Library Juice 2:14 - April 7, 1999
Contents: 1. Library Journal's April 1st awards for absurdity in libraries 2. Internet School Library Media Center (directory of resources) 3. US News Article - "The Modern M.L.S. Degree" 4. American Factfinder -- Census Bureau [Java] 5. New e-mail list for ACRL Women's Studies Section 6. Women Writers Project -- Brown University 7. New issue of _Counterpoise_ 8. Big and Small Booksellers Take Battle Online 9. AAP adds seat on board of directors to represent small publishers 10. Proposed change to ALA dues structure 11. Kosovo News Websites from Internet Scout Report 12. Agencies accepting contributions for refugee assistance to Kosovars 13. IFLA/FAIFE Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom 14. Journal of Academic Media Librarianship - Call for Papers 15. Journal of Internet Cataloging - Call for news items 16. Electronic Journal of Communication - Call for Papers 17. Lawsuit against Lycos partner over MP3 search engine 18. MP3 Essentials -- CNET 19. Katia wants your Library Horror Stories Quote for the week: "You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians." -- Monty Python _____________________________________________________________________________ 1. Library Journal's April 1st awards for absurdity in libraries http://www.bookwire.com/ljdigital/editorial.article$27783 _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Internet School Library Media Center http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/ The ISLMC is an extensive directory of Internet resources designed for teachers and librarians. In addition to sites supplementing the usual k-12 curriculum, there are special sections devoted to the Holocaust, vocational and special education, professional organizations and publications, Kid's Stuff, and Online Full E-texts. Most of the links have brief annotations. Searchable by subject and personal name indexes, site map, and keyword. The site, hosted by James Madison University in Virginia, also has sections devoted to resources on Virginia and Virginia school curriculum. - mg Subjects: kids - teachers | k-12 schools Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. US News Article - "The Modern M.L.S. Degree" Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 10:50:19 -0500 From: Robyn Williams <willia02[at]UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU> Reply-To: UTK School of Information Sciences <UTKSIS-L[at]UTKVM1.UTK.EDU> Hi all! Here's a URL to an article from U.S. News & World Report that a librarian friend of mine forwarded to me. The title is a bit misleading; in reality, this article discusses the current market trend toward temporary/contractual positions in areas of the corporate world where the corporation needs information acquisition, management, and control but is not inclined to hire a full-time staff to do so. Positions considered include networking engineers, information discovery and recovery such as environmental scanning, and Web interface design. It describes the MLS/MIS development sphere as an alternative for companies that want to hire in the computer science field, but where that alternative is better able to "mingle the technical coursework of a computer science program with the training in assisting people that is typical of library programs; graduates who go to work ... are thus prepared to elicit and handle feedback from customers." It throws out salary estimates (oh, dare to dream) and touches on the fact that many MLS/MIS students are nontraditional graduates returning to school from other careers. A good, quick look at how the outside world is recognizing our industry! The Modern M.L.S. Degree - Library schools are turning out webmasters http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/grad/gbmls.htm Robyn ************************************************************* Robyn J. Williams School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee Temple Court Box #111 | Temple Court Office 103A willia02[at]utkux.utcc.utk.edu | janellwilliams[at]hotmail.com http://web.utk.edu/~willia02 ************************************************************* _____________________________________________________________________________ 4. American Factfinder -- Census Bureau [Java] http://factfinder.census.gov/java_prod/dads.ui.homePage.HomePage This new "data access and dissemination system" from the US Census Bureau offers easy access to some of the Bureau's largest data sets. Users can create a variety of tables, reports, or maps with information on their community, the economy, or American society in just a few steps. Users will have three options for accessing data: Quick Tables and Thematic Maps, which offer predefined reports on the most widely used statistics; Detailed Tables, which require several selections (such as geographic area and time frame); and Build A Query, which requires a few more steps. Note that the Industry and Business Facts section will not be available until the release of the 1997 Economic Census data (currently overdue). Help files, a FAQ, and an internal search engine are also provided. [MD] >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. New email list for ACRL Women's Studies Section Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:27:49 -0600 From: "Kris Gerhard" <Kgerhard[at]gwgate.lib.iastate.edu> To: feminist[at]mitvma.mit.edu Subject: New email list for ACRL Women's Studies Section This message announces the birth of WSS-L, a new email list for the = Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Women's Studies = Section.