Phase I Imglemented!Phase II Converslon Started

Phase II System AdmhdatratoraSystem Admhdatretera ftevlaed UatThe Department of Education Grant:

What it means to LouisianaWho, What, When to Call

When You Encounter Problems with LOUIS

US1 Declines hnplementatlonRendnders for system Admlnlatratora

Calendar of EventsUpdate on Government Documents load

T-Shlrt UpdateAuthorltlaa lPalnlng Class

lAl.lNC biterllbrary loan PartlclpantaLANUGM Authorltlea Interest Group

New Addltlona to the LDUIS Staffhfiuliifk A Big Success

louislana NDRS Resource UatRandndar: LAUNC-1 & NDTlS-1 Dlacusslon Uat

WAS Mailing Address end Stetl UatQuestIons? Comments? Malllng Uat?

PHASE I IMPLEMENTED!

Congratulations to personnel at Phase I Institutions! The OPAC’s for La. Tech. UNO, Nicholls andNortheast are now in production and are available to their patrons. Southeastern has also migratedtheir OPAC from their mainframe to LOUIS. The LOUIS staff has enjoyed working with each ofthese five institutions and look forward to working with them in the future to implement circulation,acquisitions and serial processing.

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On Ocf. Isf, Louisiana Tech was the

first Phase I university to conduct aribbon-c&ingceremonyfortheopeningof their OPAC, “Technet”.

P I C T U R E D F R O M

LEFT TO RIGHT ARE:

State Representafive Jay McCaUum,9aie Representalive Pinkie Wilkerson,

Dr. Carolyn Hargmve ofLSV, and Dr.D a n Renew, P r e s i d e n l ofLouisiana Tech.

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PHASE II CONVERSION STARTED

The LOUIS staff were on the road quite a bit in November and December, visiting all of the PhaseII institutions to identify each site’s data conversion specifications. Each Phase II institution shouldhave their GTO hardware by the middle of February, and the LOUIS staff will install the GTOsoftware during the month of March. Phase II sites should be able to utilize GTO beginning in April,1994 . The LOUIS staff will also be contracting with vendors for data extraction, data conversion andauthority control services in January and the actual implementation schedule for each Phase IIinstitution will be solidified after the contracts have been signed.

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Editor: Carolyn Coca

PHASE 11SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS

Plans for the Phase II libraries to join the networkhave already begun to blast forward. Already,most Phase II sites are connected to LaNet andcan view LOUIS. We’re all excited to beginwork on adding these five universities to theLOUIS family. The following is a list of PhaseII system administrators, as well as all the vitalinformation you’ll need in order to get in touchwith them!

Denise RupmanDelgado Community College615 City Park Ave.Moss Memorial LibraryNew Orleans, LA 70 119PHONE: 504/4834416FAX: X)4/4834577

Floyd BennettLSU-AlexandriaJames C. Bolton Library8100 Highway 71 SouthAlexandria, LA 71302-9121PHONE: 318/473-6440FAX: 31814736418

Alan GabehartLSU-ShreveportNoel Memorial LibraryOne University PlaceShreveport, LA 7 1115PHONE: 318/798-4117FAX: 3 18/797-5 156

Joe McNeillMcNeese State UniversityFrazar Memorial LibraryP.O. Box 91445Lake Charles, LA 70609PHONE: 318/475-5720FAX: 3181475-5719EMAIL: jmcneilI@ucsvtn.mcneese.edu

Dr. Martha HendersonNorthwestern State UniversityEugene P. Watson Memorial LibraryNatchitoches, LA 71497 -PHONE: 318B57-4464FAX: 3 18/357-3201E-MAIL: henderson@nsula.edu

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SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS REVISED LIST

While we’re on the topic of System Administrators, there have been quite a few changes in theranks of our initial System Administrators since we last listed them (in issue #3), so here is anupdated list:

Mike DiCarloLouisiana TechPrescott Memorial LibraryRuston, LA 7 1272PHONE: 318/257-3594FAX: 3 18/257-2447E-MAIL: mike@latech

Elizabeth DoolittleNicholls State UniversityEllender Memorial LibraryThibodaux, LA 703 10PHONE: 504/448-4070FAX: 50414484925E-MAIL: el-emd@nich-nsunetnichedu

