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Library Juice 2:46 - December 1, 1999 Contents: 1. FBI forces ISP to close Web site 2. School Library Manifesto Ratified By Unesco 3. Letters to future generations -- UNESCO 4. Katia Roberto new associate editor of Counterpoise; Chris Dodge departs 5. Progressive Librarian #16 now available 6. Seeking host for website: Women in Information Technology 7. Ken Haycock Elected City Councillor 8. Anarchist Librarians web materials on WTO meeting 9. WTO in the media: THIS IS HOW WE WILL LIE TO YOU 10. Media Advisory: Initial Reports from Seattle Gloss Over WTO Issues 11. Latest BCLA Reporter - special WTO issue 12. Join the IPA Library Initiative Advisory Committee 13. December the first is Prisoners for Peace Day. Quote for the week: "Becoming increasingly dominant within librarianship is what might be termed the Techno-Blockbuster Philosophy, which views digital technology as the overriding fact of the future, rendering traditional formats like books, magazines, CDs & videos ultimately superfluous, with a corollary emphasis--for the time being--on conglomerate-published, Madison Avenue hyped "bestsellers," which may be bought in massive quantities to satisfy artificially-created demand." -Sanford Berman, in a November 18th talk to the Humanist Association of Minneapolis and St. Paul Homepage of the week: Eris Weaver, the Bellydancing librarian http://www.wco.com/~eris/bdlib.html _____________________________________________________________________________top 1. FBI forces ISP to close Web site http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/11/24film.asp "The U.S. government ordered a private Web site to taken off line without a hearing, court order or other legal authority, according to published reports today [November 24]." Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom http://www.ala.org/oif.html _____________________________________________________________________________top 2. School Library Manifesto Ratified By Unesco The IFLA School Library Manifesto was ratified by the 30th UNESCO General Conference. This Manifesto argues that school library services are so vital that they should be provided equally to all members of the school community, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, nationality, language, professional or social status. Specific services and materials must be provided for those who are unable to use mainstream library services and materials. "I am delighted by UNESCO's ratification of the Manifesto; this is a major step to ensure that the role of the school library in the new information environment is understood and agreed upon worldwide", said Ms Glenys Willars, Chair of IFLA's Section for School Libraries and Resource Centres, and member of IFLA's Professional Board. The IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto urges governments, through their ministries responsible for education, to develop strategies, policies and plans that implement the principles of this Manifesto. Plans should include the dissemination of the Manifesto to initial and continuing training programmes for librarians and teachers Effort will now be put in the promotion of the IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto, including the translation and publication in as many languages as possible. Additional information is available from Ms Glenys Willars, IFLA Section for School Libraries and Resource Centres, or from Mr Sjoerd Koopman at IFLA Headquarters: Ms. Glenys Willars Leicestershire Libraries and Information Service, Rothley Crossroads 929/931 Loughborough Road, Rothley LEICESTER LE7 7NH United Kingdom Tel.: +44-116-2678008 Fax: +44-116-2678039 E-mail: gwillars[at]leics.gov.uk Mr Sjoerd Koopman Coordinator of Professional Activities IFLA/HQ P.O.Box 95312 2509 CH The Hague Netherlands Tel.: +31-70-3140884 Fax: +31-70-3834827 E-mail:sjoerd.koopman[at]ifla.org ---------------------- Notes for editors: 1. The school library provides information and ideas that are fundamental to functioning successfully in today's information and knowledge-based society. The school library equips students with life-long learning skills and develops the imagination, enabling them to live as responsible citizens. 2. IFLA is grateful for the support that colleagues throughout the world have given to the development of the School Library Manifesto. Many professionals were involved in this, but special reference should be made to the library community of Canada for the role it played in this process. 3. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions IFLA is an independent organisation created to provide librarians around the world with a forum for exchanging ideas and promoting international cooperation. IFLA is an organisation of world-wide scope representing almost 1700 members in more than 150 countries all over the world. _____________________________________________________________________________top 3. Letters to future generations -- UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/drg/lettres/ UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization), an organization composed of 188 Member States, attempts to contribute expertise across all of the sciences to enrich both today and tomorrow's world. In developing Letters to future generations, essays written by 22 world leaders and thinkers, UNESCO has done just that. Addressed to people living in 2050, the letters share reflections and concerns on topics ranging from beauty to biological infections. Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN, suggests "a culture of peace," while Rita Colwell, of the National Science Foundation, discusses the benefits of a diverse scientific culture, and Hubert Reeves, an astrophysicist, entreats us to be environmentally aware so we can ensure that a future generation will greet the 21st century. To paraphrase philosopher Fernando Savater, while UNESCO's Letters to future generations may not be a new idea, this "mental registry" is nonetheless thought-provoking. [ATW] > From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ _____________________________________________________________________________top 4. Katia Roberto new associate editor of Counterpoise; Chris Dodge departs Please join me in congratulating Katia Roberto as a new associate editor and member of the Counterpoise editorial board. Already for some time she has been maintaining the Counterpoise "Bibliographic Tools" web site http://www.libr.org/AIP/bibtools.html . Today she has volunteered to take on the much greater responsibility of being on the alert for new alternative reference sources and keeping all the entries current in the quarterly print version of the journal as well. If you have any ideas, suggestions, comments or corrections about alternative bibliographic tools, please direct them to Katia Roberto, Monographic Cataloger, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., ULB-35A, Albany, NY 12222; tel. 518/442-3629; katia[at]tao.ca Within the same hour that Katia accepted this responsibility this morning, Chris Dodge resigned from the Counterpoise editorial board. He had worked with Katia on the Bibliographic Tools section and had recently recommended her to take over that task. Chris also was responsible for periodical reviews, but he now finds that shifting interests and his new job as staff librarian at Utne Reader are redirecting his energies. He writes: "I have been remiss in writing reviews for you, so I think the best thing to do would be to dole them out by subject when possible. My apologies for not living up to an agreement (something I'm currently not doing in at least one other instance--editing my mom's book of commentary on dad's WWII letters.) Instead of trying to keep up a pretense, I had better resign from Counterpoise duties." Chris was part of the original editorial group that got Counterpoise started, a close colleague, and a personal friend. I shall miss his fine writing, clear-eyed counsel, and generous willingness to help. Charles Willett editor, Countepoise _____________________________________________________________________________top 5. Progressive Librarian #16 now available Dear Brothers and Sisters, The latest issue of the journal I co-edit, "Progressive Librarian" (#16), NOW AVAILABLE, has a special supplement (bound separately) devoted to material on anarchism and libraries. It includes a selection of translated material from an anarchist issue of the Spanish journal "Educacion y Biblioteca", including material on Ricardo Mestre and a Spanish Anarchives directory. In addition we have a translation of a piece by anarchist researcher Marianne Enckell, "The School and the Barricade", a piece by Julie Herrada and Tom Hyry on anarchist librarian Agnes Inglis, and a selection of quotations and anecdotes by and from anarchists about the central role of libraries in the movement and in their lives. The translations may at times be a little rough (blame the editor), the material is far from comprehensive, but it represents an attempt on the part of "Progressive Librarian" to give some sense of the place of libraries in the world of anarchism, and is meant to be something of a tribute to the struggle of anarchist comrades. The other volume of issue #16 includes articles, bibliographies and reviews on a range of themes which we also think will be of interest to you. If you would like to subscribe to "Progressive Librarian", purchase just the current issue or join the Progressive Librarians Guild (which publishes it) contact Elaine Harger <eharger[at]tao.agoron.com>. Please visit our website at http://www.libr.org/PLG/index.html Mark Rosenzweig co-editor, Progressive Librarian _____________________________________________________________________________top 6. Seeking host for website: Women in Information Technology Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 08:28:13 -0800 (PST) From: Katherine Falk <kjfalk[at]SIMS.Berkeley.EDU> To: masters[at]SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Subject: Women In Technology website--needs new home Hello! I know it's the end of the semester and everyone is probably crazed, but I have a website that is looking for a new owner, and I was wondering if anyone might be interested. It is called Women in Information Technology, and it's a directory of links and references on the subject. It was originally started by Jerry McDonough, a recently graduated PhD student, and then a couple of us from the class of '99 took it over. It would be great to keep it associated with SIMS. It is already designed, and just needs link checking and updating. You can see the site at