Library Juice 1:44 - December 9, 1998
Contents: 1. Web directory of national advocacy groups (i.e. lobbies, PACs, etc.) 2. Digital Millennium Copyright Act 3. Bookmark Central - http://www.onlineinc.com/bookmark/marklist.html 4. John Albee's Popular Fiction Readers Advisory Tool Pages 5. Websearchers newsletter 6. Researching Companies Online - website 7. Final Call for Papers, Katherine Sharp Review Number 7 8. NEW OLOS HOME PAGE LAUNCHED (Office for Literacy and Outreach Services) 9. EJ: A Bibliography (Electronic Journals) 10. Preparing Volume 5 of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary 11. Bancroft's Honeyman Digital Archive now On-line 12. Nominations for Isadore Gilbert Mudge/R.R. Bowker Award sought 13. "Mainstream Loudoun" - Loudoun County anti-filtering group 14. DAILY CALIFORNIAN article on the non-accreditation of UCB SIMS 15. Sue Kamm's letter in response to above article 16. Excerpt from SJSU listserv debate on the UCB SIMS non-accreditation 17. Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1998/99 18. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 19. The Cambodian Genocide Program 20. World Paper Money - http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/ 21. Popes Through the Ages: The Complete List of Popes 22. The Song of the Bold Librarian (from Jo Falcon) Quote for the week: "The administration is generally disenchanted with accreditation for professional programs since they are time-consuming, expensive and have little discernible value." -Hal Varian, Dean of UC Berkeley's SIMS program. (see 14-16.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Web directory of national advocacy groups (i.e. lobbies, PACs, etc.) I have just finished putting together a web site with topical and alphabetic links to national advocacy groups (i.e. interest groups or lobbyists). Yes, I know Policy.com has something like this, but this site has more than just descriptions and links. I also include contact information for each group (e-mail, phone, fax, address) as it is provided in the websites. I am looking for feedback from people who may use this. So far my department has been very kind, and I want to make sure they aren't just being nice! The address is: http://www.creighton.edu/~kcfount/advocacy.html Kathi Fountain, Government Publications Coordinator Reinert/Alumni Library, Creighton University 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178 (forwarded to SRRTAC-L by Fred Stoss) ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Digital Millennium Copyright Act "The new Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), recently signed into law, amends U.S. copyright law in ways that will have a significant effect on library and information services." The ALA Washington Office Web page now includes a newly expanded section on intellectual property and copyright http://www.ala.org/washoff/copyright.html Jack King RUSA Liaison to Legislation Assembly (Sent to RUSA-L) ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Bookmark Central - http://www.onlineinc.com/bookmark/marklist.html The goal of this site "is to accumulate lists of carefully selected, reviewed, and annotated sites on specific topics." The bookmark lists were submitted by Online and Database readers, writers, and columnists. These lists cover topics such as Cost of Living; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Film, Video, and Television; Image Search Engines; and Old-Time Radio Resources. - es New addition to Librarians' Index to the Internet. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. John Albee's Popular Fiction Readers Advisory Tool Pages I'm polishing my 23 new Popular Fiction - Readers' Advisory Tool Pages at http://home.revealed.net/albee/pages/PopularFiction.html . I'd appreciate suggestions on your favorite sites which I may have missed. Thanks! Bye. John John Albee mailto:albee[at]revealed.net Teacher, Davenport Community Schools Website: Needle in a CyberStack - the InfoFinder http://home.revealed.net/albee/ address: 736 Westerfield Road Davenport, Iowa 52806 phone: 319-386-2171 We are all Works In Progress... ------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from NetInLib-Announce, see http://www.targetinform.com/netinlib/ ------------------------------------------ ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. Websearchers newsletter http://websearch.miningco.com/library/bl_newsarchive.htm ISSN 1521-2564 Websearch is a free, bimonthly email newsletter designed for anyone interested in improving their Internet searching skills. It's a companion to the Mining Co. Websearch site (http://websearch.miningco.com), maintained by Chris Sherman. Each issue includes follow-ups on Web searching feature articles, 'Worth a Look,' spotlighting products, books, or services of use to searchers, and brief news reports on new or exciting search technology. Subscription info and form at http://websearch.miningco.com/gi/pages/mmail.htm Archives available at http://websearch.miningco.com/library/bl_newsarchive.htm Contact: Editor: Chris Sherman Email: websearch.guide[at]miningco.com (from NewJour-L) ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. Researching Companies Online - http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/ A tutorial on how to find different types of free company information on the Internet. The tutorial can either be followed in full for a comprehensive overview of business information searching, or users can skip to specific chapters such as "Researching Public Opinion," "Learn about an Industry," or "Research Nonprofit Organizations." - ew New at Librarians' Index to the Internet. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Final Call for Papers, Katherine Sharp Review Number 7 **Please forward to your local student bulletin board!!** See our current issue at http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/review/7/ Attention Students!! Final Call For Papers Katharine Sharp Review GSLIS, University of Illinois ISSN 1083-5261 (This information can also be found at http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/review) This is the final call for submissions to the Winter 1999 issue of the Katharine Sharp Review, the peer-reviewed e-journal devoted to student scholarship and research within the interdisciplinary scope of library and information science. Submitting to KSR not only gives you the chance to publish some of your work, but gives you the opportunity to take part in the academic publishing process. All submissions should be received by Monday, December 14, 1998. For more information, including instructions for authors, please see the KSR webpage at <http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/review/call.html> or email us at <review[at]alexia.lis.uiuc.edu&> + + Kevin Ward Editor Katharine Sharp Review review[at]alexia.lis.uiuc.edu http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/review + + ___________________________________________________________________________ 8. NEW OLOS HOME PAGE LAUNCHED (Office for Literacy and Outreach Services) The Office for Literacy and Outreach Services recently launched its new home page on the ALA website at http://www.ala.org/olos. PAGE HIGHLIGHTS -Contact information for the Associations of Librarians of Color (ethnic minority caucuses) -A list of ALA Library Outreach Services for Underserved Populations -The 1998 Diversity Fair Notebook -OLOS Conference events and meetings -Roster of the Literacy Assembly -Links to OLOS liaison and other organizations -General information about OLOS, its advisory committee and sub-committees The new page was developed by OLOS Advisory Committee member Eric Brasley, with assistance from Dan Lewis from ALA Communications. ---------------------------------------------------- LIBRARY INTEGRATION DISCUSSION - December 7-11 OLOS will sponsor their first "Sidewalk Cafe for Library Literacy Professionals" with Dale Lipschultz, a Senior Program Associate with the Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center (ILRDC). Dale serves as the first of several expert moderators for the ALA's Adult Literacy Library Initiative discussion list, from Monday, December 7, through Friday, December 11, 1998. The topic of the first Sidewalk Cafe is "Library Integration," a discussion of the degree of integration of library literacy programs into the overall library structure. To subscribe to the list, send a message to: listproc[at]ala1.ala.org, write [subscribe] in the subject, and write [subscribe library-lit] [first name and last name] in the message. ___________________________________________________________________________ 9. EJ: A Bibliography (Electronic Journals) A comprehensive, continuously updated, fully indexed partially annotated bibliography on electronic journals and related topics URL: <http://library.usask.ca/dbs/ej.html> Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography [Last update: November 21, 1998] Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information [Last update: November 25, 1998; Number of titles indexed: 775] Electronic Publishing Reference Resources on the Internet [Last update: November 28, 1998] More at Marian Dworaczek's Home Page: http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/ Marian Dworaczek Head, Acqusitions Department and Head, Technical Services Division University of Saskatchewan Libraries Room 24, Main Library/Murray Building 3 Campus Drive Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A4 Canada Telephone: (306) 966-6016 Facsimile: (306) 966-5919 Email: dworaczek[at]sklib.usask.ca (just found her site on the web. -ed.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 10. Preparing Volume 5 of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Radcliffe College and the Harvard University Press announce the launching of preparations for the next volume of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Volume V of Notable American Women will include essays on approximately 500-600 women who will have died between January 1, 1976, and January 1, 2000, with an expected publication date 2003. This volume will follow the criteria for selection used in Notable American Women: The Modern Period (1980): 1) the subject's influence on her times or field; 2) ability; 3) innovative or pioneering work: 4) relevance of her career for the history of women. We are actively soliciting suggestions of possible subjects for our extensive database, especially nominations reflecting the contributions of underdocumented groups, regions, or specialties. If you wish to nominate a subject (or