Library Juice 2:3 - January 13, 1999
Contents: 1. Why you are wonderful, Digital Librarian 2. _Education Review_: A Journal of Book Reviews 3. January Issue of Internet Resources Newsletter 4. Toronto SLA Chapter's "Librarian's Resource Centre" 5. New Discussion List: NEWLIB-L 6. And then there's NMRT-L 7. Library Journal needs beta testers for newswire 8. New address for BUSLIB-L 9. Interlending & Document Supply Vol 26, No 4, 1998 10. Footage.net and Image Bank 11. The American Museum of Photography 12. Periodicals up for grabs from Minneapolis Public 13. Fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution 14. Competition for LIS projects relating to Central and Eastern Europe 15. Technology Funding Opportunity: ERICA Awards 16. E-Rate Resolution for ALA Council, Midwinter Meeting 17. Donate books to Birzeit University, Ramallah, Palestine 18. "SHOP" Button on Britannica Online 19. Hypatia's Humorous Library Tales Quote for the week: "The use of e-mail, online catalogs, the Internet, and cleverly designed home pages that have the look and feel of a modern library have, in a virtual sense, created a situation in which one cannot distinguish the library's presence from that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Ryder Truck Rental, or Duffy's Tavern in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania." -Bernard Vavrek, "Your Public Library Has a Web Page: So What?" American Libraries, January, 1999, p. 50 _______________________________________________________________________________ 1. Why you are wonderful, Digital Librarian [Washington Post] Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:24:48 -0500 From: Kathie DeGeorges <kathied[at]AWHONN.ORG> To: MEDLIB-L[at]LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU Subject: More good press for librarians If you need some Monday-morning reasons to remind yourself that you are wonderful, check out "The Digital Librarian" by Daniel LeDuc from the Sunday, January 10, Washington Post Magazine: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-01/10/196l-011099-idx.html _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. _Education Review_: A Journal of Book Reviews http://www.ed.asu.edu/edrev/ Hosted by Arizona State University, _Education Review_ (ER)is an online journal of review articles on recently published books in education. Reviews may be browsed by topic, book author, title, review author, or book publication date. Reviews, which are written by educational scholars, average about eight paragraphs and include references. Users may opt to subscribe to the journal's mailing list, which announces new reviews posted to the site. Unsolicited reviews are accepted, and guidelines for contributors are provided on-site. [MD] >From the Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1998. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. January Issue of Internet Resources Newsletter The January issue of Internet Resources Newsletter, the free Web resource for academics, students, engineers, scientists, and social scientists, is now available on the Web at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn52/irn52.html (Note! the 'W's in 'libWWW' are in upper case!) Featured in this issue: Over 60 new good quality Web sites: ejournals, directories, academic sites, search engines, institutions, recruitment agencies, publishers, government sites, etexts, booksellers, gateways, calls for papers, software, news services, research groups, etc etc New email resources Nice Web site of the month report: Safety98 The Internet in Print (reviews of Internet magazines, etc) World of Internet CyberPsychology & Behavior Web Pages Made Easy Network News: BIDS, NISS, BUBL, EEVL, SOSIG, EDINA, CHEST, MIDAS, RUDI, OMNI, ELDIS, Netskills, Biz/ed, AHDS, Mailbase What's this Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER), then? Recent Internet Books in the Library Book Review: The Advanced Internet searcher's handbook, by Phil Bradley Get a life ! Leisure Time Published by the Internet Resource Centre at Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod[at]hw.ac.uk) ------------------------------------------------------------- >From NetInLib-Announce, http://www.targetinform.com/netinlib/ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Toronto SLA Chapter's "Librarian's Resource Centre" Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:34:44 -0500 From: Margaret Gross <mgross[at]CAM.ORG> To: Stumpers list <stumpers-list[at]crf.cuis.edu> Subj: New Internet Guide for Librarians New Internet Guide for Librarians Dear colleagues I would like to invite members of the List to take a look at the Librarians' Resource Centre http://www.sla.org/chapter/ctor/toolbox/resource/index.html The Librarians' Resource Centre is a compilation of internet resources organized for the practicing librarian.The web pages are hosted by Special Libraries Association, Toronto Chapter, and the searchable database is hosted by Andornot Consulting. The Librarians Resource Centre is arranged within three sections: Serving our Clients, Professional Development, Technical Services. The intent is to reflect the way we work, and to facilitate our informational research and retrieval. The home page includes a short mission