Proceedings
of The Sixth International Conference on New Information Technology,
Puerto Rico, November 11-13, 1993

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TOWARDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION
A.K.M. Ahsanullah, Md. Faruque and Aulad Hossain .....1

ADDRESSING THE SERIALS PROBLEM WITH SIMPLE ONLINE SEARCHING AND DOCUMENT DELIVER: MAKING LEMONADE FROM LEMONS
Susan P. Besemer.....9

A LIBRARY INFORMATION SYSTEM RESOURCE SHARING PROJECT
Naomi C. Broering. . . . . 17

INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL EDUCATION: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE
Harry Bruce and Joseph Meloche.....33

A PLANNING GUIDE FOR CD-ROM: 30 DAYS TO SUCCESS
Matilda Butler.....41

QUICK-METRIC: AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR THE METRIC ANALYSIS OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Alberto Castro Thompson and Salvador Gorbea Portal .....51

THRIVING IN THE DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT: PROJECT EMPEROR-I'S EXPERIENCE -- FROM PRINT TO MULTIMEDIA, ANALOG TO DIGITAL
Ching-chih Chen .....59

BUILDING A NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY
Augurio Collantes.....69

USING TECHNOLOGY OF TEXT IN THE PROMOTION OF LIBRARY SERVICES: A REVIEW
Carlos Christian Compton .....75

HYPATIA: INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR LIBRARY AUTOMATION
José -Antonio Delgado Villegas .....83

RICOPUR: PUERTO RICO'S ISLAND-WIDE MULTI-TYPE AUTOMATED LIBRARY NETWORK
Consuelo Figueras and Ismael Rivera ..... 87

CREATING THE OHIOLINK INFRASTRUCTURE: IMPLEMENTATION AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
Jeffrey N. Gatten.....93

THE STATE OF THE INTERNET IN THE STATES:THE COSLA SURVEY OF 1993
Edwin S. Gleaves .....99

THE EFFECTS OF NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE COSTS OF LIBRARY OPERATIONS & SERVICES
Robert M. Hayes .....129

TECHNOLOGY'S PROMISE FOR EXTENDED LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION
Lauri L. Herrmann and Gayle D. Sykes .....145

SYSTEM INTERFACE/SEARCH ASSISTANCE FOR MICRO CDS/ISIS
Molla Hunegnaw and A. Neelameghan .....153

LA ENSEÑANZADE LA TECNOLOGIA DE LA INFORMACION EN LA FORMACIONDE LOS BIBLIOTECARIOS EN CHILE
Formation of Children Librarians in the Field of Information Technologies
Texia Iglesias-Maturana and Alejandro Burgos-Moya .....167

INFORMATION ACCESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THEORY VS. REALITY
David J. Ives ..... 173

LOCAL JOURNAL DATABASE AND DOCUMENT DELIVERY
Mounir A. Khalil.....185

BUSINESS PROCESS REDESIGN AND THE PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX
Michael E. D. Koenig..... 193

IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF AN ARCHIVAL IMAGING PROJECT
Marilyn Lutz .....203

THE IMPACT OF NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AT THE COMENIUS UNIVERSITY, SLOVAKIA
Sona Makulova .....211

KNOWLEDGE COUNSELING REVISITED: AN ALTERNATIVE FOR PERSONALIZED INFORMATION SERVICES
Mariano A. Maura.....217

LOCAL AREA NETWORK ON A BUDGET: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON
Apurva Mehta and Daniel Ortiz .....223

Educación A Distancia Y La Era De La Informática
Juan Meléndez ..... 229

OHIOLINK: THE OHIO LIBRARY AND INFORMATION NETWORK
Chris Miko.....233

THE PUBLIC SYSTEM TO DATABASES (SPA) IN BRAZIL
Antonio Miranda .....241

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS: ASIAN AND AFRICAN APPROACH
Rosario Muciño-Reyes .....247

WHERE IN THE FILE IS CARMEN SANDIEGO: DEVELOPMENT OF HOMOLOGOUS RETRIEVAL IN FULL-TEXT DATABASES
William Paisley .....255

PLANNING FOR AUTOMATION IN A SMALL RURAL COLLEGE LIBRAR: THE REWARDS AND FRUSTRATIONS
Katharine T. Reichert ..... 277

CD-ROM VS ONLINE IN MEXICO
Heberto Reynel Iglesias and Cecilis Velez Salas .....283

ORGANIZING INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET: SAMPLE GOPHER SERVERS
Oya Y. Rieger.....289

AN EXPERIMENT WITH ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
Donald E. Riggs.....305

THE ERGONOMIC IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON LIBRARIES
Helena F. Rodrigues .....313

IMPROVING ACCESS TO AN INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE FOR RESEARCH THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF AN AUTOMATED LIBRARY SYSTEM
Donald B. Simpson .....321

INTERACTIVE VIDEO AND ITS IMPACT ON DATA NETWORKS
Wilson M. Stahl.....331

BUYING AN AUTOMATED INTEGRATED SYSTEM
Diane R. Tebbetts.....337

TRENDS IN ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEMS AND THEIR LIKELY EFFECTS ON THE QUALITY OF NETWORKED-BASED COMMUNICATIONS
Christinger Tomer .....345

LOS BANCOS DE DATOS EN CIENCIAS SOCIALES Y HUMANIDADES EN LA UNAM THE UNAM SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES DATABASES
Angela Torres Verdugo.....357

HYPERMEDIA AND INTERACTIVITY FOR INSTRUCTION
Thomas L. Vernon .....367