Launch of COPAC (the new CURL OPAC) (fwd)

["Dr. Rudolf Nink" <nink _at__ bib.uni-mannheim.de>]

Liebe Kollegen,
Anbei Information zu COPAC sowie eine Mitteilung aus lis-link, einer 
subskribierenswerten Liste aus England. Informationen unter
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk

 COPAC currently gives access to the 
combined university library catalogues of Cambridge, Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Leeds and Oxford. The catalogues of a further ten CURL member 
libraries will be added over
the coming months. The service is still at an early stage of development, 
but provides search, retrieve,
display and download facilities via two interfaces, text and WWW. Access 
to COPAC is free of charge.

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               Dr. Rudolf Nink M.A. PhD.
              Mannheim University Library
               nink _at__ bib.uni-mannheim.de

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Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 10:25:06 +0100 (BST)
From: Mrs SA Davnall <curlinfo _at__ cs6400.mcc.ac.uk>
To: lis-link _at__ mailbase.ac.uk
Subject: Launch of COPAC (the new CURL OPAC)

COPAC: The Launch of a new National OPAC

COPAC, the new national OPAC, was officially launched on Tuesday April 30th 
at a seminar in the John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester. 
COPAC is based on the union catalogue database of the Consortium of 
University Research Libraries (CURL). The development has been funded by 
the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).

The launch was addressed by Professor Martin Harris, the
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester, Mr. Derek Law, Chair
of the Information Systems Sub-Committee of the Joint Information
Systems Committee, Mr. Reg Carr, Librarian of the University of Leeds
and Secretary of CURL, and Mrs. Sarah Davnall, CURL OPAC Project
Leader. One of the driving forces behind the development of COPAC has
been the shared objective of both JISC and CURL to provide universal
access to the important research collections held by the CURL
libraries. This was reflected in the presentations, which all
emphasised the importance of cooperation and collaboration in order to
provide the best possible service to the user community, particularly
important in circumstances where libraries are increasingly
interdependent because of financial restrictions.  In token of this
collaboration the Heads of Agreement on which COPAC is founded were
signed by Reg Carr (for CURL) and Derek Law (for JISC).

COPAC currently gives access to the combined university library
catalogues of:

   Cambridge
   Edinburgh
   Glasgow
   Leeds 
   Oxford

The catalogues of a further ten CURL member libraries will be added
over the coming months. The service is still at an early stage of
development, but provides search, retrieve, display and download
facilities via two interfaces, text and WWW. Access to COPAC is free
of charge.

The URL of the WWW interface is: http://copac.ac.uk/copac/

To access the text interface, 
      telnet to: copac.ac.uk
      login as:  copac
      password:  copac

Postcript copies of the userguides for both interfaces are available
for downloading at: http://copac.ac.uk/copac/userguide/

A WWW page giving more information about COPAC is at: 
 http://copac.ac.uk/copacinfo/

We would welcome libraries making a link to COPAC from library web
pages. Posters, leaflets and user guides will be available shortly -
please contact us if you would like to receive these.

Enquiries may also be addressed to Shirley Cousins or Ashley Sanders at:
The COPAC Helpdesk
Tel: 0161 275 6037 
Email: copac _at__ mcc.ac.uk

-- 
COPAC Help Desk (copac _at__ mcc.ac.uk)
CURL OPAC Project    
National Services Group, Manchester Computing,
Computer Building, University of Manchester,
Oxford Road,  Manchester M13 9PL,  United Kingdom
Fax:  0161 275 6040           Tel:  0161 275 6037