Lynda HugginsNortheast Louisiana UniversitySandel LibraryMonroe, LA 7 1209PHONE: 3 18/342- 1059FAX: 3 18-342- 1075E-MAIL: huggins@merlin.nlu.edu

Glenn ManinoUniversity of New OrleansEarl K. Long LibraryNew Orleans, LA 70148PHONE: 504/286-6554FAX: 5041286-7277E-MAIL: gemli@jazz.ucc.uno.edu

Kay AdamsSoutheastern Louisiana UniversityLinus A. Sims Memorial LibraryP.O. Drawer 896, University StationHammond, LA 70402PHONE: 504/549-3954FAX: 5041549-3995E-MAIL: flibl497@selu.edu

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THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANT:WHAT IT MEANS TO LOUISIANA

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Louisiana State University was awarded a $2.48 million grant by the Department of Education inOctober. Dr. Carolyn Hargrave, Jennifer Cargill, Ron Hay, D.W. Schneider, Ralph Bee’, TomJaques, Michael McKann, Michael Fox, Jane Kleiner, Nancy Pope and Dr. Lanny Greaves wereinstrumental in developing the grant proposal. A total of twenty states were in contention for the grantand tbeLouisianaproposal was ranked as number one by seven of the ten reviewers. These funds willbe used to:

1. Contract with vendors for data conversion services for all Phase II libraries (Delgado, LSU-S, LSU-A. McNeese andNorthwestern).

2. Purchase hardware to make Phase III libraries (LSU-Eunice, Southern-Shreveport, Southern-New Orleans) netwokready.

3. Enhance LOUIS by purchasing hardware and software to load several indexes and databases (ie: Wilson BusinessAbstracts, Wilson Biological and Agriculture Index, Wilson Education Index, IAC Data Bases).

4. Purchase hardware and software to make LOUIS (12 OPAC’s, indexes, databases), LEGIScribe and theINTERNET accessible at:

a. Grambling and Southern-Baton Rougeb. One public library in each parishc. Eighteen K-12 school libraries

5. Hire additional personnel.

This will be a very fast moving project involving the cooperation of hundreds of people throughoutthe state. The grant begins on January 1,1994 and should be completed by March 31,1995.

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WHO, WHERE, AND WHEN TO CALLWHEN YOU ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS WITH LOUIS

It’s Thursday evening, around 790 pm, and it’s your night to work the reference desk. All day longyour LOUIS OPAC terminals have been busy with students excited about the new system, andeverything has been functioning properly for weeks. Suddenly, your most obnoxious patron (the guywith 8 books overdue who always interrupts you when you’re working with another patron) runs upto you and exclaims...? can’t get the LOUIS screen to come up!!!” “Figures it would happen on mynight,” you murmur, and you begin to imagine the various expletives you’d like to shout at the LOUISstaff, whoyouimagineareallintheircozy little homeseatinganice,microwaveddinnerand watchingpre-taped episodes of Seinfeld.

Well, help is only a phone call away! The LOUIS staff recently met with EmiJio Icaza, Director, andMalcolm McNaylor, Assistant Director, of LSU’s Information Technology Support (ITS). TheLOUIS staff, ITS, and SNCC (LSU’s System Network Computer Center) are working to centralizeoperational support for all users of the LSU mainframe (where LOUIS is housed).

In an effort to simplify andexpedite problem determination and resolution, we are requesting that youcall the following numbers to report any LOUIS-related problem (ie: hardware, software, poorresponse time, etc.).System Administrators, please post:

r---------------------------ITS Help Desk: 5041334-3375 (33H-DESK). Call 8:OOam - 4~30, M-F 1I You can also leave a message on the Help Desk machine if the situation is not urgent. II II SNCCPhone Operator: W/388-1331. Call8:OOam -4:30pm,M-F to have anyoneat paged II (including the help desk operator, if they are not answering) or to have your call forwarded. II II SNCC Machine Room: 504/388-1961 Call after hours and holidays only. II II Information you should have on hand when you call: II 1. If possible, call from a phone next to the ailing terminal (or one of the ailing terminals). II 2. Are all terminals at your site having this same problem, or is it just one or a few? If more than II one terminal is having the problem...check your control unit. Are the lights of the control unit II ? II !?What is the fulI VTAM address of the problem terminal or terminals (TlT%xx)? This II information should be clearly displayed in the upper right-hand comer on each terminal monitor1 (see ‘Reminders...” right).

