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From: The Editor
I am delighted to announce that back issues of BLAB are now available on the Web, thanks to the terrific effort of Eric Albright, Collection Development Librarian at Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University.
The URL is: http://colldev.mlanet.org/BLAB/
One especially cool feature that Eric has provided is that references to URLs in BLAB are hot-linked to the corresponding site. Very neat.
I'm even more delighted to announce that Eric has agreed to construct a Home Page for the Collection Development Section. If you have any ideas about the types of things you would like to see on the Home Page, please contact Eric Albright <maldacht@duke.edu> or Section Chair Melanie Wilson <melanie- wilson@uiowa.edu>.
41.2 NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR LOUISE DARLING MEDAL
From: Daniel H. Jones, U. Texas Health Science Center <jones@uthscsa.edu>
Nominations are sought for the Medical Library Association's Louise Darling Medal.
The Louise Darling Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Collection Development in the Health Sciences is presented annually by the Medical Library Association. The medal honors Louise Darling's significant accomplishment in this professional specialty. The award was established in 1987 by Ballen Booksellers International, Inc. The recipient receives an engraved medal, a certificate and a $1,000 cash award.
Nominations may be made for overall distinction or leadership within collection development, teaching of collection development, production of a definitive publication related to collection development, for the development of an extraordinary national information resource or collection in any format (e.g., printed materials, audiovisuals, electronic files, etc.) or for any other collection development activity deemed appropriate by Board of Directors, the Awards Committee, and the Darling Medal Jury.
Nominations are accepted from the MLA membership at large and from the members of the Louise Darling Medal Jury. Nominees for the Louise Darling Medal may be individuals, institutions, or groups of individuals, and they must be members of the Medical Library Association.
Written nominations for the Louise Darling Medal must be submitted to the Chair of the MLA Awards Committee by September 1, 1995. A detailed nomination form detailing the categories against which the nomination will be scored is available from the Chair of the MLA Awards Committee or from a member of Louise Darling Medal jury.
Nominations must contain at least the following elements: a precise description of the nominee's achievement in collection development for which the nomination is being made; a current resume or curriculum vitae for individuals, or appropriate background information for institutions or groups; any further information which may assist the Jury in the evaluation of the nomination and the selection of the recipient.
Pamela A. Neumann, Chair,
MLA Awards Committee
Borland Health Science Library
University of Florida
email: neumann@library.health.ufl.edu
Louise Darling Medal Jury:
Daniel H. Jones, Chair (jones@uthscsa.edu)
Frances L. Chen
(fchen@ccit.arizona.edu)
Pamela S. Bradigan
(pbradiga@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
From: Frances Chen, U. Arizona <francesc@hinet.medlib.arizona.edu >
The MLA/Collection Development Section and the Publishing and Information Industries Relations Committee (PIIRC) will jointly sponsor a program on electronic information for the 1996 MLA Annual Meeting.
The title of the program is: "Electronic Information in the Networked Environment: Pricing, Licensing, and Negotiating."
The program will be in panel presentation format to allow for more interaction between invited speakers and the audience. It could include a producer of an electronic journal(s), with the focus on network access, a database producer, and a consumer (eg, a librarian) who has successfully negotiated a license for networked access and who can elaborate on what is involved in the negotiating process, who are the players, what are the pitfalls, tips for success, if any.
The sponsors are looking for speakers for this program. Please send your recommendations for speakers and any suggestions for the program to Frances Chen (Collection Development Section. email: francesc@hinet.medlib.arizona.edu) or Judy Rieke (for PIIRC. email: rieke@plains.nodak.edu)
[Reprinted (abbreviated) from mailing to ARL-DIRECTORS@CNI.ORG, 19 May 1995]
To: ARL Directors (arl-directors@cni.org) From: Mike Keller, Stanford
Re: Journal of Biological Chemistry, demonstration Internet edition
The World Wide Web version of the Journal of Biological Chemistry is now ready to test. To connect to JBC:
1. Start Netscape 1.1. (or another WWW browser).
2. Under FILE in the menu
bar,
select OPEN LOCATION.
3. Type or copy and paste the URL for JBC:
http://www-jbc.stanford.edu/jbc/
The Internet version of JBC is a co-publishing venture of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the HighWire Press, the electronic imprint of the Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources. JBC is a weekly publication with approximately 30,000 pages per annual volume. In the next six months, we will be moving to a full production operation featuring weekly issues. All of the functions available now in the demonstration version and more will be available in the production version.
