Library Juice 2:48 - Library Juice is now a book and a blog

Library Juice 2:48 - December 15, 1999 Contents: 1. Americans in the Information Age: Falling Through the Net 2. Uncle Sam - Migrating Government Publications 3. Lisnews.com in beta 4. Meta-List.net 5. Year 2000 John Sessions Memorial Award 6. Arun Tripathi's sites for educators and students 7. Educational opportunities for instruction librarians 8. About.com on search engines 9. World Resources Institute 10. Global System for Sustainable Development 11. A Web of On-line Dictionaries 12. "TO THINE OWN SHELVES BE TRUE" 13. Letter from Brandon Seah to Fred Whitehead 14. Resources on Asia 15. Babynamer 16. The Library Cheer Quote for the week: "ALA recognizes its broad social responsibilities. The broad social responsibilities of the American Library Association are defined in terms of the contribution that librarianship can make in ameliorating or solving the critical problems of society; support for efforts to help inform and educate the people of the United States on these problems and to encourage them to examine the many views on and the facts regarding each problem; and the willingness of ALA to take a position on current critical issues with the relationship to libraries and library service set forth in the position statement." -ALA Policy Manual, article 1.1, quoted in light of the lack of any statement from ALA on the WTO meetings, in contrast to IFLA and the Canadian Library Association, who issued strong statements against the WTO. The ALA sent a delegate to the WTO, but no input from members, or even council for that matter, was solicited, and no report has been made that would inform us about the delegate's participation. Home page of the week: Ken Cheatham http://www.emf.net/~cheetham/ken.html ____________________________________________________________________________top 1. Americans in the Information Age: Falling Through the Net http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide/ Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide Released July 8, 1999. Third report in the Falling Through the Net series on the Telecommunications and Information Technology Gap in America. Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom http://www.ala.org/oif.html ____________________________________________________________________________top 2. Uncle Sam - Migrating Government Publications http://www.lib.memphis.edu/gpo/mig.htm This page offers direct links to printed federal publications that are migrating to the Internet. The value here is threefold: the links are to the documents (not the opening page of the issuing agency), publications can be found directly by Superintendent of Documents classification number, or, more usefully, alphabetically by publication title. This valuable service is provided by the librarians of the Government Publications Department of the University of Memphis Library, the same people who maintain a similar page of links to electronic forms, Forms from the Feds. - rms Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ____________________________________________________________________________top 3. Lisnews.com in beta http://www.lisnews.com Lisnews.com is a new site collecting stories relating to libraries from the mainstream (online) press and linking to them daily. It's a weblog that only goes for news stories. And there are a lot of news stories - five or ten are added each day. They're indexed by topic, too, and it's easy to retrieve links to all the articles on a given topic. As the site grows each topic will contain an awful lot of links. My beef with the site is that the articles are mainly from online newspapers of one sort or another, not the library press. For a site which links to news stories on libraries I still prefer Jessamyn West's http://www.librarian.net for its sense of fun. But this site is definitely worth stopping in on. -Rory ____________________________________________________________________________top 4. Meta-List.net - http://www.meta-list.net/ This site allows users to search for over 234,000 public newsletters and discussion lists by keyword or category and in thirteen different languages, although the interface is implemented only in English and German. Discussion list entries include a short description and an option to subscribe. Web interfaces for all the main languages are scheduled to be added over the next year. Non-German users are recommended to use the keyword search engine over the somewhat limited and Germano-centric category listings. Despite this, the site is an excellent resource, especially for non-anglophone users searching for mailing lists in their native language. [MD] >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ____________________________________________________________________________top 5. Year 2000 John Sessions Memorial Award Has Your Local Library Done Something For Labor? If So, Apply Now! Nominations are now being accepted for the Year 2000 John Sessions Memorial Award given by the American Library Association's Reference and User Services Division. Applications must be received by December 31, 1999. The John Sessions Memorial Award, established