VPIEJ-L 12/92
VPIEJ-L Discussion Archives
December 1992
========================================================================= Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1992 08:20:06 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Christopher Batchelor <ic40chb@uclamvs.bitnet> Subject: Re: Call for Editors: Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture ------------------------------TEXT-OF-YOUR-MAIL-------------------------------- > Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1992 12:18:19 EST > Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" > <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> > Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" > <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> > From: ERMEL STEPP <m034050@marshall.mu.wvnet.edu> > Subject: Call for Editors: Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture > To: Betsy Coles <ecl4bh2@mvs.oac.ucla.edu>, > Diane Childs <ecz5ben@mvs.oac.ucla.edu>, > "Michael V. Sullivan" <ecz5ptl@mvs.oac.ucla.edu>, > Anne Powell <ic40aep@mvs.oac.ucla.edu>, > christopher batchelor <ic40chb@mvs.oac.ucla.edu> > > <<< Call for Editors >>> > > The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture > has been created and will be published by Arachnet. Virtual > culture is computer-mediated human experience/behavior > /action/interaction, such as electronic mail, conferences, > and journals; information distribution/retrieval; the > construction and visualization of images/representations/ > models of reality and/or worlds; and global connectivity. > The purpose of the refereed journal is to foster, encourage, > advance, and communicate scholarly thought, (including > analysis, evaluation, and research) in multiple disciplines > about virtual culture. > > Ermel Stepp, Marshall University, Editor-in-Chief > Diane Kovacs, Kent State University, Co-editor > A. Ralph Papakhian, Indiana University, Consulting Editor > > In addition to the three editors named, the journal > will have the following editorial contributors: Editorial board, > consulting editors, special issue editors, associate editors/ > urors/referees/readers, columnists, and correspondents. Full > recognition and credit will be attributed to contributors. > > Editors are sought for The Arachnet Electronic Journal > on Virtual Culture. General qualifications include an academic > degree, expertise in computer networking and/or electronic > journals, nominations and suitable references, and > verifiability. > > Consulting editors shall provide advice on substantive > and/or technical issues about virtual culture to the > Editor-in-Chief as need arises. > > Special issue editors shall take responsibility for special > or supplementary issues of the journal devoted to a particular > theme or idea. The responsibility includes the selection of > the topic, announcing the special/supplementary issue and > call for papers jointly with the Editor-in-Chief, receiving > submissions, obtaining peer review by associate editors and > other specialized referees, and necessary communication with > authors, referees, and the Editor-in-Chief. > > Associate editors shall be standing jurors/referees/readers > on substantive topics such as specific networks and bbs, > discussion groups/conferences, ejournals/, information > distribution/retrieval, databases, networking tools, or > virtual reality. An associate editor shall read submitted > papers, judge the quality of papers submitted for blind > review, edit papers submitted for blind review, and advise > the Editor-in-Chief about the worthiness of papers reviewed, > and recommend whether to publish submitted papers as > articles in the journal. Specific qualifications include > experience as an editor/juror/referee/reader and relevant > publications. > > If you are qualified and interested in an editorial role > with the journal, please send an electronic message giving a > notification of interest with the following details: > > 1. Role/position of interest > 2. Statement of interest > 3. Professional postal address > 4. Electronic mail address > 5. Academic degree(s) > 6. Computer networking experience > 7. Editorial experience > 8. Relevant publication(s) > 9. References (with titles, postal and electronic addresses) > 10. Notifications to be made in case of appointment: > a. Chief executive officer > b. Professional organization(s) > c. Media > d. Electronic forum(s)/conference(s) > e. Others > > Send electronic mail to: > > Ermel Stepp > Editor-in-Chief > The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture > > BITNET M034050@Marshall > Internet M034050@Marshall.wvnet.edu > > All notifications of interest shall be screened by the > Editor-in-Chief and submitted with recommendations to > the Editorial Board for appointments to all roles. > Appointments shall be made by the Editorial Board on > or before January 15, 1993, and all applicants will > be notified of the decisions no later than February 1, > 1983. > > <<< Information about the Journal >>> > > The refereed journal will have an ISSN and a copyright. > > The journal will publish certain information in > every issue, including, for example, ownership, editorial > contributors, editorial requirements, disclaimer, and copyright > statement, and subscription instructions. > > The journal will be distributed in collaboration with existing > discussion groups, networked archival systems, and libraries. > > The journal will be issued monthly commencing with the > first issue on March 15, 1993. > > Each issue of the journal will be less than 100 type-written > pages in length in the first year. > > The official language of the journal will be English. > Translations into other languages for limited issues may > be approved by special arrangement. > > Deadlines for the submission of manuscripts will be the > first of the month preceding the next issue. The deadline > for the submission of manuscripts for the first issue is > February 1, 1993. > > Articles will be 5-20 type-written pages in APA form and > style and in ASCII format. > > All manuscripts will be given at least two blind reviews > by a jury of referees. > > Authors will be notified within twenty days after receiving > their manuscript of the disposition of the manuscript, except > notification about submissions for the first issue will be > distributed by March 1, 1993. > > When appointments are made announcements will be widely > distributed to the chief executive officers of the appointees' > institutions, professional organizations and media, and > computer teleconferences. > > All submissions and communication about manuscripts will be by > electronic mail. > > The endorsement, sponsorship, and collaboration of organized > groups and professional organizations will be sought after > three issues of the journal have been distributed. > > As soon as possible, alternatives to ASCII, such as postscript > and hypertext, will be considered for formatting versions of > the journal. > > No print version of the journal is contemplated. > > No subscription fee for the journal is contemplated. > > The journal will be available via listserv@uottawa through > the electronic conference Arachnet. To subscribe to Arachnet > send an e-mail message to listserv@uottawa with a one-line > message in the text: > > subscribe Arachnet Your-first-name Your-last-name > > Of course, use your own real first and last name. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1992 15:03:18 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: JUNGHO KIM <jkim@diana.cair.du.edu> Subject: electronic hournals in heat transfer/fluid mechanics Dear Sir: I write to inquire about any information you may have regarding electronic journals dealing with topics in heat transfer and fluid mechanics. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Denver, and would like to participate in electronic forums of this sort. Thank you. Sincerely, Jungho Kim ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1992 15:03:42 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca> Subject: Scholars Press to Publish Electric Mystic's Guide SCHOLARS PRESS TO PUBLISH THE ELECTRIC MYSTIC'S GUIDE In mid 1993 Scholars Press will publish the first edition of _The Electric Mystic's Guide to the Internet: A Directory of Electronic Documents, Online Conferences, Serials, Software, and Archives Relevant to Religious Studies_, by Michael Strangelove (University of Ottawa, Religious Studies Department). This represents the first time that a network- accessible Postscript document will be used as the master text for the production of a hardcopy version. The publication of _The Electric Mystic's Guide_ will expand the present models of concurrent print and electronic publication in the following ways: (1) The guide will be printed in three-ring binder format to allow users to add supplements. Supplements will be provided via the Net in Postscript and low ASCII text on LISTSERV and FTP file servers. Scholars Press will publish annual revised editions. (2) The author will maintain full copyright over the work. (3) The full text of _The Electric Mystic's Guide_ will continue to be fully and freely available on FTP and Listserv as a WordPerfect, Postscript, and low ASCII files. These network-accessible texts will be updated regularly. (4) The full text of the guide will be mounted on a gopher server, which will allow Net users to read the guide from a remote site while online, without having to retrieve the document. Not only will the gopher server allow for full text, online browsing of the guide, but it will enable users to actually read many of the network-accessible files indexed by the guide. For example, users will be able to read an index of electronic reviews and also read the actual reviews, all through the gopher server. (5) The guide will be maintained as three separate volumes. This is done to accommodate the large size of Postscript texts. Scholars Press' proactive support of this project will enable the creation of a central index to network- accessible resources in religious studies. The creation of such an index represents a necessary step in the further development of the Net as a research and pedagogical tool. Scholars Press is a consortium of over two dozen university presses. Volumes One and Three of the guide may be accessed via Listserv at LISTSERV@UOTTAWA or LISTSERV@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA as MYSTICS V1-TXT and MYSTICS V3-TXT The guide may be accessed via FTP at the node PANDA1.UOTTAWA.CA in the directory /pub/religion/ as a variety of files. The gopher server should be operational by 1993. The hardcopy version will be available in mid 1993. Further details will be announced throughout the Net as the project develops. Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1992 14:11:12 EST Reply-To: mzltov@nwu.edu Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was hjacob@CASBAH.ACNS.NWU.EDU From: Herbert Jacob <mzltov@nwu.edu> Subject: e-journal on gopher The Law and Politics Book Review is now available on the gopher server at Northwestern University: gopher@nwu.edu. Choose "Northwestern University Information" on the first menu and "Law and Politics Book Review" on the next menu. Herbert Jacob, Northwestern University Voice Mail 708 491-2648 e-mail mzltov@nwu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1992 07:49:18 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Tosolini Paolo <tosolini@uts340.univ.trieste.it> Subject: Overseas email books orders ? I often need to buy books in USA about Computer Science and Human Computer Interaction. In my city there are some bookstores that do this service but the cost normally doubles and the time of supply is not acceptable. I would like to ask everybody if you know good bookstores that can accept overseas orders (by email, too ?) and have fast service togheter to many computer titles and editors available (i.e. Microsoft Press, Addison Wesley ...). Should I be useful here in Italy for anyone, don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks in advance Paolo Tosolini Student in Political Science University of Trieste, Italy tel. +39-40-275030 fax. +39-40-311850 email: tosolini@uts340.univ.trieste.it tosolini@univ.trieste.it ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1992 08:12:44 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Joan Boorstein <boorstein%umbsky.dnet@ns.umb.edu> Subject: RE: Overseas email books orders ? Paolo asks: >I would like to ask everybody if you know good bookstores that can >accept overseas orders (by email, too ?) and have fast service >togheter to many computer titles and editors available >(i.e. Microsoft Press, Addison Wesley ...). Here are two that I know of: 1. Quantum Books in Cambridge, MA -- an excellent technical bookstore whose email address is quanbook@world.std.com. I've always had good service with them -- haven't used email ordering, though, as I live nearby and it is always a fun trip over there -- always buy more than I intend. 