Library Juice 2:8 - February 24, 1999
Contents: 1. American Libraries Online February 22 news stories (ad) 2. Hispanic/Latino News Service 3. Spanish-language version of Global Internet Liberty Campaign document 4. Canadian Freedom to Read Week 5. Library Commission (NCLIS) Rejects Internet Filtering 6. ResPool - Reference Resource email list from Robert J. Tiess 7. Recent posts to ResPool - sites offering "free database searching" 8. IMLS to Meet with Library Leaders to Develop Grant Goals 9. Corporate Report Card - http://www.cepnyc.org/index.htm 10. Listserve Announcement: Focus On The Corporation 11. Historical Stock Quotes 12. Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killings 13. PRT-LIBN - Philosophy Religion & Theology Librarians List 14. Treasures from Europe's National Libraries - virtual exhibition 15. Libri Foundation's Books For Children grants 16. AND NOW... ANOTHER EPISODE OF "MEDIA JEOPARDY!" 17. Bellydancing Librarians Quote for the week: "Bury the books and you bury the dream ever so deeply. Mediocrity is the chief villian who carries the spade and digs so ever efficiently. Bury the books and you kill the future." -anon. (From Peter Kaiser's sig file) ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. American Libraries Online February 22 news stories (ad) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:15:33 -0600 From: "Gordon Flagg" <gflagg[at]ala.org> To: member-forum[at]ala.org Subject: American Libraries Online February 22 news stories (ad) Reply-To: member-forum[at]ala.org Sender: owner-member-forum[at]ala.org Status: U News stories appearing in the February 22 American Libraries Online http://www.ala.org/alonline/ * NCLIS Guidelines on Kids' Internet Services Call for Local Controls * Cal State/Northridge Repairs Expose Books to Rain and Mold * Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Frankel Resigns * Child Molester Used LAPL to Distribute Kid Porn * Iowa Corrections Head Proposes Closing Prison Law Libraries * FCC Commissioner Finds Urban Bias in E-Rate Allocations * Wichita Falls Council Approves Censorship by petition * ACLU Sues Wisconsin School Officials for Pulling Gay-Friendly Books * Missouri Senator Ties State Funding to Filters * Youth Tries to Hack into NASA with Library Computer * Librarians Testify in Support of LC and GPO Appropriations * Pennsylvania Librarian Missing American Libraries' Web site also features the latest "Internet Librarian" columns by Karen Schneider; AL's "Career Leads" job ads; listings of conferences, continuing-education courses, exhibitions, and other events from AL's "Datebook"; and Tables of Contents for the current year. ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Hispanic/Latino News Service [RichLink] http://www.latinowww.com/ Created and maintained by Boston University Law Student Markos Alberto Moulitsas Zuniga, this site serves as a clearinghouse for Latino-interest news. Users will find daily news updates in English and Spanish with links to full-text articles in English- and Spanish-language US newspapers. The site also features opinion pieces, interviews, and a useful collection of related links. Users working on their bilingual skills will also appreciate a recently added feature that allows readers to immediately translate words or phrases in selected opinion pieces. [MD] >From the Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Spanish-language version of Global Internet Liberty Campaign document Sin Limitacion de Fronteras: La Proteccion del Derecho a la Libertad de Expresion en una Internet Global the Spanish version of Regardless of Frontiers: Protecting the Human Right to Freedom of Expression on the Global Internet can be found at http://www.arnal.es/free/info/regard-index.html and at http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/intr_inf.html ________________________ Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 dwood[at]ala.org http://www.ala.org/oif.html ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Canadian Freedom to Read Week "FREEDOM TO READ WEEK encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms." See http://www.interlog.com/~bkper/freeweek.htm ________________________ Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 dwood[at]ala.org http://www.ala.org/oif.html ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Library Commission Rejects Internet Filtering [from EPIC Alert 6.03] ======================================================================= In a significant setback for proponents of mandatory filtering software in public libraries, the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) has recommended the adoption of local library "acceptable use" policies rather than national filtering requirements. The recommendation follows an NCLIS public hearing last November that was dominated by library filtering proponents and featured descriptions of the "dark side of the Internet." Despite the rhetoric of the hearing, the NCLIS findings adopt many of the approached suggested by EPIC and other members of the Internet Free Expression Alliance in a joint submission to the Commission last December, noting that "decisions must be local ones, based on the culture, customs and character of each community." "NCLIS believes that libraries and their governing boards can take effective action at the local level to mitigate the perils facing children using the Internet," the Commission concluded. "Thus, the Commission recommends strongly that each library have a written 'acceptable use policy,' approved by its governing structure and reviewed periodically to adjust to the continuous changes in the Internet." Notably, the NCLIS's mandate is to advise the President and Congress on library and information policy. The only pending legislation in Congress addressing the issue is contrary to the Commission's recommendations. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Rep. Bob Franks (R-NJ) have introduced bills that would require libraries and schools to install filtering software as a condition of receiving federal Internet funds. The NCLIS recommendations (in PDF format) are available at: http://www.nclis.gov/info/kid_inter.pdf The Internet Free Expression Alliance submission to the Commission is available at: http://www.ifea.net/joint_nclis_statement.html ======================================================================= Subscription Information ======================================================================= The EPIC Alert is a free biweekly publication of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send email to epic-news[at]epic.org with the subject: "subscribe" (no quotes) or "unsubscribe". A Web-based form is available at: http://www.epic.org/alert/subscribe.html Back issues are available at: http://www.epic.org/alert/ ======================================================================= About EPIC ======================================================================= The Electronic Privacy Information Center is a public interest research center in Washington, DC. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy issues such as the Clipper Chip, the Digital Telephony proposal, national ID cards, medical record privacy, and the collection and sale of personal information. EPIC is sponsored by the Fund for Constitutional Government, a non-profit organization established in 1974 to protect civil liberties and constitutional rights. EPIC publishes the EPIC Alert, pursues Freedom of Information Act litigation, and conducts policy research. For more information, e-mail info[at]epic.org, http://www.epic.org or write EPIC, 666 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20003. +1 202 544 9240 (tel), +1 202 547 5482 (fax). If you'd like to support the work of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, contributions are welcome and fully tax-deductible. Checks should be made out to "The Fund for Constitutional Government" and sent to EPIC, 666 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20003. Your contributions will help support Freedom of Information Act and First Amendment litigation, strong and effective advocacy for the right of privacy and efforts to oppose government regulation of encryption and expanding wiretapping powers. Thank you for your support. ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. ResPool - Reference Resource email list from Robert J. Tiess Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 19:25:22 EST From: "Robert J. Tiess" <rjtiess[at]mail.warwick.net> Subject: New: Reference resource mailing list MIME-Version: 1.0 ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- \ | / - ( ResPool ) - Pooling Known & New Quality Reference Resources Online / | \ ResPool is a new free mailing list for information specialists and others interested in sharing potentially useful reference resources on the Internet. This list is strictly focused on "reference resources," which include topical web guides, online databases, search engines, directories, indices, bibliographies, and other authoritative sites substantially providing quality information in any given subject areas. For more information and e-mail subscription form, please see: http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm Please share this information with your colleagues. Thank you, and take care. ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. Recent posts to ResPool - sites offering "free database searching" At 04:56 PM 02/23/1999 +1300, Bidwell, Pam wrote: ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm I am looking for more sites which offer free database searching. The examples that I know about already are: Uncover Web http://uncweb.carl.org/ Ask ERIC http://ericir.syr.edu PUBMED: Medline http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ If there are any others that people know about I would love to add them to my list. I have tried the Scout Report, but with limited success only. Thanks in advance Pam Bidwell The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand ......................................................................... Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:32:29 -0500 To: "Bidwell, Pam" <BidPam[at]topnz.ac.nz&> "'respool[at]listbot.com'" <respool[at]listbot.com> From: Dan Longley <dsl[at]cos.com> Subject: Re: REQUEST: Free databases on the web Mime-Version: 1.0 ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm Not sure what disciplines you are interested in, but here are a few good ones that I know of: 1. AGRICOLA: http://www.nalusda.gov/ag98/ 2. US Patents and Trademarks databases: http://www1.uspto.gov/web/menu/search.html 3. US Federal government databases (including CBD, CFR, Congressional Record, etc.): http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces003.html 4. FAOSTAT databases: http://apps.fao.org/ - International Ag and Food stats 5. DOE Information Bridge: http://www.doe.gov/bridge/home.html - full-text energy research 6. CancerLIT: http://cnetdb.nci.nih.gov/cancerlit.shtml 7. DrugDb: http://pharminfo.com/drugdb/db_mnu.html 8. RxList - the Internet Drug Index: http://www.rxlist.com/ 9. Funded Research Databases: http://fundedresearch.cos.com/ - current research in various disciplines (NIH, NSF, USDA, MRC, etc. sponsored) 10. Psych Journal Search: http://www.cmhc.com/journals/ 11. Gateway to Associations Online: http://www.asaenet.org/gateway/onlineassocslist.html - links to thousands of Association homepages 12. Biological Databases Online: http://www.medcor.mcgill.ca/EXPMED/DOCS/res1.html - links to many databases Hope this helps, Dan Longley ......................................................................... Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:54:00 -0800 To: "Bidwell, Pam" <BidPam[at]topnz.ac.nz> From: Ross Tyner <rhtyner[at]okanagan.bc.ca> Subject: Re: REQUEST: Free databases on the web Cc: "'respool[at]listbot.com'" <respool[at]listbot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm All good choices, Dan. Here are some others: 1. Handbook of Latin American Studies - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ 2. Anthropological Index Online - http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/uncgi/Search_AI/search_bib_ai/anthind 3. Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas -Journal Article Database - http://trc2.ucdavis.edu/ssila/scripts/journals.asp (they also have a database of dissertations and theses) 4. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals/International Repertory of the Literature of Art - http://www.ahip.getty.edu/aka/aka_form_pub.html 5. Canadian federal government databases available on the Web - http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/dsp-psd/Checklist/s98-01e.html 6. Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse - http://www.ccsa.ca/canbsrch.htm 7. Alcohol Industry & Policy - http://www.andornot.com/marin/ 8. GEOSCAN (Geological Survey of Canada) - http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/ess/esic/gescan_e.html ......................................................................... Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:05:19 -0500 From: Christine Reusch <reusch[at]rh.edu> Organization: Rensselaer at Hartford MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Bidwell, Pam" <BidPam[at]topnz.ac.nz&> respool[at]listbot.com Subject: Re: REQUEST: Free databases on the web ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm In support of graduate programs in Engineering, Computer Science and Business, we utilize the following free Web databases: RAM (Recent Advances in Manufacturing) http://www.eevl.ac.uk/ram/index.html NASA Technical Report Server http://www.sti.nasa.gov/RECONselect.html Transium Business Intelligence http://wsrn.transium.com Northern Light (the "Special Collection") http://www.northernlight.com The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html The Computing Research Repository (CoRR) http://xxx.lanl.gov/archive/cs/intro.html The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office Databases http://www.uspto.gov IBM Patent Server http://www.ibm.com/patents ACM Digital Library (searching free) http://www.acm.org/dl Christine Reusch Cole Library, Rensselaer at Hartford reusch[at]rh.edu ......................................................................... Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 12:01:05 -0800 To: respool[at]listbot.com From: Helen Laurence <laurence[at]fau.edu> Subject: RE: Free databases on the web Mime-Version: 1.0 ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm Gary Price, a librarian at GWU, maintains several excellent pages of reference resources called "Direct Search," including a number of databases at http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/state.htm (state/city databases) and http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/listof.htm (Price's List of Lists) If these have been posted before, sorry for the duplication. I just joined this list. Helen Dr. Helen Laurence Library Systems Department Florida Atlantic University (561) 297-3789 777 Glades Road (561) 338-3863 (FAX) Boca Raton, FL 33431 laurence[at]fau.edu ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. IMLS to Meet with Library Leaders to Develop Grant Goals (Note: The meetings announced in the following email seem important. Perhaps you might want to contact a participant with your concerns.) From: "Bullard, Giuliana" <GBullard[at]imls.fed.us> To: ACRL Forum <acrl-frm[at]ala1.ala.org> Subject: IMLS to Meet with Library Leaders to Develop Grant Goals Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:54:27 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: acrl-frm[at]ala1.ala.org Sender: owner-acrl-frm[at]ala1.ala.org Status: U Apologies for any cross postings. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Giuliana Bullard February 19, 1999 202-606-8339 gbullard[at]imls.fed.us Mamie Bittner 202-606-8339 mbittner[at]imls.fed.us IMLS to Meet With Library Leaders to Develop Grant Goals Washington, D.C.