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             The Public-Access Computer Systems Review

Volume 1, Number 2 (1990)                         ISSN 1048-6542

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

Associate Editor:   Mike Ridley, McMaster University

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


Published three times a year (Winter, Summer, and Fall) by
the University Libraries,  University of Houston.  Technical
support is provided by the Information Technology Division,
University of Houston.
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DEADLINE for the next issue is September 3, 1990.

Editor's Address:   Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
                    University Libraries
                    University of Houston
                    Houston, TX 77204-2091
                    (713) 749-4241
                    LIB3@UHUPVM1


Articles are stored as files at LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.  To retrieve a
file, send the e-mail message given after the article abstract to
LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.  The file will be sent to your account.

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                            CONTENTS


COMMUNICATIONS

Zen and the Art of CD-ROM Network License Negotiation
  Thomas C. Wilson (pp. 4-14)

     Based on negotiations with a number of CD-ROM
     database vendors and producers, Wilson categorizes
     the use restrictions and pricing schemes commonly
     found in network licenses for these products.

     To retrieve this file: GET WILSON PRV1N2

Symposium on Staffing Issues and Public-Access Computer
Systems
  Edited by Mike Ridley and Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (pp. 15-49)

     Carolyn Gray, David Lewis, Howard Pasternak,
     Cynthia Rhine, and Elizabeth Wood answer five
     questions about staff support for public-access
     computer systems.  Their diverse perspectives
     illuminate this increasingly critical problem.

     To retrieve this file: GET RIDLEY PRV1N2

A CD-ROM LAN Utilizing the CBIS CD Connection System
  Steve Smith (pp. 50-61)

     Smith describes the experiences of staff at the
     the Rasmuson Library of the University of the
     Alaska at Fairbanks with the CBIS CD Connection
     CD-ROM network system.

     To retrieve this file: GET SMITH PRV1N2


Z39.50: Where is It and Who Cares?
  Mark Hinnebusch (pp. 62-66)

     Z39.50 is an important OSI protocol that will
     permit library systems to communicate with each
     other for retrieval purposes.  Hinnebusch
     provides a brief status report on Z39.50
     implementation activities in libraries.

     To retrieve this file: GET HINNEBUS PRV1N2

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DEPARTMENTS

Public-Access Provocations: An Informal Column
  "Help!"
  Walt Crawford (pp. 67-70)

     Crawford address the issue of what libraries should
     do to help patrons with using public-access computer
     systems.

     To retrieve this file: GET CRAWFORD PRV1N2

Recursive Reviews
  "Public-Access Computer Systems and the Internet"
  Martin Halbert (pp. 71-80)

     Halbert discusses eight articles and books that
     will help you understand the Internet and its
     implications for libraries.

     To retrieve this file: GET HALBERT PRV1N2

EndNote at Dartmouth: A Double Review
  Gregory A. Finnegan and Katharina E. Klemperer (pp. 81-90)

     Finnegan and Klemperer evaluate the EndNote software
     and describe its use at Dartmouth College, where it
     provides freshmen and other users with a way to manage
     bibliographic citations on their Macintosh computers.

     To retrieve this file: GET FINNEGAN PRV1N2

Editorial
  "Libraries with Glass Walls"
  Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (pp. 91-93)

     Bailey examines Internet access to library systems.

     To retrieve this file: GET BAILEY PRV1N2

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