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Library Juice 2:20 - May 19 Contents: 1. Collected Library Juice Quotes-for-the Week 2. Notices from the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom 3. _GOVERNMENT INFORMATION IN CANADA_ No. 17 4. News stories appearing in the May 17 American Libraries Online 5. Deja.com: http://www.deja.com/ 6. Sixteen articles added to _Progressive Librarian_ website 7. Ex Libris: http://marylaine.com/exlibris/index.html 8. COOL: College Opportunities On-Line -- NCES IPEDS 9. Information Bridges International, Inc. - For Solo Librarians 10. Open letter from SFPL employees in support of John Philbrook 11. Re: Dr. Laura - selections from the email circuit 12. La Revista REFERENCIAS Vol. 4, Nro. 1, Abr. 99 13. Declaración de la IFLA sobre las bibliotecas y la libertad intelectual 14. MANIFESTO OF AVANT-GARDE LIBRARIANSHIP 15. Tornadic Images 16. Story of Chewing Gum Quote for the week: I don't think we should be automating information professionals out of business. Quite the contrary, I think we should be giving them a bigger job: reaching out to support the collective cognition of particular communities. This might include systems to support the creation, circulation, and transformation of particular genres of materials. It might include setting up and configuring mailing lists or other, more sophisticated tools for shared thinking. It might include both face-to-face and remote assistance. Distributed alliances of librarians might support specific distributed communities, while comparing notes with one another and sharing tools. -Phil Agre, "The End of Information and the Future of Libraries," Progressive Librarian 12/13, Spring/Summer 1997 http://libr.org/PL/12-13_Agre.html _________________________________________________________________________ 1. Collected Library Juice Quotes-for-the Week The Library Juice Quotes-for-the-Week from vol.1, no.13 to the latest issue are now available via e-mail. Send a message to quotes-1[at]libr.org for Volume 1 Send a message to quotes-2[at]libr.org for Volume 2 The message doesn't matter - you will automatically be sent the collected quotes. Enjoy! _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Notices from the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom The 1999 Banned Books Week fact sheet is at http://www.ala.org/pio/factsheets/bbw.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On May 4, ALA President Ann K. Symons delivered the keynote address at the Annenberg National Conference on the Internet and the Family. Her address is available at http://www.ala.org/pio/speeches/annenberg.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Libraries, Children, and the Internet, a ALA question-and-answer page, can be found online at http://www.ala.org/parents/librariesandinternet.html under the ALA Resources for Parents, Teens, and Kids page at http://www.ala.org/parents/index.html ________________________ 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 http://www.ala.org/oif.html _________________________________________________________________________ 3. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION IN CANADA No. 17 Announcing / Annonce : Number / Numero 17 GOVERNMENT INFORMATION IN CANADA/INFORMATION GOUVERNEMENTALE AU CANADA (ISSN 1198-5291) Accessible by/par WWW: URL: http://www.usask.ca/library/gic/ A Forum on the Freedom of Information Research Project 1. Introduction (English version) / (version francaise) 2. The Freedom of Information Research Project: Alasdair Roberts' study of Canadian FOI laws can be found at http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~foi Update: "Closing the Window: How Public Sector Restructuring Limits Access to Government Information," by Alasdair Roberts Responses 3. Jim Bronskill, Ottawa-based reporter with Southam News 4. Andrew Hubbertz, Head of Government Publications, Maps and Microforms, University of Saskatchewan Libraries 5. Kirsti Nilsen, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario 6. Andrew Osler, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario *********************************************************************** * 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 * *********************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________________ 4. News stories appearing in the May 17 American Libraries Online http://www.ala.org/alonline/ * Bill Introduced to Detach E-rate from Phone Bills, FCC * S.F. Mayor Orders Library to Let 11-Year-Old Read to Preschoolers * Dr. Laura Continues Crusade against ALA * Ohio Middle School Restricts Holocaust-Diary Anthology * Senate Unanimously Passes Filtering Bill for Internet Service Providers * Two Architects Bail Out as Seattle Design Competition Intensifies * Plano Edges Closer to Filters for All Computers * IMLS Establishes Library Service Award, Calls for Nominations American Libraries' Web site also features the latest "Internet Librarian" columns by Karen Schneider; AL's "Career Leads" job ads; listings of conferences, continuing-education courses, exhibitions, and other events from AL's "Datebook"; and Tables of Contents for the current year. 