ELECTRONIC JOURNAL
(Semiannually)
May 1995
Maintained by: CALA Midwest Chapter
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* E L E C T R O N I C J O U R N A L *
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* May 1995 *
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* (Volume 3 No. 2)(Cumulative No. 6) *
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This ELECTRONIC JOURNAL is one of the two electronic publications
maintained by the CHINESE AMERICAN LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION (CALA)
Midwest Chapter:
ELECTRONIC BULLETIN has published 15 issues:
the premiere issue was published in December 1991, and
the latest issue Vol. 4 No. 3 was published in March 1995.
* E-Bulletin: Published QUARTERLY in September, December, March and June.
ELECTRONIC JOURNAL has published 6 issues:
the premiere issue was published in November 1992, and
the latest issue Vol. 3 No. 2 was published in May 1995.
* E-Journal: Published SEMIANNUALLY in November and May.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE for both publications:
Contributing articles must be received by the "FIRST DAY" of each
publishing month. Articles may be submitted: 1) by email, or 2) in disk
(preferably processed in WordPerfect) through postal service.
* Note: Please apply email or Web page for all correspondence and article
submission. We would like to reserve the usage of fax for
international colleagues who do not use email systems.
POLICY FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DELIVERY:
The current issue of this e-journal is automatically delivered to all CALA
"MEMBERS" and non-member "FRIENDS" who have subscribed to our CALA
Listserv. All CALA friends are sincerely thanked for your continuous
support to CALA, and are cordially invited to join CALA membership.
* To "subscribe" to our CALA-Listserv: 1) Send an email message to:
LISTSERV@CSD.UWM.EDU; 2) Leave the SUBJECT line blank; and 3) Enter as the
text of message: SUBSCRIBE CALA [YOUR FULL NAME] (For example: SUBSCRIBE
CALA BETTY L. TSAI). (* Extra Instruction: After a successful
subscription, to "leave a message" on the CALA-Listserv, simply email
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to the CALA-Listserv, please email Wilfred Fong at: wfong@csd.uwm.edu)
NOTE: Any CALA "MEMBER" who wishes to own a copy of any back issue in
electronic form: please email E-Publishing Committee Chair and
E-Journal Editor Bor-sheng Tsai at btsai@cms.cc.wayne.edu or
btsai@nyx10.cs.du.edu specifying volume number or month/year of the
desired publication for electronic document delivery. If you do not
remember which volume or date, send in your request anyway, we can
use our Archives Management System to search for you.
CHAPTER OFFICERS:
President: Pei-ling Wu
Vice President/President Elect: Anna McElroy
Treasurer: Mike Ming Li
Secretary/Membership: Wen-ling Liu
Program Committee: Julie Chu-chu Su
E-Publishing Committee: Bor-sheng Tsai/ Kathy Huang
Nomination Committee: Li-mei Ku
Public Relations Committee: Liana Zhou
Special Task Forces: Joanna Su-jung Tsong
State Contacts:
Illinois: Shao-chen Lin Indiana: Wen-ling Liu
Iowa: Shaw Yu Kansas: Jane Han-jun Cheng
Michigan: Harry Pao-tung Wu Missouri: Grace Chen Feng
Nebraska & South Dakota: Janet C. Lu
North Dakota & Minnesota: Patricia Smith
Ohio: Yu-lan Margaret Chou Wisconsin: Patrick Pui Yin Tse
"Resources Guide" Revision Members:
Project Coordinator: Anna McElroy
Coordinating Revision Team: Pei-ling Wu, Cynthia Hsieh, Anna McElroy
Updating Script: Ling-li Chang, Phillip Feng (Chinese character part)
Public Relation Team: Peter Wang (Chicago), Liana Zhou (All State)
Far East Messengers: Feng-min Chien, Ching-fen Hsu (TAIWAN)
CHINESE-AMERICAN LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION (CALA)
E L E C T R O N I C J O U R N A L (NO. 6)
May 1995
(Vol. 3, No. 2)
Maintained by: CALA Midwest Chapter
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* CALA ELECTRONIC JOURNAL (NO. 6) *
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* May 1995 *
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* Vol. 3, No. 2 *
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NOTICE: * The CALA Electronic Journal is published and maintained by the
CALA Midwest Chapter and is copyrighted by the Chinese American
Librarians Association (CALA).
* The electronic CALA Chinese logo (appears only on the Web page)
is designed by Bor-sheng Tsai based on the original wood-carved
CALA Chinese logo. The computer graphics for this electronic
version is copyrighted by the Chinese American Librarians
Association.
* The articles in this Journal may be redistributed, provided that
the author, the article and the CALA are properly acknowledged as
the source of the information when quoting or redistributing.
REMINDER: * This E-Journal will be available at this location until June
1995.
* Readers of this e-journal are encouraged to click on the blue
lines to select and retrieve articles of interest listed in
the CONTENTS below. Please click on the "BACK" button in your
browser to return to the CONTENTS menu.
CONTENTS:
I. MESSAGES FROM CALA PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT-ELECT
"Message From CALA President Linda Tse"
"Message From CALA President-Elect Wilfred Fong"
II. SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
1. "1995 CALA Scholarship" and
"1995 Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship"
III. CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
2. "1995 CALA Annual Conference"
3. "1995 CALA Midwest Chapter Annual Meeting"
4. "1995 CALA California Chapter Spring Program"
5. "1995 SLA State-of-the-Art Institute: Southeast Asia"
6. "Imperia Tombs of China Coming to Memphis"
7. "Shanghai '96 International Symposium on Academic Libraries"
IV. NEW PUBLICATIONS
8. "The Midwest Area Chinese American Resources Guide (1995)"
9. "The Genealogical History of Chinese Names"
V. CONFERENCE REPORT
10. "1995 ACRL Conference in Pittsburgh" - Kathy L. Huang
11. "Chinese Publications in American Libraries"
- Susan T. Bau
VI. LIBRARY REPORT
12. "The UCLA East Asian Library" - Hong Cheng
13. "The Nelson-Atkins Art Museum and Library" - Jane Cheng
14. "The IUPUI University Libraries: Technical Services"
- Julie Su
15. "The Kinsey Institute On-line Cataloging" - Liana Zhou
VII. TECHNICAL FORUM
16. "Navigating the Cyberspace: The World Wide Web"
- Yu-Lan Chou
17. "Netscape: Browsing and Interacting on the Internet"
- Shixing Wen
18. "Message on Lynx" - William Wan
VIII. FEATURED ARTICLES
19. "Building an Automated Reference Information File
on the Web" - Shaw Yu
20. "Pen Ts'ao Kang Mu: The Celebrated Chinese Herbal"
- Peter Wang
21. "Reaching Out to Asian Americans" - Anna Yin McElroy
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I. MESSAGES FROM CALA PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT-ELECT
"Message From CALA President Linda Tse"
Dear CALA Members:
I am very glad that I have this opportunity to greet all CALA
members through this electronic journal.
As we know, May is the Asian Pacific American Heritage/History
Month, there are many celebrations and activities around
Washington, D.C. area. The Chinese Film Festival is currently
and continuously holding its activities until June. There are
displays of Asian Arts in the counties libraries, which I
coordinated. As the President of CALA and the Cultural
Minorities Services Librarian, I participated in the ALA Library
Legislative Day on May 9. I also went to New Jersey to attend
the very successful Rutgers Symposium which was the brainchild of
Marjorie Li, Chair of the CALA Award Committee. Professor
Wilfred Fong (our incoming CALA President), Professor Betty
Turock, and Professor Gary Strong were the speakers. Two CALA
chapters, the Greater Mid-Atlantic Chapter and the Northeast
Chapter, were co-sponsors. They had done an outstanding job.
As CALA President, I would also like to congratulate and commend
the Midwest Chapter President Pei-ling Wu for your leadership and
effort, and success in publishing the Electronic Journal. Your
work is exemplary, and I plan to attend your 1995 Midwest Chapter
Annual Program, while I will be hosting/participating in our 1995
CALA Annual Meeting (organized by Wilfred Fong) in Chicago. I
look forward to meeting many of you and our members from all
states during the conference. Best regards and wishes to all
CALA chapters and members for your continuous progress and
success.
Linda Tse
President
Chinese American Librarians Association
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"Message From CALA President-Elect Wilfred Fong"
Dear CALA Members:
The 1995 CALA Annual Conference (June 23-26 in Chicago Downtown)
and the 1995 CALA Midwest Chapter Annual Program (June 23 in
Chicago Chinatown) are approaching. Please mark your calendar
and I hope to see you in both meetings. Midwest Chapter
President Pei-ling Wu and her annual program committee have
planned a very exciting program for us on the evening of June 23.
Don't forget to sign up for the dinner. You can see both annual
meeting programs in this issue of e-journal. We have a series of
programs for this years' annual conference. The theme of the
CALA Annual Conference is on "Internet: Highway to Chinese Cities
and Multimedia." We also have a Membership Forum and Meeting,
and our traditional Annual Distinguished Award Banquet. If you
have not yet bought the banquet tickets, please contact Antonia
Chan (lmak@csd.uwm.edu) for details. I hope to see you all
there.
I would like to use this chance to talk about the electronic
journal. I am sure that you would agree with me that this e-
journal enhances communications among CALA members and friends in
the Midwest, in the States, and everywhere in the world. There
is an article on Internet's scholarly e-journal which is recently
published in the May 1995 issue of the Journal of American
Society for Information Science (JASIS 46(4): 244-253). The
article is written by Kovacs, Robinson and Dixon, and is entitled
"Scholarly E-Conferences on the Academic Networks: How Library
and Information Science Professionals Use Them." As they
discussed in the article:
"E-conferences is the term preferred by the authors
for email-based communications sometimes called
'discussion lists,' 'electronic forums,' 'mailing
lists,' 'listservs,' 'e-serials,' etc. ... The major
findings of this study seem to support the anecdotal
evidence that scholars in the field of Library and
Information Science are using e-conferences as a source
of professional and research information for their
personal use. They are also using e-conferences as a
source of information in providing direct and indirect
service to library patrons. E-conferences may be
enhancing the value of established information sources
such as journals, physical conferences, interpersonal
mail, and telephone contacts. ... Librarians of most
subspecialties are participating in e-conferences."
This is a very interesting article. The authors have nicely
addressed the functions of the scholarly communications through
e-conferences. Their findings reflect the value and importance
of an e-journal. We are very glad that our organization have
adopted this mechanism to advance our services to our members.
I sincerely hope that you all enjoy reading it.
See you in Chicago!
Wilfred Fong
President-Elect
Chinese American Librarians Association
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II. SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
1. "1995 CALA Scholarship" and
"1995 Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship"
CHINESE AMERICAN LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION
Announcement
May 8, 1995
The Chinese American Librarians Association's Scholarship
Committee has completed its work for the 1995 CALA Scholarship
and the Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship. The Committee received many
outstanding applicants from United States and abroad. After much
deliberation, the Committee has chosen Eva P. Wu as the recipient
of the 1995 CALA Scholarship, and Donshan Gao as the recipient of
the 1995 Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship. Their names were
recommended to, and approved by, the CALA Board of Directors as
this year's Scholarship recipients. Following is their
biographical information.
"1995 CALA Scholarship"
Eva P. Wu is the recipient of the CALA Scholarship. She will
receive a Scholarship award of $500. Ms. Wu holds a B.A. degree
in History of Art from University of Toronto, and a M.A. degree
of Byzantine Art from Johns Hopkins University. She is currently
a full time student at Faculty of Information Studies, University
of Toronto, with specialization in cataloging and classification.
