From: IN%"[email-masked]" "Peter Scott/Order Unit Manager/U of Sask Lib/6016" 18-MAR-1991 07:05:06.44
To: [email-masked]

Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1991 07:04 CST
From: Peter Scott/Order Unit Manager/U of Sask Lib/6016 <[email-masked]>
Subject: UK OPACS list dated March 14 1991
To: [email-masked]

                          OPACS in the UK:
          a list of interactive library catalogues on JANET
           compiled for the JANET User Group for Libraries
       by the University of Sussex Library    14 March 1991
                 (  [email-masked] )

_____________________________________________________________________________

 
JANET addresses of 61 online public access library catalogue services
(OPACS), with notes on access to JANET from the Internet, the European
research networks attached to IXI, and the international public
packet-switched networks.

 Aberdeen              Hull                     Oxford
 Aberystwyth           Kent                     Poly of Central London
 Aston                 Lancaster                Polytechnic South West
 Bangor                Leeds                    Reading
 Bath                  Leicester Poly           Royal Greenwich Observatory
 Belfast               Leicester Univ           Rutherford Appleton Lab
 Birmingham            Liverpool                St Andrews
 Bristol               London U.                Salford
 Brunel                  Central Libertas       Sheffield
 Cambridge               Consortium             South Bank Polytechnic
 City of London Poly   London   : BLPES         Southampton
 City University                : Imperial      Stirling
 Cranfield                      : Kings         Strathclyde
 Dundee CTech                   : QMW           Surrey
 Dundee Univ                    : UCL           Sussex
 Durham                Loughborough             Swansea
 East Anglia           Manchester               Thames Polytechnic
 Edinburgh             Newcastle                UMIST
 Essex                 NISSPAC                  UWCC
 Glasgow               Nottingham               Warwick
 Heriot-Watt           Open University          York
 
______________________________________________________________________________
 
To call UK OPACs from JANET and other networks: PSS, IXI and the Internet:
 
General
   The addresses given below are those used to call the OPAC service:
       the addresses for other computer services will be different.
 
   o  In the UK, using a Network Name Server, - - - - - -  call the NRS NAME
   o  In the UK, using a simple PAD service,  - - - - - call the NRS ADDRESS
   o  From the Public Packet-switched network (PSS) [see (a) below]
               from the PSS Gateway service - - - - - - call the NRS ADDRESS
   o  From the Internet [see (b) below], using the
               NSFNET-RELAY Guest PAD service, - - - - - - call the NRS NAME
   o  From European research networks [see (c) below] - call the IXI ADDRESS
 
   Ignore the spaces in NRS and IXI addresses
       (e.g. for Aberystwyth type 000013000007 -NOT 0000 1300 0007)
 
   System prompts and further lines of input needed after calling a
       remote service are shown below the address of each entry:
       ignore any brackets [] shown in the Login procedure.
   Follow each line that you type by ENTER/RETURN.
 
   Warning! Several OPACs do not provide a Logoff procedure:
       you must clear the line from your end: make sure you know how.
       (Typically: CTRL/P then A, then  CLEAR).
 
______________________________________________________________________________
 
(a) To call a service from PSS:
Calls can be made to JANET from the public packet-switched services
  operated in most countries, using the PSS-JANET Gateway Service
 
  1.  Call either the Rutherford Gateway to JANET - A22351919169
               or the London     Gateway          - A21920010069
      (The A prefix is normally replaced for international calls by 234)
  2.  The gateway responds with the prompt:
                    :Please enter your authorisation and address in form:
                    >(user,password).address
  3.  For calls to OPACs on JANET no user or password is required, so reply:
                    >.address     (Note the .)
  3.1  Most services require the numeric NRS address, preceded by a full stop
           e.g.     >.000008012900
  3.2  Janet.News (the Joint Network team's information service) can be called
           as       >.news
       NISS, the National Information on Software and Services,
           as       >.NISS
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_
(b) Access from the Internet
 
The NSFNET Relay at ULCC now supports (as of 3.1.91) a guest Internet-to-JANET
terminal access service. This converts the communication protocols used on the
Internet to those used on JANET. Accounts are no longer essential.
 
A full guide to this service can be retrieved by mailing
                [email-masked]
with the following text in the message:
                Request: janetpad
                Topic: userguide
 
In summary:
1.     telnet to sun.nsf.ac.uk  - currently 128.86.8.7
 
2.     login as janet           - in lowercase;  there is no password
 
3.     enter the NRS name of a JANET host when prompted.
        This MUST be in UK order, i.e. uk.ac.janet.news
 
If you have any comments on the service please send them by e-mail to:
        [email-masked].
Any further enquiries should be sent by e-mail to [email-masked].