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 _________________________________________________________________________ 5. Deja.com: http://www.deja.com/ On Monday, the powerful online research tool Deja News launched a revamped Website that includes many major enhancements and new information services, transforming the well-established searchable clearinghouse of 45,000 discussion forums into a multi-functional Internet portal. The new features provided by Deja News, which has officially changed its name to Deja.com, include Deja Ratings, a system that currently offers "access to unbiased peer ratings and comments" on over 7,200 items in more than 400 categories, and Deja Shopper, a service to help users "find the best deals on the Web for products and services." In addition, the Deja Discussions and Deja Communities services have made key design changes that include hierarchical navigation, thread digest display, instant messaging, and a feature called Deja Tracker, which provides users with email notifications when a tagged discussion posts new messages. [AO] >From the Internet Scout Report: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/ _________________________________________________________________________ 6. Sixteen articles added to _Progressive Librarian_ website Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 17:44:52 -0700 To: PLGNET-L <plgnet-l[at]listproc.sjsu.edu> From: Rory Litwin <rlitwin[at]earthlink.net> Subject: More PL articles on the web I've added sixteen articles to the website for _Progressive Librarian_. The articles are as follows: >From issue 15, Winter 1998/99 A Few Gates: An Examination of the Social Responsibilities Debate in the Early 1970s and '90s, by Steven Joyce http://libr.org/PL/15_Joyce.html Book Review: Librarianship and Legitimacy: The Ideology of the Public Library Inquiry, by Douglas Raber, reviewed by Patti Clayton http://libr.org/PL/15_Clayton.html Letter Against Bombing of Iraq, 12/16/98 http://libr.org/PLG/iraq12-16-98.html >From issue 14, Spring 1998 Editorial: "Institutionalizing silence within ALA?" http://libr.org/PL/14_Editorial.html Garlic, Vodka, and the Politics of Gender: Anti-intellectualism in American Librarianship, by Michael Winter http://libr.org/PL/14_Winter.html The "Invisibles" - Lesbian Women as Library Users, by Heike Seidel http://libr.org/PL/14_Seidel.html "Lesbians & Libraries" Resource List http://libr.org/PL/14_les-lib-list.html Librarians Against War: an open letter http://libr.org/PL/14_Letter.html >From issue 10-11, Winter 1995/96 Editorial: A Blaise with Indignation http://libr.org/PL/10-11_Editorial.html Service Undermined by Technology: Gender Relations, Economics and Ideology, by Roma Harris http://libr.org/PL/10-11_Harris.html Information Technology and the Future of Work, by Stan A. Hannah and Michael H. Harris http://libr.org/PL/10-11_Hannah.html >From issue 9, Spring 1995 Superhighways, Work and Infrastructure in the Information Age, a symposium with John Buschman, Barbara Garson and Lance Rose http://libr.org/PL/9_Symposium.html >From issue 6/7, Winter/Spring 1993 Politics of Information and the Fate of the Earth, by Theodore Roszak http://libr.org/PL/6-7_Roszak.html Information Technology, Power Structures, and the Fate of Librarianship, by John Buschman http://libr.org/PL/6-7_Buschman.html >From issue 4, Winter 1991/92 Politically Controversial Monographs, by Charles Willett http://libr.org/PL/4_Willett.html >From issue 3, Summer, 1991 Editorial: Politics and Anti-Politics in Librarianship http://libr.org/PL/3_Editorial.html Ten articles from issue 12/13 remain at the website. The full table of contents, with links to all the articles, is at http://libr.org/PL/contents.html Cheers, Rory Litwin, MLIS Webmaster, Progressive Librarians Guild _________________________________________________________________________ 7. Ex Libris: http://marylaine.com/exlibris/index.html Ex Libris: A weekly e-zine for librarians by Marylaine Block, who says: "In part I'm doing this to pass on some things I've learned about information, searching, the net, and library users, over my 22 years as a librarian. But since there are a lot of things I DON'T