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News and Announcements 

First Use of CATVLIB Network: 
American Red Cross 
Satellite Telecast 

On May 21, 1981, the American Red 
Cross celebrated their one-hundredth 
birthday by ending their annual conference 
in Washington, D.C., with a special two-
hour nationwide satellite telecast. The 
PSSC coordinated distribution of the tele-
cast, which originated from Constitution 
Hall in Washington, D.C. , from 10 a.m. to 
noon. The program was carried on SAT-
COM I, transponder 16 (Appalachian 
Community Service Network), and made 
available to all cable systems able to receive 
this transponder. Those areas not able to 
schedule the live program were offered a 
satellite-transmitted taped feed later in the 
day. The American Red Cross had encour-
aged all its local chapters to initiate pro-
gram reception in their communities by ap-
proaching the local cable system about 
carrying the event. 

Since the American Red Cross was offer-
ing a free program and trying to saturate as 
much of the United States as possible, use of 
the CATVLIB network in conjunction with 
this telecast was appropriate. PSSC con-
tacted 53 libraries in 23 states that were in-
terested in assuming local coordination for 
bringing this event to their communities. As 
the local coordinator, the CA TVLIBs' min-
imum responsibilities included alerting the 
cable systems to schedule receiving this pro-
gram (if the local Red Cross chapter had not 
already approached the CATV) and con-
tacting the local Red Cross chapter to offer 
the CATVLIBs' facilities for their group 
viewing and concomitant local celebration. 

Of these fifty-three CATVLIBs , only 
seven could not participate because of tech-
nical problems. Schedule conflicts; lack of 
CATV, Red Cross, or community interest; 
and Red Cross alternative plans were the 
major factors in prohibiting twelve others 

from directly participating in hosting the 
satellite-transmitted program. The remain-
ing thirty-four CATVLIBs did host com-
munity residents in their facilities. 

Evaluation forms revealed a variety of 
degrees of CATVLIB participation in coor-
dinating their first satellite event participa-
tion. Several CATVLIBs (though none 
came to the library for viewing) were in-
strumental in getting the program into the 
community and available to all local cable 
subscribers. Advance publicity, birthday 
cakes and refreshments, sing-alongs, taping 
for multiple showings, and joint library/ 
chapter pre- and postevent activities are but 
a few of the ways the individual CATVLIBs 
participated. All of the evaluation forms in-
dicated that the CA TVLIBs wanted to be 
contacted as a potential local site for future 
satellite events. 

The following list names the fifty-t hree 
CA TVLIBS that were initially contacted to 
be local coordinators for the Red Cross one-
hundredth birthday satellite telecast. 
Though not all were successful, CATVLIB 
made an effort to bring the program to its 
community. 

Colorado 
Boulder Public Library, Boulder 
Connecticut 
Thomaston Public Library, Thomaston 
Florida 
Tarpon Springs Public Library, Tarpon 

Springs 
Georgia 
Tri-County Regional Library, Rome 
Idaho 
Pocatello Public Library, Pocatello 
Illinois 
Pekin Public Library, Pekin 
Rockford Public Library, Rockford 
Indiana 
Fort Wayne Public Library, Fort Wayne 
Monroe County Public Library, 

Bloomington 



Iowa 
Kirkwood Community College 

Telecommunications Center, Cedar 
Rapids 

Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City 
Kansas 
Abilene Public Library, Abilene 
Newton Public Library, Newton 
Kentu cky 
Lexington Public Library, Lexington 
Louisville Public Library, Louisville 
Camden-Carroll Library, Morehead State 

University , Morehead 
Massachusetts 
Greenfield Community College Library, 

Greenfield 
South Hadley Library System, South 

Hadley 
Minn esota 
Anoka County Library, Fridley 
Cloquet Public Library, Cloquet 
Crow River Regional Library, Willmar 
International Falls Public Library, 

International Falls 
Minnesota Valley Regional Library, 

Mankato 
Marshall-Lyon County Library System, 

Marshall 
Western Plains Library System, 

Montevideo 
Rochester Public Library , Rochester 
St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud 
Missouri 
St. Charles City County Library, St. Peters 
New j ersey 
Burlington County College Library , 

Pemberton 
New York 
Albany Public Library, Albany 
Amherst Public Library , Willia msville 
Bethlehem Public Library, Delmar 
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System, 

Jamestown 
Gates Public Library, Rochester 
Mid-York Library System, Utica 
Ridge Road Elementary School Library, 

Horseheads 
North Carolina 
Davidson County Community College 

Library, Lexington 
Ohio 
Greene County District Library, Xenia 
Public Library of Columbus and Franklin 

County, Columbus 

News and Announcements 315 

University of Toledo Library, Toledo 
Pennsylvania 
Altoona Area Public Library, Altoona 
Lancaster County Library, Lancaster 
Monroeville Public Library , Monroeville 
Tennessee 
Memphis/Shelby County Public Library & 

