ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries A pril 1 9 9 5 / 2 3 1 N f r o m th e f ie ld e w s M a r y Ellen D avis S ta n fo rd c re a tin g d ig i­ ta l D e w e y fo r In te rn e t Stanford University’s inte grated digital library project is attempting to invent the electronic equivalent o f the Dewey decimal system for the Internet. Imagine trying to find information in a librar where the books are orga nized differently on every shelf. It’s much like that fo people searching for informa­ tion on the Internet. Stan ford’s project seeks to pro ­ y ­ r ­ ­ vide a simple and consistent interface tha enables people to find the information they see on the Internet, regardless o f where it is store or how it is organized. The Stanford project is one o f six digital li brary projects begun last September as a resul o f a joint $24.4 million initiative by the Na tional Science Foundation, the Department o Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the National Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration. Stanford’s four-year effort is de signed to create a “virtual library” by providin Internet users with a seamless interface to the wide variety o f information sources and col lections available on the Net. Hector Garcia Molina, project director and professor of com puter science and engineering, said, “We inten to develop a common environment that links everything from personal information to librar collections to large research databases.” The basis o f this environment will be an “information bus” consisting o f basic concepts, language, and protocols that can tie together the materials, services, and users o f informa tion. In addition to the technical problems i will address, the project will tackle concerns about the cost o f information and such critical issues as protection o f intellectual property rights, privacy, and security o f personal infor mation. C om m ission a n d CLR v o te to a ff ilia te The Boards o f Directors o f the Commission on Preservation and Access and the Council on Library Resources (CLR) voted on February 24 to affiliate with one another, with the first step being a joint presidency. Deanna B. Marcum has agreed to serve as president of both orga t k d ­ t ­ f ­ ­ g ­ - ­ d y ­ t ­ ­ nizations and has pledged to enhance their efficiency and effectiveness. The affili­ ation was effective March 1. Billy Frye, chairman of the Commission, and Mar­ tin M. Cummings, chairman of the Council, said, “We see the joint appointment as a major step in strengthening the programs of CLR and the Commission as they support and advocate the essential role o f libraries in a time of changing opportunities and needs.” A main objective o f the affiliation is to achieve staffing and programmatic efficiency. Other affiliation principles are that each orga­ nization remains distinctive and complemen­ tary, the independence o f each board will be preserved, each organization will retain fiscal independence, and cooperative projects will be undertaken if deemed advisable by both boards. M o r e on in fo rm a tio n lite ra c y d a ta The January and February “News from the Field” columns reported on ACRL joining the Asso­ ciation o f Higher Education in a cooperative research project to collect data on existing in­ formation literacy programs in higher educa­ tion institutions across the U.S. Survey forms were sent to college and uni­ versity campuses requesting information and more than 200 responses were received. In the second phase o f this study 26 institu­ tions with exemplary information literacy pro­ grams were selected to participate in the first regional workshops to be held in the middle states region. The first workshop was held at the Philadelphia College o f Pharmacy and Sci­ ence on March 27; the second will be held on May 1 at Monroe Community College in Roch­ ester, New York. Plans call for workshops to be held in the western region. The 26 participating institutions are being asked to send teams o f three to the workshops. The team members can include librarians, fac­ ulty, computer center staff, and/or administra­ tors. Invitations for the March and May work­ shops went out to campus contacts for the Middle States Association regional accrediting agency. 