Library Juice 2:2 - January 6, 1999
If you found this page looking for "Martain Luther King," try your search again using the correct spelling, "Martin Luther King." You will have better results. Contents: 1. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project 2. Web resource for human rights, international law & related topics 3. Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) 4. BBC News Database Search 5. Women's Health Information Center 6. The Merck Manual of Geriatrics 7. Lynx Links Digest 8. Earth Day 2000 postal mailing list 9. Birth of the Euro 10. ANNOUNCING JHISTORY - History of Journalism and Mass Communications 11. Call for International Papers and Poster Sessions - 1999 ALA Annual Conf. 12. NISO Z39.78-199X, LBI Standard for Library Binding (proposed) 13. Conan the Librarian 14. CITIZENS' PUBLIC TRUST TREATY RELEASED FOR WORLDWIDE SIGNATURES 15. Minerva - An Internet Journal of Philosophy 16. FROGLOG : newsletter of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force Quote for the week: "No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library." - Samuel JOHNSON (1709-1784) in The Rambler. March 23, 1751. ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/ Located at Stanford University, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project is producing what will almost certainly become the definitive collection of the great civil rights leader's writings. When completed, the fourteen-volume _The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr._ will serve as an indispensable reference tool for historians of the civil rights movement. In the meantime, teachers and students can make use of the resources offered at this site. These include a number of full-text primary documents (including the "I Have a Dream" speech and the "I've Been To The Mountaintop" sermon), a general biography, a chronology of King's life, a recommended reading section, and scholarly articles produced by Project staff members (under construction). The Project plans to continually add new documents to the site as they are digitized. Free registration is required to view the papers, and registered users may choose to be informed about future site updates and related events. [MD] >From the Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Web resource for human rights, international law & related topics To: IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA Van:Barry Goodman (goodmanb) Aan:ifla[at]ifla.org Datum:Donderdag 31 december 1998 20.51 Betreft:a new type of internet tool for international human rights educat ion & legal research--a link donation I am donating this legal education & research tool, making it available to law libraries, universities & all of your members. http://diana.law.yale.edu/diana/db/war10.html I recently authored a new type of unique internet resource for doing human rights legal research quickly. It is located on the Diana site at Yale Law School and is the first Internet hyperlinked pathfinder research tool, for human rights & international law & related topics. It has also been linked to by George Washington Univ Law School, Columbia University Area Studies (mid-east section), ASIL, Univ. of Minn. Human Rights Library, Univ. of Ga. Law School, H-net at Mich. State, Univ. of Maryland, Max Plank Institute, UCSC, Stanford Univ.Law Library, Amnesty International, Indiana Univ.WWW Law Library, NSU Law School, Murdoch Law School & other law libraries & Universities. I would like to provide it to those who will find it useful & would like to link to it. It is easily viewed & explored by reaching the project Diana site at Yale law School, selecting "New on Diana" , & then scroll to near the bottom------------- a hyperlinked pathfinder research tool on Gulf War crimes. OR -- at the above direct address. Read : "About This Document" first to understand how it operates----Please let me know of your interest. Thank you in advance. Best regards, Barry Goodman. goodmanb[at]nsu.law.nova.edu ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) http://www.alba-valb.org/ Established by the Veterans of the Brigade (VALB), this handsome and well maintained site is "devoted to the preservation and dissemination of the history of the North American role in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and its aftermath." As much for the casual browser as the professional historian, ALBA provides images from traveling exhibits, suggested reading, a discussion group, and information about the organization's extensive archives at Brandeis University. They also produce a high school curriculum, which can be downloaded, and an annual essay contest. - rms Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. BBC News Database Search From: "George(s) Lessard" <media[at]citenet.net> Organization: http://www.web.net/~media/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/ For those of you who listen to BBC news via BBC WorldService Shortwave broadcasts or the BBC's World TV Service or the BBC World News on PBS... The http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/ enables you to search the BBC news database for text copies of stories you heard or watched.. :-) :-) Message Ends; Signature File Begins (-: (-: George(s) Lessard, Community Media Arts, Management & Mentoring Information, subscriptions, public keyword searchable archives and CAUTIONS, Disclaimers, NOTES TO EDITORS and copyright information may be found [at] http://members.tripod.com/~media002/disclaimer.htm CAUTION: some of the SEMI-RANDOM QUOTES reproduced below may not be suitable for certain insensitive readers: : : : : : : : begin quote : : : : : : : Conversation is not an enterprise designed to yield an extrinsic profit, a contest where a winner gets a prize, nor is it an activity of exegesis; it is an unrehearsed intellectual adventure. --Michael Oakeshott, from The Voice of Poetry and the Conversation of Mankind : : : : : : end of SEMI-RANDOM quote : : : : : : ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Women's Health Information Center http://www.ama-assn.org/special/womh/womh.htm This site, offered by the editors of JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association, has four sections dealing with research and clinical information on women's health issues. The Newsline Section features both brief and in-depth articles from a variety of sources. The Library Section includes "Abstracts of major Women's Health articles published in the literature" and full-text of selected articles. The last two sections have the latest information on Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Contraception. Searchable. Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. The Merck Manual of Geriatrics http://www.merck.com/!!w5aBQ2Jotw5aEr0zW9/pubs/mm_geriatrics/toc.htm This full-text and searchable online copy of the 2nd edition (1995) provides information on the medical problems of the elderly, providing clinical information to all those involved in the care of elderly patients. - cl Carole Leita, cleita[at]sunsite.berkeley.edu LIIWEEK Listowner and Coordinator of the Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. Lynx Links Digest http://members.tripod.com/~lynxlinks/ Lynx Links is the email digest you've been waiting for. Lynx Links reviews internet resources that are Lynx friendly, useful, and fun! There are a lot of websites out there, chock full of frames, imagemaps, badly made forms, and poorly formatted tables. They will work, usually, with those "other" browsers. But trying to use them with Lynx is well-nigh impossible! Lynx is forgiving, but it cannot correct HTML errors for you. Subscribe to Lynx Links, and receive reviews on a variety of useful, friendly, and fun internet sites. We review websites, newsgroups, discussion lists, gopher resources, shareware/freeware, web-boards, MUDs, and anything else that catches our reviewers' eyes. Back Issues: http://www.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~spratz/lynxlinks/archives/ SUBSCRIBE: by sending a blank message to: lynxlinks-subscribe[at]rtfm.ml.org UNSUBSCRIBE: by sending a blank message to: lynxlinks-unsubscribe[at]rtfm.ml.org Contact: lynxlinks-owner[at]rtfm.ml.org (From NewJour-L) ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. Earth Day 2000 postal mailing list Forwarded to SRRTAC-L by Fred Stoss ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 15:55:44 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Drekmeier <pdrekmeier[at]earthday.net> To: earthday[at]earthday.net Subject: Earth Day 2000 Dear Friends, Are you on Earth Day 2000's postal mailing list, and if not, would you like to be? We sent out a mailing with a brochure a couple of weeks ago, and in a week we will be mailing out the first Earth Day 2000 newsletter. If you did not receive the brochure, then you are not on the mailing list. If you would like to be added so that you receive the newsletter, please let us know. Our website will be up in February, and at that point all materials will be available electronically. Also, if any of you would like extra copies of the brochure to distribute in your community, please let us know how many to send you. Happy New Year! -Peter Mission Statement -- Earth Day 2000 is mobilizing citizens to demand serious actions to address climate change and to reform our outdated, polluting energy system. Earth Day 2000 will lead the United States toward a swift transition to an efficient energy system built on clean, safe, renewable energy sources. Peter Drekmeier Executive Director Earth Day 2000 91 Marion Street Seattle, WA 98104 Tel (206) 264-0114 ext. 201 pdrekmeier[at]earthday.net ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. Birth of the Euro The Euro and the New Europe -- _New York Times_ http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/euro-index.html EuroTimes -- _Irish Times_ http://www.irish-times.com/eurotimes/ The Euro is here http://europa.eu.int/eurobirth/index_en.html "The Dollar's Day of Reckoning" -- _The Nation_ http://www.TheNation.com/issue/990111/0111THUR.HTM After years of negotiations and planning and a frenetic