ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h N L i b E r a r i e s A s s o c i a t i o n W o f C o l l S e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s January 1994 Vol. 55 No. 1 ISSN: 0 09 9 -0 0 8 6 A Be t t e r Way To Search Databases W e started in 1985, database searchers software. But a better way means meeting committed to better search software the evolving needs - individual and campus design. We became the premier vendowr idofe - of today’s library users. M e d lin e , th e n e x p a n d e d o u r cata lo g to o th e r d a ta b a s e s . L ast year we won nnouncing OVID: a database interface Inform ation W orld Review’s PR O D U C T so flexible it molds itself to your search O F T H E YEAR for faster, easier search A environment. W ith OVID you re free to move A haven fo r beginners, O VID ’s Search with natural language from one operating system Easy Mode has on screen i f you like. OVID mapping to another without retraining. prompts. The more experienced cuts through the mystery o f O VID ’s Common User can pull-down menus showing controlled vocabularies, homing Interface assures identical an array o f search options. in on precisely matching functionality in DOS, Experts will feel at home subject headings. Windows and UNIX. using online syntax. There’s an unprecedented array o f HELP fo r every search function search tools — indexes, thesauri, is context-sensitive and on limits and fields — many never before screen, never more than a key­ available in an interface. They’re all stroke or mouse click away. standard OVID features. OVID. A better way to search ERIC, Current Contents®, PsycINFO®, Medline, Readers’ Guide Abstracts, EMBASE and more. CD PLUS Technologies N e w Y o r k 8 0 0 - 9 5 0 - 2 0 3 5 / 2 1 2 - 5 6 3 - 3 0 0 6 L o n d o n 4 4 - ( 0 ) 8 1 - 7 4 8 - 3 7 7 7 A m s t e r d a m 2 0 - 6 7 2 - 0 2 4 2 C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s NEWS A s s o c i a t i o n o f C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s FEATURES 2 5 years a t the Kenneth Spencer Research Library A lexandra Mason 9 Selecting a preservation photocopy machine Dorothy W. Wright 14 Internet sources of governm ent inform ation Blake Gumprecht 19 Conference Circuit NASULGC meeting explores technology Barbara J. Ford 23 CNI: Optimizing public and private interests Tom Kirk 24 The W a y I See It Faculty status for librarians? A response Fred Hill a n d Robert H auptm an 2 6 C&RL N e w s submission guidelines 2 7 About the cover This conceptual sketch by John Gould (1804— 1881), the British ornithological illustrator, is titled “Trogon elegans” or the graceful trogon. Part compositional diagram and part lighting appreciation of the shape and attitude of the birds, this was passed on to G ould’s associate, H. C. Richter, for a finished drawing on paper and subsequently on the lithographic stone. It was published as a hand-colored lithograph in Gould’s Monograph o f the Trogonidae (1875). The Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, houses the most extensive collection of the work of John Gould and his associates, including 3,000 published plates and some 2,000 original sketches, trac­ ings, and transfer sheets, 85% of those still ex­ tant. For more about the Spencer Library see the article on page 9. January 1994 Vol. 55 No. 1 2 / C&RL News DEPARTMENTS In the N e w s 4 N ew s from the Field 5 College library m entor program Larry Hardesty Letters 2 5 W ashington Hotline Carol C. Henderson 2 9 Preservation N ew s Ja n e Hedberg 3 0 Grants 31 Acquisitions 3 2 People in the N ew s 3 4 International library fellows begin assignments 3 6 Advertiser In d e x 3 7 Classified Advertising 3 8 T his lo g o is b ein g u sed b y th e H u ntington Library in San Marino, C alifornia, to p ro­ m ote its e x h ib itio n o f m em orab ilia and d ocu m en ts p ertain in g to Abraham Lincoln. For m ore details se e page 6 o f th is issu e. 7 Editor & publisher: Mary Ellen K. Davis A ssistant editor: Pam Spiegel C lassified ads manager: Jack Helbig Editorial assistant: Hugh Thompson Product sa les manager: Stu Foster C& RL N e w s E d it o r ia l B o a rd : Pam ela Snelson; Willis H u b b a rd , Ire n e H offm an, R obert S. M artin, Z en a id a Fernandez, Ex officio: Karen Seibert (ACRL Publications C o m m ittee); G lo rian a St. Clair (C&RL e d ito r); Anne Beaubian (ACRL past-president). 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All material in this journal subject to copyright by the American Library Associa­ tion may be photocopied for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement. C&RL N e w s is published on recycled, acid-free paper. U ACRL B o a rd o f D ir e c to r s: President—Thomas G. Kirk; president-elect—Susan K. Martin; past-president—Jacquelyn McCoy; councillor—Rochelle Sager; Budget & Finance Com. rep.—Thomas Peischl; directors—Karin Begg Borei, Rosemary Henderson, Frances J. Maloy, Ray E. Metz, Linda L. Phillips, Shelley E. Phipps, Barbara J. Wittkopf; Planning Com. chair— Sandra Ready; ACRL Executive Director—Althea H. Jenkins. Ja n u a ry 1 9 9 4 / 3 mailto:U38398@UICVM.uic.edu mailto:U21808@uicvm.uic.edu In the N e w s Happy New Year! The coming of the New Year is a time of celebration, o f reviewing past accomplishments, an d looking forw ard with great hope to the coming year. In this issue w e celebrate not just the beginning of a new year but the 25th anniversary o f the K enneth Spen­ cer Research Library. Thanks to Jam es Helyar and Alexandra Mason for providing the lovely cover artwork and the history of special collec­ tions at the University of Kansas. It is hard to think about special collections without also thinking of preservation. This is­ sue includes, courtesy o f D orothy Wright, a practical guide for evaluating photocopiers to be used for inhouse preservation purposes. In this issue w e also bring you conference reports on the Coalition for N etworked Infor­ mation and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, thanks respectively to Tom Kirk and Barbara Ford. Both organizations are discussing technology and CNI has an electronic m eans for keeping up with its discussions. Speaking of technology, Blake G um precht continues our series on Internet resources with his guide to governm ent information available on the Net. As an editor, one of the more rewarding ex­ periences I can have is to find that something w e’ve published has provoked a response (any response is more rewarding than none). It may be that an article has added to a reader’s profes­ sional developm ent or given new insight or sim­ ply g e n e ra te d discussion. T herefore, I w as pleased to find that Beth Shapiro’s piece on the myths of faculty status (November 1993) was dis­ cussed on the listserv, Collib-L, as well as in some printed responses (see pages 25 and 26). (An aside: if you send a message to a listserv about something you have read here, take a minute to send me a copy so I can share it with all of our readers.) Once again, I want to thank Eldon Tamblyn for providing us with the yearly index to C&RL News. His efforts are greatly appreciated. —Mary Ellen K. 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