2. techbooks in Beaverton, Oregon: techbook.com is their domain name. I have not dealt with them, so I do not know who one addresses orders to. Hope this helps. --- Joan Boorstein (boorstein%umbsky.dnet@ns.umb.edu) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1992 08:13:22 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: W Schipper <schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: Re: Overseas email books orders ? In-Reply-To: <9212071255.AA18591@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>; from "Tosolini Paolo" at Dec 7, 92 7:49 am Walden Books takes orders through CompuServe, but you may need to sign on to Compuserve before you can do so. I'll see if they have an account number to which you can send an Internet message Bill -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1992 08:13:50 EST Reply-To: mzltov@nwu.edu Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was hjacob@CASBAH.ACNS.NWU.EDU From: Herbert Jacob <mzltov@nwu.edu> Subject: Law & Politics Book Review on Gopher My previous posting had an error. If you have a gopher client, point it to gopher.nwu.edu. (The gopher port is #70). You will not need a login or password. Once in the NU gopher, choose "Northwestern University Information" and in the next menu, choose "Law and Politics Book Review". Herbert Jacob, Northwestern University Voice Mail 708 491-2648 e-mail mzltov@nwu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 15:40:56 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: James Powell <jpowell@vtvm1.bitnet> Subject: welcome/update VPIEJ-L Resources Listserv Archive: There is a listserv archive available at listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu (listserv@vtvm1 for BITNET) for VPIEJ-L. Send a command as the body of a mail message to get a current filelist: INDEX VPIEJ-L to listserv. Use the get command to retrieve items from the archive in a mail message: GET EJ-BIB TXT. 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For example: SUB VPIEJ-L Joan Doe Or you may read and post to VPIEJ-L via Usenet in the group bit.listserv.vpiej-l Owner: James Powell <jpowell@vtvm1> James Powell >>> Library Automation, University Libraries, VPI&SU >>> JPOWELL@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU O+> >>> jpowell@borg.lib.vt.edu - NeXTMail welcome here >>> Owner of VPIEJ-L, a discussion list for Electronic Journals ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 08:15:35 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: "James J. O'Donnell" <jodonnel@sas.upenn.edu> Subject: E-Preprint/Paraprint Initiative ELECTRONIC PRE-PRINT and PARA-PRINT DATABASES: an invitation to collaboration Following a working group meeting earlier this year, a small committee of researchers, librarians, and scholarly society publishers has been laying groundwork to create a standard interface and a common searching engine for independent databases of scholarly and scientific `preprints'. These might comprise any form of academic discourse not yet ready for `publication'. We have labelled another category of publications 'paraprints,' works which may exist in network databases alongside formally printed counterparts. There are already individual databases of either citations or aritlces, in numerous fields, chiefly sciences, and in the humanities many listserv discussion groups have collections of scholarly papers available for list members on the listserver. The purpose of the preprints initiative is to rationalize such forms of distribution and make the material they contain as widely and easily available as possible. Several specific initiatives are on the point of coming on-line in the next weeks and months. The preprint group is now broadening its initiative. FIRST, we are inviting other parties with a serious interest -- i.e., those who would be interested in actively participating in creating and maintaining such databases as part of a loose consortium -- to join the ongoing discussion as we formulate standards and discuss practical issues of management and finance. Appropriate participants in the expanded working group might include (but would not be limited to) -- representatives from learned societies -- individuals from research libraries -- university presses publishing journals -- listowners maintaining adjunct files of scholarly articles -- specialists in disciplines or subdisciplines with an interest in and a commitment to enhancing the flow of information and discussion. Business of the group is conducted on a closed listserv list. To express interest in joining the electronic working group, contact Listowner: James J. O'Donnell, University of Pennsylvania, Classics Department jodonnel@mail.sas.upenn.edu SECOND, we are beginning a Preprints/Paraprints database clearinghouse and invite your submissions and listings of such enterprises. They will be maintained in a central file updated as new information arrives. The descriptions will be detailed as to type of files and access. To add listings to the Clearinghouse files, contact: Ann Okerson, Association of Research Libraries, ann@cni.org THIS PROJECT IS CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF: Association of Research Libraries (Washington, DC) Office of Scientific & Academic Publishing Ann L. Okerson Center for Computer Analysis of Texts University of Pennsylvania James J. O'Donnell American Mathematical Society Mathematical Review David L. Rodgers ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 15:40:53 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Tosolini Paolo <tosolini@uts340.univ.trieste.it> Subject: Thanks for help I want to thank all the persons who very kindly sent me interesting sources to order books by email, also overseas. I collected all the mails in a file and I will be glad to send it to everyone who is interested. Paolo Tosolini, Italy tosolini@uts340.univ.trieste.it ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 15:41:39 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: SPACE COWBOY <s_natale@twu.bitnet> Subject: Newsletter Subscr./Woman's Collection The Texas Woman's University Library has revived its newsletter DATA ENTRIES and is making it available in electronic form through free subscription over the Internet. DATA ENTRIES will cover events at the Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library in Denton, Texas, as well as developments in public services and the Woman's Collection (see below for more information about TWU's several special collections.) To subscribe to the quarterly newsletter, simply send a note requesting a subscription to one of the following addresses: s_natale@twu (BITNet) or s_natale@twu.edu (Internet) --- <<<<<:::::<<<<<-----*----->>>>>:::::>>>>> ============ TWU Woman's Collection Perhaps it's not surprising that Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas, has a "woman's" collection in the library, but the fact that this collection is among the finest in the nation may be a surprise to many. Begun in 1932 at the behest of one of the university's presidents, biographies of significant women were collected to serve as role models for the students at Texas State College for Women, later to be called Texas Woman's University. Today, the Woman's Collection, housed at the Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library on the TWU campus, contains more than 42,000 books and periodicals, 2500 feet of manuscript and archival records, and approximately 20,000 photographs. In addition, the library acquires many of the large microfilm editions of manuscripts and printed collections published by other libraries and boasts a woman's clothing and textile collection. The historical manuscripts include the personal papers of Hermine Tobolowsky, the "Mother of the Texas Equal Legal Rights Amendment," Sarah Weddington (Roe v. Wade), and authors Claire Myers Owens, LaVerne Harrel Clark, and Edith Deen. In addition, the