statement, a site plan with links to the resource categories, and a searchable catalogue. Included are: Directories [telephone, postal, list forums & archives] Ready Reference [acronyms, almanacs, biographical, calendars, currency, dates, gazeteers, quotations, weather] Topical Guides [arranged by subject, includes government, law, country reports, news media, patents, standards, statistical sources, etc.] Business & Finance [Guides, news, companies, stock symbols, IPO, annual reports, finance, country reports] Engineering, Science & Technology Databases [Database vendors and free stuff] Citing Electronic References Library and Information Science [Resources, humour, image, ethics, mission, policies] Careers & Employment Magazines & Journals [Links to professional literature] Knowledge Management [KM, Competitive Intelligence, Learning Organizations] Internet/Intranet web page development Graphics,HTML,Intranets,Java/Javascript Web Site Evaluation Records Management Cataloguing Resources Computer Based Training Publishers, Vendors & Out-of-Print Sources The Librarians'Resource Centre is approved by the Argus Clearinghouse. You can read more about it in the Courier, SLA Toronto Chapter's Newsletter "An Information Source for the Profession" http://www.sla.org/chapter/ctor/courier/v36/v36n2a4.htm I look forward to your comments and recommendations, thank you -- -----oooooooo000000oooooooo----- Margaret Gross, MLS Spar Aerospace Ltd. 21025 Trans Canada Highway Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Qc Canada H9X 3R2 tel. (514)457-2150 fax. (514)425-3048 email corp: mgross[at]spar.ca email home: mgross[at]cam.org "Success is a state of mind" "La rČussite est un Čtat d'esprit" -----oooooooo000000oooooooo----- _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. New Discussion List: NEWLIB-L On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Susan Scheiberg wrote: *****CROSS-POSTED! Please excuse the duplication.***** Announcing the birth of a new discussion list: NEWLIB-L. NEWLIB-L is a discussion list for librarians new to the profession who wish to share experiences and discuss ideas, issues, trends, and problems faced by librarians in the early stages of their careers. However, this list is also of interest to those who are considering becoming librarians, and to those established in the profession who might wish to mentor newcomers. The list is currently open to all librarians--academic, public, special, etc. To subscribe, please send a note to: listproc[at]usc.edu with the message: "subscribe newlib-l Your Name" (please do not put in the quotation marks into your message, and replace "Your Name" with your name as you wish it to appear.) Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the list, or send a note to listproc[at]usc.edu with the message, "info newlib-l". Thanks, and welcome to the list, Susan Scheiberg Team Leader, Serials Acquisitions (aka Serials Librarian) Doheny Library G24A University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 Telephone: (213)740-7355 FAX: (213)740-0959 E-mail: scheiber[at]usc.edu _______________________________________________________________________________ 6. And then there's NMRT-L Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:43:37 -0600 (CST) From: "Shontz, Priscilla" <pshontz[at]falcon.tamucc.edu> Reply-To: "Shontz, Priscilla" <pshontz[at]falcon.tamucc.edu> To: colldv-l[at]usc.edu, serialst[at]list.uvm.edu, acqnet-l[at]listserv.appstate.edu, slis-alum[at]onelist.co cc: NMRT-L <nmrt-l[at]ala.org> Subject: Re: Announcing a new discussion list MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-nmrt-l[at]ala.org Status: U Hi! I'm glad to hear that there is some interest out there for a discussion list for new librarians, those interested in librarianship or those interested in mentoring new librarians! I did want to let you all know that there is another list, sponsored by the American Library Association New Members Round Table, that has this same mission ... NMRT-L at nmrt-l[at]ala.org. For more information about NMRT-L, see the ALA New Members Round Table web site (http://www.ala.org/nmrt/). ALA NMRT is an organization for anyone who has been a member of ALA for less than 10 years. The list, however, is open to anyone, whether you're an ALA member or not. NMRT-L is a list for new librarians, library school students, library laypeople, those interested in librarianship, vendors, new ALA members, or anyone interested in issues pertaining to these groups. ALA NMRT is a great support group and our list is a great way for us to keep in touch and to share our experiences. It's a great forum for those of you who can't attend conferences to find support or encouragement for day-to-day problems or issues. In my experience, NMRT has been a great way to meet others & make interesting contacts, to broaden my perspective and to find supportive, encouraging, energetic friends out there in libraryland. We find that sometimes NMRT-L can seem overwhelmed with announcements & committee business ... but we would love to see this forum used more as a discussion forum for your on-the-job or career questions. See the ALA NMRT web site (http://www.ala.org/nmrt/) for more information. Thanks! Priscilla ------------------ Priscilla