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Library Juice 2:23 - Wednesday, June 9, 1999 Contents: 1. Libr.org email accounts for sale 2. Annotations -- a guide to the independent critical press 3. New Edition of _APBNA_ Directory Available 4. No Deal: B&N and Ingram Call Off Merger Amid FTC Rumors 5. AB Bookman's Yearbook 1999 Internet Edition 6. On-line Old Manuscripts, Movies, & Books 7. Newsfilm Library at University of South Carolina 8. LawGuru.com - http://www.lawguru.com/ 9. United States Code - http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ 10. _New Politics_, Summer, 1999 TOC 11. Wonderful Article about Dr. Laura 12. News stories appearing in the June 7 American Libraries Online 13. Internet Indexes to Poetry 14. Advice on boning up for reference service, from newlib-l 15. Dee Snider's Teenage Survival Guide 16. Publishing Triangle List, "Best 100 Gay Books of All Time" 17. 15th Annual NASIG Conference - Call for Papers 18. Request from South Africa Quote for the week: "Information is the gunpowder of the mind" -Neil Postman, paraphrasing David Riesman in _Amusing Ourselves to Death_, Viking Penguin, Inc., 1985 ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Libr.org email accounts for sale Message from the publisher: You can now get your own Libr.org POP mail account for a very decent price - $5 a month - and support my project at the same time. If you want I can set up your account so that it will forward mail to another address or automatically reply to mail sent to your address, using a specific message. If you've got a good reason, I will consider setting you up for free, but this is a fund-raising deal. Libr.org does cost money to run. Rules for your account are simple: 1. I reserve the right to refuse to give you an email address I don't want you to have (e.g. webmaster[at]libr.org, pornmonger[at]libr.org) 2. No Spam 3. No Fraud. With the money I raise by selling these email accounts I will pay for the cost of providing this service and also hope to travel to the ALA annual conference in New Orleans in a couple of weeks, and then report back to y'all on the proceedings. This won't take as much money as it might sound like it will. If you want to get one of these accounts, send a check covering six months or one year of email service (plus anything you'd like to donate) along with a note telling me your desired user name and password. The check can be made out to Rory Litwin, and sent to Rory Litwin, Library Juice, PO Box 720511, San Jose, CA 95172. Special Bonus!! *Free* email account to the contributor of the best Libr.org slogan (e.g. "Be a part of it," "Catch the Fever," "Magically Delicious.") Supplies limited so act now! Batteries not included. ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Annotations -- a guide to the independent critical press Teamwork over the last year between the IPA and the Alternative Press Center has yielded a stunning result: "Annotations -- a guide to the independent critical press". This valuable new 500-page directory showcases the unique perspectives of over 300 hard-to-find independent periodicals, including fully-indexed listings of subjects, editorial & column staffs, formats & frequencies, subscription rates, publishing histories, and summary reviews. If you're a writer, editor, activist, researcher or donor (and you care about diversity of thought and opinion) make sure you get your copy. Ralph Nader calls it "proof that there is much more beyond the soft ice cream ladled out by the mainstream corporate press." To get your copy of Annotations, send a check for US$28 (that's $24.95, plus $3.05 shipping and handling) to: IPA Book, 2390 Mission St., #201, SF, CA 94110-1836. Call for credit card orders. Note: IPA - http://www.indypress.org APC - http://www.altpress.org ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. New Edition of _APBNA_ Directory Available Alternatives in Print Task Force Social Responsibilities Round Table American Library Association 7 June 1999 Contact: Charles Willett (address, phone and email below) PRESS RELEASE: New Edition of _APBNA_ Directory Available The Alternatives in Print Task Force (AIP) of ALA/SRRT has produced the fourth biennial edition (1999–2000) of _Alternative Publishers of Books in North America_, edited by Byron Anderson and published by CRISES Press: Alternative publishers of books in North America / American Library Association, Social Responsibilities Round Table, Alternatives in Print Task Force. Byron Anderson, editor and compiler. 4th biennial edition, rev. and enl., 1999/2000. With a Foreword by Herbert I. Schiller and a Preface by Ben H. Bagdikian. Gainesville, Fla.,: CRISES Press, c1999. 