do--cataloging, administration, extreme technical stuff--I am soliciting articles from other librarians who know things I don't. Articles are going to be short, between 200-500 words. I'm not going to tell you everything about a topic--heck, I don't KNOW everything about very many topics. Think of them as conversation starters, something to get your own ideas going--and if they do, write back. Argue. Submit your own articles. One continuing concern will be how we can use the internet, computers, and databases, to improve our services. Another is the ways in which computers, the internet, and databases will irrevocably alter libraries, our users, and our political and financial environment--not to mention how they may change the structure of information as we now know it. Every technology that has ever become widespread has had unintended side effects, some of them destructive. I believe it is important to speculate now about the possible impact of our technologies so that we can plan ways to deal with those unintended consequences. Another continuing concern will be what we have to do to make our systems usable for our patrons. We need to observe how they go about looking for information, and take this into account as we teach them our systems, design our interfaces, and write instructions. Whatever the down side of the net, it offers us an unparalleled opportunity to share our collections and knowledge. We are the ultimate share-your-toys people, and I will be pointing to information professionals who have used the web in innovative ways to help not only their patrons but other librarians near and far as well. That's why I hope to conduct a series of interviews with some of the greats in the field, beginning April 9 with an interview with Tara Calashain. Our strength is as the strength of ten not only because our hearts are pure, but because we ARE ten--or 100 or 5000 or more. We DO band together, in networks and user groups. Libraries are essentially local, but what we do benefits all the citizens of our states and our country. That's why I will also want to talk about what state libraries and library networks can and should do for individual libraries and their patrons. I am inviting some colleagues who have worked in and with library systems to talk about them. mblock[at]netexpress.net http://marylaine.com _________________________________________________________________________ 8. COOL: College Opportunities On-Line -- NCES IPEDS http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool College Opportunities On-Line (COOL) is a research tool that allows access to information on more than 9,000 trade schools, colleges, and universities in the US. Users may search COOL by geographic region, by state, by city, by type of institution, or by instructional programs, either alone or in combination. Queries yield general information about institutions, such as type of institution, contact information, Carnegie classification, and Title IV code. In addition, each record provides the cost of tuition and fees, data on fall enrollment, and a list of degrees or awards conferred. COOL is a product of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) (see the July 4, 1997 Scout Report). [AO] >From the Internet Scout Report: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/ _________________________________________________________________________ 9. Information Bridges International, Inc. - For SOLO Librarians http://www.ncimedia.com/clients/ibi/ (The website has links to other "SOLO" sites as well.) Information Bridges International, Inc. was founded by Judith A. Siess in 1996 to facilitate exchanges of ideas among librarians and information professionals around the world. What is a SOLO librarian? A SOLO librarian is "an isolated librarian or information collector/provider who has no professional peers within the immediate organization." This definition was developed by the founder of the group, Martha Rhine. She saw "the image of featured artists with talents exceeding those of the accompanying group." In Managing the New One-Person Library St. Clair and Williamson said that "the value of this definition is that it recognizes that in his or her immediate workplace this library/information professional works alone, both as a librarian and as a library manager" and called it "the best [definition] we have found.". "The One Person Library" OPL is a term coined by Guy St. Clair in 1976 to describe a library "in which all the work is done by the librarian." Another interchangeable term is SOLO Librarian. This is defined as "an isolated librarian or information collector/provider who has no professional peers within the immediate