From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Wed Apr 13 2005 - 11:22:20 PDT
Message-Id: <a0611040ebe81d77a1b5e@[192.168.0.2]> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:22:20 -0700 From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org> Subject: SLA-SF Public Policy, April 13, 2005
Library stuff
ALA honors Mrs. Laura Bush for service to libraries
The American Library Association today honored Mrs. Laura Bush for
her years of support to America's libraries and librarians at the
Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library in downtown Washington, D.C.
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=news&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=91719
New e-cards promote National Library Week, reading
E-cards are among the new tools available to promote library usage
and reading or to recognize library workers during National Library
Week (April 10-16). Available free online from AmericanGreetings.com.
http://www.americangreetings.com/category.pd?path=59953&
SLA Cancels International Special Librarians Day!!!
http://www.sla.org/content/Events/isld/isld2005.cfm
Gale Offers Free Access to Databases
Thomson Gale honors the nation's libraries by hosting free, unlimited
access to 30 diverse databases during National Library Week.
http://trials.galegroup.com/nlw2005/
Texas librarians unite
Hundreds of Texas librarians gathered in front of the state Capitol
in Austin Wednesday to protest budget cuts.
http://www.ntdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/07/4254bfc99c84f?in_archive=1
SALINAS Steinbeck hometown libraries won't shut
$500,000 raised to keep 3 facilities open part-time.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/07/BAG56C46MV1.DTL
U.S. Library Associations Set Up "Library Disaster Relief Fund"
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=3667
Librarian Sues Harvard Over 'Pretty' Bias
Librarian Desiree Goodwin says she was told she would not be promoted
because she's perceived only as a "pretty girl."
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050321220609990007&ncid=NWS00010000000001
Hackers Nab U.S. Citizens' Data
NEW YORK -- Using misappropriated passwords and identifications from
legitimate customers, hackers got access to personal information on
as many as 32,000 U.S. citizens in a database owned by LexisNexis,
the company's corporate parent said Wednesday.
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66842,00.html
LexisNexis investigates compromised customer IDs and passwords
http://www.reed-elsevier.com/index.cfm?articleid=1258
Orwellian
Secret Service visits 'Secret History of Sin'
The Secret Service sent agents to investigate a college art gallery
exhibit of mock postage stamps, one depicting President Bush with a
gun pointed at his head.
http://www.ccchronicle.com/paper/arts.php?id=1233
N.C. cities want to sue over public records requests
North Carolina cities and other government agencies are pursuing the
authority to sue citizens who ask to see public records.Lawyers for
local governments and the University of North Carolina are talking
about pushing for a new state law allowing pre-emptive lawsuits
against citizens, news organizations and private companies to clarify
the law when there is a dispute about providing records or opening
meetings.
http://www.news-record.com/news/now/pubrecsue_032105.html
FDR Library Blocks Social Security Forum
"If you cannot provide at least one speaker who will speak on the
features and merits of the administration's plan for Social Security,
then I must ask that you find another venue for your program," the
library's director, Cynthia M. Koch, wrote on March 31.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28299-2005Apr5.html
ALA president releases statement regarding USA PATRIOT Act
"The American Library Association (ALA) is deeply concerned about
statements made before the Senate Judiciary Committee by FBI Director
Robert Mueller during hearings on the USA PATRIOT Act. Director
Mueller informed committee members he did not know of any written
laws that protect the privacy of library records..."
http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2005/april2005/pahstatement.htm
Freedom to Read Protection Act reintroduced to legislature
Organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers and
writers gathered on Capitol Hill today to cheer the reintroduction of
the Freedom to Read Protection Act, promising to mobilize readers and
book lovers all over the country to press for the restoration by the
end of 2005 of privacy safeguards stripped by the USA PATRIOT Act.
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/65272/
Banned & Challenged Books - Censorship Quotes
"Every burned book enlightens the world."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://quotes.forbiddenlibrary.com/
Take Action!
Participate in National Library Legislative Day--May 3 & 4, 2005
Come and participate in National Library Legislative Day 2005. SLA is
collaborating with ALA and DCLA in bringing together hundreds of
library supporters from across the country.
http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/advocacy/index.cfm
Survey to Identify Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper or Other
Tangible Format
GPO is seeking recommendations from the Federal depository library
community to assist in updating the current list of Essential Titles
and tailoring the list to more accurately reflect the selection
preferences of different types of depository libraries.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/essential/
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