From: onsrud Subject: PUBS: 1991 GIS Bibliography from the NCGIA Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:01:46 LCL Message-ID: Crossposted from comp.infosystems.gis NCGIA Annual GIS Bibliography Project for 1991 Attached is the table of contents for the first bibliography in a proposed series of NCGIA annual GIS bibliographies. The primary intent of this project is to provide electronic access to articles contained in GIS proceedings and book compendiums. At present, searching for such articles is typically done manually. The annual database produced through this project is available for free at the ncgia anonymous ftp site. The database may be downloaded by anyone with access to the electronic network and then used with desktop bibliographic software such as EndNote Plus, Pro-Cite or BibIX/Refer(Unix). The desktop software allows users to carry out various types of searches and aids them in automatically generating bibliographies on specific topics. From a practical perspective, only authors, dates, and words in titles may be searched because neither key words nor abstracts have been entered into the database. As an alternative, the database may be printed and with the citations listed in table of contents order for the volumes covered by the bibliography. The 1991 volume contains approximately 1000 citations. If academic users find the 1991 bibliography worthwhile (and other bibliography efforts don't replace the need for this effort), NCGIA intends to provide similar volumes in January of each year for the preceding year. (Note: The 1991 NCGIA bibliography files were complete before appearance of the Marble et. al. proposed bibliography project on GIS-L. However, the focus of the efforts vary and should be viewed as complementary to each other.) The table of contents for the NCGIA Annual GIS Bibliography for 1991 follows: Chapter One Introduction Chapter Two Electronic Access to GIS Articles in Journals Chapter Three GIS Proceedings Citations for 1991 ACSM/ASPRS Annual Convention (Baltimore - Volumes 2 and 4 only) AM/FM International Conference XIV (San Diego) AURISA '91 (Wellington, New Zealand) Auto-Carto 10 (Baltimore - ACSM/ASPRS Annual Convention Proceedings V. 6) Canadian Conference on GIS '91(Ottawa) EGIS '91 (Brussels) GIS '91 Symposium (Vancouver, B.C.) GIS/LIS '91 (Atlanta) SSD '91 Advances in Spatial Databases (Zurich) Symposium on Spatial Database Accuracy (Melbourne) URISA Annual Conference (San Francisco) Chapter Four GIS Compendium Citations for 1991 Advances in Cartography Muller, Editor Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space Mark and Frank, Editors Geographic Information Systems: The Microcomputer in Modern Cartography Taylor, Editor Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications Maguire, Goodchild, & Rhind, Editors Handling Geographical Information Masser and Blakemore, Editors Map Generalization: Making Rules for Knowledge Representation Buttenfield and McMaster, Editors Metadata in the Geosciences Medyckyj-Scott, Newman, Ruggles and Walker, Editors Please let us know if there are 1991 proceedings and compendiums in addition to those listed that you would like to see included in any update of the database. For those unable to acquire the database through anonymous ftp, a hardcopy titled "NCGIA Annual GIS Bibliography for 1991" may be obtained for a nominal price from NCGIA. A 3.5 inch disk containing the same files as available at the ftp site is supplied with each hardcopy. Address: NCGIA 3510 Phelps Hall, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060 The document and accompanying database may or may not be suitable for some purpose you intend. Although we have tried to list titles accurately, we make no guarantees, implied or otherwise, that the titles are accurate or comprehensive. We claim no rights in the factual list of article titles and encourage its free dissemination in digital form for academic purposes. Acquiring Copies of the Database through Anonymous FTP The GIS Bibliography for 1991 can be accessed through anonymous ftp at ncgia.ucsb.edu (128.111.254.105). For those unfamiliar with the use of ftp, a detailed set of instructions in accessing the NCGIA ftp site is provided in the hardcopy document available at the address noted above. The bibliography is contained in five different files for the convenience of different users. (Note: These are the same versions that have been available at the ftp site since mid-summer of 1992 ). GIS91.PROCITE GIS91.REFER GIS91.LIB GIS91.PS GIS91.TXT The first three files are contained in the subdirectory pubs / biblio / 1991. The "GIS91.PROCITE" file uses the Pro-Cite import/export format. The "GIS91.REFER" file uses the Refer/BibIX import/export format. These two files may be used on any platform (i.e. DOS, MacIntosh, or UNIX) with