Library Juice 2:21 - Library Juice is now a book and a blog

Library Juice 2:21 - May 26, 1999 Contents: 1. Demonstration against ALA Keynote Speaker Gen. Colin Powell 2. Citizens War Crimes Inspections Action Booklet 3. ISN LASE: International Relations and Security Policy Search Engine 4. News stories appearing in the May 24 American Libraries Online 5. National Forum on Information Literacy - updated home page 6. Librarians' E-Zines 7. Hermès Revue Critique Volume 1, numéro 4 - printemps-été 1999 8. 1999 Jackie Eubanks Award Winners - The Labadie Collection 9. HR 1790 - Criminal penalties for making environmental info available 10. CDT Creates Access to Government Information Resource 11. Northern Light Sued by the National Writers Union 12. UCLA Scholarships for Multicultural Information Services 13. The Edge: The E-Journal of Intercultural Relations 14. _My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose_ 15. Letters to the SF Chronicle (unprinted) in support of John Philbrook 16. Re: Dr. Laura - Links 17. List of Dr. Laura's Sponsors 18. Dissent 19. The Unbound Bible 20. Two for the road Quote for the week: "People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned." - Saul Bellow. ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Demonstration against ALA Keynote Speaker Gen. Colin Powell Links regarding Colin Powell Library Journal Editorial: ALA's Colin Powell Debacle, A protest against a $70,000 speaker to "market" the ALA conference. http://www.bookwire.com/LJDigital/editorial.article$28157 Background: "War Criminal to Address ALA" War Crimes Tribunal complaint by Ramsey Clark: http://www.infoshop.org/library/warcrimes.html Media Consortium articles on Colin Powell: http://www.delve.com/consort/archive/colin.html Librarian.net poll: http://librarian.net/poll.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Demonstration against Powell at the confence: SRRT is calling a demonstration against former General Colin Powell, ALA's keynote speaker at the Opening General Session of the New Orleans ALA Annual Meeting. This is scheduled for Saturday, June 26 at 5:30-7 PM. Powell fought the war against Iraq and was responsible for bombing the civilian infrastructure. This has resulted in more than half a million dead from lack of health care, clean water and the basic necessities of life. Iraq used to be a moderately rich country but most people now live in poverty that was unimaginable before the Gulf War. The United States Government has bombed four countries within the past year: Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Yugoslavia. At the time of writing, the US continues to bomb both Iraq and Yugoslavia. The bombing of Iraq not only kills people, but is also counterproductive in that all United Nations weapons monitoring was closed down. The US bombing of Sudan and Afghanistan was supposedly to retaliate against the terrorist attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. However, the US bombed a pharmaceutical plant that supplied at least half the medicine in Sudan. Even mainstream US news reporters have found no serious evidence that the factory had anything to do with claimed weapons manufacture. Seventy cruise missiles (costing $1 million each) bombed a desert camp in Afghanistan, killed a few people and destroyed a few houses but accomplished nothing but making Islamic fundamentalists even more angry at the United States. The infrastructure of Yugoslavia is being ruined at the time of writing, and the civilians there will likely end up in the same position as the people of Iraq. We may differ on why the US has gone on a bombing spree, but I hope most of us will affirm that all this bombing is not in the interest of the people of the United States. We need to protest General Powell as a representative of the US military and foreign policy elite. Please bring signs and meet outside the Opening General Session auditorium half an hour before the speech. Please try to bring your friends so that we can make a strong showing. For further information, contact Al Kagan, akagan[at]uiuc.edu. Al Kagan Africana Unit, Room 328 University of Illinois Library 1408 W. Gregory Drive Urbana, IL 61801, USA tel. 217-333-6519 fax. 217-333-2214 e-mail. akagan[at]uiuc.edu ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Citizens War Crimes Inspections Action Booklet http://www.motherearth.org/inspect/ This booklet has been complied as an advice booklet for anyone who wants to take responsibility for upholding international law against nuclear weapons, and conduct a citizen's war crimes inspection. It contains information from those who have conducted inspections themselves, experienced anti-nuclear campaigners, and those who have studied international law closely in order to present the arguments against nuclear weapons. - Use it to prepare your actions... - Copy it (or parts of it) to your group... - Put bits of it on your website... - Contact people on the contact list... - Translate it if you can... ...and please, please send us feedback on how useful you find it and what could be improved. And remember... "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito." -Dalai Lama ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. ISN LASE: International