=20 For the last several years, FEMINIST has generously allowed the Women's = Studies Section to use this list as a forum for questions and announcements= . We have particularly appreciated Theresa Tobin's support as the Section = has gotten on its feet, electronically speaking. WSS-L is open to anyone interested in women's studies librarianship, = whether they are a member of ACRL WSS or not. To subscribe send a message addressed to: <listproc[at]ala1.ala.org> Leave the subject line blank in the body put subscribe WSS-L <your name> Kris Gerhard Chair, ACRL Women's Studies Section Collections Officer Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 515/294-1413 vox 515/294-5525 fax kgerhard[at]iastate.edu _____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Women Writers Project -- Brown University http://www.wwp.brown.edu/ The Brown University Women Writers Project has recently published the beta-test version of an online textbase. The textbase is a collection of primarily pre-Victorian (1450-1850) literature written by women. The initial release of the textbase will include over 200 texts, and 50 to 100 more will be added in the first year. The collection spans a wide array of topics and genres, providing a unique and valuable resource for the study of women's writing in English. The textbase will be freely available until the final version is released, tentatively scheduled for August 1, 1999. [AO] >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. New issue of _Counterpoise_ Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 10:48:55 -0500 To: <edited> From: Charles Willett <willett[at]gnv.fdt.net> Subject: _Counterpoise_ vol. 2, no. 4 distributed About 200 copies of the fourth issue of volume two of _Counterpoise_ were mailed yesterday to subscribers and exchange partners. In addition, complimentary copies were sent to members of SRRT Action Council, the Alternatives in Print Task Force, and the editorial board. Featured in this issue is a 15-page report by Ronda Hauben on steps being taken by the U.S. government -- without public discussion -- to privatize core functions of the Internet. Other essays include ideas for expanding public access to government information, a review of international human rights publications, commentary on book banning, and examination of the new ALA intellectual freedom statement "Libraries: An American Value." The issue also contains cumulative indexes for more than 300 reviews published during the year, organized by publisher/distributor, author/title, and subject. Now that we have completed eight issues, the _Counterpoise_ editorial board is taking a look at what we have accomplished and what still needs to be done. We are always glad to receive letters to the editor giving readers' ideas and points of view. Review essays and articles related to the alternative press are also welcome. Please send them to my attention at the address below. Also, we are looking for reviewers in many subject areas. Please write, giving your interests. Back issues of vol. 2 and a very few copies of vol. 1 of _Counterpoise_ are still available at $9 each plus $3 shipping. The first issue of vol. 3 will appear in April. U.S. subscriptions are $35 for institutions, $25 for individuals and $15 for low income. For foreign orders, add $5 and pay by check from a U.S. bank or by international postal money order. Send orders to: Counterpoise 1716 SW Williston Road Gainesville, FL 32608-4049 USA Charles Willett editor 352/335-2200 www.LibLib.com _____________________________________________________________________________ 8. Big and Small Booksellers Take Battle Online From COMPRESSED DATA March 29, 1999 By LAURIE J. FLYNN Ever since the first mega-bookstore rolled into the suburban strip mall, small independent booksellers have cried foul, accusing the chains of big-foot practices. Now the wailing can be heard in cyberspace. The independents are rankled over advertising deals that Internet search engines like Yahoo, Lycos, Excite, Hotbot, which is a unit of Wired Digital, and Alta Vista have forged with the two biggest on-line bookstores -- Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com, a joint venture of Barnes & Noble and Bertelsmann. Under those deals, a user's Web search, almost regardless of the topic, will yield a list of search results accompanied by a banner ad for Amazon or Barnesandnoble.com -- whether a book on that topic exists or not. Even more grating, the independents say, is that