-The National Leadership Grants of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) are designed to support leading edge activities in the field of library and information science. In 1998, IMLS awarded $6.4 million in awards for model projects in education and training, research and demonstration and the preservation and archiving of digital media. These grants also help to build digital library resources and to promote cooperation between libraries and museums. In 1999, IMLS will award over $10 million in competitive awards for National Leadership Grants. The Institute is the only federal agency that administers grants specifically targeted for libraries and library research. IMLS will hold advisory group meetings on February 26 and March 5 in Washington, DC, with library leaders to guide the development of priorities for the education and training, and research and development grant categories. The meetings are designed to promote discussion among library leaders to ensure that National Leadership Grant funding priorities address current problems and provide leadership for future needs. These meetings are part of a process of developing a three-year plan for National Leadership Grants. IMLS will issue a report after the meetings. Research and Demonstration On Friday, February 26, 1999, Dr. Nancy Kranich, Associate Dean of Libraries at New York University will moderate a discussion about the most pressing research needs of the library and information science profession. (MORE) Participants Ms. Liz Bischoff Consultant Colorado Digital Library Consortium Dr. Karen Drabenstott Associate Professor School of Information University of Michigan Dr. Leigh Estabrook Dean Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Stephen Griffin Program Director National Science Foundation Division of Information, Robotics and Intelligent Systems Ms. Patricia Harris Executive Director National Information Standards Organization. Dr. Ling Hwey Jeng Associate Professor School of Library and Information Science University of Kentucky Dr. Christie M. Koontz Marketing Research Analyst Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center Florida State University Ms. Joan Lippincott Associate Executive Director Coalition for Networked Information. Dr. Mary Jo Lynch Director of Research American Library Association Ms. Eugenie Prime Director of Libraries Hewlett Packard Company Dr. Donna Scheeder Deputy Assistant Director Congressional Research Service Mr. Donald Waters Director Digital Library Federation Mr. Frederic Weingarten Acting Director Office of Information Technology Policy American Library Association Education and Training On Friday, March 5, 1999, Dr. Anne Woodsworth, former Dean of the Palmer School of Library and Information Science, will moderate a discussion about the most pressing needs in education and training. Participants Dr. Patricia Breivik Dean of Libraries Wayne State University Ms. Carla Hayden Director Enoch Pratt Free Library Ms. Althea Jenkins Executive Director Association of College and Research Libraries. Dr. Deanna Marcum President Council on Library and Information Resources Dr. Robert Martin Director Texas State Library and Archives Commission Dr. Loriene Roy Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science The University of Texas at Austin Ms. Dawn Vaughn School Librarian Englewood, Colorado Dr. Bernard Vavrek Professor School of Library and Information Science Clarion University of Pennsylvania Mr. Rodney Wagner Director Nebraska Library Commission Dr. Danny Wallace School of Library and Information Science Kent State University The Institute of Museum and Library Services was created by the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996. It is an independent Federal grantmaking agency that fosters leadership, innovation and a lifetime of learning by supporting museums and libraries. For information, including grant guidelines, contact: Institute of Museum and Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20506, (202) 606-8536, or http://www.imls.fed.us/. ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. Corporate Report Card - http://www.cepnyc.org/index.htm This site provides ratings of more than 320 companies on corporate social responsibility. Ratings are presented for ten issues -- environmental performance, women's advancement, minority advancement, charitable giving, community outreach, family benefits, social disclosure, workplace issues, military contracts, and animal testing. Searchable by name, industry, and ticker symbol. From the Council on Economic Priorities. - es Subjects: companies Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 10. Listserve Announcement: Focus On The Corporation Corp-Focus is a moderated listserve which distributes the weekly column "Focus on the Corporation," co-authored by Russell Mokhiber, editor of Corporate Crime Reporter, and Robert Weissman, editor of Multinational Monitor magazine. To subscribe to Corp-Focus, send an e-mail message to listproc[at]essential.org with the following all in one line: subscribe corp-focus <your name> Focus on the Corporation scrutinizes the multinational corporation -- the most powerful institution of our time. Once a week, it reports and comments critically on corporate actions, plans, abuses and trends. Written with a sharp edge and occasional irreverence, Focus on the Corporation covers: * The double standards which excuse corporations for behavior (e.g., causing injury, accepting welfare) widely considered criminal or shameful when done by individuals; * Globalization and corporate power; * Trends in corporate economic blackmail, political influence and workplace organization; * Industry-wide efforts to escape regulation, silence critics, employ new technologies or consolidate business among a few companies; * Specific, extreme examples of corporate abuses: destruction of communities, trampling of democracy, poisoning of air and water; * Issues, such as tort reform, of across-the-board interest to business; and * The corporatization of our culture. Back columns are posted on the Multinational Monitor site http://www.essential.org/monitor and http://lists.essential.org/corp-focus/ Please post this notice on relevant lists, and accept our apologies for cross-posting. ______________________________________________________________________________ 11. Historical Stock Quotes - http://www.bigcharts.com/hquote/hquote.asp This handy tool is especially useful for income tax and estate planning preparation. Just type in a stock or mutual fund symbol and the desired date (back to January 2, 1985), and BigCharts provides the closing price. Also, this free service provides easy-to-use online charting. - rms Subjects: stocks | mutual funds Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 12. Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killings - http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide.htm Focuses on primary materials and resources, as well as book chapters, glossaries, timelines, bibliographies, and biographies of material relating to "twentieth-century genocidal and mass man-made killing occurrences." This site which includes information on the Holocaust, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, and other large scale wars and events is maintained by Dr. Stuart D. Stein, a professor at the University of West London. - ec Subjects: genocide | holocaust | new this week | Zeno's Forensic Page - http://forensic.to/forensic.html This site contains an extensive directory of links to resources on forensic science, medicine, and psychiatry. It is maintained by a European forensics expert. - tk Subjects: crime | police | investigations Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 13. PRT-LIBN - Philosophy Religion & Theology Librarians List MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:31:32 -0800 Reply-To: Communications Librarians Discussion List <COMLIB-L[at]LSV.UKY.EDU> Sender: Communications Librarians Discussion List <COMLIB-L[at]LSV.UKY.EDU> From: "Gary Klein (bear-at-heart)" <gklein[at]WILLAMETTE.EDU> Subject: NEW: PRT-LIBN - Philosophy Religion & Theology Librarians List To: COMLIB-L[at]LSV.UKY.EDU Announcing a new email list for librarians: PRT-LIBN[at]LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU Philosophy Religion & Theology Librarians Discussion List PRT-LIBN is an email forum that addresses all issues relating to: -Philosophy librarians & librarianship -Religion librarians & librarianship -Theology librarians & librarianship PRT-LIBN's focuses on the collection, storage, and dissemination of information within a library setting, regardless of format or type of library. Topics of discussion may include: collection development, handling and weeding of materials, CD-ROM and online databases, user services, bibliographic instruction, public relations, reference materials, selecting a vendor, vendor relations and managing a library. PRT-LIBN will also accept: job postings, announcements of conferences, and calls to authors, if they are pertinent to humanities librarianship. To subscribe to PRT-LIBN send E-mail to: LISTSERV[at]LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU and in the BODY include the command: SUBSCRIBE PRT-LIBN Your Real Name PRT-LIBN's FAQ file is viewable at: http://www.willamette.edu/~gklein/prtlibn.htm GARY KLEIN, volunteering as Editor of BUSLIB-L and also PRT-LIBN BUSLIB-L's FAQ = http://www.willamette.edu/~gklein/buslib.htm PRT-LIBN's FAQ = http://www.willamette.edu/~gklein/prtlibn.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 ______________________________________________________________________________ 14. Treasures from Europe's National Libraries - virtual exhibition X-Sender: terry.kuny[at]nlc-bnc.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Approved-By: Terry Kuny <Terry.Kuny[at]XIST.COM> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:21:30 -0500 Reply-To: International Federation of Library Associations mailing list <IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA> Sender: International Federation of Library Associations mailing list <IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA> From: Terry Kuny <Terry.Kuny[at]xist.com> Subject: [PROJECT] "Treasures from Europe's National Libraries" exhibit Comments: To: DIGLIB Mailing List <diglib[at]infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca&> BIBCANLIB-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA To: IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA Treasures from Europe's National Libraries The Conference of European National Librarians is proud to present a new virtual exhibition with descriptions and images of treasures from all over Europe, going back as far as the 8th century. The national libraries have selected some of the most stunning