150 p.; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-9640119-8-0 (pbk.: acid-free) : $20.00 plus $3.00 shipping. This completely updated and much improved fourth edition of _APBNA_ contains 148 press profiles, 37 of them new this time. In introductions written especially for this edition, well-known media critics Herbert I. Schiller and Ben H. Bagdikian emphasize the need for small and alternative presses to counter the huge conglomerates that now dominate mass communications worldwide. In addition, the directory contains an Editor's Introduction by AIP member Byron Anderson (who also compiled the 1994, 1995 and 1997 editions), a Publisher's Note by AIP coordinator and publisher Charles Willett, a List of Presses, an Alternative Press Bibliography (1993–1998), a Webography of Alternative Media and Resources, and a Subject Index. "The presses profiled in this directory were culled from virtually thousands of small presses in business today. The alternative press is a sub-set of the small press, and this directory represents significant alternative presses that are worth knowing about and pursuing. The directory is meant to facilitate collection development in libraries, including personal libraries." —Byron Anderson, from the Editor's Introduction _Alternative Publishers of Books in North America_ is available either as a monograph or on standing order as a serial from CRISES Press at the address below. The price is the same as for the third edition: $20 plus $3 shipping. Orders are accepted in hard copy or by email, and are payable by check (in US$ from a US bank) or international money order to CRISES Press. CRISES Press, Inc. 1716 SW Williston Road Gainesville, FL 32608-4049 USA 1-352/335-2200 willett[at]gnv.fdt.net www.LibLib.com ___________________________________________________________________________ ____ 4. No Deal: B&N and Ingram Call Off Merger Amid FTC Rumors Just twenty-four hours after the New York Times online reported Federal Trade Commission investigators would recommend against approving the purchase of Ingram Book Group by Barnes & Noble, the two companies have announced that the deal is off. Barnes & Noble’s only comment on the termination of the $600 million deal has been in a prepared statement: “although both companies believe that the transaction would ultimately be approved in the courts, protracted litigation would not be in the best interests of Barnes & Noble or Ingram.” The statement also said the company would be constructing two new distribution centers, one in Reno, Nevada and one in Memphis, Tennessee, in an alternative effort to reduce costs and improve delivery times to customers. The American Booksellers Association issued a statement this afternoon, which read, in part: “The American Booksellers Association is pleased that the proposed acquisition of the Ingram Book Company by Barnes & Noble, Inc. has been withdrawn. . . The grassroots efforts of booksellers – including a letter writing campaign to the Federal Trade Commission, multiple communications with members of Congress, and a petition drive opposing the acquisition which collected over 125,000 customer signatures – proved, we believe, invaluable to this process.” In November, Barnes & Noble announced its plans to purchase the nation’s largest book wholesaler, and was met with criticism from several trade and consumer groups including the American Bookseller’s Association, the Author’ s Guild, the National Writers Union and the Consumer Federation of America. Petitions opposing the deal were circulated in bookstores across the country. In California, a stronghold of independent booksellers, state officials opened their own investigation into the proposed deal. The FTC declined comment, though CNET News, an Internet news organization, reported that the FTC investigators determined that independent booksellers would be at a disadvantage and that Amazon.com would face unfair competition if the deal was allowed to go through. >From ForeWord This Week, by Mardi Link - http://www.forewordmagazine.com ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. AB Bookman's Yearbook 1999 Internet Edition http://www.abbookman.com/abbookman/aby.htm Includes: * The O.P. Market (Directory of Specialist & Antiquarian Booksellers) - Listed by specialty, or alphabetically * Bookselling Services Directory - "An alphabetical listing by subject of those booksellers who conduct services such as searching for out-of-print books." * Appraisal Services Directory - "Alphabetical listing by subject of those booksellers who offer appraisal services." -- Tiffany Severns Waukegan