans Windows available 96
Plug and play PCs to debut in 1994 96
Pentium PC prices dropping 97
Dictionaries on CD-ROM 97
27-inch TVs rated 97-98
Technology for Education Act 98
Volume 13 Number 11November 1993
Why high maintenance prices may be a bargain 83-85
Ameritech appoints Sybrowski as GM 85
Dynix launches Vista 85-86
DRA completes Inlex purchase 86
Pacific Rim universities sign with Innovative Interfaces 86
Gaylord signs Arlington, TX 86
NOTIS announces Internet Gopher 86-87
SIRSI releases new Internet navigator 87
Columbia Library System offers full-MARC 87
LC announces two-phase format integration implementation 87-88
The Wendy's connection 88
CD-ROM available from U.S. Government 88
OCLC and IDI to develop electronic publishing system for ACM 88
PC World's "best buys" 88-89
ISI improves access to proceedings 89
ARL issues SPEC kit on remote user services 89
VTLS captures an INLEX account 89-90
EBSCO developing new service 90
Best-Seller introduces Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) interface 90
Inmagic, Inc., moves headquarters 90
Volume 13 Number 10October 1993
Defining and dividing client/server 75-76
DRA interfaces with 3M SelfCheck 76-77
Data Trek now offers touch screen monitors 77
Gateway acquires NCS 77
Sirsi users access DRA OPAC with Sirsi commands 77-78
MARCorp-the new name for Carlyle 78
VTLS completes first phase of Cavalir Online 78
Maintenance of portable terminals 78-79
EDI update 79-80
Online access to congressional record and federal register 80
Double-speed CD-ROM drives 80-81
CBIS announces CD Connection version 3.0 81
IEEE proceeds with two rival 100mbps Ethernet standards 81-82
Volume 13 Number 09September 1993
Busy summer for vendors 67
OhioLink system up and running
OhioLINK is the first in which all activity of the separate local library systems is recorded and displayed immediately in the statewide union catalog. The OhioLINK INNOPAC statewide union catalog went online for the public on November 11, 1992, with 2.4 million bibliographic records from six university libraries, including: Case Western Reserve, Bowling Green, University of Cincinnati, Miami University, Central State University and Wright State University.
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Utah universities share collections 68-69
Ohio libraries to connect with Gaylord's SuperCOMM 69
Three major libraries join UnCover 69-70
Data Research announces Z39.50 access to IAC, UMI database 70
Dynix offers CD Link, journal citation module, and citation center 70-71
New Jersey libraries offer free access to Internet 71
Data Trek, Inc. releases new image linking software 71
Data Trek acquires The Assistant from Inlex 71-72
Harvard documents specialists editing Auto-Graphics database 72
ELiAS now offers TINLIB software 72-73
Sirsi available on GSA schedule 73
IBM to pursue RISC technology 73
New IBM CD-ROM 73-74
JVC and Philips develop movie CDs 74
LTR updates its evaluations of micro-based systems 74
Volume 13 Number 08August 1993
Nearpoint visual stress when using terminals and PC monitors 59-61
Dynix to automate world's largest Chinese/English system 61
Dynix caps software maintenance charges for Internet clients 61
Charles Farley named general manager for Geac Computers, Inc. 61
Gaylord's Galaxy can migrate to DEC Alpha 62
Gaylord introduces new school system 62
NOTIS announces Horizon 62-63
British Library national bibliographic service selects Sirsi 63
Over 100 VTLS clients migrate to release 1992 63
ADA terminals 63-64
CASPR announces LibraryWorks for Windows 64
OCLC launches authorities correction project 64-65
NISO on Internet 65
The Genuine Article now on FirstSearch 65
BiblioFile announces one-keystroke cataloging 65
Windows, Macintosh graphical interfaces for LaserCat 66
ASIS annual meeting 66
Volume 13 Number 07July 1993
Chip talk 51-53
Uncover company formed 53
Six libraries sign with Innovative in May 53
Geac selected by University Of Montreal 53-54
IDI announces TECHLIBpIus OPAC for Windows 54
Innopac enters the European market
The European University Institute's recent installation of the INNOPAC library automation system marks the entry of Innovative Interfaces, Inc., into the European market. Innovative Interfaces systems are now installed in more than 340 libraries in six countries, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, and Italy.
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Sirsi installs two medical centers 54-55
Sirsi upgrades acquisitions modules 55
Baker & Taylor reports on online ordering interfaces 55
Draft standards for claims and invoices 55
OCLC implements EDX 56
Printer controllers 56
British Library document delivery services 56-57
What's a PC warranty worth? 57
Windows popularity now 61.5 percent 57-58
Online Cd-Rom '93 conference announced 57-58
Williams reports Online/CD industry statistics 58
Volume 13 Number 06June 1993
Media booking interest revives 43-45
Data Trek releases new version of A/V Handler for PCs 45
Joan Frye Williams to head Best-Seller Library Systems, Inc. 45
LC access through Internet 46
DRA signs contract with PALNI consortium 46
Carl's patron-placed holds in PAC 46
Carl systems Z39.50 interface in test 46-47
BiblioFile PAC/DRA interface now available 47
ELiAS completes first six months 47
Geac acquires Computer Library Services International 47-48
OCLC acquires Information Dimensions, Inc.
OCLC Online Computer Library Center has acquired Information Dimensions, Inc., (IDI) from Battelle Memorial Institute. IDI, located in Dublin, Ohio, will operate as a for-profit subsidiary of OCLC, a non-profit organization. IDI markets computer software products for managing electronic documents and text on mainframes, minicomputers, workstations, and personal computers. Its two major software products-BASIsplus and ZyINDEX-are widely used in data base and documents management. IDI's clients include more than half of the Fortune 100 companies as well as numerous government agencies, publishers, and financial organizations.
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Caspr relocates 48
UCSB uses NOTIS' PACLink to create first Z39.5O link to MELVYL 48
Library of Congress announces the MARC diagnostic service 49-50
Speeding up CD-ROM drives 49-50
Dynix signs 1,000th client 50
NOTIS annual survey correction 50
Volume 13 Number 05May 1993
Annual survey of automated library system vendors: PC- and Mac-based library system vendors 33-42
Volume 13 Number 03March / April 1993
Annual survey of automated library system vendors: integrated, multi-user, multi-function systems 17-32
Volume 13 Number 02February 1993
OCLC still growing 10
Dynix ports to Digital's Alpha platforms 10-11
Gaylord introduces ADA compliance products 11
Geac to provide OSI-based interface 11
NOTIS Library Management System selected by Smithsonian libraries 12
X terminals explained 12
Used RS/6000 prices 12-13
Wyse terminal alternative 13
Converting microform to optical disk 13
Printing problems with Microsoft Windows 14
Masterplots on CD-ROM 14
New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: our best CD-ROM product choice 14-16
CD-ROM pricing 16
Utlas sold to ISM 9-10
Volume 13 Number 01January 1993
Community information in local library systems 1-2
DOBIS/LIBIS successor product development begins 2-3
MARC is MARC and nothing less! 3
Dynix breaks ground for new building 3
Gaylord introduces new patron ID cards and key rings 3
Geac introduces voice processor 3-4
Geac quarterly net income doubles 4
Research libraries continue to choose NOTIS 4
Bibliotheque de France develops researcher's workstation 4-5
WLN offers access to the Internet 5
Frame relay technology to become available 5
Online data base services continue to grow 5
ISI releases Macintosh version of compact disc products 6
CDMARC Serials published at LC 6
Dewey available on CD-ROM 6
Kodak unveils writable CD system 6-7
Universal staff schedules now available 7
Remote diagnostics for copiers 7-8
100 mbps Ethernet challenging FDDI 8
Metrification finally coming 8
Volume 12 Number 12December 1992
OCLC issues 25th annual report 100
Avery videodiscs to be made available 100-101
Notable new LaserJet printer from Hewlett-Packard 101
U.K. CURL to load records into OCLC 101-102
CD-ROM prices drop 102
Geac acquires CLSI, Inc. 95
H. W. Wilson Distributes Detailed Price List 96
In-house CD-ROM production 96
DRA to support Windows NT operating system 97
Gaylord Information Systems automates health science libraries 97
Geac libraries migrate to Advance 97-98
NOTIS announces GSA contract 98
SIRSI announces accountability module 98
Four Polish universities choose VTLS 98-99
NOTIS links IU and ISU 99
OCLC implements first step of electronic data exchange program 99-100
Volume 12 Number 11November 1992
CLSI update 87-90
Bob Walton joins Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
Bob Walton will join Innovative Interfaces, Inc. as Executive Vice President and will serve as the company's Chief Financial Officer, including responsibility for marketing, sales, and administration.