weekend of last minute preparations, eleven Member States of the European Union (EU) now have a common currency. Euro notes and coins will not be available until January 2002, at which point they will replace the national currencies, but in the meantime, traders, consumers, and corporations can conduct "written money" transactions, such as checks, credit cards, and bank transfers, in the Euro. The long-term implications of the Euro are still unclear. Some believe, for instance, that it may seriously challenge or even supplant the US dollar in worldwide currency markets. At the first site, a special section provided by the _New York Times_ (free registration required), users will find a collection of recent articles on the final preparations for the Euro's birth and its implications for Member States and the wider world. The _Irish Times'_ Eurotimes contains Euro news and facts, commentary, and analysis from the perspective of a participating country. The third site, provided by the EU, is the official Euro birth announcement, offering an online Euro Converter for the currencies of the eleven Member States. The final site is an editorial by Lester Thurow examining the potential impact of the Euro on the US dollar and its position in worldwide currency markets. Additional resources for understanding the new common currency are available in the Scout Report's database, the Scout Report Signpost. These include the Euro Site, the official reference site for general and technical information on the Euro; the European Monetary Institute (EMI), the body overseeing the monetary union; and Europarl: The Single Currency and the European Parliament, which offers background and briefing reports on the Euro and the EU Member States. [MD] >From the Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 10. ANNOUNCING JHISTORY - History of Journalism and Mass Communications H-Net Internet Discussion List on the History of Journalism and Mass Communications SPONSORED BY H-NET: HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES ONLINE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY JHISTORY is dedicated to enhancing research, service, and teaching in the field of journalism and mass communications history. We invite subscribers to submit essays, datasets, book lists, teaching ideas, and reference queries intended for a scholarly audience. It is our hope that we can develop a thriving network of scholars, teachers, librarians, and serious students of our subject that integrates a variety of disciplines, methods, eras, and perspectives. JHISTORY is free and open to anyone with a serious and abiding interest in the history of journalism and mass communications. Like all H-Net lists, JHISTORY is moderated to edit out material that, in the editors' judgement, is not germane to the list, involves technical matters (such as subscription management requests), is inflammatory, or violates evolving, yet common, standards of Internet etiquette. Message logs and more information about JHISTORY may be obtained at its website, linked from the H-Net website: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~jhistory JHISTORY is edited by David Mindich, dmindich[at]smcvt.edu; William J. Leonhirth, leonhirt[at]winnie.fit.edu; Ford Risley, jfr4[at]psu.edu; and Kit Rushing, krushing[at]cecasun.utc.edu. It is advised by a board of scholars. ABOUT H-NET JHISTORY is affiliated with H-Net, an international network of scholars in the humanities and social sciences that creates and coordinates electronic networks, using a variety of media, and with a common objective of advancing humanities and social science teaching and research. H-Net was created to provide a positive, supportive, equalitarian environment for the friendly exchange of ideas and scholarly resources. H-NET sponsors dozens of e-mail lists and Web sites for them in a variety of disciplines and fields, publishes reviews of scholarly books and articles on the internet, and provides a weekly Job Guide. Our host is Michigan State University. More information can be obtained by sending an e-mail message to h-net[at]h-net.msu.edu or by browsing our Web site at http://www.h-net.msu.edu SUBSCRIBING TO JHISTORY To subscribe, send the following line as the only text of an e-mail message (no styles, fonts, or signature files) from the account you wish subscribed to LISTSERV[at]h-net.msu.edu: SUBSCRIBE JHISTORY firstname lastname, institution Example: SUBSCRIBE JHISTORY Jane Smith, Pioneer State U Follow the instructions you receive in reply. For additional information please write one of the editors at: JHISTORY[at]h-net.msu.edu For technical assistance please contact the H-NET help staff at: help[at]h-net.msu.edu. We look forward to hearing from you! The Editors ______________________________________________________________________________ 11. Call for International Papers and Poster Sessions - 1999 ALA Annual Conf. CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL PAPERS AND POSTER SESSIONS -- 1999 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 24 June -- 1 