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

Conference Sponsors and Endorsers . . . . . iii

Message from the Chief Conference Organizer . . . . . v

PREFACE. . . . .ix


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

PRODUCT REVIEWS. . . . .377
AUTHOR INDEX . . . . . 389
SUBJECT INDEX . . . . . 391