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Carlyle introduces ImageOPAC as part of Voyager Series 90-91
VTLS, Inc., to create online union catalog for state of Virginia 91
NOTIS experiences sales surge 91-92
Holdings of ISI's "The Genuine Article" added to OCLC 92
National Translations Center contributes holdings to OCLC 92
WLN adds IAC data bases 92-93
West Publishing 93
Transferring PC files to a new disk 93
PC developments 93
Volume 12 Number 10October 1992
Bundling maintenance charges 79-80
Tape drives for multi-function library systems 80
Walton leaves CLSI 80
Carl Systems, Inc., selects B. H. Blackwell as partner for Uncover 80
Dynix passes 1,600-terminal performance testing 81
Sirsi gains strength in Europe 81
Geac quarterly net up 81
Alternative local phone system demonstrated 81-82
Two new OCLC data bases launched 82
Harvard retrocon announced 82-83
Affordable national telephone directory 83
Virginia Commonwealth University logs 39th million ILL 83
Microsoft releases Multimedia Bookshelf 83-84
Taxes on mail-order computer products 84
SIRS LAN available 84-85
National Online and IOLS scheduled 85
Five more academic libraries install Galaxy 85
Full text added to EBSCO CD-ROM products 85-86
Lee appointed Auto-Graphics product development coordinator 86
Volume 12 Number 09September 1992
Digital NVAX a low risk 71-72
Dartmouth College library announces EDI serials claiming project 72
EDI in Europe 72-73
Nichols reports on MOLLI 73
Sobeco in merger 73
VTLS, Inc., develops prototype of an electronic encyclopedia 73-74
User-friendly interfaces 74
Avoid low-priced 8-mm tapes 74
17-inch monitors gaining in popularity 74-75
Circulation standard progress 75
Internet Architecture Board wrestles with options for future 75
RLA to convert Asian records 75-76
Internet access by 800 number 76
OCLC's EPIC service lists holdings with journal citations 76
IBM and RBOCs negotiating 76
El and Dialog form new document supply company 76-77
Wireless networks 77
Network-ready PCs 78
Top selling CD-ROMs 78
Digital copiers 78
Volume 12 Number 08August 1992
Coping with the Internet system 63-64
Data Research, Gaylord, and NOTIS achieve Z39.50 connections 64-65
Dynix and Data General sign agreement 65
Galaxy passes 100 mark 65
Geac awarded GSA contract 65
Geac rewards customers 66
Multi-user CD-ROM 66
IBM transfers rights for DOBIS/LIBIS 66-67
Multicore Library Services relocates 67
AVIAC reviews standards activity 67
Self-charging devices available 67
Online ordering update 67-68
Halon production to cease 68
Ceiling water leak detector 68
Plastic-based fiber-optic cabling in LANs 68-69
CD-ROM handbooks available 69
Fax machine monitor 69-70
Volume 12 Number 07July 1992
New audio formats due on market 53-54
Internet access caveats 54-55
Carlyle expands marketing effort 55
Comstow adds hotkeys to BiblioTech 5.1 55
Cuadra Star ported to IBM RS/6000 55
Data Trek launches GoPAC 56
Dynix launches GeneSys 56
SIRSI sales surge 56-57
VAX 7000s due 57
Ads for inexpensive peripherals 57
An inexpensive cable tray option 57
OCLC data base exceeds 25 million 57
BLDSC serials holdings added to OCLC data base 58
U.N. records now in RLIN 58
Z.39 version three in development 58
PC developments 58-59
Adonis demonstrates at SLA 59
Auto-Graphics completes government documents data base upgrade 59
Weekly LC updates from The Library Corporation 59-60
3M announces twenty-five-year warranty on CD-ROM 60
Volume 12 Number 06June 1992
The USMARC classification format experiment 45-46
Data Research Associates goes public 46-47
Carlyle announces first Voyager sale 47
Texas Women's University upgrades to Advance 47
University of Maine implements statewide ILL 47
RS/6000 family grows 48
Slimmed-down Unix due 48
BiblioFile network pricing announced 48-49
100 megabit transmission over telco circuits 49
OCLC serials union lists 49-50
Internet guide from ALA 50
Antivirus software packages 50-51
Microsoft cuts DOS 5.0 upgrade price 51
Galaxy and SuperCAT awarded GSA contracts 51
VTLS on schedule with Unix 51
OSI standards and acronyms 51
LC includes deacidification in budget 51
Volume 12 Number 05May 1992
Annual survey of automated PC-based library system vendors 35-43
Volume 12 Number 03March / April 1992
Annual survey of automated library system vendors: integrated, multi-user, multi-function systems 17-33
Volume 12 Number 02February 1992
Blackwell North America and Carl Systems announce interfaces 10
CLSI anticipates acquisitions and serials control releases 10-11
DRA joins $20 million club 11
Gaylord celebrates Galaxy's second anniversary 11
Inlex acquires Assistant 11-12
Innovative revenues up 25 percent 12
NOTIS demonstrates new serials control module 12-13
Local library system sales up in 1991 13
Auto-Graphics introduces new version of electronic ILL module 13
AVIAC attempts to define mission 13-14
MARC diagnostic service launched 14
RLA and RLIN sign agreement 14
EDI demonstrations at ALA 14-15
NREN bill signed by president 15
The 1992 Faxon institute annual conference announced 15
NEH funds NRMM conversion 15-16
RFP workshop 15-16
Ameritech to acquire Dynix 9-10
Volume 12 Number 01January 1992
Gaylord provides multiple data base access from OPAC terminal 1-2
Geac gains strength 2
Carl Systems relocates 2
IME establishes firm foothold in North America 2-3
Innovative lands in Australia 3
MultiLIS now available on PCs 3
National Agricultural Library contracts for multimedia 3
Computer room air conditioning 3-4
OCLC completes switchover to new network 4
Helical scan tape drives coming of age 4
UPS standard due in April 4
Magnetic strip/ barcode reader 4-5
LC implements RLIN Arabic cataloging 5
PC prices drop 5
Why a modular PC? 5
CD-ROM juke box 5-6
Sony introduces ANSI standard 3.5 inch rewritable disks 6
Coyote Data Ltd. offers freeware and shareware on CD-ROM 6
OCLC Computer Library on CD-ROM 6
Wilson introduces Business Abstracts 6-7
NFAIS pursues standards 7
New edition of Fire Protection Handbook 7
TKM announces MicroCAT 3.0 7-8
Volume 11 Number 12December 1991
PC diskette sizes--3.5 inch and 5.25 inch 100
H. W. Wilson changes CD-ROM pricing 100
CDI turns five 100-101
Optical technology beginning to displace microform 101-102
Plain paper fax sizzles 101-102
PCs coming of age in multi-user environments 95-96
CLSI signs Superior public library 96-97
DRA and Maricopa to develop Mac interface 97
Gaylord expands its market 97
Innovative offers art reference data base 97
MARC holdings coming to local library systems 98
Dial-up access soars at Cuyahoga 98
Users rate RISC platforms 98
States seeking to tax software 98-99
I & R access via cable TV 99
Computer furniture revisited 99
Dataquest reports on PC-LAN operating systems 99-100
Volume 11 Number 11November 1991
FirstSearch launched 87-88
New customers for DRA 88-89
GEAC quarterly net up 89
CJK on a local library system 89
NOTIS Pac Link utilizes NISO Z39.50 89-90
On Point, Inc. joins PC market 90
National Library of Canada signs with Dynix 90
Dynix introduces quick reference cards 90-91
Dial-up access to CD-ROM catalog 91
VTLS to install on IBM platforms 91
Promoting conservation and waste reduction 91
Used IBM RS/6000 equipment 91
SISAC symbol supported now 92
Library Automation Style Guide 92
EDI explained 92
Training for automation 92
Current Contents on diskette 92
Upgrading a 286 93
UPSes for PC LANs 93
PC rentals 93
Finding sources of funds 93
LITA scheduled 93
Inmagic is leading PC choice in Canada 94
National Online meeting in New York 94
CD-ROM best sellers 94
Volume 11 Number 10October 1991
Local library system prices dropping 79-80
NOTIS changes hands

Ameritech Information Systems and Northwestern University signed an agreement on October 1, 1991, for NOTIS to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameritech. Management and staff will remain in place.

