Library Juice 1:18 - May 13, 1998
Quote of the week: "It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good or not." - SENECA Contents: 1. Free Pint (UK-based email newsletter on web resources) 2. Internet Resources Newsletter (science oriented) 3. American Libraries Online, May 11 edition 4. Headlines from LJ Digital (http://www.ljdigital.com/) 5. Encryption Special Report--_Washington Post_ 6. "The Libraries FAQ" 7. Organization for a Liberated Society (OLS) 8. A Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices 9. The Düsseldorf Virtual Library 10. Spectrum Initiative reminder 11. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) Update 12. BUBL 5:15 (BUBL Link - Dewey Classification Internet Guide) 13. Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly (free email newsletter) 14. Gays and Lesbians: Reference and Bibliographical Works Annotated 15. Website for Leyland Publishers and Gay Sunshine Press 16. Ad for New York Times online archives 17. Two from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 18. 655,369 short stories and novels online at http://www.alexlit.com/ 19. Student projects from U. of Alberta's SLIS (digital oriented) 20. Digital Info Interchange Standards and Digital Preservation - Resources 21. Senate May Soon Consider Internet Filtering Bill (EPIC Alert) 22. Upcoming Conferences and Events advertised in The EPIC Alert 23. E-MAIL Privacy Discussed by Virginia Supreme Court Justice Kinser 24. VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL NEWSLETTER _________________________________________________________________________ 1. Free Pint (UK-based email newsletter on web resources) Hi, We publish the free fortnightly newsletter "Free Pint" which is written by information professionals in the UK who give tips on how to make the most of the Web and where to find the best resources. We have just published the 13th issue which has been sent to more than 7500 subscribers. Therefore, if you would like to reserve your free copy or see the archive of past issues then may I invite you to visit our Web site at http://www.freepint.co.uk/ Kind regards, William Hann Managing Editor, Free Pint william[at]freepint.co.uk http://www.freepint.co.uk/ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Internet Resources Newsletter (science oriented) The May issue of Internet Resources Newsletter, the free Web resource for academics, students, engineers, scientists, and social scientists, is now available on the Web at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn44/irn44.html (Note! the 'W's in 'libWWW' are in upper case!) Featured in this issue: Over 100 new good quality Web sites New email resources Nice Web site of the month report The Internet in Print (reviews of Internet magazines, etc) Internet.au: Network News: BIDS, NISS, BUBL, EEVL, SOSIG, EDINA, Chest, MIDAS, RUDI, OMNI, ELDIS, Netskills, Biz/ed Recent Internet Books in the Library Get a life ! Leisure Time Stop Press! How to Find Out in Chemical & Process Engineering - New Edition Published by the Internet Resource Centre at Heriot-Watt University Library. ------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from NetInLib-Announce, see http://www.targetinform.com/netinlib/ ------------------------------------------ _________________________________________________________________________ 3. American Libraries Online, May 11 edition News stories appearing in the May 11 American Libraries Online <http://www.ala.org/alonline/> * Computer Crash Hits Suburban Chicago Libraries * Funding Measure Squeaks by in Cleveland * Dallas Voters OK $10-Million Library Bond * SLC Gets 3,000 Applications for Initial Universal-Service Discounts * National Library Legislative Day Draws 450 Advocates to D.C. * ACLU Holds "Cyber March" to Oppose Mandatory Filtering * Libertarians Drop Ventura County Library Suit * Felony Abuse Charges Filed Following Internet Encounter American Libraries* Web site also features the latest *Internet Librarian* columns by Karen Schneider; AL*s *Career Leads* job ads; listings of conferences, continuing-education courses, exhibitions, and other events from AL*s *Datebook*; Tables of Contents for the current year _________________________________________________________________________ 4. Headlines from LJ Digital (http://www.ljdigital.com/) Headlines from LJ Digital (http://www.ljdigital.com/), the electronic offshoot of Library Journal magazine, the oldest independent national library publication: NEWS (http://www.bookwire.com/ljdigital/leadnews.articles) --FCC's Kennard: No E-rate discounts Until Fall --Three Options for SLC Restructuring --Libraries Black and Blue over E-rate Forms --CA Library Settles Suit, Backs Off Internet User Pledge --ACLU Files Suit to Overturn New Mexico Law Similar to One Already Voided INFOTECH (http://www.bookwire.com/ljdigital/infotech.articles) --Gale Names Shelton Shugar VP/Chief Technology Officer --Alabama Contracts With Brodart BOOK NEWS (http://www.bookwire.com/ljdigital/book-news.articles) --Burke's Cimarron Rose Wins Top Edgar Award --Book on South Africa Awarded NYPL Journalism Prize JOB SEARCH (http://classifieds.bookwire.com/ljdigital.classifieds) Positions