Shontz Vice-President/President-Elect, American Library Association New Members Round Table http://www.ala.org/nmrt/ _______________________________________________________________________________ 7. Library Journal needs beta testers for newswire From: STS-L Listserv <gbsts[at]scholar.lib.utk.edu> Reply-To: "STS-L (Science and Technology Section, ACRL)" <STS-L[at]UTKVM1.UTK.EDU> From: "Weiser, Allison (Cahners -NYC)" <aweiser[at]cahners.com> Library Journal is seeking beta testers for its latest editorial venture: a weekly newswire targeted to the academic library community and delivered to subscribers via E-mail. Besides breaking news from more than 100 library correspondents nationwide, the newswire will feature: legislative updates and analysis of issues affecting academic librarians and their institutions; pithy interviews and commentary from key decision makers; Buzz: the hottest library-related news making the rounds on campuses; "List Grist,", a distillation of the pressing issues on the academic library listservs; SPARCWatch, focusing on developments in scholarly publishing; a "Prepub Alert" for academic titles (LJ editors' picks of books to watch for, three to four months before publication date, based on what the presses are pushing); Prepub Bestsellers, the top books being ordered in advance; classified ads; and opinion pieces. To be a beta-tester, please send a msg to <aweiser[at]cahners.com> or simply reply to this E-mail. Beta-testing for the LJ academic newswire will start at the beginning of 1999. Those submitting more than one name, please insert E-mail addresses in the body of the message. During the course of the beta-test, we invite you to offer us questions or comments about the material you receive from us. Thank you for your participation and we look forward to providing a new and exciting product to the academic library community. Sincerely, Evan St. Lifer Evan St. Lifer Executive Editor Library Journal 245 W. 17th St.. NYC, 10011 Phone: 212-463-6817 Email: Estlifer[at]cahners.com _______________________________________________________________________________ 8. New address for BUSLIB-L If you have turned to BUSLIB-L in the past for business reference questions, please note that the email address for BUSLIB-L has changed! A new year, and a new address for BUSLIB-L? It is all part of an upgrade at the computer center of our host institution, Boise State University (in Boise, Idaho, USA). But it also means that you need to UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS BOOKS if you have turned to BUSLIB-L in the past. Posting a message to BUSLIB-L for everyone to read: BUSLIB-L[at]LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU Subscribing to BUSLIB-L (Digest or Mail format): LISTSERV[at]LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU SUBSCRIBE BUSLIB-L Your Name The URL for viewing BUSLIB-L's Frequently Asked Questions file has not changed: http://www.willamette.edu/~gklein/buslib.htm For a while, some BUSLIB-L mail & form letters will appear with the old address, and some mail will carry the new address. BUT YOU NEED TO SWITCH YOUR ADDRESSING SYSTEMS TO THE NEW ADDRESS NOW! Thank you for your interest in BUSLIB-L, the email list for issues relating to business librarians, business libraries and business librarianship from around the world. GARY KLEIN, volunteering as Editor of BUSLIB-L BUSLIB-L's FAQ = http://www.willamette.edu/~gklein/buslib.htm Management & Economics Librarian Hatfield Library / Willamette University / Salem, OR 97301 USA gklein[at]willamette.edu work #503-370-6743 http://members.aol.com/tethered _______________________________________________________________________________ 9. Interlending & Document Supply Vol 26, No 4, 1998 published Interlending & Document Supply Vol 26, No 4, 1998 has recently been published. Contents: The project DEGREE: Dissemination of Electronic GREy files on Economics Corry Stuyts The state and development of the Russian grey literature collection and dissemination centre Leonid P Pavlov Network access to the audiovisual cultural heritage - possibilites and problems Eva Fonss-Jorgensen Brief communication: UK theses online? Frederick J Friend Bibliography of interlending and document supply: 40 Miscellany Compiled in collaboration with the IFLA Office for International Lending ***************************** Interlending & Document Supply (ISSN 0264-1615) is published 4 times a year by MCB University Press, in association with the British Library Document Supply Centre. Articles are invited on all aspects of document delivery and interlending. Opinion papers or brief communications are also considered. For a copy of the Guidelines for authors, or to submit articles for consideration by the editorial board, please contact the Assistant Editor, Dave Johnson, at the British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 7BQ, UK. Email dave.johnson[at]bl.uk ****************************** *********************************************************************** * 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 * *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________________________________________ 10. Footage.net and Image Bank Footage.net [Quicktime, RealPlayer,.mpeg] http://www.footage.net/ Image Bank http://www.theimagebank.com/ This powerful gateway to stock, archival, and news footage is designed with media professionals in mind. However, certain researchers and perhaps some instructors can make excellent use of its access to over 1.6 million indexed shots. The site's Global Search page allows users to perform keyword searches of hundreds of major stock footage sources worldwide or within selected major databases. Most search returns include only clip descriptions, technical details, and ordering information. However, some databases, such as the Image Bank, provide online samples. Production professionals who cannot find particular clips through the search page can fill out a free Zap Request form, which is forwarded to footage companies and researchers who may be able to assist (note the Zap Request service is not available for personal or educational use). Additional resources at the site include a directory of key resources and contacts in the footage trade and a Newswire listing of the latest industry stories. [MD] >From the Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1998. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ _______________________________________________________________________________ 11. The American Museum of Photography http://www.photographymuseum.com/index.html A virtual visit to the American Museum of Photography includes all the amenities you would expect at a "real" museum -- exhibitions to browse through, a guided tour, education and research resources, a museum store, and even a museum cafe (a link to cybermeals, an online restaurant guide at http://www.cybermeals.com/) The photographs on display are selected from the collection of William B. Becker, who also serves as the Museum's director. Becker's collection is strongest in the first 75 years of photography, 1839 to World War I, and "includes five thousand individual images, from the earliest daguerreotype portraits through the first practical color photographs." Some of the current exhibitions feature architectural photographs; cartes de visite, the small card photographs extremely popular in the second half of the nineteenth century; and a set of silver prints made in the 1930s by a Japanese department store executive on a world tour. Perhaps the most charming exhibit, entitled "At Ease," consists of a group of daguerreotype portraits compiled to contradict the notion that all sitters in old photographs look stiff and uncomfortable. [DS] >From the Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1998. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ _______________________________________________________________________________ 12. Periodicals up for grabs from Minneapolis Public Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 13:28:00 EST From: LIBREF-L Moderators <LIBREFED[at]KENTVM.KENT.EDU> Subject: Free Periodicals MIME-Version: 1.0 --please send replies to the poster (ehathaway[at]mpls.lib.mn.us) ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Library folk: The Sociology (and many other subjects) Dept. of the Minneapolis Public Library has recently completed a major overhaul of its periodical collection and will be weeding out a substatial number of periodicals, mainly short-run titles and many unbound issues, from the 19th century to the 1990's. If you may be interested in obtaining some or all of the titles to be discarded, please contact me directly (ehathaway[at]mpls.lib.mn.us) and I will send you a couple of lists to review. You may chose selectively or ask for the whole kit and kaboodle (there are hundreds of titles). All are free, but we will ask you to pay for shipping. I know this has "white elephant" written all over it, but then back issues of periodicals can be pretty hard to come by! Ted Hathaway Assistant Department Head Sociology Dept. Minneapolis Public Library (612) 630-6301 _______________________________________________________________________________ 13. Fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:28:46 -0500 From: coakes <coakes[at]acpub.duke.edu> To: H-ORALHIST[at]H-NET.MSU.EDU Subject: XPOST: Smithsonian Fellowships From: Kelly Feltault kellruss[at]juno.com FELLOWSHIPS - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SPONSOR: Smithsonian Institution PURPOSE: Various fellowships sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. DEADLINE: January 15, 1999 SUMMARY: There are seventeen (17) fellowships. Topics range from American Art, to art history, anthropology, archaeology, the history of technology, and American history. There is also a Latino studies one. There are six (6) National Air and Space Museum fellowships and much more. URL : http://web.fie.com/htdoc/usoa/fnd/any/any/proc/any/smit10299801.htm _______________________________________________________________________________ 14. Competition for LIS projects relating to Central and Eastern Europe ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE 1999 COMPETITION FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE WITH CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND EURASIA International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) 1616 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Contact: Vera Lichtenberg