From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 21:54:03 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: kiosks in post offices (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: kiosks in post offices I'm puzzled. How is it that a facility not staffed by knowledge providers is capable of providing, for example, "help in solving real life situations such as: loss of job, retirement, health problems, births/deaths" A kiosk can't do that; it can hold the information, but anyone working with computers and the public knows that at least half of one's time is spent as guide/coach/navigator (maybe if we called ourselves "empowerment specialists" they'd take more notice of our special skills?). We just saw a post to that effect, remarking that equipment costs pale in comparison to human time required to empower folks to use the equipment, let alone access this information. People who have never touched a computer are not going to approach these machines and be able to find out about "births/deaths"--for that matter, even the computer-literate may not understand how to access the needed information. I have met some extremely intelligent people who were baffled by some of the "principles" of bibliographic organization--principles that, I realize in retrospect, as I stumble around the Internet, at least had their own strange internal logic. Will these kiosks boast of such remarkably intuitive interfaces that people will instantly understand how to effectively use them? Or is it that the concept of providing information to all--certainly a nice idea--was not examined fully to determine just what is meant by information-provision? Whoever came up with this idea did not consider what is involved in acquiring the information needed for "help in solving real life situations." It involves much more than stuffing data in a box. At some point, at least for the indefinite future, human intervention will be critical if the goal "access for all" is to be realized, and that information, as the postal worker's union would likely be the first to agree, must come from knowledge professionals. The L-word needs to be uttered: bring the kiosks to the librarians, or bring the librarians to the kiosks. Maybe, as in the Atlanta-Fullton model shown at PLA earlier this year, the librarians don't need to be physically at the kiosk, but they need to be virtually available, at minimum, to provide the intelligent bridge between data and humans. Just as a library without librarians is a book depository, so an information-kiosk without librarians is a bytes depository. People deserve better. ============================================================================ Karen G. Schneider | Blue Highways | Internet Training kgs@intac.com | Internet Services | & Consulting finger for info! | Serving New Jersey | For the Rest of Us! ============================================================================ Check out Karen's Kitchen at URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 21:55:14 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: Post Office vs Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: CASKEY@midyork.lib.ny.us Subject: RE: Post Office vs Public Libraries I have no problem with the post office, the cooperative extension, the schools and colleges ALL having kiosks and helping the public. My problem with it is that the public libraries should be FIRST!!! There will be millions of dollars put into this project. Raise your hand if you think that the libraries will get much of this to do this service if the 44,000 post offices go first and the above-named follow. In the press release that PUBLIB just posted from the post office it cited all the services that the kiosk would offer. I was with them through the government info., the printing and filing of government forms, such as licenses and registrations. My brow furrowed when it came to the part where they would help with health issues and jobs. I became down right aggrevated and annoyed when they said they would provide recreational info. too. This isn't just "pie in the sky", this is a 3-tiered layer cake in the ozone! My anger is directed not at the over-worked postal workers but at the huge expenditure on this that could have been better spent in public libraries. At the recent New York Library Association Annual Conference, Chuck McClure said that if libraries don't get with the information superhighway they are in great danger of being "marginalized." the information superhighway they are in great danger of being "marginalized." I think it just happened. The train just left the station, and public libraries couldn't afford the ticket. The other thing that annoys me greatly is that this kiosk thing did not just spring full blown yesterday. Obviously the post office has been working on this for some time, no doubt with the blessing as well as the money from the administration, who out of the other side of its mouth has been leading we public libraries on. I voted for them, I fell for it, I am deeply disappointed. Mary Lou Caskey, Assistant Director Mid-York Library System, Utica, NY My views are my own, not necessarily those of my employer. From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 21:56:42 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: YA's Summer Reading? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: mary k Subject: Re: YA's Summer Reading? The description of the Brown County, Wisconsin's SRC in the new ALA publication, EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY SERVICE TO YOUNG ADULTS: THE NATION'S TOP PROGRAMS lists the fact that readers were offered the change to enter their name once for every 100 pages read in a drawing to win an "adventure" of their choise dontated by businesses and agencies. The adventures included an airplane flyover with a chance at the controls and hostinga program on a local radio station as a guest DJ. Other summer YA programs mentioned in the book were from Iberia Parish,LA and Mesa, AZ. From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 21:57:31 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: Searching for compensation policies / strategies (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Malcolm Hill Subject: Searching for compensation policies / strategies Does anyone out there in library land have formal policy statements on compensation and pay systems. I'll be grateful for anything you want to share -- cost of living, merit based pay, strategic pay systems, etc., etc. We are looking at the basis on which we pay our people and would prefer not to reinvent the wheel if possible. Replies gratefully accepted via e-mail or the postal service. If I get lots of good stuff I'll repost it. Malcolm Hill Mid-York Library System 1600 Lincoln Ave. Utica NY 13502 hill@midyork.lib.ny.us From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 21:59:48 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: Boston Globe publishes net note on Gore Kiosk project (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Davidsen (by way of jpolly@nysernet.org (Jean Armour Polly)) Subject: Boston Globe publishes net note on Gore Kiosk project I sent this to the Boston Globe in response to my original posting being reprinted in that paper on the editorial page on Monday, Oct. 31, 1994: As the original poster of the Internet message concerning the placing of government information kiosks in post offices and the lack of public library involvement, I'd like to update those who have been following this story. I did hear from the U.S. Postal Service (surprise!) who assured me that public libraries were a part of the "plan" for kiosks, as were malls and your local supermarket. The Postal Service was the first group to put money on the table for the project and therefore became the de facto test bed for the kiosk project. They are also planning on bringing state and local government players in as information providers. The American Library Association released a statement last Thursday asking that public libraries be considered part of the kiosk project's rollout efforts. The response to my posting has been very supportive of America's public libraries with much of the support coming from computer scientists, the general public and other non-librarians. Most public libraries do not have Internet connections and therefore had no "net voice". I'm sure they will find your concern heartening. Despite better economic times, public libraries face sometimes severely crippled budgets and an increasing demand for "high tech" services that do not come cheaply. There are federal programs in place such as the depository library system and LSCA grants into which federal Information Superhighway funds could be channeled to provide Internet access in public libraries. Our communities can be changed by the power of information. Small businesses can be started, larger businesses can expand, our schools can plan for reform, rural medicine can tbe more effective, and, most importantly, we can affect our children's future. Please support your local public library not just at millage time but when these issues arise. The future is looming much closer than you think. Susanna L. Davidsen MLink Technology Librarian & Operations Manager The University of Michigan Library davidsen@umich.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:00:43 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: metro NY want ads (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: lyon@lpl.org (Elaine Lyon) Subject: metro NY want ads I would like to add a newspaper to our periodicals collection...one that contains employment classifieds for the Metropolitan NY-NJ area. Since we are more than fifty mile fromn NYC that particular section is not included in our NYTimes subscription. We have Help Wanted USA on microfiche which is helpful for the areas it covers, but...... Is there a New Jersey paper perhaps that we could get... Please respond to me and not to the list. Thanks for you help..... Elaine Lyon, Head, Adult Services Liverpool Public Library 310 Tulip Street, Liverpool,NY13088 315.457.0310 voice - 315.453.7867 fax Internet: Lyon@lpl.org ====================================================================== From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:01:50 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: Info kiosks (includes White House reply) (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Steven Kerchoff Subject: Info kiosks (includes White House reply) Hope y'all can tolerate one more message about Internet kiosks in the Post Office. I forwarded the original message to Jock Gill in the White House Office of Media Affairs, voicing my concern that the Administration not overlook public libraries as a possible site for these kiosks. Mr. Gill replied that he does not intend that this proposal exclude libraries, but rather that _more_ access points should be provided, a goal which we would all laud. He has graciously permitted me to forward his response, which follows: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 16:30:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Jock Gill To: Steven Kerchoff Subject: Re: Gore bypasses public libraries in favor of postal service (fwd) Steve, Our goal is to maximize the number of access points made available to Americans without modem equipped computers. This is an AND/BOTH strategy which works with BOTH libraries and kiosks. I am no more in favor of a 'kiosk only' policy than I would hope the library community would be in favor of a 'library only' policy. We all do better with MORE access points rather than fewer. Best regards, Jock Gill ____________________________________________________________________________ Jonathan P. Gill Special Projects Office of Media Affairs The White House (202) 456-7150 ____________________________________________________________________________ Posted by: Steven Kerchoff, FEDLINK Network Librarian FLICC/FEDLINK, Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540-5110 202-707-4848 (voice) 202-707-4818 (fax) sker@loc.gov From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:02:44 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: Position Open: Children's Libn. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: DUNCAN MCCOY Subject: Position Open: Children's Libn. CHILDREN'S LIBN.: Boulder City Library, an outstanding small library in an upscale community of 13,000+, needs an energetic and enthusiastic children's librarian. The successful candidate will enjoy year-round unlimited recreation 20 miles from Las Vegas and 5 miles from scenic Lake Mead. Responsibilities will include coordination of all children's library activities, program development, and materials selection ($25,000). Some evening and weekend hours will be expected. We require an ALA-accredited MLS with coursework in children's lit. and services and will prefer the candidate have knowledge of computer applications and CD-ROM tools. Recent graduates are encouraged to apply. The hiring range will be $21,403-24,776, depending on experience. Benefits include 100% employer-paid state retirement, single medical ins., 4 week/year vac., deferred compensation program, and no state income tax. The position is available immediately, applications close 12/31/94. Send letter of application, resume and names of 3 professional references to: Duncan R. McCoy, Director, Boulder City Library, 813 Arizona Street, Boulder City, NV 89005, (702)293-1281. Duncan R. McCoy, Director Boulder City Library Boulder City, NV duncan@nevada.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:03:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: Political Contacts (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Brooklyn Public Library Subject: Political Contacts? (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 17:01:43 -0500 (EST) From: Brooklyn Public Library To: public@nysernet.org Subject: Political Contacts Does anyone have headquarters' contacts for the major political candidates? Cuomo? Pataki? Golisano? McCall? London? Burstein? Vacco? Castro? Moynihan? With thanks, Martin Dooley Telephone Reference Brooklyn Public Library From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:05:12 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: FAXing for dollars (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: carolyn@infi.net (Carolyn Caywood) Subject: FAXing for dollars? Does any public library offer FAX services on a commercial basis as a revenue generator, unrelated to reference and information service? If you do, please let me know 1. what is the charge, 2. what is the volume, 3. what does it cost in staff time? Gladly will I summarise for the list. Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % FAX:804-464-6741 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 804-460-7519 From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:10:34 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: measuring quality service (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: carolyn@infi.net (Carolyn Caywood) Subject: measuring quality service? This year, we are considering a new measure for our budget. (We are supposed to provide 3 kinds of measures: output, efficiency or cost, and quality) By taking our Library Visits and dividing that number by our public service staffing(derived from the standard desk schedule) we arrive at a measure of average staff minutes per customer. Has anyone else done this or something similar? Are there any standards or benchmarks for how long a staff member needs to spend with a customer to achieve customer satisfaction? (I suppose this couuld come from outside the library field) I recall that the Wisconsin-Ohio survey gathers some data around whether the length of the reference transaction was too long, too short, or just right. Do you have any reaction to this as a measure? It seems to offer documentation for personnel requests. Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % FAX:804-464-6741 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 804-460-7519 From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:14:40 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: standards for budgeting training money (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: carolyn@infi.net (Carolyn Caywood) Subject: standards for budgeting training money? Are there any standards/formulas for allocating money in a budget for training staff? We have carried forward the traditional ammounts for some years, and we'd like to see if we can make a case for an increase. Our budgeting authority had been receptive to other justifications that were couched in terms of standards. Since they will be looking at all city departments, it would be nice to have something library specific that did not carry the implication that it should be applied to all city staff. Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % FAX:804-464-6741 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 804-460-7519 From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:15:51 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:00 2005 Subject: Internet resources for public librarians (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: LCAREY@delphi.com Subject: Internet resources for public librarians? I am looking for Internet and hard copy resources which are addressed specifically to the public librarian.s use of the Internet. Any help would be appreciarted. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:47:35 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Position (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Albert J. Milo" Subject: Position (fwd) ASST. LIBRARY DIRECTOR Mgmt. position. $3217-4102. Assists in planning & directing public library services for a culturally diverse community. Exper. in public libraries, incl. adult & children's divisions, collection mgmt. & library auto- mation. Knowledge of supervision, staff development & training. Min. requirements: MLS & 5 yrs. professional exper. Applications close 5 pm., Nov. 18. City applications available at: Alhambra Public Library, 410 W. Main St., Alhambra, CA 91801, Or call between 9 & noon, Mon.-Fri. 818 570-5079. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:48:11 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Post Office vs Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Michelle Rachel Feller Subject: RE: Post Office vs Public Libraries One very significant reason why Internet access and service may be an "either/or" (ie, post office vs. library) situation is the obvious issue of limited resources. Does our government have the resources (money and manpower) to design and fund Internet access in both places? On Mon, 31 Oct 1994 PUB_LIB@mln.lib.ma.us wrote: > >Maybe I'm naive, but can't there be room for Internet access in BOTH the > local Post Office and the local Public Library? It seems to me that the > patrons will figure out where they can get better service. Instead of > trying to convince the world that Libraries deserve to > deliver the Internet to people more than the Post Office; we should be > saying that both places can. Why does it have to be either/or? > > From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:54:14 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Public Access Computers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Linda Clark Benedict, Pioneer Library System" Subject: Public Access Computers? Can anyone supply examples of public library policies governing public access computers? Also, what experiences have you had with public access computers, problems with viruses, patrons mucking up the computer, etc. and/or how do you protect against such experiences? Please respond to: Linda Clark Benedict Pioneer Library System 310 Van Buren St. Newark, NY 14513 waynelibsys@hslc.org FAX 315/331-0033 Thanks for any help you can give. :-) LCB From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:55:09 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: kiosks, p.o.s, ... the 16th inning (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: kiosks, p.o.s, ... the 16th inning I too am "tired" of this issue, but I didn't raise it... it raised itself. Sue Davidsen writes: "I did hear from the U.S. Postal Service (surprise!) who assured me that public libraries were a part of the "plan" for kiosks, as were malls and your local supermarket." Now, I don't want to offend anyone who has worked as a store clerk, department OR grocery, but I still have this problem with staffing. Wouldn't it make sense for librarians to be available to help folks access this information? Or is a life-and-death decision as easy as purchasing pantyhose or a head of lettuce--far easier, come to think of it, since the person making a purchase at least has the clerk to turn to for assistance? "The Postal Service was the first group to put money on the table for the project and therefore became the de facto test bed for the kiosk project." Now, wait a second. I don't recall libraries being asked. In fact, I don't recall this issue having a public forum at all. Where did the Postal Service gets its money, anyway? Not from local governments, but from the feds. So they already HAD money for the table. I don't recall reading anywhere that libraries turned down the opportuntiy to be the test sites for information kiosks. And besides, is this how we allocate resources in a democratic society? We turn to the better-funded institutions and throw more money at them? Certainly adds a spin to the term, "reinventing government." ============================================================================ Karen G. Schneider | Blue Highways | Internet Training kgs@intac.com | Internet Services | & Consulting finger for info! | Serving New Jersey | For the Rest of Us! ============================================================================ Check out Karen's Kitchen at URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:56:11 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Internet & GEAC (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: Internet & GEAC Temporarily biting my tongue on the p.o./kiosk issue (and oh it hurts!), are there any libraries on the list that use a GEAC online catalog and have Internet access through the same terminals? I'd like to hear from you, if possible. I'm going to dig through Scholarly Electronic Conferences to find the inevitable GEAC list, but since I am looking for the public library perspective on this question, PUBLIB was the obvious first stop. If any GEAC folks are reading this, feel free to call me at 201-694-2734. ============================================================================ Karen G. Schneider | Blue Highways | Internet Training kgs@intac.com | Internet Services | & Consulting finger for info! | Serving New Jersey | For the Rest of Us! ============================================================================ Check out Karen's Kitchen at URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:57:13 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Public Internet Terminals in Libraries? ( (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: mpanitz@eis.calstate.edu (Mark R Panitz) Subject: Public Internet Terminals in Libraries? ( We are interested in finding which public libraries have a public internet connection (or terminal). please reply to mpanitz@ctp.org thank you From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 14:05:10 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Foundations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Corona Public Library Subject: Foundations Corona Public Library is developing a Library Foundation. We would greatly appreciate any information on how to do it. We are particularly interested in copies of Mission Statements, lists of things in avoid, etc. Thanks in advance for any consideration you give this request. Dorothy Laird Corona Public Library libcoro1@cerf.net (909) 736-2387 fax (909) 736-2499 From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 14:06:41 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Conference on Libraries and the NII (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Anne Harrison Subject: Conference on Libraries and the NII To subscribers of PUBLIB: LIBRARIES AND THE NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5-6 December 5 and 6, 1994 will be the dates for a one-and-a-half day Conference on "Libraries and the National Information Infrastructure" to be sponsored in Washington, DC by the CAPCON Library Network. The Conference will begin on the morning of December 5 with a session focussing on broad perspectives on the NII. Speakers at this session will be: Paul Evan Peters, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information Kenneth Kay, Executive Director of the Computer Systems Policy Project Link Hoewing, Executive Director of External Relations for Bell Atlantic Sonia Jarvis, former Executive Director of the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation The morning program will be capped off by Toni Carbo Bearman, Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh and a member of the U.S. Advisory Council on the National Information Infrastructure. The luncheon speaker on December 5 will be Thomas Kalil, Director for Science and Technology to the National Economic Council. Following lunch and Mr. Kalil's address, the afternoon session will focus on the role of legislation and government in the evolution of the NII. Speakers include: Robert Gillespie of Robert Gillespie Associates Prue Adler, Assistant Executive Director for External Relations, Association of Research Libraries Elaine Albright, Director of Libraries at the University of Maine and Chair of the ALA Legislation Committee's Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Telecommunications The afternoon program will be concluded with a presentation by Peter Young, Executive Director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS). The Conference will continue onto the morning of December 6, at which time the program will focus specifically on the role of libraries of all types -- academic, public, special, school, state, and national -- in the emerging NII. The speakers will be: Suzanne Thorin, Chief of Staff; Library of Congress Patricia Wand, University Librarian, American University Jean Armour Polly, Manager of Network Development and User Training, NYSERNET Maurice Travillian, State Librarian and Assistant Superintendent for Libraries, Maryland State Department of Education Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services Paula Montgomery, publisher of School Library Media Activities Monthly The "Libraries and the NII" Conference will be held at the Quality Hotel in Silver Spring, Maryland, just across the DC border, with easy access by Metro as well as having ample parking available. Registration fees for the entire Conference are $105 for CAPCON members and $125 for non-members. Partial conference registration rates are also available for those wishing to attend only part of the Conference. CAPCON cannot accept registrations for the conference over the Internet. To request a brochure with the full program and registration details, call CAPCON at 202-331-5771 or send an e-mail message to niiconf@capcon.net. Requests sent via e-mail should include the requestor's surface mail address. You may also obtain course and registration information by sending a written request to the following address: CAPCON Library Network 1320 19th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington DC 20036-1679 FAX: 202-797-7719 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:18:44 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Position Announcement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: wileya@harford.lib.md.us (Andrea Wiley) Subject: Position Announcement Harford County Library, Maryland, welcomes applications for the following position. Deadline for applications for November 7, 1994. POSITION OPENING POSITION: Community Services Manager CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Riverside Administrative Offices CATEGORY: Exempt SALARY/GRADE: Grade 10 $29,200 - $42,978 EFFECTIVE: Immediately WORK WEEK: 37.5 hours per week EDUCATION: Requires MLS from ALA accredited school. Prefer B.S.in Mass Comm or Marketing with minor in English writing or equivalent years of experience. QUALIFICATIONS: -Education in marketing and, in particular, experience with developing/ implementing a marketing plan. -Demonstrated interest/experience in working with I&R files and agencies. -Experience with/knowledge of library development and fund raising. -Demonstrated ability to create training programs and to train staff & public. SEE COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED ON THE POSITION DESCRIPTION ATTACHED. Send letter of interest and resume, or completed application to Andrea Wiley, Personnel Specialist, Harford County Library, 1221-A Brass Mill Road, Belcamp, MD 21017. Deadline for applicaction is November 7, 1994 The Harford County Library is an Equal Opportunity employer and complies with the A.D.A. The library's policy is to treat all applicants equally and without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, or disability. If you have questions or need assistance with any aspect of the application process, please contact the Personnel Office by e-mail to WileyA@Harford.lib.md.us or by telephone at (273-5601, ext 223). From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:19:25 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Position Announcement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: wileya@harford.lib.md.us (Andrea Wiley) Subject: Position Announcement Harford County Library, Maryland, welcomes applications for the following position. Deadline for applications is November 7, 1994. POSITION OPENING POSITION: Sunday Reference Librarian Supervisor Temporary until June 30, 1995 CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Bel Air Branch CATEGORY: Exempt SALARY/GRADE: Grade 7 $12.05 - $17.69/per hour. EFFECTIVE: Immediately WORK WEEK: 35.0 hours per week including 3.5 hours on Sunday. Includes day, evening, and weekend hours. EDUCATION: Requires MLS from ALA accredited school. QUALIFICATIONS: Previous library experience including 1 year supervisory experience. Previous programming, collection development, ref. desk experience. Broad general background in reference materials; strong organizational & planning skills. Send letter of interest and resume, or completed application to Andrea Wiley, Personnel Specialist, Harford County Library, 1221-A Brass Mill Road, Belcamp, MD 21017. Deadline for application is November 7, 1994. The Harford County Library is an Equal Opportunity employer and complies with the A.D.A. The library's policy is to treat all applicants equally and without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, or disability. If you have questions or need assistance with any aspect of the application process, please contact the Personnel Office by e-mail to WileyA@Harford.lib.md.us or by telephone at (273-5601, ext 223). From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:23:54 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Fines in a no-fine environment (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Pat Kopp Subject: Fines in a no-fine environment? For many years our library system has not charged fines for overdue materials. Now, as we get ready to add a new collection, the issue is up for discussion. The fine issue is a hot one and we'd like to hear from other libraries who have some firsthand experience with charging fines for only one collection, or those that have changed their overall approach and have moved to or from a no fines environment. The new collection will be bestsellers, or as we refer to them, "Most Wanted". This collection will be cataloged and will appear in our OPAC, but they will not be used to fill requests in the holds queue. We will have other copies of these titles to fill requests. The Most Wanted items will be used to fill the demand to find bestsellers on the shelf when patrons walk into the library. We are planning to give these items a loan period of one week, limit checkout to one per patron, not allow renewals. Some questions we'd like to have answered by other libraries are: 1. Do you have a collection similar to our Most Wanted collection, and if so, does it have a different fine structure from your other collections? (ie. Do you charge fines for it and not other collections, or do you charge higher fines for it if you have fines for other collections?) 