Email to addresses on JANET from BITNET and the Internet.
 
The pattern of mail addresses used within JANET is different from that on many
research networks. They are easily converted: just turn the elements of the
node-name around, so that it ends "AC.UK" rather than starts "UK.AC".
For example, queries from a user on BITNET about this list should be sent to:
         [email-masked]
 
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(c) Access from European research networks attached to IXI
 
Users wishing to use services on networks attached to IXI must do so from
a registered calling address.
 
Please ask your Computing service for advice, or contact your national
coordinating representative- a full list is in IES News no. 29, 1989
(IES News - the Esprit Information Exchange System, is published for the
Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General XIII:
Telecommunications, Information Industries and Innovation.)
 
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Printed copies of this list are available
 o     to subscribers to the JUGL Newsletter. 10 pounds a year: orders to
       Mrs J. Yeadon, Lyon Playfair Library, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ
 o     in sets of five, for 5 pounds including postage and packing, from
       The University of Sussex Library, Brighton, BN1 9QL, UK
 o     as single copies, of which a limited number are available.
        Please write to the University of Sussex Library
 
The list can be scanned online on:
 o  JANET.NEWS, in the LIBRARY directory
 o  the NISS Bulletin Board - NISSBB
 o  the Bulletin Board for Libraries - BUBL
 
The list as an electronic text file is available from
 o  Mailbase - the Networked Information Service Project (NISP) at Newcastle
       Send to [email-masked]
       the two-line message    SUBSCRIBE LIS-INFO firstname surname
                               GET LIS-INFO JANET-OPACS
 
 o  The fileservice of the NSFNET-RELAY at the University of London
       Send to                         [email-masked]
       the two-line message    Request: LIBRARIES
                               Topic: JANET-OPACS
               (NB - include NO subject line)
 
 o  Over BITNET, in "Internet Accessible Library Catalogs and Databases",
       compiled by Art St. George of the University of New Mexico.
       Send to                         LISTSERV@UNMVM
       the message                     GET LIBRARY PACKAGE
 
 o  Over the Internet, in the same package,
       FTP to Ariel.unm.edu, cd to library, filename- internet.library
 
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__

Aberdeen University
   NRS name        : ABERDEEN.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : abdn.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 7237 8000 70
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 7201 70
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: Not yet available
   System          : Dynix
   Logon/logoff    : Login is normally automatic. If a "Logon please"
                     prompt is issued, type "LIBRARY".
                     Logoff from main menu.
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs: 600,000 titles
   OPAC coverage   : 100% of main stock; 60-75% of special collections.
     Periodicals: all main library periodicals and all current and c.50% of
     non-current branch library periodicals included (total c.16,000 titles)
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Aberystwyth University
   NRS name        : ABERYSTWYTH.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : aber.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 1300 0007
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 2250
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Type EXIT to quit at any stage
   Hours available : 0830-2300
   Stock-monographs: See Notes
   OPAC coverage   : c.60%, plus the post-1981 holdings of the former
     College of Librarianship. OPAC includes most post 1950 general holdings.
     Periodicals included.
   Notes           : Total collection c.450,000
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Aston University
   NRS name        : ASTON.GEAC
   NRS abbrev.     : aston.geac
   NRS address     : 0000 2011 0051
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 2601
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    : Logon automatic, logoff by END
   Hours available : 0900-2200 Mon-Thu; 0900-1900 Fri; 0900-1700 Sun.
                     Vacation: 0900-1700
   Stock-monographs: 180,000
   OPAC coverage   : Approx 95%
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Bangor University
   NRS name        : BANGOR.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : bangor.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 1311 0000 00
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 2300 00
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available : 0800-2215 Mon-Fri; 0900-2300 Sat; 0800-2300 Sun
   Stock-monographs: 275,000 approx.
   OPAC coverage   : 60% approx.
     All new accessions since 1985 are included. Retrospective conversion
     has concentrated on science.
     All periodical titles are included, but item data is not complete.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Bath University
   NRS name        : BATH.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : bath.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 6012 1000 68
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 6203 68
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : URICA
   Logon/logoff    : Login with password OPAC.
                     To logoff, return to front menu and type OFF,
                     then clear connection
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs: 250,000
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Periodicals: all current titles included, and 50% of discontinued titles.
   Notes           : VT100 (or later) essential
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Queens University Belfast
   NRS name        : QUEENS-BELFAST.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : qub.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 1120 6030 24
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 2900 24
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : BLCMP
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available :
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   :
   Date revised    :
 