open include: --Technology Manager, New City Library, NY --Library Director, Boise PL, Idaho --Assistant or Associate Professor, Valdosta State University, GA (sent to Web4Lib. Information: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/ ) _________________________________________________________________________ 5. Encryption Special Report--_Washington Post_ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/encryption/encryption.htm The _Washington Post_ provides this a guide to both the technical and political aspects of encryption. In addition to a primer on the topic, there is information on encryption legislation, key players in the debate, and selected stories and opinion pieces from the _Post_ and the LEGI-SLATE News Service. [JS] The Scout Report's Web page: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/ _________________________________________________________________________ 6. "The Libraries FAQ" The Libraries FAQ arose out of questions asked on soc.libraries.talk and other library related newsgroups. It is a collection of basic information regarding libraries and librarianship and an introductory guide to library resources on the Internet. 1.2 Where can I find the latest version of the Libraries FAQ? The Libraries FAQ is posted on the 16th of every other month to news.answers, soc.answers and soc.libraries.talk. It is archived at: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/library-faq A continually updated hypertext version of the Libraries FAQ can be found at the Libraries FAQ Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1107 1.3 How can I contribute to the Libraries FAQ? The Libraries FAQ has benefited enormously from the input of its readers. Your comments concerning updates, additions, or corrections to the FAQ are always welcome. I would especially like to hear about important library resources outside the US and Canada. Please send suggestions to Anthony Wilson (paw[at]iglou.com). The Libraries FAQ was created by Steve Bergson (safran-can[at]geocities.com). Steve is also the creator of the Medical Libraries FAQ, http://members.tripod.com/~medlib/mdlbfaq.htm _________________________________________________________________________ 7. Organization for a Liberated Society (OLS) I thought folks might be interested in this experiment in organizing on the web. It has its problems, but I think it is a worthwhile attempt at forming a bottom-up, radically democratic mass movement. Organization for a Liberated Society (OLS) http://www.olsols.org Sent to the anarchist librarians list by Chris Pelton _________________________________________________________________________ 8. A Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/Harris/rhetform.html Professor Robert Harris of Southern California College provides this handy site, which offers quick definitions of over 60 rhetorical devices from alliteration to zeugma, as well as a glossary of literary terms. The site can be searched or browsed via pull-down menus. Derived from a book written by the provider in 1980, the site offers short definitions as well as examples of the terms. Note that there is some overlap between the two databases. [JS] The Scout Report's Web page: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/ _________________________________________________________________________ 9. The Düsseldorf Virtual Library - A Collection of Internet Resources of Academic and General Interest - (mainly, but not only, for german speaking internet users, and users interested in german sources) http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/ulb/virtbi_e.html Thomas Hilberer _________________________________________________________________________ 10. Spectrum Initiative reminder Take a look at the Spectrum Initiative's home page on the ALA server. This defines minority status as that which is based on the legal definition of a minority. The GLBTF tried to get the committee to include sexual minorities in the language of the Spectrum Initiative, but did not succeed. In any event, glbt folks who meet the legal standard of "ethnicity" can apply. Go get that money! http://www.ala.org/spectrum/index.html _________________________________________________________________________ 11. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) Update ------------------------------------------ FAIR-L Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting Media analysis, critiques and news reports ------------------------------------------ New and Improved FAIR web site! If you have been dissapointed with the state of FAIR's web site, we are happy to report that the site has been updated and improved considerably. Media activists, researchers, and the curious can now easily access FAIR materials old and new. Some of what you will find: --The media's Social Security debate- what's missing from the picture? (http://www.fair.org/issues-news/social-security.html) --Jeff Cohen's columns on the media's obsession with sex and the Clinton scandal (http://www.fair.org/whats-new/cohenindex.html) --John Stossel's Greed special-- read FAIR's analysis of his latest example free-market