organization." This definition was accepted by the SOLO Librarians Division of the Special Libraries Association (USA). The Division was formed in 1992 from the SOLO Librarians Caucus founded by Martha Rose (Marty) Rhine in 1989. OPL's editor, Judith Siess, was the first chair of the SOLO Librarians Division in 1992-1993. The Division now has over 1000 members, making it the fifth largest in SLA. The Division has its own WWW site, http:// and listserv (send message "subscriber sololib-1 <first name> <last name>" to listserv[at]silverplatter.com). We acknowledge the contributions and competence of the many librarians who do not have a library degree (M.L.S. or its equivalent), but the common usage of OPL or SOLO is for a "professional" librarian. However, THE ONE PERSON LIBRARY and the SOLO Librarians Division welcome all information collectors/providers who feel they can benefit from and contribute to them. Information Bridges International, Inc. The One Person Librarian Judith A. Siess, President 477 Harris Rd., Cleveland, OH 44143 USA Voice: 1-216-486-7443 Fax: 1-216-486-8810 E-mail: jsiess[at]ibi-opl.com _________________________________________________________________________ 10. Open letter from SFPL employees in support of John Philbrook AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARIANS' GUILD AND THE LIBRARY EMPLOYEES UNION CHAPTER SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION, LOCAL 790 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY IN SUPPORT OF OUR COLLEAGUE JOHN PHILBROOK In April 1996, shortly after the opening of the New Main Library, our colleague, John Philbrook, an openly gay man who had been a children's librarian for eleven years in the Main Library Children's Room, was accused of sexual molestation by a disturbed teenager with a long history of lies and false accusations against other people. Instead of conducting an unbiased and independent investigation, David Price, then special assistant to Ken Dowlin (City Librarian until his forced resignation in January 1997) and Kathy Page, then Chief of the Main Library, denied John Philbrook his right to due process. Based wholly on suspicion, innuendo, and displeasure at John's longstanding and outspoken stand on the shortcomings of the New Main Library, they immediately cut-off his salary, physically removed him from the Library, and fired him three months later. Throughout John's distinguished career at the SFPL, his dedication in bringing quality library service to the children of San Francisco was marked by the respect and admiration of his colleagues and numerous awards, including the Mayor's Award for Outstanding Performance in Public Service, commendations from the Board of Supervisors for "vital contributions to the life of San Francisco," and the prestigious Daniel Koshland Award, presented by the San Francisco Foundation for outstanding service to the community. After John was fired, a highly biased investigation was conducted by Inspector Patrick White of the San Francisco Police Department and criminal charges were brought against John. These charges were changed several times over the years as numerous holes in them were discovered. For two and a half years John vigorously fought these heinous allegations in court. Finally, on July 30, 1998, all charges against John were dropped by Judge William Cahill for complete lack of evidence. Despite this exoneration, the Library Administration has not reinstated John. His Union arbitration for reinstatement is scheduled for the Spring of 1999. During John's harrowing ordeal, an overwhelming number of his colleagues, friends, family, and library patrons came to his defense and have continued to stand by him. Library staff petitioned the City Librarian in support of John, in spite of threats of administrative retaliation and efforts to silence us. We continue to support John's fight for justice. We have always believed in his integrity and in his innocence. On Monday, November 16, 1998, John's lawyer, Gary Hall, delivered a two-page press release outlining the history of his client's case, to the San Francisco Chronicle, for the purpose of publishing an update on the story they ran August 12, 1997, by reporter Henry Lee. To date, the Chronicle has chosen not to respond. Ask yourself: How would you respond to such accusations? Doesn't every library administration have a legal obligation to presume innocence until guilt is proven? To conduct an INDEPENDENT investigation based upon real evidence, rather than suspicion, gossip, personal distaste, and hostility toward dissenting opinions? Doesn't the administration owe you the right to due process? Don't your colleagues have the right to