http://www.oaklandhistory.net/wit/. If anyone is at all interested, please contact me. Thanks, and good luck with the rest of the semester! Katherine Falk kjfalk[at]sims.berkeley.edu (also kjfalk[at]lmi.net) _____________________________________________________________________________top 7. Ken Haycock Elected City Councillor ALA Executive Board member Ken Haycock was elected city councillor for a three year term in West Vancouver, British Columbia. He was previously school board president. Library Juice would be interested in hearing about other librarians elected to similar positions. Juice[at]libr.org _____________________________________________________________________________top 8. Anarchist Librarians web materials on WTO meeting Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:32:53 -0500 From: Chuck0 <chuck[at]tao.ca> To: AnarchyAreWe <anarchy-list[at]lists.village.virginia.edu> Subject: Ongoing N30 coverage at Mid-Atlantic Infoshop I will be working extra hard over the next week to keep my wesbite on November 30th updated. If you haven't linked to it already, please consider doing so. No2WTO http://www.infoshop.org/no2wto.html N30 News Coverage http://www.infoshop.org/wto_news.html N30 Picture Archive http://www.infoshop.org/octo/wto-pix.html June 18th News Archive http://www.infoshop.org/june18.html REFLECTIONS ON J18 from RTS http://www.infoshop.org/octo/j18_reflections.html -- Chuck0 Mid-Atlantic Infoshop http://www.infoshop.org/ "A society is a healthy society only to the degree that it exhibits anarchistic traits." - Jens Bjørneboe -- Chuck0 Mid-Atlantic Infoshop http://www.infoshop.org/ Leonard Peltier Freedom Month Executive Clemency For Peltier! http://www.freepeltier.org/lpfreedommonth.html Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Now! http://www.infoshop.org/gulag/mumia_idx.html "A society is a healthy society only to the degree that it exhibits anarchistic traits." - Jens Bjørneboe _____________________________________________________________________________top 9. WTO in the media: THIS IS HOW WE WILL LIE TO YOU ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:53:59 -0500 (EST) From: Renewable News Network <rnn[at]rnn.com> Reply-To: er-list[at]rnn.com To: Environmental Review <er-list[at]rnn.com> Subject: WTO and the media THIS IS HOW WE WILL LIE TO YOU - --by the editorial staff at the big dailies-- The World Trade Organization is a complicated topic, and both the talks being held and the variety of protests confronting it are far too complicated for the feeble minds of our readers to fully comprehend. We would never want to inconvenience our readers by giving them information that is complex or contrary to the opinions we've already fed you. Therefore, we're going to lie our fool tushies off during our WTO coverage. Here's how: - -- On the WTO Itself: * We will repeatedly tell you, as WTO proponents do, that world trade means jobs, and that Washington state in particular depends on world trade. The implication, sometimes explicit, is that anti-WTO activists oppose world trade, which is untrue. They generally oppose the specific mechanisms--i.e., unfettered capitalism--by which the WTO governs world trade. There are many other possible ways to arrange for world trade and a globalized economy, but we won't tell you that. We also won't tell you that while trade creates jobs, the neoliberal policies of the WTO, on average, force down the wages and standards of jobs in both developed couuntries and developing ones. Behemoths like Microsoft and Boeing can outsource work to India or Mexico (respectively), where workers are paid far less than in Seattle. Eventually, wages and benefits in Seattle will have to drop to "compete. * We'll tell you that the primary beneficiaries of unfettered trade are regular folks like you and me. Not hardly. Workers at Boeing may owe their jobs to trade, and family farms may export their wares. But Boeing itself, or huge agribusiness concerns, benefit far more from free trade. In fact, policies of the WTO are part of what's driving small farmers <I>out of business</I>; and as mentioned above, Boeing workers can lose their jobs to cheaper overseas help. Free trade is designed to help the huge transnational corporations that can move resources around the globe at the drop of a hat. Whether it helps, or, more likely, hurts the average citizen is strictly incidental. * The Clinton Administration cares about jobs, the environment, and labor. This is a lie told by government officials, which we will repeat uncritically. In fact, Clinton is a prime architect of the WTO, and his administration has overseen one of the greatest Wall Street booms in history- -and one of the greatest increases in the gap between incomes of the wealthy and those of average citizens. The donations of these huge corporations are what keep Clinton and Gore or Bush in office. Their policies have been a relentless sellout of the environment to huge corporations, and favoritism to those corporations over the interests of labor. They don't care about you. They think you're just so many sheep to be manipulated. We help. * In discussing the WTO, we will focus solely on how it helps or hurts America, and ignore the rest of the world, especially developing countries. If developing countries are mentioned, we will equate the interests of a few