July 1999 CALL FOR PAPERS: The International Relations Round Table and the International Relations Committee of the American Library Association will host a panel of international speakers entitled, "Intellectual Freedom: A Global Perspective." ALA invites its international colleagues to submit a paper proposal on any topic relating to intellectual freedom or freedom of expression and access to information in your country. All papers accepted for presentation at the conference will be published on the ALA web site. To broaden the discussion of international issues, papers received in application for presentation will be considered for publication on the ALA web site even if they cannot be delivered in the conference programs. To read last year's conference papers, visit the ALA web site at: http://www.ala.org/work/international/intlpprs/index.html CALL FOR POSTER SESSIONS: The second annual international poster session will provide a forum for librarians from around the world to highlight their libraries, share their research or present successful library programs with colleagues. International poster sessions are an effective means to exchange information and communicate ideas and will be displayed on bulletin boards with pictures, graphs, data and text to illustrate the presentation. Posters are especially well suited to graphic and interactive presentation, or to report on work still in progress. Presenters are present at the poster session to informally discuss them with conference attendees. Poster sessions are listed in the ALA Annual Conference Program and in the Poster Session Abstracts Booklet. To learn more about an ALA poster session, visit the web site at: http://www.lib.siu.edu/ala/index.htm SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Those interested in presenting a paper or poster session are requested to submit an abstract of 200-250 words accompanied by the following information: title of paper or poster session; name(s) of presenter(s); institutional affiliation, job title, work address, telephone, fax, email. FORMAT: All submissions must be in English and either typed or submitted electronically. All contributions will be acknowledged. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 15 February1999 for Papers 31 January 1999 for Poster Sessions ACCEPTANCE: All submissions will be reviewed and accepted at the discretion of the reviewing committees. The Committees will communicate their decision to prospective presenters by 31 March 1999. ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSIONS: E-mail: mdowling[at]ala.org Fax or mail: Michael Dowling, American Library Association, International Relations Office, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL, 60202, fax +1 312-280-3256 *********************************************************************** * 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 * *********************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________________________ 12. NISO Z39.78-199X, LBI Standard for Library Binding (proposed) To: Mary Jo Lynch, ALA Office of Research & Statistics Karen Muller, ALCTS Executive Director Sarah Pritchard, ALA Standards, Chair Brian J. Baird, PARS Books & Paper Standards, Chair Richard Oram, ACRL RMBS, Chair From: Carlen Ruschoff, ALA Representative to NISO Date: December 15, 1998 Subject: NISO Z39.78-199X, LBI Standard for Library Binding The proposed new standard: LBI Standard for Library Binding, has been released for review and ballot NISO. This standard "Describes the technical specifications and materials specifications for the first-time hardcover binding of serials publications and paperbound books for library use and the rebinding of hardcover books and serials intended for library use." --abstract The standard can be found at the NISO WEB site or by using the following URL: http://www.niso.org/pdfs/z3978dft.pdf. The Acrobat Reader is required to view the draft document. If you need to download a copy of the Reader, go to the NEW!! section of the NISO Website: http://www.niso.org/new!.html. A list of the draft standards will appear on your screen. The instructions on how to download the Acrobat Reader appears directly below the LBI Standard for Library Binding. If you do not have access to the Web or are unable to contact the site, please let me know and I will fax a copy of the draft standard to you. Please distribute the draft within your community for discussion and comment and return the ballot below and comments to me by January 20, 1999. If you prefer, send your comments to me via e-mail. My address is: ruschoff[at]gusun.georgetown.edu. It is a real time saver to have your comments in machine readable form. Let me know if you know of an ALA group that should review this standard but is not listed in the distribution above. I will be most happy to solicit comments from any ALA group with interest and expertise on this subject. Thank you! cc: Dale Swensen, Editor, ALCTS Newsletter Sheila Intner, ALCTS President Maureen Sullivan, ACRL President Christine Hage, Public