library has collected the records of significant women's organizations such as the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, The Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women, the American Association of University Women (Texas), and the Texas state archives of Delta Kappa Gamma. In addition, to add to its growing collection on women in the military, TWU acquired the records of the WASP, Inc., the veterans organization for the Women's Airforce Service Pilots who flew during World War II. The Cookbook and Menu Collection has become one of the major collections in the world since the acquisition of the Julie Benell Cookbook Collection and the greater portion of the Cookery and Gastronomy Library of Mrs. Thomas M. Scruggs and Margaret Cook. The entire collection numbers approximately 12,000 volumes. TWU, the largest university primarly for women in the U.S, has approximately 10,000 students and is located 35 miles north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The Library houses more than three-quarters of a million items. For questions about the Woman's Collection, contact Dawn Letson 817-898-3754 or at s_letson@twu.edu (Internet). <<<<<:::::<<<<<-----*----->>>>>:::::>>>>> To access the Texas Woman's University Library Collections via Internet: 1. TELNET to TWU.EDU 2. At the USERNAME: prompt enter IRIS 3. At the login: prompt press ENTER 4. At the ONLINE CATALOG Menu enter 1 To exit enter E from the Main Menu, then enter 3 ================================================================================ Please excuse the cross-postings of this message. ================================================================================ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 08:40:39 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Jian Liu <jiliu@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> Subject: Re: Thanks for help On Fri, 11 Dec 92 16:19:58 EST, <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> wrote: >I collected all the mails in a file and I will be glad to send it to >everyone who is interested. Please send me a copy of the file. Thanks _____________________ Liu Jian Indiana University jiliu@ucs.indiana.edu --------------------- James Powell >>> Library Automation, University Libraries, VPI&SU >>> JPOWELL@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU O+> >>> jpowell@borg.lib.vt.edu - NeXTMail welcome here >>> Owner of VPIEJ-L, a discussion list for Electronic Journals ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 08:43:52 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Chris Locke <chris@support.avalanche.com> Subject: Re: Thanks for help I'd be very interested in getting a copy of your list. I sent you one source (biblio@csn.org); the owners said they would be very happy to take your orders there! Thanks Chris ************************************************************ Christopher Locke 947 Walnut Street VP, Business Development Boulder, CO 80302 Avalanche chris@avalanche.com (303) 449-5032 (303) 449-3246 (fax) ************************************************************ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 08:44:30 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: "Charles Bailey, University of Houston" <lib3@uhupvm1.bitnet> Subject: PACS Review Issue on E-Publishing + Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Public-Access Computer Systems Review Volume 3, Number 8 (1992) ISSN 1048-6542 ----------------------------------------------------------------- To retrieve an article file as an e-mail message, send the GET command given after the article information to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 (BITNET) or LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU (Internet). To retrieve the article as a file, omit "F=MAIL" from the end of the GET command. CONTENTS COMMUNICATIONS The New Publishing: Technology's Impact on the Publishing Industry Over the Next Decade By Gregory J. E. Rawlins (pp. 5-63) To retrieve these files: GET RAWLINS1 PRV3N8 F=MAIL GET RAWLINS2 PRV3N8 F=MAIL This report discusses technology's impact on the products, revenue sources, and distribution channels of the publishing industry over the next decade. It examines the threats and opportunities facing the book publishing industry, and presents a strategy for publishers to meet the threats and to use the opportunities to decrease risk and increase profit. The strategy also benefits education, science, and technology by making books cheaper, more flexible, and more easily and quickly available. 1.0 Overview 1.1 Electronic Books and Copy Protection 1.2 Subscription Publishers 2.0 Threats to Contemporary Publishing 2.1 Paper Copying 2.2 Electronic Copying 2.3 The Future of Copyright 3.0 Electronic Book Advantages 3.1 Reader Advantages 3.2 Library Advantages 3.3 Publisher Advantages + Page 2 + 4.0 Retailing Schemes 4.1 Disc Bookstores 4.2 Electronic Bookstores 4.3 On-Demand Bookstores 4.4 Locked-Disc Publishers 4.5 The Future of Retail Books 5.0 Changes in Education 5.1 Electronic Science Books 5.2 Other Educational Books 5.3 The Frailties of Print 6.0 The New Publishing 6.1 Mapmakers, Ferrets, and Filters 6.2 Stage I Penetration 6.3 Stage II Penetration 6.4 Stage III Penetration 7.0 Gearing Up 7.1 A New View of Economics 7.2 Why It Will Work 7.3 A New View of Publishing 8.0 Getting There From Here 8.1 The Short Term 8.2 The Mid Term 8.3 The Long Term 9.0 Pricing, Positioning, and Profits 9.1 Lures to Subscribe 9.2 Global Publishers 9.3 Competition 9.4 Entrepreneurs 10.0 Technological Hammers Appendix A. Electronic Book Technology Appendix B. Electronic Book Players + Page 3 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Public-Access Computer Systems Review Editor-in-Chief Charles W. Bailey, Jr. University Libraries University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-2091 (713) 743-9804 LIB3@UHUPVM1 (BITNET) or LIB3@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU (Internet) Associate Editors Columns: Leslie Pearse, OCLC Communications: Dana Rooks, University of Houston Reviews: Roy Tennant, University of California, Berkeley Editorial Board Ralph Alberico, University of Texas, Austin George H. Brett II, Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval Steve Cisler, Apple Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group Lorcan Dempsey, University of Bath Nancy Evans, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Charles Hildreth, University of Washington Ronald Larsen, University of Maryland Clifford Lynch, Division of Library Automation, University of California David R. McDonald, Tufts University R. 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Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their collection, in electronic or printed form, at no charge. This message must appear on all copied material. All commercial use requires permission. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:39:56 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca> Subject: List for Net Document Authoring I am often faced with editing questions when writing documentation or articles about the Net and am uncertain where best to turn for a Listserv forum. I wonder if others feel the need for a semi-private (to keep volume reasonable) list for editors/authors of net stuff? For example, what is the proper rendering of "listserv"? I have seen listserv (small case in bold), LISTSERV and Listserv. Recently had a telephone conversation with an editor as we tried to figure out the proper spelling of freenet for a forthcoming piece. Turns out its Free-Net... I hate to throw a series of such questions up on HELP-NET (too many answers, often contradictory) and would prefer to speak to those in the "business". Any thoughts on this? Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 08:06:28 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: David Robison <drobison@library.berkeley.edu> Subject: Re: List for Net Document Authoring Michael Strangelove wrote: I am often faced with editing questions when writing documentation or articles about the Net and am uncertain where best to turn for a Listserv forum. I wonder if others feel the need for a semi-private (to keep volume reasonable) list for editors/authors of net stuff? *********************** I think this is a great idea. I too am also faced with these (somewhat) esoteric concerns fairly often. It would be nice to have input, and we might even foster some standardization!?! David F.W. Robison Internet: drobison@library.berkeley.edu Editor, Current Cites Bitnet: drobison@ucblibra Library Technology Watch Program Voice: (510)642-7600 UC Berkeley Library Fax: (510)643-7891 Berkeley, CA 94720 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:56:49 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Jim Gerland - Network User Support <gerland@ubvm.bitnet> Subject: Re: List for Net Document Authoring In-Reply-To: Message of Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:39:56 EST from <441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca> On Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:39:56 EST MICHAEL STRANGELOVE said: > I wonder if others feel the need for a semi-private >(to keep volume reasonable) list for editors/authors of net stuff? I agree. I would be willing to setup such a list here if someone would play Owner and moderator. I think it should be a moderated or perhaps even a closed list. It would be a good start at developing a style guide. Jim Gerland - Consultant, Network User Support University at Buffalo Academic Services, Computing & Information Technology Buffalo, NY 14260 716.645.3557 Work 716.645.3734 FAX gerland@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu gerland@ubvms.bitnet ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:57:43 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: "Timothy J. Anderson" <ta10+@andrew.cmu.edu> Subject: Re: List for Net Document Authoring In-Reply-To: <added.0f=gdau00uktjglu5l@andrew.cmu.edu> I could use this kind of help. I'm not sure another list is the best place for it or whether we should try to use VPIEJ-L. I just sent off a guide to the literature of virtual reality to the publisher, and am still not sure about the capitalization of many network resources, such as the WELL (or Well) and USENET or Usenet. Also when to usefor net addresses. Come to think of it, I don't know if "angle bracket" is the right name for those marks. tim ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:58:27 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Re: List for Net Document Authoring In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 15 Dec 1992 08:06:28 EST from <drobison@library.berkeley.edu> Judging by the number of reponses I have received seems that my experience of a need for conventions is shared. I hate the thought of yet one more list so will suggest that we find a list that will accept discussion of writing conventions regarding net words (the volume will not be too heavy, I suspect). I will maintain a working document for the group and make it available on ftp and listserv. Others have suggested that we aim to create an informal style sheet that will address some of the typographical issues and help standardize spelling of such animals as Free-Net and LisTSERv. If the list owner(s) of VPIEJ-L is agreeable to the use of VPIEJ-L for such discussion, I would suggest that, as a courtesy to the rest of the list, we use the subject prefex CONVEN: in all convention postings, so those not interested can quickly delete. Once, and if, we get agreement from the list owner, I would like to discuss the matter of listserv, LISTSERV, Listserv... under the subject heading: CONVEN: Listserv If we do not find an agreeable list, I can create one, but would rather not do so. Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:58:55 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Stevan Harnad <harnad@princeton.edu> Subject: Re: List for Net Document Authoring > Michael Strangelove wrote: > > I am often faced with editing questions when writing documentation > or articles about the Net and am uncertain where best to turn for > a Listserv forum. I wonder if others feel the need for a semi-private > (to keep volume reasonable) list for editors/authors of net stuff? Some of the questions that arise are dealt with on the Bitnet listowners' list: lstown-l@indycms.bitnet Also the Usenet moderators' list: moderators@cs.purdue.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stevan Harnad Editor, Behavioral & Brain Sciences, PSYCOLOQUY Cognitive Science Laboratory | Laboratoire Cognition et Mouvement Princeton University | URA CNRS 1166 221 Nassau Street | Universite d'Aix Marseille II Princeton NJ 08544-2093 | 13388 Marseille cedex 13, France harnad@princeton.edu | harnad@rrmone.cnrs-mrs.fr 609-921-7771 | 33-91-611-420 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:59:44 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: "Lee Jaffe, Microcomputer & Network Services" <jaffe@scilibx.ucsc.edu> Subject: Re: List for Net Document Authoring This reminds of an idea I had a while back to start a Discussion Group within ALA for newsletter editors. The problem was where to place the group and I was starting to lose interest in working the hallways of ALA. I was wondering whether you'd consider making the proposed list a little broader to include editors electronic ones. I mean, if the problem you are having is spelling, a print editor would be just as helpful. I'm not directly interested myself - I just finished a 3-year stint as editor of a newsletter - but I would guess that other editors would jump at the chance to have someone to talk to. -- Lee Jaffe, UC Santa Cruz ============================================= Michael Strangelove wrote: I am often faced with editing questions when writing documentation or articles about the Net and am uncertain where best to turn for a Listserv forum. I wonder if others feel the need for a semi-private (to keep volume reasonable) list for editors/authors of net stuff? ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:17:24 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Jim Gerland - Network User Support <gerland@ubvm.bitnet> Subject: Re: List for Net Document Authoring In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:59:44 EST from <jaffe@scilibx.ucsc.edu> The list CCNEWS@BITNIC often has these discussions of style and usage. Perhaps we should use it. My major problem with it is that it is a moderated list and comes out on a regular but unpredictable basis. I would prefer at minimum a daily moderated list and at best an open but controlled (by the participants) discussion. Jim Gerland - Consultant, Network User Support University at Buffalo Academic Services, Computing & Information Technology Buffalo, NY 14260 716.645.3557 Work 716.645.3734 FAX gerland@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu gerland@ubvms.bitnet ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 08:48:24 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: "Peter Graham, Rutgers U., (908) 932-2741" <graham@zodiac.bitnet> Subject: Re: List for Net Document Authoring I'm not sure what Michael S meant when he started this thread. There is a listserv for listserv owners--pretty inactive--is that it? A listserv is a name of an address-space on a computer. In some respects it's rather like an ExLibris or a VPIEJ-L or a graham (as in graham@zodiac). From a document of the creator of the technique: " Revised LISTSERV System Reference Library, release 1.7b ----------------------------------------------------- (c) Eric Thomas 1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991 ************************************************************ * * * LISTSERV command reference cards: * * * *-> LISTSERV REFCARD: General user commands * " From another: >" Revised LISTSERV System Reference Library, Release 1.7c ----------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) Eric Thomas 1992 Last update: April 19th, 1992 ********************************************* * Frequently asked questions about LISTSERV * FAQ LISTFAQ MEMO "< And I'm about to forward some text from the creator that shows spelling and intent. From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 08:48:46 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: "Peter Graham, Rutgers U., (908) 932-2741" <graham@zodiac.bitnet> Subject: Re: List for Net Document Authoring Following is re "listserv/LISTSERV/Listserv" etc.: >" Revised List Processor (LISTSERV@FRECP11), Release 1.5d ---------------------------------------------------- (c) Eric Thomas 1986 Ecole Centrale de Paris LISTMEMO PP "What is LISTSERV? . . . " You can skip the introduction and go to the commands description by instructing your text editor to locate the string "GENCOM" (eg "/GENCOM" under XEDIT). *********************************************** * What is LISTSERV? What is Revised LISTSERV? * *********************************************** LISTSERV stands for "list server"... but what does that mean? Origi- nally, LISTSERV was a mailing-list server which was designed to make group communication easier. The first version of LISTSERV, written by EDUCOM and installed at BITNIC under the userid of LISTSERV, offered basic "mail-exploding" capabilities. People with a common interest (eg network protocols, issues related to handicapped people in education, system administration problems) were grouped in a list which was then stored on LISTSERV. They could then communicate with each other by sen- ding mail to a special network address (eg UG-L@BITNIC). Any piece of mail sent to these special user-ids would then be automatically distri- buted by the list server to each and every person on the list. You did not have to know all the names and network addresses of the people sub- scribed to the list. The usual messages sent by the mailing systems when mail has been successfully delivered were sent to LISTSERV -- a big relief for the sender... People could join a list by asking the "list coordinator" (actually the person who maintains the list server) to be added to the list and it was a very convenient way to meet people and participate in interesting discussions/forums. As LISTSERV became popular and the number of lists grew, it started to show some weaknesses and limitations. Even though LISTSERV was ins- talled at a central site, it generated a very important traffic because there was an important number of people from distant nodes in the net- work. If there were ten persons of the same node on a given list, it sent ten copies of each piece of mail to the node. List maintenance be- came a problem because of the evergrowing number of requests for sub- scription. Mail headers became bigger and bigger, and 30 lines was not an uncommon size. Some non-VM users had troubles accessing the server, could not send commands nor mail to it and received files in a format their system was not able to read. Non-mail files could not be sent to a list. The server was often caught looping on a rejection mail from a network mailer. No help or command description was available, and unknown commands were ignored. Sending a "HELP" command did not produce any kind of answer from the server. Revised LISTSERV is a brand new list processor which was developped at the Ecole Centrale de Paris in France to overcome the restrictions and lack of functionnality of the first version of LISTSERV. It retains the basics of the old LISTSERV and provides good ascending compatibili- ty, while offering more sophisticated functions, helpfiles and more user-friendliness. Revised LISTSERVs can be linked together to create peer lists for better network efficiency in a way that is nearly trans- parent for the user. Users can send a command to the server to subscri- be to a list. For more information about the differences between the BITNIC-type LISTSERV and Revised LISTSERV, send the following command to the nearest Revised LISTSERV: Info FEATures (or just: I FEAT) ! Additionally, Revised LISTSERV provides powerful file-server func- ! tions which allow list moderators to make pertinent datafiles and/or ! programs available to the subscribers of their lists. For more informa- ! tion on this new feature, issue the following command to the nearest ! Revised LISTSERV: Info FILE [end of excerpt]"< This file is available from most, uh, listservs. From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 08:49:19 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Joseph Raben <jqrqc@cunyvm.bitnet> Subject: Re: List for Net Document Authoring In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:56:49 EST from <gerland@ubvm> I would be interested in joining a list of network editors (i.e., people who exercise some editorial control over their lists), but only if the topics as well as the traffic are restricted to the central interests of of the group. Too many of the