Birmingham University
   NRS name        : BIRMINGHAM.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : bham.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 2001 2100 60
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 2000 60
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: Not yet available
   System          : BLCMP
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available : 0900-22.30 Mon-Fri; 0900-12.30 Sat
                     Vacation: 0900-1900 Mon-Fri; 0900-1230 Sat.
   Stock-monographs: 825,000
   OPAC coverage   : 75% (51% of monograph material)
     Low-use monographs acquired before 1972 are not yet included.
     Holdings of the Education Faculty Library are 1987- only.
     Periodicals included.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Bristol University
   NRS name        : BRISTOL.LIB
   NRS abbrev.     : bris.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 6021 0017
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 6100
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Login information given on introductory message.
                     EXIT at menu to logout.
   Hours available : 0730-2400
   Stock-monographs: 450,000
   OPAC coverage   : c.65%
     Periodicals included.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Brunel University
   NRS name        : BRUNEL.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : brunel.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 4115 1000
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4502
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : BLCMP
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available : 09.00-2100 Mon-Thu; 0900-1800 Fri;
                     0930 Sat - 0800 Mon.
                     Vacation: 0900-1700 Mon-Fri
   Stock-monographs: 200,000
   OPAC coverage   : 98%
     Clinker and Garnett Railway History Collections not yet included.
     Periodicals included.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Cambridge University
   NRS name        : CAMBRIDGE.UNIVERSITY-LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : cam.ul
   NRS address     : 0000 0801 0060 79
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 8010 79
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : CATS
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available :
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : 1978 onwards
   Date revised    :
 
City of London Polytechnic
   NRS name        : CITY-POLY
                     or   CITY-POLY.TOWER-VAX
   NRS abbrev.     : clp
                     or   clp.tvax
   NRS address     : 0000 4550 1000
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4580
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: Not accepted at present
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Username: LIBRARY
   Hours available : 0730-22.30
   Stock-monographs: 155,000
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Periodicals: all titles (c.2,000) except former London College
     of Furniture.
     Fawcett Library: all main bookstock; not all special collections;
     not periodicals.
   Notes           : Login as FAWCETT to show Fawcett stock first.
     Direct connection from JANET to OPAC to be installed 1991.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
City University
   NRS name        : CITY.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 4100 7932
   IXI address     :
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : CLSI
   Logon/logoff    : -
   Hours available : 0930-2030 term; 0930-1700 vacation
   Stock-monographs: [not given]
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Periodicals not included.
   Date revised    : 14 March 1991
 
Cranfield Institute of Technology
   NRS name        : CRANFIELD.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : cran.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 5050 0103
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 5502
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: Not yet available
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Type EXIT to logoff
   Hours available : 0800-2359
   Stock-monographs: 125,000
   OPAC coverage   : 90%
     Some 15,000 short report series not yet on system; these are being
     added gradually.
     Periodicals included, with holdings statements.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Dundee University
   NRS name        : DUNDEE.LIBRARYB
   NRS abbrev.     : dund.libb
   NRS address     : 0000 0700 6201
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 7700
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Dynix
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs: 240,000 (including periodical volumes)
   OPAC coverage   :
     Includes all material acquired since 1977, and all stock borrowed in the
     last 15 years.
     Periodicals included
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Dundee College of Technology
   NRS name        : DUNDEE-TECH.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : dct.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 0700 5001 02
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 7780 02
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Dynix
   Hours available :
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   :
   Date revised    :
 