2. If you do charge fines for such a collection and they are stiffer than for other collections, did you implement the fines or stiffer fines after first trying to treat these overdues like any other overdues? 3. Has your library migrated from fines to no fines, or from no fines to fines? We'd be interested in learning why you changed your policy and what sort of effect it had on the prompt return of materials and also on the overall return rate. We have firmly divided camps here when it comes to fines. We would really appreciate some real-life experience to weigh along with our philosophical differences. Please reply to me directly. Thanks! Pat Kopp Catalog Manager Daniel Boone Regional Library Columbia, MO 65203 pkopp1@bigcat.missouri.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:25:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: systems analyis in public libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: FLSC51101015@SCSUD.CTSTATEU.EDU Subject: systems analyis in public libraries? I am a student doing research on systems analysis. I am particularly interested in this subject as it pertainsto public libraries. Is their anyone out their who has undertaken a significant analysis of a system in their public library and would care to share what it was about and how theywent about doing it. What criteria were most important in the analysis of your problems. Thank you very much for your cooperation Paxton J Berardy From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:29:13 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Older adult special needs grants (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: HOWET@GBMS01.UWGB.EDU Subject: Older adult special needs grants? On behalf of Brown County Library staff would like to know if there are any suggestions or unique ideas that can be shared for LSCA grants written on behalf of older adults. Please send suggestions to: howet@gbms01.uwgb.edu Thank you. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:29:50 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Foundations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills Subject: Re: Foundations For those interested in forming library foundations, the Public Library Association sells a practical how to manual written by Faye Clow. Copies of FORMING AND FUNDING LIBRARY FOUNDATIONS can be purchased via ALA order dept. It is good stuff! Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:30:53 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: LITA/_Library Hi Tech_ Award Nominations Sought (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Rob Carlson Subject: LITA/_Library Hi Tech_ Award Nominations Sought Please re-post as you see fit... LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee Seeks Nominations The Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association, and Library Hi Tech sponsor an annual LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for achievement in library and information technology communications. The award, a citation of merit, was offered for the first time in 1993. Pierian Press, publisher of Library Hi Tech, provides a stipend of $1,000 to the award winner each year. The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding achievement in communicating to educate practitioners with the library field in library and information technology. The award may be made in recognition of a single seminal work, or a body of work, taking place within (or continuing into) the five years preceeding the award. The award may be given to an individual or institution. LITA Officers, other members of the LITA Board of Directors, members of the LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee, employees of Pierian Press, and their immediate family members are ineligible for the award. Nominations for the award may be made by any member of the American Library Association. Nominations are invited and judged by the LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee. The Award Committee is not required to select a recipient if, in the opinion of the Committee, no nomination merits the award in a given year. The award is presented at the LITA President's Program held during the Annual Conference of the American Library Association. Nominations for the 1995 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award should be submitted by January 15, 1995 to: Michele I. Dalehite Chair, 1995 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee Florida Center for Library Automation 2002 NW 13th Street, Suite 320 Gainesville, FL 32609 Voice: 904/392-9020 Fax: 904/392-9185 Internet: fclmid@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu For more information about LITA awards or LITA in general, please contact Linda J. Knutson, Executive Director at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4270 or linda.knutson@ala.org via the Internet. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:32:22 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Patron lockers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: New Orleans Public Library Subject: Patron lockers? My boss has asked me to request feedback from this list on the subject of lockers for patron use in public libraries. Do you offer them? Is there a fee or deposit required? Have you experienced any problems with their use? If yes, can you describe? Any other comments or observations are welcome. Please respond to l_archives@solinet.net as I am not on this list. Thanks. Wayne Everard Louisiana Division New Orleans Public Library 504-596-2610 219 Loyola Ave. Fax: 504-596-2609 New Orleans, LA 70140 e-mail: l_archives@solinet.net From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:35:14 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Thanks for your reply on Westerns (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: HUTCHEON@slais.ubc.ca Subject: Thanks for your reply on Westerns Dear George, Thank you very much for your reply to my question on the popularity of Westerns in libraries. The response from PUBLIB has been tremendous and a big help to me in getting a feeling of whether and where Westerns circulate. I agree that the genre seems to be going through a transformation, although some traditional Westerns are still being published. I just got a reply from someone near Albany New York, who said that the popularity of Westerns in his library was on the rise! I will summarize the responses in a few weeks. Thanks again, Kerry Hutcheon School of Library, Archival and Information Science University of British Columbia e-mail: Hutcheon@slais.ubc.ca From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:36:19 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: LITA/Gaylord Award Nominations Sought (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Rob Carlson Subject: LITA/Gaylord Award Nominations Sought Please re-post as you see fit... LITA/Gaylord Award Committee Seeks Nominations The Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association, and Gaylord Bros., sponsor an annual LITA/Gaylord Award for Achievement in Library and Information Technology. The award, a citation of merit, was offered for the first time in 1979. Gaylord Bros., Inc. provides a stipend of $1,000 to the award winner each year. The purpose of the award is to recognize achievement in the area of library and information technology. The award may be made in recognition of distinguished leadership, notable development or application of technology, superior accomplishment in research or education, or original contribution to the literature of the field. The award may be given to an individual or to a small group of individuals working in collaboration. Organized institutions or parts of organized institutions as such are ineligible for the award. LITA Officers, other members of the LITA Board of Directors, members of the LITA/Gaylord Award Committee, employees of Gaylord Bros., and their immediate family members are ineligible for the award. Nominations for the award may be made by any member of the American Library Association. Nominations are invited and judged by the LITA/Gaylord Award Committee. The Award Committee is not required to select a recipient if, in the opinion of the Committee, no nomination merits the award in a given year. The award is presented at the LITA President's Program held during the Annual Conference of the American Library Association. Nominations for the 1995 LITA/Gaylord Award should be submitted by January 15, 1995 to: Edward Warro Chair, 1995 LITA/Gaylord Award Committee Cudahy Library Loyola University of Chicago 6525 N. Sheridan Road Chicago, IL 60626 Voice: 312/508-2641 Fax: 312/508-2993 Internet: EWARRO@luc.edu For more information about LITA awards or LITA in general, please contact Linda J. Knutson, Executive Director at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4270 or linda.knutson@ala.org via the Internet. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:37:01 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: YALSA's publishers liaison survey (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Ann Theis Subject: YALSA's publishers liaison survey This request for information has also been posted on PUBYAC, CHILDLIT, KIDLIT, and LM-NET. The Young Adult Library Association (YALSA) Publishers Liaison Committee is trying to promote communication between publishers and librarians. To develop a forum to exchange ideas and concerns, we ask you to reply to the following open-ended questions: 1. What book did you need yesterday to serve your young adult patrons? 2. What book would you buy tomorrow if it were available? 3. What has been your biggest book "nightmare"? 4. What curriculum trends/changes have impacted the most on your book selection? 5. I would give a publisher award to_____________. Please send your replies to atheis@leo.vsla.edu I will forward them by snail-mail to Juanita Foster, the committee chair. THANK YOU! Ann Theis From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:39:02 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: measuring quality service? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: mary k Subject: Re: measuring quality service? There is a customer satisfaction instrument which has been validated repeatedly called SERVQUAL which measure the difference between expectations and perceptions of service. It should be rather easy to adapt it for libraries. Just look under either SERVQUAL or services marketing in a business book/journal database and you should get it, or I will engage in personal archaeology and retrieve my citations from a course last year. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:41:01 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: automated telephone circulation notices (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: carolyn@infi.net (Carolyn Caywood) Subject: automated telephone circulation notices? I need to identify and contact libraries that have automated telephone notification to borrowers of overdues and reserve requests. I'd like the libraries to be handling roughly 250,000 notices a year. Our own breakdown is roughly 100,000 overdues and 150,000 reserves. What I need to find out is 1.Are titles identified? Were they identified before automating phone notification? 2.How common are disputes over notification not reaching the borrower? 3.How much time does staff spend looking up information that was not included in the notification? 4.Has the rate of overdues and/or reserve pick-up changed since begining phone notification? I would appreciate any leads! Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % FAX:804-464-6741 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 804-460-7519 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:42:23 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Management of Electronic Records? (fwd) Message-ID: From: Susan Kaye Soy Our city library is charged with the Electronic records management for all of the City Departments. Has anyone else received this responsibility and it you have, can you please contact me so that I can discuss procedures you may have developed. Thanks. Sue Soy Austin Public Library From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:44:16 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Public Access Computer Policies and Tips (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Sherif Subject: Public Access Computer Policies and Tips I've noticed a couple of requests for info on this topic again recently. I know that one often receives interesting and detailed responses privately. Could the posters summarize or repost some of the replies. This is a topic of continuing interest and one that merits updating rather than referring the questioners to the archives or to another list. Thanks--Sue Sherif fsss@aurora.alaska.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:44:56 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Internet Kiosks (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills Subject: Internet Kiosks There is a brief article in LJ, November 1, 1994, pg 22 on the Seattle Public Library serving as a test site for a government information kiosk. It sounds a lot like the post office kiosk we've been talking about although their's is a state project. Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:46:53 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Customer Feedback (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Kathryn J. Whitney" Subject: Customer Feedback? The Onondaga County Public Library is in the process of elicting feedback from our patrons. We would like to use a comment card/survey format. Does anyone have experience with obtaining patron evaluation of services? Especially in regard to the distribution and question composition. Would it be possible to acquire examples or sample questionnaires? Thank you in advance for your help! Kathryn Whitney Onondaga County Public Library From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:49:14 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: NTIA Virtual Conference participants (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Virginia Correa Subject: NTIA Virtual Conference participants I'm interested in contacting libraries (particularly public) that have signed on as "public access points" for the NTIA Virtual Public Conference beginning Nov. 14. How are you handling it? What kinds of instructions, both to the public and to your staff, are you planning? Please email me directly. I access the library lists through NEWS, and sometimes miss postings. If there is any interest I'll pass it on, through the list or individually. Thanks! vmc -- +++ Virginia Correa - Head, Automation Division +++ The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh +++ 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213 +++ correav@clpgh.org - 412-622-1945 +++ Virginia Correa - Head, Automation Division +++ The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh +++ 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213 +++ correav@clpgh.org - 412-622-1945 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:54:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Job posting (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Allen County Public Library Subject: Job posting October 26, 1994 POSITION AVAILABLE Branch Manager (full-time) Dupont Branch Allen County Public Library RESPONSIBILITIES: Manage this four year old branch library in an active, growing part of the community. Continue to introduce new ideas and approaches to delivering library services and materials. Enhance the full range of services which the branch now offers including public access computers and an active children's program. Manage a collection of 60,000 volumes. Train, supervise, and evaluate a staff of thirteen. Participate actively in system-wide concerns as well as branch activities. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Master's degree in Library Science and three to five years library experience, some of which should be in supervision. Ability to respond to community needs and effectively promote services and programs. Open and positive service orientation a must. Energy, sense of humor, resourcefulness, tact, good judgment, and a warm, caring attitude are essential. COMPENSATION: Range minimum for 1994 is #32,780. Library-paid single membership in HMO health plan, dental program, and long term life and disability program. Public Employees' Retirement Fund. Deferred compensation plan. Cumulative sick leave. Personal business leave. Four weeks vacation. Holidays. Federal credit union. Free parking. Relocation allowance. Employee assistance program. Optional term life insurance and flexible spending plan. APPLICATION: Send letter of interest, resume, and three professional references to Charlene P. Holly, Personnel Manager, Allen County Public Library, P.O. Box 2270, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46801. Position open until filled. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:55:45 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: P.O. and utility bills (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Broom County Public Library Subject: P.O. and utility bills Yikes!! Today I listened to Marvin Runyon, our Postmaster General, on a live (I think) broadcast of the Commonwealth Club of California. Apparently the p.o. does not think it will have enough to do with the kiosks in their lobbies. They're also planning to read utility meters as they drive along delivering mail and may have the means to immediately print out the homeowner's bill! And where are they going to test this wonderful idea? In my very own city of Binghamton, N.Y. :-P Lavinia Adler Broome County Public Library From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 10:01:42 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Literacy Success Stories? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: George Needham Subject: Literacy Success Stories? A reporter for a major national magazine contacted ALA's Public Informa- tion Office today. The magazine wants to do a story about a woman, age 25-40, who has learned how to read as an adult and then has transferred her newfound ability into creating a success for herself in business. Does anyone out there have any suggestions for women who may fit this narrow set of parameters, and who would be willing to go public with their stories? As always with reporters, we need a response on this by next Monday, November 7. Please contact me at U22540@ala.org, or call me at 1-800- 545-2433, extension 5025. You can also contact Press Officer Pam Goodes at the same 800 number, extension 5043. Please don't respond to the list. Thank you for any assistance you can provide! George Needham PLA Executive Director From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 10:03:09 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: "CIRC ONLY" hours (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "[Pam Osborne]" Subject: "CIRC ONLY" hours? One of our branch libraries here in the Alameda County Library system is open 33 hours per week, providing a full range of reference, children's and circulation services. The local library advisory board has recommended that the library be open an additional 4 hours for "circulation only" activities. During the additional 4 hours users would be able to check books out, pick up reserves, use reference tools (where they need no assistance) etc. but reference and children's librarians would not be available to answer questions or provide "reference" services. Are there public libraries that have had experience with limiting certain services during open hours as I have described? If so we would be interested in your experiences. What was the response of the public? How was staff impacted? Any special signage used, self-help tools provided, etc. We would also be interested in any evaluation methods you may have developed to judge the effectiveness, success/failure of the service. Responses may be directed to me through any of the "mail vehicles" below! Thanks in advance for any help you can offer - ============================================ E-Mail: posborne@class.org OR Pam Osborne Alameda County Library 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 OR Voice Mail: 510-745-1552 OR FAX: 510-793-2879 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 10:04:41 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: Net changing patrons' lives--Info Needed for Net-friendly book (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: rothman@clark.net (David H. Rothman) Subject: Net changing patrons' lives--Info Needed for Net-friendly book A homeless man in Seattle used a computer *and* books at the library to help him get back into the mainstream. Got any stories like that in your area? This is for a book I'm writing for Prima Publishing, a California house distributed by the Ballantine division of Random House. I need good, strong stories about folks who returned to the library computers again and again to improve their lives by way of the Net. The library angle is important. It isn't enough to say that someone used a public access terminal. I'd like to be able to tell how the combination of the Net and the other library resources helped (and perhaps the professional assistance, too). Ideally I can find someone with an especially strong story to build this section around. I'd rather dig up my own example than just rely on the already-publicized one. Yes, it'll be good to have the patron's e-mail address if one exists--ideally it will. And a phone number would be great too. I'd also appreciate your own phone number. Please be aware that I'm aware of Karen Schneider's terrific collection of success stories. But here I'm not just talking about the Net being used to answer a question or so--I'm talking about situations involving a patron's relationship over time with the local library in a Net context. Needless to say, I'll be taking a few digs at Washington's current fixation on post offices. Sure, we need public access terminals everywhere. But libraries are the real place to concentrate. If memory services, some info from the gov. gave the impression that the postal service was the lead agency. *Wrong* approach. Karen tells me she's about to say so here, and I couldn't agree with her more. Anyway, please to repost this msg. I'm trying to come up with the most powerful example. Please reply privately to me at rothman@clark.net. No promises--it's up to the publisher--but I'm going to see if at least some of the book can't be on the Web. This section might be a good candidate since it'll reflect some of the sentiments I've been sharing with folks here gratis ;-). Many thanks, David Rothman rothman@clark.net 703-370-6540 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 10:06:34 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:01 2005 Subject: homework (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Miriam Bobkoff Subject: homework? Does anyone else out there find themselves getting talked into faxing homework materials to parents for their kids? If it hasn't come up yet where you are it certainly will soon, because this is the moderately deep boonies and it's beginning to be requested even here. We can't very well start saying, this question I will take care of and that question I will not. But what earthly use is it if the kid doesn't do the homework _and_ the parent doesn't do the homework, but we do it for them? (The phone rang as I was typing the above sentence. The parent of a grade school son wanted to know where is the place called Saba. Luckily he did not want me to fax him the page from the Cambridge Gazeteer...) Miriam Bobkoff mbobkof@spy.org Santa Fe Public Library 145 Washington Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 sfpublib@spy.org http://spy.org:70/0/Users/sfpublib/html/sfpublib.html the library's Home Page (Under Construction) From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 6 19:52:23 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Msg to the Vice President -- The Citizen Kiosk project (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: aa432@detroit.freenet.org (David W. Morgan) Subject: Re: Msg to the Vice President -- The Citizen Kiosk project (fwd) Great letter, David. I hope someone will actually show it to the Vice-President. I get tired of his autoresponder, myself. This is my first day on this list. Howdy! > >Mr. Vice President, > > > I applaud your continuing efforts to bring the Internet to all of >our citizens. I agree that this is one good way to ensure that our >country stays competitive in the world market. > > I must comment though, on what I have been reading on the >PUBLIB-NET Listserv about the "Citizen Kiosk" project. I'm sure you have >gotten *many* messages from those of us in Public Libraries who feel that >libraries would be a much better choice to offer public access to >information on the Internet than would post offices. > > I believe that one of the most compelling reasons for this is that >libraries are already becoming comfortable with this technology. We know, >by experience, that the public _*Will Need Help*_. I don't think that, >without additional staffing, the postal service will be able to handle >these additional questions. > >***The disastrous part of that would be that the public will form a very > negative opinion of the Internet*** > > By way of example, let me site what we at the Pikes Peak Library >District have been doing. For many years now we have offered our public >menu system including catalog information, community databases, and links >to other libraries. This menu system is known as Maggie Place. On 17 >October, 1994, we released MAGGnet, our public gopher menu access to the >Internet. MAGGnet is available on any terminal in any of our 11 >branches, as well as through our dial-up lines. > > We had many discussions on the best way to offer information and >services on the Internet. We chose not to offer public access to Mosaic >or Lynx based interfaces because of limited resources AND because we >feel that those systems have too high a learning curve. We see these >systems as a second step. > > For a month we had daily training sessions for any staff members >in the entire district that were interested in learning about using the >Internet. In addition, we have recruited volunteers to help patrons >navigate MAGGnet at our branches during peak usage hours. We are also >having free public training sessions in the evenings covering MAGGnet and >the Internet. Training materials, like a "cheat sheet", brochures, and >bookmarks, as well as the MAGGnet News newsletter have been created to >help patrons ease into using this new technology. > > I have talked with staff members from many other public libraries >in the past few months, and LOTS of them already have some sort of >Internet access, if only for staff use. Most of them are interested in >hearing how our public access project is going, as they see themselves >offering the Internet to their patrons in the future. In short, public >libraries are already leaning toward offering parts of the Internet, and >are preparing themselves. > > If you are interested in speaking with me about our experiences, >and how we ended offering what we are offering, I would be happy to. > > >David R. Clark >Systems Officer >Pikes Peak Library District >Colorado Springs, CO > >dclark@ppld.org >VOX: (719) 531-6333 x1100 >FAX: (719) 528-2810 > -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ David W. Morgan \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ aa432@detroit.freenet.org damorgan@nyx.cs.du.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-=- Net Surfing From Honolulu Hawaii -=-=-=-=-=-=-= From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 6 19:52:47 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: ? P.R. PLAN ANYONE ? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Joseph Cadieux Subject: ? P.R. PLAN ANYONE ? Friends: I am now involved in working up a public relations plan for the West Hartford (Connecticut) Public Library. Town Population: 60,000. I have never come across an official P.R. Plan for a public library and would really like to set my eyeballs on one right about now. A huge reward for anyone who lets me know of a public library with a p.r. plan. Much thanks, Joe Cadieux "The Spin Dock Tour" marty@uconnvm.uconn.edu voice: 203-523-3233 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 6 19:53:10 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: ?San Francisco Chronicle on the Net (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Carole Leita Subject: Re: ?San Francisco Chronicle on the Net On Sat, 5 Nov 1994, San Francisco Public Library wrote: > Does anyone out there know how to find the striker's edition of > the San Francisco Chronicle on the Net?? I tried an archie search > to no avail. > > Many thanks in advance. > Cathy Nyhan > San Francisco Public Library > cathyn@class.org It's called the SF Free Press and can be found on the World Wide Web at the URL: http://www.ccnet.com/SF_Free_Press/welcome.html. It's great! There's an interesting article there (Friday's edition) on SFPL and what it's doing with the money from its new tax income. My favorite example yet of the use of the Internet to disseminate information! Carole Carole Leita, leita@netcom.com Internet/Reference Librarian Berkeley Public Library From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 6 19:54:41 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: The Internet Index #4 (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 23:35:09 -0500 From: Win Treese To: internet-index@OpenMarket.com Subject: The Internet Index #4 The Internet Index Number 4 Inspired by "Harper's Index"* Compiled by Win Treese (treese@OpenMarket.com) 5 November 1994 http://www.openmarket.com/info/internet-index/current.html Estimated number of hosts on the Internet: 3,864,000 Percentage increase in number of hosts in Argentina's domain during 1994: 64,250 Number of domains registered between September 15 and October 15, 1994: 1,535 Number of days between publication of "Creating a Government that Works Better and Costs Less: Status Report 1994" on the Internet and availability in hardcopy form: 1 Based on current growth rates, estimated year when every person on the planet will be on the Internet: 2003 Number of RFCs about system availability during holidays: 1 Number of forthcoming books about PGP: 2 Number of "Dilbert" on-line newsletters published to date: 2 Number of copies of Enhanced Mosaic licensed from Spyglass, Inc.: over 10 million Percentage of IBM mainframes running TCP/IP at the end of 1993: 11 Rank of "www" among the most popular host names: 3 Number of PCs running TCP/IP at the end of 1993 (worldwide): 4.5 million Number of Internet-connected U.S. elementary and secondary schools listed in the "K-12 Hotlist": 137 Number of U.S. daily newspapers that are now offering or will soon offer electronic services: at least 60 Number of WWW servers named www..com: 1047 Number of business listings in the Commercial Sites Index: 861 Number of new listings in the past week: 117 Date Boston radio station WZLX airs a commercial with a URL: 4 Oct 1994 "Harper's Index" is a registered trademark of Harper's Magazine Foundation. Copyright 1994 by Win Treese. Send updates or interesting statistics to treese@OpenMarket.com. A copy of the Index annotated with sources can be found at http://www.openmarket.com/info/internet-index/current-sources.html. To subscribe to future issues of the Internet Index, send a message saying "subscribe internet-index" in the body to internet-index-request@OpenMarket.com. Visit Open Market's electronic commerce service at http://www.openmarket.com. From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 6 19:55:28 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Public Libraries, Free-Nets, and Censorship (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Miles R Fidelman Subject: Re: Public Libraries, Free-Nets, and Censorship FYI: The Cambridge, MA, Public Library has been running public-access Mosaic since July - with a policy of full access to everything on the net for all library users. This mirrors their no censorship policy for everything else in the library. So far, there have been no problems. ************************************************************************** Miles R. Fidelman mfidelman@civicnet.org President 91 Baldwin St. Charlestown MA 02129 Director of Civic Networking Systems 617-241-9205 fax: 617-241-5064 The Center for Civic Networking Check out our Civic Network gopher and web servers: at a unix prompt: gopher gopher.civic.net 2400 gopher URL: gopher://gopher.civic.net:2400/ web URL: http://www.civic.net:2401/ Information Infrastructure: Public Spaces for the 21st Century Let's Start With: Internet Wall-Plugs Everywhere Say It Often, Say It Loud: "I Want My Internet!" ************************************************************************** From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 6 19:58:43 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: ?San Francisco Chronicle on the Net (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Nancy Wildin Subject: Re: ?San Francisco Chronicle on the Net Hi Cathy. There was a piece on this on NPR on Friday 11/4; sorry didn't catch the address, but I bet your local Nat Pub Radio affiliate would know. When you find out would you mind posting again to all of us (am a frequent SF visitor, Chronicle reader, and politics junkie--bad timing,huh?) Also heard there would be a hard copy, reporter-produced, "street" edition of the news out there in a few days. Good luck. Nancy Wildin Seattle Public Library nwildin@spl.lib.wa.us On Sat, 5 Nov 1994, San Francisco Public Library wrote: > Does anyone out there know how to find the striker's edition of > the San Francisco Chronicle on the Net?? I tried an archie search > to no avail. > > Many thanks in advance. > Cathy Nyhan > San Francisco Public Library > cathyn@class.org > > From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 6 20:02:46 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Minolta RP 504A (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Don Yarman Subject: Minolta RP 504A? My colleague the Reference Manager asked me to distribute this. Anyone know where else I can put this notice? -- Don Yarman : dyarman@freenet.columbus.oh.us Grandview Hts. Public Library : dyarman@infinet.