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Library Juice 3:43 - November 15, 2000 Contents: The Revenge of the Library Scientist News stories appearing in the November 13 American Libraries Online New On the ARL Server NY Times article re: rising cost of journals Article on Questia in Chronicle of Higher Education Intellectual Freedom Round Table Awards Access to the Internet in developing countries XI Foro Transfronterizo de Bibliotecas/Transborder Library Forum XI Collecting and Safeguarding the Oral Traditions XanEdu NCLIS Public Sector/Private Sector Task Force Report World Press on the 2000 election Irregularities in the US Presidential Election Web Sites of U.S. Political Candidates Censored by Censorware "I Do Solemnly Swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations Ballot voided for librarian Public libraries coins Shut Not Your Doors Quote for the week: "They've just done a study at the University of Berkeley, California.... If they took all the new information that's produced in a year and put it on floppy disks and stacked them one on top of the other, it would go 200 million miles into the sky! ... Is that a sign here? Jesus is surely coming!! Jack Van Impe, of Jack Van Impe Ministries, late Sunday night TV Homepage of the week: Steve Cisler http://home.inreach.com/cisler/ ________________________________________________________________________top 1. The Revenge of the Library Scientist Bob Ainsbury, Co Founder, EoExchange & Michelle Futornick, Product Manager, EoExchange ONLINE, November 2000 http://www.onlineinc.com/onlinemag/OL2000/ainsbury11.html It's not the title of the latest Hollywood movie. Not yet. Much like the work of aircraft mechanics, library scientists don't get enough respect. Twenty years ago, library scientists ruled the information retrieval world; they just didn't know it. Now they are poised to return to the top of the far more lucrative Web world, and my hunch is they still don't know it. If you are a Master of Library Science (MLS) or similar, you have a great opportunity in front of you. But to take advantage of it, you will have to change your ways. ________________________________________________________________________top 2. News stories appearing in the November 13 American Libraries Online http://www.ala.org/alonline/ > Referenda Roundup: Close Calls and Tax Revolts > Clinton Vetoes Leaked-Secrets Bill > Supreme Court to Rule in Online Copyright Appeal > Nancy Garden, Peacefire Win Intellectual Freedom Award > CyberPatrol Decryption Program Made Available Again > N.H. Parent Wins Right to Examine School's Internet History Logs > Internet Filters Block Political Candidates' Web Sites > Museum Books Back Where They Belong after 92-Year Loan > French National Library Reopens after Fire, Bad-Air Scare American Libraries' Web site also features the latest "Internet Librarian" columns by Karen Schneider; "Technically Speaking" by David Dorman; 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. Do you have a comment to make about anything appearing in American Libraries? The editors encourage signed e-mail letters on recent content or matters of general interest to the library profession in the Reader Forum section. Send 250 words or less to americanlibraries[at]ala.org. ________________________________________________________________________top 3. New On the ARL Server (November 6, 2000) Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 07:43:21 -0600 From: Julia Blixrud <jblix[at]arl.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <arl-announce[at]arl.org> On the ARL Server the week of November 6, 2000 Library Community Voices Concern about the Reed Elsevier - Harcourt Deal http://www.arl.org/scomm/harcourt.html Boston College Becomes Newest Member of ARL http://www.arl.org/arl/bc.html New Digital Copyright Ruling Poses New Barriers for Library Users and the American Public http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/pr110100.html Additional Basic & Advanced Licensing Workshops Scheduled http://www.arl.org/scomm/licensing/index.html UCITA Teleconference - 12/13/00 http://www.arl.org/ucita.html ---------------------------------- ARL-ANNOUNCE is a broadcast service from ARL that provides updates on Association activities, workshops, publications, and other items of interest to those in the library and educational communities. To subscribe, send a message to <listproc[at]arl.org>. The text of your message should read: "subscribe arl-announce [your name]." ----------------------------------- Julia C. Blixrud <jblix[at]arl.org> Director of Information Services, ARL <www.arl.org> Assistant Director, Public Programs, SPARC <www.arl.org/sparc/> 21 Dupont Circle, Washington DC 20036 Tel: (202) 296-2296 ext.133 Fax: (202) 872-0884 Cell: (202) 251-4678 ________________________________________________________________________top 4. NY Times article re: rising cost of journals Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:56:19 -0700 From: Patty Slezak <pslezak[at]earthlink.net> To: SLIS Listserv <csu_slis[at]listproc.sjsu.edu> For those of you concerned with the rising cost of journals or responsible for journal acquisition in your library: Here is an interesting article from the November 3, 2000 New York Times entitled, "As Publishers Perish, Libraries Feel the Pain." It discusses how the consolidation of publishers are pushing up the cost of journals, and touches briefly on potential antitrust issues. The link is: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/03/business/03PUBL.html -or- if you need to log in first, simply do a search on "Publishers and Libraries" and it will come right up. Thanks! Patty Slezak ________________________________________________________________________top 5. Article on Questia in Chronicle of Higher Education A NEW DIGITAL-LIBRARY COMPANY that claims it will "transform how academic research is done" hopes to entice students to pay as much as $360 a year for online access to books and journals. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/free/2000/11/2000111401t.htm ________________________________________________________________________top 6. Intellectual Freedom Round Table Awards Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 08:49:10 -0600 From: "Don Wood" <dwood[at]ala.org> To: Reply to: member-forum[at]ala.org The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ifrt_inf.html) rewards exceptional achievement through three awards: The Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award--Deadline December 1, 2001 http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/oboler_a.html--More Information http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/oboleraward.pdf--Nomination Form Honors a literary work or series of works, in the area of intellectual freedom, including matters of ethical, political or social concerns related to intellectual freedom. Presented biennially. The 2000 recipient was The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? by David Brin. The John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award--Deadline December 1, 2000 http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/immroth.html--More Information http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/immrothaward.pdf--Nomination Form Honors notable contributions to intellectual freedom and demonstrations of personal courage in defense of freedom of expression. Presented annually. The 2000 recipient was Gordon Conable. The SIRS State and Regional Intellectual Freedom Achievement Award--Deadline December 1, 2000 http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ifrt_spa.html--More Information http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/state&regionalaward.pdf--Nomination Form Honors the state library association or state educational media association intellectual freedom committee or state intellectual freedom coalition that has implemented the most successful and creative state IFC project during the year. Presented annually, and sponsored by the Social Issues Resources Series, Inc. (SIRS). The 2000 recipient was The Ohio Library Council. For more information, please contact the Office for Intellectual Freedom at the OIF Main Line (1-800-545-2433, ext. 4223), Fax: 312-280-4227, or oif[at]ala.org. _______________________ Don Wood Program Officer/Communications American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 312-280-4225 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 dwood[at]ala.org http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/index.html ________________________________________________________________________top 7. Access to the Internet in developing countries Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 04:26:51 -0800 From: cisler <cisler[at]POBOX.COM> To: IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA Reply to: International Federation of Library Associations mailing list <IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA> I recently attended an International conference in Barcelona, Spain. global CN 2000: First Global Congress on Community Networking: "the human face in Internet". Barcelona, Spain. November 2-4. A report is here: http://home.inreach.com/cisler/cn2000.htm Many of the participants were from developing countries and most were running projects to provide access to ICT (information communications technology) in public access sites. These are usually called telecenters outisde the U.S. and community technology centers inside the U.S. A few are in libraries, but most are set up and work independently of any kind of library institution. UNESCO likes the idea of hybrid systems and has funded a few in Mali, Uganda, etc. However, most of the funding is going for literally thousands of new centers around the world. Much of this is part of the current focus on the buzzwords "bridging the digital divide." For instance, Japan is bundling aid worth $15 billion (thousand million) over five years. Venezuela is opening more than 100 telecenters. Colombia more than 1000, and hundreds in India, Peru, and Argentina. Both of the main U.S. presidential candidates have pledged to open thousands of communty tech centers if elected. The French ministry of foreign affairs is launching a new effort to sponsor this type of project, and from what I can tell librarians are still on the margins, more than two years after I wrote about this problem (and spoke about it at IFLA in Bangkok). From talking to non-library colleagues most are unaware of the strengths and experience that librarians can bring to these projects, and a few are opposed to involving librarians at all. If any of you have any thoughts about this (after reading my report), please let me know. Steve Cisler 4415 Tilbury Drive, San Jose, CA 95130 cisler[at]pobox.com http://home.inreach.com/cisler (408) 379 9076 "There are some places where the road keeps going." -Bud Parker. ________________________________________________________________________top 8. XI Foro Transfronterizo de Bibliotecas/Transborder Library Forum XI Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 07:51:56 -0500 From: IFLA LISTS <iflalists[at]nlc-bnc.ca> To: IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA El Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, A.C. (CIAD) y la Universidad de Sonora, instituciones organizadoras del XI Foro Transfronterizo de Bibliotecas que se celebrar en Hermosillo, Sonora, del 15 al 17 de marzo del 2001, tienen el agrado de invitarlo a usted a que participe en su programa. The Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD) and the University of Sonora, organizers of the XI Transborder Library Forum to be celebrated in Hermosillo, Sonora on March 15-17, 2001. Both institutions invite to participate in the program. Los temas a desarrollarse son: The topics to be developed are: *Formaci=F3n profesional / Professional training *Derechos de autor / Copyright *Temas fronterizos / Border affairs *Pr=E9stamo interbibliotecario / Interlibrary loans *Intercambio de profesionales / Exchange of librarians *Cooperaci=F3n / Cooperation *Programas de formaci=F3n de usuarios / Literacy AVISO: La fecha l=EDmite para enviar ponencias es Noviembre 30, 2000. NOTICE: The deadline for submitting works will be November 30, 2000. foro_xi[at]cascabel.ciad.mx http://victoria.ciad.mx/biblioteca/eventos/foro_xi.htm ________________________________________________________________________top 9. Collecting and Safeguarding the Oral Traditions Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:37:32 +0100 From: Josche Neven <Josche.Neven[at]IFLA.NL> To: IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA Collecting and Safeguarding the Oral Traditions: an international conference Available now! IFLA Headquarters, The Hague 14 November 2000, The preservation of cultural heritage in all the regions of the world forms part of the primary focus of IFLA's Medium-Term Programme 1998-2001. In addition, the IFLA Professional Board has identified 'preservation and conservation of the intellectual heritage in the world's libraries' as one of the Professional Priorities for the future work of IFLA. One of IFLA's primary roles in this area is to ensure appropriate coordination of preservation activities at the international level through programmes such as advocacy, training, and the development and dissemination of standards and best practices. It was with these priorities in mind that the IFLA Professional Board, in consultation with the National Organizing Committee for the 65th IFLA Conference to be held in Thailand, chose Collecting and Safeguarding the Oral Traditions as the topic for the official pre-session seminar. The seminar was held in Khon Kaen, Northeastern Thailand, immediately prior to the IFLA Conference in Bangkok. To reflect its commitment to the fostering of international library activities, IFLA adopted a new format for this pre-session seminar by holding an open satellite meeting rather than a closed invitational event as had been the case at previous pre-session seminars. Participation from around the world was invited and special emphasis was placed on encouraging the participation of colleagues from the developing world and from our colleagues in archives, museums, historical societies and similar cultural centres. The proceedings of this conference have now been bundled in a new publication in the IFLA Professional Report series. Collecting and Safeguarding the Oral Traditions : an international conference / edited by John McIlwaine and Jean Whiffin. - The Hague: IFLA Headquarters, 2000. * 150 p. 30 cm. * (IFLA Professional Reports ; 68). ISBN 90-70916-80-0 'The writers included in this volume tell us of their passion and energy to preserve the threatened traditions of such countries as Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Cayman Islands and even the far northern