elites with those of the country as a whole. This gives an incredibly distorted view of the true damage caused by WTO policies. We will uncritically repeat the myth that these countries are better off with the jobs provided by transnational corporations, ignoring other means of developing economies that might not remove so many resources and so much capital from these countries, and might promote greater democracy and better standards of living. * We will repeat the accusations that WTO critics have not done their homework, without giving them any forums to display their understanding of the issues; that WTO critics are solely oppositional, without airing any of their positive proposals for promoting fairer trade; and that WTO critics are marginal members of society, without listing their mainstream supporters. - -- On the Protests: * You can safely take any estimate we publish of demonstration crowd sizes and multiply them by ten to arrive at a truer estimate of size. Actually, the exact multiplier is nine: first, police will reduce their estimate by a factor of three, and then we will reduce the police estimate by a further factor of three. This is to make you feel safer. It's for your own good. * We won't lie about student walk-outs, worker sick-ins, or other efforts by ordinary workers and students to shut down Seattle as part of this protest. We'll just ignore them. They're just too difficult to quantify. * Any "violence" that erupts will be the responsibility of the demonstators. We will ignore the "nonviolent" horses, batons, mace, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and guns brought by security forces. That's crowd control, not violence. * We will rely almost exclusively on "official" sources--WTO organizers, the police, elected officials, and other government employees. This isn't a lie, exactly. We'll simply report their spin on the facts as the objective truth, and not report any other spin or try to synthesize competing versions of events. This will give WTO advocates the most positive possible light. * We will marginalize demonstators wherever possible. Photos will show the most outrageous costumes, emphasizing that these are not normal people. Organizers are "paid organizers," although the Seattle Host Organization paid people, too. Foreign demonstrators will become "outside agitators." If necessary, we will redbait. * We will emphasize conflict, property destruction, violence, and hostility. The 99% of peaceful, nonviolent demonstrator are boring. They are also much too responsible. * Wherever possible we will refer to anti-WTO activists as anti-trade rather than "fair trade" proponents. This makes them seem less reasonable. * We will focus a lot on the inconvenience of demonstrations to commuters and other "ordinary citizens," as though the protesters were not ordinary and as though Seattle gridlock was not ordinary, either. This also implies that traffic reports are of equal importance to global trade issues. * Conversely, we will NOT report the impact on Seattle's homeless of WTO organizing--namely, loss of motel and shelter space, street sweeps, and crackdowns on tent cities and other attempts at visibility. We would never ignore these demonstrations. It's too big and too exciting a story. But we will make a point wherever possible to lie so as to deny their credibility. After all, if protesters are correct and free trade is a threat to the world's environment, standard of living, and democracy, then we must be called upon to act. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now go check out the comics. How 'bout those Seahawks? - --ETS! News Service EAT THE STATE! P.O. Box 85541 Seattle WA 98145 USA 206-903-9461 ets[at]scn.org http://EatTheState.org eat-the-state[at]scn.org is the mailing list for distribution of "Eat The State!", the e-mail version of the periodical. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send your request to majordomo[at]scn.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dit bericht kwam via de MAIlijst, die dient als medium voor de internationale Anti-WTO campagne. - ----------------------------------------------------------- + Wil je zelf op de lijst, iets toevoegen of er vanaf: Stuur je berichtje op naar: <mailijst[at]dds.nl> - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Kijk voor meer informatie op internet: http://www.stelling.nl/wto Daar vind je een nieuws-archief met zoekmachine - --------------------------------------------------------------- Wil je regelmatig actuele nederlandstalige informatie ontvangen van de WTO-NED lijst, stuur dan een aanvraag naar: annes[at]milieudefensie.nl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 02:58:03 +0100 From: wytze <geno[at]zap.a2000.nl> Subject: RE: WTO: THIS IS HOW WE WILL LIE TO YOU From: "mai niet gezien" <mailijst[at]dds.nl> To: "recipients of mai-lijst" <mailijst[at]dds.nl> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 21:05:07 +0100 Subject: THIS IS HOW WE WILL LIE TO YOU (the big media about To subscribe to these Lists, send e-mail to: Environmental Review mailto:er-list[at]rnn.com, Solar Utilities mailto:solar_utilities[at]rnn.com Building Energy 2000 mailto:be2-subscribe[at]egroups.com Solar Energy Industries Association mailto:seia-subscribe[at]topica.com <RNN> Renewable News Network 44 Norfolk Street Needham, MA 