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Anastacia Iacono
College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is the official newsmagazine and publication of record of the Association of College & Research Libraries, providing articles on the latest trends and practices affecting academic and research libraries.
The rumors were confirmed on October 1 when Ameritech Corporation announced that it had acquired NOTIS Systems, Inc. The terms and the total value of the transaction were not disclosed. NOTIS Systems, Inc., will operate as a unit of Ameritech Information Systems, an Ameritech subsidiary formed in 1989 to serve the communications and information management needs of business, government, and education customers.
Located in Evanston, Illinois, NOTIS began at Northwestern University from a commitment in the 1960s to develop an integrated online library system to serve the Northwestern University Library. NOTIS became a separate, for-proflt coiporation owned by Northwestern University in 1987 and currently has sold software and maintenance services to over 140 customers and supports about 200 libraries in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and New Zealand. Ameritech is the Chicago-based parent of the Bell companies serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, as well as several other information-related services. Its 1990 revenues were $10.7 billion.
More than 1.5 million place names are listed. In addition to populated places, both incorporated and unincorporated, the gazetteer also covers natural features, such as hills, mountains, valleys, basins, rivers, lakes, streams, bays, harbors, capes, islands, beaches, forests, caves, and rock formations. There are also tens of thousands of entries for structures, facilities, and locales: schools, churches, hospitals, parks, airports, military installations, public buildings, dams, reservoirs, bridges, towers, historic sites, battlefields, and cemeteries. Variant forms are cross- indexed to the main listings.