in 1980, recognizes a library or library system which has made significant efforts to work with the labor community. Such efforts may include outreach projects to local labor unions; establishment, or significant expansion of, special labor collections; initiation of programs of special interest to the labor community; or other library activities that serve the labor community. The 1999 winner was the advocacy organization Libraries for the Future for its Labor History Month "Pump Up the Volume" campaign. Previous winners have included public libraries, academic libraries, and unions. Winning projects have been as diverse as working with local unions to provide information on job training and education; creating exhibits of local union history; building and preserving labor and union archives; creating more accessible cataloging; and sponsoring Labor History Month outreach to local unions. The award is named for John Sessions, the former AFL-CIO co-chair of the AFL-CIO/ALA Joint Committee on Library Service to Labor Groups. The winning library receives a handsome plaque donated by the AFL-CIO. For applications for the Sessions Award, or more information, contact Sessions Committee chairperson: Ann Sparanese Englewood Public Library, 31 Engle St., Englewood, NJ 07631. Phone: (201)568-2215, ext 229 Fax :(201)568-6895 E-mail: SPARANESE[at]BCCLS.ORG. ____________________________________________________________________________top 6. Arun Tripathi's sites for educators and students For the benefit of educators, students, teachers and technologists, I have updated my two sites, which can be found at: Arun's Global Education Project Links <http://www.angelfire.com/ks/learning/index.html> Artificial Intelligence & Higher Education <http://www.angelfire.com/ks/learning/educate.html> [* This site was being linked by SCUP: Society for College and University Planning on its main site <http://www.scup.org> *] And, one more article on EUCLID is available at <http://www.angelfire.com/ks/learning/euclid.html> Sincerely Arun Tripathi ____________________________________________________________________________top 7. Educational opportunities for instruction librarians The Education Committee of the ACRL Instruction Section has created a web calendar of educational opportunities for instruction librarians. The calendar is updated monthly. We will be highlighting instruction related meetings at ALA MidWinter and Annual. There is also an option to have an instructional event you are sponsoring included in the calendar. Point your browser to http://www.ship.edu/~dlcook/conted.html and click on "Continuing Education Calendar". Dr. Doug Cook - 717.477.1470 - www.ship.edu/~dlcook Reference/Media Librarian - Shippensburg University ____________________________________________________________________________top 8. About.com on search engines Search Engine Strategies 99: Special Report http://websearch.about.com/internet/websearch/library/blses99.htm About.com Guide to Web Search http://websearch.about.com/internet/websearch/mbody.htm Written by Chris Sherman, author of the About.com Guide to Web Search, this special five-part report offers the highlights from the recent Search Engine Strategies 99 conference in San Francisco. Each of the five essays is devoted to a different topic explored at the conference. These include creating and optimizing "search engine friendly" Webpages, banner ads, techniques sites use to lure search engine spiders, human-created directories, and comments from representatives of the major search engines. Users who don't already know about it will also want to visit the main Guide to Web Search page, which contains a large number of useful resources. Included in these are classified and annotated links for specific searches (Health and Medicine, Politics, News, Entertainment, Images, etc.), bulletin boards, a free (and helpful) weekly newsletter, and a daily column on Internet-related news (Net News, Views, & Cool New Tools). [MD] >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ____________________________________________________________________________top 9. World Resources Institute [.pdf, RealAudio, PowerPoint] http://www.wri.org/ The goals of the World Resources Institute (WRI) are to reverse existing environmental problems and avert future ones, foster active public and private involvement, and make environmental improvement compatible with economic growth. Their Website contains countless documents sorted by (worldwide) geographic location as well as subject area, including sustainable development, biodiversity, climate change, forests, governance, oceans and coasts, and trade. The site also features a news center with news releases, facts and figures, and audio reports (RealAudio); a Library and Information Center with full-text searchable postings of all WRI publications; and a Sustainable Development Information Center with data, maps, facts, and sustainable development publications. This comprehensive site goes beyond the surface of environmental issues facing much of the world today. [KR] >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ____________________________________________________________________________top 10. Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD) http://gssd.mit.edu/Gssd/gssd.nsf A project of the Global Accords Consortium for Sustainable Development (located at MIT), this site offers a collection of over 2,500 abstracted, indexed, and cross-referenced online resources on sustainable development. Users have four options for searching the index: text (keyword and advanced) and three graphical browsers, one indexing all holdings (organized by subject and problems and solutions), the others covering industry related topics and the Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS), respectively. Initial search returns include title, "slice" (subject), and "ring" (problem area). Item titles link to further information, including an abstract and the resource itself. GSSD also features a modest selection of full-text reports on "scientific developments and/or policy deliberations." The Consortium plans to make the entire knowledge base available in at least nine additional languages in the future. [MD] >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ____________________________________________________________________________top 11. A Web of On-line Dictionaries http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html You will find linked here "...More than 800 dictionaries of over 150 different languages...". Truly one of the most META of virtual library collections focusing on dictionaries and related language reference resources. As the compiler states, "Webs and reference books have a long and happy history together. This website indexes on-line dictionaries, thesauri, and such like containing words and phrases. Preference in selection has been given to free online dictionaries of high quality. However, downloadable and subscription material are listed if exceptionally rare and/or unusually well-executed. A few inceptive word lists of languages otherwise not represented have also been included, as encouragement to continued development." Includes: Dictionaries in Many Languages; Multilingual Dictionaries; Specialized Dictionaries; Thesauri and Other Vocabulary Aids; Language Identifiers and Guessers; An Index of Dictionary Indices. Submitted by: Dyran translator[at]paonline.com From ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm ____________________________________________________________________________top 12. "TO THINE OWN SHELVES BE TRUE" A CALL FOR A WORKING GROUP IN DEFENSE OF LIBRARY COLLECTIONS (from People's Culture #37) by Fred Whitehead fwhitehe[at]kumc.edu In recent years, library patrons, authors, scholars, as well as "traditional" librarians have seen the rise of a new "philosophy" in which Information Technology is coming to replace Library Science. This is so striking a phenomenon that I.T. deserves recognition as a new paradigm, which offers to wholly supplant its predecessor. We may note, for instance, that some revered Library Schools have closed down entirely, while I.T. programs burgeon. As is often the case during such "shifts," there is a division between the I.T. people in the profession, and those who cleave to older standards and ideals. The latter are relegated to a defensive posture, frequently permeated by feelings of fear and insecurity. The broader social context is the much heralded "Information Revolution," where all useful facts are to become digitalized or cyberized. So not only is there open discussion about the End of the Book, but even the End of Libraries, or their transformation into Info Pods. None of these reflections are alarmist; all are based in facts, in the experience of library patrons, some of whom have assaulted the new Paradigm, with mixed success. Indeed, most of the time, the Book Lovers are losing. As one who has usually been on the losing side, I have intensively pondered on what we can do. Individual or small group protest has largely been futile. Finally, it occurred to me that we might form some kind of open Working Group, consisting of anyone who wants to be involved in dealing with this situation: patrons, authors, scholars, librarians, teachers, etc. As librarians themselves seem to be split, with many Paradigm opponents even afraid of losing their positions, it seemed evident that some Group that actually recruited and involved citizens, who after all pay the taxes to sustain libraries in the first place, might have an impact. Among the events that give rise to this initiative: * Protest at the San Francisco Public Library concerning de-accessioning and de-emphasis on books, while giving space and money to computers * The sale of the entire Rare Books Collection of the Kansas City Missouri Public Library * The sale of newspapers by the Kansas State Historical Society * Discarding of "research" books and materials from the Louisville Public Library * Disappearance of Copyright volumes from the Library of Congress * Sales from the collections of the New York Historical Society These are only a few such events and controversies that come readily to mind. But the problem is much, much larger. Practically every library in the country "discards" books routinely, according to a wide range of protocols and