Public Library Waukegan, Illinois http://www.waukeganpl.org >From ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. On-line Old Manuscripts, Movies, & Books Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 21:47:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Tanya T. Feddern" <tfeddern[at]hpd.acast.nova.edu> To: newlib-l[at]usc.edu Cc: tfeddern[at]hpd.acast.nova.edu Subject: On-line Old Manuscripts, Movies, & Books MIME-Version: 1.0 Hi, everyone. I can't remember if it was on this listserv that someone wanted access to old manuscripts, books, and movies. If so, the Library of Congress is scanning their older materials on-line. Their address is: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html Also, I locate older materials through the WorldCat database for ILL. WorldCat has indexed materials from as far back as 1200 AD that are held by OCLC-member libraries. If anyone knows of other such resources, please let me know. Have a great weekend, Tanya (Florida) --------- Tanya T. Feddern tfeddern[at]hpd.acast.nova.edu ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Newsfilm Library at University of South Carolina The Newsfilm Library at The University of South Carolina is a great collection of irreplaceable and unique newsreel material from the Fox Movietonews newsreel collection of the 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. The collection was the starting point for what has become one of the most significant academically-housed archival newsfilm libraries in the United States. http://www.sc.edu/newsfilm/index.html How can moving image materials be accessed? Movietonews has been catalogued, and the local television collections are being processed and catalogued. USC owns all rights to these collections, and is able to make them available not only to academic scholars, but also documentary producers at all levels of production. From student filmmakers to the major production entities both in the U.S. and abroad, USC is able to supply footage in a timely and professional manner on a wide range of historical subject matter. Prices and contact information is at... http://www.sc.edu/newsfilm/use.htm Part of this catalog is on line. You may access this partial database by clicking here http://www.sc.edu/newsfilm/notice.htm :-) Message ends, Signature begins (-: If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb George Lessard in Inuvik (68.3 N, 133.48 W) Northwest Territories, Canada. ICQ # 8501081 MediaMentor List http://www.eGroups.com/list/mediamentor Homepages http://members.tripod.com/~media002 Disclaimers & (c) info http://members.tripod.com/~media002/disclaimer.htm >From ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm ___________________________________________________________________________ 8. LawGuru.com - http://www.lawguru.com/ LawGuru.com is an exhaustive resource for free legal information. The site provides access to more than 430 legal search engines and databases, including a feature that allows parallel searching of multiple databases. The site also maintains the LawGuru.com BBS, a searchable database of legal questions posted by users accompanied by responses from one of the more than 320 practicing attorneys in the LawGuru.com network. Currently the BBS database contains over 4,000 legal questions divided into more than 25 categories. In addition, LawGuru.com provides a collection of fifteen FAQs written on various legal issues, links to over 500 legal Internet resources, and information on over 600 associated electronic mailing lists. Recently, LawGuru.com began hosting the Internet Law Library (see the May 3, 1996 Scout Report), a comprehensive resource formerly maintained by the US House of Representatives. LawGuru.com is operated by The Law Offices of Eslamboly & Barlavi (California). [AO] The Scout Report's Webpage: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 9. United States Code - http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute site provides a searchable database generated from the most recent version made available by the US House of Representatives. "[C]onvenient update service (available onscreen as you look at each section) integrates the services of the House servers and of the Library of Congress Thomas service to supply you with accurate updates to any section which has changed." Access by list of titles, table of popular names of laws, specific section or keywords. Includes full text of codes and notes, topical overviews and references. - lr Subjects: laws - federal >Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 10. _New Politics_, Summer, 1999 TOC Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 17:04:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Hudson <mehudson[at]lis.pitt.edu> Subject: *New Politics* (Summer 1999) To: SRRT Action Council <srrtac-l[at]ala.