give testimony in support of your innocence? Wouldn't you expect to be treated fairly by your Administration, and be placed in another library department or paid administrative leave, while an impartial investigation was conducted? None of these things happened here. John Philbrook was robbed of his livelihood, his career, his dignity and his good name. We want all of these back for our colleague. We want justice for John Philbrook! And we want the people of San Francisco to once again benefit from the professional excellence of an honorable man. Catherine Bremer Ackerman Jones Andrea Grimes Amelia Martin Ruth Maginnis Victoria Susoev Melissa Riley Betty Williams Eileen Wampole San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 12 May 1999 _________________________________________________________________________ 11. Re: Dr. Laura - Selections from the e-mail circuit Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 17:36:18 -0400 From: librefed <librefed[at]kent.edu> Subject: Dr. Laura MIME-Version: 1.0 >===== Original Message From mkfwd[at]ehmail.com ===== Friends, If you are disturbed by this thread, I suggest you scroll down now. Let's talk about librarianship, since Dr. Laura is kinda like a librarian... People consult her for answers to important questions in their lives, BUT: -Librarians conduct a thorough reference interview to ascertain important facts about the patron's needs before providing answers. Dr. Laura does not, because she must get to all those commercials and keep her _show_ lively and interesting, not accurate or factual. -Librarians strive to provide answers that are both complete and correct. Dr. Laura: as above. -Librarians have usually earned a master's degree in their field from an accredited institution, or received appropriate training, which they're usually happy to tell you about. Dr. Laura has a doctorate in physiology and a marriage and family counseling certificate from an undetermined institution. -Librarians understand the limitations of current technology and balance them with the importance of a person's right to access information. Dr. Laura - on her Web page - is selling something called WebChaperone[filtering] software for $49.95. -Librarians purvey personal, professional and academic enrichment. Cost: free. Dr. Laura has just signed a TV deal that will bring her more money, followers and a bigger bully pulpit. Fame is a drug more powerful than the ones that killed Dana Plato this weekend. I would like those of us shocked and enraged by this woman's attacks on us to _do something about it_, rather than just talk and let her kick us, but I'm not sure how. Let's stop talking and begin to mobilize and act. Any ideas??? M. Kaminsky ___________________________ Michael Moore is back! "The Awful Truth" Sunday nights on the Bravo cable network. M. Kaminsky mkfwd[at]ehmail.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: "Anderson, Steven P." <SANDERSON[at]GFRLAW.com> To: mkfwd[at]ehmail.com, law-lib[at]ucdavis.edu Cc: publisher[at]libr.org, symons[at]alaska.net Subject: RE: Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 14:29:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Status: Thank you for bringing this topic to our attention, especially since Dr. Laura continues to escalate her attacks on the library profession. I've been following the thread a bit on the Library Juice newsletter ( http://www.libr.org/Juice/ ), hoping that she would hush up, but she hasn't. Law librarians should be concerned about her diatribes for a couple of reasons. First, I believe that she has specifically attacked the Library Bill of Rights. According to the AALL Code of Ethics, "A librarian has a special responsibility to maintain the principles of the Library Bill of Rights." Second, she has made verbal attacks on librarians in general, which certainly cannot boost our professional esteem. She has made a point of going after librarians, instead of MANY other players in this game. After all, why isn't she criticizing Go Ask Alice's web publisher, Columbia University's Health Education Program? According to the site itself (true, perhaps not the most reliable source of unbiased information, but if someone else wants to run a NEXIS search to doublecheck that'd be great), "Go Ask Alice! has been praised and recommended by: The New York Times The Wall Street Journal Newsweek -from Google: http://www.newsweek.com/nw-srv/printed/special/wh99/ch5/wh26_1.htm Black Essence NBC Nightly News Good Morning America CNBC The Boston Globe The Atlanta Constitution The San Diego Union The Toronto Sun Consumer Reports The Jerusalem Post USA Weekend National Public Radio Voice of America Details Vogue Glamour