standards. I have myself purchased many important, classic books from public and college library sales. Many times, I bought the only copy held by any area library. The American Library Association has published guidelines calling for involvement of teachers and scholars in such de-accessioning, but there is no enforcement, or even review mechanism in place. So we face a situation in which laissez-faire is the rule, and everything goes. Things have gotten so bad, indeed, that the standing of the Librarian as a professional is in question, because they cannot enforce their own standards, which is a sine qua non of a profession. We might consider the parallel situation in medicine. No one now believes that only physicians are competent to make decisions, without review or accountability. State boards are authorized to revoke the licenses of incompetent or criminal doctors. There are also remedies in the courts. In other words, there are safeguards in place. For libraries, these safeguards are either non-existent, or ineffective. Boards are usually silent about administrative policies; sometimes they are merely political appointees, with no experience of libraries or even books. When I spoke in opposition to the sale of the Kansas City Public Library rare books, only one board member had a question or comment. There is a global tendency to be comfortable with "privatization," which includes the holdings of once proud cultural institutions supported by public taxes. I do not intend these remarks as an attack on librarians. There are many conscientious librarians who are horrified by what is going on. Certainly, there are forces in our society who favor outright censorship, so there is a natural tendency for librarians to circle the wagons when challenged. But they need to distinguish between those who are attacking libraries, and citizens who are trying to support them. It is not accidental that many de-accessioning decisions are made secretly, or to put it less dramatically, without true public review or scrutiny. Without open and real citizen participation, it is so easy, so possible, for government agencies to go wrong, whether it be in environmental protection, police powers, or libraries. I propose, subject to development, modification, and the like, the following goals for a Working Group: * Monitor de-accessioning operations, to determine the facts, as opposed to rumors * Review and develop standards for discarding, and how this is carried out * Develop means of exchanging/networking information * Analyze and assess the paradigms we are dealing with * Develop action plans for defending library collections * Publicize findings and reviews * Convene at professional and citizen gatherings I am willing to serve as interim coordinator for such a Group, subject to a consensus of those involved. One thing that is immediately needed is the development of a proper archive of reports and similar materials which bear on these problems. I can manage that part of the project, since I'm already archiving an immense variety of cultural materials in connection with my newsletters, books and documentary history projects. We need a bibliography that incorporates current articles, letters, etc. on issues of concern. For now, I can meet the expenses of informing Group members as to developments, probably through a simple print newsletter. Those interested in joining the Working Group should contact me, send materials, clippings and ideas. Note: The "Call" printed above was drafted and circulated for comments early in the Spring of 1997, and produced some responses which were published in the same issue of People's Culture. As stated, this project will primarily be concerned with the defense of library books, but almost daily I read of archeological artifacts, paintings, and other cultural materials being privatized, sold, or even destroyed through neglect. So that kind of information is solicited as well. Newspaper clippings are perhaps a main source of information, but if you can send in names and professional addresses of privatizers, I can write them and ask for their version of the facts. I would also like to report on successes, and not just disasters of privatization. We need to develop ways to really deal with this situation, and not just lament that it is happening. A section of this newsletter will regularly be devoted to this project, with letters, reports, and news and notes. There are some possibilities for organizational linkage and support, which we are exploring, but for now, this is an independent, home-grown effort. We are very much dependent on readers and your contacts to be successful, and to make an impact. The headline of this article, "To Thine Own Shelves Be True," is adapted from a newspaper article posted in the Maple Street Bookshop of New Orleans, Louisiana, which I recently visited. This store is now marking its 30th year of operations, and seems to be a beehive of literary activity in that city. They have a natural concentration on Southern literature (esp. Walker Percy), and make a real stand for literacy, civilization and progress, and give away a bumpersticker on request with each purchase, that bears