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- I am looking for a buyer for my one year old Minolta RP 504A. We have been using it with our Magazine Collection. If you are interested in purchasing it or know someone who would be interested in purchasing it- please e-mail me or call me at 481-3776. Here are the specifications: Type: Desktop Microfilm Reader-printer Printing Method: Dry printing on plain paper Film type: 16mm leaderless film thickness: 2.5 Mil (0.0635mm) to 5 Mil (0.127mm) Length: Min. Max. 2.5 Mil 50 ft. (15.2m) 215 ft. (65.4m) 5 Mil 25 ft. (7.6m) 100 ft. (30.5m) Film Loading: Automatic loading Film rewinding time: within 12 sec./100ft. (approx. 30.5m) Film feeding: by means of a dial offering variable speeds Film end detection: by encoder and microprocessor Image vertical positioning: Manual Image rotation: 360 degrees (by prism lens) Lens Magnifications: 17X, 20X, 25X, 29X, 33X, 38X, 42X, 47X Screen size: 305mm x 305mm (12" x 12") Print Mode: N-P Exposure control: Manual Print paper: Plain paper weighing 60g/m squared (16 lbs.) to 90g/m squared (24 lbs.) Print size: 8 1/2" x 11" (letter) or 297mm x 210mm (A4) Printing speed: first print approx. 13.5 sec. multi-print 8 prints/min. Multiple print: up to 19 prints (count-down) Paper feeding system: cassette feeding capacity 150 sheets Developing system: micro-toning system Fusing system: heated roller Warming up time: less than 30 sec. at ambient temperature of 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees F) Light source: halogen lamp 24V, 150W Power source: 120VAC, 60Hz; 127VAC, 60Hz; 220/240VAC, 50Hz Power consumption: less than 1.4W Dimensions: 530mm (W) x 793mm (D) x 615mm (H) 20 7/8" (W) x 31 1/4" (D) x 24 1/4" (H) Weight: 76 kg 169 lbs. 8 oz. Accessories: Paper cassette, Imaging unit (PC Drum), Drum Cloth, Dust cover Option: Projection lens, masking unit, open reel adapter, Mars Mini Controller -- Wendy S. Greenwood : wgreenwo@freenet.columbus.oh.us Grandview Hts. Public Library : (614) 481-3776 From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:07:12 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Access for the homeless? (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 07:14:37 -0500 (EST) From: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills To: Publib Poster Subject: Re: Access for the homeless? Our library offers free Internet access via dial access or in-library terminals. Although we don't have a lot of homeless people in our area, anyone who comes into the library has free access via our equipment. We don't check ID so I guess you could say we offer access to the homeless. I suspect that any library offering Internet in house might be serving the homeless. Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:08:16 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Internet and censorship (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: ab946@leo.nmc.edu (Anne Rau) Subject: Internet and censorship If you haven't already seen it, there is an excellent article in the October School Library Journal by Bruce Flanders (p. 32+) on Internet access for minors and the dangers of censorship. I think it applies to all ages. There is so much that is good about the Internet but people focus on the small percentage that is bad. I think we as librarians need to protect intellectual freedom. Internet is the same in principle as other library material. We can't be gatekeepers but must be gateways. All we can do is educate parents about the Internet to help them guide their children's use of it. -- Anne Rau Clarence H. Rosa Public Library Lansing, MI From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:08:35 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Internet and censorship (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: ab946@leo.nmc.edu (Anne Rau) Subject: Internet and censorship If you haven't already seen it, there is an excellent article in the October School Library Journal by Bruce Flanders (p. 32+) on Internet access for minors and the dangers of censorship. I think it applies to all ages. There is so much that is good about the Internet but people focus on the small percentage that is bad. I think we as librarians need to protect intellectual freedom. Internet is the same in principle as other library material. We can't be gatekeepers but must be gateways. All we can do is educate parents about the Internet to help them guide their children's use of it. -- Anne Rau Clarence H. Rosa Public Library Lansing, MI From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:09:26 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Mumford Library Books in Jacksonville, FL (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: CASKEY@midyork.lib.ny.us Subject: Mumford Library Books in Jacksonville, FL Dear Friends- We have been talking to a representative of this jobber about going to his warehouse in Jacksonville to buy books. They pay for airfare, rooms and meals for us to go there!! My mother told me that if it sounds too good to be true---it is!! These guys sound great. The deal seems good. They offer discounts. I met him at ALA in Miami. What I want to know is--has anyone out there done this? Do you know this company and can you recommend them?? Mary Lou Caskey, Assistant Director Mid-York Library System CASKEY@midyork.lib.ny.us From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:10:06 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Internet Access misuse policies (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: carolyn@infi.net (Carolyn Caywood) Subject: Re: Internet Access misuse policies The point about separating the library system from the Internet access is well taken. The inconvenient shutdown is only one aspect -- we also need to protect circulation information from intrusion. The liability question is also very important. I have beeen sitting in on a committee that is drafting a report on the Internet to the state legislature, and the question of liability was a major concern. I think the answer to both is to insist on state-of-the-art precautions (firewalls, etc) and then presume the access provider did as much as possible and shouldn't be liable. I'd like to see the NII push for legislation that took that position, because liability may be more of a deterrent to access than funding connections. Carolyn Caywood From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:13:59 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: ? P.R. PLAN ANYONE ? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Inglewood Public Library Subject: Re: ? P.R. PLAN ANYONE ? ALA's Library and Administrative Management Assn. (LAMA) has a public relations division. They sponsor the John Cotton Dana awards for p.r. in all types of libraries. Unfortunately, I don't have their e-mail address, but if you call 1-800-545-2433 and ask for the LAMA office, someone there should be able to help you. Sue Kamm Inglewood Public Library 101 West Manchester Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90301 voice: 310/412-5613 fax: 310/412-8848 e-mail: inglewod@class.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:14:29 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: cd telephone directory evaluation (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mesa Public Library Subject: cd telephone directory evaluation Mesa Public Library is a medium sized suburban public library serving a population of approximately 450,000. We are investigating the purchase of a CD product to replace our sizeable collection of white and yellow pages telephone directories. I would appreciate receiving your input about telephone CD products, i.e., ease of searchability, coverage, accuracy, cost, etc., and any general comments you might have. We will be putting this product on a local and a wide area network. Thanks for your help. If you wish to respond individually to me, please use the group reference e mail address with my name on the subject line. Jill S. London, Reference Librarian Mesa Public Library 64 E. 1 Street Mesa, AZ 85201 e mail: mesapub@enet.net subject: Jill S. London From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:16:21 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Policies re: electronic magazines (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Judy Pate Subject: Policies re: electronic magazines (fwd) According to Judy Pate: >From jpate Mon Nov 7 11:18:56 1994 From: jpate (Judy Pate) Message-Id: <9411071618.AA23656@leo.vsla.edu> Subject: Policies re: electronic magazines To: pubyac@nysernet.ORG Date: Mon, 7 Nov 94 11:18:51 EST Cc: jpate@leo.vsla.edu X-Mailer: PENELM [version 2.3.1 PL11] The Virginia Beach Public Library is preparing to offer public and staff access to electronic full-text magazines. We have a few questions and would like to hear from you regarding your experience with this service. Have you developed policies regarding the use of electronic full-text magazines? For instance, do you have statements about the amount of time a customer can spend at the workstation? We will provide inkjet printers at each workstation. Customers will be able to print the text, but not the graphics (pictures, charts) that go with the articles. The printer cannot handle the amount of memory required for this service. We will provide one laser printer at the information desk that will handle the graphics as wells as the text. Do you provide laser printer copies? Do you charge for these copies? Have you found that customers prefer the laser print over the text-only print? -- Judy Pate Voice: (804) 474-8406 Kempsville Area Librarian Fax: (804) 495-5401 Virginia Beach, VA -- Judy Pate Voice: (804) 474-8406 Kempsville Area Librarian Fax: (804) 495-5401 Virginia Beach, VA From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:17:54 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: school representation on trustee boards (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Elizabeth Dickinson, Cambridge Public Library" Subject: school representation on trustee boards? Are there any urban libraries that must have a representative from the school committee on their library trustee boards? I am talking about boards that are required to carry a representative from the schools and not a board that has one by chance. Please reply to my address and not to the list. Thanks in advance. From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:18:52 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: wanted: workshop leader (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Debbie Howard Subject: wanted: workshop leader This message is crossposted to pubyac. I am looking for names and phone numbers of individuals who can lead a workshop on the topic of "Kids and the Internet" for librarians and teachers. As of this time I am thinking that the workshop will be informational as well as hands-on, introducing the attendees to the internet sites kids will be using in schools and libraries, where they might enjoy going on their own and a little on the censorship issue. This is all rough draft. Please send names of any contacts to either for the following addresses. TIA, Debbie Howard Debbie Howard Southwest Library 9010 - 35th Ave. S.W. Seattle, WA 98126 206-684-7456 debbieh@spl.lib.wa.us From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:19:42 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Meeting Room Tables (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Loudon Public Libraries Subject: Meeting Room Tables? We need suggestions for study, affordable, folding (36" x 72") tables for our meeting room. The table should be easily set up by one person! Also, can anyone recommend these tables: Vecta's model 194223 or Samsonite's model 7348-02-47? Thanks very much! Anne Malone, Rust Library, Leesburg, VA. 22075. From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:20:18 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Performance-based budgeting. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: weins#mr@oak2.ci.oakland.ca.us Subject: Performance-based budgeting. Our Library Department was selected to do performance-based budgeting this year. Last year 2 departments (Parks and Recreation and Police) were selected for this experiment, so our City has little experience in this type of budgeting. We did a literature search for information about this process, but didn't find anything very useful. Has anyone at a public library been involved in performance-based budgeting? We are looking for documents produced in this process; especially anything identifying goals and related performance measures. Anything you can share will be greatly appreciated. Please call Carl Cousineau at (510) 238-6720; write to him at Oakland Public Library, 125 14th St., Oakland CA 94612; or e-mail to cousi#ca@oak2.ci.oakland.ca.us Thank you. Mary Weinstein Oakland Public Library Oakland, California From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:21:27 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:02 2005 Subject: Reciprocal borrowing agreements (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: ANNM@LAGUNA.EPCC.EDU Subject: Reciprocal borrowing agreements? We would like to hear from a public library that has a reciprocal borrowing agreement with its local community college. How did you work it out? Do you honor each other's cards or is there a universal card? Our particular problem is that we charge a non-resident fee to anyone who resides outside our city limits as required by a City ordinance. Students of the community college are often non-residents of the city. Honoring their student card would mean forfeiting a fee that we are obliged to collect. Has anyone dealt with a similar situation? If you reply by snailmail, please write to Thomas Healy, Head of Reference via e-mail to me (if there is an interest, I will summarize for the list). Ann Marshall May - representing the oldest municipal library in Texas - celebrating our first century - El Paso Public Library, 501 N. Oregon, El Paso, TX 79901 (915)543-5475 annm@laguna.epcc.edu or (915)543-5451 (Tom Healy) From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:23:52 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: Mumford (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Sheila W. Bankhead" Subject: re:Mumford The Mumford people do all that they promise. They of course will not have all that you may be looking for, but they do have a big selection. There is another jobber in Tampa-can't think of his name-who does just about the same thing, but I have no experience with him. I HAVE been to Mumford; I recommend it highly. From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:24:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: Call for papers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Leslie Morris" Subject: Call for papers 43 Call for Papers The Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply This Call has been posted to a number of lists. Please excuse the duplication. Papers are invited for any and all topics in document delivery and interlibrary loan including, but not limited to, the topics listed below. Take that report you wrote, and turn it into an article. If you would like to discuss your potential article, feel free to call, write or E-mail me. Send papers to: Leslie R. Morris, Editor The Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply Niagara University Library Niagara University, NY 14109-2200 USA 716-286-8001 FAX 716-286-8030 morrislr@eagle.niagara.edu *Uncover use studies *Document delivery systems, prices or service *UMI and other document delivery vendors *First Search *RLIN ILL *OCLC ILL *Number of staff needed in ILL *Rank or level of staff in ILL *Regional or state ILL systems *ILL systems in any country, province, state or region in the world *ILL software evaluation and use *DOCLINE *Subject ILL problems or procedures, i. e., music library ILL, art ILL, health science ILL *International ILL *Local systems and ILL *School library ILL *FAX *History of ILL *Access vs. ownership *Internet ILL and document delivery *State-wide OPACs *Mailing costs, delivery spedd of ILL and document delivery *Bibliographic verification *ILL and document delivery costs *Turnaround times *ILL manuals and handbooks *The future of ILL and document delivery *ILL patron surveys Leslie R. Morris Director of Libraries and Editor, The Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply Niagara University Niagara University, NY 14109-2200 716-286-8001 FAX 716-286-8030 morrislr@eagle.niagara.edu End of returned message Leslie R. Morris Director of Libraries and Editor, The Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply Niagara University Niagara University, NY 14109-2200 716-286-8001 FAX 716-286-8030 morrislr@eagle.niagara.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:27:02 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: Internet HOT-LIST AWARDS (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jpolly@nysernet.ORG (Jean Armour Polly) Subject: Internet HOT-LIST AWARDS I checked-- Yvonne Andres of School-Net assures me that librarians may indeed nominate their favorite sites. Date - Wed, 9 Nov 94 08:32 pst >From - HOTLIST@bonita.cerf.fred.org To - schl-call-ideas@acme.fred.org Subject - Announcing Internet HOT-LIST AWARDS Survey The First Semi-Annual INTERNET HOT-LIST AWARDS ---------------------------------------------- (PLEASE CROSS-POST THE DICKENS OUT OF THIS SURVEY! Thanks.) So: What IS the HOTTEST place on the Internet? ---------------------------------------------- Help your colleagues find THE AUTHORITATIVE answer to this question (in contrast to "expert opinion") by casting your vote for your most- used or favorite haunts on the Internet. Take just a few moments to reply and return the brief survey below. In two weeks, we'll e-mail you directly a copy of the results. This is a great chance to share your "hot list" with others, and perhaps find some "cool" places you didn't know about. Here's how to participate: 1. You may post ONE BALLOT if you are one of these K-12 educator types: * public or private classroom or home-school teacher * other educators (technology and curriculum administrators/coordinators, school site principals & coordinators) * pre-service and in-service teacher educators * curriculum writers * a k-12 classroom (each classroom (minimum: 10 students) is entitled to one ballot, meaning that students must discuss this and reach consensus) * parents of home-schooled children 2. Your vote for each category must be in the form of the URL for that site. See the note at the end of this message regarding "URL's". 3. Vote for three CATEGORIES in two DIVISIONS: CATEGORIES ---------- 1.Gopher servers (URL example: gopher://informns.k12.mn.us:70/11/mn-12/MAYAQUEST) 2.World Wide Web servers (URL example: http://info.cern.ch:80/default.html) 3 .All other services/projects (URL examples: file://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/msdos/graphics/gifkit.zip ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors news:alt.hypertext telnet://dra.com list:majordomo@acme.fred.org/subscribe jason-news DIVISIONS --------- A. SCHOOL CONSTRUCTED SERVICES are Gopher and Web servers and other Internet services which are provided by students and/or their teachers. B. INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES are all other services which are used by K-12 students and their teachers. 4. Criteria for nomination: * DO NOT VOTE for servers which simply point to other servers. * DO VOTE for servers which actually contain GOOD "stuff!" that you or your students actually use. 5. Because your votes will be tabulated automatically, you MUST precede each answer with "#n:", where "n" is the field number as shown below. If you don't use this format your vote cannot be counted. 6. Send your completed ballot to: hotlist@bonita.cerf.fred.org 7. Within three weeks you will receive via email the tabulated results of this survey of your professional peers. THE SURVEY ---------- In order to help us validate the results of this poll, please provide the following information. Be sure each line of your answer starts with "#n:" Your name #1: Your email address #2: Your School, District, & City #3: Put an X after each category which describes this ballot: Teacher #4: Other educator #5: Teacher educator #6: Curriculum writer #7: Classroom (min 10 students) #8: Directions for your votes below: * Enter the URL for your favorite server/service. Sorry... ONLY ONE URL can be counted for each vote. * Division A is for SCHOOL-CONSTRUCTED servers/services.. * Division B is for all other institutional servers/services. * Be sure your answer is preceded with the "#n:" field. If it is not your vote cannot be tabulated. * Send your ballot to: hotlist@bonita.cerf.fred.org CATEGORY 1: GOPHER SERVERS DIVISION A: #10: DIVISION B: #11: CATEGORY 2: WORLD WIDE WEB SERVERS DIVISION A: #12: DIVISION B: #13: CATEGORY 3: ALL OTHER SERVICES/PROJECTS DIVISION A: #14: DIVISION B: #15: What is a URL? -------------- URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator". It is a draft standard for specifying an object on the Internet, such as a file or newsgroup. URLs look like this: (file: and ftp: URLs are synonymous.) * file://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/msdos/graphics/gifkit.zip * ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors * http://info.cern.ch:80/default.html * news:alt.hypertext * telnet://dra.com * gopher://informns.k12.mn.us:70/11/mn-12/MAYAQUEST The first part of the URL, before the colon, specifies the access method. The part of the URL after the colon is interpreted specific to the access method. In general, two slashes after the colon indicate a machine name (machine:port is also valid). When you are told to "check out this URL", what to do next depends on your browser (i.e., Gopher, Mosaic, Lynx, etc.); check the help for your particular browser. Your browser also has a menu option for finding out what the URL is for the server you're currently browsing. Again, check the help for your to find out how to identify the current URL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Semi-Annual Internet Hot-List Awards are sponsored by the Global SchoolNet Foundation. Since 1985 FrEdMail has been a leader in the instructional applications of telecommunications. Today, the Global SchoolNet Foundation (GSN), a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, is a major contributor to the philosophy, design, culture and content of educational networking on the Internet. For more information about our services, send a request for info to: info@acme.fred.org Global SchoolNet Foundation. Linking Kids & Educators Around the World PO Box 243 ? Bonita, CA 91908-0243 fred@acme.fred.org ---------------- 32.39.28N, 117.01.45W Al Rogers, Executive Director Global SchoolNet Foundation PO Box 243, Bonita, CA 91908 619-475-4852 Linking Teachers and Students Around the World From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:27:56 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: Self Check Out (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills Subject: Self Check Out I would like to contact a list of Dynix customers who also are Checkpoint Security customers and are interested in Patron Self-Checkout. Please respond directly to me. Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:29:15 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: 11 new Internet subject guides available from Univ. Michigan SILS (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Lou Rosenfeld Subject: 11 new Internet subject guides available from Univ. Michigan SILS I'm pleased to announce that 11 new subject-oriented Internet resource guides have been created by student specialists at the University of Michigan's School of Information and Library Studies. Like last year, our students have identified and evaluated Internet information resources, and organized them in topical guides in ASCII format. These ASCII guides are now available via the Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides (URL http://http2.sils.umich.edu/~lou/chhome.html). Unlike last year, these guides will also be published in HTML format for World Wide Web use. I will post another announcement with access details when the HTML versions are completed in December. Following is a list of guide titles, authors, and URLs: "Quick Information About Cancer For Patients And Their Families" Gourdji, Judith; Hinton, Susan gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/cancer%3agourhin "Citizen's Guide to Internet Resources on the Rights of Americans" Bachman, David; Pfaff, Michele gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/citizens%3abachpfaff "Cyberpreneur's Guide to the Internet" Schweitzer, Susan; Wilkins, Pamela gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/cyberpren%3aschwilk "Emotional Support: Physical Loss, Chronic Illness, and Bereavement" Juhnke, Joanne; Powell, Christina gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/emotsupport%3ajunpow "Job Search and Employment Opportunities: Best Bets from the Net" Ray, Philip; Taylor, Bradley gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/employment%3araytay "Federal Regulations: Information Resources available via the Internet" Brandt, John; Lagace, Annette gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/fedreg%3alagbran "A Guide to Internet Resources for Non-Profit Public Service Organizations" Nesbeitt, Sarah; Truxall, Richard gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/pubservice%3atruxnes "A Guide to Statistical Computing Resources on the Internet" Varnum, Kenneth; Weise, John gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/statistics%3avarnweise "Student and Budget Travel Resource Guide" Falk, Tatiana; Friedman, Lara gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/travel%3afriedfalk "Guide to Resources for Women's Legal and Public Policy Information on the Internet" Potthoff, Lydia; Turner, Thomas gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/womenlegpol%3aturnpott "Women's Health Resources on the Internet" Lea, Julie; Segal, Tricia gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/womenhealth%3asegalea While these guides are continually under development, we hope you'll find them useful. These were created as part of a course co-taught by myself and Prof. Joe Janes entitled: "Internet Resource Discovery, Organization, and Design" (URL http://http2.sils.umich.edu/~lou/60694.html). Louis Rosenfeld ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. School of Information and Library Studies lou@umich.edu University of Michigan voice (313) 747-3581 403B West Engineering fax (313) 764-2475 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1092 http://http2.sils.umich.edu/~lou/HomePage.html From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:31:06 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: Budget Cuts and the Public (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Byron Holdiman (LIS)" Subject: Budget Cuts and the Public? I am giving a presentation in about three weeks on Budget Cuts and the Public. I have read several different articles on libraries that have had to make changes within their libraries because of budget cuts. Some of these libraries had support from the public in lobbying for the need funds to restore these services. Other libraries have had a fight with the public because the library is being blamed for the drop of services. I am interested in hearing from anybody at a Public Library that is dealing with budget cuts and how these budget cuts have effected the community's image of the library. I would also like some ideas of how libraries and communities are working together to overcome the problems caused by the budget cutting (i.e. volunteering, fund raising, etc.). Thanks for any real life experiences that others can provide for this presentation. This experiences should bring the issues to life for the class. Byron D. Holdiman USF - Student of Library and Information Science Tampa, FL From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:32:42 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: Internet Meeting Offer (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jpolly@nysernet.ORG (Jean Armour Polly) Subject: Internet Meeting Offer Hi, As of today, the 35 spaces for the following offer are not filled. So, the deadline will be extended to November 18, 1994. Feel free to repost this message widely, particularly to your colleagues in San Jose, California! Thanks, Jennifer Sellers ISN Chair ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ sellers@quest.arc.nasa.gov NASA's K-12 Internet Project Sterling Software 700 13th Street, NW phone: 202-434-8954 Suite 950 fax: 202-434-4599 Washington, DC 20005 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 11:45:48 -0500 (EST) From: Jennifer Sellers To: cosndisc@yukon.cren.org Cc: mwalnut@cnri.reston.va.us, jkrey@isi.edu Subject: Re: Teachers at San Jose (fwd) All, In an effort to see more educators at the Internet School Networking (ISN) meetings of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a special offer will be in place for the San Jose, California meeting. We hope that local teachers, librarians, administrators, etc. will be able to attend. I have scheduled the ISN meeting for 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6. The ISN working group is in the User Services Area of the IETF, a place where techies and non-techies alike can feel comfortable! The offer is this: There are 35 openings for complimentary attendance at the 31st Internet Engineering Task Force, Internet School Networking (ISN) Working Group session. The first 35 individuals to complete and return the enclosed registration form by Friday, November 11, will receive complimentary registration to attend the ISN session. Complimentary attendance is extended to those individuals who will only be attending the ISN session. Full payment is expected from anyone wishing to attend other sessions of the IETF. If you wish to attend additional IETF sessions, please send a request to CNRI (see address at the end of this message) and they will send you a standard Registration Form. The cut-off to receive the lower registration fee of US$130.00 is November 4, 1994. After that, registration is US$150.00. Particulars: Event-- Internet School Networking Working Group of the IETF Time-- 4:00-6:00 p.m. Date-- Tuesday, December 6, 1994 Location-- Fairmont Hotel San Jose 170 South Market Street San Jose, CA 95113 Phone: +1 800-527-4727 {fax: +1-408-280-0394} Phone: +1 408-998-1900 Instructions: a. Return a completed registration form to the CNRI address no later than, Friday, November 11th. b. Upon arrival at the IETF Meeting, go to the IETF Registration Desk "PAID" line. Remember this is first come, first served, and only the first 35 applicants will be accepted. Please repost this message as widely as you'd like! Thanks, Jennifer Sellers ISN Chair sellers@quest.arc.nasa.gov REGISTRATION FORM 31st Internet Engineering Task Force - Page 1 of 2 December 5-9, 1994 San Jose, California *** ISN COMP *** Please print or type: Name (Mr/Dr/Ms)__________________________________________________________ Title____________________________________________________________________ Organization_____________________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ City_____________________________State_____________Postal Code___________ Country__________________________________________________________________ Telephone______________________________Fax_______________________________ Email____________________________________________________________________ Registration Forms can be sent via electronic mail, facsimile, or postal mail: Electronic: ietf-rsvp@cnri.reston.va.us Facsimile: +1-703-620-0913 Postal: Corporation for National Research Initiatives Accounting Department - 31st IETF Meeting 1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100 Reston, VA 22091-5434 USA For additional information or assistance, please contact +1-703-620-8990, +1-703-620-0913 (Fax) or ietf-rsvp@cnri.reston.va.us. Direct all inquiries to: 31st IETF Meeting - San Jose, California. ------- End of Forwarded Message From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:33:44 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: JOB POSTING-Technical Services (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "B. Fisher" Subject: JOB POSTING-Technical Services TECHNICAL SERVICES COORDINATOR needed to provide collection support for a very active public library. Over 20,000 titles cataloged and over one million circulations per year, twenty percent of new acquisitions are nonprint. Responsibilities include supervising staff of 7.5; directing acquisitions, serials, cataloging, and collection maintenance functions; serving as head cataloger; providing bibliographic instruction; and assisting with collection management functions. Minimum Qualifications: Masters in library science from an ALA accredited library school, 3yrs. progressively responsible library experience which includes at least one year cataloging in an on- line catalog environment and one year supervisory experience. Salary range: $37,398-$57,595 plus excellent benefits. Apply by December 23, 1994 to: Susan Craig, Director; Iowa City Public Library; 123 S. Linn St; Iowa City, IA; 52240. From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:36:29 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: dial-in reference: questions and issues (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "susan m. jackson" Subject: dial-in reference: questions and issues? Our reference dept. at Monroe county Public Library in Bloomington, In. is planning for or considering dial-in ref. service as part of our bul.board. We would like to hear from other libraries that provide this service. Our ref. dept. has 7 1/2 fte ref. librarians, we answer one question every 2.1 minutes and we have a liberal philosophy. We give city directory info, phone numbers, car prices over the phone and don't restrict service on basis of school assignments, trivia contests, etc. now as we consider dial in ref. we are concerned about staffing and providing a good turn around time. We would like to hear from you on about the following questions. 