regions of the Arctic Circumpolar Route. We read about unity in diversity, we read about diversity in unity, we read about the old teaching the young and we read about the young speaking to the old. We gain a better understanding of the importance of family ties and how oral traditions contribute to the need for cultural roots, and we see examples of how traditional knowledge contributes to the advancement of society and its identity. We should remember as we read this volume the often quoted statement of a Mali researcher who said that "every elderly person who dies, represents a library going up in flames."' Ralph Manning Chair Professional Board of IFLA This publication can be ordered from IFLA Headquarters: Karin Passchier IFLA Headquarters P.O. Box 95312 2509 CH The Hague Netherlands Karin.passchier[at]ifla.org ________________________________________________________________________top 10. XanEdu Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 13:48:17 -0500 From: Bob Glass <bglass[at]PIEDMONT.EDU> To: COLLIB-L[at]acs.wooster.edu Hello, friends, A faculty member just sent me a news blurb about Bell & Howell's XanEdu family of products. I've been looking at their web site http://www.xanedu.com/ I've found it long on presentation and short on detailed info about what sorts of resources are contained, where does it all come from, and what it costs. I'm not ready to talk to a sales rep just yet. Is there someone who has any detailed information? For instance, what B&H (UMI) products are included other than ProQuest (which I already have access to)? What Chadwyck-Healey products are included? What sorts of McGraw-Hill products are included? There seem to be references only to individual pricing, no directive to 'call us for institutional pricing.' Any assistance or information will be appreciated. Regards, Bob Glass -- Bob Glass College Librarian Arrendale Library Piedmont College Demorest, Georgia 706-776-0111 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Re: XanEdu info Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 16:32:42 -0500 From: "Bell, Steven" <BellS[at]PHILAU.EDU> To: COLLIB-L[at]acs.wooster.edu Reply to: COLLIB-L <COLLIB-L[at]acs.wooster.edu> Bob: I don't have all the details either - but I don't think the sales reps want to talk to you. Based on a conversation that I had with a B&H rep who was at at TLT Group program back in February, these products are going to be marketed directly to faculty and students. In other words - we are not in the loop on this one. The ReSearch Engine product -as it says - costs about $30 a year to subscribe to and it can provide a student with access to full-text articles - all from existing ProQuest databases. So you may already be giving your students access to this material through your library, but the chances are (and I think B&H is counting on this) that your students won't know this - and will subscribe to a service they can get for free from the library. I believe their marketing strategy also calls for faculty to offer access to ReSearch Engine directly from the faculty member's web page. As you can see, they also have a service that allows faculty to create an electronic reserve of articles from proquest databases - something you could also probably do with sitebuilder. If you looked at the search engine provided by ReSearch, it is pretty bad - but students might not notice the difference. I see this product as falling into the same category as Questia and Ebrary - fee-based research databases that will be marketed directly to students and faculty. Just another form of the competition we'll face in the new economy. If you want to be cynical, you might say the content providers are looking for new revenue streams - and this makes perfect sense. Charge the library once for an institutional subscription - then repackage the same information and sell it at individually priced rates to faculty and students (sounds like the model journal publishers have always used). They just have to hope that we all don't talk to one another on our campuses. Again, this is just a scenario that I've heard about and am speculating about - it's not necessarily accurate. I think we'll all learn more as these products are marketed more heavily to our constituents. Steven J. Bell, Director of the Library Paul J. Gutman Library Philadelphia University School House Lane & Henry Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19144 (v)215-951-2847 (f)215-951-2574 bells[at]philau.edu Library Home Page: www.philau.edu/library Personal Home Page: staff.philau.edu//bells .