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M U D P i E no. 16 
Museum and University Data, Program and Information Exchange 
MUSEUM COMPUTER, NETWORK 
Under the date of February 8, 1971, David Vance(Vice 
Chairman of Administrative Committee, Museum Computer Network, 
27 West 53rd St, New York, NY 10019) distributed a summary and 
history of the Network plus a series of replacement sheets to 
be inserted in the document entitled "Structure and Content of 
a Museum Data Bank” (see MUDPIE no. 11). The review of past and 
present condition of the Network is worth reading, and we would 
reproduce if here if it-were not quite so long. I recommend it 
to MUDPIE readers. Vance has distributed additional copies of 
the structure and content paper to those who did not attend the 
meeting in New York last year, so I would guess he has copies 
available for others who would like to have it.-- JAP . 
COMPUTER CYTOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS 
BioSciences Information Service has recently announced the 
availability of "standard” profiles, which are designed to 
provide all the benefits of an individualized or customized 
profile of current literature to a group of scientists rather 
than just to one. Procedures used in preparing the profile 
are identical whether it is customized or standard, but the 
latter is more economical because the users are sharing the 
costs. The profile is used to search the complete index files 
of each issue of Biological Abstracts and the Bioresearch 
Index, producing a printout of the essential bibliographic 
information for selected items, which is mailed to all subscri¬ 
bers once a month. The only standard profile currently avail¬ 
able of interest to MUDPIE is one on Computer Cyfological 
Diagnosis. Fifteen others have been announced, however, and 
more will be added in response to indications of need. The 
annual subscription for a standard profile is $50.00 (one-half 
the cost of a customized service). If interested, contact 
R and D Department, BioSciences Information Service, 2100 HSuTvT" 
, Philadelphia, PA 19103. --JAP. / 'V' 
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COMPUTERIZED BIBLIOGRAPHIES 
The computer has been regarded by bibliographers as the Ark 
that will keep us all from being lost in a flood that makes the 
one Noah went through look like the squeezings from a wet wash 
cloth. The number of methods devised for storage and retrieval of 
literature on larger or smaller subj ects is legion, and some of 
them work. Others, by virtue of their sheer bulk, or the diffi- 