when someone searches specifically for an independent bookseller by name, they may still be served up an ad for Amazon.com or Barnesandnoble .com. In some instances, the ads actually purport to carry a book about the independent bookseller. Search on Lycos for Bookstreet, an independent bookseller in Ukiah, Calif., for example, and you get a hot-link ad -- one that requires just one click to move to the advertiser's Web site -- that says "Books about Bookstreet at Barnesandnoble.com." Likewise, a Yahoo search for Powell's Books in Portland, Ore., brings up a hot link to "Books about Powell's Books at Amazon.com." Some of the approximately 3,000 independents that sell books on line contend that the practice is fraudulent: often, such books do not exist. It is also anticompetitive, they contend, comparing it to someone from Barnes & Noble walking into a small bookstore and pasting up ads to lure customers away. John Conroy, vice president of Soda Creek Press, a small publisher that operates the 1bookstreet.com Web site, said that many of the independents have discussed the issue informally among themselves, but had not decided on a course of action. Barnes & Noble insists that nothing sinister is afoot. "Banner technology does not discriminate," Ben Boyd, a Barnes & Nobel spokesman, said. His company's advertising deals with the search services simply call for a banner ad to pop up, whatever the topic entered into the search box. "If you type in 1-2-3 the same thing happens." (He's right. Such a search elicits this hot link: "Books about 1-2-3 at Barnesandnoble.com.") The controversy is parallel to complaints earlier this year by EstÈe Lauder and Playboy Enterprises, which each filed lawsuits against Excite on similar grounds. EstÈe Lauder is suing, for example, because a search for "Estee Lauder" on Excite brings up banner ads for an on-line retailer, the Fragrance Counter. In its ads, the Fragrance Counter portrays itself as a reseller of EstÈe Lauder products, which it is not. _____________________________________________________________________________ 9. AAP adds seat on board of directors to represent small publishers >From FOREWORD THIS WEEK 3.24.99 (Contact mlink[at]traverse.com for info) AAP: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL (AND PLENTIFUL) The Association of American Publishers has seen the writing on the wall. And it doesn't say "New York." At its First Annual Conference for Small and Independent Publishers held over the weekend in Washington D.C., the AAP added a seat on its Board of Directors to represent small and independent publishers. Lynne Rienner of Lynne Rienner Publishers in Boulder, Colorado, was selected for the new seat. For years the AAP has stood as the principal trade association of the publishing industry, its membership composed only of the largest and most powerful houses. As the small and independent press head count began to increase exponentially, and the large houses merged with abandon, AAP intensified its efforts to reach out and serve the needs of these smaller companies and develop relevant programs and services for that growing and increasingly important segment of the industry. "We really want to help," said former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, president and CEO of AAP, in her welcoming remarks. The AAP monitors national copyright legislation that affects publishers and authors. Schroeder described the breadth of the copyright-related industry in terms of a new survey executed to help legislators understand that the industry "isnít just a small club of elite publishers based out of New York." Schroeder also announced AAP's Get Caught Reading campaign, which targets readers aged 18-35, to promote literacy and foster a love of reading. The educational component of the conference included a look at e-books, discussion of developing a standard for online title submission to Internet booksellers and a look at increasing revenue through rights sales. A panel of wholesalers and distributors offered advice on how to work with their companies. They put emphasis on the role of the publisher in both creating demand for titles and keeping wholesale/distribution outlets informed of their publicity and marketing efforts -- old lessons well worth repeating for publishers who seek to maximize sales and minimize returns. Luncheon speaker and AAP member Morgan Entrekin, formerly of Delacorte Press/Dell and Simon & Schuster and a 22-year publishing veteran, delighted the audience with the success story of his independent press, Grove/Atlantic, Inc. "When in doubt, don't, and when you believe, do," suggested the successful 44-year-old, who scolded large presses, which he defined as "dinosaurs who may have seen their day," for having "too much of an adversarial relationship between publisher and authors." To small and independent publishers, he advised, "A small press can be flexible and fast; the failure of the big houses is that they over think things. Go where the big publishers aren't, focus your