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Re: XanEdu infoDate: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 12:58:57 -0800 From: "Maddox, Aileen" <amaddox[at]SPU.EDU> To: COLLIB-L[at]acs.wooster.edu Reply to: COLLIB-L <COLLIB-L[at]acs.wooster.edu> Colleagues, Before we had a XanEdu workshop at Seattle Pacific University ("SPU") on October 25, 2000, I asked Jennifer Jackson (XanEdu representative) how XanEdu's holdings compared with the ProQuest products that our library currently subscribes to. I asked her that question because I was concerned about SPU students paying again for something that might already be available through the SPU library. This is a quote from Jennifer regarding the holdings that were included in XanEdu as of her September 25 email: "XanEdu's content is comprised of the ProQuest 5000 database, case studies from INSEAD, Thunderbird, Ivey, NACRA, and The Kennedy School of Public Policy [at] Harvard, anthologies, etc. The PQ systems you mentioned are included, though not in their entirety. XanEdu also has things that PQ does not. One key facet of our CoursePack system is that professors can add links to their pack. If the library has content the professor wants included, he/she can link to it at no charge." [The ProQuest products, which the SPU library currently subscribes to are as follows: 1. ABI/Inform Research. 2. ProQuest Newspapers -- (a) The New York Times, and (b) Washington State Newsstand. 3. Research Library Complete -- (a) Research Library Newspapers, (b) Research Library Periodicals, and (c) Research Library-Peer Reviewed.] XanEdu holdings as described above do go beyond ProQuest products so there is added value with XanEdu, but do not necessarily include all of the ProQuest information. Durable links can be made between ProQuest articles that the SPU library already has an online subscription to. However, since faculty make the XanEdu CoursePacks themselves, they will have to remember to check current ProQuest resources that the library already has so the free link can be included where appropriate. Otherwise, the students might be charged for an article when they would not need to be. It is difficult to guess how smoothly that process will actually work. Aileen Maddox -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Aileen Maddox, Librarian Consultant Email: amaddox[at]spu.edu Business, History, P.E., Poli. Sci. Phone: 206-281-2420 University Library Fax: 206-281-2936 Seattle Pacific University 3307 Third Avenue West Seattle, WA 98119-1997 http://www.spu.edu/depts/library/ ________________________________________________________________________top 11. NCLIS Public Sector/Private Sector Task Force Report [ALACOUN:5234] Fw: NCLIS Public Sector/Private Sector Task Force Report, 2000 Edition, Now Available Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 16:03:29 -0700 From: "Bernadine Abbott Hoduski" <ber[at]initco.net> To: ALA Council List <alacoun[at]ala1.ala.org> Council Members, This updated report is an important one for Council to read and analyze. The decision by NCLIS to provide paper copies of their publications to regional depository libraries underscores the need for permanent copies of important government documents. It also shows that NCLIS understands the importance of libraries in the preservation and long time provision of government information to the public. NCLIS deserves much thanks and praise for this policy decision. Hopefully other government agencies will follow their example. If enough of them do perhaps they will shame the US Congress into fully funding its own program. Bernadine Abbott Hoduski, GODORT Councilor -----Original Message----- From: Judy Russell <jrussell[at]nclis.gov> To: GOVDOC-L[at]LISTS.PSU.EDU <GOVDOC-L[at]LISTS.PSU.EDU> Date: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 12:22 PM Subject: NCLIS Public Sector/Private Sector Task Force Report, 2000 Edition, Now Available >As part of its Comprehensive Assessment of Public Information Dissemination >(http://www.nclis.gov/govt/assess/assess.html), NCLIS has just released a >new edition of its 1982 report entitled PUBLIC SECTOR/PRIVATE SECTOR >INTERACTION IN PROVIDING INFORMATION SERVICES: REPORT TO THE NCLIS FROM THE >PUBLIC SECTOR/PRIVATE SECTOR TASK FORCE. This is a reprint, with editorial >changes and supplementary material, of a report originally published in >February 1982. > >This report is being reissued for review and reaction by policy makers and >citizens, generally, and by members of the library and information services >community in the context of renewed debate on the appropriate role of the >public and private sectors in the United States, particularly for access to >and dissemination of electronic government information. The original report >was prepared by an independent Task Force assembled and funded by the U.S. >National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. > >The electronic version of the report is available as a PDF file on the >Commission website at http://www.nclis.gov/govt/assess/publpriv.html. A >limited number of paper copies will be available from the Commission in >early December for public distribution. Paper copies will also be >distributed to regional libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program >(FDLP). By agreement with the Government Printing Office (GPO), the >Commission will pay the printing costs, and GPO will ship this and future >Commission reports, so that paper copies of these items are officially part >of the FDLP and will be retained permanently by the regional libraries. GPO >will also link to the electronic versions of Commission reports for access >by other libraries in the FDLP. > >The Commission has made this arrangement with GPO because we heard from >depository librarians at their recent conference that, if an agency has >decided that a publication is sufficiently important to publish in paper, >they feel it should be sufficiently important to make paper distribution AT >LEAST to the regional depository libraries. The librarians also expressed >concern that, in the present rapidly changing electronic environment, they >cannot be sure that PDF or other electronic files will be able to be >opened/read 10, 20 or 50 years in the future - or that there will be an >easy, cost-effective means to migrate this generation of electronic products >to future formats. > >Judy Russell (jrussell[at]nclis.gov) >Deputy Director, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science >Phone: (202) 606-9205 >Fax: (202) 606-9203 > ________________________________________________________________________top 12. World Press on the 2000 election The Election and the International PressVote USA 2000 - BBC News [RealPlayer] http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/americas/2000/us_elections/e lection_news/default.stm Foreign Media Reaction - US State Department http://usinfo.state.gov/admin/005/wwwh0n09.html US Elections - _Times of India_ http://www.timesofindia.com/today/pageuspo.htm Special Report: America Decides - _The Guardian_ [RealPlayer] http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/US_election_race/ "US election recount, controversy drag on," Canadian Broadcasting Corportation (CBC) http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/11/09/us_recount001109 "US Election Seen Through the Eyes of the International Press," _Pravda_ http://english.pravda.ru/main/2000/11/10/840.html "US plunged deeper into political crisis," _The Times_ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,33682,00.html "Democrats will fight a verdict for Bush in Florida," _Irish Times_ http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2000/1110/fro1.htm "Bookie makes Bush the winner," _Belfast Telegraph_ http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/today/nov10/News/efront.ncml "Florida Jews may hold key to presidency," _Jerusalem Post_ http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2000/11/09/News/News.15176.html "Gore to ask for hand recount," _Sydney Morning Herald_ http://www.smh.com.au/news/0011/10/update/news1.html "Bush lead narrows; presidency could hang for weeks," _Manila Times_ http://www.manilatimes.net/2000/nov/11/top_stories/20001111top8.html "Key Florida county delays, recount incomplete," China Daily http://www.chinadaily.net/cover/storydb/2000/11/10/mn-2dela.b10.html "Outcome may be decided in court," _Bangkok Post_ http://www.bangkokpost.co.th/newindex/today/101100_news02.html Americans aren't the only ones fascinated with the twists and turns in the Florida recount. Whichever candidate emerges the victor, American foreign and trade policy will undoubtedly be transformed, though certainly to varying degrees. In addition to the repercussions of this particular election, international observers have long been fascinated, if sometimes repulsed, by the style, character, and expense of American political campaigns. By reading what kinds of questions foreign journalists ask and the conclusions they draw, we can perhaps learn a little more about the role of the United States in the world and what it means to be an American. This week's In the News offers a broad survey of foreign reaction to this week's events. The always reliable BBC has created a fairly comprehensive special report on the election, with breaking news, analysis, reports from correspondents, background information, and audio and video selections. At the State Department Foreign Media Reaction page, users will find an excellent selection of clips and quotes form newspapers around the world. The _Times of India_ special section offers a lengthy collection of updates and analysis on the unfolding events, while the _Guardian's_ report also includes a review of the US press, profiles, links, photos, analysis, and audio selections. Additional coverage is provided by the newspapers listed above. [MD] > From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2000. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ________________________________________________________________________top 13. Irregularities in the US Presidential Election Re: electionDate: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:45:41 EST From: TNHarter[at]aol.com To: grns-sosfbay-news[at]greens.org Reply to: grns-sosfbay-news[at]greens.org I got the following from Phil Agre. The information he spreads is usually good stuff. Tian I enclose another batch of URL's relating to the irregularities in the US presidential election vote. These are from last night and this morning. Some of them are inevitably redundant, but there is a great deal of new information. Please forward them to anyone who can use them. I am sorry for the heavy traffic this week, but I feel that the issue is very important. I am accumulating all of these URL's on the following page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/urls.html Thanks to everyone who contributed. Please send along any other URL's or other documents that might be useful. letter reporting duplicate absentee ballots http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/09/results/index1.html Federal Judge Calls Hearing in Florida Vote Controversy http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/09/election.president/ Florida Recount Cuts Bush's Lead in Half http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/09/politics/09WIRE-FLA.html Problems at Polls Prevent Hundreds from Casting Votes http://www.herald.com/content/today/docs/067127.htm Dade's Ballot System Delays Tally http://www.herald.com/content/today/docs/098048.htm webcast of Miami talk radio stations http://www.broadcast.com/radio/news/WIOD/ http://www.broadcast.com/radio/talk/WINZ/ After Bizarre Vote, Experts Question Whether Election Process Is Fair http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,36000000000123968,00.html Ballot Storm Hits Palm Beach County Elections Office http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,36000000000124233,00.html Widespread Voting Irregularities Marred Presidential Results in S. Florida http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,36000000000124144,00.html Reno Agrees to Review Request for Florida Vote Probe http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,36000000000124292,00.html Reno Vows Review of Every Complaint in Contested Presidential Vote http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGADO6XKCFC.html Voters Statewide Say They Had Poll Troubles http://www.sptimes.com/News/110900/Election2000/Voters_statewide_say_.shtml Voting Irregularities, Chaos Reported in Florida http://cnews.tribune.com/news/story/0,1162,oso-nation-82375,00.html http://cnews.tribune.com/news/story/0,1162,sunsentinel-elections2000-82375,00.html Hacks' Story Line: Down With Gore! http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/story.asp?ID=3430 Palm Beach Post http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/today/ St. Petersburg Times http://www.sptimes.com/ Orlando Sentinel http://www.orlandosentinel.com/ Irregularities in Florida Vote http://pdenker.home.mindspring.com/florida.html NAACP Says Fraudulent Calls Surface in Florida http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001106/pl/election_naacp_dc_1.html NAACP Alleges Voter Suppression in Florida http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001108/pl/election_naacp_dc_2.html Florida Recount Continues As Lawsuit Threats Rise http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001109/pl/election_florida_dc_15.html News Media Second-Guess Urge for a Quick Call http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/09/politics/09MEDI.html Bush Camp Raises Stakes http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1014000/1014446.stm links to basic Florida resources http://www.egroups.com/links/florida-recount-announce before and after recount numbers http://www.foxnews.com/elections/florida_recount.html http://www.foxnews.com/elections/index.sml More Irregularities Alleged http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/ELECTION_WatchdogPart5001108.html.html Moving Toward a Lawsuit http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/ELECTION_WatchdogPart6001108.html Nearly 20,000 Palm Beach Ballots Nullified http://www.click10.com/mia/news/stories/news-20001108-204630.html Palm Beach County Voters Asked To Speak Up http://www.click10.com/mia/election2000/stories/election2000-20001108-145553.html book about earlier vote fraud in Dade County http://www.votescam.com/ Election Day Allegations Could Form Basis for Legal Challenges, Experts Say http://www.cnn.com/2000/LAW/11/08/recount.challenges.pol/index.html Florida Cops Accused of Harassing Black Voters http://www.apbnews.com/newscenter/breakingnews/2000/11/08/vote1108_01.html 19,000 Fla. Ballots Disqualified, Voters Sue Saying Ballot Confusing http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2000/11/08/politics2207EST1052.DTL&type=election Specifications for General Election Ballot http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0101/SEC151.HTM&Title=->2000->Ch0101->Section%20151 Form of General Election Ballot http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0101/SEC191.HTM&Title=->2000->Ch0101->Section%20191 Voting by Paper Ballot http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0101/SEC011.HTM&Title=->2000->Ch0101->Section%20011 end .