ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 414 / C&RL News days at Loeb and spent the balance of the day at Isham. Mowers holds a bachelor's degree in music theory from Ithaca College, and m aster’s degrees in both musicology and library science. He was named assistant librarian at Isham in 1964, and was appointed to his present position in 1981. At ceremonies m arking the 50th anniversary of the Isham Library in 1984, Mowers was honored by the university with the establishment of a perm a­ nent book fund in his name. Deaths Esther L. Gustafson, retired H arvard Univer­ sity librarian, died March 10. Gustafson, a 1922 graduate of Radcliffe, joined the H arvard Library staff in 1929. She worked in the Robbins Library of Philosophy and in the Catalog D epartm ent of the W idener Library and received an appointm ent as L ibrarian in 1958. Gustafson retired in 1964. Mary Louise Marshall, retired librarian of the Tulane University Medical Library, died January 25 in New Orleans. Marshall, a past president of the Medical Library Assocation (1941-46), retired from Tulane in 1959. Her professional service also included work at the Orleans Parish Medical L i­ brary. Grace Wormer, retired University of Iowa li­ brarian, died April 15 at the age of 100. W orm er retired from the University of Iowa in 1954. She was a graduate of Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, and received an MLS from the University of Illinois. Prior to joining the staff at Iowa, W orm er was employed for two years at the W aterloo, Iowa, Public Library. She was at one time a member of the ACRL Board of Directors. ■ ■ N E W T E C H N O L G Y • Camber-Roth has introduced an electronic conferencing software package called CAUCUS. The software allows groups with tight schedules or scattered locations to interact at their scheduling convenience, with input recorded like the minutes of an ordinary meeting. Multiple conferences can be run on a variety of topics or subtopics. Each user is autom atically shown new activity by conference and subtopic; older m aterial is readily accessed if needed. The organizer of each conference deter­ mines which users can have access to the discus­ sion. For further inform ation or to join a demo con­ fe re n c e , c o n ta c t C a m b e r-R o th , 243 H oosick Street, Troy, NY 12180; (518) 273-0983. • Cornell University’s School of Hotel Adminis- tration research library has begun a comprehensive reference service for hospitality industry p racti­ tioners. C alled H O S T L IN E , this service gives managers and researchers direct access to the ex­ tensive library resources of both the Cornell Hotel School and Cornell University. Librarians and re­ search assistants at the School will be able to pro­ vide users w ith published statistical and factual in­ fo rm a tio n ; b ib lio g ra p h ic cita tio n s; extensive literature searches; and access to related online ser­ vices, such as M anagem ent Contents or ABI/In- form. The fee for HOSTLINE services is $55 per hour. O ther charges (database fees, copying, com­ puter time) are billed directly. For more inform a­ tion, contact the School of Hotel Administration, Statler Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853- 6901; (607) 255-3673. • INDEXIT is a new IBM PC program designed for anyone who is preparing an index. The system allows you to enter, alphabetize, update, and print subject or topical indexes. It also can interfile u p ­ per and lower case, file either letter-by-letter or word-by-w ord, and (most unusual for com puter indexes) can ignore punctuation marks when al­ phabetizing. Maximum index length is 5000 en­ tries. Cross-references may be entered at any point, and m any different types of page and volume num ­ ber references can be used. INDEXIT was w ritten by Allan D. P ratt, founding editor of Small C om ­ puters fo r Libraries. The system can be run on an IBM PC or compatibles. Contact G raham -Conley Press, P.O . Box 2968, New H aven, CT 06515; (203) 389-0183. • MacNeal Hospital has enhanced its interli- b rary loan softw are, F .I.L .L .S . (Fast In ter L i­ brary Loans and Statistics), a package th at can track which lending libraries fill orders at the most reasonable cost w ith the best service, which jour­ nals are borrowed repeatedly, and which library and customer loans are outstanding. The upgrade can be used w ith either O n-Tym e or W estern Un­ ion’s Easylink electronic mail system; it can print m ailing labels off its library address database; and A C Q U IS IT IO N PERSPECTIVES 2 a Book H ouse guarantees to o rder each bo o k you request, w ith regular claim ing to publishers. From m ajor publishers on open account to the m ost obscure press requiring p re ­ paym ent and offering no discount, our persistence and experience enables us to deliver every available title. There is no substitute for complete