Ms. Wu sees in her coursework "more opportunities for creative,
user-centered development," and hopes that in her career as a LIS
professional she can "bring into realization the full range of
creative possibilities offered by the available technology."
"1995 Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship"
Donshan Gao is the recipient of 1995 Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship.
He will receive the Scholarship award of $500. Mr. Gao is
currently a full time student at the Graduate School of Library
and Information Science, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. He received a M.A. degree in Comparative
Literature from University of Rochester and has studied Chinese
Literature at University of British Columbia. Mr. Gao has been a
language teacher both in China and in the US for more than 20
years, and has publications in Literature both in Hong Kong and
Taiwan. He has impressive academic records and is actively
involved in community information services through Prairienet
(the Free-Net in Illinois). He says that "the new knowledge and
techniques in the field have fascinated me" and hopes to combine
his background in literature and the LIS knowledge in his future
career.
In addition, the CALA Scholarship Committee has selected Mr. Yong
Yi Song and Ms. Carol Wu to be two runner-up's, each of whom will
receive $200 scholarship award. The Scholarship Committee thanks
Sheila Lai, the Executive Director, and the Board for approving
our recommendations. We especially thank the generous donations
from Sheila Lai, Elizabeth Tsai and Doris Tseng who make this
year's scholarship awards possible.
Ling H. Jeng, Chair
CALA Scholarship Committee
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III. CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
2. "1995 CALA Annual Conference"
CALA 1995 Annual Conference Programs
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Boards Meeting I Friday 6/23 8:00-10pm
Palmer House - Parlor H
Boards Meeting II Monday 6/26 9:30-11:00am
Holiday Inn City Center - Ontario
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Annual Program Saturday 6/24 2:00-4:00pm
Palmer House - Crystal Rm
Internet: Highway to Cities of Multimedia and Chinese Resources
Moderator and Commentator:
Dr. Yan Ma, Assistant Professor, School of Library and
Information Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Latest Development of Internet in Mainland China
Professor Qiang Zhu, Deputy Director and Associate Professor
Peking University Library
The Role of Libraries in the Information Superhighway: The
Experience of the National Central Library, Republic of China
Dr. Chi-chun Tseng, Director
National Central Library
Accessing Chinese Resources on Internet
Yu-Lan Margaret Chou, Chinese Cataloger
The Ohio State University Libraries
Mosaic: The Multimedia Internet
Trisha Fabugais, Law Librarian
Schwell & Riggs, Texas
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Membership Forum & Meeting Sunday 6/25 9:30-12:30pm
Chicago Hilton & Towers - Boulevard A
Information Keepers: Past, Present and Future
Moderator and Commentator:
Dr. Peiling Wang, Librarian, Information Center
Department of Agricultural Economics and Resources
University of Maryland at College Park
Does the Republic of China Need National Archives?
Dr. Chang Lee, University Librarian and Archivist
University of Central Florida.
Information Seeking Behavior of Multicultural Students:
A Case Study at San Jose State University.
Dr. Mengxiong Liu, Engineering Librarian,
and Bernice Redfern, Reference Librarian,
San Jose State University
Library Mission: Embracing Change in the Year 2000.
Vicki Toy Smith, Librarian, University of Nevada.
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Annual Distinguished Award Banquet Sunday 6/25 7:00-10:00pm
Szechwan East Restaurant, 340 E. Ohio St, Chicago.
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3. "1995 CALA Midwest Chapter Annual Meeting"
CALA MIDWEST CHAPTER
1995 ANNUAL DINNER MEETING
CHICAGO, IL
5:00 pm Friday, June 23, 1995
Lin's Restaurant
2170 South Archer
China Square, Chicago Chinatown
PROGRAM: "LIBRARY SERVICES IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE:
PHYSICAL PLANNING AND HUMAN RESOURCES"
SPEAKER: Dr. David Kaser, Professor Emeritus, Indiana
University School of Information Science;
(International known scholar and library
consultant)
COST: $18.00 per person for dinner
DIRECTION TO LIN's Restaurant from Chicago downtown area:
BY TAXI: Costs $6-7 for the first person from Downtown
Hilton, small charges for additional passenger
BY "L" TRAIN: $1.50 one way
* Use the platform for South bound trains
* Take "B" train only during 3-7 pm
* Board train from one of the following points:
(all underground)
-- State & Chicago
-- State & Grand
-- State & Washington
-- State & Monroe
-- State & Jackson
* Get off at Chinatown (the first station above the
ground).
* Walk two blocks on Cermak toward west (Cermak is the
street in front of the station).
* When passing Princeton St., you will see the sign for
Lin's on your right.
BY CITY BUS No. 62 (Also called Archer Bus): $1.50 exact
change one way
* There are many bus stops for No. 62 on State St. south
of Wacker Dr. (South of the River).
* Get off at the intersection of Archer & Cermak.
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REGISTRATION
Please send your name, mailing address, phone and e-mail address
with a check of $18.00 no later than May 19 to: Mike Ming Li,
CALA Midwest Treasurer, c/o Purdue University Libraries, West
Lafayette, IN 47907
Make checks payable to: CALA Midwest Chapter
Please indicate if you need assistance with transportation to or
from the meeting.
If you have further questions, please contact Julie Su by e-mail:
jsu@indycms.iupui.edu
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4. "1995 CALA California Chapter Spring Program"
A WWW TOUR FROM CALIFORNIA TO CHINA
Saturday, June 3, 1995
San Jose State University
Clark Library, Room 511
Presenters: Tina Peterson, Mengxiong Liu and Diana Wu
Registration: 10:00-10:15 am
Workshop/Demo: 10:15-noon
Lunch: Noon-1:15pm, at Botown Restaurant
Discussion/Q&A: 1:25-2:30pm
Contact Diana Wu (YUFEN@SJSUVM1.SJSU.EDU) for more information.
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5. "1995 SLA State-of-the-Art Institute: Southeast Asia"
Special Libraries Association will present the 1995
State-of-the-Art Institute, "Southeast Asia: The Information
Age," November 2-3, 1995 in Washington, DC. Join leading experts
from the business and information sectors for an institute
consisting of speeches and seminars focusing on information
marketing, information technology, and economic development
issues relating to Southeast Asia. For more information or to
receive a brochure, please provide your mailing address to
tracy@sla.org or call Tracy Lofty, SLA's Manager of Professional
Development at (202)234-4700, ext. 649.
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6. "Imperia Tombs of China Coming to Memphis"
"IMPERIAL TOMBS OF CHINA COMING TO MEMPHIS"
Memphis Cook Convention Center
April 18-September 18, 1995
More than 400,000 people are expected to pass through the Cook
Convention Center to view more than 250 objects covering six
dynasties as well as the Warring States Period. Four terra-cotta
soldiers will be accompanied by a chariot horse, all from Qin
Shi-Huang-Di's underground army outside Xi'an. Included in the
display will be the DRAGON AND PHOENIX CROWN from the Ming Tombs,
as well as the GOLD BURIAL MASK of Princess Chenguo of the Liao
Dynasty. Other pieces highlighting the exhibition include two
elaborate burial suits, one from the Han Dynasty, and another
from the Liao Dynasty.
The great emperors of China lived in a majesty and splendor that
most people could only imagine but, no one made a more monumental
event out of burying their leaders than did the people of
Imperial China. Wu Xi Hua, China's Director of the State Bureau
of Cultural Relics, has called Imperial Tombs of China "the best
exhibition that has ever been sent to the United States". If you
think the Great Emperors of China lived like kings, wait until
you see how they died.
Exhibit hours are Monday through Sunday, 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.
with last entry at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $10 for adults,
$9 for seniors age 60 or older, and $5 for youths ages 5 to 16.
To order by phone, call (from outside Memphis TN) 1-800-2MEMPHIS.
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7. "Shanghai '96 International Symposium on Academic Libraries"
International Symposium on Academic Libraries
in the 21st Century
September 1-4, 1996
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Organized by:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library *
Shanghai, PRC
and
Brandeis University Library **
Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
* The Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library is one of the
largest academic Libraries in China. This Symposium celebrates
the 100th anniversary of the founding of the University, and the
10th anniversary of the opening of the Pao Sui-Loong Library. To
facilitate international participation, the dates of the
Symposium are chosen to immediately follow the 62nd IFLA
Conference in Beijing, China.
** For more than a decade, the staff of the Brandeis University
Library have assisted the Jiao Tong Library in various aspects of
library management and automation. We are happy to serve as
co-sponsor of this Symposium to celebrate our sister library's
anniversary. We invite you to share your expertise and knowledge
with an international audience.
SYMPOSIUM THEMES
"Academic libraries in the 21st century" will have to deal with a
growing array of electronic resources which may be accessible
through local, regional, national and/or international
telecommunications networks. At the same time, it is anticipated
that for the foreseeable future there is still a need to maintain
traditional library collections. Given the increasing complexity
of the information environment we live in, academic librarians
must anticipate changing needs of the clients they serve, and
design quality services appropriate for the 21st century.
Broadly, the Symposium will concentrate on the following four
themes:
i. Services to Academic Community
Papers addressing this theme may include but not limited to the
following topics.
* information literacy and library instruction
* navigating through the electronic maze
* collection development, resource sharing and interlibrary
cooperation
* document delivery and other commercial services
ii. Information Technologies
Papers addressing this theme may include but not limited to the
following topics.
* application of new information technologies in academic
libraries
* networked resources, multimedia and other electronic
resources
* international networking
* electronic publishing and partnership among scholars,
publishers and libraries
iii. Professional Development
Papers addressing this theme may include but not limited to the
following topics.
* education for academic librarianship, continuing education
and professional development
* academic library organizational structure, management and
staffing
* leadership roles
iv. Library Space and Facilities
Papers addressing this theme may include but not limited to the
following topics.
* designing academic libraries for the 21st century
* virtual library
* distance learning
Contributed papers are encouraged to focus on one theme. The
papers should not have been previously published, since they will
be published in the Symposium Proceedings.
CD PRODUCTS DEMONSTRATION
All CD products related to the Symposium themes will be organized
for demonstration in a separate area during the Symposium. To
participate, please fill out the same application form for
contributed papers, with an abstract of 100-300 words.
DEADLINES
August 1, 1995 Receipt of completed application form and
abstracts for contributed papers and CD-ROM
demonstrations
November 1, 1995 Notification to presenters of selected papers
and CD-ROM demonstrators
March 1, 1996 Receipt of camera-ready and electronic copy of
contributed papers
LANGUAGE
English will be the official language of the presentations and
discussions.
REGISTRATION FEES
Before 3/1/96 After 3/1/96
Participants US$300.00 US$350.00
Participants presenting papers US$200.00 US$250.00
Accompanying persons US$200.00 US$250.00
The registration fee covers reception, official banquets, other
social activities, and a copy of the Proceedings.