Durham University
   NRS name        : DURHAM.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : dur.library
   NRS address     : 0000 1400 1200
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 1900
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    : Type <return> when connected
   Hours available : 0830-2200, Mon-Sat; 1330-2200 Sun.
                     (hours in vacation may be less)
   Stock-monographs: 500,000
   OPAC coverage   : 90%
     Principal exclusions: less-used Oriental material;
     special collections; official publications.
     Periodicals: current titles included; backsets are being added.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
East Anglia
   NRS name        : EAST-ANGLIA.COMPUTING-CENTRE.INFO
   NRS abbrev.     : uea.info
   NRS address     : 0000 0800 6019
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 8600
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : modified CATS
   Logon/logoff    : Username:  INFO
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs: 495,000
   OPAC coverage   : 50%
     OPAC includes all acquisitions since 1980, plus the full
     stock of Accountancy, Children's literature, Classics, Computer
     science, Economics, Education, English and American history,
     General and comparative literature, Law, Linguistics, Non-western
     and early arts, Politics, Psychology, Social sciences and studies,
     Statistics, Theatre film and TV studies
     Periodicals included.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Edinburgh University
   NRS name        : EDINBURGH.GEAC
   NRS abbrev.     : ed.geac
   NRS address     : 0000 1600 2007
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 7013
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    : User: LIBRARY
                     Password: GUEST
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs: c.1,000,000
   OPAC coverage   : 50%
     Includes most acquisitions since 1985; most active stock post 1930s;
     very little pre-1930s acquisitions.
     Periodicals cover patchy - most in science, few in Arts,
     Social Science or Medicine.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Edinburgh University Online Library Information System - EULOLIS
   NRS name        : EDINBURGH.EMAS-A
   NRS abbrev.     : ed.emas-a
   NRS address     : 0000 1500 1003
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 7005
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    : User: LIBRARY   Password: GUEST
   Hours available :
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   :
     Contains current serials list for Edinburgh University Library;
     current serials list for Strathclyde University Library;
     current serials taken by some other Scottish Universities.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Essex University
   NRS name        : uk.ac.sx.sersun1
   NRS abbrev.     : sx.sersun1
   NRS address     : 0000 4960 0200
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4950
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          :
   Logon/logoff    : Login: library
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   :
   Date revised    : 4 January 1991
 
Glasgow University
   NRS name        : GLASGOW.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : gla.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 7110 0005
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 7100
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    : Type END to exit from OPAC
   Hours available : 0900-2130 Mon-Sat; 1400-2130 Sun
   Stock-monographs: >1,000,000 items
   OPAC coverage   :
     c.370,000 records: all monographs received from 1979, and
     c.150,000 older items
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Heriot-Watt University
   NRS name        : HERIOT-WATT.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : hw.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 7023 3500 70
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 7301 70
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : CLSI
   Logon/logoff    : Set terminal to 8-bit no parity.
                     Logoff using Control/P A
   Hours available :
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Periodicals included.
   Date revised    : 12 March 1991
 
Hull University
   NRS name        : HULL.LI.GEAC
   NRS abbrev.     : hull.geac
   NRS address     : 0000 1230 0108
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 2350
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Includes periodicals.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Kent University
   NRS name        : UKC.IRIS
   NRS abbrev.     : ukc.iris
   NRS address     : 0000 4921 0000
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4701
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked] (please include BLDSC number
)
   System          : CATS
   Logon/logoff    : Username:  UKCLIB
                     Password:  UKCLIB
                     Username:  CATS
   Hours available : 0800-2400
   Stock-monographs: 305,300
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Includes all theses, microforms, maps and audio-visual materials.
     75% of pre 1989 acquisitions are short entries, lacking subject
     headings and added author headings.
     Periodicals included: 12,700 titles
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Lancaster University
   NRS name        : LANCASTER.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : lancs.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 1040 2000
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 1410
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          :
   Logon/logoff    : Press <return> for automatic login
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs: 530,000
   OPAC coverage   : 30% full records, 70% brief records
     All items catalogued or recatalogued since 1984 appear in full.
     Periodicals included
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Leeds University Libraries
   NRS name        : LEEDS.LIBCAT
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 1200 6000
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 1301
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    : Type END to exit
   Hours available : 0900-2200
   Stock-monographs: 900,000
   OPAC coverage   : 20%
     Complete holdings in Science, Engineering and Medicine; limited
     coverage in Arts and Social Sciences
     Periodicals included
Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Leeds University Libraries Circulation System
   NRS name        : LEEDS.LIB
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 1200 6000 05
   IXI address     :
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available : 0900-2200
   Stock-monographs: 900,000
   OPAC coverage   : 50%
     Brief circulation records only for active stock in main libraries.
     Some individual periodical volumes included
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Leicester Polytechnic
   NRS name        : LEICP.OPAC
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 5220 0010 29
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 5900 29
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : BLCMP
   Logon/logoff    : Service: OPAC
   Hours available : 0845-2100
   Stock-monographs: 245,000
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
   Date revised    :
 