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Modems speeding up 80
Telephone network goes digital 81
CARL and the BLDSC pursue cooperation 81
CLSI interfaces with robot 81
Gaylord installs 260-terminal system 81-82
Gaylord introduces LC authorities interface 82
Information Dimensions adds document conversion 82
INNOPAC system added to GSA schedule 83
Marquis signs Microsoft 83
Low-end IBM RS/6000 delayed 83
Faxon and OCLC introduce document delivery service 83
UMI/Data Courier to convert data bases 83-84
Copyright confusion 84
Library of Congress introduces CDMARC Bibliographic 84-85
Bridges, routers, and brouters 85
A new CD local area network option 85
ONLINE/CD-ROM '91 in San Francisco 85
Multimedia Expo scheduled 85
RFP workshop 85-86
586 chips coming 86
Volume 11 Number 09September 1991
New CD-ROM data base slashes GPO backlog 71-72
NOTIS demonstrates serials control module 73
NOTIS, Blackwell North America to test X12 73
The role of the system manager 73
Carlyle celebrates tenth anniversary 74
Dynix signs 152nd academic library 74
Ten law and four art libraries install Innopac 74-75
MITINET--BiblioFile interface announced 75
TCP/IP is most popular networking protocol 75-76
SISAC barcode becomes standard 76
OCLC subject headings to be enhanced 77
Entry level CD-ROM networking 77
Wireless LANs spread their wings 77
Williams on the online industry 77-78
Windows and MS-DOS here to stay 78
Retaining print when acquiring CD-ROM 78
WordPerfect remains number one 78
Volume 11 Number 08August 1991
IBM-Apple alliance 63-64
Software AG announces library management system 64
CARL to link INLAN group 64-65
Uncover 2--Carl's document delivery solution 65
CLSI exhibits new online catalog module 65-66
Dynix-owned subsidiary in Ireland
Dynix, Inc., has announced the establishment of Dynix Library Systems, Ireland, Ltd. The Pick Resource Centre (PRC), which had acted as an agent for Dynix in Ireland and Northern Ireland, was taken over by a receiver on July 5th. PRC was involved in a number of businesses in addition to representing Dynix. While the library part of the company was stable, diversion of funds and human resources to other projects, in addition to the economic downturn, placed PRC into receivership.
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Gaylord announces agreement with UMI 66-67
Inlex announces electric notice delivery 67
Innovative Interfaces to install OhioLINK system 67
Innopac system supports aids data base 67-68
Messiah college to test KeyNOTIS release 68
Used IBM RS/6000s 68
Inlex promotes conservation 68
Nichols Advanced Technologies, inc. now marketing MOLLI 68-69
Second generation CJK announced by OCLC 69 -70
New address for Amigos 70
ARMA to feature optical technology 70
ASIS meeting scheduled 70
Volume 11 Number 07July 1991
Latest version of dos offers improved ability to manage memory 55-56
LC announces book preservation plans 56-57
High speed access to locally mounted data bases 57
Licensing agreements for CD-ROMS on networks 57-58
Federal register available weekly on CD-ROM 58
CD-ROM in Print on CD-ROM 58
EBSCO lets buyers use CD-ROM technology to order CD-ROM publications 58
British newspapers on CD-ROM 58
Columbia University press launches CD-ROM project 58-59
Pioneer introduces CD-ROM minichanger 59
Dynix to build new home office
Dynix has outgrown its present location in East Bay and is anticipating the move to larger headquarters. The company plans to build a new 90,000-96,000 square foot building, to be located on 25 acres in the RiverWoods Research and Business Park in northeast Provo. Construction will begin this summer and completion of the new corporate headquarters is projected for April of 1992. The building will accommodate Dynix's 350 home office staff.
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Gaylord announces networking products 59-60
Gaylord announces networking products 60
Miele to head IME 60
Inmagic announces SearchMagic software for DEC VAX 60-61
New product releases prom Faxon 61-62
Fiscal term rental 61-62
Volume 11 Number 06June 1991
Licensing of commercial data bases on local library systems 47-48
Library automation products--correction 48
Carl Systems assumes maintenance of UTLAS T/Series 50 48-49
CLSI issues Release 28 49
DRA signs three academic libraries 49-50
Gaylord announced six more Galaxy customers 50
Geac announces "20/20 Vision Grant" 50
Information Dimensions announces Image Series 50-51
Two more libraries select Poise LIS 51
Business Periodicals OnDisc launched 51-52
CD-ROM prices too high, says Dvorak 52
Advance in optical storage announced 52-53
LEXIS-NEXIS sent via ISDN 53
150-channel cable system announced 53
Omaha videotex users prefer terminals, flat fees 53-54
Exit delay devices 54
Disk drive locks 54
Volume 11 Number 05May 1991
6th International Conference and Exposition on Multimedia and CD-ROM 39-41
Digital to open up VMS 41
Gaylord announces software-only sales 41
IBM DOBIS moves to Ireland 42
MultiLIS incorporates windows into software 42
NOTIS releases 5.0 42-43
Another national library for VTLS 43
TLC and PMSC announce A/V Access 43-44
Boston SPA to automate 44
Hard disk backup 44-45
Survey Pro: opinion-sampling software 45
British Library marketing CD-ROM 45
They call it "shrinkage" 45-46
Carlyle moves 46
Volume 11 Number 04April 1991
Annual survey of automated library systems--microcomputer-based 31-38
Volume 11 Number 03March 1991
Annual survey of automated library system vendors--mainframe, mini, and supermicro computer-based 17-30
Volume 11 Number 02February 1991
Ameritech buys Alice-B 11-12
CLSI LIBS 100PLUS 12
CLSI and Innovative Interfaces cooperate 12-13
DRA's journal citation module 13
OCLC to acquire UTLAS 13
MAX from OCLC 13
GEAC and UMI/Data Courier 14
New NOTIS software 14-15
Z39.50 implementation 15-16
CD-ROM in Europe 16
Follett's Catalog Plus and MARC 16
Long-distance prices stabilizing 16
Product announcements at the ALA midwinter conference 9
Marquis debuts at ALA
A new company with a new product had its debut at ALA Midwinter. Marquis is an integrated online package based upon distributed processing and a local area network and employing a graphical user interface. The system currently comprises catalog maintenance, circulation, and online public access catalog with acquisitions and serials control in development. Marquis, owned by the same holding company as Dynix, quietly developed the product over the past 18 months.