artefacts in their collections, like rare and precious books, illuminated manuscripts, bookbindings, drawings, prints and decorated papers. The treasures include the Gutenberg Bible, the Koran in silk, the famous Codex Gigas and work from Frdric Chopin, Jan Amos Komensk, W.A. Mozart, Fernando Pessoa, Rembrandt and many others. Together, these treasures are a small but impressive representation of European cultural heritage. The exhibition has been designed in such a way, that the treasures can be browsed in various ways. It is possible to look at the treasures from a particular country, but they can also be found according to their format, their content or their creator, independent of their present location. A chonological index makes it possible to view these European cultural highlights from century to century. Short descriptions have been added to provide essential information about the treasures, their creators and their provenance. This virtual exhibition has an open ending. The first version of 'Treasures from Europe's National Libraries' includes about a hundred treasures from 24 national libraries of Europe. The exhibition is incorporated in 'Gabriel, Gateway to Europe's National Libraries', the WWW-service of the Conference of European National Librarians. In total 39 national libraries participate in Gabriel, and more treasures from all libraries will be added soon. The exhibition was created and designed by Richelle van den Dungen Gronovius at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the national library of the Netherlands. 'Treasures from Europe's National Libraries' is available at 5 servers across Europe: DE, Frankfurt - http://www.ddb.de:80/gabriel/treasures/entree.html FI, Helsinki: http://renki.helsinki.fi/gabriel/treasures/entree.html NL, Den Haag - http://www.konbib.nl/gabriel/treasures/entree.html SI, Ljubljana - http://nuk.uni-lj.si/gabriel/treasures/entree.html UK, London - http://www.bl.uk/gabriel/treasures/entree.html I hope you will enjoy reading about some of the most precious items in our libraries. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann Chairman of the Gabriel Board *********************************************************************** * 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 * *********************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________________________ 15. Libri Foundation's BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grants X-Sender: connectk[at]shell2.ba.best.com Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:13:32 -0800 To: calix[at]listproc.sjsu.edu From: Library Lovers <LibraryLovers[at]calibraries.org> Subject: Grants: Books for Children Grants Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: calix[at]listproc.sjsu.edu Sender: owner-calix[at]listproc.sjsu.edu Grant Info: Barbara McKillip has asked that I please pass this info along. Awhile back FRIENDS of California Libraries did an article about this wonderful program. See article at: http://www.friendcalib.org/f3libri.htm Barbara also has a web site at: http://www.teleport.com/~librifdn/ Stephanie Stokes, FRIENDS of California Libraries ========================================================== The Libri Foundation is currently accepting applications for its BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grants. The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated over $670,000 worth of new children's books to 695 libraries in 45 states. In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, The Libri Foundation will match any amount of money raised by a library's local sponsor from $50 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to $1,050 worth of new, quality, hardcover children's books. After a library receives a grant, local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months, or longer if necessary, to raise their matching funds. The librarian of each participating library selects the books her library will receive from a booklist provided by The Libri Foundation. The 550 fiction and nonfiction titles on the booklist reflect the very best of children's literature published in the last three years. These titles, which are primareily for children ages 12 and under, are award-winners or have received starred reviews in library, literary, and education journals. Libraries are qualified on an individual basis. In general, libraries should serve a population under 10,000 (usually under 5,000), be in a rural area, have a limited operating budget, and an active children's department. (Please note: Rural is usually considered to be at least 30 miles from a city with a population of 40,000 or over; town libraries with operating budgets over $90,000 and county libraries with operating budgets over $190,000 are rarely given grants.) Applications are accepted from independent libraries as well as libraries which are part of a county, regional, or cooperative library system. A library system may also apply if all the libraries in the system meet these requirements. A school library may apply only if it also serves as the public library (i.e. it is open to the general public and during the summer). Libraries in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi: please see the announcement for the Mississippi Delta BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grants. For more information, please contact: Ms. Barbara J. McKillip, President, The Libri Foundation, PO Box 10246, Eugene, OR 97440. 