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I5. What error messages, abend codes, etc. do you see on the screen when you have this problem?

IWhat were you doing when the problem occured? I

II NOTIS-related questions should still be directed to the LOUIS staff between 890 am and 4:30, II Monday-Friday . For some of the NOTIS questions, you may also want to call on library staff II at other LOUIS sites (see ‘Louisiana NOTIS Resource List,” included in this issue). If you are II unsure as to what sort of question you have, call the SNCC Help Desk first, and your call will be I1 dirmted. IL ----------------s-s--------J

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USL DECLINES IMPLEMENTATION

The USL administration has decided not to convert from their DOBIS library management systemto NOTIS and will not be participating in the Board of Regents grant as a Phase I institution. UsingIntemet,allinsti~tionswillbeabletoaccesstheUSLOPAC,andUSLwillbeabletoaccessLOUIS.Ralph will be contacting the remaining Phase I library directors to discuss R-allocating resourcesin late February.

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REMINDERS FOR SYSTEMADMINISTRATORS TO ENSURE THATTHE HELP DESK CAN DO ITS JOB......

In order for the Help Desk to be able to analyzeand correct the problems that you call in, thefollowing steps should be taken at each LOUISsite:

1. All terminals (OPAC and staff) should belabeled with their correct VTAM address. Thisaddress looks like “Tl’T9xxx” where “xxx” isuniquetoeach terminal. Labelsshouldbeclearlyprinted and placed in the upperright-hand comerof the terminal monitor.

2. The control unit should be labeled with itscorrect VTAM address (contact the LOUIS of-fice if you are unsure as to your own VTAMaddress), but should also include pennanently-attached instructions as to how to IML (reset) theunit.

3. Please post the SNCC phone numbers and listof “needed information” , so that staff memberswho calI will know who to call, and what infor-mation will be needed before they call the HelpDesk.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

January:Jan. 4: New LOUIS personnel beginJan. 17: LOUIS office closed for h4LKHolidayJan. 30: Send out contracts for Phase II dataconversion

February:Feb. 1: Government Documents load for North-eastFeb. 4- 10: ALA Midwinter in Los AngelesFeb. 10: LoadNOn. LMS 51.1 inProductionRegionFeb. 15: LOUIS office closed for Mardi GrasFeb. 16: Start installing GTO for Phase II insti-tutionsFeb. 23-24: NOTIS Introductory Training forPhaseIlFeb. 25: Gov. Dots training at LSU for Phase IInstihltions

March:March 14: NOTIS OPAC Training for Phase IIMarch 15 18: LLA Meeting in Baton Rouge

April:April 7-8: NOTIS Cataloging Trainingfor Phase II

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UPDATE ON GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS LOAD

Government Documents will be loaded into the Production Region for Phase I libraries early nextyear. ‘Ibrough an agreement with MARCIVE, we axe planning to extract each library’s records fromLSU’s database using the retrospective Marcive tapes of GPO. LSUis aRegional library that receivesdepository as well as all non-depository items. Each library has been asked to send in a diskette, listingall the Item Numbers selected and the Holding Codes to be used. Using this list, a file will be createdfor each library, the Holding Code will be added and then loaded into Production.

An option has been provided to the libraries to ‘suppress’ the records at the time of the load. If thisoption is selected it will prevent the records from displaying in the OPAC. They will, however, beavailable for technical processing. This will give the Technical Processing staff a chance to reviewand modify the records and then release them into the OPAC.

A Government Documents Workshop has been scheduled for Friday, Feb. 25, ‘94. It will beconducted by Smittie Bolner, Head of Government Documents and Reference at LSU. TheWorkshop will be a whole day session providing hands-on training on the computers with a break forlunch (dutch treat at the Plantation Room). ZeeZee has informed all the people who had attended theGovernment Documents session at LANUGM. If anyone else is interestedin attending this workshopthey should get in touch with her.