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: srrtac-l[at]ala.org Sender: owner-srrtac-l[at]ala.org Friends, The summer 1999 issue of *New Politics* (a semi-annual journal of socialist thought) is out. It includes the following articles and more: "Reflections on NATO and Kosovo" (Stephen R. Shalom) Responses to Shalom's "Reflections on NATO and Kosovo" (Barry Finger, Joanne Landy, Julius Jacobson) "Are the Greens Ready for Success?" (Howie Hawkins) "The Labor Party: New Political Architecture" (Sean Sweeney) "For a Political Alternative to Clintonism" (Thomas Harrison) "An Interview with Subcommandante Insurgente Marcos" (Kerry Appel) "The Third Camp as History and a Living Legacy" (Alan Johnson) "Film Review: Roberto Benigni's 'Life is Beautiful'" (Kurt Jacobsen) You can read selected articles from this and previous issues of *New Politics* online at <www.wilpaterson.edu/~newpol>, and/or by subscribing to the magazine (subscription info online). Librarians also may want to consider adding this important journal to their libraries' periodical collections. Help keep critical, anti-establishment journalism alive! --Mark ___________________________________________________________________________ 11. Wonderful Article about Dr. Laura In June '97, several weeks after I completed the MLS program at UB in Buffalo, an op-ed piece on Dr. Laura appeared in _The Buffalo News_. I just thought of it this morning. A colleague and UB-SILS alum in "The Queen City of the Great Lakes" helped me locate the piece. Written by a then doctoral candidate in counseling psychology at UB, it was entitled: "Beware the Glib McTherapy of Dr. Laura Schlessinger and All Her Radio Ilk" Warren Buffett, owner of The Buffalo News, doesn't put news items online, but I am happy to report that the same article is available from another source, on the Web at http://www.mhhub.com/feature.html entitled: "The Trouble with Dr. Laura" Please take a moment to read this important article. -M! (Marv Kaminsky, writing to ALA Member Forum) ___________________________________________________________________________ 12. News stories appearing in the June 7 American Libraries Online http://www.ala.org/alonline/ * Colorado Governor Vetos State Grants for Libraries Act * Jersey City Signs LSSI Agreement * Barnes & Noble Cools Ingram Purchase * San Francisco Mayor Seeks Reelection Through Library Renaissance * Council Members Push for Filters at Chicago Public Library * Multnomah Offers to Return $20,000 to Donors * Anti-smoking Groups Smolder over Library Plan for Tobacco-Settlement Money * Calvert County Library Gets Facelift Instead of Grocery Store * Mom Fights Forever Reinstatement * English Montreal School Board Keeps Library Staff After All 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ 13. Internet Indexes to Poetry Hello, Does anyone know of an on-line poetry index that's not fee based? Ideally, it would allow for keyword searching; title, first line, and last line searching would also be helpful. Thanks. Bill Bader St. Paul Public Library .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hello Bill - Here are a couple of resources for poetry on the Web. None are definitive and I didn't explore their searching capabilities .... The Internet Poetry Archive http://metalab.unc.edu/ipa/ Poetry Links Library (check out the General Poetry Resource Sites) http://www.sonic.net/~layne/poetrylnk.html Cecilia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Bill, Bartletts is on the web at <http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/> and you can do a keyword search. -- Sharon Shaw 9106953713 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Another good site that does not show up on the previously mentioned sites is the American Verse Project at the University of Michigan - http://www.hti.umich.edu/english/amverse/index.html. You can do full text searching at the site. Here is their introduction - "The Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry. Most of the archive is made up of 19th century poetry, although a few 18th century and early 20th century texts are included. The full text of each volume is being converted into digital form and coded in Standard Generalized Mark-up Language (SGML) using the TEI Guidelines.