TOUR ARRANGEMENT
After the Symposium, a two-day tour to nearby scenic cities (Su
Zho, Hang Zho, Wu Xi) may be arranged. Details will be announced
later.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chair: Prof. Xie Sheng-wu
Vice-President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Vice-Chair: Prof. Chen Zhao-neng
Director, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library
Vice-Chair: Ms. Bessie K. Hahn
University Librarian, Brandeis University Library
Secretary General: Prof. Yang Zongying, Deputy Director
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library
Bessie K. Hahn
University Librarian
Brandeis University Library
Waltham, MA 02254-9110
E-Mail: IN%"BHAHN@LIBRARY.BRANDEIS.EDU"
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IV. NEW PUBLICATIONS
8. "The Midwest Area Chinese American Resources Guide (1995)"
"The Midwest Area Chinese American Resources Guide (1995)," 4th edition,
compiled and updated by the CALA Midwest Chapter, will be
available in May 1995. This publication provides up-to-date
information on over 800 Chinese American organizations, allowing
users to reach out to the fast growing Chinese American
communities in the area. In addition, it includes articles about
Chinese culture and contains current statistical data on Chinese
populations in the United States, with an emphasis on the
Midwest.
Publication price: $20 per copy; $15 for CALA members only.
To order, please send your check payable to CALA Midwest Chapter
to:
Ming Li, Treasurer
CALA Midwest Chapter
c/o Purdue University Libraries
West Lafayette, IN 47907
For more information, please call:
Pei-Ling Wu at 317-658-4409 (or Email: peiwu@depauw.edu)
Peter Wang at 708-719-2429
Liana Zhou at 812-855-3060 (or Email: zhoul@indiana.edu)
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9. "The Genealogical History of Chinese Names"
Sheau-yueh Janey Chao, Assistant Professor and librarian at
Baruch College, City University of New York, is working on a
book, tentatively entitled "The Genealogical History of Chinese
Names." This book traces the origin and history of Chinese
surnames that appeared on the ancient Chinese book "Pai Chia
Hsing" which means "one hundred families' names." The book will
include an annotated bibliography for books, articles, book
chapters, and reference materials in both English and Chinese
that were published between 1980 to the present. The book will
help Asian Americans to trace their own family names and used as
a guide for Chinese genealogical resources. CALA members are
welcome to give her advice and suggestion about any recent
publications on the subject area. Please send email to:
JHCBB@CUNYVM.bitnet
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V. CONFERENCE REPORT
10. "1995 ACRL Conference in Pittsburgh"
Kathy L. Huang
Head
Technical Services
Melick Library
Eureka College
Eureka, Illinois
The 1995 (7th) Conference of the Association of College and
Research Libraries (ACRL) was held from March 29 to April 2, 1995
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In my taxi ride from the airport to the Lawrence Convention
Center, I learned from the driver that bridge crossings are
needed regardless of the direction one comes into the city. At
first I was concerned that passing through bridges to get to
downtown in rush hours would delay my plan to pick up my
registration packet in time that afternoon. When I approached
the famous downtown "Golden Triangle," where Monhagalena,
Allegheny, and Ohio Rivers meet, I was relieved to find that
traffic was not a problem because there were bridges literally
connecting every other block in the downtown areas. The sight of
these bridges was pretty impressive.
When I found out that there was no vacancy for the conference-
offered "Dinner with Pittsburgh-Area Librarians," I turned to the
conference hospitality desk and made dinner reservation and
obtained direction to the Sheraton Hotel. Shortly, a courtesy
shuttle van appeared and took me to the hotel where I found that
the famous "Incline" rail car built in 1880s was still in
service. The Gateway Clipper Cruise, a 300-stores State Square
Mall, and the restaurant where I had reservation, were all within
walking distance. The Grand Concourse Restaurant is an elegant
eatery located at a transformed 1880's train station. My seafood
dinner entre was superlative. In less than four hours, I was
convinced that my Pittsburgh experience was going to be dynamic
and memorable.
At 7:30 next morning, joining other 2,450 librarians, I started
my 3-day "ordeal" of exploring current topics concerned by many
academic librarians from all states. The biannual ACRL
conference usually has fewer committee and business meetings.
This optimizes academic librarians' opportunities of exploring
trends in librarianship without the pressure of committee work.
The programs offered sessions, presentations and speeches on
current issues in librarianship and higher education. The
conference focused on issues such as information literacy and
collaboration, distance learning, electronic collection
development, re- engineering in technical services, and
development of multicultural curriculum.
i. Information Literacy and Collaboration- Information literacy
has become a substitute term for traditional one-hour
bibliographic instruction. In an information technology-based
society, librarians face challenges of educating end-users to
develop critical thinking skills in selecting material from
abundant electronic information resources. The challenges are
furthered by the complexity of electronic information accessing
and delivery. Several panel discussions and paper presentation
sessions examined why and how to conduct strategic planning to
promote collaboration among librarians, computer professionals,
and faculty. A good number of doctoral dissertations related to
these concerns were presented.
ii. Distance Learning- Distance learning has been in many
institutions' annual agenda. One of the speakers, Jay Starratt,
Director of Technical and Automation Services of Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale, emphasized that a leadership
role for libraries in distance learning programs on campus proved
to be beneficial to the library, the university, and most
importantly, the students or learners.
iii. Electronic Collection Development- At the session on
"Materials Budget Allocation in the Electronic Library," the
panelists explored and offered their library experience in
collection development and service challenges that were posed by
multimedia. It is suggested that collection development has
evolved from "books as a core collection" through "multi-format,
audio-visual materials integrated collection" toward "electronic
and multimedia resources." Library budget directors and
collection development librarians should include the expenditures
for software/hardware upgrading in their library budget planning
to provide access to electronic resources.
iv. Re-engineering in Technical Services- As many CALA members'
expertise and interest are in technical services, I would like to
report those topics which were related to the changing roles of
technical services librarians. Joan R. Giesecke, Associate Dean
for Collections and Services of University of Nebraska, addressed
on re-engineering in technical services department. Librarians
and staffs were the backbones of this re-engineering process. At
the end of this process, 11% of their technical staff were better
positioned in other public services related areas. As a result,
some unnecessary positions might be returned to the library
administration for position reassignment, recreation, or
abolishment. The re-engineering process is a realization of
total quality management. Another research by Lynn Connaway,
Assistant Professor of University of Missouri-Columbia, explored
different levels of decision making and job satisfaction in
academic libraries' technical services. Many academic libraries
demanded their technical services staff to continue traditional
roles in providing technical supports to library and information
business while adapting and developing new skills in managing
electronic resources.
v. One of the highlights of the conference was a speech
addressed by Dr. Ronald Takaki, a renowned expert on ethnic
studies, who is currently a professor of the University of
California at Berkeley. His speech was entitled "The Need for
Multicultural Education." He attributed some World War II
tragedies to political leaders who did not live or were not
educated in complicated environments and societies such as ours
today, where multiculture is becoming the key determinant factor
for coexistence in harmony. He advised that we need to promote
multicultural education to reflect the reality of our multiethnic
society. Educators should actively redesign multicultural
curriculum to promote the understanding among ethnic groups in
our multiculture-based information society and information world.
He urged librarians to continue to be cultural curators of
special subject information systems. His speech was well echoed
by the audience.
The ACRL conference offered great opportunities for librarians to
interact with each other at the receptions, exhibitions, the
Carnegie Museum, library tours, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and many
city tours. While browsing some of 960+ exhibition booths, I met
with Bessie Hahn, former CALA President (1982-83) and the ACRL
candidate for vice-president/president-elect. Naturally, she
cares for CALA and its members. At one point during our
conversation, she commented that she wished to see more CALA
members attending the ACRL conferences. Before we departed, I
wished her well in her bid for the ACRL presidency. (If I may, I
would like to use this opportunity to urge our CALA members to
support her.) I referred her to poster sessions in the same hall
where CALA members Sherry Chang and Tina Fu were presenting their
sessions. In another occasion, librarians casually mingled and
sampled a dessert buffet at the foyer of the magnificent Music
Hall in the Carnegie Museum. The placement service at the
conference had also assisted applicants and employers in
contacting with each other. Approximately 83 job listings
attracted 142 applications.
The 1995 ACRL Conference in Pittsburgh had offered a rich program
to a dynamic library community. Pittsburgh is blessed with more
than sixty libraries in their metropolitan area. As Mayor Murphy
said as he welcomed librarians and conference attendants at the
opening ceremony, indeed, "Pittsburgh is a city that will capture
your imagination." During these five days, Pittsburgh not only
successfully hosted this conference but also impressed many
librarians and information professionals- for its provision of
generosity and hospitality, and for its establishment of security
and order in a modern metropolitan environment.
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11. "Chinese Publications in American Libraries"
Susn T. Bau
Library of Congress
Washington, D. C.
Internet: stbau@mail.loc.gov
A meeting on "Chinese Publications in American Libraries" was
held on April 8, 1995, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the
Washington Hilton and Towers Hotel. The participants of this
meeting and their respective viewpoints were recorded and listed
as follows: 1) Mr. Chih Yang Lee, President of Chiayang Library
Services with Ms. Sharon Shieh on their services within and
outside the boundary of Taiwan; 2) Mr. Zhou Hong-li, President of
China National Publishing Industry Trade Corporation, on Chinese
publishers consolidation for better publications and services; 3)
Dr. Tai-Loi Ma, Curator of the East Asian Library, University of
Chicago, on Library's problems and their solutions; 4) a group-
on public and regional library collections for minorities-
included Ms. Linda Tse, CALA President and Cultural Minorities
Librarian of Montgomery County Libraries; Ms. Marjorie Li,
President of CALA Northeast Chapter and CJK Liaison at Rutgers
University Library; and Ms. Harriet Ying, Branch Manager of
Clinton Library of Prince Georges County Libraries; 5) Dr. Eugene
Wu, Harvard-Yenching Library on his Library's problem, including
collection funding and other supportive expenses. Dr. Wu
emphasized the importance the of outside funding for the
library's collection development; and 6) Dr. William Wong,
Librarian of the East Asian collection, University of California
at Irvine, on 3Rs: rethinking, reorganizing and redesigning. The
meeting was concluded by Dr. Chi Wang, Head of Chinese Section,
Library of Congress, who encouraged the cooperation among
librarians and the related professionals. This meeting was
cosponsored by the CALA Greater Mid-Atlantic Chapter and the
Association of Asian Studies. The meeting offered an opportunity
for a friendly exchange of ideas and information on Chinese
collections, multicultural programs and public services, China's
future goal of global networking, and getting funding and sharing
resources, electronically. The success of the meeting positively
encourages the continuation of this effort in the near future.
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VI. LIBRARY REPORT
12. "The UCLA East Asian Library"
Hong Cheng
East Asian Library
University of California, Los Angeles
P.O. Box 951585
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
The UCLA East Asian Library is one of the major East Asian
collections in the United States. The Library is currently using
OCLC online cataloging system, and then download to UCLA's local
online system. As a major step of library automation, the
Library has frozen its card cataloging at the beginning of 1995.
The Library no longer files new cards on the catalog cabinet and
the information on new books and materials can be retrieved
through the online catalog. However, the UCLA Library's current
online system is unable to display Chinese, Japanese and Korean
vernacular characters on electronic screen. The new online
system, which is expected to support the CJK vernacular
characters, will not be available immediately.
In order to meet the users' needs, the East Asian Library is
seeking a temporary solution. The Library is planning to
download the Library's records to a local small database, which
will contain the Library's 200,000+ holding records. The next
step is to decode the CJK vernacular characters, which have been
pre-coded in the records. The final step is to review the effect
of output displaying of these records on the monitor screen
before the database system is available to the general public.
We greatly appreciate your information and suggestion related to
our solution: 1) a program which can decode, or convert CJK
vernacular characters, and can absorb the library's MARC format;
2) a library or a company which can provide a CJK-oriented local
online cataloging system to general public (not OCLC or RLIN
online database).