02492 USA att: Ross M. Donald 781-453-9668 mailto:newsfeed[at]rnn.com _____________________________________________________________________________top 10. FAIR-L Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting Media analysis, critiques and news reports Media Advisory: Initial Reports from Seattle Gloss Over WTO Issues December 1, 1999 As trade ministers from over 130 countries meet in Seattle this week for the World Trade Organization summit, tens of thousands of activists from all over the world have converged on the city to protest both the undemocratic structure of the group and its record on labor and environmental issues. But the news coverage anticipating the protests has shed little light on the specific charges being made against the WTO by most of the protesters. As the conference gets under way on November 30, a few trends in the coverage have already emerged. To begin, news stories preceding the conference demonstrated a fundamental lack of understanding of the issues involved. A November 1st article in US News & World Report was headlined "Hell No, We Won't Trade: How an obscure trade organization became a lightning rod for protest." While one can debate the merits of labeling a group with international jurisdiction over global trade an "obscure" organization, "We Won't Trade" is a grossly misleading characterization of the anti-WTO arguments. The article goes on to note that "For the moment, the movement against free trade seems to have little traction in the United States." This is a puzzling conclusion for an article that notes that "up to 50,000 demonstrators" are planned to "attend mass rallies, a march, teach-ins and prayer services" to protest the Seattle trade meeting. Nonetheless, the assertion is backed up by this: "All major presidential candidates support free trade and the WTO." Reports prior to the summit, and many appearing this week, argue that the WTO stands to "open up" trade around the globe. That is inaccurate, as Dean Baker pointed out recently in FAIR's Economic Reporting Review ( http://www.fair.org/err/991108.html ): "While its rules are designed to facilitate foreign investment, such as a U.S. auto manufacturer building a factory in Indonesia, in other areas the WTO has taken little action to facilitate trade, while in some areas its rules are intended to impede free trade. In the case of professional services, such as those provided by doctors, lawyers and other highly paid professionals, the WTO has done virtually nothing to facilitate international trade and competition. In the case of intellectual property claims, such as patents and copyrights, the WTO has worked to impose these protectionist barriers on developing nations, at an enormous cost to their consumers." Nor do many media accounts explain what the protesters are focusing on--in most cases, a specific set of concerns and issues that have been before the WTO in the past few years (summarized well at http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR112999.htm ). ABC's Peter Jennings commented that "it seems as though every group with every complaint from every corner of the world is represented in Seattle this week." CBS Evening News explained some of the background on the same night's newscast, but bungled one of the core criticisms of the WTO. Dan Rather reported that the WTO had ruled on many environmental issues, but declined to make the simple point that the WTO has ruled *against* environmental restrictions in every case that has come before it. Indeed, Rather's reference to the WTO's ruling on "fishing restrictions aimed at saving endangered species" might have mislead viewers into thinking that the WTO was intervening on behalf of threatened animals. Some reports, rather than dealing with the concerns of the protestors, instead focused on the hypothetical danger they pose. Tony Snow's first question to teamsters president James Hoffa, Jr. on Fox News Sunday (11/28/99) was: "Do you worry that there's going to be any violence there?" Likewise, NBC Nightly News (11/29/99) devoted their lead WTO segment to security concerns in Seattle ("The stakes are high, so is the security, so is the provocation"), highlighting local authorities' precautions against "a potential chemical or biological attack." The report was followed by a segment by NBC financial correspondent Mike Jensen extolling the benefits of free trade. Jensen concluded that "most experts say getting rid of trade barriers on both sides is a good thing for American workers and consumers. But no matter what comes out of this four-day meeting--and a lot of analysts don't think it will be much--world trade has such momentum, almost nothing can get in its way." Yet, as Dean Baker points out in a recent ERR, there is "near consensus among economists that trade has been one of the factors that has increased wage inequality in the United States over the last two decades." But that "consensus" is decidedly harder to find in mainstream press accounts. The theme of free trade "momentum" is also present in a story on MSNBC's website ( http://www.msnbc.com/news/340513.asp ), which includes a link to a special section encouraging readers to "find out more about the hurdles on the way to free trade." Similarly, a recent Associated Press report called protesters' concerns "far-fetched," and continued