Exciting new options are available from the CIT publication ordering service. In many cases, you will now be able to choose how to obtain the manual—viewed online (via Acrobat), printed to your local printer, or printed centrally. This new service will enable you to get up-to-date documentation quickly and easily.
The major change is that IBM manuals and many CIT-written publications will now be printed on the NIH Computer Center’s high-speed, OS/390 laser printers. Thus the CIT Technical Information Office (TIO) will no longer have to stock a large quantity of vendor-produced manuals.
Old System (Still Available)
You order a hardcopy manual as you did before—by going to the CIT publications Web page, entering your account/initials combination and RACF password or Unix username/login, and selecting a manual from the appropriate category. As in the past, you can have it mailed or placed in your output box. In addition, you can also stop in at CIT’s help desk, TASC (building 12A, room 1011) where a small supply of popular IBM manuals will be kept on-hand. Other walk-in requests will be placed in an output box or mailed within 24 hours.
New System
The CIT publications page—under "View, Print & Order Publications"—lists the manuals available, including IBM manuals and many CIT-written manuals. Clicking on a title will take you to a page that lists the "Available Formats" for that document.
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"Viewing and Printing Online 
If you select "View"" (via View/Print on Demand), clicking on the monitor icon will take you to the document in PDF format via Acrobat reader.
After viewing the document (in PDF format), you can either save it to your workstation or print it on a local printer.
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Printing at the Central Printers 
If you select "Print" (via View/Print on Demand), you will be prompted for a "User name" (CIT account/initials combination) and RACF "Password." A print-order page appears, where you can order printing of 1-to-10 copies of the manual. Copies can be mailed or delivered to your output box (or another mail or output box specified). These manuals will be printed on the high-speed laser printers using two-sided, three-hole punched paper. The first copy of each manual is free. If you have printed the manual before—or if you order more than one copy—an alert message pops up to notify you of the charges. After placing an order, you will see an online confirmation message. The manual(s) will be placed in your output box, or mailed within 24 hours.
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Ordering Other Manuals 
Some manuals (specific vendor manuals and older CIT manuals) are only available through the old system. You will need to supply your CIT account/initials and password, or Unix username/login. You will be able to select the delivery method—to output box, by mail (within 24 hours), or personal pickup at TASC (building 12A, room 1011).
Subscription Service Has Changed
The old subscription service—for automatic updates of manuals—has also undergone a change. You can now subscribe to a publications interest list, and receive e-mail notification whenever a new manual is available. Go to the NIH Listserv page for the list cit-doc-renew, and select "Join or leave the list." Updates will no longer be distributed unless they are specifically requested.
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