delivery. CALL TOLL-FREE t h e TODAY 1-800-248-1146 BOOK In Canada & Michigan H CALL COLLECT (517) 849-2117 JOBBE O RS SER U VING L S IBRA E RIES WITH ANY BOOK IN PRINT SINCE 1962 208 W EST CHICAGO S T R E E T OCLC Vendor No. 17397 SAN 169-3859 JONESVILLE, MICHIGAN 49250 416 / C&RL News it can print or send entered loan requests in batches or singly. Contact MacNeal Hospital, Health Sci­ ences Resource Center, 3249 S. Oak Park Avenue, Berwyn, IL 60402. • Personal Bibliographic Software, Inc., has ac- quired Pro-Search and In-Search (its predecessor) from the Menlo Corporation of Santa Clara, Cali­ fornia. Pro-Search is a specialized communications program for searching the online databases of D ia­ log and BRS information services. Pro-Search, to­ gether w ith other PBS products, allows users to ac­ cess several m ainfram e bibliographic or textual databases, download the records, convert them into a single m icrocom puter form at, and make them into punctuated, formatted bibliographies. These reform atted records are com patible w ith most word processors. Another PBS product, Pro- Cite, provides flexible data-entry workforms that allow users to create and m aintain a database of records th at can be printed according to the style sheet of any journal or association. For further in­ form ation, contact Personal Bibliographic Soft­ ware, P.O. Box 4250, Ann Arbor, MI 48106; (313) 996-1580. • Raychem Corporation has introduced the TraceTek 100 Leak Sensing and Locating System, designed to detect and pinpoint w ater leaks in li­ braries, museums, art galleries, and archival sys­ tems. The TraceTek system consists of a w ater­ sensing polymer cable connected to an electronic alarm module. As soon as the cable senses w ater, an alarm is sounded and the module simultaneously displays the distance in feet from the leak to the module. By referring to a system map, the user can quickly identify the precise location of the leak. Unlike point sensors, the cable provides continuous sensing at all points along its length. The system is priced at $3-$4 per foot of cable and $1500 per module. Contact Raychem Corporation, 300 Con­ stitution Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025; (415) 361- 3333. ■ ■ PUBLICATIONS • Academic Libraries on the Periphery: How Telecommunications Information Policy Is Deter mined in Universities, by Kenneth E. Flower (4 pages, April 1986), has been published as OMS Oc casional Paper #11. This monograph looks at devel opments in 26 universities in the Spring of 1985 to identify patterns or models of telecommunications information (TI) planning and decision-making. Flower found that the libraries surveyed were not sphere of authority in the formation of TI policy, and that most of them were in an academic affairs sphere of authority, least favored by adm inistra tions as a center for TI policy formation. Copies may be ordered for $15, checks payable to the ARL Office of Management Studies, from OMS/ARL, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N .W ., Washington, DC 20036. ISBN 0-918006-51-1. • African Studies, edited by Use Sternberg and Patricia M . Larby (344 pages, 1986), has been pub lished as British Library Occasional Paper #6. Thi volume contains papers read at a colloquium held in January 1985 and jointly sponsored by the Brit ish Library and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. The papers describe the current state of African studies in Great Britain and Africa, the resources available to researchers, the currency of guides and indexes to those re ­ 3 ­ ­ a ­ ­ s ­ ­ sources, the problems of publishing and distribut­ ing books in Africa, and possible areas of coopera­ tio n b e tw e e n in te r n a tio n a l lib ra rie s for th e provision of Africana. Contributors include ACRL members Ray Boylan, David Easterbrook, and David Stam. Copies may be ordered for $27 from Longw ood Publishing G roup, 51 W ashington Street, Dover, NH 03820. ISBN 0-7123-0050-3. • The Colorado State University Videotape Short Course Catalog (1986) lists videotaped courses available on demand for immediate application in business and industry. Programs include engineer­ ing, computers, quality, management, and educa­ tion. For a free catalog, write Customer Service, Telecommunications Extended Studies, Division of Continuing Education, Colorado State Univer­ sity, Engineering Research Center, Fort Collins, CO 80523; (800) 525-4950. • The Directory of Public Vocational Technical Schools and Institutes in the USA, edited by Marliss Johnson (350 pages, 3d edition, 1986-87), provides information on individual course offerings in addi­ tion to directors’ names, telephone numbers, ad­ dresses, duration of courses, and descriptions of in­ dividual state programs for vocational education. Copies are available for $65 from the Minnesota Scholarly Press, P .O . Box 224, M ankato, MN