1. What is the turn around time you offer and do you achieve this, usually? 2. How often do you check for new questions? do you batch and do it once a day or what? 3. Is online ref. done by your regular ref dept. as just another means of delivery? 4. About how many hours a day do you need to spend on this, on the average? 5. about how many questions do you get in a day or a week? 6. What kinds of questions do you get and do you have any restrictions or parameters on the service? 7. What kinds of problems do you encounter from the lack of a ref. interview? We would like to hear from you about any of these questions and any other experiences or comments about dial in reference. Thanks, Susan Jackson From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:37:41 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: Fwd: Teleconference Series Info (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: BrettA1527@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Teleconference Series Info --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Teleconference Series Info Date: 94-11-10 16:06:01 EST From: BrettA1527 To: ARCHIVES@miamiu ************ SOARING TO EXCELLENCE ************** A Teleconference Series for Library Assistants The "Soaring to Excellence" teleconference series, produced by College of Dupage, is focused on the specific requirements of library assistants in all types of environments. The teleconferences will be of vital interest to library workers from small and large, urban and rural, public, school, and academic libraries. The topics will specifically address issues that affect the library assistant in today's library. Participation in the conferences will promote the viewer's growth as a contributing partner in the library. All of the Soaring to Excellence teleconferences will provide viewers with at least three specific skills or strategies that may be applied by library assistants. For detailed information about becoming a part of these teleconferences, please call us at (708) 738-3583 or leave a message at our toll-free number 1-800-3LINKUP. We look forward to your participation! From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:38:45 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: MetroSearch (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: RICK@library.maricopa.gov Subject: MetroSearch? Our Library is looking at purchasing _MetroSearch_, and would like to hear from Libraries that are have this product. 1. Do patrons like it? 2. Is information accurate/current? 3. If you have/had _PhoneFiche_ did you discontinue after buying _MS_. Send replies to Rick@library.maricopa.gov Thanks in advance for any input. From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:39:36 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: Comercial Internet Providers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: San Mateo County Library Subject: Re: Comercial Internet Providers On Wed, 9 Nov 1994, Kay Tavill wrote: > I am interested in any strong feelings people may have about specific > commercial internet providers. Please respond to me directly at > Kay.Tavill@ala.org I am interested in the positive and negative > experiences with the provider including online support/technical > assistance, "down time," comments on pricing structure or other > experiences. Thank you in advance. Kay Tavill, Assitant Director, > Chapter Relations. > > Kay, I've recently signed up with Netcom and their software NetCruiser (version 1.5). Although I have tried it a bare handful of times, so far I have not been impressed. Example: I tried to add an Internet address to my NetCruiser e-mail phone book. Instead of success, I got an error message: Error 5/92: Subscript out of range and then when I tried to choose the continue option in a dialog box, was unceremoniously dumped back to DOS. Netcom's tech support response was that I probably had entered a not allowed character when trying to add an internet address. That seems to me a palid response. That error message is one programmers (me included) frequently get, and is usually easily taken care of. Programmers can easily figure a way to make a program warn when not allowed keys are pushed, without terminating the program. I tried calling their tech support voice phone---ring-ring-ring until I hung up, disgusted. I'm considering cancelling my subscription with Netcom. Jay Smith San Mateo County Library From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:44:04 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: Orlando Public Library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Byron Holdiman (LIS)" Subject: Orlando Public Library? I have heard and read about some budget problems in the Orlando Public Library. Does anyone know if the admistration of the library is connected to the internet and are able to receive and send e-mail? I would like to interview them about the problems of the budget, how their came to their solution, the reaction of the people in the community to the solution, and how outside sources were brought in because of the communities reaction. Thanks to anyone that can provide information on contacting the Orlando Public Library (Florida). Byron D. Holdiman USF - Student of Library and Information Science Tampa, FL From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 10 22:44:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:03 2005 Subject: dial in reference service:questions and issues (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "susan m. jackson" Subject: dial in reference service:questions and issues sorry, I sent a request for comments on dial in reference service from Monroe county Public Library and did not give my address. You can send comments to me direct to my address: sjackson@ucs.indiana.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 13 22:48:06 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:04 2005 Subject: Hunt Hiatus... (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: Hunt Hiatus... >Date: Sun, 13 Nov 1994 02:27:50 -0500 >Reply-To: Internet Hunt >Sender: Internet Hunt >From: Rick Gates >Subject: Hunt Hiatus... >X-To: pacs-l@uhupvm1.uh.edu, nettrain@ubvm.BITNET, bi-l@bingvmb.BITNET, > cwis-l@wuvmd.BITNET, libref-l@kentvm.BITNET, edtech@msu.edu, > stumpers-list@crf.cuis.edu, kidsnet@vms.cis.pitt.edu, > net-happenings@is.internic.net, hunt-l@ARIZVM1.ccit.arizona.edu, > lis-l@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu, slaite-l@babson.edu, game_club@netcom.com >To: Multiple recipients of list HUNT-L > >Greetings Oh Hardy, Heroic Hangliders on the Haphazard Hunt Highway! > >Some of you have noticed that there is no Hunt for November. Still >others have noticed (much to my chagrin), the tardiness of the Hunt >Results. > >Well, we Hunstigators here at Hunt Central have come to the concluson >that we could use a couple of months off to: > >* Get caught up >* Generate some new Hunt ideas >* Re-arrange the way we do the Hunt > >...in short, we're trying to evolve the Hunt. > >The Nets are a dynamic, explosive, amorphous kind of place. In this >type of climate, it can be tough to answer the question, "Is it >stable, or stagnant?" In many respects, the Hunt mirrors the >Nets... look back at the types of resources and tools used in the >older Hunts. So if we are to avoid stagnancy, and continue to reflect >the energy and dynamism of the Nets, it's time for a change. > >In the next two months we'll be putting our collective, virtual heads >together to try to come up with some ways to continue to serve the >Nets, provide for free, example based training, give ourselves >something interesting to work on, and (hopefully), have and generate a >lot of fun! > >So please bear with us during our Hunt Hiatus, and look for us again >in January. > >Cheers! > >-------------------------------------------------------------- >Rick Gates rgates@locust.cic.net >Director of Development >Net Assets Fax and Voice: (602) 318-3609 >5332 E. Waverly St. >Tucson, AZ 85712 > >Hunting for Hunt files? Simply finger rgates@locust.cic.net > > ============================================================================== Karen G. Schneider Blue Highways Internet Services Serving New Jersey email kgs@intac.com URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ == From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 13 22:52:09 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:04 2005 Subject: Free speech and personal conflicts (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: Free speech and personal conflicts I am not trying to argue one way or the other; I just want to say that I feel very conflicted about these freedom-of-speech issues. Censorship makes me very uncomfortable... but so does using libraries as conduits for material I find offensive. So it's very tough. I might want to ban porn (which I personally feel does more harm than good) but I don't want anyone banning materials *I* feel are appropriate. That leaves me at a stalemate. It's also true that one person's porn is another person's standard material. I went into my favorite Blockbuster a couple of weeks ago and noticed that Claire of the Moon was rated NC17. I have seen this movie, and it isn't any racier than most of the (unrated) movies available at Blockbuster, but it is a *lesbian* love story, so it suddenly becomes "explicit" material that kids shouldn't be exposed to. If I join the anti-porn camp, sooner or later I will find that something I consider acceptable is labeled as porn. If I join the freedom camp, sooner or later I will find that my taxes are funding disk space and human resources to provide access to materials I consider grossly offensive and even harmful and exploitative. (Even now, just reading the titles of the newsgroups convinces me that the parallel with Ulysses isn't appropriate.) It was easier when we controlled what people read; we might claim we provided access to everything, but we didn't bring Hustler to the children's room, and we didn't put snuff movies in the video display. We could always point to our budget and our collection policies... we can only afford to buy so much, etc. Now we have come face to face with the anomalies in the syllogism on which our paradigm is founded. It appears to me we have the unpleasant choice of being thought police or being transparent conduits. I don't like either role; are there new models to explore? I wish I had the glimmer of an answer, because I think this is *the* stumper of the fin de siecle... sign me... Confused in Wayne, New Jersey, USA... ============================================================================== Karen G. Schneider Blue Highways Internet Services Serving New Jersey email kgs@intac.com URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ == From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 13 22:54:13 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:04 2005 Subject: First Step Award (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: mai@psulias.psu.edu (Mary Ann Itoga) Subject: First Step Award This is being cross-posted to a number of lists. Please excuse the duplication. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALLING ALL NEW SERIAL LIBRARIANS AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN SERIALS WORK! The FIRST STEP Award, sponsored by the Serials Section of the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) and underwritten by John Wiley & Co., is open for nominations for the coming year. THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS IS JANUARY 15, 1995. The award is a professional development grant - the purpose is to provide librarians new to the serials field an opportunity to broaden their perspective and to encourage professional development in ALA conferences and participation in the Serials Section of ALCTS. REQUIREMENTS: Any ALA member with five or fewer years experience in the serials field, who has not previously attended an ALA Annual Conference is eligible. A $1,500 grant donated by Wiley is applicable toward round trip transportation, lodging, and registration fees. NOMINATION PROCEDURE: Applicants should submit a current resume, cover letter and two written references to: Eleanor Cook Chair, First Step Award Committee Appalachian State University Serials Dept. Belk Library Boone, NC 27608 Fax: 704-262-3001 Voice: 704-262-2786 Email: cookei@appstate.edu FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT ELEANOR OR CALL ALCTS AT 1-800-545-2433 ext.5034 NOTE! ALL REFERENCES AND PAPERWORK MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED - APPLICANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMING THEIR REFERENCES OF THIS CONDITION. THANKS. From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 13 22:55:27 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:04 2005 Subject: TQM and Libraries, an offer. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: carolyn@infi.net (Carolyn Caywood) Subject: Re: TQM and Libraries, an offer. Sorry to clutter the list, but the address I saw didn't look workable. Is a dendrogram the same as a fishbone chart? Sort of like this: / / / / ---------------- \ \ \ \ I am interested in your project. Please add an Internet address! Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % FAX:804-464-6741 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 804-460-7519 > The process uses a matrix, where people scale the effects of the > problem, which then produces a dendrogram. The dendrogram is just a graph > of clustered elements. But it groups similuar parts of the problem > together, so you can see where to put your resourses for the best effect. > > Thank you for your time, > Cheers > Tony Nolan, > Research Assistant > University of Technology, Sydney > Australia. > > > From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 13 22:57:19 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:04 2005 Subject: FAXing for $$ summary (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: carolyn@infi.net (Carolyn Caywood) Subject: FAXing for $$ summary Summary of 5 responses to FAXing for $$$ 1.Charges varied a lot and were often lower for receiving than sending. Some required the customer to cover long distance charges with a credit card or billing to home phone while others built the cost of the call into the fee. The lowest charge for a single page, sent or received, was $1.00, the highest was $3.00 to send. Willingness to FAX out of the country varied. 2.The volume of FAXes seemed low, though most libraries did not promote the service. Business and home FAX machines may have become so common that this would only be a service to those who rarely need FAX. No one mentioned email as an alternative to FAX, but I have certainly used it that way. 3.Staff time was compared to that of assisting customers with the photocopiers, though this means getting good equipment that needs little intervention. Other issues taking staff time are trying to reach recipient of incoming FAXes and paper work to charge customers. There was a caution about customers giving out the library FAX number as their own. It does not appear that FAX offers a way to generate a lot of revenue anymore. It may, however, offer enough to assist in justifying an equipment upgrade. Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % FAX:804-464-6741 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 804-460-7519 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 13 22:58:31 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:04 2005 Subject: types of reference questions answered.. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Frank Clover Subject: Re: types of reference questions answered.. We stopped giving out information from our Polk's city directory or cross-reference directory over the telephone over five years ago. The rationale was that the majority of the callers requesting crisscross information were bill collectors or skip tracers calling from out of state for nearbys (names and phone numbers of neighbors) and answering their requests interfered with our efforts to provide telephone reference to patrons who live in our county and support the library through property taxes. ----------------------------------------------- Frank Clover Cumberland County Public Library | Fax: (910) 483-8644 Fayetteville, North Carolina | Vox: (910) 483-7878 ccpl-fc@ecsvax.uncecs.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sink the Clipper Chip! _______________________________ (The opinions expressed above are not necessarily those of CCPL) From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 13 22:59:56 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:04 2005 Subject: Public Library Marketing Plan (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Pat Peterson Subject: Public Library Marketing Plan? I am interested in seeing any formal marketing plans done by public libraries. I would also like to know by what kind of process the plan was done. Any help would be appreciated. From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 15 23:21:34 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:05 2005 Subject: types of reference questions answered.. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Leila Shapiro Subject: Re: types of reference questions answered.. I was also very taken with the way Susan characterized the questions they answer. Our philosophy in our 21-library system is the same. After all, it is not up to us to know why people are asking the questions, although of course, often they tell us. I had a child call last week, asking for the locations of certain cities in ancient Egypt. It was obviously a homework question. Was I supposed to penalize him for not looking it up himself? Was he a latchkey kid? Did he have books in his home? Someone to take him to the library? Am I supposed to vet him before answering questions? How does his question differ from the question about a physician's background and qualifications? I know, I know this is part of his learning experience but that's between him and his teachers and parents. I can at least let him know there are adults out there willing and able to give him a leg up when he needs it. Our basic tenet is-bring us your questions and we will do our best to give you accurate answers. Yes, there are some trivia and crossword puzzle questions on occasion but really, there are few and they do not clog up the works. On Sat, 12 Nov 1994, Cynthia Cantrell wrote: > Susan Jackson sent in a message about dial-in reference service and in > her message she brought up a thought that I would like to hear from other > libraries about. She states that they have a "liberal" reference > philosophy and will answer trivia questions, give car prices, help with > homework assignments, etc. I am wondering what restrictions other > libraries put on the types of reference questions they will answer (if > any) and how they explain this to their patrons. I have heard some > discussion on this topic but would like to hear from others on this list. > Any thoughts? > > Cynthia J. Cantrell Internet: ccantrel@services.dese.state.mo.us > Kinderhook Regional Library Phone: (417)532-2148 > Lebanon, MO Fax: (417)532-7424 > > > > > Leila Shapiro Bethesda Regional Library Montgomery County Department of Public Libraries PHONE: 301-986-4302 FAX: 301-986-4309 lshapiro@cap.gwu.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 15 23:44:29 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:05 2005 Subject: CENSORSHIP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Randy W Dykhuis" Subject: Re: CENSORSHIP > engines for research that we have ever seen. On the other hand, there > are people out there in cyberland who are clearly demented. How do we > deal with the situation of having Johnny come home one day with a > printout of alt.sex.bestiality, or the instructions for making a pipe > bomb. That day is in all our futures somewhere. It happens already. But not with electronic access, with books & other printed materials. Want pipe bombs (or how to get high): You don't need the Internet to do it--just get hold of _The Anarchist's Cookbook_. Stories of incest, bestiality, murder and assorted other high crime & misdemeanors already exist in every public library I've been in. So what's the big deal about getting it from a computer terminal? Demented people live in every urban, suburban, and rural area of this country, and it is frequently a tactic of censors & would-be censors to appeal to a community's sense of "decency" when trying to remove materials from libraries. > But I also don't want to be the one to explain to his parents how he > got access to some of the material that he can browse through on the > Internet. How do you defend the right to read the controversial things already found in libraries? The principles are the same whether it is electronic, printed, or mind to machine link. RD From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:05:14 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Donna Riegel" Subject: POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT LIBRARIAN I (M.L.S. required) Description of Duties: This is professional library work involving responsibility for various professional and technical services in the public library system requiring knowledge of library principles, practices, and techniques. Work involves performing such duties as: selecting, cataloging, and classifying materials; providing bibliographic, advisory, and reference services; and assembling related materials on special subjects. Position incumbents plan, develop, and conduct children's and adult group sessions. Work also includes supervising clerical and technical personnel in any one of the major library units. Performs related work as required. Qualification Requirements: Master's Degree in Library Science from a college or university accredited by the American Library Association. Special Note: A Master's Degree in Library Science is required. Applicants supplying a copy of their Master's Degree in Library Science or a transcript evidencing the completion of at least 26 semester hours or equivalent towards their Master's Degree in Library Science will have extra points added to their qualifying score. Copies MUST be included at the time of application. A WRITTEN TEST IS REQUIRED. Salary Range - $21,839 - $33,896 per year Closing Date: December 2, 1994 Application must be made on the County's official application Form BC-100. Resumes may be attached. Applications may be requested by writing to: Personnel Center, 115 S. Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale FL 33301, or by calling (305)-357-6444.Donna Riegel riegeld@seflin.lib.fl.us driegel@mail.bcl.lib.fl.us "I'd get a lot more done on the Internet, if it wasn't for work!" From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:06:02 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: COMPUTER POLICIES (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: MCDONNELL_EILEEN@csi.carl.org Subject: COMPUTER POLICIES On Oct 27, Annette Gernatt asked about problems that have arisen with general public use of PC's in the library. Our library (Edmonds branch of Sno-Isle Regional Library System, Washington state) has had a PC open for public use for about two years. I checked with the person who administers it; she had these comments: "The problems we encounter tend to be where someone with a better knowledge of individual programs the system has and/or PC in general would be able to quickly fix or eliminate. We also are not getting "support" from [system's computer services unit] that we could really use. Having so many users (most of which don't know what they're doing) adds to the confusion. Limiting available software to the basics I think would help. PC is popular enough that I sometimes wish we had two, but then that would 'double' our trouble. Patrons who think they are 'helping' us by changing thims inevitably create other problems too." In the meantime, a work group is hammering out a set of policies for our whole library system. This document is not yet ready for release. exit Q From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:06:47 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: LITA/Queens Borough PL Internet Training (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Rob Carlson Subject: LITA/Queens Borough PL Internet Training Please re-post as you see fit... It's not too late to sign up for either or both of these worshops! LITA and Queens Borough Public Library Sponsor Internet Workshops The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association, has teamed up with the Queens Borough Public Library to sponsor two day-long Internet workshops in the New York City area. They will take place Friday and Saturday, December 2 and 3, 1994, at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel in Flushing, NY. "Internet 101" will be held on Friday, December 2. Michael Gold, President of BeezelLink, an Internet training and consulting firm, will discuss and demonstrate basic Internet concepts and functions such as electronic mail, discussion groups, file transfers, and remote logins, as well as demonstrate Internet search and navigation tools such as VERONICA, JUGHEAD, gopher, WorldWideWeb and Mosaic. Gold will also discuss how to keep current on Internet topics and how to cope with information overload. "Internet 101: Business Resources" will be held on Saturday, December 3. Gold will again present basic concepts and functions, but will also discuss and demonstrate business resources available via the Internet, as well as ways corporate users can conduct business over the Internet. "Internet 101" is intended primarily for librarians and other information professionals. "Internet 101: Business Resources" is open to the public, and should appeal to both users and providers of business information. Fees for either session are: LITA Members: $115; ALA Members: $150; Non-Members: $195.00. To register by phone using a credit card, call 800/545-2433, ext. 4269. For further information, contact Rob Carlson, LITA Deputy Executive Director, at 800/545-2433, ext. 4268 or via e- mail at rob.carlson@ala.org (U56651@ala.org). From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:07:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: CENSORSHIP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: CASKEY@midyork.lib.ny.us Subject: RE: CENSORSHIP I would agree with Karen and Jurgen that this is a real dilemma for the reasons that Karen has out forth. I don't have a good answer, but I agree that this is the issue that should dominate our thinking until we have some answers. I try to equate the medium with how we handle books. For instance, if we have the Anarchist's Cookbook on the shelf, available for anyone to borrow, how does this differ from providing access to electronic resources, some of which will be offensive to some and downright dangerous to others? They can close the book if they are offended; they can turn off the TV if a video offends; so they can turn off the internet if it offends. Is it really different? It is in the sense that when we offer the internet to customers they are getting everything there is with no collection development applied either by a knowledgeable professional or a limiting materials budget. We do not approve of or sanction or carefully select anything in this medium. Can we? Should we? I think that having gopher with carefully chosen items on it would be of much use to the customers. It would be much less confusing to use because it is menued and you could have the best and most useful items listed to help insure a successful session for each customer. This would provide that collection development aspect. There are really at least 2 issues here. 1 is access to the various databases There are really at least 2 issues here. 1 is access to the various databases available and the other is access to listserves and chat services. It might be a good idea to start with the former since the latter is not only problematic in the content area but also considering whether the library can offer e-mail and disk space for listserv participation. There is certainly a lot to consider. I don't want to censor material but neither do I want to abdicate my responsibility to provide information to the public that is accurate, up to date, useful to the public. Some decision-making is necessary. But how? Mary Lou Caskey, Mid-York Library System, Utica, NY Caskey@midyork.lib.ny.us My views are my own, not necessarily those of the Mid-York Library system. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:12:06 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: types of reference questions answered.. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Inglewood Public Library Subject: Re: types of reference questions answered.. The only question that we will not answer on the phone is for criss-cross information. We offered this service up to about two years ago, when a commercial service was established. I won't go into the problems with offering that service :) If anyone is considering implementing telephone criss-cross I will be *delighted* to dissuade you! We will look up basic car prices in the _Kelley Blue Book_, but not usually additions/subtractions for mileage and options. Other than that -- if a question is too complicated to do on the phone, we ask the person to come in. Sue Kamm Inglewood Public Library 101 West Manchester Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90301 voice: 310/412-5613 fax: 310/412-8848 e-mail: inglewod@class.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:13:30 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: The Virtual Conf on Universal Access 1/3 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jpolly@nysernet.ORG (Jean Armour Polly) Subject: The Virtual Conf on Universal Access 1/3 NTIA VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE AND OPEN ACCESS HOW TO PARTICIPATE DURING THE WEEK OF THE CONFERENCE The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Universal Service Working Group of the Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF) will host an electronic, Virtual Conference during the week of November 14-18, 1994. Participation requires access to a computer with a modem or with Internet access (if you do not have access to a computer, please see the below section concerning Public Access Points). Topics to be discussed are: Redefining Universal Service and Open Access (Listserv Topic Name: redefus) Affordability and Availability (Listserv Topic Name: avail) Intellectual Property (Listserv Topic Name: intellec) Privacy (Listserv Topic Name: privacy) Interoperability Standards (Listserv Topic Name: standard) Universal Service/Open Access for Individuals with Disabilities (Listserv Topic Name: opnacces) Internet Access: You can access the conference in a variety of ways. You may both read and post messages via email, netnews, and www, and read messages only via gopher and wais. GOPHER: Point your Gopher browser to gopher-virtconf.ntia.doc.gov to reach the top-level gopher menu for the conference. WWW/MOSAIC: Point your WWW browser to http://www-virtconf.ntia.doc.gov to reach the WWW HomePage for the conference. There will be information there on how to post messages to the conference for those without email accounts. Posting messages will require a forms-compatible WWW browser. EMAIL: In order to subscribe to one or more of the above Listserv Topic Names, send an e-mail message to listserv@virtconf.ntia.doc.gov with the following message: subscribe topic In this case, "topic" is one of the above Listserv Topic Names, and "your name," which should appear without the brackets, is your name as it appears when you send email to someone. For more detailed assistance, you may send a message containing only the line "help" to listserv@virtconf.ntia.doc.gov, or consult any novice Internet guide on using LISTSERVs. Once subscribed to a particular Listserv Topic Name, you will begin to receive all messages posted on that topic discussion. You can reply to incoming messages or post comments to that topic discussion by sending email to: topic@virtconf.ntia.doc.gov (again, "topic" is one of the above Listserv Topic Names). Your comments also will be broadcast to all subscribers of that particular topic discussion. Note that you will not receive discussion that predates your subscription. If you wish to read discussion from before your subscription, you can use the LISTSERV archive facility to get "back issues" sent to you. Instructions are available by sending a message containing only the line "help" to listserv@virtconf.ntia.doc.gov. Or you may access previous discussion via the WWW or Gopher archives as detailed above. [NOTE: if your mailer cannot reach virtconf.ntia.doc.gov, ask your admin if the mailer supports MX Records. If it does not, send mail to no-mx@virtconf.digex.net for assistance. Most mailers DO support them.] NETNEWS/USENET: You may access the conference through the following USENET newsgroups. All discussion on the newsgroup is automatically echoed on the mailing lists, and vice versa. You will see the same information via email or via netnews. alt.ntia.avail alt.ntia.redefus alt.ntia.intellec alt.ntia.standard alt.ntia.privacy alt.ntia.opnacces MODEM/DIALUP: Dial up access by modem is available at (202) 482-1199. Modem communications parameters should be set at no parity, 8 data bits, and one stop (N,8,1). Modem speeds up to 14.4 baud rate are supported. After entering your name at the prompt, a menu of options will be displayed that will allow you to participate in the conference by reading and posting comments. PUBLIC ACCESS POINT: If you do not have access to a computer, you may be able to participate in the conference through one of the many Public Access Points (PAPs) across the country. For further information, including a list of these sites, please call Paige Darden at 202/482-1551. To receive a list of Public Access Points via email, send a message to public-access@virtconf.ntia.doc.gov and a list will be automatically sent to the address from which you emailed the message. Questions For questions or comments concerning these instructions, please contact Charles Franz at 202/482-1835 (phone) or cfranz@ntia.doc.gov (e-mail); or Mary Lou Polk at 202/482-3055 (phone) or mpolk@ntia.doc.gov (e-mail). NTIA Virtual Conference Topics NTIA Virtual Conference Moderators NTIA Sponsors Press Release (November 10, 1994) NTIA Virtual Conference webmaster@virtconf.ntia.doc.gov VirtualNet Consulting 20636 Crawford Drive Sunnyvale CA 94087-1301 408-733-UNIX  From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:14:15 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: Virtual Conference Sites List 2/3 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jpolly@nysernet.ORG (Jean Armour Polly) Subject: Virtual Conference Sites List 2/3 Please note several are LIBRARIES! If you are from those sites please give us a report next week! NTIA VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE AND OPEN ACCESS LIST OF PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS (as of 11/11/94 organized by state) ALASKA Division of Computing & Communications Elmer E. Rasmuson Library University of Alaska P.O. Box 756800 =46airbanks, AK 99775 Contact: Brenda Knavel Phone: 907/474=A96800 KFSK=A9FM P.O. Box 149 Petersburg, AK 99833 Contact: Matt Holmes Phone: 907/772=A93808 W. R. Theuer, Co. 4321 Gannett Circle Anchorage, AK 99504 Contact: William Theuer Phone: (907) 333=A96323 ARKANSAS Arkansas Commission on National Service Arkansas Division of Volunteerism Department of Human Services 103 East 7th Street, Suite 1300 Little Rock, AR 72203 Contact: Alice Shands Phone: 501/682=A97540 ARIZONA Arizona Educational & Informational Telecommunications Cooperative P.O. Box 34996 Phoenix, AZ 85067=A94996 Contact: Janelle E. O'Dell Phone: (602) 542=A92380 Brown & Brain, P.A. P.O. Box 2265 Tucson, AZ 85702 Contact: Michael F. McNulty Phone: (602) 798=A97900 Collaboratory Phoenix College 1202 W. Thomas 'Phoenix, AZ 85013 Contact: Jim Walters Phone: 602=A9285=A97445 KAET and ASU Information Technology Arizona State University Box 871405 Tempe, AZ 85287 Contact: Joe Manning Phone: 602/965=A91405 CALIFORNIA Certified Sign Language Interpreting of San Diego P.O. Box 17479 San Diego, CA 91277=A97479 Contact: Arthur Chapman=A9Smith Phone: (619) 272=A97254 CityLink/Bridge Main Library, Automation Services 200 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Contact: Sybil Boutilier Phone: 415/334=A99333 Department of Political Science California State University, Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90840=A94605 Contact: Linda Wohlman Phone: (310) 985=A94704 Institute for Global Communications 18 de Boom Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Contact: Geoff Sears Phone: 415/442=A90220 Los Angeles Public Library Science, Technology & Patents Dept. 630 West Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 Contact: Jacqelen Ruben Phone: 213/228=A97213 National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture 655 =A9 13th Street Suite 201 Oakland, CA 94612 Contact: Norman Jayo Phone: 510/451=A92717 '=99Tahoe Truckee Community Network Box 10150 Truckee, CA 96162 Contact: Jonathan Sass Phone: (916) 587=A91128 SFSUNet 1600 Holloway Avenue San Fransico, CA 94132 Contact: Mary Hudson Phone: 415/338=A93107 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CapAccess 2002 G Street, N.W. B=A91 Washington, D.C. 20052 Contact: Taylor Walsh Phone: 202/994=A94245 Corporation for Public Broadcasting 901 E Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 Contact: Michael Strait Phone: 202/879=A99649 Interactive Television Association 1030 15th Street, N.W. Suite 1053 Washington, D.C. 20005 Contact: Yasha Manuel Harari Phone: 202/408=A90008 Library of Congress Serial & Government Publications Madison Building Room 133 Washington, D.C. 20540 Contact: Virginia Sorkin Phone: 202/707=A99589 SOUNDPRINT Media Center 4000 Brandywine Street, N.W Suite 620 Washington, DC 20016 Contact: Beth Lewand Phone: 202=A9885=A91285 DELAWARE Catalyst Project,Inc. PO Box 30050 Wilmington, DE 19805 Contact: Tim Gibbs Phone: 302=A9427=A92400 IDAHO Idaho Public Television 1455 N. Orchard Boise, ID 83706 Contact: Robert Pyle Phone: 208/373=A97220 ILLINOIS Chicago=A9Kent College of Law 565 W. Adams Chicago, IL 60647 Contact: Eduardo M. Seput Phone: (312) 906=A95662 PrairieNet =46reeNet of East=A9Central Illinois 501 E. Daniel Room 15 Champaign, IL 61820 Contact: Duke Sexton Phone: 217/244=A91962 Quincy University 1800 College Avenue Quincy, IL 62301 Contact: Scott Nauer Phone: 217/228=A95250 TriState Public Teleplex, Inc. 405 Carpenter Street Evansville, IL 47708 Contact: Herb Wilburn Phone: 812/423=A92973 MASSACHUSETTS Boston Computer Society 101 First Avenue, Suite 2 Waltham, MA 02154 Contact: Marlene Archer Phone: 617/290=A95700 x3312 Boston Neighborhood Network Television 8 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116 Contact: Hubert Jessup Phone: 617/720=A92113 x11 Cambridge Public Library 449 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02138 Contact: Elizabeth Dickinson Phone: 617/349=A94046 Computer Museum The Computer Clubhouse 300 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210 Contact: Sam Christy Phone: 617/426=A92800 x347 =46reedom House, Inc. 14 Crawford Street Boston, MA 02121 Contact: Michael Roberts Phone: 617/445=A93700 M.I.T. Community Fellows Program 77 Mass. Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 Contact: MH King Phone: 617=A9253=A93287 Northeast Document Conservation Center 100 Brickstone Square Andover, MA 01810 Contact: Karen Motylewski Phone: 508=A9470=A91010 Somerville Community Computing Center 167 Holland Street Somerville, MA 02144 Contact: Kate Snow Phone: 617/625=A91335 MARYLAND DHHS/NIH/NIDDK/OAST Building 31, Room 9A22 31 Center DR MSC 2560 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892=A92560 Contact: Anne Robertson Phone: (301) 496=A96693 National Health Information Center 5640 Nicholson Lane, #219 Rockville, MD 20852 Contact: Andrew Lefton Phone: 301=A9468=A91273 National Hispanic Council on Aging 1913 Alabaster Drive Silver Spring, MD 20904 Contact: Marta Sotomayor Phone: 202=A92651288 MICHIGAN WFUM=A9TV The University of Michigan=A9Flint =46lint, MI 48502 Contact: Ray Miller Phone: 810/762=A93028 MINNESOTA CoNet Consortium at Minnesota Riverland Technical College 1900 8th Avenue Northwest Austin, MN 55912 Contact: Chandler Harrison Stevens Phone: (507) 433=A90364 Intergovernmental Information Systems Advisory Council 658 Cedar St. Centennial Office Building #320 St. Paul, MN 55155 Contact: Jim Krautkremer Phone: (612) 297=A95530 Minneapolis Telecommunications Network 125 SE Main Street Minneapolis, MN 55414 Contact: Tamara Blaschko Phone: 612/331=A98575 MISSOURI Central Institute for the Deaf 818 S. Euclid St. Louis, MO 63110 Contact: James D. Miller Phone: 314/977=A90030 NORTH CAROLINA NC Client & Community Development Center 224 S. Dawson St. Raleigh, NC 27601 Contact: Terry Grunwald Phone: 919/856=A92176 NORTH DAKOTA Minot State University 500 University Ave. West Minot, ND 58707 Contact: Bob Larson Phone: (701) 857=A93186 NEW MEXICO Computer Research & Applications Group Los Alamos National Laboratory Mail Stop B265 LANL Los Alamos, NM 87545 Contact: Bonnie Yantis Phone: 505/667=A97028 Gallup High School 680 S. Boardman Gallup, NM 87301 Contact: Mary Ann Allen Phone: 505/863=A93821 x.242 NEW YORK National Assn of Gov't Archives & Records Administrators 48 Howard Street Albany, NY 12207 Contact: Bruce Dearstyne Phone: 518/463=A98644 NYSERNet, Inc. 200 Elwood David Road Suite 103 Liverpool, NY 13088=A96147 Contact: Jean Armour Polly Phone: 315/453=A92912 x224 School of International and Public Affairs Columbia University 420 W. 118th. St. IAB Rm. 1311 New York, NY 10027 Contact: Kathleen Molz Phone: 212=A9854=A94787 OHIO Cleveland Electronic Commerce Resource Center 2415 Woodland Ave. Cleveland, OH 44115 Contact: Tim Savaglio Phone: 216=A9987=A93224 Kent Information Services 227 E. Main Kent, OH 44240 Contact: John Graves Phone: 216=A9673=A91300 National Public Telecomputing Network 30680 Bainbridge Road Suite 100=A9B Solon, OH 44139 Contact: Peter F. Harter Phone: 216/498=A94050 National Public Telecomputing Network 34555 Moreland Hills Moreland Hills, OH 44022 Contact: Dennis Hoops Phone: (216) 247=A95800 The State Library of Ohio 65 S. Front Street Columbus, OH 43215=A94163 Contact: Michael Lucas Phone: 614=A9644=A96853 OKLAHOMA Southwestern Oklahoma State University 809 N. Custer Weatherford, OK 73096 Contact: Beverly Jones Phone: 405/774=A97081 OREGON City of Bandon, Coos County, Oregon P.O. Box 67 Brandon, OR 97411 Contact: William P. Russell Phone: 503/347=A93683 Lumberyard BBS Community Network Oregon Coast Rural Information Service Cooperative P. O. Box 479 Yachats, OR 97498=A90479 Contact: Mark C. Nasstrom Phone: (503) 547=A93016 Oregon Public Networking Eugene Free Community Network P.O. Box 1914 Eugene, OR 97440 Contact: Len Hockley Phone: 503/484=A97331 Oregon State University Internet Science Dept. Corvallis, OR 97331 Contact: John Sechrest Phone: 503/737=A93273 PENNSYLVANIA Bucks County Free Library 150 South Pine Street Doylestown, PA 18901 Contact: Christina Snyder Phone: 215/348=A90332 The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Contact: Virginia Correa Phone: 412/622=A91945 Town of Bloomsburg Town Hall 301 East Main Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815 Contact: Gerald E. Depo Phone: 717/784=A97703 WVIA FM 70 Old Boston Road Pittston, PA 18640 Contact: Anne Ferrugio Phone: 717/655=A92808 TEXAS American Training Standards Institute Applied Science Center 310 W. Jefferson Waxahachie, TX 75165 Contact: Michael Brown Phone: 214/932=A91663 Texas Women's University 2815 North Bell Denton, TX 76201 Contact: Bobbie Ferrell Phone: 817/898=A93284 VIRGINIA BBN, Inc. 1300 N 17th St., Suite 1200 Arlington, VA 22209 Contact: LeeAnn Parkinson Phone: 703/284=A94750 Black Data Processing Associates 1004 Kings Court Herndon, VA 22070=A93410 Contact: Jimm Middleton Phone: (202) 752=A92149 Montgomery=A9Floyd Regional Library 125 Sheltman St. Christiansburg, VA 24073 Contact: Steven P. Helm Phone: (703) 381=A96824 WHRO=A9TV 5200 Hampton Boulevard Norfolk, VA 23508 Contact: Brian Callahan Phone: 804/489=A99476 WASHINGTON Eastern Washington University School of Social Work MS=A919 Eastern Washington University Cheney , WA 99004 Contact: Lynne Clemmons=A9Morris, PHD Phone: 509=A9359=A96474 Seattle Public library 1000 4th Avenue. Seattle, WA 98104=A91193 Contact: Jim Taylor Phone: 206/386=A94169 WISCONSIN Medical College of Wisconsin MCW Libraries 8701 Watertown Plank Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53226 Contact: Rick Henning Phone: 414=A9456=A94290 INTERNATIONAL Northern Lights College & Ft. Nelson Public Library P.O. Box 860 =46t. Nelson, B.C. V0C 1R0 Contact: Ron Smallwood Phone: 604/774=A92741 V.I.P. FreeNet WTJX-TV Virgin Islands Public Television Box 1042 Barbel Plaza St. Thomas, VI 00804 Contact: Steven Pitzl Phone: 809/774=A96255 =05 From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:16:34 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: Virtual Conference- Moderators 3/3 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jpolly@nysernet.ORG (Jean Armour Polly) Subject: Virtual Conference- Moderators 3/3 Here's the all-star list of topic moderators, including ALA Washington Office director, Carol Henderson! I got all of this information from the WWW home page at http://www-virtconf.ntia.doc.gov/ See you on the net! JP NTIA Virtual Conference Moderators Alliance Public Technology Moderator of Redefining Universal Service and Open Access Richard Civille Center for Civic Networking PO Box 53152 Washington D.C. 20009 202-387-6030 fax: 202-986-2539 rciville@civicnet.org Moderator of Redefining Universal Service and Open Access Nolan Crabb American Council of the Blind 202-467-5081 ncrabb@access.digex.net Moderator of Universal Service and Open Access for the Disabled Susan Hadden Moderator of Redefining Universal Service and Open Access (Opening essay: Universal Service and Open Access) Carol Henderson American Library Association 202-547-4440 cch@alawash.org Moderator of Intellectual Property (Opening essay: A Balancing Act : Copyright in the Electronic Age) Biography Ruth Holder Alliance for Public Technology holder@apt.org Moderator of Redefining Universal Service and Open Access Larry Irving Assistant Secretary, NTIA 202-482-1551 lirving@ntia.doc.gov Moderator of Redefining Universal Service and Open Access (Opening essay) Mary Gardiner Jones Moderator of Redefining Universal Service and Open Access Deborah Kaplan World Institute on Disability 510-763-4100 dkaplan@delphi.com Moderator of Universal Service/Open Access for Individuals with Disabilities (Opening essay) Professor Leonard Levine University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee levine@blatz.cs.uwm.edu Moderator of Privacy (Opening essay: Privacy and the NII) Lee McKnight MIT Boston, MA mcknight@far.mit.edu Moderator of Interoperability Standards Andrew Maisel Director of Open Systems, Sun Microsystems Moderator of Interoperability Standards NARUC contact TBA Moderator of Affordability and Availability Eli Noam Columbia Institute for Tele-Information 809 Uris Hall Columbia University NY NY 212-854-4222 fax 212-932-7816 enoam@research.gsb.columbia.edu Moderator of Affordability and Availability (Opening essay: How to Pay for Universal Service in Telecommunications Under Competition ) Biography Barbara O'Connor Moderator of Redefining Universal Service and Open Access Christine Owens Moderator of (Opening essay: ) Patent and Trademark Office contact TBA southwic@uspto.gov Moderator of (Opening essay: ) Carol Risher Assosciation of American Publishers 202-232-3335 crisher@mcimail.com Moderator of (Opening essay: ) Marc Rotenberg Electronic Privacy Information Center Washington D.C. rotenberg@washofc.epic.org Moderator of (Opening essay: ) Chris Stone Object Management Group STONE@omg.org Moderator of (Opening essay: ) Professor Gregory Vander Hiden University of Wisconsin 608-262-6966 gcvander@facstaff.wisc.edu Moderator of (Opening essay: ) NTIA Virtual Conference Homepage NTIA Virtual Conference webmaster@virtconf.ntia.doc.gov VirtualNet Consulting 20636 Crawford Drive Sunnyvale CA 94087-1301 408-733-UNIX  From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:17:55 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: CENSORSHIP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Inglewood Public Library Subject: Re: CENSORSHIP I hope that folks concerned with this topic are also brining their questions to the Office for Intellectual Freedom's listserv. Send the usual "Subscribe ALAOIF" message to listserv@uicvm.uic.edu. That being said, we need to remind parents it is *their* responsibility -- not the librarian's -- to supervise their children's use of library resources...*including* the 'net. BTW - the Intellectual Freedom Committee will be holding a hearing on this very topic at Midwinter. Contact OIF for further information; one address is judith.krug@ala.org. Sue Kamm Inglewood Public Library 101 West Manchester Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90301 voice: 310/412-5613 fax: 310/412-8848 e-mail: inglewod@class.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:18:31 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: Miss America Q&A (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Suzanne Garrison-Terry Subject: Miss America Q&A I have a patron who is looking for the following info: Who is the Composer & what is the name of the piano composition played by Miss Virginia during the talent sequence in the 1994 Miss America contest? No this is not a trivia question. The individual (adult) would like to play the piece at a recital. Please respond to sender Thank you, Suzanne Garrison-Terry, Reference Librarian From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:19:35 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: Critical Success Factors (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Pauline Iacono Subject: Critical Success Factors? Has anyone used the critical success factors approach to establish baselines for customer service in public libraries? Please repond to me personally at the address below. Thanks. ******************************************************************************* Pauline J. Iacono 612/486-2232 Ramsey County Public Library 612/486-2220(fax) 4570 N. Victoria Street pauline@ramsey.lib.mn.us Shoreview MN 55126 ****************************************************************************** From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:20:15 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: GOP Contract with America (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Michael O'Connor" Subject: GOP Contract with America Because we were unable to find the "GOP Contract with America" through Veronica searches, we have posted the document on our Gopher under the main menu choice Hot Topics, and under Other Internet resources... / Subject-oriented Gophers... / Government information The menu choice reads: GOP / Republican Contract with America ================================================================ Michael O'Connor Voice 518/584-7300 Southern Adirondack Library System FAX 518/587-5589 22 Whitney Place Internet moc@sals.edu Saratoga Springs NY 12866-4596 DRANet sallib::moc ================================================================ From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:21:19 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: CENSORSHIP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: carolyn@infi.net (Carolyn Caywood) Subject: Re: CENSORSHIP While cyberspace is more free-wheeling and volatile than the media we're used to, I have to say that Jurgen Thomas's day is in our present. There are demented people in cyberspace, but there are also some pretty strange ones in our libraries. I've personally had to search the picturebook collection to remove polaroids of penises that someone tucked in random books. We carry the _Anarchist's Cookbook_ so that's nothing new. I remember a poem by James Dickey about sheep that was fairly hair-curling. I agree we need to confront what we're getting into, but I hope we'll not be stampeded into retreat. And, it helps to keep clearly separate, at least in our own minds, personal discomfort, fear of controversy, and concern for our users. When the dust settles in a couple of decades, I suspect we'll find that the Internet, like other technologies, has required people to develop skills they never knew they had. There was a time when no one thought the human mind could control a vehicle hurtling down the road at 65 miles an hour. I think people will learn to deal with anything-goes communication, but the road's gonna be bumpy for a while. Carolyn Caywood From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:22:30 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: CENSORSHIP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills Subject: Re: CENSORSHIP Access to alt.sex is yMthe example that is always given as the "dangerous" stuff on the Internet. No doubt the challenges will come based on usenets, but as librarians we need to be as concerned about the accuracy of information on the Internet. People trust their library's collection. After all, professionals select the material based on expertise, experience and reviews. This isn't true of the information on the Internet. Just about anyone can say just about anything. If they have some writing skill, they can make just about anything sound accurate or believable. I think we need to write some disclaimer that our users see before they being surfing. I don't have the right words, but something to the effect that access to the Internet is unrestricted for both the addition and use of information. Alt.sex certainly isn't highlighted on our gopher. In fact, you have to use someone else's gopher to find it. It took me several weeks to find it after I started surfing, but I bet a computer literate teen could find it in less than an hour. Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:23:43 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: ELECTRONIC COORDINATOR POSTING (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Penny Jeffrey Subject: ELECTRONIC COORDINATOR POSTING (fwd) The following new position is now available. Interested folks should ask for a complete position description when calling the CCPL Human Resources Department. ************************************************************************ Penny Jeffrey, Materials Selection Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library 2111 Snow Rd, Parma OH 44134. 216/749-9346. pjeffrey@ohionet.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 10:50:29 -0600 (CST) From: PENNY JEFFREY <33793::MTSMGR@DRANET.DRA.COM> To: pjeffrey@ohionet.org Subject: ELECTRONIC COORDINATOR POSTING POSITION AVAILABLE CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESOURCES COORDINATOR New position to manage, develop and advise on CCPL's electronic information services; coordinate electronic resource development with CCPL's overall public service mission; coordinate training in electronic resources; act as liaison between public service and technical service staff; monitor budget for electronic information resources. QUALIFICATIONS: Masters Degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited library school. Three years of progressively more responsible and successful experience providing professional library services to the public including extensive experience with electronic resources. Demonstrable organizational, communication and interpersonal skills. Ohio Driver's license and own vehicle preferred. Resume and *three* written professional references required with application. Successful candidate must be able to spend the first week (40 hours) in training/orientation at the Administration Building located at 2111 Snow Rd., Parma, OH. Circulating 10 million items and answering 3 million reference questions from 29 locations in 1993, Cuyahoga County Public Library is the largest and busiest library system in Northern Ohio. The library prides itself on providing progressive, innovative, and customer-oriented service to the residents in 47 suburban communities surrounding Cleveland. Cuyahoga County Public Library provides PAC's and dial-up service with DRA software and Infotrac 2000. Regional libraries have LAN's for CD-R0M reference products. Expansion of electronic information resources is in the planning stages. SALARY: $15.70 per hour. ($32,656 annual) *******APPLICATION CLOSING DATE DECEMBER 15, 1994***** Applications may be obtained by calling the Human Resources Division, Cuyahoga County Public Library, (216) 749-9464 or by picking one up from any of the 28 local branches of Cuyahoga County Public Library. Completed applications must be returned to the Human Resources Division, CCPL Administration Building, 2111 Snow Road, Parma, OH 44134-2792 and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on December 15, 1994. In compliance with Federal Law, CCPL will hire only U. S. citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the U. S. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:25:09 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: Public Access to the Internet (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: dburt@nyplgate.nypl.org Subject: Public Access to the Internet? In 1995, The New York Public Library Branch Libraries will be implementing public access to the Internet in a big way. We will offer access to the forthcoming NYPL Gopher on many of our Dynix OPAC terminals in all of our 83 branches. NYPL is currently reviewing policy for implementing public access. I would be very interested in hearing from other public librarians with experience in public access to the Internet. Specifically, I would like to know; 1) What software do your use? 2) What restrictions do you put on use? 3) Do you allow printing? Downloading? 4) What training did you provide for staff? For the public? 5) What reference sources do you find especially useful? 6) What has been the response of librarians? Do only a few use it? 7) How much help do patrons need? 8) How do you decide what you provide access to? 9) What has been the reaction of the public? 10) What other problems have you encountered? I would also like to here from any type of librarian who is responsible for *Selection* of resources for a Gopher or Web Server. 1) Who selects? 2) What selection criteria do you use? How is this like/unlike selection criteria for print materials? 3) How much time does selection take each month? Thanks! David Burt, The New York Public Library dburt@nyplgate.nypl.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:28:14 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: organization charts (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Timberland Reg LIb Subject: organization charts? If you work for a large public library or a multi-county library system and you would be willing to share your organization chart, I would appreciate receiving a copy. Please fax to: Jan Sterner, Reference Coordinator Timberland Regional Library Olympia, WA FAX # 206/586-6838 Thank you very much. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:29:08 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: List of public lib. offering Internet access-? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Frank Clover Subject: List of public lib. offering Internet access-? While lurking on (and occasionally contributing to) PUBLIB since it started, I've noticed that one question is posted here at least once a month about public libraries offering access to the Internet to their patrons, usually by library science students. While PUBLIB is an excellent source of information on how public libraries are using the Internet, I would like to know if anyone maintains a comprehensive list of all the public libraries worldwide that currently offer patron access to the Internet, have Internet- accessible OPACs or gophers, or staff Internet accounts. If there isn't one, does there need to be? As a soon-to-be returning library science student myself, I would be willing to volunteer to compile such a list if PUBLIBbers express enough of an interest. ----------------------------------------------- Frank Clover Cumberland County Public Library | Fax: (910) 483-8644 Fayetteville, North Carolina | Vox: (910) 483-7878 ccpl-fc@ecsvax.uncecs.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sink the Clipper Chip! _______________________________ (The opinions expressed above are not necessarily those of CCPL) From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:30:07 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: types of ref questions answered (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Sheila W. Bankhead" Subject: re:types of ref questions answered Like Cumberland County, the only type of reference question we do NOT answer is the Polk directory type, and for just about the same reasons...mainly not enough staff time. We DO tell them that if they send a SASE, we will reply...this rarely happens. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:31:11 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: CENSORSHIP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: mary k Subject: Re: CENSORSHIP There are all kinds of companies out there dying to give you limited (i.e. censored) access to Internet. I met one at the recent AASL conference who used that as his selling pitch. I keep wondering when we are going to realize that we can't have it both ways. We can't invoke the Constitution to protect us on the one hand, and our various ways of evading it on the other. One solution might be an Internet access version of the parent permission card which asks the individual parent to determine the access. Of course this rein- forces the already deplorable social process of totally "privatizing" child rearing. I'm as conflicted as Karen, but offer that as a political solution. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 00:36:49 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: PNLA listserv (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "GRACEANNE DECANDIDO" Subject: PNLA listserv ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 10:02:25 PST Send reply to: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum From: Kit Dusky Subject: PNLA listserv To: Multiple recipients of list JESSE Announcing a new listserv The Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) announces a new listserv. This listserv will be of interest to library staff all over the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada so you really ought to subscribe. What will happen on this listserv? Lots. Including the following: 1) Job Posting. We encourage libraries throughout the region to advertise job openings on this listserv. Early next year we plan to set up a PNLA gopher which will include the archived job listings. Will this replace the telephonic "PLNA Jobline"? Only time will tell. 2) Continuing education and other events. We also encourage you to post educational opportunities and other events on this listserv. Go ahead and advertise. Just keep it library related and non-commercial (events that change fees are ok, they just need to be more or less non-profit). We plan to archive these, too. 3) Intellectual freedom. Got an IF problem? Want to report on an IF "event"? Do it here. Such IF luminaries as Candy Morgan (chair of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee) and Sharon Hammer (former chair of the WLA Intellectual Freedom Committee and now WLA President) are listening in so you won't be talking to dead air. 4) YRCA. The Young Reader's Choice Award is one of the most popular and successful PNLA programs. It's the oldest and largest children's book choice award in the United States. This listserv can be used to make and discuss YRCA book nominations. Once the list is up and running, we'll provide more information on how to participate in YRCA matters. 5) PNLA business. As further incentive to subscribe, realize that the entire (almost) PNLA Board of Directors, including President Anne Haley, have already subscribed and are listening attentively to your ideas about PNLA. This means suggestions for programs at upcoming PNLA conferences, or any other comments or suggestions for the organization. 6) Other stuff. Any other topics you think would be of interest to library aficionados of the Northwest are fair game. Observe basic netiquette please. How do you subscribe? Just send a email message to LISTSERV@WLN.COM with no subject and a message which says SUBSCRIBE PNLA-L YOUR NAME. You'll receive a return email confirming your subscription and explaining all the rules. Be patient. Sometimes it takes a little while for a listserv to catch on. Anyway, it won't hurt you if it's a little slow at first. Just be glad it isn't like one of those topical listservs that fill up your mailbox with 20 postings per hour. Help us advertise! Please share this letter with anyone who may be interested or post a notice on any relevant listservs you belong to. Questions? Call Bruce Ziegman at (206) 699-8810 or email ziegman@fvrl.lib.wa.us. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 21:54:16 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: Checking out laptops (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: MBleiweis@aol.com Subject: Checking out laptops? Our library is beginning to consider checking out laptops to the public for two purposes: to expand on the use in-house pc's get for learning word processing, etc. and to enable people without computers to have access to the Internet. For the latter, we would have a portable Internet account, change the password for each user and give some written instructions on how to surf. We would charge a fee and view it as a revenue producer. In years past we have done a similar thing with VCRs and compact disc players before they were commonly owned and had little or no problems. Has anyone done this who could give some advise? Maxine Bleiweis Newington (CT) Library 203-665-8729 voice mbleiweis@aol.com From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 21:55:01 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: An administrative question: salespeople (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: DHAYDEN@site.cwmars.mass.edu Subject: An administrative question: salespeople Our library director is very polite and spends lots of time taking phone calls from salespeople. We were wondering if we should dis- courage this practice and if other libraries have ways of dealing with these disruptions. I've suggested perhaps accepting sales calls only at certain times, or refusing them altogether. Any hints? Thanks in advance. Dorothy Hayden Athol Public Library 568 Main Street Athol, MA 01331 Phone: 508-249-9515 FAX: 508-249-7636 Email: dhayden@CWMARS.MASS.EDU From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 21:58:01 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: CENSORSHIP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Randy W Dykhuis" Subject: Re: CENSORSHIP > There are all kinds of companies out there dying to give you limited (i.e. > censored) access to Internet. I met one at the recent AASL conference who used > that as his selling pitch. I keep wondering when we are going to realize that > we can't have it both ways. We can't invoke the Constitution to protect us on > the one hand, and our various ways of evading it on the other. I don't think the issue in this case is one of censorship vs. freedom of expression. As librarians, we make selection decisions every day and the decisions we make are based on the kind of library we run. In an elementary school library, it would be an inappropriate chioce to add "The Joy of Sex" to the collection (just as it would be inappropriate to add a Marcel Proust novel). Similarly, it would be inappropriate to have alt.sex, sci.environment, talk.origins, alt.religion, and hundreds of other newsgroups going into an elementary school. This issue came up briefly at a meeting of a technology committee that I sit on which is currently discussing use of technology in an elementary setting. The school district is looking at contracting with an outfit like you describe. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. At the secondary level it becomes much dicier because many of the newsgroups that I alluded to are appropriate there. An especially touchy one will be the recently approved one for gay-lesbian-bi youth (sorry, I don't remember the exact name). Clearly a group that should be available to secondary school students but one that many administrators are likely to ban. It will be up to us to make the case for open access, just as we do now for non-electronic materials. And at a college level if there is a newsfeed, students ought to have free & unfettered access. The administration at Carnegie-Mellon was wrong to have denied access to some groups. RD From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 21:59:05 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: Organizational Charts (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills Subject: Organizational Charts You might want to look at a book called PUBLIC LIBRARY ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE by T.D. Webb (McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina and London, c. 1989, ISBN 0-89950-395-0). It has 65 pages of organizational charts and 137 pages of library job descriptions and titles. It is very interesting. Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 22:00:46 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: List of public lib. offering Internet access-? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Redmond Kathleen Molz Subject: Re: List of public lib. offering Internet access-? I am preparing an article on community networks for the Bowker Annual. Although there are a number of lists of civic networks, these do not indicate whether public libraries are components. The Charles McClure study of the Internet for the National Commission on Libraries only indicates that about 12% of public libraries are involved with civic networks, but the data do not show whether or not civic networks existed in those communities which presumably have no public library component. If you do compile a list of libraries having Internet access, could you expand it to include those libraries which are a part of or sponsor of a civic network. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 22:02:03 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: THE SCIENTIST (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS Subject: THE SCIENTIST (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 13:37:22 -0500 From: E. Garfield To: fins@access.digex.net Subject: THE SCIENTIST -------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SCIENTIST 3600 Market Street, Suite 450 Philadelphia, PA 19104 For more information, contact: EUGENE GARFIELD, Ph.D. Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Phone : (215)243-2205 Fa[Ax : (215)387-1266 E-mail: garfield@aurora.cis.upenn.edu PRESS RELEASE---- THE SCIENTIST newspaper, now available on internet---- THE SCIENTIST~ a biweekly newspaper for scientists and the research community, is now available electronically -- in full text and free of charge -- on the internet network via ftp, WAIS, and Gopher. Eugene Garfield, publisher of THE SCIENTIST states that electronic access to the newspaper's articles and features has been made available following a successful trial experiment on NSFnet, the electronic communications network of the National Science Foundation. Founded in 1986, THE SCIENTIST is published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and is circulated internationally to researchers, administrators, and policy makers in academia, industry, and government. THE SCIENTIST is the only newspaper that exclusively covers current issues and events that impact the professional research environment-- including funding legislation, new grants, employment and salary trends, career advancement opportunities, ethics and conflicts of interest, representation of women and minorities in science, and the interplay of industrial, academic, and governmental research. In addition, THE SCIENTIST reports on trends in research and features the opinions of leaders in science. THE SCIENTIST can be accessed on the InterNIC (AT&T) server by the instructions provided below. The full text of issues from November 1992 onward are accessible. New issues are added every two weeks on alternate Mondays, coinciding with the cover date of the printed edition. Back issues are being loaded every other week, until the full seven year file is complete. INSTRUCTIONS FOLLOW... THE SCIENTIST ON THE INTERNET The Scientist is now available on-line. Via ftp: type: ftp ds.internic.net at name prompt, type:anonymous at password, type:your username@internet address at prompt, type: cd pub/the-scientist If you know the issue date at prompt,type: get the-scientist-yymmdd Or, for directory listing, type:dir then, to select issue, type: the-scientist-yymmdd to end, type: quit ======================================= Via WAIS: type: telnet ds.internic.net at login, type: wais at search prompt, type: db the-scientist at search prompt, type: query_(term/s to be searched) to view a retrieved item, type: view_(item number to be viewed) to search within the issue retrieved, type:find_(term/s to be searched) to search forward or, nfind_(term/s to be searched) to search backward in an issue. to end, type: quit [the help menu can be accessed at any time by typing ? or help?] ======================================= Via GOPHER: On InterNic (AT&T) Gopher Server: If you DON't have Gopher software on your PC, you can use AT&T's Gopher. To do this, at prompt type: telnet ds.internic.net at login, type: Gopher at Terminal Type is "unknown"; enter a new value or press RETURN: type terminal type if you know it, or type:vt100 from successive menus, choose: 4. InterNIC Directory and Database Services (AT&T)/ 4. InterNIC Database Services (Public Databases)/ 13. The Scientist - Newsletter If you DO HAVE Gopher software on your PC, at prompt, type: gopher Internic.net 70 from successive menus, choose: 4. InterNIC Directory and Database Services (AT&T)/ 4. InterNIC Database Services (Public Databases)/ 13. The Scientist - Newsletter Via E-MAIL You can access The Scientist@@ via AT&T mail server, an automatic program that delivers information by electronic mail. To request an issue, send the following message: at prompt, type: mail mailserv@ds.internic.net leave the subject blank the text of the message should be _exactly_ as follows, except after path where you type in your internet address: file /ftp/pub/the-scientist/the-scientist-yymmdd path (type your username@internet address) end NOTE: yymmdd = year, month, date of isssue requested The mail server will split the document into 64k chunks by default and the requested information will be transmitted to your mailbox. =======#=======  From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 22:03:25 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: multimedia cd-rom collections (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Library Journal Subject: multimedia cd-rom collections? Are you circulating multimedia cd-rom? If so, Library Journal would like to talk to you. If interested, please contact Executive Editor Francine Fialkoff at fialkoff@class.org, and enclose in your message the number of m-media titles you have, your budget, the size of your library (pop. served) and whether you circulate the cd-roms for free or charge a rental fee. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 22:04:17 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: ILL Usage (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills Subject: ILL Usage Over the past two years our staffing levels have remained same, but our circulation has increased by more than 35%. One service that has experienced super growth has been interlibrary loan. We are now considering trying to limit ILL service. We currently offer ILL (via OCLC) free to our residents. For those of you who do charge for ILL, how much do you charge? How much did ILL usage drop when you started charging? Do you collect the money before you ILL the material or upon pick-up? Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 22:04:58 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: types of ref questions answered (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: JaneMiller@aol.com Subject: types of ref questions answered The only kinds of questions we don't answer on the phone are those dealing with medicine, law, or finance. In other words, we don't read things out of the PDR, the medical encyclopedias, state law books or Value-Line and Morningstar. We do this for our own protection and explain that to the patrons. If they seem disgruntled we simply pass the buck to higher up. We are not allowed to read that information on the phone, library policy, etc. We hate doing criss-cross over the phone but figure it's public domain info and can't deny it. We often worry about doing kids' homework and do encourage them to come in, but do our best when they won't or can't. It's even worse to have a parent show up in the library armed with notebook to do research for a child. We just can't make those judgements, though, and our policy is to help the public any way we can. Jane Miller, Head of Reference Sulphur Regional Library Calcasieu Parish Public Library Louisiana From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 16 22:06:07 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: Internet Demos for Public Officials (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: David McCullough Subject: Internet Demos for Public Officials In December I will be conducting demonstrations of the Internet to government personnel in the various towns and districts where our county libraries are situated. The purpose is to interest them and elicit support for their local libraries as gateways to online information & communication via Internet. What sites have you had success with in turning on public officials? * Constraint: all demos will be ASCII, no Mosaic, etc. * I will archive whatever tips are passed along and redistribute them to anyone who asks. Please reply to: dmccullo@macomb.lib.mi.us Thanks. David McCullough Library Cooperative of Macomb County, Michigan dmccullo@macomb.lib.mi.us From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:32:37 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: City Council Videos? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills Subject: Re: City Council Videos? We've been circulating City Council videos for several years. The meeting are broadcast on the City's cable channel and we get a tape a day or so after the meeting. We do some temporary cataloging on the videos so they can check out on our automation system. We keep the a couple week/months? The old tapes are sent back to City Hall and are taped over. There isn't heavy traffic on the videos unless something dramatic happens at the meeting. Usually the newspapers will report something and then waiting lists start for that tape. The videos go out for one week at a time. It is a simple and routine thing for us to do and there is some mild pubic interest. We are independent from the City and do not attempt to keep the official records of the City. That is the City Clerks responsibility. We hold Council packets for three months. Special reports, master plan type of materials and the budget are kept for longer periods of time. Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:33:38 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: Card Catalog (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Bob Wilson (508) 373-1586" Subject: Card Catalog? Please excuse the double posting to libref-l and publib. This library will shortly be eliminating our mixed author/title/subject card catalog. This catalog has already been closed for over three years, and we have had PAC terminals for 6 years. We would like to retain a much smaller *subject only* card catalog on the floor. Each card would contain an LC subject heading, reference to the correct Dewey number for that heading, and any needed see-also references. (We may also have non-LC headings with see-refs.) Before we reinvent the wheel, does anyone out there know where we can obtain a set of catalog cards that already has this info on them? Or does anyone out there have a printed list of such subject headings and Dewey #'s that could be converted to cards? Our last resort, of course, would be to type up cards from abbreviated DDC20 or Sears headings volumes - what a lot of work *that* would be! Any ideas or thoughts on this procedure (especially from someone who has done it) are welcome. Thanks - Bob Wilson Haverhill Public Library, MA wilson@mvlc.lib.ma.us From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:34:18 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:06 2005 Subject: Job Announcement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Elizabeth Lang - Novi Public Library Subject: Job Announcement COMPUTER SYSTEMS SPECIALIST full time. Beginning salary $24,500 plus benefits. Computer Science degree required. Ability to incorporate computer technology with library operations. Administers Novell Local Area Network. Proficient in troubleshooting all aspects of installation, operation, maintenance of hardware, software, peripheral problems. Programming ability. Experience with telecommunications, interfacing LAN with other online systems, Internet access, budgeting. Excellent organization and team communication skills required. Deadline December 9, 1994, or until position filled. Send resume to Brenda Evans or Pauline Druschel, Novi Public Library, 45245 West 10 Mile Rd., Novi,MI 48375. To have questions answered, call (810)349-0720. The Novi Public Library does not discriminate in its employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, height, weight, marital status, veteran status or disability. We provide reasonable accomodation for qualified individuals with a disability if required. From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:35:04 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: one lsat comment (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: one lsat comment oh yeah, the post about Twinsock reminded me that TIA et al. are often referred to as slip-emulators, andthere's even a Usenet group discussing them. ============================================================================== Karen G. Schneider Blue Highways Internet Services Serving New Jersey email kgs@intac.com URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ == From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:37:32 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: City Council Videos? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Whittier Public Library Subject: Re: City Council Videos? On Fri, 18 Nov 1994, Nancy Miller wrote: > 1. How would you ga[u]ge the demand? Does anyone use the tapes? I would guess that we have occasional use. I'm sure we would hear a protest if we stopped making them available. > 2. Do you catalog the collection? Is the time spent doing > original cataloging cost effective compared to use and/or > public good will? Yes and no. We have "cataloged" the tapes by entering a minimal bibliographic record into the system, to which we have attached all barcodes. We spend more, I imagine, labelling the tapes than we do entering the barcodes. > 3. If you do make tapes available, how long do you keep them? > In other words, are you providing an archival collection or > just current information? We have kept them for the last year or two and will probably keep them for several years to come. However, our City Archivist does the proper archival work. Dean C. Rowan Whittier Public Library From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:38:09 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: City Council Videos? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Glendora Public Library Subject: City Council Videos? Before anyone starts creating videos of city council meetings for circulation, check your contract. Our contract with the Cable TV company specifically forbids our doing this and in fact requires that the videos be erased after one month. This contract clause was ordered by the City Council itself. Jill Patterson, Glendora Public Library From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:39:26 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Librarians continue to whine...film at 11 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Dan Lester Subject: Librarians continue to whine...film at 11 ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I'm not on any hot dog committees that did any of this, but I'm not one who is getting excited about it either. Unfortunately, the fussing and whining the librarians are doing because a few post offices may put WWW browsers in the lobby is what I'd expect. You would think that WE who are so often put down would refrain from getting down to the same level as our critics and starting to bash the postoffice and its employees. No, I'm not saying that particular posters on here did it, but it has been all over all sorts of library lists....letter writing campaigns to congresspersons, whining and fussing, insulting the employees, etc. Somehow it seems about as much as a crisis as the "crisis" of post offices installing copy machines instead of having all the copy machines in the world divided between libraries and Kinkos. The way the nets and the web in particular are growing there is more than enough room for all. Libraries that are already on the nets can set up their own web server and public browsers on almost any PC or Mac that they have. Remember, it is the libraries that are already on the nets that are doing all the whining on the nets. Almost all of them that are there could already be doing what the Post Office is dreaming about, and doing it NOW. Setting up a web server is NOT rocket science or brain surgery. The real work involved is not technical, but exactly the things that librarians are good at, and trained at: reviewing materials, selecting the most useful, and providing an organized way of accessing them. Doesn't that sound like your first three or four library school courses? Of course it does. There are probably 20,000 web servers out there now....OUR job is to find and display the ones that are most useful to our patrons. Some librarians are already doing that. Carol Oakes of the BSU Library is a fine example of one who has done so already, and others can do it too. Someday librarians will learn to shut up and get to work instead of sitting around bitching and moaning. cyclops Dan Lester Internet: alileste@idbsu.idbsu.edu Network Information Coordinator WWW: http://cyclops.idbsu.edu Boise State University Library Boise, Idaho 83725 In the kingdom of the blind, the 208-385-1235 one-eyed man is king. Erasmus. 1523 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:40:26 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: City Council Videos? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: DOROTHY <"SFPL::BHECHILD"@DRANET.DRA.COM> Subject: Re: City Council Videos? I'm glad Regina's still out there in "Libraryland"... Circulating City Council tapes sounds like a wonderful idea...with lots of potential for political scientists/ civics students...and the public...I do think circulation may be heavier than Ms. Minudri anticipates...we watch our city council (Walnut Creek) and our homeowners association board on cable even though both of us live (oops...work) in San Francisco and can rarely attend meetings in person...usually we tape the session for later review. Incidentally, the World Affairs Council of Northern California has been circulating audio tapes of its sessions for years...with heavy use reported. I do think City Council/School Board/Planning Committee circulating videos are an idea whose time has come! Dorothy Coakley- Bernal Heights Branch San Francisco Public Library "The opinions expressed here are exclusively those of the librarian mentioned above and are not intended to reflect those of the San Francisco Public Library. This caveat is in conformance with a directive placed in the personnel file of the aforementioned librarian in the Spring of 1994" From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:41:00 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: types of ref questions answered (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Leila Shapiro Subject: Re: types of ref questions answered I am truly surprised by how many libraries restrict the questions they answer. So not every question or questioner is important? A couple of years ago some folks in our system said they wanted to stop doing crisscross questions over the phone. I don't know why these were more of a nuisance than other questions except they often come at the end of the month in bunches, and library people hate bill collectors. Well, we had endless meetings about this. Then real life intruded. One of my staff has an elderly father who was being preyed on by phony charities. He gave them thanousands of $ and this was getting serious. My colleague made phone calls to certain libraries who helped him track down these bogus operations via their crisscross directories. Notably Las Vegas Public who were invaluably helpful! When my colleague was invited to testify on capitol hill because of his successful intervention with several states' attorneys general, we decided to lay this question to rest. Not every crisscross is a bill collector. And why, if you give NADA info, can't you give milage? You will never deliver complete customer satisfaction if you remain a picky and elitist institution. Let's all examine what we do and know why we don't do the rest. Leila Shapiro Bethesda Regional Library Montgomery County Department of Public Libraries PHONE: 301-986-4302 FAX: 301-986-4309 lshapiro@cap.gwu.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:42:07 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Drug Testing of Bookmobile Drivers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Loretta Subject: Drug Testing of Bookmobile Drivers? Our city is in the process of developing a procedure that will allow them to enforce the "Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991." This requires the City to test any driver with a Class A or B license which our bookmobile driver is required to have. We must be in compliance with this federal law by January 1,1995. I am hoping to get in touch with other Libraries/Cities who are working on this as well. Here are some of the general questions we are working on: 1. What kind of procedures are you writing? 2. How will this affect and how will you work with involved unions? 3. What kind of training programs are you developing to teach supervisors how to detect someone who may be using drugs on the job? 4. What kind of clinic/testing agency will you use? 5. What kind of Rehabilitation agency will you use and what will be your policies concerning rehab? 6. How are you budgeting for all this? 7. What will be your discipline procedures for each offense and possible repeat offenders? Any other thoughts or ideas on this most interesting topic would be greatly appreciated. Also suggestions of how to contact cities online would be helpful since our city has to enact this policy city-wide, not just for the bookmobile drivers. Our next meeting of this task force is December 2nd so any help by then would be very helpful. Thanks for you time, Loretta Jackson Mountain View Public Library Mountain View California ***************************************************************************** "Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release >From little things.." -Amelia Earhart, 1927 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:42:42 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Circulating pamphlets? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Inglewood Public Library Subject: Re: Circulating pamphlets? We use a generic barcode for pamphlets, magazines, and browsing paperpacks (separate generics for each). The system shows a chargeout of a pamphlet (information file), magazine, or paperback. Sue Kamm Inglewood Public Library 101 West Manchester Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90301 voice: 310/412-5613 fax: 310/412-8848 e-mail: inglewod@class.org On Fri, 18 Nov 1994 SLANDERS@site.cwmars.mass.edu wrote: > Does anyone have a good method for circulating pamphlets/vertical file > materials without cataloging them onto your automated circulation > system? > > From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:43:21 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: City Council Videos? