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Library Juice 3:42 - November 8, 2000 Contents: Papers from the InfoEthics 2000 conference New Zealand annual library conference papers Jessamyn West does Ex Libris continued intolerance Writers vs. NY Times in Supreme Court electronic copyright case Library News Daily Urban Libraries Council - Impacts of the Internet on Public Library Use The Shy Librarian (new journal) All Academic: The Guide to Free Academic Resources Online A Matter of Fact (e-journal) Community Outreach and GLBT-BDSMers Janis Ian on the Role of Libraries in GLBT Youth's Lives A thank you to professor Denise Sweet, Anishaabe poet Issue 2 of Cultivate Interactive is now available How Much Information? Censored: Wielding the Red Pen Good News - Clinton Vetoes Secrecy Bill IFLA Press release: Reconstruction of Libraries in Kosovo FAIFE supports campaign to free imprisoned Turkish writer Libr.org News Quote for the week: "Many librarians hold the reassuring belief that all information in neutral and therefore the library's collection development decisions do not involve judgments about whether some information is good or bad. But for many librarians and community activists this is not the case. The belief that some information is morrally wrong and that the use of these resources can lead to moral decay reflects the same concern of early library leaders." Mark Alfino and Linda Pierce, _Information Ethics for Librarians_, p.99 (McFarland, 1997) Homepage of the week: Sisyphus http://www.phreebyrd.com/~sisyphus/ _________________________________________________________________________top 1. Papers from the InfoEthics 2000 conference infoethics 2000, Paris 13-15 November 2000 Third UNESCO Congress on Ethical, Legal and Social Challenges of Cyberspace Articles online (some in English, some in French): http://webworld.unesco.org/infoethics2000/papers.html The information society and the expectation revolution by David Konzevik The changing shape of information and the role of government by Thomas B. Riley Public sector information initiatives in the European Union by George Papapavlou Access to information and "public domain" in the post-"perestroyka". Russia: a paradoxal experience. by Ekaterina U.Genieva Access to telecommunications in the internet age Arthur Levin Accessibility to rural and remote areas by Yasuhiko Kawasumi Networks and information services: government policy by Jean-Noël Tronc Fair use and access to information in the digital era by Carlos M. Correa Copyright and its limitations in the digital environment by Bernt Hugenholtz How Can Fair Use Doctrine Be Applied For the Appropriate Level of Copyright Protection in the Global Marketplace? by Euisun Yoo Preserving fair use in the digital age by Barry Steinhardt Copyright and the freedom of accessing information in the cyberspace by Andras Szinger Ten commandments to protect privacy in the Internet world by Hansjuergen Garstka The legal protection of the right of privacy on the networks by Amr Zaki Abdel Motaal The future of privacy : David and Goliath revisited by Simon Davis Human dignity in the cyberspace society by Adama Fofana Interception capabilities 2000 by Duncan Campbell _________________________________________________________________________top 2. New Zealand annual library conference papers From: Alistair Kwun [mailto:ak698[at]free.net.nz] Sent: Wednesday, 1 November 2000 17:05 To: New Librarians Subject: [conference papers] LIANZA 2000 (NZ annual library conference) Hi everyone: Papers presented at this year's LIANZA conference (New Zealand's annual library conference) are available online as full-text PDF files (you must have Adobe Acrobat). Feel free to browse at: http://www.conference.co.nz/lianza2000/papers.html Regards Alistair Kwun Acquisitions Dept University of Auckland Library Pirvate Bag 92019 Auckland 1000 New Zealand _________________________________________________________________________top 3. Jessamyn West does Ex Libris Jessamyn West has a guest column in Marylaine Block's electronic zine for librarians, Ex Libris. It's an entertaining look at radical librarians. Says Marylaine, "Trust me, nobody who reads this will ever again think librarians are sweet little ladies in sensible shoes." Why does that sound familiar? The article is at http://marylaine.com/exlibris/xlib77.html _________________________________________________________________________top 4. continued intolerance Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 08:19:56 -0800 From: Intolerant librarian <intlibrarian[at]yahoo.com> To: libraryunderground[at]topica.com Reply to: intlibrarian[at]yahoo.com Once again, a brand spankin new intolerant librarian is out. http://www.virtue.nu/intlibrarian go there. get intolerant. stay intolerant. scott the intolerant librarian _________________________________________________________________________top 5. Writers vs. NY Times in Supreme Court electronic copyright case >From the Chronicle of Higher Ed. this week: THE U.S. SUPREME COURT said Monday that it will decide a case that pits freelance writers against "The New York Times" and other widely-read periodicals. At issue in the case -- which could have repercussions for scholars and scholarly libraries -- is whether publishers violate writers' copyrights by posting their works electronically without their permission. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/free/2000/11/2000110701t.htm _________________________________________________________________________top 6. Library News Daily Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 06:35:07 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Scott <scottp[at]moondog.usask.ca> To: publib <publib[at]sunsite.berkeley.edu> Subject: Library News Daily powered by Blogger I've been experimenting with Blogger to create a number of resources including "Library News Daily" at: http://www.lights.com/scott/ I won't go into the details of what Blogger does or how it works. You can read about it at http://www.blogger.com if you are interested. _________________________________________________________________________top 7. Urban Libraries Council - Impacts of the Internet on Public Library Use http://www.urbanlibraries.org/Internet%20Study%20Fact%20Sheet.html The research study, The Impacts of the Internet on Public Library Use, consisted of a national random telephone survey of 3,097 adults conducted during the spring of 2000. It was conducted in either English or Spanish. Funding limits prohibited conducting the survey in additional languages. _________________________________________________________________________top 8. The Shy Librarian (new journal) Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 18:27:30 -0800 (PST) From: "The Shy Librarian" <publisher[at]shylibrarian.com> To: publib <publib[at]sunsite.berkeley.edu> Subject: THE SHY LIBRARIAN THE SHY LIBRARIAN is a national quarterly focusing on public relations, community relations, and marketing for libraries. THE SHY LIBRARIAN will debut in print in Jan. 2001, along with its associated web site: www.shylibrarian.com. Our job is to promote your library nationally, and, in doing so, help other libraries to learn from the good work being done. We are now looking for contributions for THE SHY LIBRARIAN from some of the world’s great libraries. Please send your best public relations, community relations, and marketing success stories to: publisher[at]shylibrarian.com, or to the postal address below. We are looking for INNOVATIVE approaches of ANY scale. Innovation is the key word. If you’ve taken a novel, or particularly ambitious approach to connecting with your community, please let us know of your efforts. Press releases, press clippings, and photographs would be appreciated—the more information you provide the better. Though short anecdotes, snappy logos, or great library web pages will also be appreciated. We are also looking for full library PUBLIC RELATIONS PLANS to post on the www.shylibrarian.com web site. If you’ve put in the effort, why not share what you’ve done with other libraries around the nation. BONUS: PHOTOS of librarians acting very UN-SHY will also be greatly appreciated, and will be used on the "Shy" web site. Send us your photos (digital or print) of UN-SHY librarians having outrageous fun! If you would like to be on our MAILING LIST, and receive our free email newsletter, please write to us at: publisher[at]shylibrarian.com. Please be sure to include your FULL CONTACT INFO (email addresses and phone numbers) in all correspondence. The Shy Librarian 67 Van Buren Avenue West Hartford, CT 06107-3051 USA Phone: 860-521-4182 publisher[at]shylibrarian.com _________________________________________________________________________top 9. All Academic: The Guide to Free Academic Resources Online http://www.allacademic.com/ This professionally designed academic search engine and index offers a searchable database of scholarly articles and a browseable list of alphabetized links to online journals all available at no charge on the Web. The search results are listed in a choice of APA, MLA, or Chicago style and include abstracts for articles as well as the date of posting. Searches can be run by subject, author, publication, or article title. Scholars may post articles to the site -- subject to review. Clearly defined criteria are posted on-site, assuring that the content of the database remains academic and professional. Cleanly designed and easy-to-use, the site impressed us with the quality (if not always the quantity) of its search results, and we look forward to the possibility of this site developing into a major access point for free, high-quality scholarly publications on the Web. The Website was founded by Stephen Stolp, a professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, and Rick Peacor, a graduate student in history at the same institution. [DC] From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2000. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ _________________________________________________________________________top 10. A Matter of Fact (e-journal) Vance Bell wrote:From: vbell[at]dept.english.upenn.edu (Vance Bell) Subject: Matter of Fact Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 23:25:14 -0400 (EDT) A Matter of Fact http://www.pierianpress.com/mof-tc.htm Monitoring more than 1000 sources, including the Congressional Record and the Hansards of the Canadian Parliament, A Matter of Fact contains statements containing statistical evidence on current social, economic, political, health, and environmental issues. A Matter of Fact is a very different kind of database. It contains excerpts -- in the words of the original writer or speaker -- that contain statistical evidence. These ARE NOT abstracts. Hundreds of thousands of printed pages and Web documents are