2 3 2 /C & RL News M e m o ria l resolution honoring W illia m A n d re w M o ffe tt ( 1 9 3 3 – 1 9 9 5 ) The profession was saddened to learn in February of the untimely death of William A. Moffett, director of the Huntington Library. The ACRL Board of Directors passed this resolution, which was read by Beverly P. Lynch at a memorial service for Moffett on February 28, 1995. See page 286 for a summary of Moffett’s career. WHEREAS William Andrew Moffett had a distinguished career in academic librarianship contributing to the development, preserva­ tion, and dissemination of information worldwide; and WHEREAS he was always at the forefront of academic and research librarians in movements whose aims were to pursue and increase the power of library users, the most notable being providing free and open access to the photos of the Dead Sea Scrolls contained in the collections of Huntington Library; and WHEREAS he was a widely acknowledged expert on college libraries, special collections, and library security; and WHEREAS he served the Association of College and Research Libraries as president in 1989-90 and as chair of the College Libraries Section in 1984– 85; and WHEREAS he was awarded the highest honor the academic library profession gives, the Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award in 1993; and WHEREAS he was a dedicated friend, mentor, colleague, and supporter to all who loved books and ideas; and WHEREAS there can be no doubt that his contribution to humanity and to the library profession has been extraordinary; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that members of the Association of College and Research Libraries: C elebrate h is m an y accom p lish m en ts a n d his tireless service to the library p rofession ; R eaffirm w ithin ourselves th e p rin cip les f o r w hich h e stood a n d f o r w hich h e w orked; R em em b er with jo y his love o f life a n d living; H o n o r his m em ory a n d his con tin u in g in β u en ce, an d , b e it FURTHER RESOLVED that the Association of College & Research Libraries expresses its deepest sympathies to his wife Deborah, his children Pamela, Stephanie, William Andrew, and Charles, and his grandchildren. D u k e focuses on in te rn a tio n a l lib ra ry p ro g ra m s A new Center for International Library Programs at Duke University was inaugurated in Febru­ ary. The purpose o f the new center is to “focus and integrate the provision o f resources to our academ ic com m unity,” according to Peter Lange, vice provost for academic and interna­ tional affairs at Duke. “The libraries of the uni­ versity have successfully developed resources to support academic work and teaching in in­ tern ation al and area studies, but the time has come to coordinate our efforts across campus.” T h e in te rn a tio n a l and area studies team at Perkins Library is join­ ing w ith its cam pus c o u n t e r p a r t s — t h e Fuqua School of Busi­ ness Library, the Law Library, th e M edical Center Library, and the Divinity Library— to es­ tablish the Center for In­ ternational Library Pro­ grams. Initial plans for the center include closer coordination o f acqui­ sitions, a realistic assess­ m ent o f the interna­ tional resource needs of faculty and students, an evaluation of the impact o f electronic resources on research patterns and library bud g ets, and the development of workshops on the use o f new technologies in international research. The center plans to es­ tablish an internship for young librarians with an interest in pursuing ca­ reers as foreign-area bibliographers. A m e rite c h L ib ra ry Services n am es n e w p re s id e n t Ameritech Library Ser­ vices P resid en t Paul Sybrowsky announced in late February that he ill become chairman of the company to give im more time to pursue a new business ven­ re, and that Thomas Quarton will succeed im as president. Quarton, formerly a vice-president with meritech Enhanced Business Services, will ssume day-to-day operations and will be work­ g in tandem with Keith Wilson, executive vice- resident of the company. Quarton comes to meritech Library Services with more than 20 w h tu h A a in p A A pril 1 9 9 5 / 2 3 3 years o f experience in business development and consulting, with an emphasis on building market-driven and customer-focused compa­ nies. Sybrowsky was a cofounder o f Dynix, Inc., in 1983 and served as both general manager and president of Ameritech Library Services after Dynix and NOTIS Systems were purchased by Ameritech Corporation. He has been recruited to becom e president of Vicendus, a new Provo- based enterprise which will apply distance learning technology to adult education confer­ ences and seminars. Elsevier's electronic subscriptions n e x t step a ft e r TULIP Elsevier Science is introducing Elsevier Elec­ tronic Subscriptions (EES), an electronic ver­ sion of its traditional research journals. This new service, to be available initially on a pilot basis, will offer libraries complete electronic editions either in addition to or in lieu o f paper jour­ nals. EES is available for all of the more than 1,100 Elsevier Science journals, published un­ der the imprints of Elsevier, Pergamon, North- Holland, and Butterworth-Heinemann. The electronic subscriptions will be provided in cov er-to-cov er bitm apped page images (black/white single page TIFF files, resolution 300 dots per inch, compressed using CCITT Fax Group IV). Bibliographic header informa­ tion, including the abstract and keywords (when present), will be provided in struc­ tured SGML-tagged text. The full