Telephone: (202) 628-8188 Fax: (202) 628-8189 E-mail: vlichtenberg[at]irex.org IREX is pleased to announce grant opportunities for librarians, archivists, and information specialists pursuing projects relating to Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. This program is designed to support information professionals, who wish to undertake collaborative activities that increase access and improve working conditions for American scholars working at libraries, archives or on other information resources in the region. SUGGESTED FORMATS: -Projects to assess the current state of exchange relations and/or international acquisition in a particular geographic area or with particular libraries, publishing houses, and other establishments of importance to maintaining and building collections of interest to American scholars; -Production of directories, research guides, and other finding aids for libraries, and/or archives in the region (For projects involving guides and directories, provide a detailed description of format and indices, including sample entries. Indicate how the proposed guide differs from existing directories.); -Collaborative work and joint projects, including conferences and workshops (with particular weight given to initiatives that result in publications and other forms of public dissemination and have an impact beyond one or several institutions); and -Other initiatives that are designed to increase access and improve working conditions in libraries, archives, and other information resources in the region. Only discrete, targeted activities that will produce results within the life span of the project itself will be funded; IREX will not provide support for individual portions of ongoing multi-stage and/or multi-year projects. DEADLINE: Deadline for receipt of all applications is April 15, 1999. Applications must be received at any IREX office/representation by the deadline date to qualify. IREX offices/representations are listed on the back of the application form. ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES: Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; the Czech Republic; Estonia; Georgia; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Macedonia; Moldova; Poland; Romania; the Russian Federation; Slovakia; Slovenia; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. APPLICATION: Applications may be submitted by an American Project Organizer or by a Project Organizer who is a citizen of an eligible country. Non-American Project Organizers must work closely with one or more American Project Organizers in preparing this application and carrying out the project. An American Project Organizer or his/her home institution must serve as the fiscal agent for any awards, and will be responsible for detailed narrative and financial reporting to IREX. PROVISIONS: **Grants will normally not exceed $10,000. Expenses normally covered include: -Travel on a US flag carrier provided through IREX Travel. -Per diem (of up to $100/day to cover meals and accommodations); and -Publication costs and/or other expenses associated with presenting results to librarians, archivists, scholarly peers, and the general public. **Applicants are strongly urged to obtain in-kind and supplemental support, particularly from the host and collaborating institutions, and ESPECIALLY FOR EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH NON-AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS. Requests for salary support or honoraria are unlikely to receive funding. Applicants affiliated with US federal institutions should consult IREX prior to submitting an application. **IREX-supported activity may not begin before July 1, 1999. All IREX-funded project activities must be completed by August 31, 2000. NOTIFICATION: Applicants will be notified of award decisions by June 1999. Funding for this program is provided by the United States Department of State (Title VIII Program). For more information or to request an application please contact any IREX Office or visit our webpage at http://www.irex.org Special Projects in Library and Information Science. _______________________________________________________________________________ 15. Technology Funding Opportunity: ERICA Awards Subject: Technology Funding Opportunity: ERICA Awards Sender: owner-media-l[at]tao.ca Precedence: bulk Reply-To: media-l[at]tao.ca ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 11:48:04 -0500 To: upforgrabs-L[at]cdinet.com From: Jillaine Smith <jillaine[at]benton.org> Subject: Technology Funding Opportunity: ERICA Awards The ERICA Awards Starting January 11, 1999 and running through March 31,1999, LM Ericsson, a global data communications and telecommunications company is offering $250,000 in Web development services and expenses to non-profit organizations from around the world in the inaugural Ericsson Internet Community Awards, the ERICA. ERICA is seeking new and creative ideas for technology applications that take advantage of the community-building power of the Internet. The program is open to all charitable non-profit organizations (U.S. 501(c) (3) or equivalent). For information and to submit entries online, log on to the ERICA Web site, www.ericsson.com/erica after January 11th. For