subjects), please supply a short synopsis of her career and its importance, as well as basic bibliographic sources, both secondary and archival (if known). We also welcome the names of scholars who are interested in writing specific articles or serving as consultants for specialized fields. Please address all communication to: Susan Ware, Editor Notable American Women: Volume Five The Schlesinger Library Radcliffe College 10 Garden Street Cambridege, MA 02138 617-496-0564; notable[at]radcliffe.edu Ms. Michel M. Perez X221 Program Assistant info[at]sacnas.org ___________________________________________________________________________ 11. Bancroft's Honeyman Digital Archive now On-line BERKELEY, CA - December 1, 1998 -- The Bancroft Library of the University of California is pleased to announce the completion of The Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection Digital Archiving Project. This project, the first digitization project funded by the Library Services and Technology Act through the California State Library, has made the Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material available on the internet. This important research collection, which has never before been published in its entirety, has now been made accessible through high resolution digital representations of each item in the collection accompanied by detailed descriptions and subject and format indexing. The Honeyman collection is comprised of over 2300 items dated from ca. 1790 to ca. 1900, including original oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, ephemera and other materials related to the old West, with emphasis on the early California and Gold Rush periods. Views depict the changing landscape of the West under the impact of westward migration, the development of towns and cities, early settlements, California missions, railroads, Gold Rush scenes, pioneer and frontier life, native populations, social history and other topics. Included are sketches from important early expeditions, several representing the earliest known views of a particular subject, as well as works by significant artists, such as Albert Bierstadt, Maynard Dixon, Charles Nahl, and William Keith; and printing firms, such as Currier & Ives, Britton & Rey and Kuchel & Dresel. The Honeyman project is the first major contributor to the Museums and the Online Archive of California (MOAC) project which seeks to establish best practices for including museum collections within the California Digital Library's Online Archive of California (OAC). The Honeyman project uses the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standard, an SGML platform independent descriptive standard maintained by the Library of Congress, and will serve, along with the other participants involved in the MOAC project, as a model implementation of the EAD standard for museum and special collections. As the newest entry into the Online Archive of California - a union database of primary resources available in repositories throughout the state - the Honeyman Digital Archive will become part of the California Heritage Collection. Residing within the OAC, the California Heritage Collection is a digital repository comprised of over 30,000 images related to the history of California and the West from selected collections held by The Bancroft Library and will now be the home of the Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection digital archive. The main goal of the Honeyman project was make this unique primary resource collection available on the internet to researchers in various disciplines, K-12 students, and other users. By demonstrating the feasibility of using descriptive standards and controlled terminology to facilitate access, the Honeyman project will also be of significance to the archival, library and museum communities which are looking at standardized frameworks for presenting cultural heritage information within networked environments. The Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection can be browsed within the California Heritage Collection at: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHeritage Mary W. Elings, Project Archivist (melings[at]library.berkeley.edu) Eva Garcelon, Project Archivist (egarcelo[at]library.berkeley.edu) ___________________________________________________________________________ 12. Nominations for Isadore Gilbert Mudge/R.R. Bowker Award sought The Isadore Gilbert Mudge -- R.R. Bowker Award Committee of the Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) is seeking nominations for this year's award. The award, established in 1958, consists of a cash award of $1,500 and a citation to an individual "who has made a distinguished contribution to reference librarianship. This contribution may include an imaginative and constructive program in a particular library, authorship of a significant book or articles in the reference field, creative and inspirational teaching, active participation in professional associations devoted to reference services, or other noteworthy activities which stimulate reference librarians to more distinguished performance." Last year's winner was Beth Woodard, an outstanding practitioner, mentor, and teacher. The extended deadline for receipt of nominations is January 8, 1999. The award is