boosterism. (http://www.fair.org/extra/9804/greed.html) ---FAIR's classic critique of the Gulf War coverage, "Media on the March." (http://www.fair.org/extra/9011/media-march.html) --Updated subject lists, like "Issues in the News" (http://www.fair.org/issues-news/issues-news.html) --New pages: -International coverage (http://www.fair.org/international.html) -Media Outlets (http://www.fair.org/media-outlets/media-outlets.html) --Channel One (http://www.fair.org/media-outlets/channel-one.html) --New page on coverage of President Clinton. (http://www.fair.org/issues-news/clinton.html) In addition, items from the FAIR archives are being added to the site weekly. Please stop and check out our progress in the weeks and months to come. Or, simply bookmark the "What's New?" page (http://www.fair.org/whats-new.html) to keep up to date. If you have a site of your own, feel free to link it to FAIR's site. Most importantly, remember to spread the word about FAIR's web page! (http://www.fair.org) ---------- _________________________________________________________________________ 12. BUBL 5:15 (BUBL Link - Dewey Classification Internet Guide) http://bubl.ac.uk/link/five/ BUBL Link, the well known Dewey Decimal Classification Internet Guide (discussed in the May 2, 1997 Scout Report -- http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/archive/scout-970502.html#14), a product of the Andersonian Library, Strathclyde University (UK), has recently unveiled this site, which provides Link's contents via subject access; between five and fifteen quality resources for each of over 1,100 subjects. Resources are divided into eleven broad sections, and are accessible through large pull down menus within each of those sections. Descriptive information is available for each resource. For those who prefer subject to classified organization, BUBL 5:15 provides a quick and intuitive interface to a large number of quality resources. [JS] The Scout Report's Web page: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/ _________________________________________________________________________ 13. Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly (free email newsletter) Environmental Research Foundation provides an electronic version of RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY free of charge. Back issues available by E-mail; to get instructions, send E-mail to INFO[at]rachel.org with the single word HELP in the message. Back issues also available via the three following means of access: ftp.std.com/periodicals/rachel gopher.std.com http://www.monitor.net/rachel/ Subscriptions are free. To subscribe to the email version of RACHEL's Weekly, E-mail the words SUBSCRIBE RACHEL-WEEKLY YOUR NAME to: listserv[at]rachel.org. Even though subscriptions are free, it costs ERF considerable time and money to produce this timely publication. ERF would like to continue to provide this service free. There are two ways that you can help this initiative. First, you can help by making a tax-deductible contribution (anything you can afford, whether $5.00 or $500.00) to: Environmental Research Foundation P.O. Box 5036 Annapolis, MD 21403-7036 Please do not send credit card information via E-mail. For further information about making tax-deductible contributions to E.R.F. by credit card please phone us toll free at 1-888-2RACHEL. Attn.: Peter Montague, Editor The second means by which you can help is outlined in the following memo sent to RACHEL'S WEEKLY readers on May 7, 1998 Dear Rachel's Reader: As the saying goes: "if at first you don't succeed; try, try, again." That's just what Environmental Research Foundation and Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly are doing. Last year, we asked you to write a letter to help us secure funding from the telecommunications company, Working Assets. While we were not chosen to receive funding from Working Assets in 1997, we are hopeful for 1998. Working Assets is now accepting nominations to fund non-profit groups who are fighting for Peace, Civil Rights, Economic or Social Justice and the Environment. 36 non-profits will be chosen to receive funding from Working Assets at the end of 1998. You could help secure our nomination and selection by simply writing a short (one paragraph) letter of support. Please send your letter in support of ERF's nomination to: Ms. Clarice Corell, Donations Manager Working Assets 701 Montgomery Street, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 415-788-0777 Nominations will only be accepted from Working Assets customers and must be received by May 31, 1998. Thanks for your support of ERF and Rachel's. --Peter Montague _________________________________________________________________________ 14. Gays and Lesbians: Reference and Bibliographical Works Annotated http://weber.u.washington.edu/~alvin/gayref.htm This site is an annotated guide to 152 gay and lesbian reference works and bibliographies. (Printed it runs to 57 pages) It will eventually have an introduction...and also an index (when I can figure out a good way to make one...any ideas?) This is a dynamic site & will be further developed and amplified as I go along. Only titles I've actually examined