Architectural Digest Men's Health Harvard Health Letter Johns Hopkins On-line The Village Voice" Instead, Dr. Laura is picking on librarians. I did a quick link search on Alta Vista of Go Ask Alice (in the search box, simply type in link:www.goaskalice.columbia.edu) to see who else besides the ALA links to the site. I received approximately 759 hits, many of which are other health and medical sites, colleges and universities, several local public libraries, and even the Federal Office of National Drug Control Policy, which lists it on its The School Zone - http://www.theschoolzone.org/index.html - web site's Guidance Counselor subpage!!! Also included in the results list are a radio station's homework hotline page, alcoholismhelp.com, parentingteens.com, several public (and one Catholic) schools, the Teacher/Pathfinder Educational Village (apparently sponsored by U.S. Department of Education Funds for Innovation in Education Award #R215J40024-95), and even the Association of Professional Flight Attendants. The USDA's National Agricultural Library has links to Go Ask Alice's nutrition resources. The same search in Google adds these sites that link to Go Ask Alice: Channel 2 TV in Naples, FL, and the Alcohol Treatment Facility at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in North Carolina! Of course, just because "everyone else" is doing it may not make linking to this site right (or wrong). However, one needs to ask why, out of approximately 700 other groups, organizations, individuals, and even Federal agencies (!), Dr. Laura sees fit to single out libraries and librarians. This does not portend well for our profession. Speaking for myself and NOT my employer, Steven Anderson, JD, MA(LS) Librarian Gordon Feinblatt Rothman Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC 233 East Redwood Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: 410.576.4255 Fax: 410.576.4246 E-Mail: sanderson[at]gfrlaw.com Web: http://www.gfrlaw.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Subject: Re: Dr Laura Author: "Jason Kruppa" [SMTP:JKruppa[at]lasc.org] at BMWHEM Date: 05/14/1999 2:19 PM In response to why Dr Laura is attacking Libraries and not Go Ask Alice's web publisher, my feeling is that, in keeping with her incendiary, attention-seeking style, she's going for a target that people can easily visualize. Every town has a library, but Columbia University's Health Education Program is an organization most people aren't familiar with. When you're addressing lowest common denominator thinking, pick an easy target, and a big one. Dr Laura, true to her style, doesn't appear to be interested in meaningful dialogue but in ratings and in stirring things up. However, something beneficial could come of this after all. Instead of damaging out professional self-esteem, it could allow librarians to show their strength, compassion and convictions concerning this subject. A foe is never so strong as when challenged. Jason Kruppa Law Library of Louisiana - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Janeen.M.Heath[at]BakerNet.com To: mkfwd[at]ehmail.com, SANDERSON[at]GFRLAW.com, law-lib[at]ucdavis.edu, JKruppa[at]lasc.org Cc: symons[at]alaska.net, publisher[at]libr.org Subject: RE: Dr Laura Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 15:29:00 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Status: I found it amusing that she is such a big proponent of parental responsibility and keeping the government out of the parent/child relationship, and yet here she is advocating lazy parenting by supporting a bill that would make librarians take responsibility for what YOUR child is allowed to see on the Internet, allowing the parent to avoid the responsibility of monitoring their child's online activities. Things that make you go HMMMMM. Janeen Heath Director of Library Services Baker & McKenzie Dallas, TX _________________________________________________________________________ 12. La Revista REFERENCIAS Vol. 4, Nro. 1, Abr. 99 Estimados colegas Se ha publicado un nuevo numero de la Revista REFERENCIAS (Vol. 4, Nro. 1, Abr. 99) editada por la Asociacion de Bibliotecarios Graduados de la Republica Argentina (ABGRA) En este numero, podran encontrar los siguientes articulos: - II Seminario Latinoamericano de Asociaciones de Bibliotecarios y Profesionales Afines: Las asociaciones del futuro. Pag. 4 - HOMENAJE: Diálogo con Carlos Victor Penna. El país no puede avanzar si no cuenta con los servicios de bibliotecas que apoyen su desarrollo, por Adriana Riera y Roberto Servidio. Pag. 6 - ABGRA - Servicios - Noticias - Socios. Pag. 14 - Concurso ABGRA para jóvenes profesionales. Premio Blackwell's: Visualización de la