Library Association Jo Bell Whitlatch, Reference & Adult Services Division Barbara Berger, ALCTS/PARS, Chair ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLOT FORM Approval of ANSI/NISO Z39.78-199X LBI STANDARD FOR LIBRARY BINDING _____ Yes _____ Yes, with comment. [Comments must accompany this ballot] _____ No. [Reason(s) for voting "no" must accompany this ballot] _____ Abstain [Reasons(s) for abstaining must be supplied with this ballot] RESPONDENT: NAME OF GROUP VOTING: PLEASE RETURN THIS BALLOT BY: JAN. 20, 1999 Return ballot to: Internet: ruschoff[at]gusun.georgetown.edu OR Carlen Ruschoff FAX: 202 687-1215 Lauinger Library Georgetown University Box 571174 Washington, DC 20057-1174 ______________________________________________________________________________ 13. Conan the Librarian When I was in library school about 12 years ago I saw a comic strip titled "Conan the Librarian". It depicted Conan at the front desk checking out books with a light pen as if it were a sword. Tried an Internet search and found references to Conan the Librarian, but nothing to do with this strip. Can anyone ID it for me? Thanks! From: Reference <ref_lib[at]yahoo.com> (? -ed.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You may be looking for Mother Goose and Grimm. Here is a page with a picture: http://144.162.80.232/lrc/conan.htm And for you Shostakovich fans, here is a picture of the "UHF" Conan: http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Stefan.Thissen/Books.htm HTH Ellen Cousins <ellen[at]RCousins.com> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I have a T-shirt with a cartoon-style image of Conan the Librarian on it. He holds a pile of books on one hand and his sword in the other. If it is of interest I could try to scan it and send the scan, but I think the quality of reproduction might be mediocre. Kate katherine cummings <kcumming[at]laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I have that comic strip on my door! It's from _Broom Hilda_. It shows a menacing Conan the Librarian, with all the characters tiptoing around the reference desk, with nervous looks on their faces. Unfortunately, the corner with the date has been torn off (it's several years old). Perhaps if you checked compilations of _Broom Hilda_, you will find it. Lynn Hammerlund (lhammerlund[at]mail.judson-il.edu) Technical Services/Music Librarian "Blessed are the cracked... Benjamin P. Browne Library for they shall Judson College let in the light." Elgin IL 60123 voice (847) 695-2500 ext. 3030 fax (847) 695-0407 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I've seen the Mother Goose and Grimm one Ellen refers to. The other "Conan the Librarian" I'm familiar with is a 5-or-so minute cartoon (movie, not strip) about a little boy whose big sister takes him to the library. He says he wants a library card and is told to see "Mr. Conan". Conan asks him if he's ready for hard stuff like Madeleine L'Engle and Robert Louis Stevenson. "Sure Conan. I'm ready for anything." This is shown on a segment of the "Reading Rainbow" TV series where series host LeVar Burton visits the Library of Congress. Lois Fundis <fundisl[at]weirton.lib.wv.us> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Yes! - I remember the stories of Conan! Conan, I believe(not positive) was the creation of a member of AALL(Amer. Assoc. LAw Libraries) - check their site & also the LAW_LIB server archives. Karen MAhnk "Karen M." <karenpdo[at]gate.net> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I saw something of that ilk in a Weird Al Yankovic movie; I think it was "UHF". -- M. Edward Borasky znmeb[at]teleport.com http://www.teleport.com/~znmeb If God had meant carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits fire. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This would appear to be one of those Silly Ideas that has independently occured to a number of people, as indicated by the variety of responses you've already received. I've also seen versions once or twice in sf convention art shows (said works probably never having been professionally published) and clearly recall at least one brief CONAN THE LIBRARIAN comic story (only one or two pages) in an underground comic of the seventies or early eighties. No idea of which comic, unfortunately (I seem to recall it as the last story in the issue, if that helps at all...), but I'll check with a local who might know. I've also seen versions of "Conan the Certified Public Accountant." Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien[at]tc.umn.