Relations and Security Policy Search Engine International Relations and Security Network (ISN), ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Supplied note: Recently implemented "ISN LASE is the only public full-text search service on the Internet which is specialized in international relations and security policy. It enables you to search and directly retrieve documents from currently more than 200 relevant sites from a single user interface. By limiting the search to carefully selected websites ISN LASE always guarantees you high-quality results." [The site can handle queries in five [EN, FR, DE, IT, RU] languages and supports both HTML and PDF documents - ed.] URL http://www.isn.ethz.ch/lase/ Link suggested by: ISN Secretariat (isn[at]sipo.reok.ethz.ch) --------------------------------------------- Src: The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778 URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html Announce your new/improved Asian Studies' Web sites via http://coombs.anu.edu.au/regasia.html --------------------------------------------- >From ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. News stories appearing in the May 24 American Libraries Online http://www.ala.org/alonline * ALA Leadership Meets to Discuss Dr. Laura Fallout * San Francisco City Librarian Regina Minudri Suffers Stroke * Storm Floods Northeastern Iowa Libraries * Government Backpedals on Fee-Based Search Service * Coalition Asks FCC Site to Offer Balanced View of Filters * Calif. Senator Refutes Claim That Dr. Laura's Fans Saved Filtering Bill * Medical Librarians Examine Their Future at Chicago Conference * Los Angeles County Library Aides Demonstrate for Pay Hike * St. Tammany Trustees Agree to Offer Parents Filter Option * Senate Holds Second Hearing on Mandated Filters * Nashville Library Hit with Anthrax Threat, FBI Investigating * Pennsylvania State Library, Universities to Share Databases 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. National Forum on Information Literacy - updated home page From: Dane Ward <dane.ward[at]wayne.edu> Hello Everyone! I would like to bring your attention to the recently updated Home Page of the National Forum on Information Literacy, located at http://www.infolit.org/. The Forum is a coalition of 75 education, business, and governmental organizations working to promote national and international awareness of the importance of information literacy. The web site includes a number of useful resources: an overview of the organization; definitions of information literacy; documents, including minutes of the last few Forum meetings; a list of members with some description of their interest in information literacy; sample lesson plans; and a pretty comprehensive list of related sites called "Information Literacy: the Key Web Sites." If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact me. Cheers, Dane Dane Ward Coordinator of Information Literacy 1210 Adamany Undergraduate Library Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: 313-577-0146 FAX: 313-577-5265 Email: dane.ward[at]wayne.edu NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. Librarians' E-Zines -----Original Message----- From: owner-newlib-l[at]usc.edu [mailto:owner-newlib-l[at]usc.edu] On Behalf Of Phillips, Chantal Sent: Thursday, 20 May 1999 01:40 To: 'Newlib List' Subject: Electronic Journals for Librarians I am looking for free Internet journals/zines that help Librarians keep up-to-date on current issues. Preferably, these resources would go beyond the usual U.S. focus of most sources. I would also be interested in anything about Libraries/Librarians in French or Spanish and anything about Africa and Latin America. All suggestions welcome ! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I hope this hasn't already been posted, but the following address has compiled a "long list of electronic journals and newsletters of interest to LIS". http://www.aber.ac.uk/~tplwww/ej/ot2.html Sandra Wong, Reference Librarian Sciences and Technology Library University of Manitoba (204)474-7063 wongs0[at]cc.umanitoba.ca - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 10:39:14 +1200 From: "Alistair Kwun" <a.kwun[at]auckland.ac.nz> To: <Chantal.Phillips[at]londonlife.com>, "'Newlib List'" <newlib-l[at]usc.edu> Subject: RE: Electronic Journals for Librarians MIME-Version: 1.0 Dear Chantal: Here are three good indexes for online library journals: ACQWEB INDEX http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/journals.html BUBL JOURNALS http://bubl.ac.uk/journals/lis/ INDEX MORGANAGUS http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/~emorgan/morganagus/ Here's a good site to visit for Latin American library scene. The section entiled "Associations" would be a good start. http://lanic.utexas.edu/world/library/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hello, german and international library journals http://www.dbi-berlin.de/dbi_inf/fachbi/zeit_00.htm J.P. -- Dr. Juergen Plieninger ++49 - 7071 - 297 61 41 mailto:juergen.plieninger[at]uni-tuebingen.de http://homepages.uni-tuebingen.de/juergen.plieninger/indexeng.htm ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Hermès Revue Critique Volume 1, numéro 4 - printemps-été 1999 