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Volume 11 Number 01January 1991
New operating systems 1-2
Digital to open up VMS 2
University of Maryland system selects Carl 2-3
CLSI adds four libraries to its ongoing program of Altos upgrades 3
University Of California, DRA and Digital to develop Z39.50 server 3-4
Gaylord continues expansion--announces new customers, modules 4
Information Dimensions adds acquisitions 4
KeyNOTIS for Delaware State 4-5
Automated request processing for British Library 5
Format for patron records out for review 5
OCLC annual report 5
Ethernet on UTP 5
Low cost task switching 6
U.S. Census on CD-ROM 6
WORM and erasable come together 6
FCC plans to test six HDTV systems 6-7
Individual, Inc., launches First! 7
An online journal worth considering 7
Compact Library: AIDS 7-8
Dynix signs 500th contract
Dynix, Inc., signed its 500th contract on October 25, 1990. The 500th contract site is The College of Eastern Utah located in Price, Utah. The contract includes a DEC System 3100, 10 terminals, and Dynix software for cataloging, circulation, public access, acquisitions, and serials control modules. Installation of the hardware and software is scheduled for February 1991.
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Online/CD-ROM 91 announced 8
Volume 10 Number 12December 1990
Illinois Bell offers single-line ISDN 100
EBSCO to participate in EDI with publishers 100
RLIN offers El Engineering citations and document delivery 100-101
U.S. intelligence community sponsors CD-ROM standard 101
CD-ROM care and cleaning 101
CD-ROM LAN benchmarking 101-102
Microsoft announces CD-ROM conference 102
National Online Meeting 102
WordPerfect continues as market leader 102
Magnetic tape basics 95-96
Data Trek opens new office in U.K. 96
Geac acquires New Zealand vendor 97
muItiLIS strengthens U.S. presence 97
NOTIS signs up Kentucky and Oklahoma State 97
Muskego Public and AIA choose NSC's AARCS 98
VTLS update 98-99
NREN legislation 99
IBM's high-performance RS/6000 announced 99-100
Volume 10 Number 11November 1990
ISDN explained 87-88
CLSI's first multi-Sequent configuration 88-89
DRA to automate Florida community college system 89
Geac System 9302 89
Geac Advances in Europe 89-90
New NOTIS installations 90
NOTIS fully compatible with new IBM mainframe 90
Sirsi meets SISAC standards 91
VTLS OPAC at Toronto uses PCs 91
MITINET/marc interfaces 91-92
RLG and NYU complete electronic record exchange, phase one 92
Unix moves in front 92
NCR moves away from proprietary operating system 92
Barcodes revisited 93
UPS for LANs 93-94
SIRS may become available on CD-ROM 94
Faulkner ships Dataworld Infodisk 94
Volume 10 Number 10October 1990
Barcodes in brief 79-81
Authority verification via network access from DRA 81
Homebound module from Dynix 82
NOTIS links library holdings to data base records 82
MSUS/PALS and Carl Systems to establish uncover gateway 82
HDTV advances slowly 83-84
Auto-Graphics acquires LIBerator Library Management System
Auto-Graphics, Inc., has announced its acquisition of the LIBerator Library Management System from LIBerator Information Systems & Services, Inc., of Denver, Colorado. The product, now to be called the IMPACT Small Library Management System (IMPACT/SLiMS), is a microcomputer based system for integrating a library's catalog maintenance, circulation and patron access catalog functions through a single data base. The operating system is MS-DOS and the programming language is "C." The system takes in, stores, and outputs bibliographic records in the MARC format.
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Data radio 84-85
AST offers toll-free support line 85
LC name authority file available on CD-ROM 85
MIT chooses Marcive 85-86
SharePAC released 86
Volume 10 Number 09September 1990
Carlyle systems update 71-72
CLSI now provides in-house conversion services 72
DRA announces RISC support 72-73
Dynix announces ten signings 73
Geac developments 73-74
Information Dimensions announces text/image retrieval for X windows 74-75
Inlex expands diacritics capability 75
Franklin Institute implements museum information network 75-76
Faxon transmits data using ANSI X12 standards 76
Le Pac and circulation 76-77
Best reduces UPS prices 77
OCLC to provide Z39.50 software to Canada 77
Leave it on! 77
IBM PS/2 selling well 77
INSPEC still pending 77-78
Consultant list published 78
Legal services on CD-ROM 78
ASIS scheduled 78
Volume 10 Number 08August 1990
CD-ROM update electronic data bases 63-65
CD-ROM LANs 65-66
CD-ROM publications from LC 67
GPO electronic pilot projects 67
CD-ROM best sellers 67-68
Inlex interfaces with Wilson 68
Cuadra Star report 68
Inmagic, inc., releases Inmagic 7.2 68-69
Transcontinental data transmission 69
LC seeks to extend roll up 69
Sky cable 69
Corporate use of electronic data bases 69-70
Computer software lending/renting 70
Fax marketplace 70
PC software sales summary 70
Volume 10 Number 07July 1990
MANs: a promising way to connect LANs 55-56
Terminals or "terminal units" 56-57
Bob Walton appointed new president of CLSI 57
Dynix at ALA 57
Geac Advance acquisitions announced 57-58
KeyNOTIS operational 58
VTLS MARCUS tested at two sites 58-59
INLEX and UNISYS exhibit marc edit stations 59
Circ/Security device from 3M 59
AVIAC report 60
Faxon transmits data using ANSI X12 standards 60
Mandarin update 60-61
Brodart produces largest catalog on CD 61
OCLC adds products 61
Novell dominates LAN market 61
OIS '90 scheduled 62
Online broadens scope and name 62
CD-ROM workstation maintenance 62
Volume 10 Number 06June 1990
Document imaging systems 47-48
CLSI distributes major maintenance release 49
Ascent suite for BiblioTech available 49
DRA expands journal citation options 49
Advance progress report 49-50
Geac introduces GeoGate 50
IME moves in 50
First VTLS/OCLC LS connect interface installed 50
Uninterruptible power supply prices drop 50-51
OCLC passes 48 million Retrocon mark 51
OCLC and RLG to cooperate on computer linking 51
UN library to load records in RLIN 51
RLG's off-line retrospective conversion service 51
Amigos and BCR sponsor pilot interlibrary loan project 52
New CDS publication--USMARC format for holdings data 52-53
Sears headings on CD-ROM 53
PBS announced SilverPlatter link 53
Laserdisc: prospects improve 53-54
IOLS'90 keynote 54
Customer services forum 54
Volume 10 Number 05May 1990
RISC 39-40
CLSI president resigns 39-40
Gateway software targets K-12 schools 40-42
Gaylord update 42
muItILIS distributes release 10.5 42
NSC, inc., announces A/V booking 42-43
Preconference on acquisitions standards 43
What is EDI? 43-44
Library of Congress withdraws MARC licensing proposal for U.S. subscribers 44
RLG developing interlibrary loan workstation 44-45
Pioneer shows CD-ROM mini-changer 45
Photo clip art available 45
LITA CD-ROM preconference 45
National Fax Directory available 45
Technology's impact on resource sharing 46
PC software best sellers 46
Volume 10 Number 04April 1990
Annual survey of automated library system vendors (continued) 31-34
OCLC to sell local systems division 34