información en OPACs basados en web, por Victor Herrero Solana. Pag. 15 - NOTICIAS: VII Congreso Nacional de ANABAD - SALALM - Congreso Internacional de Informacion INFO´99 - Jornadas sobre publicacion electronica - VII Jornadas de Informacion y Documentacion en Ciencias de la Salud - II Jornadas Andaluzas de Documentacion - IX Coloquio de Automatizacion de Bibliotecas y VII Reunion de Usuarios de SIABUC - Navegador WWW para invidentes - La Biblioteca virtual de BIREME: una propuesta del siglo XXI - INFOLAC y ABINIA: una alianza estrategica - Despedida al padre del ISIS - Encuentro Iberoamericano de Responsables de Bibliotecas Publicas. Pag. 23 - En Memoria Maria Cristina Cajaraville, por Susana Romanos de Tiratel. Pag. 29 - IFLA: Nuevo Secretario General - Programa Memoria del Mundo y proyecto de colecciones digitalizadas de IFLA - Programa IFLA/FAIFE - Grupo IFLA de argentina. Pag. 30 - Gestión colectiva de los derechos de reproducción reprográfica para países de América Latina, por Claudia Rodriguez. Pag. 32 - Nuevo foro de discusión en Internet: Lista ABGRA de correo electrónico. Pag. 34 - Calendario Internacional. Pag. 36 SECCION ESPECIAL * Agenda y programa de la XXXIII Reunión Nacional de Bibliotecarios Para obtener mayor informacion sobre esta publicacion, podran dirigirse a: Comite Editorial Revista Referencias Tucuman 1424 , 8vo.piso (1050) Buenos Aires - ARGENTINA Tel./fax (54 11) 4371-5269 4373-0571 E.mail : referencia[at]abgra.org.ar abgra[at]ciudad.com.ar http://abgra.sisbi.uba.ar Roberto Servidio biblioctpba[at]overnet.com.ar *********************************************************************** * 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 * *********************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________________ 13. Declaración de la IFLA sobre las bibliotecas y la libertad intelectual La declaración, elaborada por el Comité de Libre Acceso a la Información y la Libertad de Expresión de la IFLA (en inglés Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression, FAIFE), fue aprobada por su Comité Ejecutivo en La Haya, Holanda, 25 de marzo de 1999 La Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Bibliotecarios y Bibliotecas (IFLA) apoya, defiende y promueve la libertad intelectual tal y como está definida en la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas. La IFLA declara que los seres humanos tienen el derecho fundamental de acceder a las expresiones del conocimiento, el pensamiento creativo y la actividad intelectual, y de expresar sus opiniones públicamente. La IFLA cree que el derecho a saber y la libertad de expresión son dos aspectos del mismo principio. El derecho a saber es un requisito para la libertad de pensamiento y de conciencia; la libertad de pensamiento y la libertad de expresión son condiciones necesarias para la libertad de acceso a la información. La IFLA afirma que el compromiso con la libertad intelectual es una responsabilidad esencial de la profesión bibliotecaria. Por lo tanto, la IFLA hace un llamamiento a las bibliotecas y el personal de las bibliotecas para que se adhieran a los principios de la libertad intelectual, el acceso sin restricciones a la información y la libertad de expresión, y reconozcan el derecho a la intimidad de los usuarios de las bibliotecas. La IFLA insta a sus miembros a que actúen para promover la aceptación y la puesta en práctica de estos principios. Al hacerlo, la IFLA afirma que: Las bibliotecas proporcionan acceso a la información, a las ideas y a las obras de creación. Sirven como puertas de acceso al conocimiento, el pensamiento y la cultura. Las bibliotecas proporcionan un apoyo esencial a la formación continua, a la toma de decisiones independiente y al desarrollo cultural, tanto de los individuos como de los grupos. Las bibliotecas contribuyen al desarrollo y el mantenimiento de la libertad intelectual y ayudan a preservar los valores democráticos básicos y los derechos civiles universales. Las bibliotecas tienen la responsabilidad de garantizar y de facilitar el acceso a las expresiones del conocimiento y de la actividad intelectual. Con este fin, las bibliotecas deben adquirir, preservar y hacer accesible la más amplia variedad de materiales, que reflejen la pluralidad y la diversidad de la sociedad. Las bibliotecas asegurarán que la selección y la disponibilidad de los materiales y servicios bibliotecarios estén regidas por consideraciones profesionales y no por criterios políticas, morales y religiosas. Las bibliotecas adquirirán, organizarán y difundirán [información y documentación] libremente, y se opondrán a cualquier forma de censura. Las bibliotecas harán accesibles a todos los usuarios por