by noting that "for every campaigner lying down on a sidewalk this week to protest the WTO's efforts to reduce trade barriers, there is a happily employed Seattleite whose job depends on free commerce." A disturbing indication of mainstream media attitudes toward coverage of the WTO meeting came when ABC's Seattle affiliate announced that it would "not devote coverage to irresponsible or illegal activities of disruptive groups," adding that "KOMO 4 News is taking a stand on not giving some protest groups the publicity they want.... So if you see us doing a story on a disruption, but we don't name the group or the cause, you'll know why." In a revealing choice of words, news director Joe Barnes described civil disobedience as "illegally disrupting the commerce of the city." (KOMO has requested comments on its policy at tips[at]komo4news.com .) This decision by a corporate-owned news outlet to explicitly ignore the messages of groups practicing civil disobedience underscores the importance of independent journalism. Organizers in Seattle have made a priority of setting up an independent media center (http://www.indymedia.org ), and much is planned for the coming week, including a daily newspaper, a daily radio broadcast (World Trade Watch Radio, http://www.radioproject.org ) and from-the-scene video documentaries that will be available via satellite to many public television stations. For more information, see FAIR's Resources on Trade at http://www.fair.org/issues-news/trade.html . ---------- Feel free to respond to FAIR ( fair[at]fair.org ). We can't reply to everything, but we will look at each message. We especially appreciate documented example of media bias or censorship. All messages to the 'FAIR-L' list will be forwarded to the editor of the list. Also, please send copies of email correspondence, including any responses, to us at: fair[at]fair.org . Feel free to spread this message around. Put it on conferences where it is appropriate. 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Box 170 Congers, NY 10920-9930 FAIR (212) 633-6700 http://www.fair.org/ E-mail: fair[at]fair.org list administrators: FAIR-L-request[at]american.edu _____________________________________________________________________________top 11. Latest BCLA Reporter - special WTO issue Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:23:35 -0600 To: SRRT Action Council <srrtac-l[at]ala.org> From: Al Kagan <akagan[at]uiuc.edu> Subject: WTO Norman Horrocks just faxed me a copy of the latest BCLA Reporter from the British Columbia Library Association. It is a special issue on the WTO including articles on the BCLA position , IFLA WTO Working Group position, WTO and Canadian Health Care, Labor and WTO, Education and WTO, Globalization web bibliography, Librarians and Trade, Canadian telecommunications and Trade, Sample protest letter, WTO calendar in Vancouver, and WTO speakers bureau. I am impressed! If you want a copy, try requesting one from BCLA at bcla[at]interchange.ubc.ca, fax 604-609-0707, phone 604-683-5354. They also have a webstie but it doesn't have the WTO materials. It does have the SRRT MAI resolution at http://www.interchg.ubc.ca/bcla/mai-srrt.html Al Kagan African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration 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 _____________________________________________________________________________top 12. Join the IPA Library Initiative Advisory Committee The Independent Press Association is currently forming a small advisory committee of experienced librarians to oversee a direct mail project associated with the IPA Library Initiative. I hope PLG members can take a moment to consider taking part. As part of an upcoming year-long series of direct mail projects aimed at increasing library subscriptions to public interest periodicals, we hope to find 2 to 4 librarians interested in assisting us in the strategic planning, writing, and production of the mail pieces themselves. Of utmost importance is that the librarians who take part have experience in serials collections work and/or other work of similar nature. In short, we need help from people who can tell us what serials librarians might respond to, especially as this relates direct mail. At the moment, we are considering a campaign that revolves around a call to "Meet Your Mandate" -- a reference to the Library Bill of Rights pledge to present all sides of an issue. The direct mail pieces will promote important public interest publications and will be timed to arrive at libraries prior to important dates on the calendar -- ie, Black History Month, Earth Day, etc. The Library Initiave Advisory Committee and the IPA Library Initiative Coordinator (that's me) will communicate via e-mail in most cases. Aside from the need to review proposed mailing pieces for language, design, and content, I don't believe any ^significant^ time demands will be necessary from committee members. Founded in 1996 during the First Media & Democracy Congress in San Francisco, the Independent Press Association (IPA) provides technical assistance and advocacy to over 175 leading public interest periodicals. Since 1998, IPA has exhibited annually at ALA conferences and in 1999 we published the second edition of "Annotations: A Guide to the Independent Critical Press" along with our friends at the Alternative Press Center. We can be found online at http://www.indypress.org. If you are interested in the project or know someone who might be, please let me know at indypress[at]indypress.org. Best regards, Robert Rosenthal ><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< Robert J. Rosenthal Publications Coordinator Independent Press Association 2390 Mission St., #201 San Francisco, CA 94110 tel: (415) 643-4401 fax: (415) 643-4402 On the Web: www.indypress.org ===========New from the IPA!!