Please send your information or suggestion to Hong Cheng who can
be reached at: The East Asian Library, University of California,
Los Angeles, P.O. Box 951585, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, Email:
ECZ5HCH@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU, Tel:(310)825-6937(W),(310)206-4960(F).
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13. "The Nelson-Atkins Art Museum and Library"
Jane Han-jun Cheng
Senior Asian Cataloger
Spencer Art Reference Library
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
The Spencer Art Reference Library of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of
Art has been progressively computerized since 1983. The
following report is based on my fifteen years of working
experience in this institution.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art was established in 1933 in Kansas
City, Missouri. The museum collected both western and Oriental
art. Mr. Laurence Sickman, the well known scholar in Oriental
art was hired as an Oriental curator in 1935, and later the
administrator of the museum in 1953. Our museum increased its
Oriental art collection through careful purchasing and donations,
making this museum one of the best of its kind in the United
States. Among the Oriental art collection, the Chinese
collection is most outstanding. In 1982, Mr. Marc Wilson,
Curator of Oriental Art was hired as the Museum's director.
The Museum's Spencer Art Reference Library was established in
1933 with a fine arts centered collection. In the beginning,
the Library used Dewey Classification before it adapted the
Metropolitan Museum of Art Classification system.
By 1978, the Library collected approximately 45,000 volumes of
books, periodicals, auction catalogs and other types of
materials, with many art journals starting from the first issue.
With the donation from Kenneth and Helen Spencer, the Library
underwent a major change. The Library was renovated to have a
beautiful reading room, a library office, a librarian's office
and a spacious stack. The Library was named Kenneth and Helen
Spencer Art Reference Library in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer.
The Librarian, Kathy Haskins, began to change the classification
system from Metropolitan Museum of Art system to the Library of
Congress system, and adapted the AACR2 cataloging rule.
For a period of time, the Library had only 2 staffs, a librarian
and a library assistant. They had to handle every task in the
library and to cope with a growing backlog. Many materials were
in European and Oriental languages. The Library urgently needed
a specialist who could organize the materials in Oriental
languages, mostly in Chinese and Japanese. With a good
background in Chinese, Japanese, and library science, the author
was hired.
In 1983, library staff numbers increased to five. Stanley Hess,
Librarian, and Karen Meizner, the Associate Librarian and
the Head of Cataloging Department, were administering the
library. Both Hess and Meizner wanted to steadily computerize
the library. In 1983, the Museum received a support to have the
RLIN system joined the library operations in cataloging and
searching. This was the first step toward computerization.
Several tasks were accomplished:
* Cataloged the collections into RLIN.
* Searched on RLIN.
* Converted old Metropolitan Classification collection, and
some in Dewey Classification to the RLIN system.
* Expanded the library services to include interlibrary loan,
which was of much benefit to the Museum's curators and the
Library's patrons.
* Added SCIPIO (Recording of Auction Catalogs) function.
* Conducted N44 project (discontinued now). Classified or re-
classified artists' monograph to N44 class, which was adapted
by the National Gallery of Art.
In October, 1983, Mr. Laurence Sickman donated most of his
collection to the Library, which contained numerous valuable
Oriental art materials in original languages, or in Roman
languages. It was a great asset to the Library. Mr. Sickman
passed away in 1989. The Library received the rest of his
collection afterwards.
From 1989 to 1991, the Library received a generous grant to
conduct a cataloging/re-cataloging project on Oriental materials.
The Library added RLIN (CJK) to conduct cataloging and searching
on these Oriental materials. Besides the regular cataloging in
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean to RLIN database, we had to add the
characters to those Roman records which were cataloged between
1984-1989. We also adapted RLIN (Acquisition) system to maintain
correct records and to make the new additions searchable.
In 1991, the Library received several grants to perform
retrospective conversion tasks for the Oriental collections. In
the mean time, the Spencer Art Reference Library went through
drastic personnel changes. Both the Librarian and the Associated
Librarian resigned in three months. Susan Moon, a librarian from
Getty Art Museum was hired in March, 1992, and started to work in
July as the Librarian. Martha Childers from a law library in
California, joined the Library as the Associate Librarian and the
head of the Technical Services in December, 1994. By the end of
1994, the Library had ten full-time staffs, with collection
volume increased to a record of close to 70,000.
Under the leadership of Susan Moon, the Library begins its many
changes toward full automation and modernization. Ms. Moon's
ambitious goal is to bring the Library to the most competitive
level toward the twenty-first century, and to make it a
"community art resource center."
Projects listed below were completed during the past few years.
* Conducted shelf-reading on the Library collection to provide
easier access to users.
* Approved in late 1992, the RLIN RECON (retrospective
conversion cataloging) was used to complete the cataloging
process of Oriental collection in RLIN between 1979-89. The
project was completed in June, 1994.
* Integrated the Western and the Oriental art collections for
books or serials. The project was completed in September,
1993.
* Completed the inventory in early 1995.
The Library also joined the Linda-Hall Library, a well-known
science library in Kansas City, to adopt Marquis system, and
named it LEONARDO. The official opening date of LEONARDO OPAC
was on October 27, 1994. The second phase of this project is to
conduct cataloging on Leonardo starting May 1, 1995. A local
information system dealing with art materials and resources is
thus on the horizon. We are looking forward to the opening and
the full operation of this system soon.
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14. "The IUPUI University Libraries: Technical Services"
"The IUPUI University Libraries: Design of Technical Services Workspace"
Julie Su
Serials Cataloger
Indiana University
Purdue University
Indianapolis
University Libraries
INTRODUCTION
The IUPUI (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis)
University is a combined campus of Indiana University and Purdue
University and is located at Indianapolis in Indiana State.
Being a fast growing urban campus, it has over 26,000 students
and over 1,400 full-time faculty. The University offers 174
program degrees. Students receive either Indiana University
degree or Purdue University degree. IUPUI University Libraries,
along with three other professional school libraries, belong to
the Indiana University library system. The development of the
building program began in 1987, with a strong support from the
University. The construction began in the late 1990 and the
building opened for public use in August 1993. As of today, the
Landscape and the Wood Library Plaza, which feature a beautiful
fountain, are yet to complete.
The 32 million dollar building was designed by Barns and Lee of
New York. It has 256,800 square feet of usable space, which
nearly triples the size of the old building with a capacity to
hold 1 million volumes, that is two and half times of the current
collection size. It has over one thousand seven hundred seating
capacity, which doubles that of the old building. The new
library is featured with a three-story atrium and extensive use
of windows along the external walls on all four above-ground
levels.
Building Layout
The new library building has five levels. The lower level, or
the underground level, houses Archives, Center of Philanthropic
Studies, a 100 seat auditorium, two classrooms and an open study
area for students. The ground level or the first floor houses
the technical services area, the administrative offices, Learning
Resources Center, Computing Consulting Center and the Integrated
Technology offices. The second floor houses the public services
department, including Reference, Circulation, Maps, Government
Publications, and Current Periodicals. The fourth and the fifth
floors are stacks for books and bound journals, individual study
carrels, faculty studies, and group study rooms. Public access
to the building is either through the library's front entrance at
the ground level or the through the second floor bridge which
connects the Business and Education buildings.
DESCRIPTION OF TECHNICAL SERVICES WORKSPACE
Organizational Structure
Technical services unit consists of two departments: Acquisitions
and Cataloging. We currently have 8 full-time librarians, 16
full-time clericals and 19 part-time assistants. Our 94/95
material budget is 1.8 million and has four thousands and four
hundred (4,400) current subscriptions.
Space Arrangement:
The technical services has eleven thousand four hundred and fifty
(11,450 ) usable square feet. The amount of space is planned to
accommodate three times of staff growth and a maximum collection
growth of 2.2 million, with annual acquisition of 35,000 volumes.
The annual growth rate is projected forward to the next 20 years.
The Technical Services workspace is broken down by departments
and functions. One side of the area houses the Acquisitions
Department and the other side houses the Cataloging Department.
The Acquisitions Department has modular units for ordering,
receiving and bookkeeping, serials control and check-in,
government documents processing, and conservation work area.
Cataloging Department has clusters of workstations for
monographic cataloging and serials cataloging. Librarians'
offices are located along the wall in their respective
departments. All offices have a large internal window facing the
open work areas. This is a feature we particularly requested in
order to facilitate communication between librarians and staff.
The offices along the outside wall also have large external
windows. The Conservation work area is conveniently located near
the Cataloging Department, check-in, and the government documents
processing. Cataloging Department has clusters of workstations
for monographic cataloging and serials cataloging. Librarians'
offices are located along the wall in their respective
departments. All offices have a large internal window serials
check-in area. Mail and receiving area is adjacent to the
Acquisitions' receiving section and open to the corridor which
leads to the loading dock. A conference room is centrally
located and equipped for audio-visual and computer projection.
PLANNING
1. Planning for Technical Services Workspaces- The planning
began in 1987. We first identified a number of features we
considered as essential. These include:
a) Technical Services Department should be on the same floor to
stay contiguous. In the old building, monographic cataloging was
housed on the first floor while serials cataloging and the rest
of the Technical Services were in the basement.
b) The Technical Services area should be broken down by
"functions."
c) The Technical Services should be on the same floor level as
the loading dock. Mail and receiving area should be adjacent to
the loading dock. In the old building, the Technical Services
area was located one floor below the loading dock, accessible by
an elevator.
d) We need a service elevator in the Technical Services area to
provide easy connections between the Technical Services and
library stacks.
e) We need a conference room for meetings and special functions.
f) Electrical outlets should be located minimally at 5 feet
interval to provide easy pulling of electricity. This is
important if we need to rearrange our workstations in the future.
g) We want modular workstations instead of cubicles.
2. Projected Functions and Activities- The process included
evaluating existing practice and envision procedural changes in
the new environment. Flow charts were prepared, showing traffic
flow from one function to the next in the new building. This was
done to ensure that floor layout relates to work flow. We also
considered space and equipment needs for possible added or
expanded responsibilities such as: government documents
processing, and packaging and preparing materials for
interlibrary loan.
3. Identified and Projected Technological Needs- When building
planning began in 1987, the Indiana University system-wide
on-line catalog was still under development, and the IUPUI
University Libraries did not implement NOTIS modules until two
and three years later. However after carefully studying the
functionality of NOTIS subsystems and visited NOTIS library
sites, we were able to envision the workflow and designed a
workable plan. In one case, we first planned space for shelflist
card file and moved the cabinets to the new building, but we
decided to discontinue maintaining the shelflist file.
Consequently, we now have more open space in cataloging area than
originally planned, which turns out to be anadvantage. In the
other case, the plan also pertains to the OCLC connectivity.
During the planning process, our request for running the coaxial
cables under the floor for OCLC daisy chain connection was
rejected. We were naturally told that the wiring in the new
building would not need to support this type of cables, since we
expected to move to the OCLC Gateway environment where cable
connection would not be needed. In addition, the OCLC/NOTIS
record transfer software GTO was also to be moved to the
mainframe environment and would no longer be hardwired to OCLC
for record transfers. Unfortunately, neither of these plans
materialize as expected, and we still use the old device for OCLC
and GTO connection. Meanwhile, the carpet was already in place,
and we can not hide the coaxial cables under the floor, but to
run the cables through the ceiling. As a result, cables are now
hanging in the air all over the area.