igual todos los materiales y los servicios. No habrá discriminación por razón de raza, credo, sexo, edad o por cualquier otro motivo. Los usuarios tendrán derecho a la intimidad y al anonimato. Los bibliotecarios y demás personal de la biblioteca no revelarán a terceras personas la identidad de los usuarios ni los materiales que utilicen. Las bibliotecas financiadas con fondos públicos y a las que tenga acceso el público defenderán los principios de la libertad intelectual. ual. Los bibliotecarios y demás empleados de estas bibliotecas tienen el deber de defender estos principios. Los bibliotecarios y otros profesionales que trabajen en las bibliotecas, asumirán sus responsabilidades tanto con sus superiores como con sus usuarios. En caso de conflicto entre estas responsabilidades, prevalecerá el deber hacia el usuario. *************************************************** Ms. Josche Neven IFLA Communications and Project Officer IFLA Headquarters P.O. Box 95312 Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 2509 CH The Hague, The Netherlands Tel: +31-70-314 0884 Fax: +31-70-383 4827 E-mail: josche.neven[at]ifla.org Internet: www.ifla.org *************************************************** *********************************************************************** * 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. MANIFESTO OF AVANT-GARDE LIBRARIANSHIP 1. Shake in your shoes bureaucrats! The time has come for a realization of the theory-death of the librarian, embodied in the revolutionary struggle for liberation from this odious society. 2. The weapons of contestation at our disposal have so far been exposed as inadequate. We must forge new tools from extreme sources. 3. The revolutionary theory developed by the various avante-garde tendencies of this century has had no influence within our miserable milieu. We must resuscitate ourselves before we die of boredom. 4. The poverty of library theory is everywhere apparent. Are we to be just another branch of the bureaucratic management of coffee-table knowledge? Are we the soft police of social consciousness? 5. As usual it has been left to those outside our so called "profession" to open our eyes. Our rationales are fragmenting on the road to ruin. What should we do? Celebrate! 6. The librarian is the narrator of a story that has lost its authority, the complacent host of a canon now exploded. 7. The classifications we invented now reinvent us daily, we are losing control as control leads us, inevitably, to more control. Our rules have been turned upon us and we have been sentenced to an eternity of silence. 8. Paradigmatic shifts in the fields of knowledge and information have left us with little to call our own. We are seduced and abandoned in a sea of data with no shore. 9. The media image of the librarian is a travesty. The real situation is ten times worse. We must exorcise those who wish to see more of the shame as we leave the 20th century. 10. We must recruit those who have no investment in things as they are, the future will be for those who will create change without loving it; those who perceive the joy of creation behind every destruction. 11. In the field of the cultural we live in a lie of autonomy. Publishing is an area as sullied as any other in a world dictated by the commodity and exchange-value. The file of information is a commodity like anything else, a can of beans on the supermaket/library shelf. The library is now a shopping mall full of boring, aimless academics. 12. We must determine new relationships for ourselves in order to give the greatest gift of all, the gift of liberation from the past for a new situation really worth living. -Movement for an Avant-garde Librarianship, London, 23/1/93 (Published in _Progressive Librarian_ No. 8, Fall, 1993) _________________________________________________________________________ 15. Tornadic Images Tornado Violence: Are Tornadic Images In The Media To Blame? http://www.theonion.com/onion3518/tornado_violence.html _________________________________________________________________________ 16. Story of Chewing Gum - http://www.nacgm.org/consumer/consumer.html While this is not an in-depth site, the basic information about chewing gum is here. Brief articles cover history, how its made, and facts. There are also tips for getting unstuck and a list of gum manufactures. Site is produced by the National Association of Chewing Gum Manufacturers. - de Subjects: chewing gum LIIWeek - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ _________________________________________________________________________ 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. 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