(1) The volumes already online, which include books of poetry by a number of African-American and women poets, represent an interesting selection. In many cases, the texts selected are the only existing editions of the author's work." Dana Dalrymple ddalrymple[at]spokpl.lib.wa.us ___________________________________________________________________________ 14. Advice on boning up for reference service, from newlib-l Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 19:32:32 -0700 From: "Vivian Jaquette" <vivian[at]LanMinds.Com> To: <newlib-l[at]usc.edu> Subject: learning reference MIME-Version: 1.0 I'm going to be answering more reference questions soon and would like to feel more confident about my ability to do so. Can anyone recommend books, Web sites, or classes that are especially helpful, or will I have to learn reference on the job like I have my other library skills? Thanks for your help. - Vivian .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hi Vivian, Just my opinion, but you're going to learn it on the job. Every library is different with different sources, different access, different publics. My advice, ask the senior librarians where you're going to work what the most popular questions are and familiarize yourself with the resources that deal with those questions. The rest comes with time. Steve Garwood Reference Librarian/Technology Center Trainer Burlington County Library sgarwood[at]burlco.lib.nj.us "Die for me, Die for me...why won't you live for me?" Lauryn Hill .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hiya Vivian--- The book that has been my saviour time and time again is the World Almanac and Book of Facts--- my answer to the "if I was stuck on a desert island and I could have one book" question. :) And, even though it's thought of as a "children's encyclopedia" the World Book is great for simple explanations and pictures. Of course, the reference tools that are going to be of most use to you are going to vary with the clientele you serve, but in the World Almanac, in my opinion, has a place in almost any library. :) Good luck! Bernadette :) Bernadette A. Boucher School of Communication, Information and Library Science Rutgers University balibra[at]eden.rutgers.edu .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. If we're going to get on the subject of 'books I would need to do reference work on a desert island' (not that you'd get many questions!), here's my short list: 1. Your local phone book 2. If in a rural area or smaller town, the phone book of the nearest metropolitan area 3. Statistical Abstract of the United States 4. Your favorite dictionary, your favorite world atlas, and your favorite almanac. This is for general reference, mind you, and I'm not saying that's all you'll ever need. But if you aren't familiar cover-to-cover with how those references are organized and what they cover/don't cover, I don't think it's possible to even begin to do good reference work in a public library. In general, I would say the best thing to do in order to get acquainted with the world of reference materials is to spend an afternoon in the reference section of a small-to-middling public library and read reference books. Think about how each one is organized, whether you like using it, why you think it was published, how you can imagine it being used, and how much it looks like it's been used. Make the reference section your friend and you won't have that feeling of panic when your first patron asks, "What kind of brick is the Great Wall of China made of? I have a bet going..." ;) You have probably done some of this in Reference class in school, but it's worth doing for fun too, beyond what your assignments require--especially if you are doing your Reference homework in the reference department of a large academic or public library. It's not really the same animal as the reference section in smaller public or school libraries. A small reference section forces you to look at materials that are genuinely, regularly useful, instead of things that seemed like an interesting purchase to someone in a large and comprehensive reference department. (You can get some of the same perspective by taking a look at the 'ready reference' area of the aforementioned large reference department, too.) Good luck! Jennifer Friedman [signature file redacted by request] .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Vivian, There ARE some good and interesting books out there on various aspects of reference service. I recommend "The reference interview as a creative art," by Elaine and Edward Jennerich. The standard text, always worth a look, is Bill Katz's Introduction to reference work. -David Wright telnet saul.u.washington.edu .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. This link leads to a page created for teaching ref to paraprofessionals.  