The Public-Access Computer Systems Review
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The Public-Access Computer Systems Review was the first open access journal in the field of library and information science. It covered issues such as digital libraries, electronic publishing, the Internet, and online catalogs.
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Item The Heinz Electronic Library Interactive On-line System (HELIOS): An Update(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1998) Galloway, Edward A.; Michalek, Gabrielle V.Discusses the conversion project of the congressional papers of Senator John Heinz into digital format and the provision of electronic access to these papers by Carnegie Mellon University. Topics include collection background, project team structure, document processing, scanning, use of optical character recognition software, verification procedures, search engine, and the prototype end-user interface.Item The Heinz Electronic Library Interactive Online System (HELIOS): Building a Digital Archive Using Imaging, OCR, and Natural Language Processing Technologies.(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1995) Galloway, Edward A.; Michalek, Gabrielle V.Discusses the conversion project of the congressional papers of Senator John Heinz into digital format and the provision of electronic access to these papers by Carnegie Mellon University. Topics include collection background, project team structure, document processing, scanning, use of optical character recognition software, verification procedures, search engine, and the prototype end-user interface.Item Information Policy for Electronic Information Resources(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1993) Goodyear, Mary LouDiscusses information policy issues for electronic information resources, including the scholarly communication process and changes in the relationship between information, the producer, and the user; the right of access to information, including government information; privacy and democratic governance; and intellectual property or ownership of information.Item The LIBS Internet Access Software: An Overview and Evaluation(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992) Stanton, Deidre E.; Hooper, ToddDescribes and evaluates LIBS Internet Access Software (also called Sonoma Software), which offers automatic Telnet connection to remote library catalogs, databases, information services, campuswide information services, and other wide-area information access tools. Instructions for obtaining and installing the software are given, and a comparison to HYTELNET is offered.Item Two Steps Forward, One Step Back(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992) Crawford, WaltProvides several examples of drawbacks encountered when technological improvements are applied to the public access of library databases. Suggests that technological advances all carry some trade-off and that they should be employed cautiously.Item The University of Minnesota's Internet Gopher System: A Tool for Accessing Network-Based Electronic Information(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1993) Wiggins, RichDescribes the Gopher system developed at the University of Minnesota for accessing information on the Internet. Highlights include the need for navigation tools; Gopher clients; FTP (File Transfer Protocol); campuswide information systems; navigational enhancements; privacy and security issues; electronic publishing; multimedia; and future possibilities. A glossary is appended.Item Using HYTELNET to Access Internet Resources(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992) Scott, PeterBriefly describes online library catalogs and other types of Internet resources accessible through HYTELNET, a hypertext browser. Instructions for obtaining the software and five sample screens are included, and the system updating process is explained.Item The Victorian Women Writers Project: The Library as a Creator and Publisher of Electronic Texts(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1996) Willett, PerryDescribes the Victorian Women Writers Project, a full-text poetry database created and published on the World Wide Web by Indiana University Libraries. Electronic formats such as graphical, character-based, and proprietary files are discussed, along with standards for formatting, including ASCII, HTML, and Text Encoding Initiatives. Decisions must consider archival nature and accessibility.Item The World-Wide Web and Mosaic: An Overview for Librarians(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1994) Morgan, Eric LeaseProvides an overview of the Internet's World-Wide Web (Web), a hypertext system. Highlights include the client/server model; Uniform Resource Locator; examples of software; Web servers versus Gopher servers; HyperText Markup Language (HTML); converting files; Common Gateway Interface; organizing Web information; and the role of librarians in developing Web information resources.Item You Call It Corn, We Call It Syntax-Independent Metadata for Document-Like Objects.(The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1995) Caplan, PriscillaDiscusses the 1995 OCLC/NCSA Metadata Workshop that met to define a standard set of data elements for describing network-accessible information resources. These document data elements had to be simple enough for authors and publishers to use, to facilitate discovery and retrieval, and to be useful as a basis for descriptive cataloging.