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. More Election URL's Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:59:23 -0800 From: Gerry Gras <gerrygras[at]earthlink.net> To: grns-sosfbay-news[at]greens.org http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/floridavote.html "Thousands of Florida residents were struck from the voter lists because they were mistakenly identified as ex-felons..." http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/alt_election.html "Alternative Election 2000 Coverage " Gerry ________________________________________________________________________top 14. Web Sites of U.S. Political Candidates Censored by Censorware http://peacefire.org/blind-ballots/ "Two blocking software, or censorware, products were tested to see if they filter out political candidates. Settings typically used in a library or school were tested. Numerous politicians were found to be censored by this software, which collectively is used in tens of thousands of schools and libraries across the country." _______________________ Don Wood Program Officer/Communications American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom dwood[at]ala.org http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/index.html ________________________________________________________________________top 15. "I Do Solemnly Swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations - LOC http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pihome.html New from the Library of Congress (LOC) American Memory collection, this site offers a collection of over 400 items from each of the 62 inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to William Jefferson Clinton's in 1997. It will also add items from the 63rd inauguration in January 2001. Drawn from a large number of collections at the Library of Congress and other archives, materials include "diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music." Visitors can search the site by keyword or browse the items by inauguration or subject. Special presentations include: Presidential Inaugurations: Words and Images, Presidential Oaths of Office, Precedents and Notable Events, and Bibles and Scripture Passages . [MD] > From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2000. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ________________________________________________________________________top 16. Ballot voided for librarian Vote For Me!Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:10:23 -0600 From: Charles Perry <cperry[at]MAILCLERK.ECOK.EDU> To: COLLIB-L[at]acs.wooster.edu This is a very brief (but true) story which I hope will amuse ... My wife serves as election clerk and found herself at one point Tuesday assisting an elderly citizen who had voided her ballot by voting first for a major party's candidate and then for the Libertarian. When it was explained that one could only vote once for president, her surprised reply was that she thought her second choice was for the "Librarian." (I was delighted that our profession gets some recognition, but.........!?). Chuck Perry East Central Univ. ________________________________________________________________________top 17. Public libraries coins Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:53:13 -0800 (PST) From: Julia Pineda <jpineda[at]wahoo.sjsu.edu> To: csu_slis[at]listproc.sjsu.edu Reply to: jpineda[at]wahoo.sjsu.edu Hi all, For those of you that are interested in coins, or like some of us, anything English, the Royal Mint has introduced a 2000 special edition 50 pence coin celebrating public libraries. The coin has the image of a library and book on one side and the queen on the other. You can find the coin at www.royalmint.com Julia Pineda ________________________________________________________________________top 18. Shut Not Your Doors Walt Whitman (1819-892). Leaves of Grass. 1900. 287. Shut Not Your Doors, &c. SHUT not your doors to me, proud libraries, For that which was lacking on all your well-fill'd shelves, yet needed most, I bring; Forth from the army, the war emerging - a book I have made, The words of my book nothing - the drift of it everything; A book separate, not link'd with the rest, nor felt by the intellect, But you, ye untold latencies, will thrill to every page; Through Space and Time fused in a chant, and the flowing, eternal Identity, To Nature, encompassing these, encompassing God - to the joyous, electric All, To the sense of Death - and accepting, exulting in Death, in its turn, the same as life, The entrance of Man I sing ________________________________________________________________________top L I B R A R Y J U I C E | http://libr.org/Juice/ | | Library Juice is supported by a voluntary subscription | fee of $10 per year, variable based on ability and | desire to pay. 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