Newslib Blog from SLA Conference
Liz Donovan of The Miami Herald created the News Lib Blog, with postings from the SLA conference in New York submitted by News Division members. See also the terrific NewsLib listserve. Great work Liz!
Category «Libraries»
Survey: Shift From Info Gatherer to Info Consultant
According to a new Information Professional Web Survey whose results were reported at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference, “Ninety-one percent of respondents agree that their roles have shifted from information gatherer to information consultant.”
Study Identifies Resources Needed for Print and E-Collections
A Comparison of the Functions and Processes Associated with Identifying, Selecting, Acquiring, and Organizing Paper Books and Electronic Books by Lynn Silipigni Connaway, with Stephen R. Lawrence (PDF: 231K/11 pp.)
Libraries Seek Donations Via the Web
This article is indicative of the yin-yang challenges that face our public libraries. Funding cuts have resulted in 300 libraries around the country seeking donations by posting “wish lists” of titles on Amazon, and thankfully, a generous and committed public has apparently responded. See this link for the Oakland (CA) Public Library as an example. …
Ashcroft and the Patriot Act Vs. Libraries
According to an article in FCW: “Attorney General John Ashcroft defended the Justice Department’s search of library records under the USA Patriot Act, telling lawmakers the process safeguards individual privacy,” when he testified yesterday before the Judiciary Committee. In related news: Ashcroft Wants Broader Anti-Terror Powers: “Ashcroft told the House Judiciary Committee that the 2001 …
Patriot Act Resources for Libraries
The USA PATRIOT Act, and What You Can Do, by Mairi McFall and Karen G. Schneider, CLA Intellectual Freedom Committee Sample Search Warrant Procedures for Libraries by Mary Minow The Library’s Legal Answer Book
Survey: Increased Demand for Expert Law Library Services
Libraries are growing smaller, but budgets, staffing and duties keep expanding, according to this new article on Law.com, which also links to the Second Annual AmLaw Tech Library Survey.
Court Rules Against FCC Over Library Filters and Funding
Via Declan McCullagh’s Wired article, this link to documents in American Library Association Inc. v. U.S., Civil Actions 2001-1303 and 2001-1322, Three-Judge Court Internet Case, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (note the Memorandum and Order is 195 pages.) “The court permanently barred the Federal Communications Commission from cutting off funds to libraries that …
Library and Bookseller Protection Act
S.1158, A bill to exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of tangible things for foreign intelligence investigations, and to exempt libraries from counterintelligence access to certain records, ensuring that libraries and bookstores are subjected to the regular system of court-ordered warrants, was introduced on May 23 by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA).
Managing a Website
The Accidental Webmaster, by Julie M. Still, reference librarian at Paul Robeson Library, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, New Jersey.
Vermont Rep. Will Keynote ALA/CLA Conference
Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who sponsored the Freedom to Read Protection Act, (H.R. 1157), will present the keynote at the opening session of the Joint Annual Conference of the American Library Association and Canadian Library Association, in Toronto on June 21.
Yale Law Librarians Save Rare Books After Explosion
Conservators Restore Rare Books Damaged In Yale Blast: Water From Sprinklers Damages About 300 Books. “About 300 rare books — the major casualties of Wednesday’s bomb explosion at Yale Law School — are being treated by expert conservators. Librarians catalogued and bagged the books, then moved them into a blast freezer at Yale’s Beinecke Rare …
