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Statewide reciprocal borrowing and quickly get the articles and reports they need,” document delivery comes to Florida said Madaus. Developed by the CCLA, the LINCC A n a g re e m e n t e n d o r se d b y p resid en ts o f Florid a’s workstation is comprised of a PC, monitor, 28 community colleges and 10 public state uni­ printer, and scanner. The software includes Re­ versities enables students in any one of Florida’s search libraries Group’s document transmission 38 publicly funded institutions of higher educa­ product, Ariel, Netscape, and a fax program. The tion to freely borrow materials from the libraries LINCC workstation project complements the docu­ of any other colleges or universities. Developed as m ent delivery com ponent of the DLLI (http:// part of Florida’s Distance Learning Library Initia­ dlis.dos.state.fl .us/dlli), w hich includes a state­ tive (DLLI), the reciprocal borrowing agreement wide ground courier service. went into effect in Decem ber 1998. The DLLI, m id w ay th ro u g h its s e c o n d y e a r o f op era tio n , h a s Florida International University provided several statewide initiatives to broaden Library dedicated and strengthen library services in support o f higher After three years of construction, the Steven and education, including coordination of the state­ Dorothea G reen Library at Florida International wide acquisition of electronic resources such as University Miami, Florida, has been dedicated and Britannica Online and 60 OCLC FirstSearch data­ is in full use by the University community. Named bases, coordination of a statewide courier service, for the current U.S. Ambassador to Singapore and and support of a reference and referral center for his wife, the $40 million, 227,957 net square foot distance learners. building seats m ore than 2,0000 library users, has In late January J. Richard Madaus, director of a ca p a c ity o f o v e r 1 m illio n v o lu m e s a n d a n A TM the College Center for Library Automation electronic infrastructure that delivers 25 MB of (CCLA), announced that LINCC (Library Infor­ bandwidth to all workstations, making possible mation Network for Community Colleges) Docu­ transmission of full-motion video. Among other ment Delivery Workstations had been delivered electronic features are a 3,000 square-foot G eo­ to the 61 campus libraries of Florida’s 28 comm u­ graphic Inform ation System (GIS) Center. The nity colleges. The workstation allows library staff building includes 127 research carrels, 12 study to send and re­ ceive docu­ ments to each other and to li­ braries around the world. “W ith this m o d ­ ern communi­ ca tio n s tech n o l­ ogy, our stu­ dents, staff, and faculty may now draw on the resources o f a ll th e c o m ­ m u n ity co lle g e s and hundreds Florida International University's new Steven and Dorothea Green Library of sim ilarly was completed at a cost of $40 million and offers more than 2,000 seats, a equipped librar­ capacity for over 1 million volumes, and an ATM electronic infrastructure that ies around the delivers 25 MB of bandwith to all workstations making possible transmission w o r l d t o of full-motion video.

C&RL N e w s ■ M a rc h 1999 / 757 group rooms, and four special rooms for the physi­ College, M acalester College, Trinity College, St. cally challenged. Eight stories tall, footings have Lawrence University, Simmons College, and Wil­ been provided for an additional six levels. Archi­ liam s C olleg e. tects w ere M. C. Harry and Associates, Miami; the “The most serious threat faced by academ ic builder, Turner Construction. libraries is co n tin u in g h ig h in creases in jou rnal s u b ­ scriptions, particularly for scientific journals,” said CARL Corp. purchased by founder. Ray English, director of libraries at O berlin Col­ W ard S h a w lege, w ho facilitated participation by the new col­ CARL Corporation, a Denver-based library auto­ lege library m embers. “SPARC represents the first mation company, and the UnCover Company have real initiative that has com e out of the library been purchased from The Dialog Corporation by co m m u n ity to try to ad d ress this issu e. It d e serv es CARL’s Chairman and CEO, W ard Shaw. CARL our strong and enthusiastic support.” Corp. and UnCover were purchased by Knight The Council of Australian University Librar­ Ridder Information, Inc. (now The Dialog Cor­ ians (CAUL), an organization that represents all poration) in 1995. W hen Knight Ridder was ac­ Australian university libraries, has also joined quired by MAID PLC in November 1997, the SPARC. corporation announced its intent to divest CARL and UnCover. Shaw emphasized the benefits to OCLC and WLN complete merger CARL’s library system custom ers. “W e have al­ OCLC and WLN completed negotiations and have ways partnered with visionary libraries. CARL’s merged, effective January 1,1999. Both WLN independence will reenergize these partnerships.” and OCLC are nonprofit corporations. WLN has CARL is developing several W eb-based public served 550 libraries in the Pacific Northwest re­ access products aim ed toward full patron self- g io n o f th e U .S. a n d C an ad a fro m its L acey, W a sh ­ service and will roll out the Information Manage­ ington, office. OCLC, based in Dublin, Ohio, serves m e n t a n d D eliv ery S y stem — th e g ra p h ica l client/ over 33,000 libraries in 65 countries and territo­ server integrated library system in 1999. More in­ ries. “Since the announcem ent of the Letter of form ation about CARL may be found at http:// Intent on October 21, 1998, I have been im­ www.carl .org . mensely impressed by the energy, the focus, and the commitment of staffs from both companies Oberlin Group Libraries join SPARC to put this merger together. The fact that w e were Fifteen m embers of the Oberlin Group library able to do it in leas than ten w eeks is a tremendous consortium have joined the Scholarly Publishing tribute to the good will and professional commit­ & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) in its m ent of all involved,” said Paul McCarthy, WLN effort to expand com petition and drive down president and CEO. Details about their merger prices in scientific journal publishing. Oberlin may be found at http://www.oclc.org/wln/. Group libraries that are now full m em bers of SPARC include Bowdoin College, Bucknell Uni­ EBSCO re le a se s EBSCO O n lin e versity, Claremont Colleges, Oberlin College, and Featuring m ore than 1,200 electronic journals W esleyan University. Consortial members include from a b ro a d ran g e o f pu blishers, p o w erfu l search ­ Albion College, Colorado College, Denison Uni­ ing capabilities, and a range of administrate/man­ versity, Eckerd College, Franklin and Marshall agement features, EBSCO Online was released in January. EBSCO Online is a W eb-based service that pro­ v id e s a sin g le site fo r e n d u s­ e rs to s e a r c h a n d a c c e s s th eir library’s collection of elec­ tro n ic jo u rn a ls. A k e y fea tu re o f the system is the ability to search across journal content regardless of publisher. EBSCO Online includes the full content of Project MUSE, m o re th a n 4 5 e le c tro n ic jo u r­ n als fro m Jo h n s H o p k in s U ni­