Leicester University
   NRS name        : LEICESTER.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 2121 0100
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 2201
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : LIBERTAS
   Logon/logoff    : Username:  LIBRARY
                     Type EXIT to logoff
   Hours available : 0900-2200
   Stock-monographs: 750,000+
   OPAC coverage   :
     280,000: cataloguing since 1984, plus circulating stock.
     Includes Clinical Sciences and School of Education branches.
     Periodicals included.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Liverpool University
   NRS name        : LIVERPOOL.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 1050 0205
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 1500
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Dobis/Libis
   Logon/logoff    : To logout, return to first screen and select
                     Stop this Dobis/Libis session
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Periodicals included.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
London University Central Libertas Consortium
   NRS name        : LON.CONSULL
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 0550 1000
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4099
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Username: LIBRARY
   Hours available :
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : Contains serials holdings of a number of libraries
     in the University, plus full holdings (from the date given in brackets)
     of the following libraries:
     Birkbeck College (1979)
     Inst. of Advanced Legal Studies (1981)
     University of London Library (1980)
     (The GEAC database is now a closed file, and will be superseded by the
     individual OPACs of the seven major University of London sites, existing
     or planned)
   Date revised    : 13 January 1990
 
London University. British Library of Political and Economic Science (LSE)
   NRS name        : LSE.BLPES
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 0513 4000
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4300
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Username:   LIBRARY
   Hours available :
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   :
   Date revised    :

London University.  Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
   NRS name        : IMPERIAL.LIB
   NRS abbrev.     : ic.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 0510 0900
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4100
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Username:   LIBRARY
                     Logoff by typing EXIT at menu prompt
   Hours available : 0800-2400
   Stock-monographs: 305,000
   OPAC coverage   : 55% of monographs.
     All material acquired since 1978, plus all reading list material,
     plus some retrospective conversion (ongoing). Includes reports,
     theses, sound recordings.
     Periodicals: all are included (6500 titles)
   Date revised    : 14 March 1991
 
London University. Kings College
   NRS name        : KCL.LIB
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 0514 1700
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4350
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: KCL, Strand: [email-masked]
                     KCL, Kensington: [email-masked]
                     KCL, Chelsea (Manresa): [email-masked]
                     KCL, Coleridge: [email-masked]
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Username:   LIBRARY
   Hours available : 0830-2100 Mon-Fri; 0900-1900 Sat-Sun and closed days
   Stock-monographs: See Notes
   OPAC coverage   : KCL: 100% post 1980; 50% pre 1980.
     Periodicals: all KCL holdings, some UMDS holdings.
   Notes:          : OPAC includes details of holdings of
     King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, and the United
     Medical and Dental Schools' Libraries.
     (Total holdings c.800,000 volumes, including periodicals)
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
London University. Queen Mary and Westfield College
   NRS name        : QMW.LIB
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 0512 1012
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4251
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Username:  LIBRARY
   Hours available : 0800-2300
   Stock-monographs: est. 290,000
   OPAC coverage   : 56% est.
     Science and Law complete; Arts incomplete.
   Notes:          : Interloans mailbox soon to be available.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
London University. University College
   NRS name        : UCL.LIB
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 0511 2800
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4220
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Username: LIBRARY
                     Type EXIT to leave Libertas
   Hours available : 0800-23.59
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : 50% (300,000 records)
     For UCL, book cataloguing since 1982, plus circulating stock, plus
     some retrospective cataloguing especially in science and medicine.
     Periodicals: current journals included; some - not all - dead sets.
     London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: journal holdings,
     plus monographs from 1980.
     Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine: journal holdings, plus
     some monographs.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Loughborough University
   NRS name        : LOUGHBOROUGH.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : lut.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 2110 0815 20
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 2190 20
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : BLCMP
   Logon/logoff    : To exit, type E <return>
   Hours available : 0700-2200
   Stock-monographs: 290,000
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Periodicals included
   Notes           : VT102 terminal emulation desirable.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Manchester University
   NRS name        : MANCHESTER.CENTRAL-SERVICES.PACX-B
   NRS abbrev.     : man.cn.xb
   NRS address     : 0000 1010 1002 71
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 1050 71
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: Not available at present
   System          : Own system using CCA Model 204 DBMS on Amdahl 5890
   Logon/logoff    : Owens Class: LIBRARY
                     Enter a ? at the "Enter terminal
                     type" prompt for a list of
                     terminals supported. Use Terminal
                     type Z29 if in doubt
   Hours available :
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : 45% (approx.)
     All material acquired/borrowed since 1975. MARC for recently catalogued
     items (2%). (600,000 items, 20,000 periodicals)
     Records: mainly circulation system (98%).
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Newcastle University
   NRS name        : DURHAM.GATE
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 1400 0500
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 1901
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : CATS
   Logon/logoff    : Which service?: NCL.INFO
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs: 500,000
   OPAC coverage   : c.50%
     All material acquired since 1970, and earlier material which has been
     borrowed.
     Periodicals included.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
NISSPAC
   NRS name        : NISS
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 6220 0000
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 6201
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : IBM
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   :
     Contains c.8,000 records in four datasets:
     the NISS Software and Datasets Catalogue (which includes
     records from the Public Domain Software Archive at Lancaster);
     the VAX/VMS Applications Software Directory;
     the IBM Study Contracts Database;
     the CHEST Directory.
   Notes           : The OPAC is normally accessed through the
     NISS gateway (address above); users may also login directly
     to Southampton (NRS address 0000 5030 0009; NRS name UK.AC.NISS.PAC;
     IXI address 2043 3450 5300).
      On successful connection to the host computer at Southampton a
      prompt in the form of a single dot will appear. At this point
      type  L NISSCAT. (The L is short for logon).
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Nottingham University
   NRS name        : NOTTINGHAM.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : nott.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 2100 2001
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 2120
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Username: LIBRARY
   Hours available : 0800-2200
   Stock-monographs:400,000
   OPAC coverage   : %
     OPAC coverage: 300,000 records for material acquired since 1985 or
     since 1982, excluding Special Collections, Government publications
     and Serials
   Date revised    : 6 March 1991