the slogan: "Fight the Stupidity." They also have another bumpersticker that lampoons the right-wing politician David Duke, who has run for numerous public offices there; this mimics the design of his own bumperstickers, and proclaims his true name: DAVID DORK. Finally, they have a T-shirt that says: "It's not the heat, it's the stupidity." Write them at 7523 Maple Street, New Orleans, LA 70118. ____________________________________________________________________________top 13. Letter from Brandon Seah to Fred Whitehead Reprinted with permission. From: "Brandon Seah" <pflanzen[at]mailcity.com> To: KUPIDO.KUPI2PO(FWHITEHE) Date: 8/15/99 3:02AM Subject: A supporter Dear Mr. Whitehead, I read your article "TO THINE OWN SHELVES BE TRUE" on the libr.org site, and I can't help but agree on the devestation that computer-crazy nuts are pushing upon us. There was an article, if I remember correctly, in Library Journal that stated something on the relations between college library collections and collegiate performance. So that could be backing you up. People fear to attack IT because of the growing lobbying against censorship and the want to give all forms of information possible by many. The problem is, the Internet and other non-print media, although dynamic and up-to-date, can have the tendency to be not as reliable as print media, like books and journals. Books have to be edited prior to publishing, and some journals have to be peer-reviewed, especially ones like 'Nature', and other scientific journals. Some may argue that there is the probability that books can be wrong too, and spread evil, like Mien Kampf, but remember, these are few, and electronic media has the greater tendency to be so. Traditional libraries, and any library, need to maintain a strong print collection, and the usage of electronic media and the Internet should be supplementary to this print collection. Instead, many are beginning to consider the opposite true, discarding books in favour of the IT craze. It is a craze because many follow without thinking, without evaluating. Do they consider how the computers are better than the books before buying, or do they just follow the flow? The Internet is also the primary cause of many of our censorship and freedom of information problems today. They forget, that books and print can survive the ravages of time longer than many electronic devices, and that many electronic devices go out of date sooner or later, more often sooner. The 486 I bought in 1993 is pathetic now, compared to Pentiums etc. Yet, the Ivanhoe I bought around the same time is still serving me well, surviving numerous readings. Let me give you another example of an atrocity commited in the name of IT: I live and study in Singapore, an island state where the education ministry is placing more and more emphasis on computers, alleging that they will create a thinking nation, as well as using many more 'dynamic plans'. My school, D. High School, is well known as a "top school' in Singapore. There is a library, collection approx. 30,000. There are 4 computer rooms, recently refurbished. Ther are about 15 computers in the library, ten with Internet access. The school is thinking of installing computers in every classroom, and have done so for 8 already. The power points for the computers have been installed. The library has played down its emphasis on books, and there are hardly any promotional activities. Books are bought, but they do not buy what the students want, rather what they think the students want. There is only a shelf list to search the books by, and they call it a catalogue. But then, they are thinking of increasing the number of computers in this already cramped space, and reducing the number of books, by weeding the collection extensively. Thrown out are books like 'Learning through interaction', 'I heard the owl call my name' etc. etc. Books on science, math, literature, culture, etc, are discarded, especially those that are older. They do not realize the significance. The school administration weeds out books based on their age, in fact, there are hardly any books from the early 80's left, replaced inadequately by new books which are lower on the information side, and computers. A kind old gentleman by the name of Dzau donated a unique cache of more than 200 Chinese language books to the library. They came in four boxes, and were stored at the back, in some dark dank hell-hole. There was a waiting period of about a year plus, they were there before I came to the school, and then they started to throw the books away. Mind you, those books are damn hard to find, I did searches at the LOC, NLB, and others, university libraries, national libraries, but I could not find a reasonable duplicate. The old man obviously cared for the books, as each was in very good condition, only the ill storage has caused some deterioration. These books are mainly on Chinese literature and history, two subjects the school takes pride in, yet the 'librarians', rather the teachers who were forced to take care of the library, insist that their age make them obsolete, and that they are printed in the traditional script, rather than the simplified script, which