Information Center, Memphis 
Utah 
Merrill Library and Learning Resources 

Program , Utah State University, Logan 
Weber County Library, Ogden 
Virginia 
Arlington County Department of 

Libraries, Arlington 
Washington 
Edmonds Community College Library, 

Lynnwood 
Lynnwood Public Library, Lynnwood 
Mountlake Terrace Public Library, 

Mountlake Terrace 
Seattle Public Library, Seattle 
Wisconsin 
Middleton Public Library, Middleton 
Nicolet College Learning Resource Center, 

Rhinelander 

Who's Who and What's What 
in Library Video and Cable 

For librarians interested in who is doing 
what in video in libraries, or in how to do it 
themselves, a guidebook has been published 
by the Video a nd Cable Communications 
Section of the Libra ry a nd Information 
Technology Association . It is the 461-page 
Video and Cable Guidelines. 

Edited by Leslie C hamberlin Burk and 
Roberto Esteves-two of the most active li-
bra rians in the video field-the book in-
cludes papers from Donald Sager, Kandy 
Brandt, Arlene Farber Sirkin, Anne Hol-
lingsworth , and by Burk and Esteves. 
Among the topics covered are a description 
ofthe present operation, future plans, prob-
lems, and benefits of video in 250 libraries 
in the U.S. and Canada. 

The book is spiral-bound and can be used 
conveniently as a manual for staff develop-
ment programs. Its price is $9. 75 . 

For additional information, or to order 
copies (prepaid orders only, please), con-
tact LIT A, ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, 
IL 60611 ; (3 12)944-6780. 



316 Journal of Library Automation Vol. 14/4 December 1981 

ELMIG Electronic Mail Arrives 

The "new arrival" to the library associa-
tion family this summer is the Electronic 
Library Membership Initiative Group. 
ELMIG is an organization of individuals 
established to ensure that electronically de-
livered information remains accessible to 
the general public. ELMIG promotes par-
ticipation and leadership in the remote elec-
tronic delivery of information by publicly 
supported libraries and nonprofit organiza-
tions. 

The group's efforts are coordinated by 
Richard Sweeney, director of the Public Li-
brary of Columbus and Franklin County; 
Neal Kaske, director of OCLC's Office of 
Research; and Kenneth Dow lin, director of 
the Pikes Peak Library District. 

The first founding goals of ELMIG are: 
• Identifying services and information 

best suited for the remote electronic access 
to and delivery of information; 

• Planning, funding, and developing 
working demonstrations of library elec-
tronic information services; 

• Communicating the availability of 
electronic library services to the commu-
nity; 

• Informing the library profession of 
trends, specific events, and future direc-
tions in remote electronic delivery of infor-
mation; 

• Creating coalitions with organizations 
in allied fields of interest. 

Organizers of ELMIG are working 
within ALA to foster interest in , and facili-
tate the needs of, the electronic library. 
ALA has established a membership initia-
tive group to address the concerns of this 
group. The Electronic Library Member-
ship Initiative Group will meet during the 
ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver. Inter-
ested individuals are encouraged to attend 
the meeting scheduled for Monday, Janu-
ary 25, 1982, at 2 p.m. in Room 2E of the 
auditorium. 

Interest in ELMIG/ELA has surfaced 
quickly. The membership group was 
formed in March, and gathered the 200 sig-
natures needed for official recognition at 
the ALA Annual Conference in San Fran-
cisco. Some 150 people met at that confer-
ence to discuss topics of concern. They de-
cided to continue these discussions at the 

1982 Midwinter Meeting and plan for an 
ELMIG program to be presented at Phila-
delphia. 

ELMIG aims to address the issues con-
cerning the electronic library on a continu-
ing basis through ongoing interaction of its 
members. To facilitate this interaction, 
ELMIG will use an electronic mail system. 
Further information on ELMIG and its 
members is available from Richard Swee-
ney at the Public Library of Columbus and 
Franklin County, 28 S. Hamilton Rd., Co-
lumbus, OH 43213. 

See page 317 for Subscriber Agreement 
Form. 
Heynen to Head 
ARL Microform Project 

The Association of Research Libraries 
has hired Jeffrey Heynen to head a two-year 
program designed to improve bibliographic 
access to microform collections in American 
and Canadian libraries. The association has 
received $20,000 from the Council on Li-
brary Resources to initiate the project, and 
additional funds are anticipated from other 
sources. 

