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Bruce, Where will the article be published? Is there any chance you could upload it to this forum? Phil
Library of Congress??
Message #51408
Joseph, I don't know how the DRM 604 differs from the DRM 600. I can only say that I have used the DRM 600 and I have been pleased with its performance. I do have one caution. The DRM 600 is strictly a single user type of CD-ROM player. It…
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#Library of Congress??
Message #50722
Kean, The Library of Congress sells its database on CD-ROM. It is called CDMARC Bibliographic. It has more than 4 million MARC records for books, serials, maps, music, visual materials, and computer files–everything cataloged since 1968. It takes 7 discs to hold all that data, so you will have to…
Rich, Are you saving the messages in this thread? I think that the information being presented here has some long term value. Phil
Frank, I understand what you said about the complexity of the MARC format, but would full text necessarily be any better? Let's take the movie database as an example. Suppose I want to search for movies by name of an actor (e.g. William Boyd) or by name of a character…
John, What is RQBE? Does that mean Query By Example? I am not a FoxBase user so I am not familiar with their terminology. You have a pretty large database. Is it all in a single file or are there several files that are cross-linked? If the are multiple files,…
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Pioneer 604X Help!!
Message #48980
jms, Well, as Sportin' Life said, "It ain't necessarily so." BTW, all SCSI adapters are not alike. Phil
Jan, The Library of Congress has two CD-ROM projects going at the present time. One is for the sale and distribution of LC's bibliographic data on CD-ROM and the other is for the preservation and distribution of pictures, photographs, and documents on American history. It is called American Memory. Both…
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Xbase database software
Message #48978
Bob, Thanks a lot for the information! This is just what I have been looking for. Would it be too much trouble to upload the file to this forum too? I sure would like to see it. I think that others who visit here would like to see it too.…
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Xbase database software
Message #48977
Al, Thanks for the information. It is a pity that the DBASE sysop didn't capture the threads and put them in a file for downloading. It might have been interesting reading. Phil
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#Xbase database software
Message #48976
Ben, I have a CD-ROM writer available at work too. Right now, I do not have any data for use in testing. I just wondered if somone out there had ever tried to develop a CD-ROM product using Xbase software. Thanks anyway, Phil
Rich, Katherine, You may want to try out the ICON progrmming language. It was developed by Griswold & Griswold, who were the perpetrators of SNOBOL. ICON is supposed to be a stand-alone language, but it has been implemented in C as a set of macros. If you look in Programmer's…
Peter, Do you specify a drive letter when you enter the DIR command? E.g. DIR e: Also do you try changing to the drive you want to do a DIR on? When you load MSCDEX do you tell it the letter of the highest DOS drive? I also suggest that…
Hypertext is being used for online technical reference manuals for all kinds of equipmemt. Novell uses Folio Views to produce their online help system for their network products. Most of these applications are inside a company or a product line. They are not intended to catch the eye of the…
>>Congress thread that started this) that they don't have the funds to put the books on CD-ROM to begin with.
Kathy, Your approach requires a one-off CD-ROM maker. They are still expensive although they are coming down in price. Also, I belive that the one-off CD-ROMs are made through a photo-chemical process. Wouldn't they be less stable than the so-called glass master discs? Phil
CDROM for Library
Message #38556
Jan, >> Remember, however, that the disc master is made of nickel
Frank, >> certainly a CD of page images is not as useful as a full text searchable database, but it beats heck out of a stack of yellowing paper locked in a warehouse.
CDROM for Library
Message #38554
Jan, The address is: Dr. James H. Billington Librarian Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20541 If you are on good terms with your congressman, you might also want to write to him. I suggest that you make the same points that you made in this message thread. Please be as…
[Continued] >>On the last point, 3M will guarantee their discs for a substantial (100 year?) life on the silver, and several people guarantee gold for much longer.
Jan, >> the problem is that "database locked up in a sea of ink". Accessability!