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AUTHORITIESTRAINING CLASS

In order for the LOUIS participants to get ready east, Lina Hernandez and Selina Wang fromfor the loading of the NOTIS Authorities Mod- UNO, and Anne Stanton from LSU.ule, representatives of each LOUIS site currentlyloaded on the network converged at LSU for an Participants are encouraged to continue theiradvanced cataloging training class, also known own training using the Authorities Self-Pacedas“AuthoritiesTraining.” Nancy HunnofNOTIS Study Guide which was given out in the class.led the class through both demonstrations andhands-on work for two full days on October 28thand 29th. Most participants agreed that thistraining class was the most grueling so far (thiswas our third formal NOTIS class), with topicsincluding: Introducing the Merged HeadingsIndex,Creating andupdating Authority Recordsby Direct Input, Deleting Duplicate AuthorityRecords, Purging Authority Records, Using theGlobal Headings Change program and the Con-flict and Error Detection Reports, and discus-sions on the architecture of the database, coordi-nation of resources and tasks, and preprocessingissues.

You may want to do some of your learning in theTest Region, keeping in mind that the InstitutionGroup in the Test Region is “IN” and the Pro-cessing Unit is ‘Z-J.”

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LALINC INTERLIBRARY LOAN PARTICIPANTS

Many people have called to inquire as to which Louisiana Universities are currently participat-ing in tbeLALINC Borrowing/Lending agreement. Currently, the following 30 universitiesareparticipating in this program. At this time, only faculty members are allowed these privileges,but must first obtain a “LALINC” sticker from their own institution.

Participants included: Kim Justice from South-eastern, Mary Johns from the LSU Law Library(incidently, both Kim and Mary were alreadysomewhat familiar with the Authorities module,as their respective sites have previously loadedthe module into their respective databases), JimEvansandFredHamiltonfromLouisianaTcch,Daisy Guidroz and Bill Delzell from Nicholls,JuanitaCoucherandNellAttawayfromNortb-

Baptist Seminary McNeese State Univ.Delgado Nicholls State Univ.Dihard Univ. Northeast La. Univ.Grambling Univ. Northwestern La. Univ.LSU/ Alexandria Southeastern La. Univ.LSU/ Baton Rouge Southern UnivJ Baton RougeLSU/ Eunice Southern Univ. Law CenterLSU Herbert Law Center Southern UnivJ New OrleansLSU Med. Center/ New Orleans Southern Univ./ ShreveportLSU Med. Center/ Shreveport Tulane Law Center/ New OrleansLSU/ Shreveport Tulane Med. Center1 New OrleansLSU Vet. Med Tulane Univ.La. Tech Univ. Univ. of New OrleansLoyola Law School/ New Orleans Univ. of Southwestern La.Loyola Univ. Xavier

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T-SHIRT UPDATE

The ordering of LOUIS t-shirts was a big success!A grand total of 91 shirts were ordered for 6universities, and were sent home with the partici-pants of the Authorities Training class. We’vereceived several glowing comments about them;thanks to all of you who wrote or called! Severalpeople have inquired about ordering additionalshirts; there is a good chance that we will reorderin the future, but it won’t be for a few moremonths (to give Phase II people a chance begin toget involved with the network). Keep readingyour LOUIS Newsletter and the LALINC-L dis- \cussion list for more details.

At least one university mentioned that it is plan-ning to have a “LOUIS Day” so that those whoordered a shirt can show it off a little. But the bestreason to wear the shirt is to elicit the followingquestion from both strangers and friends....“So,what’s LOUIS anyway?” And then you’ll havea good excuse to tell them!

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LANUGM AUTHORITIES INTEREST GROUP

Many of the NOTIS Authorities librarians wanted to have a way to contact one another with the hairyquestions they’ll be encountering as they begin to explore their new acquisitions system. Thefollowing list was generated at the LaNUGM Authorities meeting...

Denise RepmanCataloging CoordinatorDelgado Community College615 City Park Ave.New Orleans, LA 70119(504) 48344 16

Ann StantonActing Head Original/Adaptive Catalogingnotags@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.eduLSU Cataloging Dept.LSU Middleton LibraryBaton Rouge. LA 70803(504) 388-8623

Jacqueline B. JonesLSU Middleton LibraryCatalog Dept.(504) 388-4385notjbj@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu

Sheila LeeSerials Cataloger, Cat. Dept.LSU Middleton Library(504) 388-8623notsyl@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu

Ajaye BloomstoneCataloging & AuthoritiesLSU Law LibraryBaton Rouge, LA 70803llajay@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu(504) 3884044

Rita MillicanHead of Technical ServicesLSU Law Library - Baton Rougellmill@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu(504) 3884045

