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- From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
- Subject: Welcome to PACS-L (Revised)
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- Welcome to the University of Houston Libraries'
- Public-Access Computer Systems Forum
-
-
- Overview
-
- The Public-Access Computer Systems Forum (PACS-L) is a
- computer conference that deals with all computer systems that
- libraries make available to their patrons. Utilizing PACS-L,
- users discuss topics such as CD-ROM databases, expert systems,
- hypertext programs, microcomputer labs, locally-mounted databases,
- network-based information resources, and OPAC's.
-
- The conference does not deal with staff-oriented functions in
- integrated library systems (e.g., acquisitions, cataloging,
- circulation, and serials control), staff-oriented microcomputer
- use (e.g., spreadsheets and word processing), or mediated online
- searching.
-
- While many users are librarians, PACS-L also serves computer
- specialists, faculty members, and others. The conference was
- founded in June 1989 by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Currently,
- there are over 5,330 users in 50 countries. The conference is
- moderated by Dana Rooks and Jill Hackenberg. The Information
- Technology Division of the University of Houston provides
- technical support for the conference.
-
- Messages sent to PACS-L are reviewed by the conference
- moderators, who distribute messages on appropriate topics to
- conference participants. Normally, PACS-L users receive
- 5-15 messages per day. Please do not send messages longer than
- about 250 lines; break long messages up into multiple shorter
- messages.
-
- The University of Houston Libraries provides PACS-L as
- a public service. It does not verify the accuracy of submitted
- messages nor does it endorse the opinions expressed by message
- authors. Authors of PACS-L messages are solely responsible
- for content of their messages.
-
- All messages to the conference are automatically archived.
- Users can search the message database for specific information
- using complex Boolean queries. The most reliable method
- of searching the database is to submit batch search jobs
- to the list server via e-mail messages. Search features include
- nested Boolean expressions, search limitation by date and time,
- and SOUNDEX searches.
-
- An electronic journal, The Public-Access Computer Systems
- Review, was established in September 1989. The first issue was
- published in January 1990. The journal became refereed
- in November 1991. Articles are stored as individual files
- on the list server, and an annotated table of contents
- for each issue is sent out as an e-mail message to all
- PACS-L users. After looking over the table of contents,
- users can retrieve article files of interest. Libraries are
- authorized to add the journal to their collections at no
- cost. The journal is cataloged on OCLC and RLIN. For further
- information, contact the Editor-in-Chief, Charles W. Bailey, Jr.,
- LIB3@UHUPVM1.
-
- An electronic newsletter, Public-Access Computer Systems News, is
- also distributed on PACS-L. The first issue was published in
- March 1990. Issues are sent out as messages on PACS-L.
- Back issues are stored on the list server. Libraries
- are authorized to add the newsletter to their collections at
- no cost. The newsletter is cataloged on OCLC and RLIN.
- For further information, contact the Co-Editor Dana Rooks,
- LIBL@UHUPVM1.
-
- The Library Technology Watch Program at the University of
- California, Berkeley distributes its electronic newsletter,
- Current Cites, on PACS-L.
-
- A second list, PACS-P, was established in January 1991 for users
- that want to receive PACS-L publications, but do not want to
- receive messages from PACS-L users. PACS-P serves over 820 users
- in 38 countries.
-
- Selected Commands
-
- To join PACS-L, send the following e-mail message to
- LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: SUBSCRIBE PACS-L First Name Last Name.
- (The UH list server also has an Internet address:
- LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU.)
-
- To receive the PACS-L publications only (no messages from PACS-L
- users), send the following message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1:
- SUBSCRIBE PACS-P First Name Last Name. Do NOT subscribe to both
- PACS-L and PACS-P; PACS-L users receive all publications as part
- of their subscription.
-
- To sign off PACS-L, send the following e-mail message to
- LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: UNSUBSCRIBE PACS-L.
-
- To stop PACS-L mail when you go on vacation, send the following
- e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: SET PACS-L NOMAIL.
-
- To resume PACS-L mail delivery, send the following e-mail
- message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: SET PACS-L MAIL.
-
- To determine what your PACS-L distribution settings are,
- send the following message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: QUERY PACS-L.
- This is a useful command to try if you stop receiving PACS-L
- mail. The moderators may have had to set you to NOMAIL because
- of problems with your e-mail account.
-
- To send a message to the PACS-L, send your e-mail message to
- PACS-L@UHUPVM1.
