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- Subject: Call for Papers
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- The Public-Access Computer Systems Review (PACS Review) seeks
- papers for volume four (1993). Dependent upon the section of the
- journal they are published in, papers can either be refereed or
- selected by the editors. Interested authors should contact
- Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Editor-in-Chief, at LIB3@UHUPVM1. A
- description of the PACS Review follows.
-
- The PACS Review is an electronic library journal, associated with
- the PACS-L and PACS-P lists, that is distributed at no charge to
- over 6,390 subscribers in 49 countries via BITNET, Internet, and
- other computer networks. The journal deals with end-user
- computer systems in libraries, covering topics such as
- campus-wide information systems, CD-ROM LANs, document delivery
- systems, electronic publishing, expert systems, hypermedia and
- multimedia systems, locally-mounted databases, microcomputer
- labs, network-based information resources, and online catalogs.
- It was established in September 1989 and became refereed in
- November 1991. It is published by the University of Houston
- Libraries. A review in ONLINE gave the journal a rating of
- "Excellent."
-
- The first two volumes of The Public-Access Computer Systems
- Review are also available in book form from the American Library
- Association's Library and Information Technology Association
- (LITA). The price of each volume is $17 for LITA members and $20
- for non-LITA members. To order, contact: ALA Publishing
- Services, Order Department, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL
- 60611-2729, (800) 545-2433.
-
- Volume one has a special section on SPIRES that describes how
- this powerful system is being used for locally mounted databases
- and campus-wide information systems, plus an in-depth symposium
- about staffing issues and public-access computer systems. It
- also has articles about Carnegie Mellon University's Library
- Information System II (and other innovative library automation
- systems), text management software, CD-ROM LAN implementations
- and network licensing agreements, Z39.50, and other topics.
-
- Volume two has a special section about major electronic serials
- on networks that includes papers by the editors and publishers of
- EJournal, The Electronic Journal of Communication, the Journal of
- the International Academy of Hospitality Research, New Horizons
- in Adult Education, the Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues,
- Postmodern Culture, and PSYCOLOQUY as well as a guide to the
- important LISTSERV software. It also has a substantial symposium
- about network-based information resources and scholarly
- communication, plus a paper on machine-readable data files in
- libraries.
-
- Volume three has papers on campus-wide information systems and
- tools, including UC Berkeley's Infocal Campus Information
- Service, HYTELNET, LIBS Internet Access Software, and
- nonbibliographic applications of Z39.50. It includes an in-depth
- investigation of the future of electronic publishing, a paper on
- The Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials, and a bibliography
- about electronic publishing on networks. It also contains papers
- on reshaping library services and staffing to support emerging
- electronic information systems; the Canadian Network for the
- Advancement of Research, Industry, and Education; and search
- failures in information retrieval systems.
-
- All three volumes include columns by Walt Crawford and Martin
- Halbert, plus book reviews. Volume three introduced a new
- columnist, Priscilla Caplan. Topics covered include artificial
- intelligence, the Common Command Language, copyright and digital
- media, enhanced OPACs, help systems, hypermedia, Internet
- resources, and USMARC format integration.
-
- To get a cumulative index to the first three volumes of the
- journal, send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 or
- LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU that says: GET INDEX PRV1 F=MAIL.
-
- To subscribe to the free electronic version of the PACS Review,
- send an e-mail message to one of the above list server addresses
- that says: SUBSCRIBE PACS-P First Name Last Name. Subscribers
- also receive two electronic newsletters: Current Cites and
- Public-Access Computer Systems News.
-
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- | Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Voice: (713) 743-9804 |
- | Assistant Director For Systems Fax: (713) 743-9748 |
- | University Libraries BITNET: LIB3@UHUPVM1 |
- | University of Houston Internet: |
- | Houston, TX 77204-2091 LIB3@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU |
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- | Co-Editor, Advances in Library Automation and Networking |
- | Editor-in-Chief, The Public-Access Computer Systems Review |
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