examined annually to find the GOOD STUFF -- the statements that contain statistical evidence. The entries in A Matter of Fact are more than RAW statistics. These are statements -- often constructed to shape public policy -- which contain statistical and date-linked data -- to make a major point, to reinforce an argument. The title, A Matter of Fact, is derived from the process of using statistical evidence to "seal" an argument. Countless times, legislators, administrators -- maybe even you -- have ended an argument with the "conclusive" statement: "As a matter of fact, [place here the coup de grace -- the statistical evidence and date-linked facts to win the argument]." That's the source of the title: A Matter of Fact. And that's what A Matter of Fact contains: the critical statistical evidence and date-linked data, which have been incorporated into statements on current social, economic, political, environmental, and health issues -- to emphasize a point, to reinforce an argument -- to shape and reflect public policy. Contact: pubinfo[at]pierianpress.com _________________________________________________________________________top 11. Community Outreach and GLBT-BDSMers republished with permission..... Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 02:38:31 -0700 From: elle finn <elle.finn[at]btinternet.com> To: glbt-bdsm.librarians[at]smartgroups.com, libraryunderground[at]topica.com Reply to: elle.finn[at]btinternet.com Dear All, The question of community outreach to hitherto uncatered for library users seemed to be a good opportunity for me to delurk. I'm a librarian from the UK. I'm on maternity leave at the moment and have recently become involved in outreach work and professional support for BDSMers. This area is very relevent for me (being a submissive woman myself). I have two groups to help in this kind of outreach work. I have a poetry group called SubVerse (http://www.elle.finn.btinternet.co.uk/SubVerse.htm) which is mostly about finding your voice, expressing your voice and getting your voice heard in the area of valuing submission and submissive people. Following a recent post I sent to Lis-Link (library community mailing list) on the problems BDSMers have in finding helpful information for finding out about their sexuality (plus various rude responses and threats to have me thrown off the list!) the GLBT-BDSM Library Group was also set up. The group aims to be very diverse in the kinds of sexuality it covers. Its founders are two submissives (male and female), so that's where our personal interest lies, however we are making connections with the main library group in the UK which deals with gay, lesbian and bisexual information needs. If you have any comments or suggestions about information access and library provision in these areas of sexual diversity, please respond, or perhaps take a look at the group's archives to read a bit of the discussion I've been having about information access difficulties with the on-line UK-BDSM community. My personal website Library Discipline (a personal view of submission by a submissive female librarian), will shortly be added to the Library Underground site, in the sexuality "I'm one too!" section. Thank you and best wishes, elle finn GLBT-BDSM Library Group http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/glbt-bdsm.librarians "An open-minded, safe, sane and consensual e-group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transexual, dominant, submissive, SM and fetish librarians, library users and interested parties, to share thoughts, feelings and findings on the information needs, sources, access, and library provision for GLBT / BDSMers and also for support for GLBT / BDSMers within the profession." This message was sent to you via the L I B R A R Y U N D E R G R O U N D To send a message to all your fellow subscribers, address it to: libraryunderground[at]topica.com To unsubscribe, send a message to: libraryundergound-unsubscribe[at]topica.com For questions, comments or concerns, contact the owners: James -- jamesiegod[at]hotmail.com Matthew -- wrightm[at]ccmail.nevada.edu _________________________________________________________________________top 12. Janis Ian on the Role of Libraries in GLBT Youth's Lives Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 16:06:32 -0500 From: Theresa A Tobin <tat[at]MIT.EDU> To: FEMINIST[at]MITVMA.MIT.EDU Someone sent me the URL below for a text of a speech given by Janis Ian at the San Francisco Public Library 5 year anniversary. She speaks very eloquenlty about the role of libraries in GBLT Youth's lives. http://www.friendsandfoundation.org/hormel_ian.html ------------ Theresa A. Tobin Humanities Librarian, 14S-226 Phone: 617 253-5674 77 Massachusettts Avenue Fax: 617 253-3109 Cambridge MA 02139 tat[at]mit.edu _________________________________________________________________________top 13. A thank you to professor Denise Sweet, Anishaabe poet Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 16:08:35 -0800 (PST) From: "Thomas J. Hennen Jr." <thennen[at]haplr-index.com> To: publib <publib[at]sunsite.berkeley.edu> Subject: Good libraries, poor memories Boozhoo (Ojibwe for greetings), Anishaabe poet, Professor Denise Sweet, provided an overview of recent American Indian authors and writing, emphasizing the importance of listening to the tribal voice. Professor Sweet is Humanistic Studies and Chair, American Indian Studies, UW-Green