ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


754/C&RL News

in the past year were for materials for which
only one or two copies are available in the
state.

The OhioLINK Gopher and Central Catalog
are available via the Internet telnet address
cat.ohiolink.edu.

RLG initiates n ew  record service with 
Casalini Libri
The Research Libraries Group (R LG ) has
launched a new service for its users— direct
access to and local use o f major book vendor
records— with the addition o f over 18,000 in-
process records, created by the Italian book
dealers Casalini Libri from 1994 through July
1995, to the RLIN (Research Libraries Informa­
tion Network) Books file.

The Casalini records may be exported from
RLIN to the local system to create order records
or local cataloging.

“W e are very pleased about this new ven­
ture,” said Michele Casalini. “It has been one o f
our primary concerns over the years to offer a 
bibliographic information service as complete 
as possible to libraries abroad. We are delighted
that this information can now be o f assistance 
for acquisitions and cataloging, thereby saving
library staff a great deal o f time.”

ALA gets ow n Internet server
ALA is installing its own Internet server. Please 
be sure to use the @ala.org addresses to reach 
ALA and ACRL staff, instead o f the numbers 
previously issued. Generally, ALA Internet ad­
dresses take the form o f firstname.lastname@ 
ala.org. For a list o f ACRL staff e-mail addresses, 
see page 797 o f this issue in the Annual Report, 
or you can refer to the “Meet the ACRL Staff“ 
article on page 648 o f the October issue o f C&RL
News.

Ohio University celebrates tw o  million 
volumes
Ohio University (O U ) Libraries celebrated its 
growth to two million volumes with the addi­
tion o f John C. Baker: A n Oral History to its 
collections. Ohio University was founded in 
1804, and Baker was its 14th president, serving 
from 1945 to 1961. The book, Baker’s autobi­
ography, was published by Ohio University 
Press and was formally presented to the librar­
ies in October at a ceremony to celebrate 
Baker’s 100th birthday and the 50th anniver­
sary o f the Ohio University Foundation, an or­
ganization created by Baker.

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

Got Books Here: A Poem

Got books here;
lotsa books:
books by the score,
by the peck or bushel:
books.

Getcher books here!
red hot economics,
business and sports books;
Pete Giddings with die weather 
in A.V.

Current events,
ancient history,
latest mysteries,
Stephen King—  
anything.

You want it, we got it:
books on tape,
on CD-ROM;
music and art
ala carte.
Books here,
getcher books!

Got magazines too;
newspapers—
ain’t no finer
bird cage liner—
right here,
got ’em right here:
getcher books.

Sick ’n’ tired
of the information
superhighway?
Getcher books
at the information
parking lot!
Rent by the semester!
No charge—
just bring ’em back on time:
getcher books!

Want science?
We got science.
We got reference.
Poly sci? Bali Hai?
Catcher in the Rye?
Values of pi?
We got ’em:
rock bottom
books.

They’re what we got:
you really ought
to try 'em—
books.
We got books here.
— Brian Kunde. Stanford University Libraries 

( Reprinted with permission o f the author)



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