presented at the annual ALA conference next summer. Please send nominations to: Susan Miller Reference Librarian Southern Connecticut State University 501 Crescent Street New Haven, CT 06515 For any questions, please email Susan Miller at: miller_su[at]scsu.ctstateu.edu Or phone at: 203-392-5738 Thank you for your help in nominating qualified individuals for this important award. ------------------------------------------------------ Susan Miller Reference Librarian (203) 392-5738 FAX: (203) 392-5740 email: miller_su[at]scsu.ctstateu.edu ___________________________________________________________________________ 13. "Mainstream Loudoun" - Loudoun County anti-filtering group J O I N U S ! Tell your friends about the Mainstream Loudoun FREE publication subscription information at the end of this e-mail. Or ask them to visit the Mainstream Loudoun web site and subscribe on-line: http://www.loudoun.net/mainstream/ If you would like to support our work, you may send donations to Mainstream Loudoun, PO Box 4013, Leesburg, VA 20177. ********************* LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTES TO ESTABLISH A NEW INTERNET POLICY December 1, 1998 The Library Board meeting opened with two hours of public comment, despite the fact that the Mainstream Loudoun president spoke for all of its members in order to save time. During this process, some speakers said they would prefer having no public library Internet access at all rather than allow Internet access with a less restrictive policy. The speakers who favored appealing Judge Brinkema's decision focused on dire predictions about the effect of "pornography" and "sexually aroused men" in Loudoun's libraries and, using the Bible on several occasions, castigated Mainstream Loudoun for endangering children and other "sins." Speaking in support of appealing the decision were Michael Farris of the Home School Legal Defense Association and former candidate for Lt. Governor of Virginia; Linda Chavez, a syndicated conservative columnist; Bob Knight of the Family Research Council; and Bruce Watson, director of Enough Is Enough. After the long and often emotional public comment period, the Library Board of Trustees went into executive session and returned about an hour later with a proposed Internet use policy. After making some minor adjustments, the Board voted 6 - 2 in favor of the new policy which clearly addresses Mainstream Loudoun's concerns. The key elements of the policy are as follows: "The library system will make available unfiltered and filtered access to the Internet, subject to the following provisions: [1] Adult customers will select for themselves whether to use unfiltered or filtered access to the Internet. [2] A minor's parent or legal guardian will determine if the minor may access the Internet*and elect whether the minor's access is to be filtered or unfiltered." The policy states: "Our Mission is based on fundamental principles of public library service in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which include: providing information, as broadly and as completely as possible, to as many citizens as it can; individuals should be held accountable for their actions; and parents have the ultimate responsibility for deciding what their children read and what library services they receive. "In support of its mission, Loudoun County Public Library offers Internet access to library customers to offer the widest possible diversity, views and expression, insuring access to all avenues of ideas, to as many library customers as it can." "The Library System does not provide electronic mail accounts, Usenet newsgroups, or real-time discussion/chat." The policy includes two disclaimers; one is that "Not all sources on the Internet provide information that is current, accurate, unobjectionable or complete," and that "some material on the Internet is obscene and/or harmful to minors." The other disclaimer states that "Filtered access attempts to screen out content deemed obscene or harmful to minors. It is by no means foolproof and may inadvertently allow content intended to be blocked or block unobjectionable content." "Monitors may have privacy screens installed." Later discussion revealed that privacy screens will be provided for the monitors, but that they may be disabled in such cases as when parents wish to work with their children or patrons with eye problems are unable to easily read the screen. The policy sets forth guidelines for Internet use which state that all users "are expected to act responsibly," and the "viewing or downloading of obscene materials is not permitted." Adults must sign an Internet Use Agreement, "indicating they have read this library policy and agree to abide by it and future versions of the policy as a condition of using the library's Internet Access Service." A minor's parent or legal guardian must sign the Agreement indicating that the minor will abide by the policy and must elect filtered or unfiltered access for the minor in order for the minor to be allowed to use the Library's Internet Access Service. Missing from the Policy is an enforcement mechanism, which the Board will consider in the near future. The Internet terminals were turned on again after the new policy was established. In addition, the Board also voted 7 - 1 to preserve