have been included, thus will soon add: Completely Queer: the Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia (1998)...arrived, but not yet in my hands. & Leggere omossuale; bibliografia (1984)...when my ILL request comes through. & Queer theory (bib)...about to order Corrections, needs for clarifiction (the intro when I get to it will clarify the need, purpose, scope, usefulness of the guide), suggestions for inclusion are welcome. Thanks Cal (are you out there?) for the bib. data you gave me...much appreciated. (Actually an older version of this...downloaded from Word & put on the web as a text document... exists...no titles included there have been deleted...although the arrangement of categories has been amplified & consequently some titles appear in different parts of the guide. Anyone who has links to that text should consider it completely superseded by the present site) Other GL sites helpful in reference: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~alvin/gayorg.htm gay & lesbian nat'l and intern'l organizations with websites selected on basis of reference usefulness http://weber.u.washington.edu/~alvin/nwgorg.htm gay & lesbian Northwest and British Columbia organizations with websites..seeks to be comprehensive Non-gl sites that may be useful to some- Political Science reference sources: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~alvin/PolBib.htm German Literature and Language reference sources: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~alvin/gerbib.htm That's it for now. Alvin (sent to Gay-Libn by Alvin Fritz) _________________________________________________________________________ 15. Website for Leyland Publishers and Gay Sunshine Press I had the opportunity to visit with Winston Leyland, publisher of both Gay Sunshine Press and Leyland Publications. He now has a web site (http://www.gaysunshine.com/) and some of you might not know that for most of his titles, he puts out a limited edition of hardcovers aimed at libraries. The latter have to be ordered directly from him, not via jobbers. Happy searching... (sent to Gay-Libn by Adan Griego) _________________________________________________________________________ 16. Ad for New York Times online archives Subject: New York Times Archives, now online! To: SUBSCRIBER[at]NEWSHOST.NYTIMES.COM Find the article you need from last week, last month or a year ago... Introducing Archives! For the first time from The New York Times. Search the most recent 365 days for any article or feature that was printed. ** With computer prices dropping, how do I decide what to buy? You could look it up! "For Bargain Basement Buying, Time May Be Right" Stephen Manes February 24, 1998 ** What should I serve my garlic-loving friend? You could look it up -- how about sizzling garlic and citrus shrimp: "Cooking To Win: It's More Than Prizes" Molly O'Neill August 13, 1997 ** I've hurt my back. Should I exercise, or should I rest? You could look it up! "After a Back Injury, Exercise Smooths the Road to Recovery" Jane E. Brody October 14, 1997 Free Trial (Limited Time Offer: Get your first 10 articles free, but you must redeem them within 2 weeks of sign-up.) After your free trial offer, each article you select is $2.50 per story, regardless of length. Searching is always free of charge. http://www.nytimes.com/archives/ ** For New York Times articles beyond the last 365 days, you can link from the Archives to Lexis-Nexis, a searchable archive of over 1 billion articles, including New York Times articles spanning the last 18 years. ("You could look it up" with thanks to Casey Stengel) _________________________________________________________________________ 17. Two from the Bureau of Labor Statistics _Monthly Labor Review_ [.pdf] http://stats.bls.gov/mlr/opub/mlrhome.htm National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix http://stats.bls.gov/oep/nioem/empiohm.asp The US Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released these two information resources. The first is a web version of the well-known print publication _Monthly Labor Review_. Articles (Adobe Acrobat [.pdf] format) and departments associated with the print publication can be accessed at the site. Departments include Labor Month in Review and Book Reviews. Unfortunately, the current labor statistics section, which makes up an important part of the publication, is not duplicated, but there is a pointer to BLS' data page, where this data can be found. At present, the full text of articles is available back to June of 1997, with partial full text back to January. The second site is a fascinating searchable and browsable database that allows users to track the employment distribution of an occupation among industries. Data are available for both 1996 and 2006 (projection). Users can search or browse by industry or occupation. Results can be sorted by employment or projected (percent or numeric) change in employment. Data are available for over 500 occupations within 240 industries. [JS] The Scout Report's Web page: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/ _________________________________________________________________________ 18. 