Data Research announces enhancement of information gateway 34-35
INLEX introduces new terminal 35
IU undertakes scholar's workstation development 35
Public library network in Spain picks VTLS-89 35-36
EPIC launched 36
OCLC and UTLAS discuss cooperation 36
LC considers USMARC validation facility 37
Fax grants in Oklahoma 37
Preconference on standards for the acquisition of library materials 37-38
E-Mail progress 38
Volume 10 Number 03March 1990
Annual survey of automated library system vendors 17-29
Volume 10 Number 02February 1990
Desktop publishing 10-12
Erasable optical disk sales up 12
CD-ROM best sellers 12
ARCnet coming up in the LAN world 12-13
Correction 13
NOTIS releases turnkey product 13-14
ASIS meetings 14
Geac's professional services department 14-15
DRA financial results 15
The Byte awards 15
New CD-ROM titles available 15-16
All about entering ISBNs and OCLC control numbers 9-10
Volume 10 Number 01January 1990
Fast payment options 1-2
Carlyle Systems emerges from Chapter 11 2
CLSI undertakes further reorganization 3
DRA announces six new accounts 3
DRA targets CLSI customers 3
Geac update 3
1989--a good year for INLEX 4
All about entering LCCNs 4
Future prospects for fiber optics 4-6
Dual identity modems for leased line back-up 6
Long distance market in turmoil 6
Publishers versus BOCs 6
Ruggedized PCs 6-7
Protecting disks 6-7
Unix versus OS/2 7
Group viewing of PC screens 7-8
Auto-Graphics to support CD-ROM based ILL in New Jersey 8
Computers in Libraries conference scheduled 8
Volume 9 Number 12December 1989
The importance of recording standard numbers in local library data bases 91-93
CoBIT marketing TLM 93
Gaylord Information Systems expands 93
TINLIB comes to U.S. 93-94
Table of contents access to OPAC 94
OCLC annual report released 94-95
Cataloging costs 95
MARC licensing update 95
ISDN explained 95-96
PreMARC being upgraded 96-97
Fax trends 97
California fax grants 97
Videotex continues to struggle 97
CD-ROM software market continues to grow 97
Automated compact storage system planned 98
CLSI to sponsor Negroponte presentation 98
SLA to meet in Pittsburgh 98
Volume 9 Number 11November 1989
X.400 E-Mail 83-84
Fractional T1 service now realistic 84-85
OCLC Local Systems--what of the future? 85
Cataloging available for government documents 85-86
Bookmarc renamed AARCS 86
New offices and personnel for DRA 86
Dynix reports continued strong sales in ‘89 86-87
National Online Meeting announced 87
InfoTrac data bases available for networking 87
Long distance rates compared 87
LANs have hidden costs 88
More wireless LANs 88
Mail order PCs 88-89
More performance from old PCs 89
DrawPerfect available 89
Proofreading for PCs 89
Public domain software on CD-ROM 90
Volume 9 Number 10October 1989
Vendor failure 75-77
Carl's uncover adds customers 77
CLSI Unix implementations lag 77-78
Dynix offers H-P 78
VTLS reports growth 78
Profitable year for Geac 78
Philly offers fax service 78-79
Improving peripheral reliability 79
LC seeking redistribution fees 79-80
OCLC-ILL turns ten 80
Greene OKs AT&T publishing 80
Twayne's on CD-ROM 80
Software and documentation in CD-ROM 81
New CD-ROM encyclopedia announced 81
CD-ROM for Mac 81
Microfilming not dead 82
Interfacing a WORM drive 82
Arcnet speed increased 82
Volume 9 Number 09September 1989
Enlarging the scope of OPACs 67-68
Promotions and organizational changes at CLSI 68-69
Carlyle files for Chapter 11 69
SIRSI installs new system 69-70
ULISYS Software Group Ltd. 70
DEC's first mainframe 70-71
LC to go online to the nation 71
Compuserve buys the Source 71
BRS and Orbit to remain separate 72
Tymnet sold to British Telecom 72
U.S. archives tests WORM 72-73
Vendor failure 72-73
Census on CD-ROM 73-74
Videodisc revival gets boost 73-74
Accord reached on digital tape recorders 74
Volume 9 Number 08August 1989
Password management 59-60
Geac moves headquarters 60
International Library Systems takes over Sydney 60
CompendexPlus on NOTIS 61
AVIAC report 61
Online '89 scheduled 61
LC reduces select MARC prices 61-62
Waldenbooks, Dalton, Ingram, B&T announce electronic ordering plans 62
Is online ordering legal? 62-63
WORM storage 63
Telenet may be "assimilated" 63
RLG terminates arrangement with CLASS 63-64
Infrared LAN 64
445 LePac units at LACPL 64
Grolier CD-ROM now for Mac, too 64-65
Plain paper fax 65
Fax, data, and voice on same line 65
Nationwide directory on CD-ROM 65-66
PC software bestsellers 66
Two-sided printers 66
"C" to become an ANSI standard language 66
Virtual memory explained 66
Volume 9 Number 07July 1989
What is an expert system? 51-53
Erasable disk systems 53
CLSI offers CL-PERLINE for general distribution 53
Promark benchmarking update 53-54
VTLS-89 introduced 54
Sydney bankrupt 54-55
OCLC begins EPIC field tests 55
Rainbow lives 55
GEAC and CDSL sign 56
Pick and Unix 56-57
Upgrading to OS/2 57
Data base services industry update 57
Community access at Maggie's Place 57-58
O'Neill wireless LAN uses radio transmissions 57-58
Volume 9 Number 06June 1989
Authority control services 43-45
Dynix Elite--a system for small libraries
After a year in development, Dynix Elite, a modified version of Dynix's integrated automated library system, is on the market in the United States. The new product is Dynix's answer to providing smaller libraries with a completely integrated system that fully supports the MARC format. Dynix installed its first Elite systems in April, 1989.
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Dynix introduces benchmarking tool 45-46
VTLS signs State Lenin Library 46
Data Trek develops catalog searching software 46
Unix gains support 46
New automation products review 46-47
EBSCO and Comstow announce retrospective conversion service 47
Water alert devices 47
Medical and law cat CD450 introduced 47
Low cost mailing list package 48
WordStar 5.5 available 48
CD-ROM statistics 48
Word processing best sellers 48
Videodisc directory in preparation 48
Fax development statistics 48
Fax guidelines coming 49
Public fax service 49
RLIN offers direct end-user access 49
Authority control services 49-45
New OCLC ILL document suppliers announced 49-50
WLN legislation signed 50
Standard common command language revised 50
Volume 9 Number 05May 1989
MS-DOS and OS/2 35-36
Management changes at CLSI 37
CLSI Altos system update 37
EBSCO offers NOTIS interfaces 37-38
VTLS acquisitions & fund accounting system 38
Winchester drives get bigger still 38-39
Harvard Judaica records in RLIN 39
OCLC adds Harvard Hebrew and Yiddish records 39
Low cost PC software 39-40
Kurzwell launches PC scanner 40-41
CRC announces LaserGuide installation 41
In-house CD production 41
LAN wiring options 41-42
Volume 9 Number 04April 1989
Software for IBM system 36 and 38 27-30
New CEO for Geac 30
1988 results for Geac 30
MultiLIS opens second U.S. sales office 30
VTLS- 89 goes into distribution 30-31
RLG announces special database for research in progress 31
Voice of Z-39 replaced 31
OCLC adds Australian records 31
The fax with many features 31
Library fax directory published 32
PC-fax boards 32
"Hypering" with a PC 32-33
Journal claiming via electronic mail 33
