From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Mon Oct 03 2005 - 15:25:24 PDT
Message-Id: <a06230902bf61ea4ac46b@[192.168.0.2]> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 15:25:24 -0700 From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org> Subject: Intersect Alert, October 3, 2005
Library stuff
Today's librarians challenging stereotypes
(Featuring our own Eris Weaver)
"I often get told `But you don't look like a librarian,' and I'm
like, `Yes I do. This is what we look like now,"' said Weaver, of
Rohnert Park, Calif. "I haven't seen anyone wearing a bun and
shushing in years!" These are not your parents' librarians.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny-radicallibrarians1002oct02,0,661320.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
Berkeley still trying to honor activist -- Shirek fans suggest
various tributes after GOP snub
Lead opponent Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, told a reporter that Shirek
also had an "affiliation with the Communist Party" because she
supported an Oakland Marxist library that also is used for organizing
various political activities.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/09/29/MNGTOEVMHF1.DTL
[Katrina] In Midst of Katrina's Destruction, Gulf States and
Neighboring Libraries Persevere
In the midst of Katrina's catastrophic destruction and displacement
of thousands of residents, many libraries in the Gulf states and
neighboring states have persevered, keeping their doors open and
providing critical information and services for evacuees, the Red
Cross, and FEMA.
http://www.imls.gov/whatsnew/current/092105.htm
Government
Governments should improve access to publicly funded research, finds
OECD report
http://www.oecd.org/document/55/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35397879_1_1_1_1,00.html
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AWARDS $26 MILLION TO ENHANCE
STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/nchip05pr.htm
Information Commons
U-M Statement on Google Library Project
We continue to be enthusiastic about our partnership with Google, and
we are confident that this project complies with copyright law. The
overarching purpose of copyright law is to promote progress in
society. In doing so, it is always a balancing act between the
limited rights of the author and the rights of the public..."
http://www.umich.edu/news/?Releases/2005/Sep05/r092105
Search and Rescue
An op-ed by TIM O'REILLY on Google and the Author's Guild.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/opinion/28oreilly.html
Take Action!
FDLP Selection Mechanisms: Item Numbers and Alternatives
As part of its ongoing planning efforts, GPO's Information
Dissemination (Superintendent of Documents) organization has
undertaken a review of the item number system used by libraries in
the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) to select tangible and
electronic titles. As the number of electronic publications
disseminated continues to grow, GPO raised questions about the
continued utility of item numbers in its initial planning statement
on the National Bibliography. In response to a request from the
Depository Library Council, GPO conducted a review of the current
item number system and examined possible alternatives. As a result of
this review, GPO is releasing three briefing papers and soliciting
comments from the depository library community.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/selection/index.html
[Katrina] Medical Libraries and Hurricane Katrina Website
"This Website is intended to be a portal to MLA efforts and relief
efforts nationwide and to provide ideas on ways MLA members can
support medical libraries that are having difficulty providing
information services."
http://www.mlanet.org/hurricane_katrina.html
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