University Times

Many University Press titles to be available electronically this year The University of Pittsburgh Press will provide a portion of its scholarly and reference books to netLibrary, a leading provider of electronic books and information on the Inter net. netLibrary converts hard-copy books to a proprietary electronic format, stores them on the netLibrary server and […]

Community group asks University to postpone razing of two buildings At a crowded City Planning Commission hearing March 23, about a dozen speakers urged the commission to postpone the razing of two buildings on the site of a University housing project. Most of the arguments came from officials and clients of People's Oakland, a social […]

WSP launches book-sharing project Pitt's Women's Studies Program has launched a book-sharing program with foreign universities trying to develop gender studies programs. Among the universities involved are the University of Witswatersrand, Johanne sburg; University of Budapest, and Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan. Several universities in South America are also under consideration as participants. These universities […]

UPMCHS initiates virtual transcription service UPMC Health System has begun a virtual transcription service using Internet-based technology to provide fast, accurate and secure electronic transmission of dictated and transcribed medical reports. Physicians dial in, provide ID numbers, then dictate their reports. Transcriptionists, using specialized software, retrieve the secure, encrypted voice files from the system's server […]

New federal regulation will not affect University tuition benefits Unlike some other higher education institutions, the University of Pittsburgh will not reduce employees' tuition benefits in response to a change in federal regulations, Pitt's chief financial officer says. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has announced that it will no longer allow universities to […]

SIS gets state grant The state has awarded a $253,000 grant to the Department of Library and Information Science in Pitt's School of Information Sciences (SIS) to profile innovative uses of technology in educational settings across Pennsylvania. Funded through the Link-to-Learn Educational Technology Impact Analysis, the project will develop case studies of at least 12 […]

Pitt testing Internet library system Through April, Pitt Internet users can search four other institutions' library catalogs online and request that books be sent to a University Library System (ULS) library. The system was developed by the Pennsy lvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc., which includes Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Lafayette College, Lehigh and Penn State, […]