the country uses, they say that the students won't be able to understand them. (the modern chinese language has two scripts -- traditional and simplified. Simplified is promoted in China, and is the type my country uses. Traditional is used in Taiwan and seldom seen here. Simplified is easier to write and read). So without looking at the contents, they make an evaluation and choose to discard. They complain that the accomodation would require more shelf space, and that I as a mere student do not understand the true aspects. Sigh, there are at least two shelves and cabinets that are lying empty in a dark corner. They just don't notice or care. Also, another remarkable chinese teacher in the school gave her whole collection of chinese books. They are now chucked away in some cupboards which serve as surrogate tables for -- you guessed it -- computers. They, fragile books and rare publications, are stacked high, and forced in, with mothballs placed among them, and forgotten. They are in the library accession list, but the are not included in the catalogue/shelf lists. I can only fear the worst and hope for the best. Who knows, they might be discarded too. Many are in bad condition. When I mentioned this, they asked me to forget it and gave the same excuses. Don't they understand! People make sacrifices to build up a personal collection to donate generously to the library, and they simply discard, waiting a few months just to make sure the original owner does not find out. Atrocious! I support your cause greatly, I wish to help you in any way I can. Please do reply, and thank you for your time. Yours, Brandon S. ____________________________________________________________________________top 14. Resources on Asia ASIANOW [RealPlayer, Windows Media Player] http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/index.html A joint venture of the editors of CNN, _Time_, and _AsiaWeek_, this site serves as a very useful portal for breaking Asian news, analysis, and commentary. The homepage features the latest major stories from throughout the region, with links to articles in _Time_ and _AsiaWeek_, video and audio content from CNN, and special features. The site is further divided into five regional sections, each of which offers region-specific content organized in the same manner as the main page. Sections on business, weather, sports, travel, and entertainment are also included. [MD] > From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. AsiaSource - http://www.asiasource.org/ Comprehensive online resource from the Asia Society, designed to "meet the need for timely, reliable, unbiased information and assistance regarding the cultural, economic, social, historical, and political dimensions of Asia." Includes the latest news stories, maps and statistics, and a directory of government officials (from Keesing's Worldwide). For students and researchers, there are links to more than 500 scholars and specialists on Asia, complete with contact and background information. Profiles section allows one to compare statistics between countries (up to five at a time). Links section leads to large, annotated directory of Web sites. - sam Subjects: asia Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Educational Resources on Asia http://www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/Resource.htm This site provides resources and links to educational material relating to Asia. These include reference works, online periodicals, educational films and suppliers, K-12 curriculum materials and vendors, full-text of significant historical documents (primarily constitutional), as well as demographic, economic, educational, and political statistics. Maintained by the UCLA Center for East Asian Studies. - es Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. http://www.mnet.fr/aiindex/ " The South Asia Citizen's Web is an independent space on the net to promote dialogue and information exchange between and about South Asian citizens initiatives [located in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and in their diasporic communities]. The main rubrics on this site are - Civil Society, Peace, Democracy, Secularism, social movements, the women's movement, Environmental Campaigns, labour movement activism, human rights groups and campaigns, citizens action against Communalism and Religious fundamentalism, news, films, journals contents pages, research projects and book catalogues. " -sent by Martyn Lowe .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. PHARMACOPOEIA OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (English Edition) The latest English edition of Chinese Pharmacopoeia compiled by the Pharmacopoeia Commission of the Ministry of Public Health, is an official and authoritative compendium of drugs. It covers almost traditional Chinese medicines, most of west medicines and preparations, giving information on the standards of purity, description, test, dosage, precaution, storage, and the strength for each drug Dec., 1997; 2 vols; ISBN: 7-5025-2062-7(vol I, herbal medicine volume) and 7-5025-2063-5(vol II, west medicine volume). If interested, Please contact: Chi Zhenguo Rm.604, Bldg.7, Qian Hai Hua Yuan Tao Yuan West Rd., Nan Tou Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong P.R.China 518052 Fax: +86 755 6568829 E-mail: szchis[at]sz.gd.cninfo.net Further information, please visit: http://www.tradezone.com/tradesites/chizhenguo.html .