text will be provided as an unedited and unstructured ASCII file— similar to the format used in TULIP, an ex­ periment in full-text electronic sub­ scriptions undertaken by Elsevier Science and nine universities begin­ ning in 1991. EES files are intended to b e im p le m e n te d w ith e ith e r th e library’s own software or third-party software, making use o f open stan­ dards available now. Elsevier Sci­ ence will be inviting institutions to participate in the pilot phase, ex­ pected to last through 1995. S m ith so n ian Libraries a v a ila b le on In te rn e t The Smithsonian Institution Librar­ ies’ online catalog can now be ac­ cessed via the Smithsonian Institu­ tion Research Information System (SIRIS) on the Internet. The Smithsonian Libraries’ catalog carries records o f its 18 branch libraries. To access SIRIS and the libraries’ catalog, use tel­ net to connect to siris.si.edu. To exit SIRIS, type STOP. C h in o o k b lo w s in to C U -B o u ld er lib ra rie s The University o f Colorado at Boulder dedi­ cated a cluster o f terminals to signal the official start o f the University Libraries’ catalog, Chi­ nook, on January 10. The dedication included a ceremony suggested by a Native-American staff member to “secure clearance and possi­ bly a blessing for the use of the name,” accord­ ing to Deborah Fink, the public information officer for Norlin Library. Chinook is an Indian name that refers to warm winter winds that gust along the eastern slope o f the Rocky Moun­ tains, dramatically raising temperatures and evaporating snow. The Chinook catalog is one component in the CU-Boulder Libraries’ new Innovative Interfaces system, which also in­ cludes cataloging, circulation, serials control, and acquisitions models. VC U g a m e b e n e fits B lack H is to ry A rchives p ro je c t The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Athletic Department contributed $6,000 o f the proceeds from the VCU vs. Virginia Union Uni­ Virginia C om m on w ealth U niversity ath letic d ire c to r Richard Sander (fa r right) p resents a check for $ 6,000 to (1 to r ) Jo h n Whaley, Vonita Foster, and Barbara Ford to fund the Black History Archives Project. 2 3 4 /C &R L News versity (VUU) basketball game to the VCU Li­ braries’ Black History Archives Project. The project is a cooperative effort by VCU, VUU, and the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Inc., to find, preserve, and make available for public use the historical records o f African Americans within the Com­ monwealth o f Virginia. The project, a major component o f a program funded since 1990 by the Ford Foundation, IBM, and VCU, uses ad­ vanced technology to digitize and store infor­ mation in a database. The database now in­ clud es record s o f the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Richmond Cru­ sade for Voters, the Fourth Baptist Church, Gillfield Baptist Church, and the Astoria B en ­ eficial Club. STS seeks n e w logo The Science and Technology Section (STS) of ACRL is sponsoring a contest for the design of a new logo in ASCII. An entry may be a design of the acronym (STS) or it may be a graphic design that represents disciplines addressed by the section— science and engineering/technol ogy— or a combination o f the acronym and the disciplines. The ASCII format is dictated by the proliferation o f electronic communication. The logo will be used on newsletters and other STS publications— electronic and print. Entries will be accepted until May 15, 1995. Please submit your designs to Edward Gonzalez at e-mail: icefg@asuvm.inre.asu.edu; fax: (602) 543-8540; or mail: Arizona State University West, Fletcher Library, 4701 W. Thunderbird Rd., P.O. Box 37100, Phoenix, A2 85069-7100. For details contact Gonzalez or Carol Robinson at e-mail: csrobins@mit.edu at the Barker Engineering Li­ brary 10-500, Massachusetts Institute of Tech­ nology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139. ACRL listserv corrections The February issue of C&RL News listed the wrong addresses for the Extended Campus Li­ b raries Services S e ctio n (ECLSS) listserv, Offcamp, and the Discussion Group on Elec­ tronic Text Centers, ETEXTCTR. To subscribe to Offcamp send the message “subscribe offcamp first name last name” to listserv@ cm s.cc.w ayne.edu or to listserv@ waynestl.bitnet. To subscribe to ETEXTCTR send the mes­ sage “Subscribe ETEXTCTR your nam e” to LISTPROC@lists.princeton.edu. The editors re­ gret the errors. mailto:icefg@asuvm.inre.asu.edu mailto:csrobins@mit.edu mailto:listserv@cms.cc.wayne.edu mailto:LISTPROC@lists.princeton.edu A pril 1 9 9 5 / 2 3 5 Now get unlimited, low-cost access to the PAIS Database via leased tap e For as low as $3,000 per year, you can have unlimited access to the PAIS International Database, the premier bibliographic index to public and social policy issues. Econom ical, fìxed-fee pricing. 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