Public Access Computer Systems Forum (PACS-L) Records

Collection

Identifier: 1991-003

Staff Only

This collection consists of eleven boxes of printed e-mail correspondence among members of the Public-Access Computer Systems Forum (PACS-L). The distribution list was established by Charles W. Bailey, Jr., and provided by the University of Houston Libraries. These documents are dated from July 1989 to February 1991, corresponding to Bailey's tenure as moderator. There is also a notebook of handwritten notes, and four compact discs containing PACS-L archives.

Dates

1989-1991

Conditions Governing Access

Open for Research.

Conditions Governing Use

Special Collections owns the physical items in our collections, but copyright normally belongs to the creator of the materials or their heirs. The researcher has full responsibility for determining copyright status, obtaining permission to publish from copyright holders, and abiding by current copyright laws when publishing or displaying copies of Special Collections material in print or electronic form. For more information, consult the appropriate librarian. Reproduction decisions will be made by Special Collections staff on a case-by-case basis.

Extent

14.5 linear feet

Additional Description

Historical Information

The Public Access Computer Systems Forum (PACS-L) was a BITNET mailing list established by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. at the University of Houston Libraries in 1989 and active until 2013. Conversations on the list dealt with end-user computer systems in libraries.

References:

PACS-L http://epress.lib.uh.edu/pacsl/pacsl.html

PACS-L Archive http://digital-scholarship.org/pacs-l/pacs-l.htm

Tennant, R. "Remembering PACS-L" http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2015/11/social-media/remembering-pacs-l/