lib-MOCS-KMC364-20131012120558 314 News and Announcements First Use of CATVLIB Network: American Red Cross Satellite Telecast On May 21, 1981, the American Red Cross celebrated their one-hundredth birthday by ending their annual conference in Washington, D.C., with a special two- hour nationwide satellite telecast. The PSSC coordinated distribution of the tele- cast, which originated from Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. , from 10 a.m. to noon. The program was carried on SAT- COM I, transponder 16 (Appalachian Community Service Network), and made available to all cable systems able to receive this transponder. Those areas not able to schedule the live program were offered a satellite-transmitted taped feed later in the day. The American Red Cross had encour- aged all its local chapters to initiate pro- gram reception in their communities by ap- proaching the local cable system about carrying the event. Since the American Red Cross was offer- ing a free program and trying to saturate as much of the United States as possible, use of the CATVLIB network in conjunction with this telecast was appropriate. PSSC con- tacted 53 libraries in 23 states that were in- terested in assuming local coordination for bringing this event to their communities. As the local coordinator, the CA TVLIBs' min- imum responsibilities included alerting the cable systems to schedule receiving this pro- gram (if the local Red Cross chapter had not already approached the CATV) and con- tacting the local Red Cross chapter to offer the CATVLIBs' facilities for their group viewing and concomitant local celebration. Of these fifty-three CATVLIBs , only seven could not participate because of tech- nical problems. Schedule conflicts; lack of CATV, Red Cross, or community interest; and Red Cross alternative plans were the major factors in prohibiting twelve others from directly participating in hosting the satellite-transmitted program. The remain- ing thirty-four CATVLIBs did host com- munity residents in their facilities. Evaluation forms revealed a variety of degrees of CATVLIB participation in coor- dinating their first satellite event participa- tion. Several CATVLIBs (though none came to the library for viewing) were in- strumental in getting the program into the community and available to all local cable subscribers. Advance publicity, birthday cakes and refreshments, sing-alongs, taping for multiple showings, and joint library/ chapter pre- and postevent activities are but a few of the ways the individual CATVLIBs participated. All of the evaluation forms in- dicated that the CA TVLIBs wanted to be contacted as a potential local site for future satellite events. The following list names the fifty-t hree CA TVLIBS that were initially contacted to be local coordinators for the Red Cross one- hundredth birthday satellite telecast. Though not all were successful, CATVLIB made an effort to bring the program to its community. Colorado Boulder Public Library, Boulder Connecticut Thomaston Public Library, Thomaston Florida Tarpon Springs Public Library, Tarpon Springs Georgia Tri-County Regional Library, Rome Idaho Pocatello Public Library, Pocatello Illinois Pekin Public Library, Pekin Rockford Public Library, Rockford Indiana Fort Wayne Public Library, Fort Wayne Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington Iowa Kirkwood Community College Telecommunications Center, Cedar Rapids Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City Kansas Abilene Public Library, Abilene Newton Public Library, Newton Kentu cky Lexington Public Library, Lexington Louisville Public Library, Louisville Camden-Carroll Library, Morehead State University , Morehead Massachusetts Greenfield Community College Library, Greenfield South Hadley Library System, South Hadley Minn esota Anoka County Library, Fridley Cloquet Public Library, Cloquet Crow River Regional Library, Willmar International Falls Public Library, International Falls Minnesota Valley Regional Library, Mankato Marshall-Lyon County Library System, Marshall Western Plains Library System, Montevideo Rochester Public Library , Rochester St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud Missouri St. Charles City County Library, St. Peters New j ersey Burlington County College Library , Pemberton New York Albany Public Library, Albany Amherst Public Library , Willia msville Bethlehem Public Library, Delmar Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System, Jamestown Gates Public Library, Rochester Mid-York Library System, Utica Ridge Road Elementary School Library, Horseheads North Carolina Davidson County Community College Library, Lexington Ohio Greene County District Library, Xenia Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County, Columbus News and Announcements 315 University of Toledo Library, Toledo Pennsylvania Altoona Area Public Library, Altoona Lancaster County Library, Lancaster Monroeville Public Library , Monroeville Tennessee Memphis/Shelby County Public Library & Information Center, Memphis Utah Merrill Library and Learning