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. The Library of Congress wishes to announce the creation of a Pinyin Conversion Project home page, located on its Cataloging Directorate home page at this address: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin This site will provide information and documents related to the Pinyin Conversion Project. Because plans for several important aspects of the project are still being formulated, status reports will be updated periodically. Links to related Web sites will be provided. Documents important to the project will be posted in a timely manner. Contents include: Project Definition Announcement: Library of Congress Pinyin Conversion Project Pinyin Conversion Project Outline �Wade�Giles to Pinyin Conversion Will Affect Everyone!� (RLG Focus article) Timeline Status reports on tasks in progress New Chinese Romanization Guidelines � Advance copy Classification schedules: Chinese literary authors (1949-199) � Draft Classification schedules: Chinese literary authors (2000- ) � Draft Chinese conventional place names: a status report Chinese Geographic Names: Related Resources (link) Please send comments and suggestions to: Philip Melzer, Team Leader Korean-Chinese Cataloging Team Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division Library of Congress (202) 707-7961 pmel[at]loc.gov -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ John D. Byrum, Jr. ^^ ^^ Chief, Regional & Cooperative Cataloging Division ^^ ^^ Library of Congress LM-535 ^^ ^^ Washington, D.C. 20540-4380 LL ^^ ^^ LL CCC ^^ ^^ (202) 707-6511 LL CC CC ^^ ^^ FAX (202) 707-2824 LLLLLLLL ^^ ^^ CC CC ^^ ^^ jbyr[at]loc.gov CCC ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Asia-Pacific Language Research http://asiapacific.webjump.com Asia-Pacific Language Research (ISSN 1441-8533) is a new multi-disciplinary journal dedicated to the advancement and promotion of Asian and Pacific languages and cultures through scholarly research. Original research papers and literature reviews will be published with book reviews of contemporary volumes of interest. Possible topic areas for publication include Historical Linguistics, Contemporary Language Use, Communication Studies, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics and Computational Linguistics (including Machine Translation). Annual subscriptions can be purchased for US$99 (Individual) or US$199 (Institutional). Contributors to a particular volume will be given a complimentary subscription for that year. Fully paid-up subscribers will have full access to past issues and volumes. Volume 1 (1998) is now available free-of-charge for evaluation purposes. Contact: Paul A. Watters Email: p.a.watters[at]computer.org From NewJour - http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Laws and Regulations of the People's Republic of China Governing Foreign-Related Matters. Collected more than 700 documents from 1949 to 1999. All documents are in English and ASCII TXT format. You can view the Titles from http://sino-guide.freeservers.com Email: szchis[at]sz.gd.cninfo.net szchisco[at]public.szptt.net.cn ____________________________________________________________________________top 15. Babynamer http://babynamer.com Primarily for parents but also very good for any researchers seeking the meanings of names. Browse by precompiled lists or search by name (specifying Boy or Girl first). Submitted by: ResPool Listowner rjtiess[at]warwick.net http://rtiess.tripod.com From ResPool Research Network - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm ____________________________________________________________________________top 16. The Library Cheer by Garrison Keillor Where do you go for the poetry? L-I-B-R-A-R-Y Where do you go for the history? L-I-B-R-A-R-Y Where do you go if you're old and shy? Where do you go to learn how to fly? L-I-B-R-A-R-Y That's how you spell it, Whatcha gonna tell it? It's been in your town for a hundred years. Let's give the library three big cheers: Hip-hip-hooray! Hip-hip-horray! Hip-hip-horray! F-R-I-E-N-D-S Are we gonna be one? Yes yes yes. F-R-I-E-N-D-S (of the) P-U-B-L-I-C L-I-B-R-A-R-Y L-I-B-R-A-R-Y L-I-B-R-A-R-Y L-I-B-R-A-R-Y That's how you spell it, Now what you gonna tell it? It's been in your town for a hundred years, So let's give the library three big cheers Hip-hip-horray! Hip-hip-horray! Hip-hip-horray! ____________________________________________________________________________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. You may send a check payable in US funds | to Rory Litwin, at PO Box 720511, San Jose, CA 95172 | | Original material and added value in Library Juice | is copyright-free; beyond that the publisher makes | no guarantees. Library Juice is a free weekly | publication edited and published by Rory Litwin. | Original senders are credited wherever possible; | opinions are theirs. 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