HERMÈS : revue critique http://www.microtec.net/~charro/ Volume 1, numéro 4 - printemps-été 1999 Projet de table des matières (printemps-été1999) Présentation Articles - Bibliothéconomie Les fondements constitutionnels de la liberté académique des professeurs d'université en droit canadien et américain (deuxième partie) par Elvio Buono Du bibliothécariat à la bibliothéconomie : la profession de bibliothécaire dans les « métiers de l'information » par Roger Charland Au-delà du discours idéaliste de l'information Volet 2 : La pensée à l'ère de l'économie de l'information et contre elle par Pierre Blouin - Guerre Prestige de la terreur (8 août 1945) par Georges Heneines Henein - Présentation de Louis Dusseault Le socialisme et la gauche Radical Plural Democracy. A New Theory for the Left? par Susan Hekman Notes Le rapport Benton sur les bibliothèques publiques : quand la "nouveauté" rencontre la "tradition" par Pierre Blouin Articles et livres recommandés par la rédaction de HERMÈS par Roger Charland Et d'autres surprises!!!!! © HERMÈS : Revue critique et Roger Charland Réalisation : SphinX, Ingénierie documentaire enr. Dernière mise à jour le 09 mai 1999. ___________________________________________________________________________ 8. 1999 Jackie Eubanks Award Winners - The Labadie Collection Ed Weber, Curator of the Labadie Collection, and Julie Herrada, Assistant Curator, have been named the 1999 winners of the Jackie Eubanks Award. The Labadie Collection, part of the Special Collections Library at the University of Michigan <www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/SpecColl.lib/labadie.html>, was established in 1911 when Joseph Labadie, a prominent Detroit anarchist, donated his library to the University of Michigan. The collection's strength is in anarchist materials, but its scope has broadened to include a great variety of social protest literature worldwide, together with political views from both the extreme left and the extreme right. Weber, Curator since 1960, purchases materials in all formats in radical social protest, especially anarchism, socialism, Communism, civil liberties, counterculture, radical right, and older labor history. Herrada, Assistant Curator sine 1994, serves as one of the collection's selectors. Her own personal connections with radical communities have expanded the holdings and proved helpful to the larger goal of providing access to radical materials. Presented annually by the Alternatives in Print Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table, the Eubanks Award honors outstanding advocacy in promoting the acquisition and use of alternative media in libraries. Also: Friends: Just web-posted, a review of Carlotta R. Anderson's interesting _All-American anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the labor movement_: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/7423/reading.html cheers... Chris Dodge Street Librarian http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/7423 "Unscrew the locks from the doors! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!" --Walt Whitman ___________________________________________________________________________ 9. HR 1790 - Criminal penalties for making environmental info available CONGRESS HURRIES TO LIMIT PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW The House Commerce Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a hearing yesterday on H.R. 1790, a bill that would impose criminal penalties of up to a year in jail on government officials who make certain environmental data available to the public in electronic format, even though the information must be made available on paper. The proposal, introduced by Commerce Committee chairman Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (R-VA) but crafted by the Clinton Administration, is supposed to prevent terrorists from learning through the Internet about the damage to surrounding communities that could be caused by attacking a hazardous chemical plant. CDT is concerned that the legislation would set an unwise precedent by limiting the release of government information in electronic form, backtracking from advances of the last three years that required disclosure of government information in the format requested by a citizen. CDT and other advocates of access to government information wrote to Chairman Bliley urging him not to undermine the goals of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act (E-FOIA). http://www.cdt.org/righttoknow/blileyletter.html, However, yesterday's hearing included no testimony from advocates for open government or from experts on federal and state FOIA and open records laws. Democratic members of the committee took the unusual step of calling for a second hearing which will take place next Wednesday, May 26. Supporters of the bill made it clear that they would like to see the bill enacted into law before June 21. -From CDT Policy Post 5.9- ___________________________________________________________________________ 10. CDT Creates Access to Government Information Resource Since issues of access to government information have become increasingly important to the Internet community, CDT has built a page for news and related links on the subject - http://www.cdt.org/righttoknow/. The page contains the latest headlines and links to FOIA aids and will soon contain links to sites making government information available in innovative ways. In the coming months, we hope to expand the site to include an automatic FOIA request system, allowing you to formulate your FOIA requests and submit them directly to government agencies online. If you have suggestions or comments about what CDT could do to improve citizen access to information through the Internet, send them to ari[at]cdt.org. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ABOUT THE CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY/CONTACTING US The Center for Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public interest organization based in Washington, DC. The Center's mission is to develop and advocate public policies that advance democratic values and constitutional civil liberties in new computer and communications technologies. Contacting us: General information: info[at]cdt.org World Wide Web: http://www.cdt.org/ Snail Mail: The Center for Democracy and Technology 1634 Eye Street NW * Suite 1100 * Washington, DC 20006 (v) +1.202.637.9800 * (f) +1.202.637.0968 -From CDT Policy Post 5.9- ___________________________________________________________________________ 11. Northern Light Sued by the National Writers Union National Writers Union Northern Lights Grievance Page http://www.nwu.org//journ/norhome.htm Northern Light markets a "Special Collection," which contains more than 1,800 magazines, journals, books, newspapers, pamphlets, and newswires. Each item is available for a separate fee, although there is also a subscription option that gives customers the right to download a specific number of articles per month. A number of NWU members and enrollees in the Publication Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) have found that their work is available in the Special Collection without authorization. The PRC is asking that Northern Light sign a collective licensing agreement so that freelance writers are paid for Northern Light's use of their work and the NWU is aggresively pursuing this infringement. [Beaucoups plus information at the NWU web page] ____________________________________________________________________________________ 12. UCLA Scholarships for Multicultural Information Services Press Release Scholarships for Multicultural Information Services UCLA's Department of Information Studies remains committed to the equity of information services in a culturally diverse society Los Angeles, May 24, 1999: Michèle V. Cloonan, Chair of UCLA's Department of Information Studies, announces two new $5,000 scholarships for the study of information services in culturally diverse communities leading to an ALA-accredited MLIS degree. These scholarships affirm the Department's: - continued commitment to equity of information access and services in a culturally diverse society. - recognition of the role of library and information professional organizations in mentoring students to succeed in their studies and career. - partnership with local ethnic library and information professional associations to address cultural diversity. A Diversity Council has been created and committees formed to work on student and faculty recruitment, mentoring, curriculum revision, fundraising and strategic planning. The scholarships will be awarded to the two incoming Master's students with the strongest applications who have been awarded a 1999-2000 American Library Association Spectrum Scholarship and who have: - membership in a library and information professional organization that addresses the needs of culturally diverse groups, and - interest in serving culturally diverse communities in their statement of purpose Indicators of a strong application include demonstrated academic success, high potential for success in graduate studies, experience working with and commitment to serving a culturally diverse user community, and working knowledge in various languages. For information on the study of multicultural information services at UCLA, see http://scow.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/cchu/diversity/dlis.html Contact: Susan Abler UCLA Dept. of Information Studies Office of Student Services 254 GSE&IS Bldg., Box 951520 Phone (310) 825-5269 Phone (310) 825-8799 E-mail: abler[at]gseis.ucla.edu Fax (310) 206-4460 ___________________________________________________________________________ 13. The Edge: The E-Journal of Intercultural Relations http://www.hart-li.com/biz/theedge The Edge publishes works that have an intercultural theme. Possible works to be submitted include academic papers/essays, biographical/travel stories (fact or fiction), book reviews, poetry, photographs,paintings, drawings, teaching resources, short audio clips, etc. The Edge publishes works that explore the edge (or boundary) between cultures. Works that explore the interaction of cultures will be given the highest consideration. Contact: Editor: William Hart Email: wbhart[at]odu.edu ___________________________________________________________________________ 14. _My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose_ Portrayal of Native Americans in the Scholastic Press Novel A Letter