Heynen brings an extensive background 
in micrographics and publishing to the pro-
ject as well as a long-standing commitment 
to improving the treatment , use, and bib-
liographic control of microforms in li-
braries. He has served as chair of the Ameri-
can Library Association's Reproduction of 
Library Materials Section, and was a par-
ticipant in earlier groups that laid the foun-
dation for the current ARL project. Cur-
rently president of Information Inter-
change Corporation, Heynen has held exec-
utive positions with Congressional Infor-
mation Service, Greenwood Press, and Re-
dgrave Information Resources. These 
positions have all included responsibility 
for the creation of large microform collec-
tions. Heynen hold~ memberships in nu-
merous standards-making bodies, includ-
ing the International Organization for 
Standardization (ISO), the American Na-
tional Standards Institute, and the National 
Micrographics Association, and is a lecturer 
at the University of Maryland College of 
Library and Information Services. 

The ARL Microform Project is based 
upon a planning study conducted for the 
association by Richard Boss of Information 



Systems Consultants, Inc. Its purpose is to 
stimulate and coordinate the work of li-
braries, microform publishers, biblio-
graphic utilities, and regional networks in 
providing bibliographic access to millions 
of monographic titles in microform that are 
now inadequately or insufficiently cata-
loged. Since the development of the plan 
during 1980, there has been keen interest 
both in the elements of the plan and in the 
cooperative efforts needed to achieve them. 
A number of libraries-both ARL and non-
ARL members-are planning to begin or 
are already entering catalog records for in-
dividual titles in microform sets into biblio-
graphic databases. For example, three ARL 
libraries have recently been awarded grants 
under Title 11-C of the Higher Education 

News and Announcements 317 

Act, Strengthening Research Library Re-
sources, to catalog major microform sets, 
entering the resulting records into one of the 
major utilities. All three libraries-
Stanford University, University of Utah, 
and Indiana University-will be coordinat-
ing their efforts with the goals of the ARL 
program. 

Key to these efforts, however, is coordi-
nation to ensure that national standards are 
accepted and followed, to distribute the 
work load so that as many sets as possible 
are covered and duplication of effort is 
avoided, and to ensure that the records are 
available to all libraries that want to use 
them. The ARL Microform Project will em-
phasize building on existing resources, coor-
dinating efforts among the library and pub-

SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT 

ELECTRONIC LIBRARY MEMBERSIUP INITIATIVE GROUP 

------------------·(ALA Member), applies for membership in the 
ELECTRONIC LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP INITIATIVE GROUP, electronic mail system, and states 
that: 

RECITALS: 

A. ELMIG is an association of individuals whose mission is to ensure that information delivered 
electronically remains accessible to the general public; and 

B. ELMIG seeks to promote participation and leadership in remote electronic delivery of informa-
tion by publicly supported libraries and nonprofit organizations. 

NOW THEREFORE, the above Member and OCLC agree that: 
1. Member will deposit with OCLC a $100 contribution toward the cost of electronic mail service 

and attendant expenses for the first year of operation, which is to commence January 1, 1982. The 
Member recognizes that the initial Member contribution may not be sufficient to pay for a year of 
operation and agrees, when invoiced, to make additional payments of $100, or other agreed upon 
sums, to OCLC for the continuation of service. 

2. OCLC agrees that by accepting Member deposits, it will secure electronic mail service for the 
Members of ELMIC; and 

2.1 Will place Member deposits in a separate ELMIC account from which OCLC will pay the cost of 
the electronic mail service, U.S. postal mailings, and any other expenses incurred in the adminis-
tration of EMS. 

2.2 Will provide a year-end accounting of contributions and expenditures to Members with in a 
reasonable time after December 31 , 1981 , and each year-end thereafter. 

MEMBER: 

BY ---------------------------------------------------------

TITLE ---------------------------------------------------------

DATE ----------------------------------------------------------



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lishing communities and the bibliographic 
utilities, and, where possible, facilitating 
cooperative projects already planned or un-
der way. 

Heynen will be assisted by an advisory 
committee composed of representatives of 
both ARL and non-ARL libraries, the ma-
jor bibliographic utilities, and microform 
publishers. The ARL project will operate 
out of the office of Information Interchange 
Corporation, 503 11th St., SE, Washing-
ton, DC 20003; (202)544-0291. Libraries 
and publishers interested in participating in 
the project are urged to contact the project 
office. 

Nominations Sought for LITA Award 

Nominations are being sought for the Li-
brary and Information Technology Associ-

ation's Award for Achievement. 
The award is intended to recognize dis-

tinguished leadership, notable develop-
ment or application of technology, superior 
accomplishments in research or education, 
or original contributions to the literature of 
the field. 

The award may be given to an individual 
or to a small group of individuals working 
in collaboration. Organized institutions or 
parts of organized institutions are not eligi-
ble. 

Nominations for the award may be made 
by any member of the American Library 
Association and should be submitted by 
January 15, 1982, to Hank Epstein, LITA 
Awards Committee Chairperson, 1992 
Lemnos Dr., Costa Mesa, CA 92626. 

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