RLG Focus June 2001 Issue Now Available on the Web

[Joan Swanekamp <joan.swanekamp@YALE.EDU>]

             RLG Focus June 2001 Issue Now Available on the Web             
                                                                            
                                                                            
 The June 2001 issue of RLG Focus, our bimonthly newsletter, is about to be 
 mailed.   All articles are already available on the Web at:                
                                                                            
       http://www.rlg.org/r-focus/i50.html                                  
                                                                            
 An annotated table of contents for issue 50 is appended below.             
                                                                            
 If you don't currently receive the printed RLG Focus, would like more      
 copies, or have changed your address, send e-mail to ldp@notes.rlg.org.    
                                                                            
 We're always looking for contributors willing to briefly describe how they 
 have used RLG services or resources, or the significance of records they   
 are adding to the RLG union catalog.  Just drop a note to "RLG Focus Eds"  
 c/o kss@notes.rlg.org.  Suggestions for future articles are also always    
 welcome.                                                                   
                                                                            
 Karen Smith-Yoshimura                                                      
 (Editor, RLG Focus)                                                        
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 Contents of RLG Focus issue 50, June 2001                                  
                                                                            
 RLG Services: A Glimpse behind the Information Technology Curtain          
    Overview of the technology behind RLG services over the past three      
    years.                                                                  
                                                                            
 RLG East Asian Librarians Share Experiences with Original Scripts in       
 Eureka                                                                     
    Summary of the panel presentations of RLG East Asian librarians from    
    Princeton University, Columbia University, and Yale University who      
    shared their experiences with Eureka's new original-script features at  
    the March 23, 2001 RLG CJK Users Discussion Group meeting hosted by the 
    University of Chicago.                                                  
                                                                            
 Use Eureka's Limit Tool to Pinpoint Your Search                            
    Description of how you can use Eureka's Limit feature to limit result   
    sets.                                                                   
                                                                            
 Eureka Export Functions and Displays Improve                               
    Overview of the improvements made to exporting records for              
    bibliographies and showing owning institutions in RLG Union Catalog     
    displays.                                                               
                                                                            
 RLG Union Catalog Covers the World!                                        
    Chart showing the "top title holders" of the 40 million titles in the   
    RLG Union Catalog, by country of publication and language.              
                                                                            
 University of Washington Gallagher Law Library Adds Records for Russian    
 and Soviet Law to the RLG Union Catalog                                    
     William Brokaw McCloy  describes the Gallagher Law Library's Russian   
    Recon Project, which added Cyrillic-script records to the RLG Union     
    Catalog and reclassified materials on Russian and Soviet Law into       
    current LC classifications.   Accompanied by a sample record.           
                                                                            
 RLIN Makes UK Arabic and Persian Recon Project Possible                    
    Shirley Perry, of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester,    
    describes the cooperative recon project of six libraries in the United  
    Kingdom to create records for materials in Arabic and Persian using     
    RLIN. Accompanied by a sample record.                                   
                                                                            
 Successful Borrow Direct Model for ILL to Expand in July                   
    A recap of the pilot project where Columbia University, the University  
    of Pennsylvania, Yale University, and RLG tested whether "lenders of    
    first resort" could dramatically lower the unit cost of interlibrary    
    loan while maintaining high service standards.                          
                                                                            
 Making the Most of Eureka--a New FAQ                                       
    Announcement of a new Frequently Asked Questions document based on      
    input received from the Eureka Feedback button:                         
    http://www.rlg.org/eurfaq.html                                          
                                                                            





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