4. Planning for Electrical Wiring- The building of the IUPUI
University libraries was planned to be a state-of-the-art
electronic library to house expanded print collection as well as
to provide electronic access to multimedia resources. This is to
be accomplished via the library information system, utilizing the
most advanced and innovative technology. To facilitate the
development and the implementation of this multimedia and
multiplatform information system, the entire new library building
including the technical services area is wired with fiber optic
cables and twisted pairs. Consequently, workstations in
technical services have multimedia and full motion video
capability. In addition, at the time of move, all workstations
were changed from terminal server connection to Ethernet
connection. Hardware and software are continued to be updated in
phases after the move.
5. Building Committee and Staff Participation- The Building
Committee consisted of the Head of Technical Services, one
librarian and two clerical staff. The tasks of the committee
included space design and layout, workstation arrangement, types
of equipment and furniture required as well as computer
connections needed. A profile was prepared for each functional
area to identify location, special room requirements and
equipment requirements. Diagrams were also attached to show the
actual measurement of the area and the location of furniture. In
the planning process, the technical services staff was kept
informed of the progress, and encouraged to participate. In
general, we had very limited input regarding furniture and
equipment. However, the specifications we submitted for
furniture and equipment in the Conservation work area was well
heeded. Given the fact that the Conservation will be a
developing program new to our library, we also consulted the
preservation librarian in the Bloomington main campus when
preparing the specifications.
FLOOR PLANS
Our floor plans have been revised in numerous times. I will
highlight three major changes as follows.
A) In our early plans, individual offices were planned for
librarians having supervisory responsibilities. This arrangement
would provide privacy for supervisor and supervisees during
consultation. Other librarians would have their workstations in
the open work area located close to the clerical workstations.
This arrangement would facilitate easy interaction between
librarians and staff. However, this plan was abandoned because
we later found out that the University consented to provide
individual offices to all librarians. We then revised our floor
plan to include office spaces for all librarians. This has
become a highly satisfactory arrangement.
B) In our early plan, we grouped all OCLC and NOTIS terminals
along one wall for easy cable connections. The projected
workflow in this arrangement would allow staff members to
performs paper work at his or her desk. He/she could walk to a
computer to perform online work on OCLC and on the local system.
As we progressed in NOTIS operations, we quickly recognized that
all full-time positions were in need of access to both NOTIS and
OCLC at their desks. Therefore, we re-designed the clerical work
area and brought OCLC and NOTIS to the workstations. After using
GTO for record transfer, the NOTIS/OCLC configuration was
expanded to include the GTO connection.
C) We wanted an open concept work area for the Acquisition/
Ordering Section with free-standing workstations grouped in the
center. We presented more than three alternative plans for this
area several times, but all were rejected. We were told that our
workstation arrangements would cause the exposure of the fiber
optic cables which was absolutely unacceptable to the architects.
As a result, the modular dividers were used so extensively that
staff members had to walk around the blocks to communicate. For
this reason, it became the least satisfactory and most
problematic arrangement in the entire technical services area.
CONCLUSION
Technical Services work area turned out to be very close to what
we have planned for. The general response to the new
environment from both librarians and staff were very positive.
Librarians very much appreciated in having individual offices.
The only unanimous complaint is the poor performance of the new
heating and cooling system. In addition, a number of staff
members expressed the concern of isolation due to the size of
library and work area.
The following areas need improvement.
i) The workstations are modular units as we wanted, but the
partitions are not really movable. Since the wiring runs inside
the partitions, and the fiber optics are too fragile to move,
these panels can not be rearranged by ourselves.
ii) Although the area is supplied with electricity in every 5 feet
as we have requested, we were dismayed to find out these are not
electrical outlets, but concrete plugs. In addition, electricity
is only pulled where a need is indicated. Outlets are shared by
more than one workstation. This makes it very difficult to
re-arrange workstations or computers, and rewiring would be too
expensive to consider.
iii) Specifications for coat room were changed in the process and
we were not consulted nor notified in our floor plan. We
specifically requested that clerical coat room should have coat
rod for coats and shelves for hats and boots. At both ends of
the closet, we planed for small size lockers. When we moved in
the building, we were surprised to find large size lockers filled
up the entire coat room. The lockers become useless for us and
the staff has no place to hang coats.
iv) The 64" partitions in all workstations are so high that they
not only block out natural lighting but create barriers in our
work environment. In our plan, we specifically requested low
partitions for workstations by the large windows to allow natural
lighting to come in. When we moved in, we were surprised to find
64" high panels sitting right in front of the large windows. In
Acquisitions area, we did request the high partitions in order to
mount double shelves. However, the architect decided that the
panels were not strong for double shelves and gave us single
shelf but kept the 64" high panels. Had we been consulted, we
would have asked to change these panels to 54" partitions
instead. These high partitions created multiple cubicles in the
Acquisitions ordering area and have caused communication barriers
and have made staff training and supervision difficult.
v) The building needs overhang between the entrance and the
loading dock. This is the staff entrance which opens by
authorized keycards only. Since there is no overhang on the
outside, staff is exposed to bad weather while attempting to open
the door with keycards.
Through the entire planning process, we learned that
communication with the architects was most critical. In our
case, the situation is further complicated by the fact that too
many players were involved in the project. We had original
design architects in New York, coordinating architect in
Indianapolis, the campus architect, and sometimes the University
in Bloomington was also involved. On several occasions, the plan
we submitted was changed at one point by these architects without
informing us. Another time we received a totally different
version of the blueprint than what the architect had reviewed.
Another problem along the line was that we sometimes received a
draft plan so late that we were rushed to make hasty decision in
order to meet the deadline set by the architects.
Despite of retrospection, Technical Services area has turned out
to be one of the best planned unit in our new library with pride.
We know for sure that all the imperfection will be consistently
resolved with our collective diligence, perseverance, and
professionalism.
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15. "The Kinsey Institute On-line Cataloging"
Liana Zhou
Head of Technical Services
The Kinsey Institute Library
Bloomington, Indiana
Ever since Dr. Alfred Kinsey incorporated the Institute of Sex
Research (now The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender
and Reproduction) in 1947 and sold his private collection of
thousands of books to the newly established Institute for one
dollar, the Institute's Library has been an important part of the
Institute and plays a significant role in carrying out the
Institute's mission of archiving and disseminating information
on sex research. Throughout the past four decades, the number of
general collections has grown to be over 80,000 monographs, and
has collected more than 150 titles of scholarly journals. The
year of 1995 is marked as an important year for the Library. For
the first time in the Institute's history, about half of its
library's printed materials will be available in Indiana
University's IO (Information Online), a NOTIS based catalog, to
the scholarly community via Internet. Therefore, understanding
the history of the collection's cataloging and classification
scheme will help patrons in better structuring their searches in
the online catalog.
The classification scheme and cataloging format of this online
database are characterized as follows.
i) Adapted Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme- The Library has
grown in a rather haphazard manner. Along with Dr. Kinsey's
generous donation came the first classification scheme developed
by Dr. Kinsey himself. It was a system for the practical use of
his materials and soon the collection outgrew the system. In the
1960's, the Institute librarian applied the Dewey Classification
system to the realm of sexuality. For example, class number 0xx
was assigned for the general topics, and class number 1xx was for
psychological, cultural and attitudinal aspects of sexuality.
Similarly, 2xx was assigned for religious aspect, 3xx for legal,
educational, or research methodology, and prostitution, and 4xx
for languages, linguistics and sexuality. The class number 5xx,
perhaps the most frequently used number in the Kinsey collection,
was related to overall and individual sexual behaviors, be it
statistically normal or deviant behavior. This class (5xx) was
further detailed, e.g., 532 for homosexuality, 538 for
transvestitism, and 54x for sadomasochism. 6xx indicated the
medical aspects of sexuality (e.g., AIDS and sexual behavior in
617). 7xx covered the most treasured and rare items from all
cultures and languages related to art and sexuality. 8xx was
assigned for literature, a large and also the most complex
collection (e.g., 823.8 for individual author's works in the 20th
Century). A call number searched under any of the classification
areas would generate a shelf-list of what is included in that
portion of the collection.
ii) Sexual Nomenclature: A Thesaurus <1> - The Kinsey Institute
Library uses its own, in-house developed thesaurus- Sexual
Nomenclature, which is perhaps the most comprehensive thesaurus
in the field of sex research. It was in hierarchical and
relational date structure. It borrowed many concepts/subject
headings from the Library of Congress Subject Heading List that
dealt with sex or sexuality. The difference is that this locally
developed thesaurus had no free subdivision for subjects
headings. Instead, a fixed subdivision was placed and practiced.
The fixed subdivisions included gender, age, historical period,
and geographical places. Due to the fact that the thesaurus was
constructed during the era while manual cataloging was a common
practice, many pre-coordinated terms were included.
iii) Analytical Cataloging- With a built-in interdisciplinary
nature in sex research, it is natural to see that many journal
articles and monographs suitable to the Institute's library
collections were written by scholars from a variety of
disciplines. For an effective retrieval of journal articles,
book chapters, or papers in conference proceedings, the Library
has adopted analytical cataloging. This means that journal
articles or book chapters were analyzed and a note containing
information about the whole item was generated. Consequently,
when searching the Kinsey's online database <2>, the user will be
able to locate books, journals, and journal articles. A user can
conduct a keyword search for retrieving articles in a known
journal under MARC field 773. A more efficient search can use a
call number of a journal, given that the journal is analytically
cataloged. A user can also browse through individual journal
articles. For example, when searching "cd J532 J68" for Journal
of Homosexuality will result in getting a list of all cataloged
articles in this cluster since all related articles shared the
same call number as the journal. This searching mechanism is
indeed an important feature service to the users of the Kinsey
Institute.
iv) More Detailed Descriptive Cataloging- The nature of the
Kinsey Library collection, particularly for those rare and unique
items, have not only helped in shaping up a good collection for
the Library, but also influenced the Institute's library
catalogers, who must stay conscious in determining the cataloging
note field. A note is generated to alert researchers the
existence or creation of an appendix, which might indicate the
title of a particular instrument for further pursuance. For
example, a research instrument, such as a questionnaire, an
interview schedule, or a related policy statement/document may
only exist in the appendix of a monograph. Using the keyword
searching capability in the NOTIS system, a researcher can
retrieve these much needed, yet often hidden information, which
may not be retrieved by way of regular author, title, or subject
approaches.
v) Subject Literature Analysis- Providing subject analysis for
the literature collection was one of the goals for a grant-
supported project on literature cataloging which was undertaken
in the early 1980's. The subject headings for the literary works
were also taken from the Sexual Nomenclature. While it certainly
adds tremendous power to retrieve the literature, a problem
exists when a user wants to filter the non-literature from the
literature works. Currently, the only differentiation between
the social science literature and the literary work is that the
literary work would be tagged as fiction or poetry in the notes
area.
The author hopes that the above descriptions would provide
certain degree of clarification to the users of our Library. The
improvement, expansion and advancement of the 1980's thesaurus is
obviously the most urgent and continuous task for us. We will
report to you more on the system development next time.
NOTES:
<1> The Kinsey Institute's Sexual Nomenclature- a thesaurus which
was published by G.K. Hall, 1976.
<2> To search the Kinsey online database (labeled as KICAT), try
telnet: infogate.ucs.indiana.edu
gopher: LIb-gopher.gopher.indiana.edu
<3> For more information about the use of the Kinsey Library
materials, contact the Information Services at 812-855-7686.