Barbara CutreraCataloger/AuthoritiesLSU Law Library(Law Library Authority Project)(504) 388-5775

Fred HamiltonHead, Catalog Dept.Prescott LibraryLa. Tech UniversityRuston, LA 7 1270(3 18) 257-3783fredh@latech

Joe McNeil1Head,of Technical ServicesFrazar Memorial LibraryMcNeese State UniversityP.O. Box 91445Lake Charles, LA 70609-1445(3 18) 475-5720FAX (318) 475-5719

Barbara MooreCoordinator Cataloging Dept.Northeast Louisiana Universitylibmoore@merlin.nlu.edu

Nancy GrayAsst. LibrarianNunez Communtiy CollegeFAX (504) 278-7484

Kay AdamsSoutheastern La. Univ.Sims Memorial LibraryP.O. Drawer 896, University StationHammond, LA 70401(504) 549-3961FAX (504) 549-3995flib1497@selu.edu

Kim JusticeAuthoritiesSoutheastern La. Univ.(see above for address)flibl615@seluedu(504) 549-3957

Peggy WhitehouseAuthorities LibrarianTulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA 70118(504) 865-5696peggydw@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu

Lina HemandezChair, Cataloging Dept.UN0 LibraryLakefrontNew Orleans, LA 70148clhli@jazz.ucc.uno.edu

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LOUIS is pleased to announce the addi-tion of three new and much-needed staffmembers, Lisa Beene, Mary Laird, andMatthew Barker. Lisa joins the project asour new Information Network Specialist/Libl, and Mary and Matt are the newLOUIS Programmer-Analyst$Techls.

Lisa Beene comes to us from the referencedepartment of LSU’s Middleton Library.She received her Master of Library andInformation Sciencedegree fromLSUlastAugust, having earlier attained her B.S. inFinancetYomLouisianaTech. While work-ing on her MLIS , Lisa got to know NOTE“intimately” as a graduate assistant underNancy Pope. Previously, she worked for 2l/2 years as a paraprofessional in the cata-loging department of Louisiana Tech.

Mary “Bran” Laird has been working atLSU in Baton Rouge as a computer ana-lyst for 3 l/2 years. She is currently a co-editor of Behind the Screens, a newsletterfor Computing Services. She was theproject leader for the Student Health Cen-ter system which included ongoing devel-opment as well as trouble-shooting, ana-lyzing users’ needs, correcting programabet-ids, working with telecommunications,and demonstrating new enhancements tousers. She alsoassistedinthere-engineer-ing of the present Admissions system.May is presently working on her Masterof Library and Information Science de-gr=

Matthew Barker was an employee of In-formation Technology Support (ITS) atLSU in Baton Rouge for the past threeyears as a computer consultant. Many ofyou may have talked to him on the phonewhen you called the ITS “HELPDESK”for help. Matt has also recently receivedhis Bachelor of Science in Computer Sci-encef?omLSU. HisjobattheHELPDESKincludedinstmcting userson variouscom-puter systems and programs, and trouble-shootingtenninalproblems,programmingerrors, and hardware failures.

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ILANUGM: A BIG SUCCESS!

On November 11, 1993, the Louisiana NOTISUser’s Group Meeting (LaNUGM) tmk place inthe conference rooms at the University Center onthe SOutheastem Louisiana University campus.The conference was a huge success, with 131registered pallicipants! Our warmest gratitudegoes to Kay Adams, Chair of the LaNUGMSteeringCommittee,aswelIaslh-.LannyGreavesandtherestoftheSoutheasterrllibmrystaffforhosting such a well-planned and upbeat event!Enthusiasmwasobvious;lotsoffoIkscametoleamfrom one another about LOUIS and the NOTISsystem, and to sham their concerns, problems, andsolutions with one another. Besides a well-struc-tured but flexible agenda, participants were treatedto door prizes (12 lunch passes for two at arearestaurants), as weIl as ail the coffee, juice, softdrinks, and tantalizing pastries a hungry librariancould ever hope for!

Wemetforcoffeeandregis~ionat9:00am,andthenwemwelcomedbyDr.LannyGteaves,Direc-tar of Sims Memorial Library and President ofLALINC. Representatives from variousLouisianalibmies then gave quick “status reports” on theirlibrary.