publishing program, get a distinctive identity and work at being a personal advocate for your program." -Betsy Lampe _____________________________________________________________________________ 10. Proposed change to ALA dues structure Message to the ALA Council list: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The following message is from Steve LaBash, Maryland Chapter Councilor. slabash[at]ubmail.ubalt.edu ___________________________________________________________________ Last Thursday I posted a message to the Maryland Libraries listserv asking for views on a change in the ALA dues structure to a graduated system base on salary. The response was overwhelming. I received 38 messages. As a comparison, the most e-mails I've received on an issue was 5! Every response was in favor of a change in the ALA dues structure to a graduated system. I received a number of responses from library support staff and new librarians saying they just can't afford the current structure, especially when you add in their costs for joining roundtables, divisions and the Maryland Library Association. I also received several messages from librarians in smaller systems saying the current structure made it impossible to maintain ALA membership. Members who know their dues would probably go up also supported a graduated system. They felt something must be done to assist library personnel that are at the lower end of the pay range. There was a general feeling that ALA was increasingly becoming the domain of those with higher incomes or those who are supported by their institutions. Just as an example, when I add in my basic dues, roundtables and divisions, my dues come to $220/year! I would like to hear from any councilors interested in pursuing this issue at the annual conference and working on a resolution directing ALA to begin the process of moving to a graduated structure . I know that such a change would not be possible immediately but my constituency is adamant that something must be done re the dues structure. I'd also like to know if anyone else has raised this with their members and what their reactions were. My guess is that even a small adjustment would be a tremendous incentive to membership. Let's get to work on something that is of direct concern to the members and gives us the opportunity to broaden ALA's base of support. Thanks, Steve LaBash Maryland Chapter Councilor slabash[at]ubmail.ubalt.edu Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Council Secretariat American Library Association 50 E. Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 1-800/545-2433, Ext. 3204 312/944-3897 (fax) lgregory[at]ala.org _____________________________________________________________________________ 11. Kosovo News Websites from Internet Scout Report ====== In The News ==== Internet Scout Report Refugee Crisis in the Balkans Kosovo Crisis Update -- UNHCR http://www.unhcr.ch/news/media/kosovo.htm Violence and Displacement in Kosovo -- USCR http://www.refugees.org/news/crisis/kosovo.htm Kosovo Situation Reports -- US State Department http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/kosovo_more.html Human Rights Watch Kosovo Campaign http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/kosovo98/ _Morning Edition_ -- NPR [RealPlayer] http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/19990402.me.01.ram Strike on Yugoslavia -- CNN http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/10/kosovo/ This week's In the News returns to Kosovo, where humanitarian workers and government officials warn that the refugee crisis is rapidly spinning out of control. What appears to be an organized and systematic expulsion of the ethnic Albanian population from Kosovo has created the worst humanitarian disaster in Europe since World War II. According to UN refugee officials, over 220,000 persons have fled or been expelled from Kosovo over the last ten days, to Albania, Macedonia, or Montenegro. With entry into Macedonia ground to an almost complete halt, Albania swollen with over 120,000 refugees, and thousands still behind them, the Kosovo-Macedonia border in particular has become a humanitarian nightmare; little food, shelter, or sanitation is available for people who have been forced from their homes with almost nothing. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has created a special site on the Kosovo crisis, with analysis, news updates, and an eyewitness account. The US Committee for Refugees (USCR) has also posted a special report, featuring current news stories, background, testimony, resources for Kosovar refugees, and information on how readers can help. The State Department's special Website on Kosovo features situation reports and reports from the field. Yesterday's report on the Kosovo Humanitarian Situation offers an overview of key facts and developments, background, and a look at the current situation. The site for the Human Rights Watch Kosovo campaign offers a number of updates on the human rights and refugee situation in and around Kosovo. Today's _Morning Edition_ on National Public Radio featured several pieces on Kosovo, including a moving report from the Macedonian border by Anne Garrels. The entire program is available in RealPlayer format at the site. Finally, CNN's special report on Yugoslavia includes a feature on email from Kosovo and an interactive Refugee Exodus map. Users interested in additional resources for understanding the current crisis in Balkans should consult last week's In the News and the resources in Scout Report Signpost, the Scout Report's database. These include UN Wire, the Red Cross's International Humanitarian Law Database, and the International Crisis Group (ICG) South Balkans Reports Index, [MD] Signpost http://www.signpost.org UN Wire http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/pages/00009272.html International Humanitarian Law Database http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/pages/00006197.html International Crisis Group (ICG) South Balkans Reports Index http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/pages/00009315.html _____________________________________________________________________________ 12. Agencies accepting contributions for refugee assistance to Kosovars -----Original Message----- From: Edupage Editors [mailto:edupage[at]franklin.oit.unc.edu] Sent: Saturday, April 03, 1999 11:35 AM To: Edupage Cc: Judd Knott; Paul Jones; Uzoma; Johnathan Magid; Donald Sizemore Subject: Edupage, SPECIAL EDITION ************************************************************ This special edition of Edupage is devoted exclusively to today's "Honorary Subscriber" - the people of Kosovo. ************************************************************ For today's "Honorary Subscriber," we salute the brave people of Kosovo, who represent all innocent victims of war, everywhere. Such individuals are found on every side of every conflict in every corner of the world. Most are in civilian clothes. Some are wearing uniforms. Here for your convenience are some of the agencies accepting contributions for refugee assistance to alleviate the current suffering in Kosovo. American Friends Service Committee, http://www.afsc.org American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, http://www.jtc.org American Red Cross, http://www.redcross.org American Refugee Committee, 612-872-7060 Baptist World Aid, http://www.bwanet.org CARE, http://www.care.org Catholic Relief Services, http://www.catholicrelief.org Christian Children's Fund, http://christianschildrensfund.org Church World Service, http://www.churchworldservice.org Direct Relief International, http://directrelief.org Doctors Of The World, http://www.doctorsoftheworld.org Doctors Without Borders, http://www.dwb.org Feed The Children, 800-328-2122 Food For The Hungry International, http://www.fh.org International Aid, http://www.internationalaid.org International Medical Corps, http://www.imc-la.org International Orthodox Christian Charities, http://www.iocc.org International Rescue Committee, http://www.intrescom.org Lutheran World Relief, 800-597-5972 MAP International, http://www.mag.org Mercy Corps International, http://www.mercycorps.org Oxfam America, 800-77-OXFAM Salvation Army World Service Office, 703-684-5528 Save The Children, http://www.savethechildren.org U.J.A. Federations of America, 212-566-8610 U.S. Association for the UN High Commissioner For Refugees, 202-296-5191 U.S. Committee For Unicef, http://www.unicefusa.org World Concern, http://www.worldconcern.org World Food Program, http://www.wfp.org World Relief, http://www.wr.org World Vision, 888-511-6423 ************************************************************ Edupage is written by John Gehl (gehl[at]educause.edu) and Suzanne Douglas (douglas[at]educause.edu). Telephone: 770-590-1017 Technical support for distributing Edupage is provided by Information Technology Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. EDUCAUSE is an international nonprofit association dedicated to transforming higher education through information technologies. ************************************************************ _____________________________________________________________________________ 13. IFLA/FAIFE Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom To: IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) supports, defends and promotes intellectual freedom as defined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. IFLA declares that human beings have a fundamental right to access to expressions of knowledge, creative thought and intellectual activity, and to express their views publicly. IFLA believes that the right to know and freedom of expression are two aspects of the same principle. The right to know is a requirement for freedom of thought and conscience; freedom of thought and freedom of expression are necessary conditions for freedom of access to information. IFLA asserts that a commitment to intellectual freedom is a core responsibility for the library and information profession. IFLA therefore calls upon libraries