to _Counterpoise_ Editors ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 09:00:15 -0500 From: Debbie Reese <d-reese[at]uiuc.edu> Subject: On-line review Good morning all - I'm new to Counterpoise. I don't know what sorts of messages are posted to the group - if they are restricted in some way to specific topics. I'll take the chance that this message fits parameters, and if it doesn't, I apologize. I've spent the last couple of months working on a review article about a children's book. I want to share the review with all of you, because we have similar interests in culturally authentic materials. In March, Scholastic (one of the largest publisher's of children's books) released a book called _My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose_. The book is part of Scholastic's series of historical fiction diaries. The series is called "The Dear America" series. Many have come out in the last 3 years. They are of uneven quality - some are well done. This one is highly problematic. It is set in 1880 at Carlisle Indian School. For those of you unfamiliar with Carlisle, it was one of the earliest boarding schools established by the US govt. This one was founded by an army officer named Pratt, who is known for saying "Kill the Indian, Save the Man." Children from across the US were taken from their families to be "educated" at Carlisle. Many died there. Many ran away, and died as they tried to get home. The Scholastic book is authored by a woman named Ann Rinaldi. In her author's note she says that she visited the school, saw the poetic names on headstones, and knew that she had to use them to tell the story of Nannie Little Rose. So, so took many names from headstones and created characters for this story. I do not think it even occurred to her that the Native American people in the US would object to her use of these children's names. For her, I think they were just names. To us (I'm Pueblo Indian), the boarding school's are a cause of great sadness, great pain. Those children died there, away from their families. They were abused. But the book Rinaldi has written doesn't tell that story. Instead, her main character likes it there, as do many of the other characters, and do not want to return home. Rinaldi has made it seem like the boarding school was a good thing, and says that she's sure the children whose names she used will look down at her from their "Happy Hunting Ground" and smile on her for telling this story. I could go on and on, but I'd rather direct you to the review, which is on-line at <http://www.oyate.org>. It was written by nine different women. We worked together, by phone and email, as we prepared the review. Some of the women are Native, some are not. One is from Canada. The Canadian govt has officially apologized for the boarding schools they had there, which were modeled on the ones here. In the US, most people don't know what those early schools were like, if they even know they existed. I'm writing to all of you, appealing, I guess, to read the review because it affects all of us in our efforts to get quality, culturally authentic and culturally sensitive material into the hands of parents and children. Scholastic is about to release another book in this series - this one is the diary of a Navajo girl on the Long Walk. I haven't seen it yet, but a colleague indicates it is also poorly done, and makes it seem like the Navajo people "had it coming." Scholastic has also just released another diary - this one of a boy - who was at a Japanese internment camp. This, too, I understand, is highly problematic. I believe, in our work we are committed to searching for quality material. However, I think as individuals, we can also work at critiquing poor materials that enjoy huge sales. Scholastic is making huge profits from these historical fiction diaries. Please share the URL for the review with parents, teachers and librarians. Unfortunately, I don't think Scholastic will withdraw the book. And, I do not want to say "don't buy it" because Scholastic (and others) would brand me as a censor. I do, however, seek to provide information so that people can make informed decisions about their selection process. If you have time to read the review, and have any comments or feedback, please get in touch with me. Shorter versions of the review will be published in various places such as Rethinking Schools, Aboriginal Voices, Multicultural Review, but journal editors cannot run the entire review, which is rich with detail. Sincerely, Debbie Debbie Reese Doctoral Student Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education, University of Illinois Champaign, IL 61820 Office Telephone: 217-244-8061 Email: d-reese[at]uiuc.edu ___________________________________________________________________________ 15. Letters to the SF Chronicle (unprinted) in support of John Philbrook Letter to the editor 5/12/99 Editor - The front page story by Chronicle staff writer Yumi Wilson (S.F. Library Closes Book on Boy's Idea, Wed. May 12) seems to criticize the library for its lack of response in the matter of 11-year old John O'Connor, who wanted to start a reading program for younger kids. Where, then, is the Chronicle's outrage or even simple coverage in the case of much honored