At 10345, participants bmke into four discussiongroups Cataloging, Circulation, Serials, and Sys-tern Adminisuator$Techl. Thecataloging group,modemted by Marie Morgan of Tulane, dis-cussedthepmcessbywhichalibratyceasestheprinted shelf list in favor of the NCYIIS shelf list,how libmries use SAS to keep statistics, how toderive records across institutions, and worktlowprocdms in NOTIS.

TheCimulauongroup,ledbyFlorisSt.AmantofLSU, discussed some of the options NOTIS provide.s and LSU’s policies for billing patrons foroverdue b&s. She also talked about the relation-shipbetwet!nthecimulauondeskandtheueasurersofficeandhow they worktogethezonp bills.PmblemswithNOTIS5.1incheckingoutbookswhich are due after an ID’s expimtion date, andoptionsforusingNGlTSforcoursereservecheck-outwasalsodisussed.

MiUieMooremodemtedtheSerialsgroup,whichfocusedontheprosandconsoftheLSERmodule.The discussion got particularly lively when thegovemment documents libmrians gave examplesof the various types of irregular items they receive.

Mike DiCado and Nancy Pope, system adminis-hatorsforLouisianaTechandLSU,moderatedthe

systemadmin&mtor/&ch1groupdiscussion.’Iheydiscussed a range of issues, involving hardware set-up,dataconversion,implementationplanning,user semity, NOTLS local customization, stafftraining, the NOTIS version upgrade process,LALINC -L and NOTIS-L Discussion lists, andALA character display issues.

We then broke for lunch, after which we had a full-group discussion of SAS Reports, led by LewisCartee of Tulane University. He discussed themany SAS reportsTulane usesforstatisticsinarcassuch as circulation, authorities, and reserve. Only afew of the universities now use SAS (Southeastern,LSU, and Tulane), but the meeting served to alertother sites of its possible uses.

Again in the aftem, participants broke up intofour discussion groups. The OPAC group wasmodemted by Charlotte Mel& tiom the LSU-Law Center, and topics tanged from the difficultiesoftminingpatmnsonNOTIS,especiallytheexpla-nations of little problems that reference libmriansoften need to repeat to multiple patrons, and howbest to inform them of the most frequent of these.Also, we di.scussed the possibilities of NOTIS“mark/print”capability,thepmsandconsofhavingp-inters attached to OPACs, coping with increasedinterlibrary loan requests, and the possibilities forattaching braiIle printers to the OPACs for sight-impairedpams.

Acquisitions was led by Pat Litz of LSU andMelanie King of Southeastern. Topics includedthe initial set-up of the acquisitions module,workflow,theimpactofGTOonAcquisitions,fundrecords, bibliographic overlay, and claiming mes-sag-

Peggy Whitehouse, who you mayremembertiom

thedauntingheapsofpaperwotktheNOTISbotch

her guest atticle in the last issue of the LOUISNewsletter, moderated Authorities. Peggy calmedour“authoritiesfear”bytelIingusnottoworryabout

nzpom pmduced on the first run. She advisedauthoritylibrarianstotrustthevalidityoftheOCLCauthorityrecordsinordertodownloadthemthroughGTOwhenanewrecordisneeded,unlesstheyamobviously wrong. She also discussed issues ofwodcflow,teconlclaiming,andtheuse(andabuse!)of NOTIS authority reports, and the cost of BNAauthority record extracts.

The entire group decided that they wanted to main-tain a Louisiana NOTIS Author&es support net-wotkandsomostoftheattendeessignedthelistwhich inthearticleentitled“LaNUGMAuthoritiesInterest Group.”

Smittie Bolner of LSU led the Government docu-ments discussion group. Phase I libraries will hegetting tht$r documents online early next year andthe discussion was structured for them. SmittiediscussedpmpatingtoloadtherehospectiveMamivetapes of GPO, mentioned the salient points oftechnicalprocessing,providedtheopti~availablewith an automated shelflist, listed the various a.9peas of ongoing database maintenance, and cov-ered miscellaneous issues related to check-in. ‘Ihediscussion ended with everyone agreeing that aGovernment Documents Workshop was highlydesirable (see “Update on Government DocumentsLoad”inthisissueformoreworkshopinfo~ation).