information write to ERICA, c/o Edelman Public Relations, 1200 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1270, Miami, Florida 33131. _______________________________________________________________________________ 16. E-Rate Resolution for ALA Council, Midwinter Meeting Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:13:51 -0500 To: ALA Council List <alacoun[at]ala1.ala.org> From: mgolrick[at]sclc.org (Michael A. Golrick) Subject: Resolution for ALA Council at Midwinter Reply-To: mgolrick[at]sclc.org Sender: owner-alacoun[at]ala1.ala.org Below is the resolution which Jim Casey and I have drafted for ALA Midwinter. Comments on form and content are welcome either to me: mailto: mgolrick[at]sclc.org or to Jim Casey: mailto: jimcasey[at]lib.oak-lawn.il.us Resolution of the E-Rate Discount Program Whereas, the E-Rate Discount Program was designed to assist the libraries and schools located in areas which are in the greatest need of funding assistance, and that libraries and schools in such areas are less likely to have the human resources and staff time available to devote to lengthy and complicated application processes, and; Whereas, the Schools and Libraries Corporation (SLC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have established an application process which is so complicated that it has required required 9 months for the SLC to simply review the applications which were submitted by the April 15, 1998 deadline, and; Whereas, less than 10% of libraries which have submitted applications have received any confirmation as to the status of their applications for discount and none to date (1/1/99) have received any funds resulting from this application process, and; Whereas, libraries across the United States have already expended very large amounts of precious staff time in order to establish elibigility for badly needed E-Rate discounts: Now therefore be it resolved, that the American Library Association urges: That the SLC and FCC take steps immediately to reduce the amount of paperwork required for libraries to establish eligibility for E-Rate Discounts; That the President and Executive Board appoint a task force of interested library professionals to offer to participate as library community representatives in a review of the processes and procedures of the SLC (or its successor organization) for the distribution of E-Rate Discounts; That the President of ALA write to the SLC to as that the agency be more sensitive to the proportion of schools and libraries in any future announcements and actual distributions; And that the President of ALA write to the SLC to ask that all future discounts be awarded with greater dispatch. Michael A. Golrick mgolrick[at]sclc.org Southern Connecticut Library Council 2911 Dixwell Ave, Suite 201 Hamden CT 06518-3130 voice: 203-288-5757 fax: 203-287-0757 _______________________________________________________________________________ 17. Donate books to Birzeit University, Ramallah, Palestine Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 19:01:21 -0500 (EST) From: Karyn Pomerantz <kpomeran[at]gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> To: Karyn Pomerantz <kpomeran[at]gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> Subject: books for Birzeit Library Dear Friends, I am sending this message out to friends who may be interested in supporting the Birzeit University Library in Ramallah, Palestine. As many of you know, I visited the Birzeit Library this summer. It is the major Palestinian university, located on the West Bank. During the intifada, it was closed for 5 years. All services were stopped, including collection development. A colleague and I promised to help provide some books to bolster their collection. If you would like to help contribute, I have attached a Word document and copied a text file below of the books the Library has requested with the price at amazon.com. Please respond to me directly (kpomeran[at]gwu.edu) with the name of the book you would like to provide. I will let you know if it is still needed and give you suggestions for purchasing it. (Checks can be sent to me and I will order; you can also order directly). If you know others who would be interested, please pass this along. It is greatly appreciated by the Birzeit Library staff and the people they serve. Any suggestions of groups to contact are also appreciated. thanks, karyn Karyn L. Pomerantz, MLS, MPH Distance Education Program, SPHHS Himmelfarb Library, GWUMC 2300 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20037 202/994-2976, kpomeran[at]gwu.edu Kluwer Academic Publishers / Dordrecht,The Netherlands Title Author/Editor ISBN Amazon $ 1- Social and economic management Edgar Krau 0792380282 $95.00 in the competitive society-TAKEN 2- Economics of water resources: Nicolas Spulber 0792380967 $130.00 From regulation to privatization - TAKEN 3- Time map phonology:finite state Julie Carson-Berndsen 0792348834 $100.00 models and event logics in speech recognition 4- Plurality and quantification Fritz Hamm 0792348419 $98.00 5- In the shadow of descartes: Georg Henrik von Wright 079234992x $79.00 essays in the philosophy of mind -TAKEN 6- The Nature of science in science William F. McComas 0792350804 $110.00 education rationales