AT&T, Dialcom sign e-mail pact 33-34
CD-ROM edition of Serials Directory worth the price 34
Volume 9 Number 03March 1989
PC-based software packages for libraries 19-21
Carlyle continues merger discussions 21
Fairfax County and Tempe Public select Inlex 22
National Library of Malaysia selects VTLS 22
EBSCO invoice data to be loaded to ACQ350 22
RLG reports on 1988 22-23
RLG signs agreement with The Computer Company 23
Government records project 23
WLN to offer record conversion service 23-24
SISAC symbol promoted at ALA 24-25
AVIAC meeting notes 25
LC name authorities on CD-ROM 25
West announces CD-ROM products 26
Word processing packages evaluated 26
Volume 9 Number 02February 1989
Annual survey of automated library system vendors 9-18
Volume 9 Number 01January 1989
Statewide telecommunications networks and libraries 1-3
OCLC Local Systems anticipates the future 3
DRA releases LBPH 3.1 3
Diskless workstations emerge 3
VDT standard published 4
More on power conditioning 4-5
Magnetic, optical drives combined 5
TCP/IP, a versatile protocol 5-6
IFLA bibliography on OSI 6
SONY forms optical division 6
Electronic art series announced 6
Bookshelf wins Byte award 7
Inovatic PC system helps blind to read 7
Overcoming videotape incompatibility 7
Acoustics: another facet of ergonomics 7-8
NOTIS sales for 1988 8
Volume 8 Number 12December 1988
Learning link computer-based information service succeeds 89-91
CLSI's series 1050 now available 91
Dynix celebrates fifth birthday 91
IBM, Brooklyn Polytechnic launch partnership 91
Maine Innopac installed 91-92
Long Beach City College picks VTLS 92
ARL automation inventory 92
OCLC's annual report reflects modest revenue growth 92-93
PS/2 not a dud 93
386 systems: pushing to 25 mhz 93
Videotex still alive 93-94
CD formats multiply 94
Scholarly publishers forecast more paper 94-95
PC fax board not the answer 95
Delayed fax transmission pays off 95
An affordable improved definition TV 95
Fourth IOLS scheduled 95
OCLC Local Systems' future 96
Electronic art sales 96
Volume 8 Number 11November 1988
Selecting a LAN 81-83
Computer terminal safety and comfort 83-84
Power conditioning terms 84
Costing uninterruptible power supplies 84
Select MARC in perspective 84-85
Midwest offers new electronic ordering software 85
Demo disk available for Gaylord SuperCAT 85-86
Optical market update 86
Connecting PCs to Big Blue 86
Automated video cassette system available 86-87
Data General adds supermini 87
Metropolitan area networks 87
OCLC RETROCON service available to all libraries 87
OCLC CAT450 update 87-88
Volume 8 Number 10October 1988
Upgrading systems 73-74
US MARC to become single format 74
NISO standards 75
OSI explained 75
IBM reveals OSI line 75-76
Guide to Special Collections in the OCLC data base, 2nd ed. 76
MS-DOS revision 76-77
Intel proposes PC standard 77
Low cost 386-based PCs 77
Fax sales soar 77
Law libraries opt for fax 78
Fax converter adds plain-paper fax to HP LaserJets 78
LC schedules CD-ROM products 78-79
S&P corporation on CD-ROM 79-80
Volume 8 Number 09September 1988
Automated support for union lists of serials 65-71
Geac acquires ALII 71-72
Online search service costs 72
Volume 8 Number 08August 1988
Cataloging support system selection criteria 57-59
Label guns and labels 60
Latin Americana on CD-ROM 60
Three new cataloging support systems on display at ALA 60-62
EBSCO Serials Directory with MARC records 62
Finally, multi-terminal access to CD-ROM? 62
CD-ROM drive sales up 62
Erasable optical disks introduced 63
Online bibliographic control of journal articles from CARL and ISI 63-64
Volume 8 Number 07July 1988
Users to the fore: a change in the focus of automated library systems 49-50
Notes on selecting an automated system 50
Getting the most out of an automated system demo 51-52
Determination of vendor viability 52
Expandability of automated library systems 52-53
Government to mandate OSI 53-54
CD-ROM moving slowly 54
Two new CD-ROM products for libraries 54-55
PC software bestseller 55
Proprietary operating systems to go 55
Omnifont OCR scanner 55-56
Volume 8 Number 06June 1988
Processing OCLC tapes 41-45
Security features of library systems 45-46
Libman: library software for Wang hardware 46
System support for journal citations and information and referral files 46-48
Volume 8 Number 05May 1988
Standards for formatting and coding holdings and locations data 33-34
Baker & Taylor selects ALII 34
Unique numbers in machine-readable cataloging 34-36
Eyring address change 36
Tandy erasable CD- initially for audio recording 37
CDMARC subjects now available 37
Innovative Interfaces available on DEC hardware 37
CLSI chooses sequent and altos hardware 38
File migration 38-39
FCC backs away from access charges 39
PC-based workstations at remote sites 39-40
Volume 8 Number 04April 1988
Annual survey of automated library system vendors Part II: software only vendors 25-29
Part I Turnkey vendors: update 29
Vendor address changes 29-30
IBM PS /2: sales, clones, and prices 30
Another perspective on automated library systems 30
"Conference" searching using Trialogue 30-31
CD-ROM drives 31
Additional library system linkages for IRVING library network 31-32
Volume 8 Number 03March 1988
Annual survey of automated library system vendors--turnkey vendors 17-24
Volume 8 Number 02February 1988
SISAC promotes barcode scanning 11
Price of floppies doesn't guarantee quality 11-12
Thomson & Thomson's Tradesmarkscan 12
NOTIS raises prices 12-13
GEAC cash positive once again 13
ALII opens Utah office 13
INLEX news 13-14
OCLC revenue rises 14
Two directories of higher education software 14
OS/2 operating system 14
Teleconference on CD-ROM 14-15
SilverPlatter's business software data base on CD-ROM 15
SilverPlatter distributes CD-ROM hardware information 15
Two more vendors join IAC multi-media system 15-16
CD technology spins off new formats 15-16
Microsoft's Bookshelf 9-11
Volume 8 Number 01January 1988
DRA passes L.A. County benchmark 2
Bigger VAX due 2
CW/MARS purchases OSI interface 2
X.400 holds the future of E-mail 3
Montgomery County (MD) signs with Eyring 3
OSI gets another boost 3-4
A transaction, defined 4
National coordinated cataloging program to begin 4
Music records added to OCLC and RLIN 4
ALA publishes software directory 4-5
Laser printers for PCs 5
Videodisc activity 5
Tacoma Public goes with CD-ROM catalog 5-6
$60,000 worm system announced 6
Another MEDLINE CD-ROM 6
Disctronics acquires LaserVideo 6-7
Nynex white pages released 7
Optical digital disk standards 7
Fee-based services at G.W.U. 7
Videotex update 8
AT&T grants to universities 8
Volume 7 Number 12December 1987
Alternate cabling for LANs 89-91
A wireless LAN 91
Geac emerges from receivership 91
Ultimate buys into Dynix
Ultimate Corporation has taken a minority stake in one of its resellers, Dynix Inc., Provo, Utah. The investment marks the first time Ultimate, a supplier of various hardware platforms bundled with the PICK operation system, has invested in Dynix. Dynix, a supplier of turnkey systems to libraries, has been an Ultimate VAR since it was founded in 1983.