Gerry, I don't work in the Main Reading Room. I work in Cataloging Distribution Service, developing CD-ROM products to sell outside of LC. From what the tech support people tell me, they are satisfied with the performance of the Optinet software. That is hearsay though. I have not worked with…
Jan, Man-oh-man! You don't ask for much, do you. First of all, LC does have a Preservation Division which is doing research into ways of keeping acid-based paper from deteriorating. The only thing to do is to treat the paper with an alkaline that will neutralize the acid in the…
CD LAN Setup
Message #37153
Jerry, This is the LAN setup for the Library of Congress' main reading room. PS/2 SXs are used for the public access workstations, and PS/2 DXs are used for the servers. TODD multi-drive CD-ROM players are connected to the servers. The TODD, by the way, is the Hitachi player which…
#CDROM for Library
Message #36974
Jim, There is a service called LC DIRECT which is (I think) only available to selected institutional libraries. LC is also on Internet, and you can access the library's database via FTP. I'll try to find out some more about online access and report back. If [HINT] you really want…
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#CDROM for Library
Message #36451
David, I work for the U.S. Library of Congress. LC has some public access CD-ROM workstations which are connected to a local area network. Public users can access a variety of CD-ROM titles which are mounted on the network's CD-ROM server, which is NOT in a public access area. Users…
Dick, I can get you a name and address of the publisher on Friday when (and if) I go to the office. Your best bet though if you want it in a hurry is to go to a local public or university library. Phil
#Z39.50 info?
Message #31624
Dick, I found an article on Z39.50. It is: Lynch, Clifford A. "Information Retrieval as a Network Application" in Library Hi Tech, V. 8, No. 4, pp. 57-72, 1990. BTW, ANSI Z39.50 standard is for an information retrieval and service protocol. I had confused it with the bibliographic record standard.…
Dick, If you have any questions about Z39.50 I may be able to help. I have had quite a few years of experience in bibliographic data processing, MARC records, etc. Phil
Reese, Thanks. By the way, which lib? General? Phil
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Hitachi CDR1501S problem
Message #27875
Bill, I talked to one of the users and she said that they had solved the problem by swapping the drive. The new drives, also Hitachis, work fine. Thanks for the information about the different models though, and about the different versions of the drivers. It is awfully hard to…
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Pioneer multi-disk drive
Message #19209
Ron, How many users to you expect to have on-line at once? The crucial problem will be disk contention. If user A wants the CD-ROM on drive E: and user B wants the CD-ROM on drive F: they will both be unhappy. Phil
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Pioneer multi-disk drive
Message #18982
Ron, $825 seems like a pretty good price for the Pioneer 6-drive unit. I have heard quotes going up to about $1300. I agree with Karl that the drives are rugged and reliable, but they are not for use on a network. If you are looking for a fast multi-disk…
#Hypertext Software
Message #18479
Has anyone had experience using a hypertext software package (e.g. Guide, HyperTies, HyperWriter) for pre-mastering and accessing a full text CD-ROM database? If so, would you please comment on the advantages or disadvantages of using this type of software as opposed to the convention text retrieval software. Thanks, Phil
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CDMARC Bibliographic
Message #18324
Better call Customer Services. As I said before, I am here on my own dime and management will get in a snit if they think that I am poking my nose in where it doesn't belong. Phil
#Introduction
Message #17434
L;Steve Luper 76701,232;Introduction I understand that you are the new SYSOP of this forum. Glad to have you here, and I hope you stick around for a while. I work for the Cataloging Distribution Service of the Library of Congress. I am actively involved in the development of LC's CD-ROM…
text retrieval software
Message #17201
L;Katherine Cochrane 71216,1271;text retrieval software There is a similar effort, called CDRDx, which is being promoted by the intelligence community in and around Washington, D.C. (i.e. CIA). I picked up a demo CDRDx CD-ROM published by Helgerson Associates in Falls Church. It was not impressive; good idea, poor implementation. I…
#MSCDEX Problem
Message #15331
I am using CD-ROMs from several sources on a single PC. In some cases the retrieval software for the CD-ROM requires that MicroSoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) be loaded. In other cases, the retrieval software does not use MSCDEX, and will not even run if MSCDEX is resident because there is…