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Adventures of Conan the Librarian no sword, but still kind of rugged http://144.162.80.232/lrc/conan.htm Conan the Librarian was born eleven years ago. As you can see, he is big for his age. Someone--now inexplicably deceased--once remarked that he looks like a failed experiment in genetic engineering - sort of a double-cross between Tonto and Arnold Schwarzenegger. But Conan, despite his barbaric tendencies, has a soft spot: he loves information - in books, in periodicals, in newspapers, on CD-ROM, and on the Internet. So he invites you to click on the links below to share in his adventures. (By the way, Conan still has a lot of the barbarian left in him, so it would be ill-advised to decline his invitation.) -- Virginia C. Johnson Computer Services Reference Librarian Central Rappahannock Regional Library (540) 372-1144 "Silence is argument carried out by other means." -- Ernesto "Che" Guevara - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I conducted a dig down to the 1982 CE strata and found a Conan the librarian that no one's mentioned yet, I think. It's in the form of a strip and signed Tom Boyer or Beyer, or possibly Peyer, c.1982. "A slight figure hesitantly approaches the circulation desk, timidly bidding the librarian's attention. He needn't bother: no man stands at Conan's back undetected." Conan proceeds to demonstrate mastery of the barcode scanner. We are promised Conan the Rastafarian next week, and there seems to be a running joke about Pez dispensers. The strip itself is titled Conan the Librarian, so no clue there. And my photocopy is from page 81 of something called "Picturescope," Summer 1982. So, now I wonder about the origin of this version. -- Carolyn Caywood ccaywood[at]vsla.edu or carolyn[at]norfolk.infi.net Bayside Area Library voice:757-460-7519 936 Independence Blvd. VA Beach, VA 23455 FAX:757-464-6741 Note: R.Crom is more than the human mind should be able to conjure. ______________________________________________________________________________ 14. CITIZENS' PUBLIC TRUST TREATY RELEASED FOR WORLDWIDE SIGNATURES Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 18:06:03 -0400 To: renaissance-network[at]cyberjournal.org From: jslakov[at]TartanNET.ns.ca (Jan Slakov) Subject: Citizens Public Trust Treaty - press release Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 18:16:30 +0000 From: Paul Swann <pswann[at]easynet.co.uk> Subject: Citizens' Public Trust Treaty - Press Release CITIZENS' PUBLIC TRUST TREATY RELEASED FOR WORLDWIDE SIGNATURES LAUNCHED JANUARY 1, 1999 On January 1st, 1999, the Citizens' Public Trust Treaty is circulating worldwide for signing by individuals, community groups and non- governmental organizations. It is released initially in English, French and Spanish, with translations into the other official languages of the United Nations to follow. Eventually, it is intended that the proposed Treaty with signatures will be submitted to state goverments and to the United Nations. The Citizens' Public Trust Treaty calls upon member states of the United Nations to carry out and extend the international obligations, commitments and expectations they have made to fulfill the global public trust. This Treaty will provide an effective means of counteracting the process of corporate globalization that threatens to undermine over 50 years of international agreements related to the following obligations, commitments, and expectations: 1. to Promote and fully guarantee respect for human rights, including labour rights, the right to adequate food, shelter and health care, and social justice; 2. to Enable socially equitable and environmentally sound development; 3. to Achieve a state of peace, justice and security; 4. to Create a global structure that respects the rule of law; and 5. to Ensure the preservation and protection of the environment, respect the inherent worth of nature beyond human purpose, reduce the ecological footprint and move away from the current model of over-consumptive development; We live in an increasingly centralised global economy in which the interests of transnational corporations (TNCs) and financial institutions often take precedence over the welfare of ordinary people. Deregulation of the financial markets has created a volatile "global casino" in which massive speculative capital flows threaten the stability of national economies. International trade agreements such as NAFTA, GATT, and now the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) have diminished the power of governments and elevated the rights of corporations above those of nations and their citizens. We have just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. When significant anniversaries of the United Nations are celebrated there is usually a flurry of congratulatory activity, and then the documents are put back on the shelf. Rights, however, are meaningless unless they are actually enacted, implemented and enforced. 