Stanford colleagues of the JBC development team, led by John Sack, Associate Publisher of the HighWire Press, are proud of what the team has been able to accomplish in a few short months. The development team consisted of a rich mixture of librarians, information technologists, faculty and students at Stanford, staff and management of WAIS, staff and management of Cadmus Press, and, of course, our colleagues from the ASBMB.
We look forward to receiving your comments; please note the feedback feature linked to the home page and most other pages within JBC. The feedback messages will go directly to the HighWire Press development team.
From: Jim Bothmer, Creighton U. <JBOTHMER@hslpharmacy.creighton.edu>
Creighton University Health Sciences Library/Learning Resources Center has acquired the ADONIS document delivery system. ADONIS is a CD-ROM system of the full-text of over 650 biomedical titles.
The system is presently running on a 500 disk Pioneer Juke box CD-ROM changer with one work station attached. The juke box has two drives with expansion capability to four, which means up to four work stations could be attached. ADONIS delivers approximately 75 disks per year.
ADONIS is relatively user friendly. The search engine is not sophisticated but serves the purpose for looking up specific articles.
We did not purchase it as a replacement for print journals, although we are not ruling out that possibility. We purchased it mainly for adding to our print subscriptions. We have added the titles to SERHOLD.
Those clients who have used it are appreciative of having instant access to journal articles. The one consistent comment about quality is that the images are not as good as the print version but they are as good or better than photocopy, fax or ARIEL prints. ADONIS charges a royalty for each article printed. We are subsidizing use for our primary clients at 20 cents per page.
From: Jon Eldredge, U. New Mexico <jeldredg@biblio.unm.edu>
The following new journals are under consideration for review in JAMA:
Annals of Improbable Research
Annals of Surgical Oncology
Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology Gene Therapy
Journal of Cardiovascular Risk
Journal of Gynecologic Technique
Journal of Image Guided Surgery
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation Menopause
Several other titles that I am looking closely at for possible assignment for review are:
Alternative and Complementary Therapies
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine Chinese Journal of Integrated
Traditional and Western Medicine Nature Medicine
41.7 SUBSCRIPTION RENEWALS THROUGH INTERNET
From: Mark Funk, Cornell Medical College <mefunk@med.cornell.edu>
[This is from Webster, The Cyberspace Surfer Vol. 1: No. 21 June 27, 1995]
Subscribe96 Puts Journal Subscription Renewal Process on Web
Columbus, Ohio --
One of the 10 largest U.S. banks and a leading service provider to libraries
and research institutions have teamed up to offer an automated order, payment
and claim systems for libraries and publishers.
Called Subscribe96, the service allows magazine and journal subscribers to order and renew their subscriptions via the Web. Using a secure communications technology and Web server technology from Open Market, Banc One automatically processes subscription orders including debiting the buyer's bank account and crediting the seller's account.
The Library Edition and the Publisher Edition of Subscribe96 allow a permanent record of all transactions. "This innovative approach to subscription ordering provides publishers, for the first time, a point-of-sale that connects them with their customers in real time," said Richard R. Rowe, president and chief executive officer of RoweCom. "Not only does Subscribe96 reduce the cost of processing subscriptions for both libraries and publishers, it provides them with easy-to-use and efficient tools for communicating with each other."
RoweCom and Bank One are in discussions with several providers of information services to libraries that are considering using the RoweCom automated purchase and sales network for online invoicing and payments.
Banc One has developed the secure communications and funds transfer components of this Web-based service, and is working with Open Market of Cambridge, Mass., to perform the financial transactions and message-forwarding elements of the network.
For details, visit the Rowecom Web site <http://www.rowe.com>.
41.8 NEW INDEX MEDICUS PRICE STUDY AVAILABLE
From: Lynn Fortney, EBSCO <LYNNF@EBSCO.COM>
The fifth edition of the Index Medicus Price Study is out (we had it in the booth at MLA). It's available at no charge by contacting me on the net (LYNNF@EBSCO.COM) or by phone (205/991-1481) or even by mail.
I'm especially happy to honor requests for additional copies to go to medical center administrators, library committees, etc. That's who really needs to know this stuff...the librarians among us already do!
41.9 WWW SITE IN THE NETHERLANDS
From: "Arjan.Hogenaar, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences <Arjan.Hogenaar@library.knaw.nl>
The Library KNAW is a major biomedical library in The Netherlands. It's collection is concentrated on the biomedical journals. Since May 1995 the Library has it's own WWW. Below you will find a short description of that WWW.