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Colorado Dynix-IRVING link 92
Third annual Automation Inventory of Research Libraries profiles progress in 1987 92
The Corporation for Open Systems 92
Minimal level cataloging for music 93
U.S. MARC updates 93
CD-ROM market report 93
EBSCO offers CD-ROM-based Medline 94
CD-ROM grants for high schools 94
Fax installations multiply 94-95
New fax directory 95
EBSCO installs fax 95
Fax package announced 95
PC resale values rise 95
DataPerfect released 95
Facsimile paper at reasonable price 95
Volume 7 Number 11November 1987
Interfacing automated systems: perspectives on hybrid systems 81-85
MicroVax 3000 triples MicroVax II speed 85-86
McDonnell slashes force 86
Ultimate family of CPUs grows 86
X.400 network demonstration 86
Worm standard adopted 86-87
FCC firm on access charges 87
McGraw-Hill science on CD-ROM 87-88
The cost of CD-ROMs 88
GPO's tape cleanup 88
Volume 7 Number 10October 1987
More on OSI -- OSI and hybrid systems 73-74
EEC to push OSI 74-75
MacDonnell Douglas halts URICA marketing 75
Innovative Interfaces moves 75
INLEX pursues school district market 75
VTLS announces HP Spectrum availability 75
National Register Of Microform Masters to be converted 76
CRL conversion grant announced 76
DEC introduces MicroVax 3500 and 3600 76
Ultimate broadens product line 76
UNIX and XENIX merging 76-77
AT&T introduces X.400 gateway 77
Online International command chart 77
The future of PC LANS 77-78
Tandy computers introduced 78
PC-DOS on a Rainbow 78
PC accelerators available 78-79
Anti-static spray 79
Guide to desktop publishing 79-80
SLA institute program announced 80
Volume 7 Number 09September 1987
OSI reference model update 65-66
Ultimate to offer pick on IBM 9370 66-67
Micro-VTLS marks 30 67
PC portables proliferate 67-68
OS/2 not limited to IBM 68
Comstow's BiblioTech not a PC-based product 68
Word a best seller 68-69
New phone access fees 69
Readers' guide abstracts on CD-ROM 69
CD-ROM union catalogs 69
Comdex report 69-70
Kodak introduces 14-inch optical disk 70
OPS'87 announced 70
AMIGOS sponsors technology in transition 70
ASIS in Boston 70-71
HP offers less expensive LAN 71
Data General offers new MV 71
Digital equipment's DecWorld 71-72
All Unix not the same 72
SPEC kit available 72
Volume 7 Number 08August 1987
Where should the library's computer be located? 57-59
Geac gets cash infusion 59
Digital introduces redundant MicroVAX 59-60
Canadian library automation market 60
AVIAC recommends reciprocal borrower standard 60
VTLS-B&T interface announced 60
Peaceful coexistence" among systems? 61
Terminal standards coming 61
Hawaii installs UTLAS M/100 DisCon 61-62
Fax market share 62
CD-ROMS in Print 62
Optical digital disk standards confusion 62
Long distance calling compared 63
MCI refocuses its data strategy 63
LITA in Boston 63
Kermit file transfer protocol 63-64
Beyond spell checking 64
Volume 7 Number 06June 1987
Hardware configuration in vendor RPF responses 41-42
Patron data conversion 43
Consortium of libraries joins Western Library Network 43-44
HP commits to OSI standards 44
IAC offers access to Access 44
Instructional video for WILSONLINE 44-45
Wiley adopts CD-ROM 45
More fax machines introduced 45
WordPerfect to run on VAX 45-46
Epson adds printers 46
Okidata expands printer line 46
South Korean micros arrive 46-47
Wyse micro faster than IBM PC 47
Recortec backs up IBM floppies 47
Jewell juggles PCs and peripherals 47
Streaming tape backup for Macs 47
PC link at turns IBM PC into PC AT 47
MCT package communicates with IBM PC/XT and PC AT 47
Volume 7 Number 05May 1987
Modems, increased capabilities and lower cost 33-34
Bulletin board enhancements for DRA 34-35
Dynix update
Dynix has announced the opening of a new office in Calgary, Alberta. Dynix also has offices in the U.K., Australia and Virginia, along with its headquarters in Provo, Utah. Dynix also has announced the completion of development work on its acquisitions module.
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NOTIS/FAXON interface to be tested 35
ISCI moves to D.C. 35
More on staffing 35-37
DEC extends its dominance over IBM in academic computing field 37
The British Library begins cataloging conversion work 37-38
PC LANs 38
Optical publishing preconference 38
SISAC test report released 38-39
PBS, Inc. and UMI announce automatic document ordering 39
New serials routing system for MicroLinx 40
Coax LANs prevail 40
Volume 7 Number 04April 1987
Annual review of supported software vendors 25-28
Software packages for personal micros 28
Brodart withdraws interactive access systems 29
Educom addresses converging technologies 29-32
INLEX opens eastern U.S. office 32
Volume 7 Number 03March 1987
Annual survey of automated library system vendors 17-24
Volume 7 Number 02February 1987
Staffing required for a new online system 14-15
Brown outlines future directions for OCLC 15
OCLC acquires ALIS I and II software 16
Wilson company announces hardware packages for libraries 16
CD-ROM leads the way at ALA 9-14
Volume 7 Number 01January 1987
Revised optical recording projections 1-2
New module for Urica 3
No change in status for LS/2000 3
New addresses for Carlyle Systems Inc. 3
UTLAS open for business 24 hours a day 4
CHECKMATE II now available 4
OCLC announces TAPECON 4-5
Faxon interfaces--expanding options 5-6
EBSCO Subscription Services acquires Horizon Information Services 6-7
Inmagic offers "textbase" software 7
More than 3000 online data bases available 7
PBS, Inc. announces Pro-Search version 1.04 7-8
Librarian's Helper 8
Volume 6 Number 12December 1986
The automated library systems industry: a time of change 89-92
OCLC to create cooperative data bases 93-94
Question from a reader 94
OCLC profiles its LS/2000 user community 94
Faxon offers direct connection to local networks 94-95
Microsoft knits CD-ROM into MS-DOS 96
Volume 6 Number 11November 1986
Electronic technology and serials publishing 81-84
Automation inventory available 84-85
Philadelphia's last branch goes online 85
University of Nevada to link campuses statewide 85-86
Change in field 010 for marc distribution service-name authorities 86
NOTIS and Faxon announce new user interfaces 86-87
MicroLinx successfully tested on WLN 87
Key caps for sale 87
PCSG board increases PC and PC/XT speed 87
Federal Express drops ZapMail 87-88
Telefacsimile directory expanded 88
Volume 6 Number 10October 1986
Facsimile, increased features and lower cost 73-78
University Microfilms releases GammaFax 78-79
Geac posts loss 79
EBSCO announces interfaces 79
Post processing explained 79-80
Apple IIe package available for Grolier's Electronic Encyclopedia 80
IBM and Apple lost market share 80
Volume 6 Number 09September 1986
Capitalizing operating expenses 65-66
Carlyle receives $2 million 66
LSCA grant to establish Virginia VTLS library network 66-67
MITINET/marc unveiled 67
Data base searchers get help from Hollywood 67
OSI joint project 67-68
NBS OKs electronic mail standard 68
Fax phones a lower-cost fax option 68-69
Long distance rate differences narrow 69
Bridging VAX with IBM PC/AT 69
American made XT AND AT clones 69-70
And more IBM PC compatibles 70-71
Peachtree Technology offers hard disk for Macintosh 71
Four PCs able to share one printer 71
Operate PC by voice commands 71
Public domain user-supported programs on CD-ROM 71
Hewlett-Packard offers ink-jet printer 72
Fujitsu printer emulates Diablo and IBM 72
Esprit adds DEC compatible CRT 72
Volume 6 Number 08August 1986
BLIS problems / lessons to be learned 57-60
VDT guidelines 60-61
Health issues and Video Display Terminals 61
LC's bibliographic flip project completed 62
OPTICAL compact disk standard proposed 62
WLN develops optical disk data base 62-63
Canon USA introduces IBM PC-compatible 63
Plastic ink used in color ink-jet printer 63
LCD linked with overhead projector 63-64
Volume 6 Number 07July 1986
Planning for a local area network 49-50
How another nation's bibliographic utility charges for services 50
PALINET offers new cataloging services 50-51
Mcdonnell Douglas reports 51
Libraries and computer centers--a future together? 51-52
Using your IBM-PC with CLSI 52
Modem shopping? speed, reliability and price are the keys 52-53
Bargain terminals 53
Keeping your PC clean 53
Outline processor available for IBM PC users 53
A new electronic mail link developed 54
DEC's electronic mail to conform to standard 54
Telefacsimile continued -- accessing materials from other libraries 54
UMI Artifax and ZapMail operational 54-55
Readers' responses 55-56
PC clones fall in price 56
Volume 6 Number 06June 1986