1999 is the culmination of the International decade devoted to the furtherance of international law. The purpose of this Treaty is to strengthen that law by demanding that governments (a) stop devolving their power to corporations and (b) discharge the obligations, act on the commitments and fulfill the expectations they have undertaken through United Nations documents and through international and regional agreements. The intention is to provide a framework of international law within which local democracy can flourish. Successive drafts of the Treaty have circulated widely for over a year and a half in English, French and Spanish. It has evolved with input from many participants. The Treaty was sent to each country's UN Mission in New York in 1997 and again in 1998 on the anniversaries of the United Nations (October 24) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10). The proposed Treaty is supported by a body of international documents and principles drawn from the commitments, obligations and expectations created through the UN system. A full list of the international instruments and other documents that have been reviewed for the drafting of this Treaty and is available upon request. The principles embodied in the Treaty are further supported by a "Charter of Obligations" prepared by the Global Compliance Research Project which lists, in an easy to find format, the text of many of the agreements undertaken by Nation States over the years. It is now apparent that we are suffering the consequences of half a century of unprincipled economic growth activity. We call upon the nations of the world not to relive and reinvent the errors of the past but rather, to ensure the rights of present and future generations by implementing the principles of this Citizens Public Trust Treaty. The Online Treaty can be found at: Northern Hemisphere http://www.gn.apc.org/negreens/cptt.htm Southern Hemisphere http://www.isis.aust.com/cptt French and Spanish verson, and background documents http://www.coastnet.com/~jrussow/francis.htm .rtf (English) downloadable document for hardcopy reproduction http://www.isis.aust.com/cptt/sign.htm For further information please contact: Canada and the United States Joan Russow (Ph.D) 1230 St. Patrick St. Victoria, B.C. V8S 4Y4 Tel/Fax 1+ 250 598-0071 mailto:jrussow[at]coastnet.com UK and Ireland Paul Swann 14 Beacon Hill, London N7 9LY Tel +44 (0)171 609 7764 mailto:pswann[at]easynet.co.uk Australia Susanne Martain mailto:webweave[at]isis.aust.com ______________________________________________________________________________ 15. Minerva - An Internet Journal of Philosophy http://www.ul.ie/~philos ISSN 1393-614X Minerva is an electronic journal of philosophy. It is published annually and is freely available on the Internet. The journal publishes articles relating to philosophy construed in a broad but scholarly sense, without preference for any particular school or intellectual tradition. Each volume will appear in the month of November. As an electronic journal, Minerva provides swift publication and distribution, while reaction to published articles can be garnered with equal speed. Articles can be pre-published in Minerva and re-submitted for publication in the print journals. Alternatively, articles already published in the print journals can be offered for publication in Minerva. It is intended that the journal will foster debate by publishing considered replies to certain articles and providing a forum for scholarly discourse. Minerva is compiled and encoded in HTML. It is intended that each volume of Minerva should include a selection of articles which have been submitted to the editor over the World Wide Web. Submissions are therefore sought on any topic from professional philosophers and other suitably qualified individuals, and may range from formal scholarly treatises to reviews and discursive or colloquial discussions which would be accessible and intelligible to any literate reader. The decision of the editor on the acceptability of any submitted article is final, and no correspondence will be entered into in relation to any submission which is not featured in the Journal. Articles should be submitted (Word, RTF or HTML format) by e-mail to Dr. Stephen Thornton, or by surface post on diskette only, to: Dr. Stephen Thornton, Department of Philosophy Mary Immaculate College (University of Limerick), South Circular Road, Limerick, Ireland. Minerva is published and edited by Stephen Thornton. Copyright of featured articles is as indicated. All other materials, unless otherwise indicated, are copyrighted © Minerva under the terms of the Copyright Act 1963. All rights are reserved, but fair and good faith use with attribution may be made of all contents for educational, scholarly, or personal purposes. Contact: Dr. Stephen Thornton Email: stephen.thornton[at]mic.ul.ie (From NewJour-L) ______________________________________________________________________________ 16. FROGLOG : newsletter of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force http://acs-info.open.ac.uk/info/newsletters/items.html Newsletter of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force of the World Conservation Union's Species Survival Commission. Recent Table of Contents: Mesoamerican Decline Symposium Amphibian Population Decline in a Honduran National Park Climate Change Workshop Report The Status of Amphibians in Wawushan Mountain National Forest Park The Status of Amphibians in Xiaman National Conservation Region Call for International Cooperation Froglog Shorts Publications of Interest Contact: John W. 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