Bay. She spoke at the recent Wisconsin Library Association Convention. She gave an inspiring presentation titled: No More Pretend Indians: Empathic Approaches to Teaching Tribal Literatures and Histories. She urged librarians to tap the wisdom of the elders and the storytellers among Indian peoples - Indian not native American or other variations was her preference. She noted that a tribal elder had told a European American librarian that they had "GOOD LIBRARIES but POOR MEMORIES while the opposite was true for his people." This put me in mind of my article, The Catalog as Community," to be published in the magazine Library Computing and posted on my web site at the HAPLR web site indicated below. There I note that: Librarians in the western world have traditionally looked to print and physical catalogs as our stock in trade. We have relied more on objects than interactions in constructing our libraries. The very non-physical nature of the Internet and web based catalogs have forced us to re-examine our preconceptions. In the process, we must bring humans back into the process and realize that it has always been true that the COMMUNITY is the best catalog. Professor Sweet also showed us the CD-ROM program called MAAWANJI'IDING - Ojibwe Histories and Narratives from Wisconsin. See information on the wonderful resource at http://www.brain-box.com/ The very organization of the CD-ROM - circular and colorful - is a great antidote to those of us that do linear thinking, especially folks like me that practially think in spreadsheet rows and columns. "Wiinindib" means knowledge "makak(oons)" is a (small) container or box... Wiinindibmakakoons - (Little box of knowledge, or Little Brain-Box) is the Ojibwe word that the elders group at Lac Courte Oreilles gave the Laptop computer, during field production work and review in 1994. Anishaabe Poet Sweet taught us a story about a horse that dies of shame because it is not ridden true to its nature. I am pondering still the profound difference between shamed/not shamed and guilty/not guilty. Take a Google moment please, searching on the following in Google will, I promise, take you to a good place: anang mazin-ichigan Here's to good memories AND good libraries. Thank you Professor Sweet. Thomas J. Hennen Jr. thennen[at]haplr-index.com http://www.haplr-index.com Voice: 262-886-1625 Fax: 262-886-5424 6014 Spring Street Racine, WI 53406 "Share knowledge, seek wisdom." _________________________________________________________________________top 14. Issue 2 of Cultivate Interactive is now available: http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/ The highlights include: Feature Articles ---------------------- Perseus Digital Library Gregory Crane, Brian Fuchs, Amy C. Smith and Clifford E. Wulfman discuss the symbiosis between content and technology in the Perseus Digital Library. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/perseus/ Museums in the Digital Space Head of Collections Management for the Science Museum, Suzanne Keene, reflects on current political, economic, social, technical and organisational trends shaping the UK digital cultural space. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/space/ Www.European-Heritage.Net Daniel Thrond introduces the European information network on cultural heritage policies (HEREIN project). http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/herein/ Machine Translation Alastair Lindsay of Worldlingo.com explains how you can use MT as part of your Internet strategy. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/lingo/ VAKHUM Serge Van Sint Jan gives us a behind the scenes look at the new source of data on human kinematics created by the VAKHUM Project. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/vakhum/ Public Netbase t0 Public Netbase t0, creators of World-Information.Org, are one of Europe's most respected media-culture institutions. Martin Wassermair talks about its international Success and recent struggles with Austria's new right-wing government. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/netbase/ Regular Articles ---------------------- EVA 2000 Philip Hunter gives a personal view of the Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts Conference (EVA) in Edinburgh. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/eva/ Metadata: Towards a Whole-Museum Response Neil Thomson reports on work in progress to provide information about the many and varied collections that are held at The Natural History Museum. The work involves the research systems having their core fields mapped onto the Dublin Core metadata standard, harvested and stored in a separate, publicly available, summary system. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/natural/ Other Areas ------------------ The Creation of the Renaissance Library Calendar Gunnel Stjernvall explains how the calendar created specifically for information professionals and culture lovers came about. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/calendar/ Making your DIGICULT Web site Visually Appealing An Introduction to using Graphics on the Web for those creating their own sites. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/graphics/ Competition Cultivate Interactive's Spot the European City Competition. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/competition/ If you have any queries regarding Cultivate Interactive or writing for Cultivate Interactive please send them to <cultivate-editor[at]ukoln.ac.uk> -------------------------------------------------------- Marieke Napier, Information Officer Editor of the Exploit Interactive and Cultivate Interactive web magazines UKOLN, University of Bath, BATH, England, BA2 7AY Email: m.napier[at]ukoln.ac.uk URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ Exploit Interactive: http://www.exploit-lib.org/ Cultivate Interactive: http://www.cultivate-int.org/ Homepage: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/m.napier/ Phone: 01225 826354 FAX: 01225 826838 _________________________________________________________________________top 15. How Much Information? [.pdf] http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/how-much-info/ Suffering from information overload? According to this new study from the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California at Berkeley, "the world's total yearly production of print, film, optical, and magnetic content would require roughly 1.5 billion gigabytes of storage." Magnetic storage is by far the most common medium for storing information, accounting for an estimated 635,660 to 1,693,000 terabytes per year. Print documents only accounted for 0.003 percent of the total yearly production of content. The study is divided into content types, including Internet, magnetic, broadcast, phone, and mail. For each medium, the report offers a detailed chart of information types and the estimated amount of information produced yearly. The report includes a concise introduction and executive summary and links to myriad current articles from reputable publications and agencies. [EM] > From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2000. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ _________________________________________________________________________top 16. Censored: Wielding the Red Pen http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/censored/ This latest online exhibit from the Special Collections Digital Center at the University of Virginia Library (last mentioned in the November 29, 1999 _Scout Report_) focuses on "books, films, music, and works of art [that] have been suppressed, altered, expurgated, bleeped, blackened, cut, burned, or bowdlerized." Users move through the exhibit's nineteen main sections via a drop-down menu that spans topics from the bowdlerization of the classics to Margaret Sanger's opposition to laws governing birth control. According to the curators, the exhibit is designed to raise questions rather than to condemn censors, and perhaps in the service of that mission, the pages here range over a large number of censorship instances and issues without going into great depth about any one in particular. Despite our difficulty with the images (we could not enlarge some images from their thumbnails, and some images are not yet in place on the site, due to copyright and intellectual property issues), the exhibit is interesting and worth a visit. [TK] > From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2000. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ _________________________________________________________________________top 17. Good News - Clinton Vetoes Secrecy Bill Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 22:18:35 -0500 From: Nancy Kranich <kranich[at]elmer4.bobst.nyu.edu> To: ALA Council List <alacoun[at]ala1.ala.org> Reply to: kranich[at]elmer4.bobst.nyu.edu Good news from the White House! Many thanks to everyone who helped pull off this victory. --Nancy Kranich > >THE WHITE HOUSE > > Office of the Press Secretary > > _________________________________________________________ > For Immediate Release November 4, 2000 > > >STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT > > > TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: > > >Today, I am disapproving H.R. 4392, the "Intelligence Authorization >Act for Fiscal Year 2001," because of one badly flawed provision that would have made a felony of unauthorized disclosures of classified information. > >Although well inten-tioned, that provision is overbroad and may >unnecessarily chill legitimate activities that are at the heart of a >democracy. > >I agree that unauthorized disclosures can be extraordinarily harmful >to United States national security interests and that far too many such >disclosures occur. I have been particularly concerned about their >potential effects on the sometimes irreplaceable intelligence sources and methods on which we rely to acquire accurate and timely information I need in order to make the most appropriate decisions on matters of national security. Unauthorized disclosures damage our intel-ligence relationships abroad, compromise intelligence gathering, jeopardize lives, and increase the threat of terrorism. As Justice Stewart stated in the Pentagon Papers case, "it is elementary that the successful conduct of international diplomacy and the maintenance of an effective national defense require both confidentiality and secrecy. Other nations can hardly deal with this Nation in an atmosphere of mutual trust unless they can be assured that their confidences will be kept . . . and the development of considered and intelligent international policies would be impossible if those charged with their formulation could not communicate with each other freely." Those who disclose classified information inappropriately thus