OCLC Plans to Enhance EJO Web Using Java in 1996

DUBLIN, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1996--OCLC will use Java technology to enhance its
OCLC Electronic Journals Online (EJO) World Wide Web interface, allowing
wider access to the journals and improved display of articles through the
Web.

Java technology will enable OCLC to re-create the typeset-quality display
of EJO documents available under EJO Guidon, the current graphical user
interface developed by OCLC, while allowing access from browsers running
on Windows, Macintosh and UNIX systems.

"The Java technology will enable EJO users to enjoy all the rich features
and functionality in Guidon without the need for special, proprietary
software," said Rick Noble, vice president, OCLC reference services. "We
think the use of Java will help make these important scholarly journals
more accessible to potential users."

The Java programming language, developed by Sun Microsystems, allows small
programs, called applets, to be built into World Wide Web pages. Written
in the Java language and read by Web browsers such as HotJava and Netscape
Navigator 2.0, applets provide the computing power to bring dynamic,
intelligent applications, such as EJO, to the Web. When accessed, applets
transparently migrate across the network and run on the user's machine, so
there is no software to load at the user site.

OCLC introduced Guidon to meet the functionality needs of electronic
publishing in 1992. Today, the interface environment is changing rapidly
due to the popularity of the World Wide Web and nonproprietary browsers.

The Java environment enables OCLC to combine the best of both worlds. EJO
Web using Java will retain unique features of Guidon display capabilities,
such as the ability to display complex equations and special
characters--all with the universality and convenience of Web browsers.

Java will be incorporated into OCLC's EJO Web interface in late 1996.

The OCLC Electronic Journals Online service currently offers 48 electronic
journals through Windows- and Mac-based interfaces. Some of the journals
are now available through a World Wide Web interface. Journals available
on the OCLC Electronic Journals Online service include: Immunology Today
Online, Applied Physics Letters Online, Current Opinions in Medicine
series (24 journals), Current Opinions in Biology series (6 journals),
Electronics Letters Online, The Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for
Nursing, The Online Journal of CURRENT CLINICAL TRIALS, Physical Review
Letters Online, Vaccine Online, and the IEE Proceedings series (11
journals).

OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a nonprofit computer library service
and research organization whose computer network and services link more
than 21,000 libraries in 63 countries and territories. OCLC is on the
World Wide Web at http://www.oclc.org/.
 
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