655,369 short stories and novels online at http://www.alexlit.com/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Librarian Ranks Half Million Pieces of Fiction SEATTLE, Wash. -- May 12, 1998 /XPN/ -- Alexandria Digital Literature's digital librarian, Hypatia, has rated 655,369 short stories and novels for its Internet patrons on its site at http://www.alexlit.com/. Alexandria's digital librarian is a "collaborative filter." Hypatia makes highly accurate personalized reading recommendations based upon the ratings of the hundreds of thousands of patron rankings of various works of fiction. "I don't usually write fan letters to websites, but I have to say I'm most impressed, and will pass the word accordingly," said Cassy Beach, SysOp for CompuServe's SFLIT Forum. "By July of 1998, Hypatia, Alexandria's digital recommender will rate it's 1,000,000th piece of literature," says Dave Howell, Alexandria Digital Literature's publisher. Alexandria Digital Literature currently offers readers the ability to immediately download out-of-print, hard to find short stories, novellas, and full length novels from leading science fiction and fantasy writers. Readers purchase their selections using major credit cards. "We've made it easy to fill your laptop with enough fiction for a two week trip or to fill your hand-held computer with enough reading for a lazy afternoon in the backyard hammock," said Howell. Alexandria Digital Literature is available twenty-four hours a day on the Internet at http://www.alexlit.com/ Interview Contact: Marilyn Holt, 206-781-7196 FAX: 206-789-8034 mjholt[at]halcyon.com XPN:end Attention News and New Media Professionals: Change of mail address or beat assignment may be directed to <media[at]XpressPress.com&> XPN makes no representation as to the accuracy of information transmitted herein. FULL-TEXT versions of releases are available for reproduction at http://www.XpressPress.com/newspage.html ------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from NetInLib-Announce, see http://www.targetinform.com/netinlib/ ------------------------------------------ _________________________________________________________________________ 19. Student projects from U. of Alberta's SLIS (digital oriented) To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib[at]library.berkeley.edu> Subject: collection of student projects X-Comment: Web4Lib Information - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/ Status: U I would like to announce the availability of a collection of student projects at http://www.slis.ualberta.ca/538/ These projects were created by the students in the LIS 538 (Automation in Libraries and Information Centres) course in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. They contain a substantial amount of useful information on a number of topics of current interest, and are being made available with the hope that they may be useful to the library community. The project titles and authors are listed below. LIS 538 Term Projects - April 1998 Electronic Journals and Academic Libraries (Liza Chan) Electronic Mail and the Library Patron (Dawna Turcotte) Librarian Webmasters (Sona Kothari) Librarians and Distance Education Technology: Roles and Responsibilities (James Rout) A Librarian's Guide to LAN Technology (Michael Brundin) Making your Web Site Searchable: Search Engines for Local Web Sites (Judy Brown) Metadata: Foundations, Potential and Applications (Katrina Hodgson) Multilingual Web Pages (Wing Yan Che) XML (Heather Empey) Dennis Ward School of Library and Information Studies University of Alberta _________________________________________________________________________ Digital Collections: A Strategic Policy Framework for Creating and Preserving Digital Resources--AHDS http://ahds.ac.uk/manage/framework.htm Neil Beagrie and Daniel Greenstein of the Arts and Humanities Data Service, a program funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), UK, have authored this report, a public consultation and review draft. The study presents thirteen recommendations in the areas of long-term digital preservation, standards, the policy framework, and future research. Six case studies highlight some of the real-life considerations concerning digital preservation. At a time when content providers and libraries are racing headlong toward digitization of information resources, this study provides critical guidance. [JS] The Scout Report's Web page: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/ _________________________________________________________________________ 20. Digital Info Interchange Standards and Digital Preservation - Resources STANDARDS & PRESERVATION RESOURCE LISTS The UK Arts & Humanities Data Service Provides New and Revised Resource Pages: **Standards for the Interchange of Digital Information** <http://ahds.ac.uk/resource/standards.html> **Digital Preservation** <http://ahds.ac.uk/resource/preserve.html> Two particularly fruitful resource pages have been announced by the British Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS). The first, "Standards for the Interchange of Digital Information," is an initial presentation of organizations that are working on relevant standards for the interchange of cultural resource material. These standards cover * Technical standards for data interchange (eg encoding and compression) * Data documentation standards (e.g. MARC, Dublin Core, CIMI). * Controlled vocabularies (e.g. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2), Art and Architecture Thesaurus). This exercise is the preliminary step to gathering and considering actual "best practices" in implementing and using particular standards for networking particular bodies of information and for maximising their usefulness. The second resource page is a revised set of references to resources and initiatives on the preservation of digital resources. Both of these resources are recommended and will be linked to from the NINCH website. David Green ============================================================== See and search back issues of NINCH-ANNOUNCE at <http://www.cni.org/Hforums/ninch-announce/>. ============================================================== _________________________________________________________________________ 21. Senate May Soon Consider Internet Filtering Bill (EPIC Alert) [from the EPIC Alert 5.06, May 12, 1998: http://www.epic.org/alert/ ] The Senate may soon vote on the "Internet School Filtering Act" (S. 1619). The bill would require schools and libraries receiving federal Internet subsidies to install filtering software designed to prevent children from accessing "inappropriate" material. The bill would require schools and libraries receiving federal "e-rate" Internet subsidies to certify that they are using filtering software designed to prevent minors from accessing "inappropriate" material. The Senate Commerce Committee approved the measure on March 12. The filtering bill was initially scheduled for a vote during the Senate's "Tech Week" (which began on May 11), when "non-controversial" technology legislation will be brought to the Senate floor. Growing controversy surrounding the bill apparently led to its removal from the agenda. The bill raises serious constitutional questions. In a decision issued on April 7, a federal judge in Virginia rejected an effort to dismiss a challenge to Internet filtering at a public library, finding that "the Library Board may not adopt and enforce content- based restrictions on access to protected Internet speech" unless it meets the highest level of constitutional scrutiny. Many local communities have decided that the best approach to online content is one that emphasizes "acceptable use policies" and Internet education programs. They have rejected the use of filtering software as ineffective and contrary to educational objectives. EPIC is joining with the ACLU and EFF in sponsoring an online campaign to raise Congressional awareness of the implications of Internet filtering. Faxes can be sent -- free of charge -- to your Senators by visiting the EPIC Free Speech Action page: http://www.epic.org/free_speech/action/ Additional information on Internet filtering is also available at the Internet Free Expression Alliance website: http://www.ifea.net _________________________________________________________________________ 22. Upcoming Conferences and Events advertised in The EPIC Alert [The EPIC Alert: http://www.epic.org/alert/ ] The Threats to Democracy Conference. May 15-18. Washington D.C. Sponsored by People For the American Way. Contact: balcomgrp[at]aol.com SCRAMBLING FOR SAFETY: Privacy, security and commercial implications of the UK and EU crypto policy announcements. 29th May 1998. London, UK. Sponsored by Cambridge University. contact: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/sfs98.html Ethics and Technology. June 5-6. San Jose, CA. Sponsored by Santa Clara University. Contact: www.scu.edu/ethics/ 1998 EPIC Cryptography and Privacy Conference. June 8, 1998. Washington, DC. Sponsored by EPIC, Harvard University and London School of Economics. Contact: http://www.epic.org/events/crypto98/ Net Censorship In Europe. June 9, 1998. Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Freedom Forum. Contact: apowell[at]freedomforum.org INET'98, July 21-24, 1998, Geneva, Switzerland. Sponsored by Internet Society. Contact: http://www.isoc.org/inet98/ Advances in Social Informatics and Information Systems, Baltimore, MD, Aug. 14-16, 1998. Sponsored by the Association for Information Systems Contact: http://info.cwru.edu/rlamb/ais98cfp.htm CPSR Annual Conference - Internet Governance. Boston, Mass, Oct. 10-11. Sponsored by CPSR. contact: cpsr[at]cpsr.org PDC 98 - the Participatory Design Conference, "Broadening Participation" November 12-14, 1998. Seattle, Washington. Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility in cooperation with ACM and CSCW 98. Contact: http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/pdc98 1999 RSA Data Security Conference. San Jose, California, January 18-21, 1999. Sponsored by RSA. Contact: http://www.rsa.com/conf99/ (Send calendar submissions to alert[at]epic.org) >From The EPIC Alert: http://www.epic.org/alert/ _________________________________________________________________________ 23. E-MAIL Privacy Discussed by Virginia Supreme Court Justice Kinser http://www.timesnews.net/index.cgi?CONTEXT=story&BISKIT=8845614634882&id=4315&ca tegory=5 Virginia Supreme Court justice says courts need to catch up on e-mail privacy issues Justice Cynthia Kinser was the keynote speaker at a bar association luncheon in Norton Friday. Terry Ketron by MIKE STILL NORTON -- Attorney-client privilege becomes problematic when e-mail communication is involved, state Supreme Court Justice Cynthia Kinser told an audience of Southwest Virginia attorneys recently. Kinser, the keynote speaker for the Wise County and Norton Bar Associations' Law Day luncheon Friday, said laughingly she was invited to speak about law and technology by association secretary and Wise County Circuit Court Clerk J. Jack Kennedy but could not match "the guru'' -- a reference to Kennedy's technology efforts in his office. "(E-mail) is a wonderful development for attorneys, another weapon in the arsenal for better representation of your clients,'' Kinser told the association. But she also cautioned that Internet communications can be easily intercepted under a variety of conditions, and that poses problems for confidential attorney-client communications. The American court system has not kept up with advances in communications technology as it relates to the attorney-client relationship, Kinser noted. Although the New York City police began wiretaps on lawyers' telegraph messages as long ago as the 1890s, the U.S. Supreme Court did not recognize a reasonable expectation of privacy in a telephone conversation until 1967 in Katz vs. United States. "That just goes to show that, as courts, we are behind,'' Kinser said. In researching her speech, Kinser said she and her clerk could find no clear-cut case law on reasonable expectation of privacy of e-mail communications between attorney and client, although a 1995 military court martial decision contained the aside that the defendant had more of an expectation than if he was using a cordless telephone or multiple-line phone. And a 1997 court case noted that cellular telephones and e-mail are not very secure, Kinser said, although the expectation of privacy still is there. But a case involving a child pornographer and an electronic chat room found no such expectation for obvious reasons, she added. While Virginia's courts have not addressed the privacy issue in depth, Kinser said attorneys and clients may improve their position in case a confidential communication is revealed by adding software security measures, adding confidentiality disclaimers to e-mail messages, or using on-line services such as America Online that are not open to the general public like the Internet. Those steps would help demonstrate intent and expectation of privacy if a message was brought into a court case. "I just hope that you will look at what you're doing, be aware of potential hazards, and take measures to protect that confidentiality,'' Kinser said. Norton attorney Elsey Harris said a variety of recent incidents have shown that technological developments in intercepting and identifying e-mail messages would remove any expectation of privacy for the attorney and client. "The bottom line is ... that's why we, the courts, have to keep up with technology,'' Kinser said. "The bottom line is, if you're going to communicate with your client, don't do it with e-mail,'' Wise County Circuit Court Judge J. Robert Stump said. "If you don't take steps, you'll be hampered in using the latest technology,'' Kinser said. Published May 2, 1998 v J. Jack Kennedy, Jr., Esq. Objects in this mirror Clerk of the Circuit Court may be closer to your for Wise County & City of Norton future than they appear! P.O. Box 1248 Wise, Virginia 24293-1248 http://www.courtbar.org (sent to the GovPubs list) _________________________________________________________________________ 24. VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL NEWSLETTER To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib[at]library.berkeley.edu> Subject: Online newsletter X-Comment: Web4Lib Information - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/ Status: U I hope that this regular newsletter is of interest to the group. Eric Sandelands VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL NEWSLETTER http://www.openhouse.org.uk/virtual-university-press/ On-line conference news. Following the success of the previous VUJ on-line conference, a further threeare planned for 1998. Starting on 1st June, Daniel Eisenberg of Northern Arizona University, USA, will kick off the next conference using his own article "College Faculty and Distance Learning" as a background paper. As Daniel says, "Change is coming whether faculty like it or not. If we are not involved in shaping it, others will do it for us." The conference is FREE to join. Delegates are invited to join in the discussion and find out how change is being managed in centres of learning around the globe. REGISTER NOW. http://www.openhouse.org.uk/virtual-university-press/ In ISSUE 2 of VUJÖÖÖ PEDAGOGY, GRAMMARS and ART: Towards Art and Design Higher Education Strategies, written by D. 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