RLG news Jennifer Porro 07 Apr 1992 14:03 UTC
----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The following is an announcement from the Research Libraries Group. NEW RLG SERVICE DEBUTS AT RUTGERS AND BYU April 6, 1992 -- CitaDel, the new citation and document-delivery service from the Research Libraries Group (RLG), is being previewed this spring at Rutgers and Brigham Young universities. >From April 6 through May 22, the two RLG-member institutions will provide their campus communities with unlimited online access to five CitaDel files: ABI/INFORM, Periodical Abstracts, Newspaper Abstracts, Ei Page One, and Current Bibliography in the History of Technology. ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL AND SCHOLARLY CITATION DATABASES RLG's CitaDel service provides libraries and campus information networks with online access to some of the most popular commercial and most interesting scholarly citation databases available today. Institutions need only a connection to RLIN (RLG's information network) to be able to subscribe to CitaDel. All loading, maintaining, and updating of CitaDel files is done centrally at RLG, which has optimized the service for multiuser access and quick response. One easy-to-learn, easy-to-use interface is used for searching all CitaDel files. CITADEL PREMIUM FILES CitaDel has two types of files: Premium and Special. CitaDel Premium files are commercial citation databases that, for a fixed annual fee, can be searched without limit. Premium files being previewed are ABI/INFORM, Periodical Abstracts, Newspaper Abstracts (all from UMI/Data Courier), and Ei Page One (from Engineering Information Inc.). Full-text copies of most articles cited in these Premium files can be ordered online by CitaDel users. Delivery options include first-class mail, express courier, FAX, and Ariel, RLG's new proprietary document-delivery system that enables high-resolution image transmission over the Internet. Depending on the policy of the subscribing institution, article-delivery fees will be charged to the institution or directly to individual users through their VISA or MasterCard. In fall 1992, two other CitaDel Premium files will be available: Dissertation Abstracts (from UMI/Data Courier) and PAIS '80+ (from Public Affairs Information Service, Inc.). CITADEL SPECIAL FILES CitaDel Special files are scholarly citation databases, which are currently charged by the search. One Special file is being previewed -- Current Bibliography in the History of Technology. Coming in fall 1992 are Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, and Hispanic-American Periodicals Index. RUTGERS: MAKING AVAILABLE ON INFO NETWORK Rutgers will make CitaDel available to students, faculty, and staff through INFO, its campuswide information network. CitaDel's debut will be celebrated with a reception on Thursday, April 16, at 10 a.m., in the Library of Science and Medicine, where CitaDel and document delivery using RLG's Ariel system will be demonstrated. BYU: PREVIEWING FOR STATE LIBRARY CONSORTIUM BYU -- as part of the Utah College Library Council, an 11-member consortium of Utah private and public college and university libraries -- will be previewing CitaDel with an eye towards eventual use by the entire consortium. During the preview, CitaDel will be available, through BYU's local information network, at all BYU campus libraries and academic departments. University of Utah and Utah State University, through the state's library network, will also have access to CitaDel during the preview. An event to celebrate the CitaDel preview is planned for 9 a.m., April 13, in the training room at the Lee Library. FOR MORE INFORMATION For information about the CitaDel service and pricing, please contact the RLIN Information Center, E-mail BL.RIC@RLG.BITNET or BL.RIC@RLG.STANFORD.EDU, phone 800/537-RLIN (US/Canada), FAX 415/964-0943. For information about the Rutgers and BYU previews, please contact Jennifer Porro, Corporate Communications, RLG, E-mail BL.JMP@RLG.BITNET or BL.JMP@RLG.STANFORD.EDU, phone 415/691-2204, FAX 415/964-0943. (end) To: SERIALST@UVMVM.BITNET