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VII. TECHNICAL FORUM
16. "Navigating the Cyberspace: The World Wide Web"
Yu-Lan Chou
Chinese Cataloger
The Ohio State University Libraries
Columbus, Ohio
1. What Is the Web?
The original idea of World Wide Web (WWW) started at CERN, known
as the European Center for High Energy Physics Research, in March
1989. Tim Berners-Lee proposed the project of building a means
of effective communication throughout the organization in
different countries. Although the hypertext transmission was
introduced, there was no sound, video, or images. Until the end
of 1990, the first Web software on the NeXT platform came to
reality. It was able to transmit and view the hypertext
documents over the Internet. A demonstration was held at the
Hypertext '91 conference. Since then, more software came out,
not only for the line browser but also for the "multimedia"
interface. Because of the user-friendly graphics, Web swiped
every corner in the global proportion.
2. The Popularity of the Web
By using the Web browser (or Web client), you can get access to
the following server sites.
a. Gopher (text based)
b. FTP (text based)
c. Archie (FTP search service, text based)
d. Veronica (Gopher search service, text based)
e. Usenet discussion groups (text based)
f. Hytelnet (Hypertext interface to Internet)
g. Telnet
h. WAIS (text based)
i. HTML-formatted Hypertext and Hypermedia documents
The traffic to Web server sites on the Internet is very busy and
keeps growing on demand. Commercial Internet carriers such as
the America On-line and the Compuserv both provided their own
version of Web browser. Not to mention that the Mosaic and the
Netscape are the two most popular Web browsing software used in
the academic institutions.
There are more than one million of active Web users today.
Thousands of server sites have been established and more to come
almost on daily basis.
3. Web Sites in Taiwan
Web development is very popular in Taiwan. Most academic
institutions in Taiwan have connections to the TANET (the
Internet backbone in Taiwan). Government agencies and commercial
companies are adding to the Internet as well. There is only one
high school Web site but certainly we will be able to see more
very soon. Using Chinese in e-mail and other Internet functions
is essential for communication. Here is a brief list of Web
sites in Taiwan. As you may find from the URL (Uniform Resource
Locator), the convention of the extension are: ".edu" for
academic institution; ".gov" for government; and ".tw" for
Taiwan.
All Web sites in Taiwan provide information in Chinese, some
without any English. In order to view Chinese, your computer
needs the BIG-5 fonts to map the character table and double byte
enabled Web browser. In the MS Windows environment, you may
choose the Microsoft Chinese Windows 3.1 or the Twinbridge 3.3
and both the latest Mosaic (2.0 Beta 4) and Netscape (1.1) are
capable for double byte transmission.
Academia Sinica (Chung yang yen chiu y"uan):
http://www.sinica.edu.tw (Both in English and Chinese (BIG-5)
Central Weather Bureau (Chung yang chi hsiang ch"u):
http://www.cwb.gov.tw
China Junior College of Industrial and Commercial Management
(Chung-kuo shih cheng kung shang kuan li chuan hsiao):
http://www.cjcicm.edu.tw [Most of documents are written in
Chinese (BIG-5)]
China Medical College Computer Center
(Chung-kuo i yao hs"ueh y"uan):
http://cmc.cmc.edu.tw/cmcstart.html
[Both in English and Chinese (BIG-5)]
Chung Hua Polytechnic Institute (Chung-hua kung chuan):
http://www.chpi.edu.tw/index.html (English)
http://www.chpi.edu.tw/CHTDOCS/ChineseIndex.html (Chinese)
Da-Yeh Institute of Technology (Ta Yeh kung hs"ueh y"uan):
http://www.dyit.edu.tw (experimental)
Industrial Technology Research Institute
(Kung yeh chi shu yen chiu y"uan):
http://www.ccl.itri.org.tw/index.html
Jin Wen College (Ching wen chuan k'o hs"ueh hsiao):
http://jupiter.jwc.edu.tw/welcome.html
Kao-Yuan Junior College of Technology & Commerce
(Kao y"uan kung shang chuan hsiao):
http://www.kyit.edu.tw/Welcome.html
[Both in English and Chinese (BIG-5)]
Nan Tai College (Nan t'ai chuan k'o hs"ueh hsiao):
http://www.ntc.edu.tw/index.html
National Center for High-performance Computing
(Kuo chia kao su tien nao chung hsin):
http://www.nchc.gov.tw
National Central University (Kuo li Chung yang ta hs"ueh):
http://www.ncu.edu.tw/home.html (Computer Center)
http://dbweb.csie.edu.tw (CSIE Insitute)
http://www.mgt.ncu.edu.tw (Dept. of Information Management)
National Chengchi University (Kuo li Cheng chih ta hs"ueh):
http://www.nccu.edu.tw (Computer Center)
National Cheng Kung University (Kuo li Ch'eng kung ta hs"ueh):
http://pumpkins.med.ncku.edu.tw/index.html (Med School)
http://www.ncku.edu.tw/index.html (Computer Center)
http://www.lib.ncku.edu.tw (Library)
National Chiao Tung University (Kuo li Chiao t'ung ta hs"ueh):
http://www.nctu.edu.tw (Computer Center)
http://www.csie.nctu.edu.tw (Dept. of CSIE)
http://www.tem.nctu.edu.tw (Dept. of TEM)
http://www.cis.nctu.edu.tw/Welcome.html (Dept. of CIS)
http://www.iaa.nctu.edu.tw (Dept. of IAA)
National Chung-Hsing University (Kuo li Chung hsing ta hs"ueh):
http://www.nchu.edu.tw (Computer Center)
National Sun Yat-Sen University (Kuo li Chung shan ta hs"ueh):
http://www.mis.nsysu.edu.tw/Welcome.html (Dept. of IM)
National Taichung Institute of Commerce
(Kuo li T'ai-chung shang chuan):
http://alpha.ntcic.edu.tw
National Taiwan Institute of Technology
(Kuo li T'ai-wan kung yeh chi shu hs"ueh y"uan):
http://www.et.ntit.edu.tw/index.html (Dept. of EE)
National Taiwan Normal University
(Kuo li T'ai-wan shih fan ta hs"ueh):
http://www.ite.ntnu.edu.tw (Dept. of TE)
National Taiwan University (Kuo li T'ai-wan ta hs"ueh):
http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/index.html (Dept. of CSIE)
http://flood.hy.ntu.edu.tw/ntuae/home.html (Dept. of AE)
http://im9.im.ntu.edu.tw (Dept. of IM)
http://cc.ntu.edu.tw (Computer Center)
National Tsing Hua University (Kuo li Ch'ing hua ta hs"ueh):
http://www.nthu.edu.tw.index.html (Computer Center)
http://www.nthu.edu.tw/nthu/art/index.html (Art Center)
National Yunlin Institute of Technology
(Kuo li Yun lin kung yeh chi shu hs"ueh y"uan):
http://www.lib.yuntech.edu.tw/index.html (Library)
Taipei Municipal Chien-Kuo Senior High School
(T'ai-pei shih li Chien kuo kao chi chung hs"ueh):
http://www.ck.tp.edu.tw (Mostly in English)
** Yes, this is the first HIGH SCHOOL Web site in Taiwan. **
Tatung Institue of Technology (Ta t'ung kung hs"ueh y"uan):
http://sunserv.cse.ttit.edu.tw (Dept. of CSE)
Tung Nan Junior College of Technology (Tung nan kung chuan):
http://peacock.tnjc.edu.tw/NEW/WELCOME.HTML
Wu-Feng Junior College of Technology & Commerce
(Wu feng kung shang chuan hsiao):
http://wfc.edu.tw/Welcome.html
Yuan Ze Institute of Technology
(Y"uan Chih chi shu hs"ueh y"uan):
http://www.yzit.edu.tw
4. Web Sites in China
In contrast to those Taiwanese Web sites mentioned above, Web
sites in China usually don't have any information in Chinese
except the institution logo or some images. China didn't have
the Internet connection until the first quarter of 1994. The
Internet connection is still very costly and only to be used to a
limited extent. The government is launching the national
telecommunication project to wire major cities. It is
anticipated that more Web development in China will be coming
within a short period of time. Most of the sites listed are
located in Beijing.
Beijing University of Chemical Technology:
http://www.buct.edu
China NIC server:
http://www.cnc.ac.cn
China Education and Research Network:
http://www.cemet.edu.cn
China Microbial Information Network:
http://sun.im.ac.cn
Huazhong University of Science and Technology:
http://www.cernet.edu.cn/education/seu.html
IHEP China Institute of High Energy Physics:
http://www.ihep.ac.cn/ihep.html
Nanjing University:
http://solix.fiu.edu:8001/nada.html
Northeastern University:
http://www.cernet.edu.cn/education/neu.html
Peking University:
http://www.pku.edu.cn
Shanghai JiaoTong University:
http://www.cernet.edu.cn/sjtu.html
South China University of Technology:
http://www.cernet.edu.cn/education/scut/WWW/HomePage.html
Southeastern University:
http://www.cernet.edu.cn/education/seu.html
Tsinghua University:
http://www.net.edu.cn
University of Electronical Science and Technology of China:
http://www.cernet.edu.cn/education/uestc.html
Xi'an JiaoTong University:
http://www.cernet.edu.cn/education/xjtu.html
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17. "Netscape: Browsing and Interacting on the Internet"
"Netscape: A Wonderful Tool for Browsing and Interacting on the Internet"
Shixing Wen
Assistant Professor, Library Affairs
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
A. A Brief Introduction
The Internet, the backbones of which were initially sponsored by
the Federal government, is now referring to an interconnected and
yet indiscernible entity, composed of millions of computers and
networks of various kinds throughout the world. As such, there is
no governing body for it. In a sense, it is like a wilderness or
an undeveloped frontier: there are rich treasures (that is,
information) out there, but to get some specific information is
by no means easier than finding a needle in a haystack.
Fortunately, some ingenious pioneers, whether with a lofty sense
of responsibility to guide us through this information anarchy or
with a keen sense of making a profit, have developed an array of
tools for us to use when faring on the Internet. Among the most
popular of these tools are Archie, Veronica, Gopher, WAIS, Lynx,
Cello, Mosaic, and Netscape.
B. Why Netscape?
Of all these tools, why single out Netscape?
First of all, most of the Internet tools mentioned above are
monofunctional. That is, they are designed to perform a specific
function. Take FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for example. It
facilitates the transfer of files between computers over a
distance, be it short or long. However, it cannot do anything
else. Another example could be TELNET, which only allows users to
logon to a remote computer to conduct searches. E-mail, in a
strict sense, does not search information directly on the
Internet. It is designed to facilitate communications between/
among people.
The next generation of Internet tools, like Gopher and Lynx,
explored some new frontiers. They are good browsers for textual
information, but are monofunctional and noninteractive in nature.
Veronica is a technological as well as conceptual breakthrough in
design, for it allows people to really search, rather than just
browse, for information over the Internet. Archie does similar
things, except that it helps us to search for files to perform
ftp rather than information ready for use.
With the advent of Mosaic, Internet exploration entered a new
era. This new tool enables users not only to access information
in the traditional text format but also in images, graphics,
sound, animation, video, etc. What's more, this new tool is
capable of performing multifunctions. For example, in addition to
searching for hypermedia materials, it can also be used as
gopher, ftp, and telnet.
Netscape, in a sense, is an improved product of Mosaic.