and library staff to adhere to the principles of intellectual freedom, uninhibited access to information and freedom of expression and to recognize the privacy of library user. IFLA urges its members activity to promote the acceptance and realization of these principles. In doing so, IFLA affirms that: - Libraries provide access to information, ideas and works of imagination. They serve as gateways to knowledge, thought and culture. - Libraries provide essential support for lifelong learning, independent decision-making and cultural development for both individuals and groups. - Libraries contribute to the development and maintenance of intellectual freedom and help to safeguard basic democratic values and universal civil rights. - Libraries have a responsibility both to guarantee and to facilitate access to expressions of knowledge and intellectual activity. To this end, libraries shall acquire, preserve and make available the widest variety of materials, reflecting the plurality and diversity of society. - Libraries shall ensure that the selection and availability of library materials and services is governed by professional considerations and not by political, moral and religious views. - Libraries shall acquire, organize and disseminate freely and oppose any form of censorship. - Libraries shall make materials facilities and services equally accessible to all users. There shall be no discrimination due to race, creed, gender, age or for any other reason. - Library users shall have the right to personal privacy and anonymity. Librarians and other library staff shall not disclose the identity of users or the materials they use to a third party. - Libraries funded from public sources and to which the public have access shall uphold the principles of intellectual freedom. - Librarians and other employees in such libraries have a duty to uphold those principles. - Librarians and other professional libraries staff shall fulfil their responsibilities both to their employer and to their users. In cases of conflict between those responsibilities, the duty towards the user shall take precedence. This statement was prepared by IFLA/FAIFE and approved by The Executive Board of IFLA 25 March 1999, The Hague, Netherlands *********************************************************************** * IFLA-L is provided by the International Federation of Library * * Associations and Institutions (IFLA). For further information about * * IFLA activities, including organization or personal affiliate * * information, contact: IFLA[at]ifla.org * * * * URL: www.ifla.org * *********************************************************************** _____________________________________________________________________________ 14. Journal of Academic Media Librarianship - Call for Papers --------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 13:41:13 -0400 From: Lori Widzinski <widz[at]acsu.buffalo.edu> Reply-To: Media Journal Distribution List <MCJRNL[at]LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU> To: MCJRNL[at]LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU Subject: Call for Contributors CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS The editors of MC JOURNAL: THE JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC MEDIA LIBRARIANSHIP are issuing a call for contributors to the next issue. MC JOURNAL: THE JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC MEDIA LIBRARIANSHIP is an electronic, peer-reviewed journal providing both practical and scholarly information on issues concerning academic media librarianship. Examples of topics would include (but are not limited to): a/v production, collection development, cataloging, storage and preservation of materials, media center management, copyright, and emerging technologies. We encourage authors to be creative and include video and audio files when appropriate in their manuscripts. Included in the scope of the journal as well are annotated mediagraphies, annotated web lists and bibliographies on media topics, and conference reports. Manuscripts are peer reviewed using a double masked review process. Copyrights to articles are retained by the authors. MC Journal is indexed in Library Literature. DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE IS AUGUST 30, 1999. MC Journal may be accessed via the World Wide Web at the following URL: http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnl/ Submit manuscripts via e-mail to: Lori Widzinski, Editor at widz[at]acsu.buffalo.edu OR Terrence McCormack, Associate Editor at cormack[at]acsu.buffalo.edu Guidelines for Authors are available on the MC Journal Web site at http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnl/inside/author.html The editors would be happy to discuss any ideas for articles. They may be reached via the e-mail addresses listed above. _____________________________________________________________________________ 15. Journal of Internet Cataloging - Call for news items From:Gerry Mckiernan" <GMCKIERN[at]gwgate.lib.iastate.edu> For