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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Wed Jun 17 12:30:14 1992
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1992 11:19:01 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
6 Messages, 144 Lines
Please reply to the author, not PACS-L. Thanks, Jill
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1) Thinkjet durability
2) microUSE
3) marcon
4) Dewey and LC codes
5) network hub software
6) bookdrops
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From: Theodore.Morris@UC.Edu
Subject: ThinkJet durability?
(cross-posted to CDROMLAN and PACS-L, sorry for any duplications)
I know there have been some discussions in the past regarding the use
of HP ThinkJet vs. other printers in public areas of the library, but
I don't recollect much about the issue of durability--mostly just
about costs and sound.
We have several ThinkJets attached to our CD-ROM workstations, and are
finding that they are going through ink cartridges extremely fast. We
are reinking them, of course, to save expenses--but the heads
themselves are wearing off the gold plating or otherwise wearing
out/becoming damaged, such that after just a few re-uses, the
cartridge will produce spotty print at best, even when full.
Is there something we're missing re: cleaning/refilling, did we get a
bad batch of cartridges, poor ink, or what? Our colleagues across
campus who have a similar CD-ROM environment -love- their ThinkJets --
we're almost ready to rip them out and put back noisy-but-reliable
ProPrinters (-: .
Theodore Allan (Ted) Morris, University of Cincinnati Medical Center,
513-558-0177V, 558-0758F, MORRISTA@UC.EDU, MORRIS@UCUNIX.SAN.UC.EDU.
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From: LBA002@PRIME-A.TEES-POLY.AC.UK
Subject: MicroUSE
Could I renew my plea for sources of a copy of the follwoing piece of software?
MicroUSE Software (Brief Edition) by BDM software to accompany
Microcomputer Use Lab Manual by Teresa Alberte-Hallam, Stephen F. Hallam &
James Hallam. Academic Press, 1985. ISBN 0-12-209026-8
Due to circumstances too embarassing to mention, we have managed to buy 3
copies of the book without the software and now our supplier reports it
is out-of-print. I thought I had a "live one" in Indiana but their disk
was "fried" (glad we aren't the only ones :-) So PLEASE can anyone else
help?
Rgds,
Iain Noble
University (who do we think we're fooling?) of Teesside
Middlesbrough,
UK
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From: HASELTIN@ARIZVMS.BITNET
Subject: Marcon
I have a problem here at Arid Lands for which I would like to solicit
assistance. Part of our collection (the only part on computer) is
cataloged with a program called Marcon. It is a disaster as far as
we're concerned, and I am looking at moving to some other program,
even if it's Procite. The only way I've come up with is far is to
print a report to disk file and run WordPerfect macros on it to
create a record Procite will accept. However, Marcon seems not to be
consistent in how many lines it prints to a record, in spite of what
I tell it. I'm not limiting my vision to Procite, but we own it, and
I can do a lot with it.
Does anyone have experience with how to move records out of Marcon or
know someone who does? Any other suggestions of programs that will
read Marcon databases? Budget is a major concern for us.
Thanks,
Michael Haseltine
Office of Arid Lands Studies
University of Arizona, Tucson
haseltin@arizvms
haseltin@ccit.arizona.edu
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From: David Lisbona <dlisbona@ccsg.tau.ac.il>
Subject: Dewey and LC codes
Can someone point me to a downloadable text file of Dewey and/or LC codes with
descriptions and country codes, or failing that an OPAC with a database one
can consult by subject or country names.
I'd appreciate answers to me directly please
Thanks
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David Lisbona DLISBONA@CCSG.TAU.AC.IL Compuserve:71307,2020
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From: johnsonm@ohsu.EDU (Millard Johnson)
Subject: Network hub software
I would like qritical information and recomendations for software that could
be used by a network of libraries using the INTERNET for a Wide Area
Network (WAN).
PORTALS is a network of libraries that will use Internet as a WAN
allowing library patrons to access each others OPACS and some jointly
acquired databases. At this time we propose that each member library will
provide INTERNET access through it's OPAC, its LAN or some
designated terminal(s). "Public" users will not have full Internet
functionality but will only be able to call a restricted menu of resources.
One of these resources will be a hub computer which will be a gateway to
PORTALS resources (institutional OPACS and databases). We seek
assistance in identifying appropriate hub software. We have identified
Freeport and gofer as software that could perform this hub function but we
would like to believe that there is something superior.
The hub software should link to resources gracefully and reliably. It should
be well supported and easily maintained. It should have some network
news and announcement capability. It should have management capability
including usage statistics. It should be able to restrict access to a set of IP
addresses and it should provide security including limiting access to jointly
mounted commercial data files.
If you have experience with Freeport, HytelNet, Libtel, LIBS, Gofer,
Archie, World Wide Web of some other candidate hub software please
respond to me directly. I am particularly interested in talking with people
who have implemented these systems on Unix multi-user machines and
people who can provide comparative evaluations. I will summarize
responses for the list.
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I would rather risk failure than achieve it without risk.
Millard Johnson, PORTALS
johnsonm@ohsu.edu
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From: minow%netcom.com@husc6.BITNET (Mary Minow)
Subject: bookdrops, anyone
Does anyone have an indoor bookdrop they can live with? Ours crashes the books (
we have too many to put a bin at night) and lets the rain in. Thanks!