EndNote, EndNote Plus, or any other bibliographic software packages that accept these formats. (Note: The REFER file may require some editting if you are not using Endnote Plus). The GIS91.LIB file is an Endnote Plus document and is in binary form. This file may be used directly using Endnote software on a Macintosh. (Note: Transferring this file between DOS and Macintosh causes no problems but we are experiencing difficulty drawing it back from the UNIX system. Thus, if you currently want this file, send for the disk). For those who don't have desk top bibliography software, citations can also be accessed through postscript or ASCII formats. "GIS91.PS" and "GIS91.TXT" were created using the MLA bibliographic style and export function in EndNote Plus. These files are contained, respectively, in the following subdirectories: pubs / biblio / postscript and pubs / biblio / text. Most word processing programs will enable you to search these digital files for any specific words of interest. Whereas the first three files listed above contain only citations, these two files contain the accompanying written text (what you are now reading) and are therefore more appropriate for use if you want a finished hardcopy printout of the entire GIS Bibliography for 1991. All NGCIA on-line publications and datasets are also automatically accessible through the WAIS system (Wide Area Information Servers). Harlan Onsrud Onsrud@mecan1.maine.edu Steve Frank Stevef@mecan1.maine.edu NCGIA - University of Maine Legal Footnote: ( ... because the following issue has been raised) To the best of our knowledge and belief, authors and publishers of bibliographies are not required by law to acquire permission of copyright holders in order to minimally reference the articles or volumes of the copyright holders. Nor has this been the common practice in the academic community in the past. Thus, we have not asked for permission from the copyright holders whether we could reference the articles which appear in the "NCGIA Annual GIS Bibliography for 1991." We believe the traditional practice of the U.S. academic community in regard to this matter is well supported by U.S. law. Under U.S. Copyright Law, facts are not copyrightable. We interpret the titles of articles, the names of authors and the journals and page numbers where those articles appear to be facts. Further, we contend there is no unique authorship in a computer file of such facts if the facts are arranged alphabetically, chronologically, or not arranged at all. (See, Feist Publications vs. Rural Telephone Service, 111 S.Ct1282 (1991)). A recent European Community Commission proposed directive on the legal protection of databases (Jan. 1992) appears to be consistent with the Feist findings in regard to the selection and arrangement of facts within a database. However, the proposed directive also confers on the database creator an additional sui generis right preventing unauthorized extraction of a database's "noncopyrightable" contents in whole or substantial part for commercial purposes. The proposed additional protection applies only to electronically stored databases and not to printed compilations. Because our bibliography does not reproduce a substantial part of any particular document, is not for commercial purposes, and was not drawn from another electronic source, the directive would not apply in this instance. Although it is purposely vague, the Berne convention also imposes an originality standard for works to be protected by the laws of those Nations adhering to the convention (See, 4 M.Nimmer, Nimmer on Copyright app. 27 (1989) for a copy of the Berne Convention text). Finally, even if the items contained in the accompanying NCGIA bibliography are subject to copyright protection, and we do not admit such, we contend that our specific usage is well within that allowed by the fair use provisions of U.S. copyright law. If you are a publisher and copyright holder of a volume referenced in this bibliography and you disagree with our interpretation of the law, simply let us know that you do not want the existence of articles in your publications made known to the academic community through public domain bibliographies and we will gladly remove from our bibliographic files any references to articles in your company's publications. We will also help advertise your company's position on this matter to the academic community (e.g. you believe that factual listings of titles requires permission, you only want your titles listed with commercial electronic bibliographic services which charge fees for accessing the titles and return a profit to you, etc.) Thus, although we believe the manner in which we have created and electronically distributed this bibliography is perfectly legal we are willing to accomodate the wishes of publishers.