Resources Program , Utah State University, Logan Weber County Library, Ogden Virginia Arlington County Department of Libraries, Arlington Washington Edmonds Community College Library, Lynnwood Lynnwood Public Library, Lynnwood Mountlake Terrace Public Library, Mountlake Terrace Seattle Public Library, Seattle Wisconsin Middleton Public Library, Middleton Nicolet College Learning Resource Center, Rhinelander Who's Who and What's What in Library Video and Cable For librarians interested in who is doing what in video in libraries, or in how to do it themselves, a guidebook has been published by the Video a nd Cable Communications Section of the Libra ry a nd Information Technology Association . It is the 461-page Video and Cable Guidelines. Edited by Leslie C hamberlin Burk and Roberto Esteves-two of the most active li- bra rians in the video field-the book in- cludes papers from Donald Sager, Kandy Brandt, Arlene Farber Sirkin, Anne Hol- lingsworth , and by Burk and Esteves. Among the topics covered are a description ofthe present operation, future plans, prob- lems, and benefits of video in 250 libraries in the U.S. and Canada. The book is spiral-bound and can be used conveniently as a manual for staff develop- ment programs. Its price is $9. 75 . For additional information, or to order copies (prepaid orders only, please), con- tact LIT A, ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611 ; (3 12)944-6780. 316 Journal of Library Automation Vol. 14/4 December 1981 ELMIG Electronic Mail Arrives The "new arrival" to the library associa- tion family this summer is the Electronic Library Membership Initiative Group. ELMIG is an organization of individuals established to ensure that electronically de- livered information remains accessible to the general public. ELMIG promotes par- ticipation and leadership in the remote elec- tronic delivery of information by publicly supported libraries and nonprofit organiza- tions. The group's efforts are coordinated by Richard Sweeney, director of the Public Li- brary of Columbus and Franklin County; Neal Kaske, director of OCLC's Office of Research; and Kenneth Dow lin, director of the Pikes Peak Library District. The first founding goals of ELMIG are: • Identifying services and information best suited for the remote electronic access to and delivery of information; • Planning, funding, and developing working demonstrations of library elec- tronic information services; • Communicating the availability of electronic library services to the commu- nity; • Informing the library profession of trends, specific events, and future direc- tions in remote electronic delivery of infor- mation; • Creating coalitions with organizations in allied fields of interest. Organizers of ELMIG are working within ALA to foster interest in , and facili- tate the needs of, the electronic library. ALA has established a membership initia- tive group to address the concerns of this group. The Electronic Library Member- ship Initiative Group will meet during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver. Inter- ested individuals are encouraged to attend the meeting scheduled for Monday, Janu- ary 25, 1982, at 2 p.m. in Room 2E of the auditorium. Interest in ELMIG/ELA has surfaced quickly. The membership group was formed in March, and gathered the 200 sig- natures needed for official recognition at the ALA Annual Conference in San Fran- cisco. Some 150 people met at that confer- ence to discuss topics of concern. They de- cided to continue these discussions at the 1982 Midwinter Meeting and plan for an ELMIG program to be presented at Phila- delphia. ELMIG aims to address the issues con- cerning the electronic library on a continu- ing basis through ongoing interaction of its members. To facilitate this interaction, ELMIG will use an electronic mail system. Further information on ELMIG and its members is available from Richard Swee- ney at the Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County, 28 S. Hamilton Rd., Co- lumbus, OH 43213. See page 317 for Subscriber Agreement Form. Heynen to Head ARL Microform Project The Association of Research Libraries has hired Jeffrey Heynen to head a two-year program designed to improve bibliographic access to microform collections in American and Canadian libraries. The association has received $20,000 from the Council on Li- brary Resources to initiate the project, and additional funds are anticipated from other sources. Heynen brings an extensive background in micrographics and publishing to the pro- ject as well as a long-standing commitment to improving the treatment , use, and bib- liographic control of microforms in li- braries. He has served as chair of the Ameri- can Library Association's Reproduction of Library Materials Section, and was a par- ticipant in earlier groups that laid the foun- dation for the current ARL project. Cur- rently president of Information Inter- change Corporation, Heynen has held exec- utive positions with Congressional Infor- mation Service, Greenwood Press, and Re- dgrave Information