and strategies - TAKEN The MIT Press / Cambridge Title Author / Editor ISBN Amazon $ 1-Architecture and modernity:a critique Hilde Heynen 0262082640 $28 2-Anyhow Cynthia Davidson 0262540959 $28 3-The favored circle Garry Stevens 0262194082 $24.50 4-The mind within the net Manfred Spitzer 0262194066 $19.25 5-Noam Chomsky:a life of dissent Robert F. Barsky 0262522551 $11.20 6-Determinants of economic growth Robert J. Barro 0262522543 $12.50 7-Knowing machines Donald Mackenzie 0262631881 $15.00 8-Methods for assessing children's syntax Dana McDaniel 0262631903 $20.00 9-Rhyme and reason Juan Uriagereka 0262210142 $70.00 10-Language form and language function Frederick J.Newmeyer 0262140640 $40.00 11-language creation and language change Michel DeGraff 0262041685 $65.00 12-On the pragmatics of communication Jurgen Habermas 0262082659 $35.00 13-The mutual fund business Robert C. Pozen 0262661411 $37.50 14-A guide to econometrics - 4th ed. Peter Kennedy 0262611406 $18.95 15-Monetary theory and policy Carl ?Walsh 0262231999 $55.00 16-General purpose technologies and Elhanan Helpman 0262082632 $37.50 economic growth 17-The greening of sovereignty in Karen T. Litfin 0262621231 $45.00 world politics 18-The shape of actions Harry Collins 0262032570 $25.00 University of California Press Title Author/Editor ISBN Amazon $ 1- The art of living Alexander Nehamas 0520211731 $21.00 2- Plant life in the world's Peter R. Dallman 0520208099 $24.00 Mediterranean climates 3- From savage to negro Lee D. Baker 0520211685 $17.95 4- Divided loyalties James L. Gelvin 0520210700 $19.95 5- The quest for voice Lydia Goehr 0520214129 $45.00 6- The social edges of psychoanalysis Neil J. Smelser 0520214897 $35.00 7- The Augustinian tradition Gareth B. Matthews 0520210018 $24.95 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >From: AIDA HADAD <AHADAD[at]library.birzeit.edu> >To: kpomeran[at]gwu.edu >Subject: BOOKS TO BIRZEIT UNIV. MAIN LIBRARY > >Dear Karyn > Happy New year >I got your E mail . Thank you ver much for the initiative. >You can ship the books on that address > BirZeit Univ. > Main LIbrary > c/o Atid Clearing & FWdg > 29 Lilenblum Street > Tel AVIV- 65133 Israel >As to the customs dont worry about it .This agency will clear it for us >.Please put a mailing list of books in the box , and fax us the same copy >of the Packing list. The Fax no, is 00972-2-2957656. > > Thank you very much , looking forward to hearing fromyou . >Goodbye and thank you again _______________________________________________________________________________ 18. "SHOP" Button on Britannica Online Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 16:44:23 -0800 (PST) From: Kathy Mcgreevy <kathy[at]floyd.santarosa.edu> Subject: "SHOP" Feature on New Version of Britannica Online To: ccc-lib-lrc-list[at]Cerritos.edu MIME-version: 1.0 Greetings, CCC librarians. If your library susbscribes to Britannica Online, thought you might be interested in the following: I just happened to take a quick look at Britannica Online's new version, now in beta, final version to be released next month. (It's linked from their current version, top-level page.) I was astonished to see a "SHOP" button on the Britannica navigation bar at the top of the screen in the new version. The button appears on every screen, and it leads users to a page advertising Britannica and Merriam Webster products, electronic and print, and offering users the opportunity to buy/subscribe online. I don't know how you feel about this, but we do not endorse, advertise or sell products in our library, and I find this feature, in a product which we license for a fee, really objectionable. If you feel this way, too, you might want to let the Britannica folks know before this becomes part of the final release. There's a "comments" link on the page. (But isn't it great having Britannica online?) .................................................................. Kathy McGreevy kathy[at]floyd.santarosa.edu Ref. Librarian, Electronic kathy[at]sonic.net Network Services http://www.santarosa.edu/~kathy Santa Rosa Junior College voice: 1-707-527-4547 Santa Rosa, CA 95401 fax: 1-707-527-4545 .................................................................. _______________________________________________________________________________ 19. Hypatia's Humorous Library Tales http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2776/ "What's this all about?" you may ask. Well, I work in a library in Mid-Missouri. People who don't work in a library expect that librarians and library assistants have it pretty easy--nice and quiet, no pressure, no problems, right? Wrong! Don't get me wrong--I love my job. But some weird things have been known to happen around here . . ." _______________________________________________________________________________ L I B R A R Y J U I C E | http://www.libr.org/Juice/ | | Except where noted, items appearing in Library Juice | are copyright-free, so feel free to share them with | colleagues and friends. Library Juice is a free weekly | publication edited by Rory Litwin. Original senders | are credited wherever possible; opinions are theirs. | Your comments and suggestions are welcome. | mailto:Juice[at]libr.org
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