its right to appeal; the Board has 30 days to make this decision. Mainstream Loudoun's attorneys will also be filing their petition for fees. The Library Board reviews policy in the month of January, so it is possible this policy could be subject to review at that time. We are hopeful it will remain in effect as is. ________________________ this message forwarded by: Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 dwood[at]ala.org ___________________________________________________________________________ 14. DAILY CALIFORNIAN article on the non-accreditation of UCB SIMS Those interested in the ever more suspenseful soap opera concerning the ex-library training school at University of California, Berkeley, might access a story from the campus newspaper at http://www.dailycal.org/archive/98/12/3/school.html Surely, surely the new Congress MUST be interested in this. --Ruth I. Gordon, C-at-L ================== "You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." Jessica Mitford (1917-1996) ___________________________________________________________________________ 15. Sue Kamm's letter in response to above article Following is a letter I sent to the editor of the Daily Californian, the student newspaper at UC Berkeley, in response to a story in yesterday's paper about the School of Information Management Systems. I have several comments on the story by Zack Leeds in today's online Daily Cal. As are many of my professional colleagues, I am appalled that the former library school has morphed into something called "School of Information Management Systems." I work in a public library, and we have found that students graduating from programs which have de-emphasized or eliminated fundamental library knowledge (like cataloging, reference service, and work with youth) are not equipped to work in our institutions. Contrary to public opinion, "everything" is NOT on the Internet. Many of today's graduates of programs such as Cal's haven't the foggiest idea of how to use resources other than the 'net, or even that a print source may be easier and quicker to use than finding a web site. Corporate (special) librarians also need to know how to determine whether a resource is appropriate for their collection (taught in library school courses designated as "acquisitions" or "material selection"), how to organize information ("cataloging"), and how to help their clients locate information ("“reference"). What is even worse than graduates' lack of elementary knowledge is that few graduate library programs offer courses which offer the background necessary to work as a children's or young adult librarian in public libraries. People apply for jobs in those areas with absolutely no knowledge of the literature and other resources. Most astounding is the fact that these graduates do not READ, and seem to feel they will "pick up" the field by osmosis. My master's degree in library science is from UCLA (which I chose to attend because of its high quality and because I had moved to Southern California). I learned how to determine criteria for selecting library resources, how to catalog the array of materials, and how to find the information my library's users need. This knowledge is transferable to any type of library: academic, public, school, or special. Students in Cal's program should correctly be concerned that the school will not seek accreditation. While the administration blithely declares that graduates will be able to find jobs in the private sector, the truth is that in many corporations libraries (or information centers) have been eliminated as cost-cutting measures. The majority of jobs in public and academic libraries call for an American Library Association (ALA)-accredited degree. Members of the ALA Council--the governing body of the association--are concerned about the drastic change in library education. We have asked ALA's committees on accreditation and education to review the standards and develop criteria that reflect libraries' needs both today and in the new millenium. -- Your friendly CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor, Sue Kamm Email: suekamm[at]class.org The goal of all employees is to anticipate all problems, develop solutions for them, and solve them before they occur. HOWEVER... When you are up to your ass in alligators, it is difficult to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp. --Anon. ___________________________________________________________________________ 16. Excerpt from SJSU listserv debate on the UCB SIMS non-accreditation The University of California Berkeley School of Information Management and Systems has informed the American Library Association that it does not plan to seek ALA accreditation for its masters program in information science. This will only leave UCLA and our own school at San Jose State as the only ALA accredited library and information science programs in California. Its sad to note, but there are more archeology programs in the state than there are library and information science schools. I wonder what this says about the perceived value of our profession? Torin Andrews San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science c/o San Diego Country Law Library tandrews[at]wahoo.sjsu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I wonder *how* UCB arrived at this decision. Do you think students were consulted? Do you think it was controversial among professors? Personally, I find it unconscionable, with so many fine scholars in Information Science, that they could choose (perhaps even desire?) to distance themselves this much from librarianship. Most curious but surely a sign of the times. -- Laura Norvig norvig[at]cruzio.