Open University
   NRS name        : OPEN.ACS.VAX
   NRS abbrev.     : ou.acsvax
   NRS address     : 0000 4150 0033
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4891
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Username: OULIBRARY
                     Type EXIT to logoff.
   Hours available : 0830-2359 Mon-Fri; 0830-1700 Sat-Sun
   Stock-monographs: 140,000
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     All monographs, but brief records only for earlier material.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Oxford University
   NRS name        : OXFORD.GANDALF-PACX
   NRS abbrev.     : ox.pacx
   NRS address     : 0000 5020 0011
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 5202
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Dobis/Libis
   Logon/logoff    : Press <Return> at "call connected"
                     Which service? LIBRARY
                     Terminal type    : VT100  or    : PC
                     Then press return at the blank screen
                     To logoff type //stop
   Hours available :
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   :
     Entire stock of English, Modern Languages, Social Sciences
     Libraries, and Hooke Lending Library. Taylor Institution
     Library post-1970 publications. All cataloguing since Sept. 1988
     of Bodleian, Law and Radcliffe Science libraries, libraries of
     Rhodes House and Indian Institute.
     Post-1988 books of Theology and Oriental Institute libraries.
     New acquisitions from 1989 of Balliol College, Corpus Christi
     College, New College and Nuffield College.
     New acquisitions from 1990 of the following libraries: Zoology,
     Alexander and Elton Libraries, Wolfson College, Queen Elizabeth
     House, Plant Sciences, Physiology, Music Faculty, Mathematical
     Institute, Institute of Economics and Statistics, Geography,
     Experimental Psychology, Computing Laboratory, Ashmolean Library
     and All Souls College.
     From 1991 new acquisitions of the following libraries: Educational
     Studies, Engineering Science, Latin American Centre, Maison
     Francais, Middle East Centre, Philosophy, St Anne's, St Antony's
     and the University Museum.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Polytechnic of Central London
   NRS name        : PCL.YAK
   NRS abbrev.     : pcl.yak
   NRS address     : 0000 4520 5000
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4790
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : User: LIBRARY
                     Type EXIT to logoff
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs: c.150,000
   OPAC coverage   : 98%
   Date revised    : 13 January 1990
 
Polytechnic South West
   NRS name        : POLY-SOUTH-WEST.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : psw.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 5260 2001
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 5990
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Username: LIBRARY
   Hours available : 0830-2200 Mon-Fri; 0900-1700 Sat; 1000-1800 Sun.
   Stock-monographs: 344,000
   OPAC coverage   : Plymouth 100%; Seale Hayne 74%; Exeter 33%; Exmouth: 24%
     Periodicals: Plymouth stock only.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Reading Univ
   NRS name        : RDG.LINNET
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 5010 0023 50
   IXI address     :
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : CLSI LIBS 100
   Logon/logoff    : On PADs which support greenbook set NOGREENBOOK.
                     When connected press Control O twice to begin.
                     No logoff: clear the call with Control P/A and CLR
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : 80%
   Date revised    : 6 March 1991
 