The WWW of the Library KNAW
This WWW service has been made by the Library of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The Library KNAW is the national focal point library in the Netherlands for the medical sciences. Our WWW contains for the greater part information sources on the (bio)-medical sciences. These sources are meant for physicians and other health personnel; pharmacists; information managers; information intermediaries; researchers and students in the (bio)medical disciplines and interested lay-persons. Besides these sources information is given about our library and our services, the organization and the people within the organization. A special part of the WWW is an impression of our 'old' collection.
The URL of our site is: http://www.knaw.nl
41.10 ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA DUE ON THE WEB
[Reprinted from: Edupage, 6/27/95 <edupage@ivory.educom.edu>]
BRITANNICA WILL GO ONLINE WITH TIME
Encyclopaedia Britannica has chosen Time Warner's Pathfinder online service as the new home for its Britannica Online. The service will be free for the first two months, giving potential subscribers a chance to get hooked on it before announcing pricing. The two companies also plan to provide links between their content, so that a browser searching for information in Britannica on Bosnia, for instance, would also be directed toward Time's articles on the subject. (Miami Herald 6/27/95 C1)
Edupage is written by John Gehl (gehl@educom.edu) & Suzanne Douglas (douglas@educom.edu). Voice: 404-371-1853, Fax: 404-371-8057
From: Margaret Henderson, Cold Spring Harbor Lab. <henderso@cshl.org>
RNA is a publication of the RNA Society, put out by Cambridge University Press.
The scientists here really like it. It was requested by a few of them but now I see many of them reading it regularly. Of course there are quite a few RNA fanatics here so it is a biased sample.
I have been impressed with the delivery of the journal. The first issue, and subsequent issues have arrived in a timely fashion. This doesn't always happen, even with established journals, let alone a new journal for 1995. The graphics - tables, photos of gels, structure diagrams - are all clear and easy to understand.
The goal is to provide rapid publication and so far they seem to be doing it. One paper I am looking at was received March 31, 1995, accepted April 3, 1995, and we received the journal April 25, 1995. You can't get much better than that. And it is peer reviewed!
Time will tell if this continues to be a timely publication, and it will take time to assess the worth of the articles, but so far it is a good addition to our collection.
41.12 JOURNAL REVIEW: UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY
From: Les Goekler, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center <oa47019@mdacc.mda.uth.tmc.edu>
I just received my first issue for a new journal:
Urologic oncology ; vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan/Feb. 1995) Published by Elsevier/ ISSN 1078-1439 Inst. $150.00 / bimonthly.
Issue one for this journal (Urologic Oncology) is very small. It has only 46 pages, but it has many figures in full color. The scope of the journal will cover all aspects of prostate, bladder, kidney, and testicular cancer with original research papers from basic and clinical investigators. physicians and scientists alike will find both practical and provocative reading on topics ranging from genetics and cellular biology, recently developed diagnostic techniques, and changing approaches to treatment. The audience : urologists, oncologist, cell and molecular biologist, and geneticists from around the world. (per journal). Editor-in-chief George R. Prout, Jr. MD DSc / Baltimore, Maryland. It is a peer-reviewed journal.
41.13 BOOK REVIEW: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY &
BIOTECHNOLOGY
From: Susan G. Bader, Majors <sbader@www.majors.com>
Meyers, Robert A. Molecular Biology & Biotechnology : a Comprehensive Desk Reference, first edition, 1995. VCH Publishers, Inc. Cloth, $149.95, ISBN 1560815698. Paper, $59.95, ISBN 1560819251.
I was excited when I ran across this book since molecular biology is the underpinning of just about everything in current medicine and related bioscience today. This is a very thorough, single-volume encyclopedic reference consisting of more than 250 reviewed articles in 10 broad areas of molecular biology and biotechnology: genetics and nucleic acids structure and processes; the Human Genome Project; molecular biology of specific organisms and organ systems; molecular biology of specific disease; biotechnology techniques, applications, and products; proteins, peptides and amino acids; lipids, carbohydrates and relation to molecular biology; immunology and biomolecular interactions; biochemistry and relation to molecular biology; and pharmacology and relating to molecular biology.
