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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 08:52:31 EDT
From: "Bonita D. Young" <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: ART SIG meeting
The next METRO Art Special Interest Group meeting (ARTSIG) will be held:
Tuesday July 22, 1997
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
METRO
57 East 11th Street
Fourth Floor
New York, New York 10003
(212) 228-2320
Discussions will focus on questions about METRO proposals made at the
previous meeting:
1) What is the status of METRO's training schedule for new classes in
Windows '95, MS ACCESS, MS EXCEL, etc? What would be required of
ARTSIG to set up these programs (i.e., is there a minimum number of
members we would have to guarantee before METRO would begin?)
2) What is the status of METRO's WINDOWS interface? Is it running?
How does one access it? Can we use our WINRLIN3 software through
METRO with the full range of tech. services activities (e.g.,
inputting, importing, exporting, ILL)?
3) Can METRO begin exploring the possibility of shared access to
databases, such as, LC DESKTOP, ART INDEX, Encyclopedia Britannica,
and other products (presumably available on the web) that might be
prohibitively expensive for individual libraries? How long will
this take? Does METRO need to "sign up" a minimum number in order to
inaugurate such a subscription?
4) If an individual ARTSIG institution needs consulting on a
technological problem (e.g., local software package that doesn't
work right), what is the mechanism for expediting that consulting?
Does METRO provide addresses? Are there discount rates if more than
one institution uses a consultant?