The Royal Greenwich Observatory
   NRS name        :
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : [not available online ]
   IXI address     :
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          :
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available :
   Stock:monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : Database contains only books, not periodicals,
     reports, or observatory publications
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
   NRS name        : RUTHERFORD.IBM-B
   NRS abbrev.     : rl.ib
   NRS address     : 0000 0000 0002
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 5000
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : STATUS
   Logon/logoff    : Logon using one of the ids
                     lib4, lib5, lib7 or lib8
                     e.g. type     LOGON LIB7
                     Password depends on the season, viz:
                     Mar - May 91  .................. SPRING91
                     Jun - Aug 91 ................... SUMMER91
                     Sept - Nov 91 .................. AUTUMN91
                     Dec 91 - Feb 92 ................ WINTER91
                     Search using LOOK, e.g. LOOK ASTROPHYSICS,
                     LOOK SOLAR + FLARE
                     Type END to leave the system
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs: c.20,000; c.70,000 reports
   OPAC coverage   : c.90%
     All post-1976 stock included
     Periodicals not included
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
St Andrews University
   NRS name        : ST-ANDREWS.LIB
   NRS abbrev.     : st-and.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 0700 7034 50
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 7600 50
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : SAULCAT [derived from CATS]
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available :
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   :
     Contains 180,000 records: all material published since 1972,
     all material acquired after 1981, most other material in heavy demand.
     Periodicals taken since 1973 included.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
St Andrews University Circulation system
   NRS name        : ST-ANDREWS.CIRCON
   NRS abbrev.     : st-and.circ
   NRS address     : 0000 0700 7233
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 7601
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : CIRCON [in-house]
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available :
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : 120,000 records for borrowable stock of Main
                     Library published after 1972 or acquired since
                     1981 and other heavily-used material. Includes
                     copy availability information.
   Date revised    :
 
Salford University
   NRS name        : SALFORD.SAISO
   NRS abbrev.     : salf.saiso
   NRS address     : 0000 1068 5100
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 1600
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System: BLCMP   :
   Logon/logoff    : Logout by typing @<return>,
                     then at system prompt [SYSC CONNECT] type
                     quit<return>
   Hours available : 0900-2050 Mon-Fri; 0900-1200 Sat.
                     Vacation: 0900-1700 Mon-Fri
   Stock-monographs: 160,000 approx.
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Periodicals included
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Sheffield University
   NRS name        : SHEFFIELD.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : shef.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 1220 0044 50
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 1700 50
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : BLCMP
   Hours available : 0800-2130 (Friday 0800-1700. Not Sunday)
   Stock-monographs: 600,000 volumes
   OPAC coverage   : 50% of monographs
      (Includes all books published 1978-).
      Periodicals included.
   Date revised    : 13 February 1991
 
South Bank Polytechnic Vax
   NRS name        : SOUTHBANK-POLY.VAX
   NRS abbrev.     : sbank.vax
   NRS address     : 0000 4570 1000
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4490
 
South Bank Polytechnic Geac
   NRS name        : SOUTHBANK-POLY.SWITCH
   NRS abbrev.     : sbank.switch
   NRS address     : 0000 4570 7930
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4491
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    : At prompt, enter G
   Hours available : 0900-2100 Mon-Fri
   Stock-monographs: 250,000
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Southampton University
   NRS name        : SOUTHAMPTON.USING
   NRS abbrev.     : soton.using
   NRS address     : 0000 5030 0009
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 5300
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : CATS
   Logon/logoff    : At prompt, type Logon using
   Hours available : Continuous, except during weekly updates,
                     usually 0200 hours Mon and Wed.
   Stock-monographs: 500,500
   OPAC coverage   :
     Full records (180,000) for all material added/recatalogued
     since 1981.
     All Wessex Medical Library, Oceanography and Biology stock.
     Brief records (200,000) for all material in the main Hartley
     Library acquired since 1972 borrowed since 1966.
     Current on-order file and Short Loan Collection material
     available via a sub-menu.
     Periodicals included (20,000 titles).
   Notes           : System will change to URICA during Summer 1991.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Stirling
   NRS name        : STIRLING.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : stir.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 7221 0000
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 7401
   Email-general   : library @ uk.ac.stirling
   Email-Interloans:
   System          : Dynix (running under Unix)
   Logon/logoff    : Type LIBRARY to logon
                     To Logoff, type OFF at the Welcome screen
   Hours available : Continuous
   Stock-monographs: 200,000 approx.
   OPAC coverage   : 70% approx.
     All monographs acquired since 1978 plus ongoing retrospective
     conversion.
     3,000 periodicals.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Strathclyde University
   NRS name        : STRATHCLYDE.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : strath.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 7100 1090
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 7501
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    : Type END to logout at any time
   Hours available : 0830-2200 Mon-Fri; 0830-1200 Sat;
                     during exam periods 0830-1700 Sat-Sun
   Stock-monographs: 320,000 approx.
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Periodicals included.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Surrey University
   NRS name        : SURREY.SYSI
   NRS abbrev.     : surr.sysi
   NRS address     : 0000 4800 0009
   IXI address     : 2043 345- 4751
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          :
   Logon/logoff    : Type  LOGIN MCS999
                     Password: SIS
   Hours available : 0000-0700, 0900-2400 daily
   Stock-monographs: 250,000
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Includes AV materials.
     Periodicals not included.
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Sussex University
   NRS name        : SUSSEX.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : susx.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 4900 0080
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4904
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Geac
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available : Continuous, except for short periods
                     outside library opening hours when
                     files are being updated
   Stock-monographs: 425,000
   OPAC coverage   : almost 100%
     Material in some small collections is only partially covered.
     Periodicals included.
   Date revised    : 27 January 1991
 