Performance bonds 41-42
Comstow responds to sharing a computer 42-43
Pro-Search acquired by PBS 43
CD demand strong 43
National Library of Canada telefacsimile pilot project 43-44
PC-AT tops micro market 44
Technology at the Library of Congress 45-46
Tandem joins the OSI software ranks 46
The Compaq Portable II 46
Stalking the smaller CRT 46-47
Corporation for Open Systems welcomes new members 47
Biblio-Techniques rumors denied 47
CD-ROM books 47-48
Volume 6 Number 05May 1986
Annual review of supported software vendors 33-36
Software packages for personal micros 36
Online record transfer accomplished 37
Information delivery grants 37-38
End-user searching kit 38
NISO holds annual meeting 38-39
LSN contributing editor change 39
Joe Matthews and Joan Fry Williams join INLEX 40
A reader responds 40
Volume 6 Number 04April 1986
Annual survey of automated library system vendors 25-31
Videotex operations shut down 31-32
CD interactive media announced 32
Volume 6 Number 03March 1986
Mainframe vs minis in large libraries 17-18
IBM joins COS 18
AVIAC formed 18
Maintenance prices moderate 19
PDP-II lives 19
Rainbow-IBM PC link 19
1.4 million passwords 19
Videotex venture 19-20
Telenet and Uninet plan merger 20
Grateful Med 20
PC page scanner available 20
Options for IBM System/34 users 21
Martin on local control 21
Lotus 1-2-3 is top seller 21
New Chart-Master available 21
Dupont and Philips in joint venture 21
Data bases on CD-ROM 22
Voice/data service coming 22
Long distance phone bills 22-23
Erasable optical media in 1987? 23
Low cost WP packages score 23
LITA institutes 23-24
IOLS conference 24
Volume 6 Number 02February 1986
Videodisc copyright ruling 10-11
Common command language draft standard 11
Compact disc data format standard 11
Micromedex prefers CD-ROM 12
UMI fax service 12
IAC enhances InfoTrac 12-13
OCLC's CJK workstation 13
RFP responses require 8 weeks 14-15
Data base services expand 15-16
Optical storage conference 16
New Meckler publications 16
Sharing a computer 9-10
Volume 6 Number 01January 1986
Information product developments 1-2
MITINET/marc 2-3
OCLC's unison 3
Determining terminal require-ments for online catalogs 3-5
Benchmarking 5
"Smart" labels 5-6
Patron access catalog back-up 6-8
Volume 5 Number 12December 1985
Pricing of online cataloging support 89-92
VTLS takes issue with LSN editors 92-93
Kaypro introduces XT clone 93
Comdex features desktop publishing 93
Electronic publishing 93-94
DEC'S CD-ROM data base publications 94-95
UMI information delivery module 95-96
MATSS software package introduced 96
Volume 5 Number 11November 1985
Information technology and space planning 81-83
AT&T's new PC will run Unix V, MS-DOS 83-84
S/34 plug pulled 84
Causes of damage to data files 84
Online data base of data bases 84
Wilson online 85
Survey of modem users 85
WP disk conversion 85
Metropolitan area data service launched 85-86
Electronic communication legislation 85-86
UTLAS opens new U.S. offices 86
Machine-readable cataloging data providers 86-88
Volume 5 Number 10October 1985
Turnkey training provisions 73-75
A PC Unicorn 76
ALIS II users load release 5.0 76
PAC survey revisited 76-77
H-P Spectrum's implications 77
IBM PC discounting 77-78
MICRO VAX III announced 78
Fax market booming 78
MCI increases international reach 78
AT&T may consolidate marketing 78-79
Make your own CD-ROM 79
OSI not a panacea for interfacing 79-80
Volume 5 Number 09September 1985
Networking products at ALA 65-66
LC cuts retrospective conversion prices 66-67
New option for RLIN-based conversions 67
Automation inventory of research libraries 67
More library automation options for micros 67-69
Dynix hardware maintenance credit program 69
URICA goes to market 69
Sails site announced 69-70
Helpful hints from LS/2000 70
More on laser scanners 70-71
OCLC at ALA 70-71
UTLAS at ALA 71
Protection of software 71-72
Per terminal cost of multi-function systems 72
Volume 5 Number 08August 1985
Videodiscs and CD-ROM at ALA 57-61
National computer conference following ALA 61-62
Serial subscription agencies At ALA 62-63
Data Phase update 63
EMILS/3000 now INLEX/3000 63-64
Materials booking for the HP 3000 64
Eyring marketing Carl 64
Volume 5 Number 07July 1985
Paper, a new medium for digital data publishing 49-51
Optical disc-based cataloging support 51-53
Private files on videodisc and CD ROM 53-55
Do you need an automated system information policy? 55-56
Videodisc-based legal system 56
Volume 5 Number 06June 1985
NISO standards focus on the future 41-42
Cost data from telefacsimile pilot projects in libraries 42-43
Directory of libraries with facsimile capabilities 43
Keeping up with the M300 and other uses of the IBM PC 43
OCLC developing micro-based acquisitions system 43-44
Subject access to OCLC via BRS 44
The electronic medical library turnkey option 44
Dawson Group shows serials management system 44-45
Automated serials control update 45-46
CLSI's Sunrise 46
North American Serials Interest Group 46-47
IBM expected to adopt custom chips for the PC 47
Long distance rate comparisons 47
BRS BRKTHRU 47
Gaylord acquires LSSI
Regular readers of LSN will be familiar with MiniMARC, the standalone cataloging support system marketed by Library Systems & Services, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland. In the past year or so LSSI has received particular attention because of its pioneering efforts in the use of videodisc technology for the storage of machine-readable MARC records. Gaylord recently announced that it has agreed in principle to acquire LSSI, which will continue to pursue its areas of interest as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gaylord.
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UTLAS purchases ALIS III 48
Volume 5 Number 05May 1985
Annual survey of library automated system vendors (continued) 33-35
OCLC telecommunications system redesign 35-37
And a restructuring of OCLC prices 37
Videodisc and optical digital disk 37-38
Battelle and PHILSOM offer new options for automated serials control 38-39
Laser scanner vs. light pen for automated circulation systems 39-40
Gaylord offers "total solution" 40
TBG purchases CL Systems, Inc. 40
Volume 5 Number 04April 1985
Annual survey of library automated system vendors 25-32
Volume 5 Number 03March 1985
Allocating costs in shared systems 17-19
Another HP 3000-based automation option for special libraries 20
Media booking on a micro 20
CTI spawns another library automation option 20-21
Patron access catalog from Innovative Interfaces 21
VTLS alive and well and NOT under new management 21
Guidelines for calculating terminal requirements 21-22
The job of systems coordinator 22
Retrieval software vendors eye videodisc market 22-23
The IBM PC family 23-24
PERLINE-CLSI news, premature 24
Volume 5 Number 02February 1985
DRA adopts SIRE 12
OCLC's SC 350 serials system 12
Interfacing Faxon and . . . 12-13
McDonnell Douglas signals entry into library automation market 13
Boss, Richard W., Copyright hearing at ALA 13-16
Help! Is support now available for CTI backup unit for CLSI? 16
Videodisc and CD ROM at ALA 9-12
Volume 5 Number 01January 1985
OCR - based retrospective conversion 1-2
Unexpected alarms and fading labels 2-3
Automation penetrates large libraries 3
Carlyle Systems update 3-4
Recent developments in automated serials control 4-5
Boss, Richard W., OCLC issues 5
LIBRARIAN option for library automation 5-6
Data base software for micros 6-7
Second National Conference on Integrated Online Library Systems proceedings available 7
UTLAS Inc. to be acquired by International Thomson Organisation 7
MICROCON: a new conversion option from OCLC 8
Volume 4 Number 12December 1984
Trends seen at Online 84 89-91
Improved potential for magnetic storage media 91
CD-ROM emerges 91-92
Videotex: myth or reality? 92-93
FM silent radio 93-94
Technical services and circulation software for micros 94-96
DRA system expansion 96
Volume 4 Number 11November 1984
Integrated online systems conference 81-84
Online ordering update 84-85
Loading separate bibliographic files onto a Geac system 85
Reflective optical videodisc applications 85-87
Pilot telefacsimile projects in libraries 87-88
DataPhase scores 87-88
Volume 4 Number 10October 1984
OSI and data communications 73-76
EASYNET for easier data base searching 76-77
DataPhase and Uninet announce Data Share 78
Academic libraries and computers in instruction 78-79
Keystrokes per hour continue to increase 79
More ADLIB and BLIS sales 79
Volume 4 Number 09September 1984
Local area networks for data communications 65-69