Resources. These positions have all included responsibility for the creation of large microform collec- tions. Heynen hold~ memberships in nu- merous standards-making bodies, includ- ing the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the American Na- tional Standards Institute, and the National Micrographics Association, and is a lecturer at the University of Maryland College of Library and Information Services. The ARL Microform Project is based upon a planning study conducted for the association by Richard Boss of Information Systems Consultants, Inc. Its purpose is to stimulate and coordinate the work of li- braries, microform publishers, biblio- graphic utilities, and regional networks in providing bibliographic access to millions of monographic titles in microform that are now inadequately or insufficiently cata- loged. Since the development of the plan during 1980, there has been keen interest both in the elements of the plan and in the cooperative efforts needed to achieve them. A number of libraries-both ARL and non- ARL members-are planning to begin or are already entering catalog records for in- dividual titles in microform sets into biblio- graphic databases. For example, three ARL libraries have recently been awarded grants under Title 11-C of the Higher Education News and Announcements 317 Act, Strengthening Research Library Re- sources, to catalog major microform sets, entering the resulting records into one of the major utilities. All three libraries- Stanford University, University of Utah, and Indiana University-will be coordinat- ing their efforts with the goals of the ARL program. Key to these efforts, however, is coordi- nation to ensure that national standards are accepted and followed, to distribute the work load so that as many sets as possible are covered and duplication of effort is avoided, and to ensure that the records are available to all libraries that want to use them. The ARL Microform Project will em- phasize building on existing resources, coor- dinating efforts among the library and pub- SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT ELECTRONIC LIBRARY MEMBERSIUP INITIATIVE GROUP ------------------·(ALA Member), applies for membership in the ELECTRONIC LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP INITIATIVE GROUP, electronic mail system, and states that: RECITALS: A. ELMIG is an association of individuals whose mission is to ensure that information delivered electronically remains accessible to the general public; and B. ELMIG seeks to promote participation and leadership in remote electronic delivery of informa- tion by publicly supported libraries and nonprofit organizations. NOW THEREFORE, the above Member and OCLC agree that: 1. Member will deposit with OCLC a $100 contribution toward the cost of electronic mail service and attendant expenses for the first year of operation, which is to commence January 1, 1982. The Member recognizes that the initial Member contribution may not be sufficient to pay for a year of operation and agrees, when invoiced, to make additional payments of $100, or other agreed upon sums, to OCLC for the continuation of service. 2. OCLC agrees that by accepting Member deposits, it will secure electronic mail service for the Members of ELMIC; and 2.1 Will place Member deposits in a separate ELMIC account from which OCLC will pay the cost of the electronic mail service, U.S. postal mailings, and any other expenses incurred in the adminis- tration of EMS. 2.2 Will provide a year-end accounting of contributions and expenditures to Members with in a reasonable time after December 31 , 1981 , and each year-end thereafter. MEMBER: BY --------------------------------------------------------- TITLE --------------------------------------------------------- DATE ---------------------------------------------------------- 318 Journal of Library Automation Vol. 14/4 December 1981 lishing communities and the bibliographic utilities, and, where possible, facilitating cooperative projects already planned or un- der way. Heynen will be assisted by an advisory committee composed of representatives of both ARL and non-ARL libraries, the ma- jor bibliographic utilities, and microform publishers. The ARL project will operate out of the office of Information Interchange Corporation, 503 11th St., SE, Washing- ton, DC 20003; (202)544-0291. Libraries and publishers interested in participating in the project are urged to contact the project office. Nominations Sought for LITA Award Nominations are being sought for the Li- brary and Information Technology Associ- ation's Award for Achievement. The award is intended to recognize dis- tinguished leadership, notable develop- ment or application of technology, superior accomplishments in research or education, or original contributions to the literature of the field. The award may be given to an individual or to a small group of individuals working in collaboration. Organized institutions or parts of organized institutions are not eligi- ble. 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