Before you assume it's irrelevant to a professional, check it out; it's a good basic resource, and has some great links. http://www.lib.usf.edu/distance/presentations/paraprof.html Patricia Pettijohn .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Thanks very much to everyone who chimed in with tips on learning reference skills. I feel better already! - Vivian ___________________________________________________________________________ 15. Dee Snider's Teenage Survival Guide ==Original Message From Steven Dunlap <sad[at]crl.com>--- I wish I could remember the title of a book about sex directed to teenagers and written by Dee Snyder (leader of "Twisted Sister"). I saw it in a public library where I was working 10 years ago. His writing cleverly encouraged teenagers to wait without talking down to them or judging them. ==Original Message From Lara Weigand <LWeigand[at]worthington.lib.oh.us>--- It was called "Dee Snider's Teenage Survival Guide, or how to be a legend in your own lunchtime" It's from 1987. I read it for fun in college and found it to be much better than I'd expected. Some of the advice I remember was about using the yellow pages and your library to find out about birth control, abortion, mental health, drug treatment, etc. There was also a part about being gay, where his advice was something like, "I know it sucks to have to lie about who you are, but you'll probably be better off not making any bold declarations about your sexuality when you're still in high school because you will likely be bullied by your small-minded peers. It's not fair since all the straight kids will get to have boyfriends and girlfriends and you probably won't, but it's probably better for your sanity in the long run to not rock the boat on this issue until after high school". (paraphrased) I thought this was a very interesting and pragmatic viewpoint on this issue. The other thing I liked about it was that it's definitely an appropriate book for the teens labeled as "outsiders" or "freaks" by the mainstream high school cliques. A lot of the book is Dee's personal story of "I was a freak growing up, but I believed in myself and now I make lots of money singing rock and roll and doing what I love." Very different from the teen advice books of Pat Boone and Brooke Shields, that's for sure! Lara Weigand Worthington Public Library Worthington, OH .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (From the list LIBREF-L) ___________________________________________________________________________ 16. Publishing Triangle List, "Best 100 Gay Books of All Time" Steve Stratton wrote: > Does anyone know where the just released Publishing Triangle, best 100 > gay books of all time can be found? Our local paper mentioned the list > but didn't bother to include the list in the story. Is there a web > site with the information. > > Thanks > > Steve .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Steve, etal, A friend sent me this list last night. Sounds like what you are looking to find. dottie By The Associated Press The 100 greatest gay and lesbian novels of all time, as voted by judges for the Publishing Triangle. 1. ``Death in Venice,'' Thomas Mann. 2. ``Giovanni's Room,'' James Baldwin. 3. ``Our Lady of the Flowers,'' Jean Genet. 4. ``Remembrance of Things Past,'' Marcel Proust. 5. ``The Immoralist,'' Andre Gide. 6. ``Orlando,'' Virginia Woolf. 7. ``The Well of Loneliness,'' Radclyffe Hall. 8. ``Kiss of the Spider Woman,'' Manuel Puig. 9. ``The Memoirs of Hadrian,'' Marguerite Yourcenar. 10. ``Zami,'' Audre Lorde. 11. ``The Picture of Dorian Gray,'' Oscar Wilde. 12. ``Nightwood,'' Djuna Barnes. 13. ``Billy Budd,'' Herman Melville. 14. ``A Boy's Own Story,'' Edmund White. 15. ``Dancer From the Dance,'' Andrew Holleran. 16. ``Maurice,'' E.M. Forster. 17. ``The City and the Pillar,'' Gore Vidal. 18. ``Rubyfruit Jungle,'' Rita Mae Brown. 19. ``Brideshead Revisited,'' Evelyn Waugh. 20. ``Confessions of a Mask,'' Yukio Mishima. 21. ``The Member of the Wedding,'' Carson McCullers. 22. ``City of Night,'' John Rechy. 23. ``Myra Breckinridge,'' Gore Vidal. 24. ``Patience and Sarah,'' Isabel Miller. 25. ``The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas,'' Gertrude Stein. 26. ``Other Voices, Other Rooms,'' Truman Capote. 27. ``The Bostonians,'' Henry James. 28. ``Two Serious Ladies,'' Jane Bowles. 29. ``Bastard Out of Carolina,'' Dorothy Allison. 30. ``The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter,'' Carson McCullers. 31. ``Mrs. Dalloway,'' Virginia Woolf. 32. ``The Persian Boy,'' Mary Renault. 33. ``A Single Man,'' Christopher Isherwood. 34. ``The Swimming Pool Library,'' Alan Hollinghurst. 