-
- To obtain a list of PACS-L users, send the following e-mail
- message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: REVIEW PACS-L F=MAIL.
-
- To receive full documentation about searching the message database,
- send the following e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: INFO
- DATABASE. (A brief tutorial is also available. Send the
- message GET SEARCH DOC F=MAIL to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.)
-
- To see what files are available, send the following e-mail
- message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: INDEX PACS-L F=MAIL.
-
- To retrieve a file, send the following e-mail message to
- LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: GET File Name File Type.
-
- To have a file sent via e-mail instead of via file transfer,
- add "F=MAIL" after the GET command. For example, to retrieve
- CONTENTS PRV2N1 via e-mail, send the following e-mail message to
- LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: GET CONTENTS PRV2N1 F=MAIL.
-
- To retrieve the cumulative index for volumes one to three of The
- Public-Access Computer Systems Review, send the following e-mail
- message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: GET INDEX PRV1 F=MAIL.
-
- To retrieve the table of contents file for an issue of The
- Public-Access Computer Systems Review, send an e-mail message to
- LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 that contains the appropriate command based
- on the issue's volume and number:
-
- GET CONTENTS PRV1N1 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV1N2 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV1N3 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV2N1 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV2N2 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV3N1 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV3N2 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV3N3 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV3N4 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV3N5 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV3N6 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV3N7 F=MAIL
- GET CONTENTS PRV3N8 F=MAIL
-
- To retrieve an issue of the Public-Access Computer Systems News,
- send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 containing the
- appropriate command based on the issue's volume and number:
-
- GET PACSNEWS V1N1 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V1N7 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V1N2 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V1N8 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V1N3 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V1N9 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V1N4 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V1N10 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V1N5 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V1N11 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V1N6 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V1N12 F=MAIL
-
- GET PACSNEWS V2N1 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V2N7 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V2N2 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V2N8 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V2N3 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V2N9 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V2N4 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V2N10 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V2N5 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V2N11 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V2N6 F=MAIL
-
- GET PACSNEWS V3N1 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V3N7 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V3N2 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V3N8 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V3N3 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V3N9 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V3N4 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V3N10 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V3N5 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V3N11 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V3N6 F=MAIL GET PACSNEWS V3N12 F=MAIL
-
- GET PACSNEWS V3N13 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V3N14 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V3N15 F=MAIL
- GET PACSNEWS V3N16 F=MAIL
-
- To retrieve an issue of Current Cites, send an e-mail message
- to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 containing the appropriate command based on
- the issue's volume and number:
-
- GET CURRENTC V3N1 F=MAIL GET CURRENTC V3N7 F=MAIL
- GET CURRENTC V3N2 F=MAIL GET CURRENTC V3N8 F=MAIL
- GET CURRENTC V3N3 F=MAIL GET CURRENTC V3N9 F=MAIL
- GET CURRENTC V3N4 F=MAIL GET CURRENTC V3N10 F=MAIL
- GET CURRENTC V3N5 F=MAIL GET CURRENTC V3N11 F=MAIL
- GET CURRENTC V3N6 F=MAIL GET CURRENTC V3N12 F=MAIL
-
- For More Information About PACS-L
-
- Bailey, Jr., Charles W. "Electronic (Online) Publishing in
- Action . . . The Public-Access Computer Systems Review and Other
- Electronic Serials." Online 15 (January 1991): 28-35.
-
- Bailey, Jr., Charles W. "The Public-Access Computer Systems
- Forum: A Computer Conference on BITNET." Library Software
- Review 9 (March-April 1990): 71-74.
-
- +------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Dana Rooks Voice: (713) 743-9807 |
- | Assistant Director For FAX: (713) 743-9748 |
- | Administration BITNET: LIBL@UHUPVM1 |
- | University Libraries |
- | University of Houston |
- | Houston, TX 77204-2091 |
- |------------------------------------------------------------|
- | PACS-L Moderator (PACS-L@UHUPVM1) |
- | Associate Editor, Communications, The Public-Access |
- | Computer Systems Review |
- | Co-Editor, Public-Access Computer Systems News |
- +------------------------------------------------------------+
-
- +------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Jill M. Hackenberg Voice: (713) 743-9761 |
- | Physical Sciences Librarian Internet: |
- | University of Houston LIBJ@JETSON.UH.EDU |
- | Houston, TX 77204-2091 |
- +------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Associate PACS-L Moderator (PACS-L@UHUPVM1) |
- +------------------------------------------------------------+
- Revised 1/2/93
-