former San Francisco Public children's librarian John Philbrook, who was falsely accused of child molestation and driven from his job in the Children's Room of the Main Library? The nightmare began three years ago and is not over yet. Although the criminal charges against Mr. Philbrook were thrown out of court for lack of evidence, the Library has refused to reinstate him and has postponed his union arbitration hearing several times. The Bay Area Reporter, the Independent, and the San Francisco Times have all published stories about this case. The only coverage of this case in the Chronicle was on August 12, 1997, when a biased, negative story was published about the charges. There has never even been a follow-up story informing readers that the charges were dropped, let alone an investigative report. Ed Glazier To: CHRONLETTERS[at]SFGATE.COM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear Editor: re: San Francisco Chronicle Tries to Close Book on Beloved Childrens Librarian As the manager of the Presidio Branch Library I am responsible for everything that goes on at the branch. Yet no one contacted me about the John OConnor story. Mr. OConnor did not approach me, Ms. Wilson (your reporter) did not ask for my side of the story. In fact, she would not even speak to me when I approached her outside the branch yesterday. I want to make this very clear - the responsibility for Mr. OConnors disappointment rests with me and the Library administration. As a large institution the Library must develop clear guidelines for new programs not take things as they come. This is the story from my perspective: The Presidio Branch is a treasure for the neighborhood children and their parents, who happily coexist in it with many adult readers. Nearly every Thursday toddlers, infants and preschoolers flock to the branch for Mrs. Ks infant/toddler lapsit in the morning and storytime for 3-5 year olds in he afternoon. In 1997 the lapsits got so crowded that the program was moved to a larger room vacated by the Library for the Blind. The special programs planned and hosted by Mrs. K - the Bubble Lady, the ventriloquist, the cellist - draw crowds of up to 200 on a monthly basis. During her weekly programs, Mrs. K delights an ever-changing audience of kids who walk (or ride) into the building, smile and say Book or Mrs. K or e-i-e-i-o (a phrase they first learned from Mrs. K) before rushing to the program or running to the childrens room to find that one book theyve been waiting to read all week. Above all, they are there to see Mrs. K. I know because I have disappointed more than one child by being Mrs. Ks substitute during her occasional absences from the branch. When we first came to the branch in 1995, the word was that there was a very small audience for childrens programs in the neighborhood. Mrs.K quickly showed that this was not so. Over the years she has proven it week after week, whether doing her train program complete with engineers costume and whistle that belonged to her father or bringing stories to life on the felt board and with singing. What is happening for these hundreds of kids is simple: a basic love of words, books and libraries. That is the real story about the Presidio Branch and Mrs. K. As her many fans will attest, Mrs. Kashiwagi is a wonderful, talented, hard-working librarian. Im proud to have her with me at Presidio Branch. Im very sorry for Mister OConnor. Had I been approached by him or his parents, I would have been happy to talk with him about other volunteer options at our branch and others. The next infant/lapsit at Presidio Branch is Thursday, May 20. Join us at 10:30 am and bring your bouncing shoes and your biggest smiles for Mrs. K. Sincerely, Catherine M. Bremer 415/292-2155 ___________________________________________________________________________ 16. Re: Dr. Laura - Links Toys-R-Us comment form to complain to them for withdrawing support for the ALA's Children's Reading Rooms in Libraries: https://www.toysrus.com/asset/ecomm/htdocs/custServiceContact.htm Library Journal Editorial: http://www.bookwire.com/ljdigital/editorial.article$28273 Other stories on Dr. Laura and the Toys-R-Us flap at LJ: http://www.bookwire.com/ljdigital/leadnews.articles?date=current Wired Magazine Online article: http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/19799.html Scheduling info for the Dr. Laura feature on A&E's "Biography" series: http://www.biography.com/tv/listings/lschlessinger.html "Calif. Senator Refutes Claim That Dr. Laura's Fans Saved Filtering Bill" http://www.ala.org/alaonline Email discussion list on the Dr. Laura problem: Subscribe at http://No2Laura.listbot.com Background: http://www.ala.org/alonline/news/1999/990517.html#drlaura http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/9905/0174.html http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/9905/0015.html http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/9905/0031.html http://www.drlaura.com/monologue/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 17. Partial List of Dr. Laura's Sponsors To: No2Laura[at]listbot.com, member-forum[at]ala.org Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 17:59:28 -0500 From: "Marion Librarian" <librarian[at]gurlmail.com> A