It is written at the professional level. To make the work more accessible to students and clinicians, each article has a key word box at the beginning, defining over 1600 words throughout the book within the context of each article. There is also a Glossary of Basic Terms at the back of the book which defines 40 of the most commonly used molecular biology terms. Brief bibliographies, illustrations, and see references round out what is bound to be a heavily used reference. Highly recommended.
[Editor's Note: And take a look at that price spread between the hardcover and the paperback -- must be a heck of a binding.]
41.14 RESPONSES: HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS
From perry@lib.rpslmc.edu
Thu Jun 29 15:44:48 1995
Linda Hulbert asked for recommendations in support of humanities programming. I would recommend three books regarding HIV/AIDS. I refer to these in the _AIDS: Concepts and Resources_ course I put together for MLA. David Feinberg wrote two very funny (yes, funny!) novels about a gay man living in NYC with HIV: _Eighty-Sixed_ (1990, $8.95 paper, Viking Penguin 0-14-011252-9) and _Spontaneous Combustion_ (1992, $10.00 paper, Viking Penguin 0-14-014862-0). They are not for the faint of heart or homophobic and paint a very realistic and poignant picture of what it means to live with HIV. A more recent title is by Clifford Chase, _The Hurry-Up Song_ (1995, $20.00 (?) hardcover, HarperSan Francisco 0-06-251019-3). This is a memoir written by a gay man, telling the story of the death of his gay brother from AIDS. It's a personal narrative that chronicles the living brother's emotional life as he learns of his brother's illness through to his eventual death. Very realistic and unabashed. If I might, a fourth title that may interest uses HIV/AIDS metaphorically, and also examines child abuse (sexual and psychological) among other issues: Geoff Ryman's _Was_ (1993, $10.00 paper, Viking Penguin 0-14-017872-4). This novel combines the "true" stories of Dorothy Gale, the making of the _Wizard of Oz_ motion picture, the life of Judy Garland, and an actor's progression with HIV disease. IMHO a brilliant work; I cannot think about let alone watch _The Wizard of Oz_ without visualizing this book.
41.15 RESPONSES: HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS
From: Lucretia McClure, U. Rochester <LMCL@db1.cc.rochester.edu>
David, one of the recent BLAB issues asked about ideas for the browsing collection. I have learned about a book called "K-PAX" by Gene Brewer. Not only is this an interesting piece of fiction ( involves mental patient and psychiatrist) but the author is husband of our colleague Karen Brewer. A review in the Cleveland Plain Dealer concludes by saying, "The genius of Brewer's creation is that whichever view readers accept, they will find themselves waiting and wanting as well." You must read it to find out! You will be interested to know that the book has been sold to the movies!
41.16 RESPONSES: PUBLISHERS VS. LIBRARIANS IN THE SERIALS
CRISIS
From: David Anderson. UC Davis <dcanderson@ucdavis.edu>
This is not quite a response to "Librarians as Bad Guys..." but further news.
The latest issue of the Journal of Scholarly Publishing (26(3) 1995 April) has an article on the abundance of scholarly resources in a time of austerity. Dennis P. Carrigan: "From just-in-case to just-in-time: limits to the alternative library service model", p.173-182.
Carrigan is assistant director, School of Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
There are some publisher leverage options discussed in this:
1) publisher has decided to require libraries to deal directly with them to acquire copies of articles (and two of three do not permit a document delivery service to provide copies of articles that appear in their journals)
2) the copyright fee per page is raised high enough that a subscription is cheaper than paying for the articles. Considered a ploy to offset loss of subscription income.
41.17 QUERIES: MEDICAL TEXTS ON CD-ROM
From: Daniel H. Jones, U.Texas Health Science Center <jones@blis.uthscsa.edu>
I frequently see announcements for CD-ROM versions of major works, and some people wonder why we don't have them in the library. I am not aware of any libraries that are doing this. Are any of you providing cd-rom versions of the standard texts (Harrison's, Stein, Mandell, even SAM-CD) in your libraries? I would really like to hear from anyone who has found a place for these in a library setting. Perhaps a brief survey would serve for starters. I will gladly summarize for BLAB the responses to this survey, and based on the results maybe we can conduct another survey later. Please respond to me by e-mail at jones@uthscsa.edu by July 7 I will send a summary of the results to David for the next BLAB.
1. Library name:
2. This library currently DOES NOT provide CD-ROM versions of any standard
texts. [IF YES, REPLY YES AND SKIP TO 4.] 3. This library currently DOES provide CD-ROM versions of the following texts:
List each title
4. Name & e-mail address of respondent
Thanks for participating.
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