lists I join drift off into totally unre- lated areas, and I have to unsub. If someone will organize a reasonably disciplined list, I'd be happy to try t for a while. Joseph Raben, City University of New York Director, Project SCHOLAR ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:14:45 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Christine Sundt <csundt@oregon.bitnet> Subject: VRA New Technologies Roundup A N N O U N C E M E N T New Technologies Roundup Visual Resources Association 11th Annual Conference - Seattle, Washington Stouffer Madison Hotel Thursday, February 4, 1993 11 AM - 1 PM The Visual Resources Association is pleased to announce the following lineup of vendors/developers who have responded to our call for participation in the New Technologies Roundup program. This is still a tentative list, although most have made firm commitments to date. An updated lineup will be distributed via this network closer to the time of the conference. For you convenience, I am also attaching a copy of the VRA Conference Pre-Registration form. If you have already received a copy by mail or net, please excuse this duplication. Besides the New Technologies Roundup, two other programs dealing with electronic imaging are scheduled: Electronic Imaging: A Visual Resources Perspective (February 4, 4:45-6:15 PM) at the Seattle Convention Center, and Electronic Imaging: Copyright Issues (February 5, 8:30-10:30 AM, Stouffer Madison Hotel). We look forward to seeing you at the conference to take advantage of this impressive gathering of technology experts and information. VENDORS/DEVELOPERS VRMS - Slideware, Sausalito, California software for visual resources collections Visual Information, Inc., Denver, Colorado computer imaging systems Willoughby Associates, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois museum and visual resources image/data management The Voyager Company, Santa Monica, California videodisc and CD-ROM products University Products, Holyoke, Massachusetts new label technology ART/AAT, Santa Monica, California on-line Authority Reference Tool Graphic Detail, Raleigh, North Carolina ImageMaster (developed for Duke University) AXS/Optical Technology Resource, Berkeley, California ArtAccess imagebase Awaiting final confirmation from: GTE ImageSpan, Stamford, Connecticut Digital Album Microsoft INCARTA, Redmond, Washington multimedia encyclopedia Museum Informatics Project, University of California, Berkeley coordinated campus information technology For further information, please contact Christine Sundt (csundt@oregon.uoregon.edu), 503-346-2209. ATTACHMENT: VRA CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM******************** Only the pre-registration form is included here. Anyone needing more information about conference activities should contact Becky Hoort, VRA Vice-President and 1993 Conference Coordinator, directly by phone (313)747-3328 or by e-mail at GEX4@UMICHUM (Bitnet) or GEX4@UM.UMICH.EDU (Internet). If you have access to the Visual Resources Association Bulletin, the full conference schedule is included in the fall issue. The conference dates are February 3-6, 1993. The conference hotel is the Stouffer Madison in Seattle, phone (206) 583-0300. Conference rates for the hotel are $85.00 for a single and $99.00 for a double room. Hotel arrangements should be made directly with the hotel. The conference registration fee must accompany the pre-registration form. To obtain the pre-registration conference rate, pre-registrations from North America must be postmarked no later than January 1, 1993. Pre- registrations from outside the contient must be postmarked no later than December 24, 1992. Payment must accompany the pre-registration form. Please mail these to: Barbara Stevenson VRA Secretary Carleton University SSAC: Art History DT2203, Ottawa Ontario K1s 5B6 CANADA Please note that first class postage to Canada from the U.S. is 40 cents. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cut here - - - - - VRA CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM Name/Institution _______________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip _______________________________________________________ Telephone ______________(work) ______________(home) New member _____ Is this your first meeting? _____ * Conference fee (pre-registration rate) VRA member $55.00 _____ Immediate family of VRA member $55.00 _____ ARLIS/NA member (not also VRA member) $55.00 _____ Non-VRA or ARLIS member (includes 1993 membership) $95.00 _____ * Paid Events AAT Workshop, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM, Feb. 3; limit 25 $10.00 _____ Seattle Public Art Tour, 1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 3; limit 20 $ 5.00 _____ Seattle Public Art Tour, 9:30AM-12:30PM, Feb.6; limit 20 $ 5.00 _____ Kitsap Peninsula Tour, 9:30 AM-4:30 PM, Feb. 6;limit 27 $30.00 _____ TOTAL _____ * Day trip to Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia - 7;30 AM to 7:45 PM, Feb. 6th. Make individual reservations for the Victoria Clipper ferry by phoning 1-800-888-2535; pay be credit card; fare is non-refundable, non-transferable. Two-week advance purchase is $59.00. Tickets may also be purchased at the time of departure for a fare of $74.00; seniors $64.00. U.S. citizens must have a valid driver's license or other picture identification. Please enquire when making reservations. Ferry leaves Seattle, Pier 69, at 8:00 AM. Participants meet at the hotel at 7:30 AM for accompaniment to the pier. I am interested in participating in this event. _____ * Free Events Limited enrollment. Please indicate which you would like to attend. _____ Tour of Interactive Home Systems (Continuum Productions, Corp.), 1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 3 (limit 24) _____ Tour of Boeing Company Archives Photograph Collection, 1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 4 (limit 30; U.S. citizens only) _____ Tour of Seattle Art Museum; 7:45-8:45 PM, Feb. 4 (limit flexible) * University of Washington campus tours, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM, Feb. 5 _____ Art Slide Collection (limit flexible) _____ Architecture Slide Collection (limit flexible) _____ Special Collections (limit 30) * Round-table Discussion Sessions 2:00-3:30 PM, Feb. 4. Limit 10 per topic. Please prioritize your choices (i.e., 1,2,3). _____ Architecture slide collection concerns _____ Museum slide collection concerns _____ Small collection concerns _____ Trends in projection equipment and facilities _____ Changing world geography; its effect on classification schemes _____ Problems in cataloging tribal arts _____ Cataloging and indexing concerns in automated slide database systems; to include a discussion of MARC ****** END OF PRE-REGISTRATION FORM******* ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 08:14:18 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: Christine Sundt <csundt@oregon.bitnet> Subject: VRA New Technologies Roundup ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- A N N O U N C E M E N T New Technologies Roundup Visual Resources Association 11th Annual Conference - Seattle, Washington Stouffer Madison Hotel Thursday, February 4, 1993 11 AM - 1 PM The Visual Resources Association is pleased to announce the following lineup of vendors/developers who have responded to our call for participation in the New Technologies Roundup program. This is still a tentative list, although most have made firm commitments to date. An updated lineup will be distributed via this network closer to the time of the conference. For you convenience, I am also attaching a copy of the VRA Conference Pre-Registration form. If you have already received a copy by mail or net, please excuse this duplication. Besides the New Technologies Roundup, two other programs dealing with electronic imaging are scheduled: Electronic Imaging: A Visual Resources Perspective (February 4, 4:45-6:15 PM) at the Seattle Convention Center, and Electronic Imaging: Copyright Issues (February 5, 8:30-10:30 AM, Stouffer Madison Hotel). We look forward to seeing you at the conference to take advantage of this impressive gathering of technology experts and information. VENDORS/DEVELOPERS VRMS - Slideware, Sausalito, California software for visual resources collections Visual Information, Inc., Denver, Colorado computer imaging systems Willoughby Associates, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois museum and visual resources image/data management The Voyager Company, Santa Monica, California videodisc and CD-ROM products University Products, Holyoke, Massachusetts new label technology ART/AAT, Santa Monica, California on-line Authority Reference Tool Graphic Detail, Raleigh, North Carolina ImageMaster (developed for Duke University) AXS/Optical Technology Resource, Berkeley, California ArtAccess imagebase Awaiting final confirmation from: GTE ImageSpan, Stamford, Connecticut Digital Album Microsoft INCARTA, Redmond, Washington multimedia encyclopedia Museum Informatics Project, University of California, Berkeley coordinated campus information technology For further information, please contact Christine Sundt (csundt@oregon.uoregon.edu), 503-346-2209. ATTACHMENT: VRA CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM******************** Only the pre-registration form is included here. Anyone needing more information about conference activities should contact Becky Hoort, VRA Vice-President and 1993 Conference Coordinator, directly by phone (313)747-3328 or by e-mail at GEX4@UMICHUM (Bitnet) or GEX4@UM.UMICH.EDU (Internet). If you have access to the Visual Resources Association Bulletin, the full conference schedule is included in the fall issue. The conference dates are February 3-6, 1993. The conference hotel is the Stouffer Madison in Seattle, phone (206) 583-0300. Conference rates for the hotel are $85.00 for a single and $99.00 for a double room. Hotel arrangements should be made directly with the hotel. The conference registration fee must accompany the pre-registration form. To obtain the pre-registration conference rate, pre-registrations from North America must be postmarked no later than January 1, 1993. Pre- registrations from outside the contient must be postmarked no later than December 24, 1992. Payment must accompany the pre-registration form. Please mail these to: Barbara Stevenson VRA Secretary Carleton University SSAC: Art History DT2203, Ottawa Ontario K1s 5B6 CANADA Please note that first class postage to Canada from the U.S. is 40 cents. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cut here - - - - - VRA CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM Name/Institution _______________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip _______________________________________________________ Telephone ______________(work) ______________(home) New member _____ Is this your first meeting? _____ * Conference fee (pre-registration rate) VRA member $55.00 _____ Immediate family of VRA member $55.00 _____ ARLIS/NA member (not also VRA member) $55.00 _____ Non-VRA or ARLIS member (includes 1993 membership) $95.00 _____ * Paid Events AAT Workshop, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM, Feb. 3; limit 25 $10.00 _____ Seattle Public Art Tour, 1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 3; limit 20 $ 5.00 _____ Seattle Public Art Tour, 9:30AM-12:30PM, Feb.6; limit 20 $ 5.00 _____ Kitsap Peninsula Tour, 9:30 AM-4:30 PM, Feb. 6;limit 27 $30.00 _____ TOTAL _____ * Day trip to Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia - 7;30 AM to 7:45 PM, Feb. 6th. Make individual reservations for the Victoria Clipper ferry by phoning 1-800-888-2535; pay be credit card; fare is non-refundable, non-transferable. Two-week advance purchase is $59.00. Tickets may also be purchased at the time of departure for a fare of $74.00; seniors $64.00. U.S. citizens must have a valid driver's license or other picture identification. Please enquire when making reservations. Ferry leaves Seattle, Pier 69, at 8:00 AM. Participants meet at the hotel at 7:30 AM for accompaniment to the pier. I am interested in participating in this event. _____ * Free Events Limited enrollment. Please indicate which you would like to attend. _____ Tour of Interactive Home Systems (Continuum Productions, Corp.), 1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 3 (limit 24) _____ Tour of Boeing Company Archives Photograph Collection, 1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 4 (limit 30; U.S. citizens only) _____ Tour of Seattle Art Museum; 7:45-8:45 PM, Feb. 4 (limit flexible) * University of Washington campus tours, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM, Feb. 5 _____ Art Slide Collection (limit flexible) _____ Architecture Slide Collection (limit flexible) _____ Special Collections (limit 30) * Round-table Discussion Sessions 2:00-3:30 PM, Feb. 4. Limit 10 per topic. Please prioritize your choices (i.e., 1,2,3). _____ Architecture slide collection concerns _____ Museum slide collection concerns _____ Small collection concerns _____ Trends in projection equipment and facilities _____ Changing world geography; its effect on classification schemes _____ Problems in cataloging tribal arts _____ Cataloging and indexing concerns in automated slide database systems; to include a discussion of MARC ****** END OF PRE-REGISTRATION FORM******* ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 11:20:41 EST Reply-To: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> Sender: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <vpiej-l@vtvm1.bitnet> From: James Powell <jpowell@vtvm1.bitnet> Subject: email book ordering The list of vendors who provide email book ordering is available from the archive listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu as email books. The data will also be available via anonymous FTP to borg.lib.vt.edu in /pub/vpiej-l. 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