Consequently, it has inherited from its predecessor all those
wonderful features of multimedia display, hyperlinks, and
multifunctional search capabilities. In addition, Netscape adds
more elegance, enables better interaction, and gives full display
to the HTML (HyperText Mark-up Language). It supports not only
the GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) but also the JPEG (Joint
Photographic Equipment Group) image files. The latter consume
far less bytes than the former, and thus are faster to transfer
over the Internet. If you find some document or information that
might be of interest to someone, Netscape allows you to send it
directly to that person via e-mail.
To crown it all, Netscape is under constant development to
improve its interactive capability. In a word, Netscape makes it
easier than ever before to surf the Internet.
C. How to Obtain Netscape Software
Netscape Communications Corporation has granted a non-exclusive
license to use its Netscape software to students, faculty or
staff of educational institutions or employees of charitable or
non-profit organizations.
To obtain a free copy of Netscape software, ftp to the following
sites: (Caution: The file names are case-sensitive.)
ftp://wu.archive.wustl.edu/packages/www/Netscape/netscape1.1/
ftp://ftp.cps.cmich.edu/pub/netscape/
ftp://ftp.utdallas.edu/pub/netscape/netscape1.1/
ftp://ftp.micro.caltech.edu/pub/netscape/
ftp://unicron.unomaha.edu/pub/netscape/netscape1.1/
ftp://server.berkeley.edu/pub/netscape/
ftp://SunSITE.unc.edu/pub/packages/infosystems/WWW/clients/
Netscape/
ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/packages/netscape/
ftp://magic.umeche.maine.edu/pub/Mirrors/nscape/
ftp://consult.ocis.temple.edu/Big_Kahuna/Pub/MAC/Comm/
(for Mac only)
As Netscape has developed different versions for Windows,
Macintosh, and UNIX, you will need to choose the version that
suits you after entering one of those sites listed above, except
the last one which is exclusively for Macintosh users.
A note to Windows users: The current Netscape 1.1 version has two
editions. The Win32 is for Windows NT or Windows 95, whereas the
Win16 is for the rest, including Windows 3.1.
Additional notes for our CALA members who have not yet used
Mosaic or Netscape:
i) Ignore the beginning "ftp://" as shown in the above ftp
sites; (they are intended for current Mosaic or Netscape users.)
ii) The ftp site address is the part between "ftp://" and the
first single slash. For example, the ftp site for the first one
listed above is: "wu archive.wustl.edu" while same for the second
is: "ftp.cps.cmich.edu".
iii) If you cannot connect to one ftp site (usually because
there are too many people accessing the site momentarily), try
another site.
iv) Once you get into the ftp site, you need to pick correct
directories and subdirectories according to the information
provided after those single slashes, advisably one at a time for
beginners, in a successive way.
v) The file you are looking for is: "n16e11n.exe" and
"n32e11n.exe" (for Windows), and "netscape-1.1n.hqx.gz" (for
Macintosh).
vi) There are other files shown together with the above-
listed, such as license and readme files. You may ignore them at
this point, for once you have installed Netscape software on your
computer, you will have a chance to read them.
D. How to Install
All versions of Netscape software include an installation
program. Therefore, when you have obtained a version, first try
to find the file that will tell you how to install it. Take
Windows for example. To install the Netscape, you need to run
the "setup.exe" file or program. To quote from the Netscape
online document: "The Netscape installation program will install
Netscape in a directory of your choice, add a Netscape section to
your WIN.INI file, and create a Program Manager group and item."
Depending on your respective Internet set-up, some of you may need
to acquire some additional software called "Trumpet Winsock"
before Netscape can be successfully run on your computer. In
this case, you need to get a shareware winsock package via ftp
from: inorganic5.chem.ufl.edu:/gopher/pub/winsock/
E. Final words
Once you have brought the Netscape up and running, you will find
more online help and other helpful materials on the screen.
Netscape is noted for its ease of use. And we believe that it
will truly open up a wonderful cyberspace for you.
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18. "Message on Lynx"
William Wan
Assistant Director of Libraries
for Technical Services
Texas Women's University Library
Denton, Texas
(Editor's Note: This message was originally distributed to our
CALA List on May 1, 1995.)
In conjunction with the discussion on Web page there is a
question on Lynx. Lynx is a text only web (HTML) reading program
developed by the University of Kansas. One advantage of Lynx is
that if you do not have a SLIP/PPP connection to your computer at
home, you can still see the Web page (minus the graphics) on your
computer. Both "Lynx" and "DOSlynx" are available by ftp:
ftp2.cc.ukans.edu
P.S. For a tutorial introduction to HTML see:
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/html-primer.html
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VIII. FEATURED ARTICLES
19. "Building an Automated Reference Information File
on the Web"
Shaw Yu
Reference Librarian & Bibliographer
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Most existing systems of automated reference information file are
microcomputer based. The emergence of the World Wide Web (WWW)
and related tools have provided us with a new opportunity for
advancing these systems on the Web.
Systems of automated reference information files are sometimes
called automated ready-reference files, or automated reference
information and referral system <1>. In this paper, it is
referred as "reference information system." The contents of
these automated files vary, but they basically preserve the
"corporate memory" <2> of reference librarians whoes expertise
may be well-rooted in different subject areas. In a loose sense,
some of these systems may also be called knowledge-based systems
or expert systems.
The basic process of developing a reference information system
involves: a) knowledge acquisition; b) software development; and
c) system testing.
Knowledge Acquisition- Knowledge acquisition, in this context,
is to: a) accumulate expertise from reference librarians, or
subject information specialists; b) deposit the cumulative/
advantageous expertise in a machine-readable format/ container;
c) transfer the needed expertise to a problem location; and,
d) restore the local order by way of expertise transfer and
uncertainty removal.
Software Development- Software development involves the creation
of databases, user interfaces, and search software <3>. Software
development can be done either by writing programs using
programming languages such as Prolog, Pascal, Lisp, BASIC, or C,
or by using database application software, including expert
system shells such as Level 5 and VPExpert. Certainly, before it
opens for public access, a reference information system needs to
go through different phases of its development life cycle: 1)
preliminary investigation; 2) systems analysis; 3) systems
design; 4) systems development; and 5) implementation. In phase
4 (systems development), it usually covers scheduling,
programming, unit testing, etc. Following the guideline of
systems development, our software system is thus successfully
developed. Some of our experience in software development is
depicted in the following sections.
In a Web environment, all the aforementioned three basic
components in system development (namely, knowledge acquisition,
software development, and system testing) are either readily
available or easily created. Many institutions provide search
software on the network (e.g., on a Web server machine) for the
local Web users. The HyperText Mark-up Language (HTML) and
fill-in forms are easy to use for developing an impressive user
interface. Flat ASCII text files can be created by applying
wordprocessor, file converter, and/or text editor. A prototype
software system for reference services, which the author is
working on at the University of Northern Iowa, is described as
follows.
The main purpose of the Reference Question Assistance (RQA) is to
provide a reference librarian or a paraprofessional staff with a
quick accessing point to the expertise of other librarians
contained in the database. The database will include information
on where to find an answer, or how to perform certain task, e.g.,
how to do SORT on Lexis/Nexis.
The search software of the RQA is called GSearch, a home
developed software by our university computer center. The flat
files were created using the DOS Editor and then converted to the
hypertext format. The user interface of the RQA is in HTML
format. Creating a file in HTML format was not difficult. There
are many good books available which provide useful instructions
such as how to write a HTML file, and how to create home pages
and fill-in forms <4>. An example of the fill-in forms can be
accessed by "http:\\www.yahoo.com\search.html". One easy way to
create a HTML form is simply to download the source codes of a
good form on the Web to your local computer drive and then modify
it. To download the source file to your local drive, select
"Save As" on the "File" menu if you use either Netscape or Mosaic
browser. Two essential text lines which need to be modified are
the ones linking your home page to your local search software and
to your files that you have prepared in the local directory/
depository. For example, we use the following HTML codes:
i) <FORM ACTION="http://www.uni.edu/gsearch" METHOD=POST>
to link our RQA form to the GSearch search software on our campus
Unix machine, and
ii) <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="filename" VALUE="/home/rqa.dat">
to link the RQA form to "rqa.dat" - the html-based data/file.
To use the system, a user may type keyword(s) into the input
window and then click on the "Submit Search" button. The data
entered will be sent to the Web server and processed by the
search software. Relevant information can be retrieved in a few
seconds.
A Web-based reference information system has at least the
following three advantages: i) the software is "free" if your
institution has a search software installed on the network and
can be used by the Web users; ii) no programming is involved and
most of us can learn how to develop a system in a very short
period of time; and iii) the system is accessible by different
types of computers in different places.
The main shortcoming of this system is that most of the search
software on the Web, although very powerful, is not sufficiently
intelligent. This situation is being constantly diagnosed and
improved. In retrospection, the Web Page is an advanced and
user-friendly tool which provides a new and rich information
programming and processing environment. It helps us in cost-
effectively automating and coordinating reference information
files and other library related databases. Most importantly, it
greatly enhances our performance in retrieval, reference and user
services.
NOTES
<1> Stover, M., & Grassian, E. (1989). Toward an Automated
Reference Information System: Inmagic and the UCLA Ready-
Reference Information Files. Research Quarterly, (Summer 1989),
517-527.
<2> Richardson, J. (1989). Toward an Expert System for Reference
Service: A Research Agenda for the 1990s. College and Research
Libraries, (March 1989), 231-248.
<3> Covington, M., Nute, D., & Vellino, A. (1988). Prolog
Programming in Depth. Glenview: Scott, Foresman and Company, 259.
<4> Ford, A. (1995) Spinning the Web: How to Provide Information
on the Internet. New York: International Thompson Publication.
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20. "Pen Ts'ao Kang Mu: The Celebrated Chinese Herbal"
Peter Wang
Rare Book Cataloger & Bibliographer
The Morton Arboretum
Lisle, Illinois
Herbals, as a group, are among the most fascinating yet the least
familiar of books. This is because they are rare, and were
generally written in Latin or other difficult medieval languages.
By definition, herbals are books generally concern themselves
with plants that have medicinal properties. The term "herbal"
did not come into use until the beginning of the sixteenth
century, but works of a medico-botanical nature had been in
existence since antiquity. The earliest records from Egypt,
Sumer and China provide some examples.
The beginning of the Chinese system of medicine dates back about
five thousand years. According to Chinese legend, it commenced
with Fu- Hsi, who supposedly lived in thirty centuries B.C., and
was continued by the emperors Shen Nung and Huang Ti, the latter
is also known as the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor was
always regarded as the author of Nei Ching, the cannon of the
internal medicine. However, there is evidence that Nei Ching in
its present form was published no earlier than the third century
B.C. Most of the Chinese medical literature is based on Nei
Ching, and it is still regarded as a great authority.
Li Shih-chen, the author of Pen Ts'ao Kang Mu, was born in Chi-
chou, Hupei Province. Research has been done with respect to the
dates of birth and death of Li. Scholars generally agree that Li
was born in 1518, and died in 1593. There were herbals in China
from ancient times. By the time Li Shih-Chen commenced the
compilation of Pen T'sao Kang Mu in 1552 during the Ming Dynasty,
there were already about one thousand herbals in existence in
China. Li studied these herbals, travelled over most of China,
and interviewed scholars as well as peasants in the preparation
of this work. The first edition of Pen Ts'ao Kang Mu was
published in 1578 in 52 parts. The work contains 1892 different
kinds of medicinal materials and 1109 woodcut illustrations of
plants, animals, and minerals.
In Asia, as in Europe, the coverage in early herbals was not
restricted to medicine alone. These works dealt extensively with
general natural history, including botany, zoology, and geology.