librarian spent some time today, 19 May 1999, listening to the first two hours of Dr. Laura's radio program, on RealAudio. Below is a list of some of the national ads heard. The product is identified after "Ad:" A professional, dedicated to making the world a better place and enriching people's lives with information, the librarian then did some checking on the individual advertisers. After each product is what appears to be info on the companies and people behind them, as well as contact information. Some might find the information of interest... :-) --- Ad: GEICO Direct GEICO Corporation - Subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway President and CEO, Insurance Operations: Olza M. Nicely One GEICO Plaza Washington, DC 20076 Phone: 301-986-3000 Fax: 301-986-2851 http://www.geico.com --- Ad: Corbett Canyon Vintners The Wine Group (Also make Mogen David, Tribuno, and Franzia Bros.) Chairman and CEO: A. A. Ciocca 240 Stockton St. San Francisco, CA 94108-5325 Phone: 415-986-8700 --- Ad: The Phonics Game Starter Kit [Appears to be a product of] Child Development Institute "Founded by Doctor Robert Myers" 17853 Santiago Blvd, Suite 107-328 Villa Park, CA 92861 Voice/Fax (714) 998-8617 http/www.cdipage.com Orders: 1-800-262-GAME --- Ad: MayberryUSA, Inc. "Mayberry USA is the first nationwide filtered Internet Service provider in the country." "Richie Martin, founder" 2315 N. Woodlawn, Ste 201 Metairie, LA 70001 Phone Numbers (504)780-0805 or (888)734-3444 http://www.mbusa.net Email -- office[at]mayberryusa.net --- Ad: eBay, Inc. Chairman: Pierre M. Omidyar President and CEO: Margaret C. Whitman 2005 Hamilton Ave., Ste. 350 San Jose, CA 95125 Phone: 408-369-4830 Fax: 408-369-4855 http://www.ebay.com --- Ad: Zurich Direct [Appears to be a division of] The Kemper Insurance Companies Chairman and CEO: David B. Mathis President and COO: William D. Smith One Kemper Dr. Long Grove, IL 60049-0001 Phone: 847-320-2000 Fax: 847-320-2494 http://www.kemperinsurance.com --- Ad: BodyMate "from the makers of Cold-Eeze" The Quigley Corporation Chairman, President, CEO, and Human Resources: Guy J. Quigley EVP and COO: Charles A. Phillips 10 S. Clinton St. Doylestown, PA 18901 Phone: 215-345-0919 Fax: 215-345-5920 http://www.quigleyco.com -- Ad: ShopNow.com President and CEO: Dwayne Walker Chief Operating Officer: Joe Arciniega 411 First Avenue South Suite 200 N Seattle, Washington 98104 Phone: 206.223.1996 Fax: 206.223.2324 http://www.shopnow.com "Contact Us" Form: http://corporate.shopnow.com/02_5.htm --- Ad: NOW. All Purpose Cleaner NOW. Products, Inc "Developer: Jim Edwards" COO: Pat Doughty 1045 South Edward Drive Tempe, AZ 85281 Tel (800) 662-6063 Fax (480) 966-0890 http://www.nowclean.com --- Ad: Econo Lodge Choice Hotels International, Inc. Chairman: Stewart Bainum Jr. President and CEO: Charles A. Ledsinger Jr. 10750 Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20901 Phone: 301-592-5000 Fax: 301-592-6157 http://www.choicehotels.com --- Ad: Butter Buds Cumberland Packing Corp., Brooklyn, New York http://www.butterbuds.com/comments.html Phone: 301-592-5000 1-800-231-1123 Fax: 301-592-6157 --- Ad: _Dr. Laura Perspective Magazine_ Order: 1-800-636-1737 --- ___________________________________________________________________________ 18. Dissent http://www.igc.apc.org/dissent/ Dissent is partial online version of the quarterly magazine of politics and culture edited by Mitchell Cohen and Michael Walzer. In the words of the New York Times, Dissent "ranks among the handful of political journals read most regularly by U.S. intellectuals." A magazine of the left, Dissent is also a magazine of independent minds. A magazine of strong opinions, Dissent is also a magazine that welcomes the clash of strong opinions. Each issue features reflective articles about politics in the U.S., incisive social and cultural commentary, plus the most sophisticated coverage of European politics you'll find anywhere outside of Europe. As the Utne Reader says, "Politics, economics, and culture come together in every article, giving the entire publication a balance most political journals lack." Contact: dissent[at]igc.apc.org [From: nj[at]ccat.sas.upenn.edu (News of New Electronic Journals)] ___________________________________________________________________________ 19. The Unbound Bible http://unbound.biola.edu According to the site description, the Unbound Bible is a collection of searchable Bibles that consists of 7 English versions, Greek and Hebrew Versions, 4 ancient versions, and versions in 15 other languages. All are searchable and can be viewed in "parallel views." Other resources include a Topical Search and "Verses of the Day." A Hebrew font is also available for downloading at the site. Submitted by: The List Owner rjtiess[at]warwick.net >From ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm ___________________________________________________________________________ 20. Two links and out. Library Web Site Roulette http://cherry.ischool.washington.edu/webroulette.html Whoops! http://librarian.net/hotsex ___________________________________________________________________________ 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 This page was created by SimpleText2Html 1.0.3 on 25-May-99.