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I respectfully disagree. I was actually hoping that that would happen. With Berkeley doing information science, library schools are a little freer to concentrate on education for librarianship. People who want to do the "other jobs" like MIS, competitive intelligence or "knowledge management" for corporations can go to SIMS or schools like it. I think library schools are too watered down and I like that a school has chosen a tighter focus. They are sending a clear message that they are not our competition. I think it _is_ a sign of the times. The information sector is huge and I don't think one kind of program can serve the whole thing. I also don't think that means that pure library schools can slack of in the technology area. Just my opinion. Rory Litwin __________________________________________________________________________ 17. Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1998/99: BeyondFinancial Crisis -- World Bank [.pdf] http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/gep98-99/ On December 2 the World Bank released a new 200 page annual report on the global economy which contained thinly veiled criticism of the International Monetary Fund and US Treasury's handling of the Asian financial crisis. The crucial mistake, the report maintains, was their decision to push Asian nations into easing their interest rates, which set off the almost-worldwide recession. While it warns that a substantial danger remains that the world could fall into recession in 1999, the report predicts that the economies of most of the distressed nations will improve into 2000. In addition to an analysis of the short- and long-term prospects of the developing world, the report offers policy suggestions for preventing or managing future crises. At the site, the users will find the full text of the report, a summary, the foreword, press releases in multiple languages, and a PowerPoint slide show. [MD] >From the Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1998. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 18. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/index.html Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just released its ninth annual review of human rights around the world in advance of Human Rights Day, December 10, 1998, the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The report covers events and developments in 68 countries from December 1997 through early November 1998. The report is generally well-written, offering excellent overviews of the conditions of human rights on regional and selected national levels. Users in the US may be particularly interested in the detailed critique of American policies on human rights both internationally and within its own borders. The Report also provides information on selected campaigns and thematic concerns, such as arms, and the rights of women and children. [MD] >From the Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1998. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 19. The Cambodian Genocide Program http://www.yale.edu/cgp/ Text Version http://www.yale.edu/cgp/text.htm The Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia was one of the modern era's worst examples of state-sponsored violence and organized murder and repression. At least 1.7 million people lost their lives from unnatural causes in a four year period, 1975-79. Unlike other twentieth century genocides, the mass killings of Pol Pot's regime have been largely undocumented and unprosecuted for many years. The Cambodia Genocide Program (CGP) at Yale University was created in an effort to collect and study information on these crimes to assist any possible future prosecutions and provide a critical understanding of genocide "which can be marshaled in the prevention of political violence against populations elsewhere in the world." The core of this site and the major product of CGP's mission is the Cambodian Genocide Data Base (CGDB), which contains four different types of records: bibliographic, biographic, photographic and geographic. The first offers information on over 3,000 primary and secondary documents "pertaining to gross violations of human rights during the Khmer Rouge regime," some of which are available in full text. The second database is an index of over 7,000 Khmer Rouge members who held authority from the district level up as well as many of their victims. The third database contains over 5,000 scanned photos of prisoners in the infamous Tuol Sleng Prison. The final database is a collection of maps with information on 140 different mass grave and prison sites, mostly in southern and eastern Cambodia. The CGDB will continue to be updated, and thousands of records are in preparation. Additional resources at this indispensable site for students of genocide or modern Cambodia include information on the CGP-sponsored Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam), a collection of miscellaneous findings on related subjects, CGP publications, and a selection of translated documents. [MD] >From the Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1998. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 20. World Paper Money - http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/ Find pictures of over 2,000 bank notes, front and back, from all over the world. Straightforward geographic arrangement makes it easy to locate any country's currency. Also includes an extensive list of links to other legal tender sites. - mpk New at Librarians' Index to the Internet. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 21. Popes Through the Ages: The Complete List of Popes http://www.knight.org/advent/ppindx.htm Biographical information on all 265 Popes of the Roman Catholic Church, from 32 AD to the present. The entry for Pope John Paul II has a list of links to his online speeches and writings. - cl New at Librarians' Index to the Internet. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 22. The Song of the Bold Librarian (from Jo Falcon) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 21:07:53 -0600 (CST) From: jofalcon[at]ix.netcom.com (Jo Falcon) To: Marian Drabkin <drabk#mm[at]oak2.ci.oakland.ca.us> Cc: stumpers-list[at]crf.cuis.edu Subj: Re: %%Lynn Roberts, Dinah Sanders, & BOLD LIBRARIAN Marian Drabkin asks: >Jo, what is "The Bold Librarian"? If it's a song, I'd love the words/music. -- and I realize I have committed "half-right reference." Mea culpa. A year or so ago on this list, some worthy w*mb[at] posted its full text, from the Digital Tradition site: http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/digitrad/ However, it's no longer there because of "unknown copyright status," with a rather irritated disclaimer: Due to the large effort required to determine and record the copyright status of over 8300 songs and tunes in the database, even obviously traditional and public domain songs are currently marked as "unknown copyright status". Herewith, from my own archives (compounding the crime of half-right reference with that of insufficient confirmation of copyright), the text, which can be sung to any of a number of Generic Folk Tunes. Mea culpa, next time I'll look it *all* the way up -- Jo Falcon, Duchess of URLs jofalcon[at]ix.netcom.com (415) 826-2464 San Francisco -------------------------------------------------- THE BOLD LIBRARIAN (Joy Rutherford) Oh, some, they like the sailor man When he comes back to shore, And some they like the beggar man That begs from door to door, And some, they like the soldier man With his musket and his can, But my delight can read and write, He's the bold librarian. Now, this librarian, he rode out all in the dewy morn, And he met with the farmer's daughter and loudly he blew his horn. "Come in my bold librarian, and I'll mek thee a pot of tea. Me father, and mother have gone to town and there's nobody here but me." "I have a book for your mother, dear, called, `Love that dare not speak,' And another for your old father called, `Gunfighters of Mustang Creek,' But nothing I have for you, my dear," this librarian did say, "But anything you shall request you shall have it right away." "OO'," said the farmer's daughter and she glowed all over with fire. "Is it true you can bring your readers anything they desire?" "Oh, yes," said the bold librarian, "Oh, yes, indeed I will. Take me up to your chamber and I'll show you my ... professional skill." So they went upstairs together and they laid down on the bed, And he faceted her in every detail from `A' unto `Zed', 'Til he couldn't classify her under maidens anymore. He said, "Such dynamic service you've never had before." Now this librarian he arose and he put on all his clothes, And out of his pocket he drew handfuls of gold, Saying, "Take this, my dearest Polly, for thee and thy baby. It really belongs to the Book Fund, but I'll give it all to thee." Oh come, my bold librarian and won't you marry me? Oh no, my dearest Polly, such things can never be, For married I am already to a quiet little thing. I've a first and second edition and a third coming out in spring. "But dost tha truly love me?" the farmer's daughter said. "What d'you mean," said the librarian, "Just because we've been to bed? In my most high profession love and sex cannot combine, [spoken] Because SEX is 612.6 and LOVE, which I classify under virtues not otherwise accounted for, is 179.9 Come all you pretty fair maids, this warning you must heed; You must marry some simple ploughboy who can neither write nor read. For he may be poor and humble, but he'll love you the best he can. And have naught to do with that roving blade who drives the library van. ___________________________________________________________________________ L I B R A R Y J U I C E | http://www.libr.org/Juice/ | | Except where noted, items appearing in Library Juice | are copyright-free, so feel free to share them with | colleagues and friends. Library Juice is a free weekly | publication edited by Rory Litwin. Original senders | are credited wherever possible; opinions are theirs. | Your comments and suggestions are welcome. | mailto:Juice[at]libr.org
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