commit a >gross breach of the public trust and may recklessly put our national >security at risk. To the extent that existing sanctions have proven >insufficient to address and deter unauthorized disclosures, they should be strengthened. What is in dispute is not the gravity of the problem, but the best way to respond to it. > >In addressing this issue, we must never forget that the free flow of >information is essential to a democratic society. Justice Stewart also >wrote in the Pentagon Papers case that "the only effective restraint upon executive policy in the areas of national defense and international affairs may lie in an enlightened citizenry -- in an informed and critical public opinion which alone can here protect the values of democratic government." > >Justice Brandeis reminded us that "those who won our independence >should be a fundamental principle of the American government." His words caution that we must always tread carefully when considering measures that may limit public discussion -- even when those measures are intended to achieve laudable, indeed necessary, goals. > >As President, therefore, it is my obligation to protect not only our >Government's vital information from improper disclosure, but also to >protect the rights of citizens to receive the information necessary for >democracy to work. Furthering these two goals requires a careful >balancing, which must be assessed in light of our system of classifying information over a range of categories. This legislation does not achieve the proper balance. For example, there is a serious risk that this legislation would tend to have a chilling effect on those who engage in legitimate activities. A desire to avoid the risk that their good faith choice of words -- their exercisenof judgment -- could become the subject of a criminal referral for prosecution might discourage Government officials from engaging even in appropriate public discussion, press briefings, or other legitimate official activities. Similarly, the legislation may unduly restrain the ability of former Government officials to teach, write, or engage in any activity aimed at building public understanding of complex issues. Incurring such risks is unnecessary and inappropriate in a society built on freedom of expression and the consent of the governed and is particularly >inadvisable in a context in which the range of classified materials is so extensive. In such circumstances, this criminal provision would, in my view, create an undue chilling effect. > >The problem is compounded because this provision was passed without >benefit of public hearings -- a particular concern given that it is the >public that this law seeks ultimately to protect. The Administration >shares the process burden since its deliberations lacked the horoughness >this provision warranted, which in turn led to a failure to apprise the >Congress of the concerns I am expressing today. > >I deeply appreciate the sincere efforts of Members of Congress to >address the problem of unauthorized disclosures and I fully share their >commitment. When the Congress returns, I encourage it to send me this bill with this provision deleted and I encourage the Congress as soon as >possible to pursue a more narrowly drawn provision tested in public >hearings so that those they represent can also be heard on this important issue. > >Since the adjournment of the Congress has prevented my return of H.R. >4392 within the meaning of Article I, section 7, clause 2 of the >Constitution, my withholding of approval from the bill precludes its >becoming law. The Pocket Veto Case, 279 U.S. 655 (1929). In addition to withholding my signature and thereby invoking my constitutional power to "pocket veto" bills during an adjournment of the Congress, to avoid >litigation, I am also sending H.R. 4392 to the House of Representatives >with my objections, to leave no possible doubt that I have vetoed the >measure. > > > > > WILLIAM J. CLINTON > > > > > THE WHITE HOUSE, > November 4, 2000. > ============================================================= Nancy Kranich, President American Library Association Professional Address: New York University Libraries 70 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 nancy.kranich[at]nyu.edu; kranich[at]elmer4.bobst.nyu.edu 212-998-2447; fax: 212-995-4942 _________________________________________________________________________top 18. IFLA Press release: Reconstruction of Libraries in Kosovo Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 10:57:56 +0100 From: caf[at]kff.kk.dk To: faife-l[at]faife.dk As a follow-up to the Joint Kosova Libraries Mission of Unesco, CoE and IFLA/FAIFE initiatives to begin the reconstruction of libraries in Kosovo were agreed at a meeting at the IFLA HQ in The Hague. Attached is a Press Release on the meeting of last week issued by IFLA. The press release is available on the IFLANET website <www.ifla.org> and at the FAIFE website <www.faife.dk>: IFLA PRESS RELEASE Date: 18th October 2000 For immediate publication Reconstruction of Libraries in Kosovo Initiatives to begin the reconstruction of public libraries in the war-torn province of Kosovo were agreed at a recent meeting in The Hague. Representatives of key players agreed a plan of action, which would establish a network of mobile libraries throughout the country. 