RLIN Committee Meeting: The meeting of the OBS RLIN Committee will be on Monday, 22 July 1996, from 7:00-8:15 am. (Don't even think about what that would be on Pacific Time!) The meeting is open to everyone, and I welcome agenda suggestions. Also, I've ordered muffins, coffee, tea (regular and herbal), and they may even be able to come up with bagels and cream cheese for us!

I would also like to encourage those without access to the World Wide Web to go to the Internet Room at the Annual Meeting and check out RLG's web pages. They have a new address:

http://www.rlg.org

It contains helpful FAQ's, files, and specifics about areas of future development.

New addresses: Yes, RLG's use of Stanford's domain on the internet, stanford.edu, will cease, and RLG will begin to use rlg.org. Their web pages have moved to http://www.rlg.org, their lists have moved to lists.rlg.org, and anonymous FTP is now at ftp.rlg.org . There is also a new telnet address for information about and tryout of Eureka: eureka-info.rlg.org .

Status information and statistics on the Web: There is a new Web page that displays RLG system status at:

http://www.rlg.org/status.html

This page is not only useful for checking RLIN, Eureka, or Zephyr system status (up or down, and if down, when the next update will be), but contains a handy link to the regular and holiday service hours.

Monthly host port group statistics are also available for RLIN users who connect over the internet or CompuServe. This includes information about peak activity, number of connections, and number of denied connections. You will need your host port group ID number(s) which can be obtained from Barbara Barone in the RLIN Information Center (1-800-537-RLIN). To view the statistics, go to:

http://www.rlg.org/home/hostport.html

Research Libraries Group's Goals: RLG has released information on their Strategy for 2000. There is a good discussion of their future goals in the Research Libraries Group News (Winter 1996), but I would encourage everyone to check out the RLG web pages on this topic

http://www.rlg.org/strat/intro.html

On the web pages specific goals are related to specific projects, many of which have to do with RLIN, Ariel, and the World Wide Web.

Yes, the Web! The first prototype of Web Access to RLG's information resources is planned for use in early 1997. This project will be necessary for achieving RLG's other goals, such as the Studies in Scarlet digital collections project (a comprehensive collection of 19th century family law and domestic relationships).

Interesting ILL projects are also under development. "CoPY" is being undertaken with Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. This project involves linked searching of opacs, and seamless links to the RLIN ILL system:

http://www.rlg.org/strat/projcopy.html

Ariel enhancements under development include the ability for Ariel to communicate with any MIME client, i.e., to send ILL's directly to the end user's desktop. RLG will also implement a subset of the International Organization for Standardization's ILL protocol.

Ariel News: And, speaking of Ariel, Ariel 1.1 for Windows was released in February. The new version includes a transfer status window, toolbar enhancements, better support for the WinSock DLL for Novell's Lan Workplace, and importation of Ariel files.

Information on obtaining the upgrade is available from:

http://www.rlg.org/ariel11upd.html

or from RLG on diskette. (For information about the upgrade, contact Cindi Carlson at the RLIN Information Center.)

RLIN Terminal for Windows: Information on how to set up one account to allow multiple logons was announced in April. Most RLIN accounts are set up to allow only one person to logon to the account at a time. RLIN Terminal for Windows 2.0, however, allows two or more simultaneous RLIN sessions! There are billing issues that should be considered before making these changes, since connect hour charges could increase, or you may reach your limit of pre-set simultaneous users, and may need to adjust that limit by paying for additional simultaneous use ports.

If you wish to change an account's automatic logon setting, at the <Command> prompt, Type SET AUTO XMULTIPLE to allow multiple logons on that account, or Type SET AUTO NOMULTIPLE to reset the account back to the single logon option. For more information, contact the RLIN Information Center (bl.ric@rlg.org, or 800-537-RLIN).

CitaDel: Last year, RLG added the Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies (RAS) to CitaDel. These bibliographies cover various topics, including law, and are available only as a CitaDel file. Subject headings are in both Russian and English, and coverage begins in 1992. For more information see:

http://www.rlg.org/cit-ras.html

Another unique file, recently added, is the Chicano Database (CDB). It is a bibliographic database containing information on Mexican-American topics and the broader Latino experience, including law and sociology, with coverage from 1967 through 1993 (earlier for some topics).

Diogenes: The first library to use Diogenes for reclassification is Yale Law Library. This and other Diogenes news is in an article on Diogenes in the Research Libraries Group News (Winter 1996). It is well worth reading, and information on it has been mounted on the Web:

http://www.rlg.org/diogenes.html

Pricing: A preview of 1996-97 RLG Service Rates has been released. Search block rates will stay the same, for the fourth year in a row. RLG membership dues and PRESERV and SHARES fees will also remain the same. Record Export prices will also not change.

There will be increases in the host port fees. Hourly internet users will see rates increase to about $3.00, and network-dial users will see their rates increase to about $10.95 per hour. Monthly host port access fees will increase to $99.00 per month per simultaneous user.