158 /C&RL N ew s ■ M a rc h 1999 Learn about the licensing landscape

Overwhelmed by licensing contracts? Learn libraries, vendors, and publishers exploring al­ how to interpret and manage licensing contracts! ternatives? The negotiation and management of Plan to attend ACRL’s preconference “Under­ licenses threatens to overwhelm m ost staff. Ex­ standing the Licensing Landscape” at ALA’s An­ plore potential models for the future of license nual Conference in New Orleans, Friday Ju n e negotiation and management. 25, 1999, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. P r e s e n t e r : B arb ara M cF ad d en A llen, d i r e c t o r , The conference will give you the tools C enter fo r Library Initiatives, C om m ittee on you need to promote compliance at your in­ Institutional C ooperation

stitution, explore future licensing trends, and • Sense and Licensability: A Practical gain negotiation skills. Topics and presenters Guide to License N egotiation. Learn about in clu d e: core issues in license negotiation, explore cur­ • Tam ing the license Beast: Tracking rent “hot” issues, and share your ow n negotia­ and Com pliance. Find out how to manage tion strategies and techniques. and administer licenses as you hear suggestions Presenters: Ivy Anderson, coordinator for D igital for responsible tracking procedures and tech­ Acquisitions, H arvard University office fo r lnform a­ niques. Explore ways and means of educating t i o n S y s te m s , and Hannah Stevens, executive direc­ staff and users about license terms, and work tor, Boston Library Consortium th ro u g h scen arios. Presenters: K im berly P arker, Electronic Pub- Registration materials are available in the lishing α n d Collections librarian, Yale University Li­ January 1999 edition of A m erican Libraries b r a r y , and Ellen Duranœau, assistant acquisitions or register online at: http://www.internetpros. librarian fo r D igital Resources, MIT Libraries com/registration.cfm. Registration fees are

• The Future of the Licensing Land­ $75 for ACRL members, $115 for ALA mem­ s c a p e . Is the current licensing m odel sustain­ bers, and $160 for nonmembers. Questions? able as libraries attempt to m anage an ever-in­ Contact Margot Sutton at [email protected] creasing num ber of licenses and contracts? Are or (800) 545-2433 ext. 2522. versity Press. W alter de Gruyter & Co. is also to W ert Bookbinding where they are commer­ making its journals available through EBSCO cially bound or rebound. W ert then transports the O n lin e. books to Preservation Technologies, L.P. in Cran­ berry Township, Pennsylvania, where the mass UCI Libraries uses bookplates to deacidification is done. Sue Kellerman, head of honor employees the Preservation Department at Penn State says The University of California, Irvine Libraries has th at th e libraries a re lead in g th e w a y in b o o k treat­ put a new twist on the traditional years of ser­ m e n t b y h av in g th e b o o k s re b o u n d a n d th e n d ea ­ vice recognitions given library employees. Library cidified. “Rebinding and then deacidifying is a em ployees reaching milestones at five-year incre­ w h o le b o o k treatm en t th at m a k e s th e b o o k b e tter ments are invited to select a book already pur­ than new ,” she says, adding that few other schools chased for the UCI collections, into w hich is are currently taking advantage of the mass dea­ placed a bookplate honoring the em ployee for cidification process. The Preservation Department the appropriate num ber of years worked in the plans to send about 100 books per month for mass UCI Libraries. A list of em ployees honored each deacidification. month is announced in the library em ployee news­ letter and maintained on the staff W eb site. ACRL/WESS receives $1,000 annual aw ard Penn State launches mass ACRL’s W estern European Specialists Section deacidification process (WESS) has been given a $1,000 annual grant by The Penn State University Libraries have recently Jean-Denis Touzot, president of the Paris-based b e g u n a m ass d eacid ification p ro ject to ch em ically book distributor and publisher Jean Touzot, to treat acidic books that are most likely to be used support the section’s program at the ALA Annual by patrons. Books to be deacidified are first sent Conference. Given “in recognition of the excellent