35. ``Olivia,'' Dorothy Bussy. 36. ``The Price of Salt,'' Patricia Highsmith. 37. ``Aquamarine,'' Carol Anshaw. 38. ``Another Country,'' James Baldwin. 39. ``Cheri,'' Colette. 40. ``The Turn of the Screw,'' Henry James. 41. ``The Color Purple,'' Alice Walker. 42. ``Women in Love,'' D.H. Lawrence. 43. ``Little Women,'' Louisa May Alcott. 44. ``The Friendly Young Ladies,'' Mary Renault. 45. ``Young Torless,'' Robert Musil. 46. ``Eustace Chisholm and the Works,'' James Purdy. 47. ``The Story of Harold,'' Terry Andrews. 48. ``The Gallery,'' John Horne Burns. 49. ``Sister Gin,'' June Arnold. 50. ``Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall,'' Neil Bartlett. 51. ``Father of Frankenstein,'' Christopher Bram. 52. ``Naked Lunch,'' William Burroughs. 53. ``The Berlin Stories,'' Christopher Isherwood. 54. ``The Young and Evil,'' Charles Henri Ford and Parker Tyler. 55. ``Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit,'' Jeanette Winterson. 56. ``A Visitation of Spirits,'' Randall Kenan. 57. ``Three Lives,'' Gertrude Stein. 58. ``Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli,'' Ronald Firbank. 59. ``Rat Bohemia,'' Sarah Schulman. 60. ``Pale Fire,'' Vladimir Nabokov. 61. ``The Counterfeiters,'' Andre Gide. 62. ``The Passion,'' Jeanette Winterson. 63. ``Lover,'' Bertha Harris. 64. ``Moby-Dick,'' Herman Melville. 65. ``La Batarde,'' Violette Leduc. 66. ``Death Comes for the Archbishop,'' Willa Cather. 67. ``To Kill a Mockingbird,'' Harper Lee. 68. ``The Satyricon,'' Petronius. 69. ``The Alexandria Quartet,'' Lawrence Durrell. 70. ``Special Friendships,'' Roger Peyrefitte. 71. ``The Changelings,'' Jo Sinclair. 72. ``Paradiso,'' Jose Lezama Lima. 73. ``Sheeper,'' Irving Rosenthal. 74. ``Les Guerilleres,'' Monique Wittig. 75. ``The Child Manuela (Madchen in Uniform),'' Christa Winsloe. 76. ``An Arrow's Flight,'' Mark Merlis. 77. ``The Gaudy Image,'' William Talsman. 78. ``The Exquisite Corpse,'' Alfred Chester. 79. ``Was,'' Geoff Ryman. 80. ``Therese and Isabelle,'' Violette Leduc. 81. ``Gemini,'' Michael Tournier. 82. ``The Beautiful Room is Empty,'' Edmund White. 83. ``The Children's Crusade,'' Rebecca Brown. 84. ``The Story of the Night,'' Colm Toibin. 85. ``Les Enfants Terribles,'' Jean Cocteau. 86. ``Hell Has No Limits,'' Jose Donoso. 87. ``Riverfinger Women,'' Elana Nachman. 88. ``The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon,'' Tom Spanbauer. 89. ``Closer,'' Dennis Cooper. 90. ``Lost Illusions,'' Honore de Balzac. 91. ``Miss Peabody's Inheritance,'' Elizabeth Jolley. 92. ``Rene's Flesh,'' Virgilio Pinera. 93. ``Funny Boy,'' Shyam Selvadurai. 94. ``Wasteland,'' Jo Sinclair. 95. ``Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing,'' May Sarton. 96. ``Sea of Tranquillity,'' Paul Russell. 97. ``Autobiography of a Family Photo,'' Jacqueline Woodson. 98. ``In Thrall,'' Jane DeLynn. 99. ``On Strike Against God,'' Joanna Russ. 100. ``Sita,'' Kate Millett. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 08:53:26 -0500 From: "Arla Jones" <arlakan[at]usd497.k12.ks.us> To: <gay-libn[at]usc.edu> Subject: Publishing Triangle list! Mime-Version: 1.0 Here's the actual web address, buckaroos! http://publishingtriangle.org/ Enjoy, Arla in Kansas 8> .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 10:20:13 -0700 From: MILLERB[at]lib.state.ca.us To: GAY-LIBN[at]usc.edu Subject: Publishing Triangle List Several titles baffle me by their inclusion on this "100 best" list and especially "To Kill a Mockingbird" -- it's been many years since I've read it; is Boo gay? -Brent Brent Miller 916-928-6802 (voice) State Library 916-653-6114 (Fax) Government Publications millerb[at]lib.state.ca.us PO Box 942837 Sacramento, CA 94237-0001 ___________________________________________________________________________ 17. 15th Annual NASIG Conference - Call for Papers Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 11:41:54 -0400 From: librefed <librefed[at]kent.edu> Subject: NASIG 2000 Call for Papers MIME-Version: 1.0 ===== Original Message From "Judy Johnston" <JJOHNSTO[at]library.unt.edu> ===== 15TH ANNUAL NASIG CONFERENCE (June 22-25, 2000) CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, AND PRECONFERENCES http://www.nasig.org/public/NASIG2000.html Making Waves: New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), an organization that serves the interests of U.S., Canadian and Mexican members of the serials community, will hold its 15th Annual Conference June 22-25, 2000, on the campus of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). UCSD is one of the most highly regarded public universities in the U.S. and is especially known for its science