65 library buildings had been destroyed or severely damaged during the recent conflict. Following the recommendations of a recent report on libraries in Kosovo [see note], it was agreed that the quickest and most effective way to serve the needs of people, in the greatest number of communities, would be a mobile library and information service. The Open Society Institute in Kosovo, 'KFOS', has already ordered one vehicle. Two others are expected to be funded by donors, and sources for several more are currently being sought. All vehicles will provide Internet access. The United Nations' civil administration in Kosovo, UNMIK, has agreed to provide security for the service and to ensure its continuation after completion of the initial projects. Other initiatives agreed were: To establish a Kosovo Libraries Consortium, consisting of key players, to act as the focal point, linking international interests with interests in Kosovo To take steps to establish an effective library infrastructure in Kosovo, including a Kosovo Library Council, which would give advice, and make recommendations to relevant bodies, on library and information services and on projects and expenditure To develop the role of the National and University Library, to enable it to provide central technical services and a range of services to support libraries at the regional and local level To develop a network of regional resource centres, supporting all types of libraries in their districts To hold seminars and workshops to disseminate best practice. It was agreed to hold the next meeting of the group in Prishtina, and to plan a general conference of library staff in Kosovo and a training workshop on the same occasion. Ross Shimmon, Secretary General of IFLA, who chaired the meeting, said: "Libraries are a vital tool for reconstruction and the establishment of democracy. That is why we need to rebuild the library network in Kosovo, where people lack truly basic necessities such as houses, heating, and electricity." He stressed that the meeting was determined that the thought-provoking, yet practical, report Libraries in Kosova/Kosovo should not, like so many others, be left to gather dust on the shelves. "I believe that the key international agencies, working closely with librarians and local communities can help make a difference to people's lives", he said. ENDS Further information from: Ross Shimmon or Sjoerd Koopman IFLA HQ Tel: +31 70 31 40884 Fax: +31 70 3834827 Email: <ifla[at]ifla.org> Notes for editors Libraries in Kosovo/Kosova: a general assessment and a short and medium-term development plan is the report by Carsten Frederiksen and Frode Bakken, of a mission undertaken by them on the behalf of UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Office. Copies are available from: IFLA/FAIFE Office, Islands Brygge 37, DK 2300, COPENHAGEN S. Denmark. Tel: +45 33 66 46 27/37 Fax: +45 33 66 70 64 <www.faife.dk> Representatives of UNESCO, IFLA, UNMIK, and the Open society Institute attended the meeting, together with the two authors of the report. The Director of the National and University Library of Kosovo and the representative of the Council of Europe were planning to attend, but were unable to do so at the last minute. Carsten Frederiksen IFLA/FAIFE Office Islands Brygge 37 DK-2300 Copenhagen Denmark Phone: +45 33 66 46 27 Fax: +45 33 66 70 64 E-mail: carsten.frederiksen[at]ifla.org _________________________________________________________________________top 19. FAIFE supports campaign to free imprisoned Turkish writer FAIFE supports campaign to free imprisoned Turkish writer Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 13:28:56 +0100 From: caf[at]kff.kk.dk To: ifla-l[at]infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca, faife-l[at]faife.dk Turkey, October 13, 2000 FAIFE supports campaign to free imprisoned Turkish writer By Carsten Frederiksen, IFLA/FAIFE Office IFLA/FAIFE OfficeOn the occasion of the upcoming Turkish National Day, October 29, eleven members of IFEX (International Freedom of Expression eXchange), including IFLA/FAIFE, have started an international campaign in support for the imprisoned Turkish lawyer, playwright and short-story-writer, Mr Esber Yagmurdereli. On Friday 29 September 2000, the Turkey Network of International PEN's Writers in Prison Committee launched a campaign on behalf of Esber Yagmurdereli, who is serving the remainder of a life sentence in prison (twenty-two years). The campaign is scheduled to take place between 29 September and 29 October. In Turkey October 29 is traditionally marked by an amnesty for political prisoners. The international campaign to free Yagmurdereli is initiated by the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC), International PEN, London, and is also supported by two hundred and sixty-seven writers, members of PEN from thirteen countries - among them Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, Ivan Klima, Harold Pinter, Josef Skvorecky and Susan Sontag. The IFEX organisations and the writers have signed appeals addressed to the Turkish Prime Minister to release Esber Yagmurdereli. Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic and member of Czech PEN, added his voice to the appeal in a meeting with the Turkish President in Istanbul on October 10. Background Turkish playwright and human rights lawyer Yagmurdereli is one of International PEN's most prominent cases, epitomising the difficulties faced by those who speak out in Turkey. Yagmurdereli is only one of hundreds of writers and journalists who have been imprisoned or who have faced courts throughout the 1990's in Turkey, a country that is seeking entry to the European Union. His case illustrates Turkey's continuing reluctance to grant its citizens their complete freedom to write and speak out their views without fear of reprisal. International PEN, the world association of writers, is demanding that the Turkish authorities free Esber Yagmurdereli and bring to a halt attacks upon those in Turkey who dare to speak out. Mr Yagmurdereli, aged 55 and blind since the age of ten, has been served with a prison term that will not see him released until at least 2015. Yagmurdereli has been convicted not for his writing but for the speeches that he has made. First arrested in 1978 and sentenced to death (later commuted to a life sentence), he was conditionally released in August 1991. However, within a few months he was on a public platform protesting the treatment of Kurdish prisoners and continued abuses by Turkish forces in the region. This led to a series of court hearings, which, in October 1997, resulted in his return to prison to serve the remainder of his life sentence, plus ten months for the second "offense", calculated at twenty-two years and four months. Mr. Yagmurdereli enjoyed a brief respite from prison in November 1997 when he was temporarily released on health grounds. In June 1998, he was returned to prison, where he now remains. Mr Esber Yagmurdereli, has continued his campaign to highlight the plight of Kurds and other human rights violations in Turkey throughout his trial and imprisonment, despite the risk to himself, earning him respect and admiration both within Turkey and abroad. As Mr.Yagmurdereli's imprisonment lengthens, outrage among the worldwide human rights and artistic community grows. Mr Yagmurdereli is an Honorary Member of eight PEN Centres and on 29 September the Ludovic Trarieux Award of this year was granted to him by the Bordeaux Bar Association in France, to mark his contribution as a lawyer to the promotion of human rights. (Nelson Mandela was the first recipient) Following is the joint appeal to Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit by the eleven IFEX members on behalf of imprisoned Turkish playwright and human rights lawyer Esber Yagmurdereli: His Excellency Bulent Ecevit Prime Minister Basbakanlik 06573 Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 417 0476 We, the undersigned members of IFEX, are writing this appeal on behalf of our colleague, the imprisoned Turkish playwright and human rights lawyer Esber Yagmurdereli. First arrested in 1978 and sentenced to death (later commuted to a life sentence), he was conditionally released in August 1991. However within a few months he was on a public platform protesting the treatment of Kurdish prisoners and continued abuses by Turkish forces in the region. This led to a series of court hearings which in October 1997 resulted in his return to prison to serve the remainder of his life sentence, plus ten months for the second "offense," calculated at twenty-two years and four months. Mr. Yagmurdereli enjoyed a brief respite from prison in November 1997 when he was temporarily released on health grounds. In June 1998 he was returned to prison, where he now remains. Esber Yagmurdereli, blind since age ten, has continued his campaign to highlight the plight of Kurds and other human rights violations in Turkey throughout his trial and imprisonment, despite the risk to himself, earning him respect and admiration both within Turkey and abroad. As Mr. Yagmurdereli's imprisonment lengthens, outrage among the worldwide human rights and artistic community grows. On September 29th, Mr.Yagmurdereli received the Ludovic Trarieux Award, given by France's Bordeaux Bar Association, to mark his contribution as a lawyer dedicated to the promotion of human rights. (Nelson Mandela was the first recipient of the award). October 29th is Turkish National Day. Should there be an amnesty, we strongly urge the Turkish government to demonstrate its resolve to uphold international standards of human rights and the principles of free expression by releasing Esber Yagmurdereli from prison, immediately and unconditionally. Respectfully, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Free Media Movement Freedom House Greek Helsinki Monitor Human Rights Watch International Federation of Journalists International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions PEN Canada PEN American Center World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) Writers in Prison Committee (WIPC), International PEN More Information For further information on the case of Mr Yagmurdereli, see IFEX alerts of 13 October 2000, 10 September, 22 June, 7 May and 18 March 1999, 5 June 1998, 14 November and 23 October 1997 and others at the IFEX Internet site: http://www.ifex.org/alerts/browse/ Or contact Sara Whyatt at the WiPC of International PEN, 9/10 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7AT, United Kingdom, tel: +44 (0) 207 253 3226, fax: +44 (0) 207 253 5711, e-mail: sara[at]wipcpen.org, intpen[at]gn.apc.org IFLA/FAIFE Office Islands Brygge 37 DK-2300 Copenhagen Denmark Tel.: +45 33 66 46 27 Fax: +45 33 66 70 64 E-mail: faife[at]ifla.org _________________________________________________________________________top 20. 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