541-485-8532 (voice); 541-485-9688 (fax); librifdn[at]teleport.com (e-mail). Application deadlines: April 1, 1999; June 1, 1999; August 1, 1999. APPLY TO: The Libri Foundation P.O. Box 10246, Eugene, OR 97440 541-485-8532 (phone); 541-485-9688 (fax) librifdn[at]teleport.com (e-mail) http://www.teleport.com/~librifdn/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 16. AND NOW... ANOTHER EPISODE OF "MEDIA JEOPARDY!" By Norman Solomon / Creators Syndicate This year has already given us plenty of material for "Media Jeopardy!" You probably remember the rules: First, listen carefully to the answer. Then, try to come up with the correct question. The first category is "Spinning the Foreign News." * American media outlets often point out that the Iraqi government has a history of torturing and massacring them. But we rarely get information about the fact that they're still being tortured and massacred by the U.S.-backed Turkish government. Who are Kurds? * These international lending institutions demand austerity measures that mean higher food prices for the hungry. News reports provide images of wise economists seeking reform, but "global loan sharks" would be a more apt description. What are the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund? Now, a question about "Spinning the Domestic News." * In contrast to the upbeat reporting when stock prices go through the roof, many journalists fret about "inflationary" pressures when this happens. What are wage increases? Our next category is "Hot Airwaves." * A current full-page ad for this network TV newscast proclaims: "It's all you need to know." What is the "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw? * In a report issued last month, the Federal Communications Commission said that advertisers are discriminating against these stations. What are radio stations that are minority-owned or mostly heard by African Americans and Latinos? * The news department of this network now airs an hourly "Business Update." But despite the fact that it claims to be engaged in "public broadcasting," the network has no intention of airing a "Labor Update." What is National Public Radio? Moving on to Double Jeopardy, our next category is "New Frontiers of the Internet." * Earlier this month, USA Networks Inc. merged with Lycos (one of the biggest conglomerates of Web sites) to form a $20 billion TV-Internet firm called USA Lycos. Out of the 15 sites with the widest reach on the World Wide Web, this is the number of Web sites now remaining independent of large corporate ownership. What is one? And now, we're ready for Final Jeopardy. * Less than a dozen companies now control most of the news and information flow in the United States. A single corporation's empire includes key book publishers, home video firms, cable TV franchises, CNN and other major cable channels, magazines such as Time, Life, Fortune, People, Sports Illustrated, Money, Entertainment Weekly and In Style, and Warner Brothers television, music and movies. What is Time Warner? But let's conclude on a more upbeat note. Here's a bonus category: "Unconstrained Media." * One calls itself "the Consortium for independent journalism," the other is a global information source that emphasizes social justice, and both are free on the Web. What are http://www.consortiumnews.com and http://www.oneworld.org/ * A lot of people complain about advertising, but few do much about it. This exceptional Web site, known as "culture jammers headquarters," is part of the effort by the Adbusters Media Foundation to "galvanize resistance against those who would destroy the environment, pollute our minds and diminish our lives." It includes ad spoofs and "uncommercials" along with detailed analysis of commercialism run amuck. What is http://www.adbusters.org/ * It's the kind of question that many advertisers and news programmers try to answer, but we can only resolve for ourselves. What really matters? ______________________________________________________________________________ 17. Bellydancing Librarians Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 12:15:21 -0800 From: Eris Weaver <erisw[at]MarinInstitute.org> To: "'STUMPERS-LIST[at]CRF.CUIS.EDU'" <STUMPERS-LIST[at]crf.cuis.edu> Subj: RE: Bellydancing librarians (was Schmaltz) Tom Budlong wrote: >>That year she hosted a dinner at a Jewish Roumanian restaurant that included a >genuine librarian belly dancer. Interestingly, there are a LOT of us genuine librarian bellydancers! Check out the Bellydancing Librarian webpage at: http://www.wco.com/~eris/bdlib.html (I'm just getting started on the site, but I hope to compile a gallery of other BDLs -- so if you're part of the club, email me!) ************************************************************************** Eris Weaver, MLIS Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol & Other Drug Problems 24 Belvedere Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 (415) 456-5692 FAX (415) 456-0491 erisw[at]marininstitute.org "Librarians are the secret masters of the universe. They Control information. Don't piss them off!" Spider Robinson _____________________________________________________________________________ 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. 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