programs. The campus is situated on a park-like 1200-acre site high on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean at La Jolla. Long famed as a vacation and retirement community, the city boasts truly outstanding beaches and coves, restaurants, art galleries, golf courses, and other attractions. NASIG's annual conference provides a forum for librarians, publishers, vendors, educators, binders, systems developers, and other serials specialists to exchange views, present new ideas, proactively seek solutions to common problems, and discuss current issues in the field. Proceedings are published in both print and electronic formats, with the electronic version made available to NASIG members on NASIGWeb (http://www.nasig.org). NASIG's Program Planning Committee invites proposals for preconference programs, plenary papers, and workshops that relate to the conference theme of Making Waves: New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change. We seek proposals for plenary papers and preconference programs that deal with the overarching issues (i.e., the big picture) in the serials industry. What are the forces effecting change? What role will current players have in the production and dissemination of future serial publications? Will there be new players and who might they be? What will a serial *be* in five years? Will the changing serials landscape alter the basic values and tenets of the library and information profession? We are interested in plenary presentations that will examine the reflective, visionary and practical aspects of the theme, and that analyze emerging trends. Some examples include, but are not limited to: Consolidation of the publishing industry Mergers and acquisitions Global commerce of information Cataloging, organizing and accessing evolving forms of information Strategic alliances and partnerships Delivering digital content Preserving and archiving digital formats for future generations: whose mission is it? Standards for serials Proactive methods to make waves in the scholarly communication process: Is SPARC the answer? Blurring of the "borders" between creators/producers/providers of information Authentication vs. anonymity: what is the impact of providing electronic access on the basic values of librarianship? The Committee also invites workshop and preconference proposals that will provide practical information and spark interest in unique and innovative methods to help serialists make informed decisions and consider new options in their workplaces. Typically, workshop leaders share their experience in a collegial setting and facilitate discussion with those in attendance, often explaining how they manage specific processes in their own organizations. Some examples include, but are not limited to: Impact of system conversion on serialists Trends for evaluating e-journals and other electronic products New full text delivery options, such as pay per view Innovative resource sharing Managing staff and other resources in times of change Reshaping roles in the workplace New developments in serials cataloging: metadata, CORC, AACR2 revision Combining multiple formats in one bibliographic record, implications for the future Licensing arrangements Research methods Evaluating costs associated with the acquisition of free publications What makes a consortium successful? Copyright controversies and implications NASIG invites members of the information community to submit proposals and suggest topics/speakers. The Program Planning Committee reserves the right to combine, blend, or refocus proposals to maximize program breadth and relevance to our membership. As a result, not all presenters from proposals submitted by teams may be invited to participate. Since proposals are reviewed competitively, please include complete information for maximum consideration: name, address, telephone/fax numbers, and e-address of all presenters named in the proposal program title a 200-300 word abstract clearly explaining the proposal and, if appropriate, its relevance to the theme a prioritized preference for the proposal: plenary, workshop or preconference Proposals should be submitted, via e-mail if possible, no later than August 15, 1999 to: Meg Mering NASIG Secretary Principal Serials Cataloger N209 Love Library University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588-0410 Phone: 402-472-2517 Fax: 402-472-5131 Email: MVM[at]UNLLIB.UNL.EDU ___________________________________________________________________________ 18. Request from South Africa I just subscribed to library juice and find it very interesting. 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