Swansea University
   NRS name        : SWANSEA.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : swan.libvax
   NRS address     : 0000 6060 3200
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 6601
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    : Username LIBRARY
                     Type EXIT to logout
   Hours available : 0800-2359
   Stock-monographs: 400,000 items (approx.)
   OPAC coverage   : 70% approx.
     Books borrowed since 1979, and all acquired since 1980.
     Periodicals included (8,600 titles)
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Thames Polytechnic
   NRS name        : THAMES.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : thames.lib
   NRS address     : 0000 4538 8000 40
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 4190
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: Not yet available
   System          : BLCMP
   Logon/logoff    : At the prompt THAMES POLYTECHNIC PAD>
                     type CALL LIBRARY
                     There is no logout procedure: terminate
                     from your end
   Hours available : 0900-2100 Mon-Thu; 0900-1730 Fri.
                     Vacation: 0900-1700
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : 95%
     Not all teacher training sites' materials added.
     Periodical titles included (holdings not shown)
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
   NRS name        : UK.AC.UMIST.CENTRAL-SERVICES.PRIME-A
   NRS abbrev.     : uk.ac.umist.cn.pa
   NRS address     : 0000 1021 6001
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 1201
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : SPCAML
   Logon/logoff    : LOGIN LIBRARY (Password LIBRARY)
   Hours available : 0900-2245
   Stock-monographs: 150000
   OPAC coverage   : 100%
     Periodicals included (5,000 titles).
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
University of Wales College of Cardiff
   NRS name        : CARDIFF.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     : cf.liby
   NRS address     : 0000 6030 0181
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 6001
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Libertas
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available : 0745-2130
   Stock-monographs:
   OPAC coverage   : 60% (c.360,000 MARC records)
     All monographs acquired since 1980, and pre-1980
     heavily-used material. All theses, dissertations, photocopies.
     All microform standards, and maps acquired since 1980.
     Periodicals included (short title records).
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
Warwick University
   NRS name        : WARWICK.OPAC
   NRS abbrev.     : warwk.opac
   NRS address     : 0000 5200 1017
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 5401
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : BLCMP
   Logon/logoff    : To Logon type OPAC
                     To quit, hold down CTRL key and press Y 3 times
   Hours available : ?0900-2130; Vacation: ?0900-1730 Mon-Fri
   Stock-monographs: 420,000
   OPAC coverage   : 95%
     Periodicals not included
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
York University
   NRS name        : YORK.LIBRARY
   NRS abbrev.     :
   NRS address     : 0000 0610 0012 40
   IXI address     : 2043 3450 0601 40
   Email-general   : [email-masked]
   Email-Interloans: [email-masked]
   System          : Dynix
   Logon/logoff    :
   Hours available : Continuous except some weekends in vacation
   Stock-monographs: 230,000
   OPAC coverage   : 98%
     All materials (books, periodicals, a/v, etc) included except items
     bought for the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies and College
     Libraries before November 1989; and a few special collections on loan
     from other bodies. Most items added since 1980 have full entries:
     the rest are Short Title. Items on order are included.
     Periodicals included (5,000).
   Date revised    : 11 February 1991
 
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Shirley Wood                             Peter Stone
(Technical Advice for Libraries)
Joint Network Team                       The Library
Rutherford Appleton Laboratories         University of Sussex
Didcot, OX11 0QX                         Brighton BN1 9QL
jnt-secretary @ uk.ac.jnt                P.Stone @ uk.ac.sussex.cluster
Telephone: (UK)     0235 445517          Telephone: (UK)     0273 678475
  International: +44 235 445517            International: +44 273 678475
Electronic mail:
  (UK) [email-masked]           [email-masked]
  X.400 C=GB; ADMD= ; PRMD=UK.AC; O=JNT; S=JNT-Secretary
  RFC mail: [email-masked]
 
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