Pen Ts'ao Kang Mu is the most celebrated Chinese herbal. It is a
major scientific work as well as medical work, and has never been
superseded by any single Chinese scientific investigation. It
also stands as a monument of early Chinese printing and book
illustration.
Pen Ts'ao Kang Mu has been frequently revised and reprinted, and
is still authoritative. The Morton Arboretum Library where I
work has a copy of the work in its rare book collection, it
consists of 52 parts in 31 volumes in a wooden box, probably a
reprint of the eighteenth century.
The writing of Pen Ts'ao Kang Mu is amusing. For instance, on
leaf 62 of part 16, there is an entry of "ch'e ch'ien" (Plantago
major). The Chinese name means "in front of the wagon," because
the plant inhabits wayside. It is used as a diuretic and it
relieves pain. It is said that if a person uses it frequently,
he will gain the ability of long and high jumping. On leaf 96 of
part 50, there is an entry of "kou pao." The Chinese name means
"treasure of dog." It is said to be found inside the body of the
leprous dog. It looks like a white stone with greenish tint, and
is considered very rare. As the story goes: once upon a time,
there was a mean dog. Later the dog got sick and weakened. It
was attacked and killed by other dogs. When dog's body was cut
open, the heart had already become stone-like, and as heavy as
stone. The taste of "kou pao" is said to be sweet and salty,
slightly toxic. It supposedly cures indigestion and skin ulcer.
Many interesting stories like these can be found in our library's
rare book collections. I will share with you more stories next
time. You are always welcome to visit our library located at
Route 53, Lisle, Illinois 60532, or call: (708)968-0074, or fax:
(708)719-2433.
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21. "Reaching Out to Asian Americans"
"Reaching out to Asian Americans: An Asian American Librarian's Perspective"
Anna Yin McElroy
Head, Children's Services
Indian Prairie Public Library
Willowbrook, Illinois
(Editor's Note: This article was published in the Illinois
Libraries, Fall 1993, 302-304.)
Moving across country from New York to California and then back
tracking to Illinois, I have traveled a broad geographic expanse
in my library career. During the past 24 years, librarianship
has taken me from the Queens Borough Public Library in New York
City to the East Irondequoit Central School District in
Rochester, New York to the San Diego County Library in southern
California and now to the Indian Prairie Public Library in the
western suburbs of Chicago. During this time, I have witnessed
demographic changes in the Asian American population and the
impact it has brought to public library services.
According to the 1990 census, Asian Americans are the fastest
growing ethnic population in the United States. In Illinois, the
census lists an Asian American population of 285,311. The census
bureau divides Asian Americans into eleven subgroups. They are
Pacific Islanders, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Asian Indians,
Korean, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and Thai <1>. Not
only is there a wide variety of different national origins, but
also a broad range of social and economic backgrounds. Some are
foreign-born; some are American-born. Educational levels vary
and they speak different languages. They also have divergent
expectations. Although differences exist, there are broad
similarities in the traditional values for most Asians. The Los
Angeles Unified School District has compiled a list of these
values, such as filial piety, loyalty to family, non-
demonstrative emotions, perseverance and conformity to help
educators understand Asians' attitudes <2>. Another excellent
resource comes from the Asian Pacific Resource Center of the
Montebello Regional Library of the Los Angeles County Library,
which prepares non-Asians to properly address Asians as their
given name and surname are in reverse order from western
convention <3>. The Asian Pacific Resource Center also has much
to offer to its Asian users; not only does it have sizable
collections in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, but it
also has bilingual personnel on staff to answer reference
questions in the patron's native tongue. In fact, there are more
than a dozen California libraries that have rich resources to
work with the Asian community. For example, at the Oakland
Public Library's Asian Branch, Vera Yip has compiled an
informative list of Asian festivals and celebrations that can be
used by the library to plan cultural events for Asian
Americans <4>. The library also received an LSCA grant to
produce Asian language story/cassettes for children in Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, Philippine, Vietnamese, Laos, Cambodia, and
Thai languages. These tapes are available to public libraries
for purchase <5>. The San Jose Public Library has extensive
collections and useful bibliographies of Chinese, Japanese,
Korean and Vietnamese materials <6>. Perhaps the most valuable
resource for libraries that need to deal with collection
development, acquisition and cataloging of multicultural
materials is the book "Developing Library Collections for
California's Emerging Majority," which was funded by LSCA through
the Bay Area Library System <7>. Prepared in 1990 for a two-day
conference, this publication includes resources of vendors,
publishers, distributors and bookstores for materials in all
Asian sub-groups' languages. It is a powerful tool to help
libraries develop services for their ethnic populations.
In 1989, the California State Library initiated a Partnerships
for Change (PFC) program with LSCA funds, which targeted 25
libraries throughout the state to make new community connections
with their Asian/Pacific, African American, American Indian and
Hispanic populations. The result of the program is that public
libraries have become highly visible in ethnic communities and
the communities have become more involved with the public
libraries. "PFC has brought new life into the library. People
have been more involved.... PFC is part of a library
revitalization" said Pedro Moreno, a community partner from
Logan Heights branch of the San Diego Public Library.
On the east coast, the Queens Borough Public Library (QBPL) has
been the pioneer to respond to new immigrants. In 1977, the New
Americans Project (NAP) was established. QBPL's 'Say Si'
(Spanish language) and 'Ni Hao' (Chinese language) collections
are the country's largest Spanish and Chinese collections
available for the general public. With an LSCA grant, the 'Ni
Hao' program recently expanded its periodicals collections to
include publications from Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. There
are now 'Ni Hao' collections in 29 branches, reflecting the
widespread growth of Chinese communities <8>. When I lived in
Queens in the 1970s, my father took advantage of the Chinese
Mail-a-Book program. This books-by-mail operation is still going
strong for those who cannot travel to their local branch. The
library's numerous English-as-a-second-language classes, cultural
programs, and free lectures to teach Asian Americans coping
skills are popular and useful for those who have started a new
life in America. The most recent profile indicates that NAP has
begun to acquire materials in various Asian Indian languages,
such as Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabe, and Urdu.
In Maryland, the Montgomery County Public Library has excellent
outreach services to the Asian community <9>. The library
registration form, summer reading program publicity and library
service fact sheets are all in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and
Spanish. A Dewey Decimal Classification chart also is designed
in these four languages for their ethnic library users. In
metropolitan Washington, D. C., the Chinese American population
has increased rapidly. Some of the public school systems are
planning to include Chinese culture in their curriculum. In
order to support the new curriculum, the Greater Mid-Atlantic
Chapter of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
received the CALA's Special Project Award in 1990 to compile a
book list on China and Chinese culture for grades K-8, and this
list is available for purchase <10>.
In Illinois, the Chicago Public Library (CPL) has an Asian
Materials and Services Committee that sponsors an annual Asian
Heritage Month celebration, and an Asian language and sensitivity
training workshop. The committee, which consists of twenty-five
members who speak seven different languages, provides a voice for
Asian American concerns within the library community. The CPL's
Chinatown Branch has the largest Chinese language collection in
the Midwest. The collection includes not only books, but CDs,
audio cassettes, videos, periodicals and a special Chinese
Heritage Collection pertaining to the settling of the Chinese in
the Mid-west. Their Albany Park Branch has a significant Korean
language collection, which started with a book drive in the
Korean community and was later enhanced by LSCA grants.
The Illinois Resource Center, located in Des Plaines, is an
educational training center administered by Community
Consolidated School District 54, and has a very comprehensive
multiculture study collection, a children's collection, and a
bilingual education and instructional materials section.
Librarian Richard Peiser gives workshops on multi-culture
resources and sensitivity training to teachers and librarians
<11>. The Chinese Cultural Center of the Taipei Economic and
Cultural Office in Westmont has a small library housing Chinese
language books, videos and cassettes, which is open to Chinese
patrons and is the most convenient Asian library for many west
suburban Chinese readers <12>. The Midwest Chapter of the
Chinese American Librarians Association published the "Midwest
Area Chinese American Resource Guide" in 1992 <13>. This useful
manual lists all Chinese organizations, booksellers, publishers
and distributors, government agencies, social service institutes,
language schools, library and museum collections, etc.
As head of children's services in the Indian Prairie Library
District, I have experienced a growing number of Chinese, Korean,
Philippine, Asian Indian, Muslim, and other middle eastern
patrons who frequent the library. They are made welcome, and I
have been able to plan cultural programs for children to
celebrate the Chinese New Year, the Indian Holi festival, and the
Filipino Holy week. However, our library has no Asian language
materials in the collection. Like many Illinois public
libraries, we have been able to attract the Asian immigrants to
the library but not been able to provide them with sufficient
materials in their native languages. One may argue that
interlibrary loan can provide foreign language materials. True,
but it is not the same as having a collection in the library.
Chung-Sook Charlotte Kim, Assistant Commissioner of Neighborhood
Services at the Chicago Public Library, has said, "The logical,
first, and best way in which public libraries can encourage
appreciation of other cultures is for public libraries to become
more culturally diverse themselves. Service to foreign-born
populations must go beyond simply providing English classes and
other services and materials that ease adjustment into American
society. The library must also provide a place where new
arrivals can speak their own languages, read their own books and
periodicals, and foster their own cultures" <14>.
How can Illinois libraries and the Asian American communities
cooperate in order to improve library services to Asian
Americans? The Asian American communities need to be encouraged
to become more visible and politically involved. If Asian
Americans need to use materials in their native language at their
local library, they should request the library to purchase such
materials. They should join the Friends' group; run for board of
trustees positions; volunteer in their local libraries. As for
Illinois libraries, a partnership should be forged with state
library, the fifteen library systems and the public libraries
that serve Asian American populations. With LSCA funds, "Live
and Learn" program and local tax revenues, innovative projects
are needed to purchase and network Asian materials so that
Illinois public libraries can better serve Illinois' 285,311
Asian Americans.
NOTES
<1> Table 5A, Asian or Pacific Islander persons by group for the
United States and States. U.S. Census, 1990. U.S. Department of
Commerce.
<2> Kiriyama, G. & Fukumoto, K. Traditional Asian Values. Los
Angeles Unified School District.
<3> Muecke, M. A. Caring for Southeast Asian Refugee Patients in
the USA. AJPH, April 1983.
<4> Yip, V. Festivals/National Holidays. Asian Branch, Oakland
Public Library. Tel: (510) 238-3400.
<5> To order Asian language story/cassettes for children, call
(415) 273-3511.
<6> For further information, call Multicultural Services, San
Jose Public Library, (408) 277-4822.
<7> For purchase, call Bay Area Library System, (510) 839-6001.
<8> For further information, call New Americans Project, Queens
Borough Public Library (718) 990-0893.
<9> Cultural Minorities Services, Montgomery County Public
Library, (301) 217-3837.
<10> For further information, call Linda L Tse at (301)
217-3837.
<11> Illinois Resource Center, 1855 Mt. Prospect Rd., Des
Plaines, IL 60018. (708) 803-3112.
<12> Chinese Cultural Service Center of Chicago in Westmont,
(708) 323-2440.
<13> Midwest Area Chinese American Resources Guide. $15 per
copy. To order, contact Philip Ng, Treasurer, CALA-Midwest.
c/o Center for Research Libraries, 6050 S. Kenwood Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60637. For information, call Ling-li Chang at
(312) 508-2651.
<14> Farewell to the Melting Pot: Public Libraries in a Multi-
cultural Society. Public Libraries, July/August, 1992.
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