my next "News from the Field" column for the _Journal of Internet Cataloging: The International Quarterly of Digital Organization, Classification, and Access_ (JIC), I would appreciate any and all news items about current or planned efforts for organizing or providing enhanced access to Internet or Web resources BTW: The homepage for JIC is http://www.haworthpressinc.com/jic/ I am interested in relevant conferences, workshops, discussions, institutes, presentations, and/or other programs. I am also interested in current or completed digital/digitization projects, as well as noteworthy articles, reports, journals, newsletters or other print or electronic publications. Thanks! Regards, /Gerry McKiernan Curator, CyberStacks(sm) and Theoretical Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck[at]iastate.edu "The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent It!" Alan Kay _____________________________________________________________________________ 16. Electronic Journal of Communication - Call for Papers Please distribute as appropriate to communication faculty members that you work with. thanks, Teresa Harrison ================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS EJC/REC 10(1) First Quarter 2000 Communication as a Constitutive Process in Organizations Vol. 10(1) of Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication (EJC/REC) will be devoted broadly to the topic of organizational communication. Its theme will be "Communication as a Constitutive Process in Organizing and Organizations." The editor would be pleased to receive papers that respond to this theme. Without limiting scholars' interpretation of the theme, responses could consider matters such as: 1. the manner in which communication constitutes systems such as strategic planning or structures such as hierarchy; 2. the manner in which system and structure affect message construction and communication; and/or 3. outstanding scholarly analyses and contributions to current understanding of the theme. Papers can present theoretical analyses of issues relevant to the theme, or report research, qualitative or quantitative, designed to illuminate some aspect of the theme. EJC/REC is one of the first refereed electronic journals in the humanities and social sciences and is distributed through a special electronic conference and through the World Wide Web (see http://www.cios.org). Issues of EJC/REC are guest edited by recognized scholars, and devoted to their fields of expertise. Recent EJC/REC issues have dealt with media and the Gulf War (Michael Morgan, University of Massachusetts); international communication research (Tom Jacobson, SUNY Buffalo), research and theory in magazine journalism (David Abrahamson, Northwestern University), mass media and meaning (Samuel Becker, University of Iowa), media flow research (Kaarle Nordenstreng, University of Tampere), virtual democracy (Slavko Splichal, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia in a joint publication with "Javnost"), discourse analytic approaches to the study of computer-mediated communication (Susan Herring, University of Texas at Arlington), organizational communication and democracy (George Cheney, University of Montana, Dennis Mumby and Cynthia Stohl, Purdue University). The editor for this issue is Tom Dixon, Professor Emeritus, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (TomDixon[at]Bigpond.com). The author may also be contacted at +61 7 5535 4312 by phone or fax; or at postal address 102 Mallawa Drive, Palm Beach QLD 4221, Australia. Instructions for Authors may be found at the Home Page of the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (http://www.cios.org) by branching to the journal page. Papers must be submitted to the guest editor by 30 June 1999. It is intended that the review process will be completed by 30 November. Publication is scheduled for first quarter 2000. Interested scholars are encouraged to contact the guest editor concerning their papers or their ideas for responding to the theme. _____________________________________________________________________________ 17. Lawsuit against Lycos partner over MP3 search engine ``This is a very significant step. It is the first time we have gone against the search engine process,'' IFPI Chairman Jason Berman told Reuters. This could set a very very bad precedent for libraries. What fundamental difference (besides quality) is there between a search engine and a librarian? Scary stuff, man. D ======================= Wednesday March 24 10:55 AM ET Music Industry Targets Norway Company In Piracy War By Richard Meares LONDON (Reuters) - The global recording industry opened fire Wednesday on Internet music piracy, launching proceedings against a Norwegian partner of U.S. search engine Lycos. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in London said its U.S. branch may also consider action against Lycos itself, after the breakdown of brief talks. Lycos' Internet database provides swift access to thousands of MP3 audio files on Web sites, which an enraged music business says are predominantly pirated copies of work by top artists. The Federation, or IFPI, said it had started the proceedings against FAST Search & Transfer ASA, the Norwegian company which licensed to Lycos its database and MP3 search engine. ``This is a very significant step. It is the first time we have gone against the search engine process,'' IFPI Chairman Jason Berman told Reuters. ``There is a very important doctrine called contributory infringement under copyright law and given the nature of the process that Lycos has embodied with the FAST Search and Transfer, it takes this to a totally different level.'' Espen Brodin, managing director of FAST, told Reuters search engines by their nature pointed to what was available on the Internet, something he did not think should be illegal. ``This is sort of shooting the messenger boy rather than looking at those who are putting out the stuff,'' he said. He also said his company was talking to the U.S. recording industry in a ``positive process'' about the way forward. The $38 billion music industry has long been wary of threats from the Internet, especially the emergence of the popular MP3 format -- files which can be downloaded onto a personal computer and used on commercially available portable hi-fi. ``It is a tremendously significant problem and has enormous consequences for our ability to develop a legitimate business model so that companies that want to have electronic commerce have a way of doing it,'' Berman said. Next to ``sex,'' ``MP3'' -- a compression technology allowing music to be stored digitally and replayed at CD quality -- is the most widely entered term on Internet searches. MP3 is used legally by smaller bands, independent labels and some major name artists. Berman said the IFPI's branch in the United States may consider action against Boston-based Lycos. ``They are in the process of looking at this following the breakdown of some very brief discussions they held with Lycos,'' he said. ``As of yesterday (Tuesday), they had not received any satisfaction from Lycos, so they will have to make a determination and my guess is that they will do that in the next day or so.'' No other major search engines offer a similar service but it has become Lycos' second most popular service, Berman said. The IFPI has previously targeted only individual websites in the Internet ocean, rather than the search engine that trawls it for the thousands of MP3 files. The U.S. recording industry has attacked the makers of the portable players on which MP3 files -- often provided free of charge at the unauthorized Internet sites -- can be used. Record companies are now trying to create the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), which seeks to get the recording, electronics and computer industries to adopt a unified standard for the secure digital distribution of music. No one at Lycos was immediately available for comment. === Dinah Sanders, MetaGrrrl http://www.metagrrrl.com ------------------------ Ignore this other junk: _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free [at]yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _____________________________________________________________________________ 18. MP3 Essentials -- CNET http://home.cnet.com/category/topic/0,10000,0-4004-7-274644,00.html This new report from CNET guides readers through some of the basic requirements for finding and playing music in MP3 (MPEG Layer 3) format. Users will find an annotated list of links to download players, search tools, rippers and encoders, and MP3 jukeboxes. Along the way, the report offers tips and links to related resources. Users interested in using MP3 files but unfamiliar with the format will find this concise report a helpful introduction. [MD] >From the Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ _____________________________________________________________________________ 19. Katia wants your Library Horror Stories >From roberto[at]alexia.lis.uiuc.edu Tue Apr 6 17:23:32 1999 Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 18:23:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Katia Roberto <roberto[at]alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: Katia Roberto <roberto[at]alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> To: battlestar sarcastica <kroberto[at]students.uiuc.edu> Subject: I want library horror stories. MIME-Version: 1.0 Email them to me. I'll tell you why later. One hint: contributors may become (in)famous. (If you aren't already, that is...) Katia trying to keep an air of mystery about myself "The day is coming when all tongues are sheared to spare this nation the vicious slander of a few bad apples" - Born Against http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~roberto _____________________________________________________________________________ L I B R A R Y J U I C E | http://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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