=========== "Annotations: A Guide to the Independent Critical Press" "Proof that there is much more beyond the soft ice cream ladled out by the mainstream corporate press." -- Ralph Nader To order call toll-free 877-INDYMAG or learn more at http://www.indypress.org/order/annotations.htm _____________________________________________________________________________top 13. December the first is Prisoners for Peace Day. On this day we remember all those who have chosen to become conscientious objectors, and are held in prison because of their work for peace. This day has been marked by members of the War Resisters International ( WRI ) since 1956. ' In honour of all those known or unknown who are in prison as a result of their refusal to participate in the armed forces of their countries. ' Each year WRI produces a Roll of Honour, which features those who are currently Prisoners For Peace. This year the roll of honour has been published within the new issue of Peace News. ( December 1999 ). One of the main ways in which pacifists mark Prisoners for Peace Day, is by sending greetings to all those who are included upon the Roll of Honour. ( It should be noted: that while letters might not reach these prisoners, a postcard greeting normally will. ) For more information & subscription details: Peace News 5 Caledonian Road, London N.1. Tel: + 44 20 7278 3344 Email : peacenews[at]gn.apc.org The Roll of Honour is also listed upon the WRI website : http://www.gn.apc.org/warresisters ....................................... There are a lot of other organisations which are working upon the issue of Conscientious objection. The following is just a selection of what might be found upon the web. ................ CCCO ( Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors ) http://www.objector.org/ This is a U.S. organisation. 'CCCO supports conscientious objectors and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and preparations for war.' Both the organisation & website provides a lot of practical help & information. ......................... EBCO ( European Bureau for Conscientious Objection ) http://www.club.innet.be/~ind2088/ebco/ To quote: ' The principial aim of the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO), is to promote coscientious objection to a military service as a fundamental human right, both on national and international level. The EBCO is an European umbrella organisation of national CO organisations. ' ................. Nuclear Resister http://www.nonviolence.org/nukeresister What is of note here, is that both the periodical and website lists those who are currently in jail as a result of nonviolent direct action ( NVDA ) against nukes, or resulting from other peace movement activities ....................................................... Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/home.htm The work of Amnesty should need no description - It does such wonderful things ! ............................................................................ Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/ This is how the organisation describes itself : 'Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all. ' This website also has information about Child Soldiers upon it ................................................................................... Kampanjen Mot Verneplikt's (The Campaign Against Conscription) http://wit.no/Doogie/Ga/huset/kmv/english.html This is a Norwegan CO organisation. The website has some good links upon it ........................................................................................................ MilitÊrnÊgterforeningens ( Association of C O s ) http://www.fred.dk/mnf This website is only available in danish, but it does have some good links on it. -------------------------......................... The National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO), http://www.nonviolence.org/nisbco/ To quote the website: " The National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO), an association of over 35 religious bodies, was formed in 1940 in order to defend and extend the rights of conscientious objectors to war. NISBCO provides counseling and legal services to conscientious objectors, military personnel, political asylum seekers and conscientious objectors seeking naturalization as U.S. citizens. NISBCO also provides legal support and advocacy services to conscientious objectors in Latin America and other regions of the world. ................................... Martyn Lowe _____________________________________________________________________________top L I B R A R Y J U I C E | http://libr.org/Juice/ | | Library Juice is supported by a voluntary subscription | fee of $10 per year, variable based on ability and | desire to pay. 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