C&RL N ew s ■ March 1999 / 1 59 Expanding competition in scholarly publishing

Michael Rosenzweig, a bi­ longer can afford it. He says price increases on ologist at the University his journal averaged almost 19% annually and of Arizona, will exam ine h a rm ed th e scien tific co m m u n ity , th e sa m e g ro u p alternative methods of that supplies articles to the journal for free. scholarly publishing in the With the endorsem ent of SPARC, closing keynote session at Rosenzweig has independently launched a new ACRL's 9th National Confer­ journal focusing on evolution and ence, “Racing Toward Tom or­ ecology, Evolutionary EcologyR esearch row ,” April 8-11, 1999, in D e­ (EER), a comparatively low-priced tro it. alternative to his original project. Entitled, “Reclaim ing W hat Rosenzweig has pledged to base the We Own: Expanding Competi­ jo u rn a l’s p ric e o n th e a ctu a l p ro d u c­ tion in Scholarly Publishing” the tion costs, which he projects will session will focus on possible al­ be substantially less than the com ­ ternatives to traditional m ethods mercial publisher’s prices. of scholarly publishing. Ken Participate in this informative Frazier, director of the Univer­ sessio n a n d c h o se fro m a m o n g m o re sity of W isconsin Libraries and than 200 other carefully selected chair of SPARC (Scholarly Pub­ programs. Find out what’s new lishing & Academic Resources from the nearly 200 exhibitors dis­ Coalition), will introduce the ses­ playing and demonstrating the lat­ sion. Carla Stoffle, dean of li­ Michael Rosenzweig est in products and services. Keep braries at the University o f Arizona will lead a pace with new ideas and provide question and answer session after Rosenzweig’s leadership for the future direction of academ ic presentation. lib ra ries. Rosenzweig is uniquely qualified to address Advance registration is available through this topic as he recently abandoned the thriving March 12, 1999. Details about the conference, scholarly journal he founded 12 years ago be­ in clu d in g reg istratio n a n d trav el in fo rm a tio n a n d cause he believes the publisher had made it so forms, are located on the W eb: http://www. e x p e n siv e th at m a n y lib raries a n d co lle a g u e s n o ala.org/acrl/prendex.html.

w o rk d o n e b y th e o rg an izatio n to p ro m o te a n d e n ­ Natural History’s Seaver Center for W estern History hance W estern European studies,” the grant was Research. The agreement augments USC’s holding awarded “to allow WESS to create a m ore interest­ of primary research materials, while the Museum of ing forum for professional discussion at the Annual Natural History will restore greater availability of Conference.” Touzot made the announcement of th e S e a v e r C en te r’s h o ld in g s to sch olars. the grant himself at the WESS membership meeting Under the terms of the agreem ent, USC will at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. W hile introducing fund a full-time curator for the Seaver Center— Touzot, WESS Chair Stephen Lehmann said, “This filling a post that has been vacant since 1994, business meeting should be renamed the pleasure w hen budget cuts drastically reduced staffing at meeting in light of the forthcoming announcement," the museum. W hile the center retains all rights to a n d e x p r e ss e d th e se c tio n ’s gratitu d e to T o u z o t fo r its holdings, the agreem ent specifies that USC may s o g e n e r o u sly fo rm a liz in g h is lo n g tim e su p p o rt o f consider the collection a branch of its special col­ W ESS and its activities. lections department. Jerry Dean Campbell, dean of USC Libraries and USC and Natural History Museum the university’s chief infom iation officer said, “My forge partnership plan is to increase significantly our holdings of pri­ The special collections department of the University m a ry m aterials, s o th at U SC is p o sitio n ed a s a m a jo r of Southern California Libraries has joined in part­ research center for the study of multinational com ­ nership with the Los Angeles County Museum of munities and large-scale urban development.” ■

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