The day ended with a discussion by Ralph Bee’,Project Coordinator for LOUIS, who gave us astatusrepottonPhaseIlibmries,aswellasaviewtothe fuhm now that we have been gmnted the $2.48Million from the Department of Education.

From overheardconversationsastheday was wind-ing to a close, the LaNUGM meeting was both a

and informal Louisiana NOTIS support netwoik!

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who attended. And, perhaps most importantly, itgavemanyofusthechancetomeetandgettoknowothers with situations and challenges similar to ourown,andformedthefoundationforamuch-needed

Some of ihe Nicholls staff who

particip&ed in in-house training alNicholls in tie September were 1st row

(seated): John Meyer, Jackie Lomb&

SheUy Duet; 2nd row: David Howell,

Cheryl Adams, Pam Tabor; 3rd row:

Ken Caldwell, John Conover, Carol

Mathias.

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LOUISIANA NOTISRESOURCE LIST

To further the more “personal” asset of theLOUIS network, librarians have begun to offertheir expertise and support as novice NOTIS-users begin the enormous task of learning theNOTIS LibraryManagement System.

In a previous newsletter (July 7), we asked forLouisiana library personnel to consider addingthemselves to our “resource list,” of people whohave experience working in various parts of theNOTIS system, and who would be willing toshare their knowledge and experience with thosewho are new to the NOTIS system. The LOUISstaff is grateful to the followingpeoplefor volun-teering to join the list, and we encourage anyothers who may like to be added to let us know(contact Zehra or Carolyn). We also encourageallN0TISuserstobegintotakeadvantageofthi.svaluable resource: our own Louisiana librarypersonnel!

LSYS:Mike DiCarloSystems AdministratorLouisiana TechPrescott Memorial LibraryP.O. Box 10408Ruston, LA 71272phone: 318/257-3594e-mail: miked@latech

Authority Records:Peggy WhitehouseAuthorities LibrarianTulane UniversityHoward-Tilton Memorial Library7001 Freret St.New Orleans, LA 70118phone: 5041865-5696e-mail: peggydw@mailhosttcs.tulane.edu

Cataloging and Authority:Mary Johns, Head of CatalogingPaul M. Hebert Law LibraryLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA 70803phone: 504/388-6530e-mail: lljohn@Isuvm.sncc.lsu.edu

Bibliographic, copy holding, and volume holdingrecords (monographs since 1986, serials since1989):Kathy WellsSerials Dept.Middleton LibraryLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA 70803Phone: 504/388-8623e-mail: notklw@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu

Technical Services and Technical Processing: Government Documents:Norma Martin Smittie BohrerHead of Technical Services Head Government Documents and ReferenceMiddleton Library Middleton LibraryLouisiana State University Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA 70803 Baton Rouge, LA 70803phone: X)4/388-1147 phone: 504/388-6581e-mail: notnhm@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu e-mail: notmsb@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu

Carolyn YoungCatalogingMiddleton LibraryLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA 70803phone: X)4/388-2358e-mail: notcay@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu

Cataloging:Mary Jane LaneHead Original CatalogingMiddleton LibraryLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA 70803phone: X)4/388-8623e-mail: notmjl@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu

Doris HutsonDocuments Technical ProcessingMiddleton LibraryLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge. LA 70803phone: 504/388-2737e-mail: notdch@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu

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Ann StantonCataloging (NACO)Middleton LibraryLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA 70803phone: 504/388-8623e-mail: notags@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu

Christina RiquelmyCatalogingMiddleton LibraryLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA 70803phone: 5@4/388-8623e-mail: notca@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu

Other Nicholls staff who participated in the in-house training were: 1strow (seated): Deannie Melancon, Pam Antill, Gerry Bedell; 2nd row:

Mark Sheley, Lore& Naquin, Daisy Pope, Edith Taylor; 3rd row: BillDelzell, Be&a Hebert, Angie Graham, Jane Webert, Donald Romero.

REMINDER: LALINC-L ANDNOTIS-L DISCUSSION LISTAVAILABLE ON E-MAIL

Ethelyn StottCatalogingMiddleton LibraryLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA 70803phone: 504/388-2359e-mail: noters@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu

Just a reminder: If you have access to Internet,and have not already signed up for the LALINC-L Discussion list (discussed in the last issueof thenewsletter) or NOTE-L, here’s how you subscribe: To subscribe, type:

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