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: K Harrison - Freenet Subject: Re: City Council Videos? I know that the Municipal Reference Library of the Metropolitan Toronto Central Library holds the videos of the Metro Toronto and (maybe) the borough??? libraries for viewing in the library only. Contact them in Toronto for details. They may not be on the net. __________________________________________ Karen Harrison, Chief Librarian Thunder Bay Public Library phone (807) 344-3585/9 285 Red River Road fax (807) 345-8727 Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada e-mail kharriso@flash.lakeheadu.ca P7B 1A9 Where???? On the north shore of Lake Superior __________________________________________ From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:46:24 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Missouri Internet Pilot Project in Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: sgardner@Mail.more.net (Stan Gardner) Subject: Re: Missouri Internet Pilot Project in Public Libraries >Has anyone any information on an Internet Pilot Project in Missouri >Public Libraies? I heard this from a librarian in the State. I would be >interested in knowing what agency is sponsoring this project, what >libraries are involved, and what it intends to accomplish. > >Thanks. > >Bill Fischer > Here is some information, if it doesn't answer your questions you can respond directly. Researching Electronic Access for Libraries The REAL Project Missouri State Library Twenty-one Missouri public libraries have been selected to participate in an innovative pilot project that will provide telecommunictions links to the Internet, as well as training and support to assist these libraries staffs to integrate Internet resources into their service program. The training and technical services have been contracted to MOREnet, an external program administered by the University of Missouri - Columbia. The following libraries were selected for Level I (Dedicated line) participation: Daniel Boone Regional Library Dunklin County Library Henry County Library Kansas City Public Library Kinderhook Regional Library River Bluffs Regional Library Saint Charles City-County Library Saint Louis County Library Saint Louis Public Library Springfield-Greene County Library University City Public Library The following libraries were selected for Level II (Dial-up access) participation: Cape Girardeau Public Library Farmington Public Library Hannibal Free Public Library Joplin Public Library Kirkwood Public Library Little Dixie Regional Libraries Livingston County Library Scenic Regional Library Sedalia Public Library West Plains Public Library Two alternates were also selected in case a selected library is unable to meet its commitment or additional funds are available to expand the number of participants. Daviess County Library Richmond Heights Memorial Library The State Library is pursuing funding for continuing and expanding Internet access and telecommunications connectivity for Missouri libraries. We have high hopes that funding will be provided by the General Assembly. If a library was not selected for this initial pilot project, we anticipate that participation will be increased in the next fiscal year. Our goal is to have every public library in Missouri connected to a statewide telecommunication system within three years. In addition, the State Library is planning for setting up a Internet server (gopher, WWW, WAIS) to contain state governmental information, and contracting to provide full text magazine databases. The MOREnet Director for this project will be Mr. Tony Wening. Tony has been the Institutions and Planning Consultant for the State Library. For this project, Tony has been released from his current duties and will work full time for MOREnet. He can be reached at (314) 884-7200 or by email to twening@more.net. Questions about this project should be directed to Tony; other questions may be directed to Dr. Stanley Gardner at (313) 751-2768 or toll free 800-325-0131; email sgardner@mail.more.net. MISSOURI STATE LIBRARY EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS VISION STATEMENT Office of the Secretary of State Missouri State Library 600 W. Main St. P.O. Box 387 Jefferson City, MO 65102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 25, 1994 OVERVIEW Public libraries are educational providers to our citizens, from "the cradle to the grave." Many people think of public libraries as warehouses of books, but they are much more. Public libraries provide universal informational service to everyone who walks in the door, lives or works in the community, or requests information service by whatever means available. Over the years, the Missouri State Library has poured millions of dollars into Missouri libraries for equipment, and for materials in all formats which provide needed or requested information. Currently we are a part of MOREnet and the combined projects to connect public libraries, school and academic institutions to the Internet. VISION The technology plan of the State Library is designed to meet immediate and future information needs, project growth and changes in technology, support linking the State Library to other statewide systems, and promote the continuing development of statewide library automation over the next five years. We feel very strongly that individual libraries, library systems, and the state must share a vision that serves people in a changing environment, and focuses on providing global information services compatible with local initiatives. The goal of the State Library is to develop and offer an automated system which integrates multiple library types (public, academic, school, institution) through an interconnected system that provides for a statewide catalog of Missouri libraries' collections; access to full text business, scientific, and general periodical databases; electronic Interlibrary loan; access to Internet/remote databases (freenets); access to multi-media programs; access to backup reference services; and electronic mail. In short, the local library will become an information center capable of serving the needs of the entire community by making all sources of information accessible in whatever format is needed. FUNCTIONS OF THE MISSOURI STATE LIBRARY The Missouri State Library functions are to: (1) provide library & reference services to Missouri State government agencies; (2) provide library services to the blind and physically handicapped; (3) further the coordination of library services furnished by the state with those of local libraries and other educational agencies; (4) furnish information and counsel as to the best means of establishing and maintaining libraries, the selection of materials, cataloging, and other areas of library management; provide assistance in organizing libraries or improving library services, and assist libraries in state institutions; (5) receive and administer state and federal and to make rules and regulations in connection with such grants; and (6) purchase library materials and circulate the material by all means necessary, including the use of bookmobiles, within the state among individuals, communities, libraries, schools, charitable and state institutions, state departments and other organizations. LIBRARIES IN MISSOURI Of 165 public libraries in Missouri, 12 are part of a regional system, 38 are county libraries, 4 are consolidated, 82 are municipal. In addition, there are 212 branch libraries. In 1993, 154 public libraries filed an annual report with the Missouri State Library, including 132 tax supported libraries and 22 non-tax supported libraries. In 1993, Missouri taxpayers supported libraries from local taxes in the amount of $81,027,387. The state supported public libraries with $1,358,001, and the federal government supported Missouri's public libraries with $1,176,934. Gifts, bequests, and other sources of income totaled $7,971,060. Three-fourths of the local tax funds, or $67,605,901, supported 8 libraries. MISSOURI LIBRARY SERVICES Although the status of Missouri libraries today is fairly consistent with national service trends, it is also very different in some important and critical areas. Economic barriers have inhibited the normal pace of technological intervention, as well as the State Library's ability to develop statewide networks that would enhance the promotion of resource sharing and provide more assistance to public libraries statewide. As information becomes more global, the need for technology and telecommunication access becomes critical. Because of the state's financial limitations, the residents of Missouri are at risk of being classified among the "information have-nots." Currently, many of Missouri's public libraries have microcomputers, fax machines, and access to the statewide CD-ROM catalog of bibliographic holdings as a result of federal LSCA grants. Very few have technology beyond this level. There are 12 different library vendors supplying library automation systems to over 40 Missouri public libraries. Only 6 have access to the information superhighway (Internet). Three have established community freenets that provides access to the Internet to anyone living in their library district. The mood and attitudes of library directors around the state have changed dramatically in the past few years. Library directors from libraries of all sizes are developing a growing appreciation and a friendliness for, the use and advantages of technology. Many are being pressured by citizen demand to supply access to current information technology applications and the Internet. We have reached the point where businesses and individuals residing in Missouri cannot hold a job, operate a business, or maintain a comfortable standard of life without information. We need to think critically and solve problems in all aspects of our lives merely to survive. These skills are dependent upon free and ready access to, and the productive use of, information. Libraries of the future will be dramatically different technically, but the traditional roles that libraries and librarians have played will continue and be strengthened. The organizing, interpreting, and teaching skills of librarians and their proven commitment to equality of public service will be critical to ensuring each Missourian's ability to obtain the information he or she needs to lead a productive and meaningful life. "To help keep us in perspective, we should bear in mind the purpose of the public library: to serve the public and provide for its information needs. The size of a town is not proportional to the size of the public's information needs; larger towns may have more numerous requests, but the value of the information given is priceless to the patron, regardless of size." . . .Bridget Quinn Carey, Director, Washington Public Library, Washington, Iowa OBJECTIVES The objectives of library technology are to improve productivity by increasing the availability of information in an accurate and timely manner, link Missouri libraries with global information, and to support and guide initial and advanced electronic library efforts while preparing for increasingly complex services. To meet these objectives, a number of advances must occur: - Create an online, public access catalog (OPAC). - Provide an on-line bibliographic control function for all library materials. - Furnish a more efficient, cost-effective means for libraries to order and receive materials. - Support an on-line circulation control function. - Produce statistical reports on library activities. - Increase productivity and provide for timely operations. - Use and manage our library collections more efficiently. - Obtain an automation configuration that will provide service for at least five years without large increases in maintenance costs. - Acquire a system that is capable of handling MCAT, the bibliographic database of library records in the state of Missouri. (Currently, the statewide database on CD-ROM contains 4.2 million titles and 9.5 million separate items.) - Establish access to the Internet for all Missouri libraries. - Acquire technology capable of transferring multi- media informational sources between libraries. - Establish a system to control access and ensure legality of intellectual property owners (copyright). - Store and disseminate full text databases, both commercial and governmental, to enhance business development, research, education, government services, and public access to information. - Provide opportunities for distant learning experiences. - Support other libraries in their efforts to link up with the State Library's network. - Provide the capability for local libraries in Missouri to connect to, and avail themselves of, the services of the Missouri State Library. - Reduce local costs, enhance local public services, and avoid duplication of technical services without sacrificing local control. - Develop the means for the State Library to produce databases from printed materials (e.g., digitize state documents, reports, files, local government records, pictures, videos, audio text, etc.) and make available to the general public these databases through electronic access. "Part of accepting change is learning new thought processes, being open to new ideas, and being patient. I try to keep these things in mind as I work through screens and screens of seemingly unintelligible babble while working on the Internet." . . .Bridget Quinn Carey, Director, Washington Public Libra ry, Washington, Iowa PLAN OF ACTION The State Library will be automated internally within one year. The core of the library system consists of: 1. Acquisitions - manages and accounts for purchases. 2. Serials - manages and accounts for non-book materials. 3. Cataloging - classifies materials and puts information in subject categories and databases. 4. On-line public access catalog. 5. Circulation module. 6. Internet server. 7. Bridges and routes to make direct connections to the Internet through MOREnet (the Missouri Research and Education Network). 8. Remote access via: (1) Dial up capability. (2) Connections for terminals in other state departments and Agencies. "The Internet should not be intimidating. If it is, then you are assigning this service of electronic blips and codes a persona resembling a gigantic electronic monster." . . .Bridget Q uinn Carey, Director, Washington Public Library, Washin gton, Iowa Within the next two to five years, the State Library will provide: - Contractual services (services that cannot be purchased or that change so frequently that they are too expensive to purchase): 1. Full text databases (magazines, newspapers, government documents, etc.) 2. CD-ROM databases. 3. Marcive (federal documents catalog). - External services made available from the State Library to other libraries throughout the state, specifically: 1. Produce the statewide bibliographic database (MCAT) on-line. 2 Facilitate Interlibrary loan services between libraries. 3. Provide copy cataloging & direct input into MCAT by any Missouri library. 4. Develop and establish access to other state agency databases. 5. Offer Internet access to all Missouri Public libraries within a three year period. 6. Develop and provide easy access to a proposed multi-media Electronic Encyclopedia of Missouri. 7. Allow other libraries to use the system without cost and without giving up local control of their library. 8. Develop an electronic transfer of governmental information from print to electronic form, and maintain electronic databases available to libraries and the general public. THE STATE LIBRARY AUTOMATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE The State Library Automation Advisory Committee is broadly representative of all areas of the state, all types of libraries, and diffused geographical locations around the state. CONCLUSION Now is the time for Missouri's libraries to position themselves for the changes coming in telecommunications, information transfer, educational system networking and, most importantly, business/economic development information. The State Library's vision is to provide full access to the global information network to every Missouri citizen, and to be a part of creating the building blocks that make up the global information network. From publll at nysernet.ORG Sun Nov 20 20:48:01 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: CD jewel boxes (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Whittier Public Library Subject: CD jewel boxes A friend of mine is an avid (read, "obsessive") collector of recorded music. He is running out of storage space, so he has begun replacing bulky CD jewel boxes with plastic covers. Consequently, he will soon have about 5000 empty plastic jewel boxes. He would like to donate the jewel boxes to an institution that would be willing to sign a receipt confirming the donation. If your library is interested, or if you know of an interested donee, please reply to me (my friend is not connected to the 'net) and I will convey the information to him. Thanks, Dean C. Rowan From publll Sun Nov 20 20:56:58 1994 From: publll (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: TIA Message-ID: <199411210156.UAA16312@nysernet.ORG> Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Miriam's guidelines were a great start. She's right, the graphical environment is not as elusive as some people think. I tell folks, SLIP accounts are hard to configure, but easy to learn and use. But I felt an episode of pedantry coming on... Not to be a party pooper, but I'd get the go-ahead from your provider before I installed and used TIA on a shell account. The price difference between shell accounts and SLIP accounts is due to the additional overhead of SLIP, which typically consumes more bandwidth and human resources; and when you are using TIA you are using SLIP, just through a roundabout protocol. Some providers are only too happy to have their shell-account folks SLIPing in via TIA (The Internet Adapter), particularly if that means they can hand-off the human resource demands onto a third party (as in the TIA company), but it behooves you to find out before you run it. My provider's attitude was "you can run any program you like," but it's not a given (and besides, I'm already paying the extra $10 a month for SLIP). Gopher to marketplace.com and read all the TIA stuff, if you're interested. I've heard TIA runs slightly faster than basic SLIP (has to do with esoterica about screen paints etc.). Its greatest value is as a tool that allows SLIP access to those who wouldn't otherwise have it, such as providers who don't support SLIP or PPP (Point to Point Protocol). Now I am REALLY getting anal, but SLIP, for the record, is also a dial-up account. SL = serial line, as in that stuff coming out of the doohickey on your modem. IP = Internet Protocol. SLIP in whatever flavor, TIA, what-have-you, are the acccounts that let your computer act like its own host on teh Internet. With real SLIP, you actually are a host on the 'net , for what it's worth. With TIA, you are assigned a dummy IP address. For most folks, it matters not, as long as you can use the tools. (I am thinking of upgrading to a static IP... as oppsed to a dynamic IP, assigned whenever I log in... so I can run yet another set of tools, for example a tool that allows my computer to serve files and programs. But most folks would be happy with TIA or dynamic IP.) The "other" kind of account, weheer you have text-based access, is called a a terminal account or a host-dial account, depending on who you talk to. Your computer emulates a prehistoric dumb terminal connecting to a mainframe, vs. the standalone host flavor of SLIP and TIA. (TIA, of course, runs over a host-dial account... just to confuse you some more. You install TIA executables in your directory on your host-dial account--on the provider's computer--and execute these programs after you make your plain terminal connection...) I still use my host-dial account to do account maintenance, or when I'm logging in from a strange computer that doesn't have my software loaded. Finally (they all breathed sigh of relief as she wound up) Netscape is fun and pretty, but it has its limitations, and if you're trying to run graphical clients you should experiment with all the browsers. They are all just front ends to the World Wide Web. I bumped Netscaape to second place, behind MacWeb, for a class I'm teaching, because it runs slower and has weaker URL management (it doesn't do user-defined lists the way Mosaic and MacWeb/Winweb do). It's a neat approach, since it has better Usenet and mail-to capabilities, but ultimately it's just another beta browser with a pretty face. Anyone stuck midway through a SLIP installation can post cries of help to alt.winsock (assuming they are USING Winsock...) or one of the other Usenet groups related to this subject, but I too have untangled folks on both Windows machines and Macs (unless they're using TIA, which I know nothing about), so if you're tinkering with these tools give a holler... email me the appropriate .ini file if you know how to do that. If you're doing a plain-Jane SLIP installation look at More Internet for Dummies, which, yes, I mean it, has several excellent chapters on getting this stuff to work. And yes, it's worth it. :) ============================================================================== Karen G. Schneider Blue Highways Internet Services Serving New Jersey email kgs@intac.com URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ == & From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 02:25:42 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: New Books from LITA (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Linda J. Knutson" Subject: New Books from LITA Please re-post as you see fit... Thanks! ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Library and Information Technology Association A Division of the American Library Association 50 E. Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 312/280-4270 Internet: U58552@UICVM.UIC.EDU News Release November 1994 NEW BOOKS FROM LITA A Directory of Adaptive Technologies to Aid Libraries and Staff with Disabilities By Dennis A. Norlin, Cay Gasque, Christopher Lewis, Ruth O'Donnell, and Lawrence Webster. LITA Monographs 5. October 1994. 110p. pbk. ISBN 8389-7754-5. $28.00 ($25.20 to LITA members.) In the four years since the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed, librarians find themselves confronted with a dizzying amount of information, advice, and warnings about how they should respond to this sweeping new legislation. The purpose of A Directory of Adaptive Technologies to Aid Library Patrons and Staff with Disabilities is to provide a one-stop resource on adaptive technology for libraries, this book (1) summarizes disability-related legislation; (2) provides guidance for upgrading the work environment to comply with current disability legislation (3) serves as a reference in identifying and selecting assistive devices; (4) offers information about organizations providing support services to people with adaptive technology needs; and (5) identifies sources of funding for securing adaptive equipment and technology. The information included in this Directory will be useful for all types of libraries as they seek to respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by the ADA. LITA publications are distributed through the American Library Association. Phone orders will be taken at 1-800-545-2433, press 7. --------------------------------------------------------------- The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, Volume 4, 1993 Edited by Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Leslie B. Pearse, Dana Rooks and Roy Tennant. October 1994. 196p. pbk. ISBN 8389-7766-9. ISSN 1048-6542. $20.00 ($17.00 to LITA members). This is the print version of the electronic library journal associated with the popular PACS-L list that is distributed to over 11,000 subscribers worldwide via BITNET, Internet and other computer networks. Volume four includes papers on the Internet Gopher software, virtual library issues, the dangers of visionary technological predictions, information policies and electronic information resources, competencies for electronic information services, a model copyright policy for universities, an electronic document delivery project (OJAC), and the University of Pennsylvania's PennInfo CWIS. (Volumes 1 through 4 of The Public- Access Computer Systems Review are available as a set for $60 or $15 per volume. The order code for this 4-volume set is 0-8389- 7769-3.) LITA publications are distributed through the American Library Association. Phone orders will be taken at 1-800-545-2433, press 7. From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 02:27:23 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: CD jewel boxes: CORRECTION (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Whittier Public Library Subject: CD jewel boxes: CORRECTION It has only taken one day for me to learn the hard way the wide broadcast capabilities of this list. Had I the slightest glimmer of intelligence I would have noted, for example, the domain name. Yesterday's post regarding CD jewel boxes requires a qualification: my friend with the 5000 boxes lives in the Los Angeles area. He is not prepared to ship the empty boxes, but would prefer that the interested party pick them up from his house. Today I received a nod of interest from a library in New York. I have apologized to that library for not being clear in the first place, and I hereby apologize to all on the list for not respecting what I have known all along: the 'net crosses lots of borders. Dean C. Rowan From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 02:30:41 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: City Council videotapes (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bette Ammon Subject: City Council videotapes We don't circulate city council videotapes (they are available at our local public access station for viewing) but we do regularly add local videos to our collection if there is interest. For instance, candidates forums prior to elections have been temporarily added while they were pertinent. The cataloging amounts to a fast add on our automated system (Dynix). Bette Ammon, Young Adult Librarian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Missoula Public Library Celebrating 100 years of libraryness 301 East Main Missoula MT 59802 "Our Century Speaks Volumes" (406) 721-BOOK bammpl@wln.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 02:35:22 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: WWW Banned books online (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jpolly@nysernet.ORG (Jean Armour Polly) Subject: WWW Banned books online http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/Web/People/spok/banned-books.html This www home page is not graphics intensive, so those of you looking at it with Lynx browsers aren't missing anything. Can most of you use a web broswer OR LYNX or other WWW viewer? If you can telnet, you can probably get to a public Lynx site. If there is interest maybe we can post instructions (Karen, as official PUBLIB training director, you up for it? ;-) I highly recommend looking at the information here. Please repost as needed. >Posted-Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 15:13:11 -0500 >From: spok+@cs.cmu.edu (John Ockerbloom) >Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon > >I have created a new Web page featuring books available on-line that >have been the objects of censorship, particularly by legal authorities >or by schools. Find it at > > http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/Web/People/spok/banned-books.html > >The on-line exhibit gives short descriptions of the titles, which >range from "Ulysses" to "Little Red Riding Hood". It also describes >how and why each book was censored or suppressed. You can then follow >hypertext links from the top-level page to the works themselves, so >that you can see what the censors didn't want people to see. > >Pointers to other resources (both on- and off-line) on censorship issues >and on-line literature are given at the bottom of the page. > >The exhibit is based at Carnegie Mellon University, where the >administration recently announced the university would censor numerous >newsgroups (including text-based groups) related to sexuality, citing >fears of legal liability as its reason. The exhibit is particularly >appropriate now, as a reminder of the continuing struggle for free >expression and the increasingly important role of computer-based forms >of expression. > >There is undoubtedly more material I can add to the page. If you know >of additional resources or information I can add (preferably with >references), or you have suggestions, please write to me at >spok@cs.cmu.edu. > >John Ockerbloom > >ockerbloom@cs.cmu.edu 1603 Beechwood Blvd., Pittsburgh PA 15217 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Elliott Parker BITNET: 3ZLUFUR@CMUVM >Journalism Dept. Internet: 3zlufur@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu >Central Michigan University Compuserve: 70701,520 >Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 USA The WELL: eparker@well.sf.ca.us > > > From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 02:39:39 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Circulating Pamphlets (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Oxnard Public Library Subject: RE: Circulating Pamphlets We circulate pamphlets by placing them in large manila envelopes. Each envelope has a bar code on the cover and when scanned, is recorded as a generic check-out of pamphlets. A notation is made by hand on the envelope as to how many pamphlets are included on that particular bar code and when returned, the number of pamphlets in the envelope must agree with the number inscribed. The number is then lined out and the bar code is scanned for a successful check-in. Brenda Crispin, Reference Librarian Oxnard Public Library, California From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 02:42:31 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Media services (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Julia Morgan Subject: Media services Southdale Hennepin Area Library has a public access unit we call a media lab in which library users are able to receive instruction and use a-v production equipment to produce their own slide-tape shows, convert 8mm movies to video, use black and white darkrooms, do audio productions, still-life photos, etc. The idea is to show people how to do it, we don't do it for them and we don't provide materials for them (e.g., video or audio tapes, laminating sheets, photo chemicals, etc.)but we do provide staff and equipment. We also lend still cameras, slide units, video cameras, etc., and staff do workshops on how to use the equipment and buy cameras and other good stuff. We would like to know if any other public libraries have such a service in their libraries and if so do you charge for the service or parts of it? We do not have any charges for our service unless borrowed equipment is kept overdue. We do require pre-registration for blocks of time for heavily used equipment both in-house and to check out and we require the signing of a bailment card to borrow equipment. We do not lend equipment to anyone outside our regional system, but any one can use equipment in-house. Checkout of equipment is for very limited loan periods (essentially overnight only) and must be returned to the lab itself. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Julia Morgan internet: jmorgan@hennepin.lib.mn.us Southdale-Hennepin Library phone: 612-830-4937 7001 York Ave. So. fax: 612-830-4976 Edina, MN 55435 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 02:44:23 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: The real Pagemaster (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Linda Wallace, ALA Public Information Office" Subject: The real Pagemaster Would the real Pagemaster please stand up? USA Today is interested in profilinga real children's librarian in connection with the opening of the Pagemaster feature film which opens November 23. Please send me your candidates by noon Tuesday, November 22, if possible. E-mail or call 800-545-2433, ext. 5042. The ideal candidate will be able to identify a child and/or parent who can talk about how the librarian's activities made a difference in his/her life. But I'll take names of anyone you think is a great children's librarian and why you think they're great/how they make a difference. Thanks! From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 02:45:56 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: TQM and Organization structure (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Ann Theis Subject: TQM and Organization structure This has also been posted on the TQMLIB list. The Chesterfield County Public Library is reorganizing e library administration and is also involved in the county's TQM initiative. Our library director is interested in obtaining information about library administrative structures that are conducive to TQM. He would also be interested in hearing from other public libraries that have reorganized staff to implement TQM and provide better library service to library customers. Samples of flat organizational charts from large and mid-sized libraries would be greatly appreciated. We have received some useful information from some academic libraries, but would welcome some info from public libraries. Thanks Ann Theis e-mail:atheis@leo.vsla.edu FAX: 804-751-4679 phone:804-748-1760 Chesterfield County Public Library P.O. Box 297, Chesterfield, VA 23832 From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 02:47:04 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: CD jewel boxes (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Whittier Public Library Subject: CD jewel boxes The 5000 CD jewel boxes available from a private party (a friend of mine) have been claimed. Thank you for expressing interest. Just in case you're curious: my friend does indeed own about 5000 CDs, and I would venture to guess nearly twice as many LPs. Most of it is obscure pop, rock, metal, underground, punk, etc., with a sample of folk, classical, and popular type stuff. Dean C. Rowan From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 02:47:54 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Revenue Earning Collections (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Paul Sutherland Subject: Revenue Earning Collections --Boundary (ID DsAKrY2TTh/HQoDvTbibIg) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN We are interested in finding out more about high demand/ high interest/ "hot" popular fiction and non-fiction collections in Public Libraries, where a premium rental fee is charged to borrow current bestsellers. Does your library operate such a system? If so, what fee is charged? what is the loan period? how long does a title remain in such a collection? what are the criteria for inclusion? is the collection easy to administer? is it a high revenue earner? do borrowers like or begrudge the collection? This and any other relevent information most welcome. Please reply to me, not the list Thanks ********************************************************************** Paul Sutherland Fax +64 3 3651751 Canterbury Public Library P.O.Box 1466 Christchurch Email sutherlandp@ccc.govt.nz New Zealand ********************************************************************** --Boundary (ID DsAKrY2TTh/HQoDvTbibIg)-- From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 02:57:17 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: AV Security Systems (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Paul Sutherland Subject: AV Security Systems --Boundary (ID Z0fUaHKR8rH0NXYx9D8CRA) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN We are looking at introducing some security system for our Audio Visual collection (CD's, Videos and Cassettes). Presently the Covers only are displayed, and the insides inserted, then issued at an AV issue desk. Obviously labour intensive...We would like to be able to put everything on display, with some security system. Currently we have a 3M system for Books and Serials, and would like to get a compatible system. We would be interested in any experiences people may have had with such security systems, success and failure. Or any other way of displaying material so it involves less handling and adequate security. Please reply to me, not the list Thanks ********************************************************************** Paul Sutherland Fax +64 3 3651751 Canterbury Public Library P.O.Box 1466 Christchurch Email sutherlandp@ccc.govt.nz New Zealand ********************************************************************** --Boundary (ID Z0fUaHKR8rH0NXYx9D8CRA)-- From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 21:45:54 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Property & Liability Self-Insurance (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: RAY@KCPL.LIB.MO.US Subject: Property & Liability Self-Insurance? We are looking at the pros/cons of property/liability self-insurance. Are any libraries utilizing any type of self-insurance program or had any risk manage- ment studies done in relation to property/liability insurance? I would appreci- ate any information and any suggestions on this. Thanks. From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 21:46:33 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Circulating pamphlets (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: JBishop619@aol.com Subject: Circulating pamphlets --"Does anyone have a good method for circulating pamphlets/vertical file materials"-- We recently took all our vertical files, and placed them in clear plastic envelopes marked with rather loose subject headings and call numbers. These envelopes were placed in the stacks. We don't catalog any of the pamphlets, but we do place a sticker on each stating the name of the envelope it is filed in, and, if applicable, the date it should be thrown away. Each envelope has a note attached telling the patrons to remove materials and to take them to the circulation desk for check out. When materials show up at the front desk, the staff places the material into a large paper envelope wich is then stamped with a due date. We don't actually check the material out to the patron, it's more of an honor system, but we don't tell the patron that the materials is not recorded in any way. I was concerned that we would have materials scattered all over the library, or that none of the materials would return, but so far, it has worked really well. People even appreciate the labeled envelopes on the shelves... they use them as guides when browsing the stacks. John Bishop San Diego Public Library Mira Mesa Branch From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 21:51:41 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: public library fees (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "JOHN PAUL WATMAN" Subject: public library fees greetings; I'm looking for information on the fee-based operations at the Minneapolis and Cleveland Public Libraries. Has anyone worked in these services, or used them? How do you think these services impact the regular free library services? What is the clientele for these services, and how would they differ from the typical public library customer? I also understand that the Vancouver, B.C. system is planning a fee-based service. Could anyone out there provide me with more details on this. As I understand it, it not yet operational. Thanks for your help. >paul watman< watmanj@fis.utoronto.ca From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 21:52:21 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Help with computer system (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 17:38:25 -0600 (CST) From: Katherine Jean Roberts To: listserver@nysernet.ORG Cc: publll@nysernet.ORG Subject: Help with computer system I work at a public library that is about to get computerized and need some info on reactions to a couple of systems. Please e-mail responses as soon as possible. I need to know the likes and dislikes of DRA and SIRSI. Also, if there have been problems with them let me know. If anyone has any other comments on these two systems, please respond. We have a board meeting on Monday Nov. 28, so I'd like any responses by Sunday. Thanks in advance Katherine J. Roberts From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 21:55:31 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Kiosks and the U.S. Postal Service (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: damorgan@nyx10.cs.du.edu (David W. Morgan) Subject: Kiosks and the U.S. Postal Service You thought you had heard the last of this subject, eh? Here is an article I found on the Internet today. It doesn't mention anything about providing e-mail, ftp, or telnet, from what I can tell. It does talk about an interactive kiosk. I am not exactly sure how interactive it will be. The City of Honolulu has a kiosk set up in a shopping center here. You touch the screen and go to a different area, where you can find answers to the 15 most frequently asked questions of that department. They call this interactive, and claim to be the first city in the U.S. to have this service, according to a recent article in a Honolulu newspaper. -------------------- Subject: Interagency Kiosk Report Update and Prototype Demo (fwd) Date: 22 Nov 1994 12:08:51 -0600 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Date: Tue Nov 15, 1994 7:28 pm EST From: ttate EMS: INTERNET / MCI ID: 376-5414 MBX: ttate@esusda.gov TO: * Kenyon F. Karl / MCI ID: 177-1813 Subject: ACE: Nov. 17 Meeting - Demo & Discussion ACE FRIENDS: For those of you attending our meeting in Washington, November 17, 1994 here is reading on the Public Access terminal discussion and demonstration. For those of you not able to get to the meeting, we hope this summary will help keep you up to date on efforts to strengthen citizen access efforts. Tom Tate Interagency Kiosk Report Update and Prototype Demo: November 17, 1994 ACE Meeting SUSAN SMOTER U.S. POSTAL SERVICE The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recently lead an intergovernmental effort to define how to provide the public with electronic access to government information and services using kiosks. In cooperation with other governing entities, a plan to create an integrated, government-wide (federal, state and local) service delivery model has been formulated and the proof-of-concept will be piloted by the USPS starting mid-year 1995. It is our belief that by joining forces with other government agencies, we can better serve the public. It is our combined vision that the kiosks will provide to the public: o 24-hour, seven day-a-week access, o One-stop shopping - no arcade of kiosks, o Online federal, state, and local information and services (transactions), and, o Universal reach and coverage to ensure access for all people. The intergovernmental kiosk model calls for an integrated suite of applications enabling people to simply and quickly access information and services to meet their immediate needs. For example, a kiosk can: o Consolidate a moving experience into a single kiosk visit to obtain demographic information, school listings, voter registration, and change of address from federal, state, and local government sources, o Find a job, apply for benefits, identify training programs and scholarships, and apply for positions across the country or within a target area, and, o Identify benefits people are entitled to receive when faced with a life event or family status changes. The USPS began preparation of the kiosk report for the Customer Service Improvement Team (CSIT) of the Government Information Technology Services (GITS) in May 1994. Over 50 representatives from federal, state, and local governing entities have been actively working on the report. The service delivery model for dissemination of government information and services incorporates other access technologies, such as 1-800 phone numbers, personal computers, and interactive cable television. A final report goes to GITS/CSIT in November outlining a plan for implementing a government-wide service delivery network, with kiosks as the spring board technology for implementing the infrastructure and support structure needed to propel electronic customer service initiatives for wide-spread use across the nation. The National Performance Review puts forth the vision of increasing the effectiveness of government service delivery by offering public access to state-of-the-art technology. The government-wide service delivery network model enables agencies to directly update and maintain their information to ensure accuracy and currency. Kiosks are targeted for locations that will best serve the public interests. Possible kiosk locations could be post office lobbies, grocery stores, libraries, or shopping malls. The U.S. Postal Service exhibited a prototype kiosk at InterChange 94 in October to demonstrate the usefulness of Mosaic and World Wide Web (WWW) technology to build a government-wide service delivery network. The server now resides on the Internet and the integrated federal, state, and local application set will be demostrated at the November ACE meeting. Mosaic, as the browser on the kiosk, provides a user-friendly, intuitive interactive interface for navigating to service offerings. WWW has proven to be a successful networked information system on the Internet. The prototypes on exhibit were developed in less than 5 weeks (by a single programmer) and had live links to Social Security, Veterans Administration, IRS and other federal, state, and local servers across the Internet. This exhibit also demonstrated the interoperability of WWW and Mosaic running on UNIX and DOS Windows platforms. WWW uses client/server technology to hyperlink to information sources, thus giving the user total control to select where and what information and services they access. WWW is a multimedia tool, enabling developers to use any combination of text, graphics, sound, and full motion video to make applications more appealing and to present information for visual vs. cognitive understanding (which increases the comprehension level and speed at which information is absorbed.) Finally, WWW is a widely accepted, open standard. Mosaic and WWW are non-proprietary, enabling applications to run on any and all processing platforms. Hyperlinking to government electronic services is expected to be a cost-effective and efficient way to improve customer service and bring government service to the public on the public's terms. The service delivery model for dissemination of government information and services incorporates other access technologies, such as 1-800 phone numbers, TDD, personal computers, and interactive cable. The prototype intergovernmental application demonstrates the potential of hyperlinking service provider servers through World Wide Web (WWW) home pages to create a series of user-driven, interactive, multimedia applications. Based upon a client-server model, the kiosk points to agency maintained WWW servers across the Internet. Hyperlinking technology allows for the creation of standard navigational and search conventions that are used across the network to ensure a common look and feel for users accessing via kiosks, personal computers and other means. The applications and home pages were developed using HTML and 'c' code. -- ==================================================================== Thomas G. Tate Communications, Information, Technology USDA Extension Service Room 3322-S Washington, D.C. 20250-0900 Phone (202) 720-8155 ******************************************************************* INTERNET: ttate@esusda.gov FTS2000: internet!esusda.gov!ttate =================================================================== -- Nyx, a free public unix system located at Denver University telnet> nyx.cs.du.edu login: new A public service message from David W. Morgan, Honolulu, HI ----------------------------------------------------------- From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 22 21:56:34 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:07 2005 Subject: Geac Advance Revolving Block Collections (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: bb798@freenet.carleton.ca (Pilar Martinez) Subject: Geac Advance Revolving Block Collections Yellowhead Regional Library is in the process of implementing our new automated library system, GEAC Advance. We are a regional library system, serving approximately 150 school and public libraries. We provide a service called "Circulating Blocks" to our member libraries, and we are interested in "corresponding" with other libraries who use the Revolving Block Collections module of GEAC Advance. Any suggestions or information would be greatly appreciated. -- Pilar Martinez \\\\ Yellowhead Regional Library bb798.freenet.carleton.ca //// Spruce Grove, Alberta From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 23 21:00:07 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:08 2005 Subject: Librarians continue to whine...film at 11 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Floyd Ingram Subject: Re: Librarians continue to whine...film at 11 Amen, Dan Lester! Librarians have TOO MUCH fear of some kind of threat from other services. Many of us are so insecure that we fail to capitalize on any major undertaking. There is too much time spent on whining about something rather than taking the lead in matters. ****************************************************************** Floyd Ingram Charlotte, NC fingram@vnet.net (704) 378-1124 Office "You can't lead where you don't go, and you can't teach what you don't know." ****************************************************************** From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 23 21:01:38 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:08 2005 Subject: Job Posting (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Allen County Public Library Subject: Job Posting POSITION AVAILABLE Assistant Branch Manager Shawnee Branch Allen County Public Library RESPONSIBILITIES: Assist patrons requesting reference or reader's advisory assistance in an established branch. Help patrons locate materials and information through reference work, catalog help, and online database searching. Work in collection development, ordering and de-selecting materials as required. Work to develop, plan, and present programs appropriate to the branch and library system. Take an active role in establishing a young adult collection and initiating programming for this age group. Act in the manager's absence. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: ALA-accredited M.L.S. degree and one year's experience. This experience should reflect knowledge to design and conduct an online database search and/or research project. Excellent interpersonal communication skills for interpreting information and material requests of the public. These skills should emphasize the ability to listen actively and warmly to patrons and to interpret their questions into meaningful information requests. Analytical abilities appropriate to analyzing the community's information and material needs on a pro-active basis and planning to meet these needs with programs, materials, and reference service. These qualifications should be supported by a genuine interest in and an understanding of the public served and the resources of the branch and library system. Energy, resourcefulness, tact, good judgment, good health, and a sense of humor. Ability to work day, evening, and weekend hours. COMPENSATION: 1994 range minimum for this position is $25,480. Library-paid single membership in HMO health plan, dental insurance, and term life and long term disability insurance. Cumulative sick leave. Public Employees' Retirement Fund. Employee assistance program. Personal business leave. Deferred compensation plan. Federal credit union. Four weeks vacation. Holiday pay and free parking. Relocation allowance. APPLICATION: Send letter of qualifications, resume, and names of work references to Charlene P. Holly, Personnel Manager, at 900 Webster Street, P.O. Box 2270, Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270. The phone number is (219) 424-7241. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 23 21:02:14 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:08 2005 Subject: Position Announcement - Computer Technician (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: sgardner@Mail.more.net (Stan Gardner) Subject: Position Announcement - Computer Technician This position is being posted on several Lists, Please excuse any duplication. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - RE-OPENED Computer Technician The Missouri State Library is re-opening it's position for a Computer Technician. Experienced in working with: PC environment; database management; document scanning; electronic documents; e-mail systems; Novell LAN; and Office software. Qualifications: High school diploma required, specialized training in computer technology and/or two years college preferred. Salary starts at $18,000 depending on education and experience. Send Letter of application, resume, with names of three references to: John Kranick, Information Technology Specialist, Missouri State Library, P.O. Box 387, Jefferson City, MO 65102, or e-mail jkranick@mail.more.net. Applications will be reviewed starting December 2, 1994. **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** Stan Gardner, Acting State Librarian Missouri State Library P.O. Box 387 Jefferson City, MO 65102 PH. 314-751-2768 FAX: 314-751-3612 E-MAIL: sgardner@Mail.more.net ***************************************************************************** From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 23 21:03:35 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:08 2005 Subject: Weeding guidelines (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: PUB_LIB@mln.lib.ma.us Subject: Weeding guidelines? Hello. Can anyone point me to resources dealing with weeding guidelines for medical/health collections in public libraries? Please respond to: Ellen Sisco ESISCO@mln.lib.ma.us Lincoln Public Library Lincoln, Ma. 01773 617-259-8465 Thank you in advance! From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 23 21:04:37 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:08 2005 Subject: "States" series for Children (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: BOYESK@mail.seflin.lib.fl.us Subject: "States" series for Children? We are currently investigating replacing our set of books about all the states, and would be interested in hearing recommendations from children's librarians out there. This is for the bookmobile, so we have room to buy only one good set - the majority of children who are using these materials are "middle school", i.e. from grade 5 through 8, although some of them will be elementary school. If you could only have one series, which would you buy? (Price is a factor, but only one - we would like to get the best from the point of view of text, illustrations, etc., without getting into the encyclopedia price range! Replies can be sent to me directly: Kathy Boyes boyesk@mail.seflin.lib.fl.us Palm Beach County Florida From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 23 21:05:17 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:08 2005 Subject: NII Awards deadline EXTENDED 2/17/95 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jpolly@nysernet.ORG (Jean Armour Polly) Subject: NII Awards deadline EXTENDED 2/17/95 >Date: Tue, 22 Nov 94 14:27 PST >Mime-Version: 1.0 >To: participants@niiawards.org >From: jhake@earthlink.net (Jim Hake) >Subject: NII Awards Update, VP Gore ltr, Response Requested >Status: RO >X-Status: > >Thank you for your interest in the NII Awards program. A few important >announcements on the NII Awards follow: > >********************************** >UPDATED INFO >********************************** >Updated information on the Awards is now available by sending email to: >info-request@niiawards.org > >1) Letter from Vice President Gore > (text of letter supporting Awards and encouraging your entry) > - include "get vp_ltr" in the body of your message. > >2) Current Questions and Answers > - include "get q_a" in the body of your message. > ** this now includes info on exposure for Award winners. > >********************************** >ENTRY DEADLINE = February 17, 1995 >********************************** >To accomodate the holidays we have extended the entry deadline. We still >encourage you to submit your entry as early as possible. > >**************************************** >IMPORTANT QUESTION - Response Requested >**************************************** >To ensure we have an adequate # of judges, please let us know if you expect >to be entering the NII Awards by responding to this message (Yes or No, >Expected Category), for example: > > Yes, Education > > >As always, questions may be sent in response to this message or sent to >questions@niiawards.org. > >Thank you! >Jim Hake >NII Awards Program > > > > From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 23 21:06:36 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:08 2005 Subject: Annual report examples (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Kim O'Neill - Southfield" Subject: Annual report examples? I am in the process of putting together an annual report for the Southfield Public Library. Its content would be directed toward the public, as well as, local city officials. Does anyone have examples of library annual reports or ideas about producing an annual report? I would appreciate any input. If you are able to forward an example, please include the name of a contact person. Thank you. Kimberly O'Neill Southfield Public Library 26000 Evergreen Road Southfield, MI 48037 From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 23 21:09:01 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:08 2005 Subject: Creating the Televillage conference 11/15-16 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jpolly@nysernet.ORG (Jean Armour Polly) Subject: Creating the Televillage conference 11/15-16 Creating the Televillage Nov 15-16, 1994 Tampa, Florida Steve Cisler sac@apple.com This report may be posted on educational, government, non-profit, and hobby BBSes, servers, gophers, and FTP sites but not on those of such services as America Online, CompuServe, Prodigy, GEnie, or in the CD-ROMs compiled from material available on the Internet. Commercial publishers and ventures such as the aforementioned should contact the author at sac@apple.com. The Kentucky Science and Technology Council(KSTC), with support from South Central Bell Telephone, GTE Corp., AT&T, Herman Miller, Inc, and the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. sponsored this conference for people interested in establishing or running community teleservice centers, also known as telecottages or televillages. These started in Scandinavia in the mid-1980's and have spread to more than 325 sites in a dozen countries. More than a third are located in the United Kingdom, so it was appropriate for Alan Denbigh, the executive director of the Telecottage Association of Great Britain, to address the 130 attendees from thirty states and four countries. The telecottages in Great Britain seem to be a combination of a walk-in center where the public can use computer equipment (usually for a fee), where training classes occur, where telecommuters congregate, and where more advanced equipment such as videoconferencing gear may be deployed. All have fax and phone. Some of these centers run bulletin board systems, but only about a third of those attending the association's annual meeting used electronic mail. CompuServe hosts the European Community Telework Forum for staff involved in these centers. Denbigh can be reached at 100272.3137@compuserve.com or by phone at 0453 834874 in the UK. He can also provide information on their magazine, Teleworker, a bimonthly print publication. Tampa was threatened by Hurricane Gordon before and during the conference, but there was no real disruption. GTE held a pre-conference tour/workshop of their advanced services such as telemedicine applications running on a 768 kbps circuit and video conferencing for distance learning running on a 112 kbps circuit (ISDN would work for this) between a school for children with special problems and mainstream public schools into which some of the special kids would be integrated. The teachers seemed very enthusiastic about the possibilities as their group and ours conversed, though we were about 40 miles apart. Aside from seeing someone in the distant group raising his hand to speak, no visual information critical to the exchange of ideas was used, though sharing documents is possible. The medical peripherals that interface to the high end video conferencing system were varied, costly, and impressive in what tasks they could perform. Much of the projected costs are justified by transportation savings, by keeping rural clinics and hospitals from not closing (because patients bypass ones with sub-standard care, even if they have to drive to the next big town), and because some of the medical personnel don't want to live or work in the rural areas. An interesting case was the use in prisons where most outsiders don't want to step foot (though we are quite willing to spend lavish amounts to build bigger facilities to solve our crime problems). The cost of transporting a prisoner to a hospital includes all the extra guards and costs of security, so it is easier to justify the savings for remote diagnostic equipment. Finally, GTE showed us their vision video on what they call "the World Class Network", where they, too, claim they have already built the information superhighway. I noted that the 1993 video made no mention of the Internet, and the spokeswoman thought it might have been because the Internet was not around when the video was made! More likely is the difficulty many telcos have in integrating the Internet into their sales and marketing strategy. It's amorphous, chaotic, not in their control, and yet it's growing, in demand, and must be reckoned with. From a show of hands at the conference, about 40 % of the attendees were using the Internet at least for mail. Kris Kimel (kkimel@ssi.edc.org) of the KSTC, led a number of the sessions on the Kentucky experiences which have evolved as his organization became more involved with listening to the local participants than in focusing on what technology to drop into Pikeville in Appalachia or into Elizabethtown, a medium-sized town about an hour from Louisville. Neither are particularly rural, but the project is designed to serve a cluster of rural counties near each town. Kimel stressed the Televillage (a word I believe they have trademarked) is more of a process than a thing. The director of the Pikeville project tried to explain to the mayor that the Televillage was what he and the others in town could create. At first this angered the politician who wanted something tangible like a school or plant or museum building. Later they came to realize that the technology may come from the outside, and even some possible uses, but the real creativity and organization comes from the local level. At the same time the process was discussed, architects and manufacturers of office equipment have been designing what the new or re-purposed building would look like once money has been found for the center. Some conceive of have spaces rented by anchor tenants, perhaps a business whose remote employees would use the facilities several days a week, or perhaps a state or federal government agency. Outside of Washington, the General Services Administration has set up four telework centers to study the effect they will have on worker productivity, decreased commuting traffic, and shifting office culture at the headquarters. I asked if any of those designing the centers actually used them or lived in rural areas. The speaker, Warren Master of the GSA, is a New Yorker and lives close to DC, but he said that people using these centers joined the planning committee and were making changes in existing and newly planned centers. In some circles there is a strong belief that a rural area will never support a fancy, high end televillage and that starting with a small electronic bulletin board is the only way to go. I asked the panel that discussed applications what their opinion was. They each had voiced a vision of broadband options, with eventual equity for rural areas, and in answer to my question they thought it was better to go full bore for the high end rather than set up something like a BBS. The North Carolina Information Highway is the most advanced state initiative that I know of. There will be 10 ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) switches in the state running at 155 mbps. There will be 35 sites using it for distance learning, and access points will be in K12 schools, colleges and universities, government offices, courts, and health care sites. Libraries will be the telecottage public access points for the NCIS. However, the Elizabethtown, KY, group had just launched a multiline BBS (running Galacticom's Major system with RIP graphics and Internet electronic mail) which was demoed during the reception one evening. Already, there were few free lines, and the most popular area was the real time chat sessions. Most of the interchanges were fewer than one line of text, but as the static information sources are filled in, the system operators expect more use of those parts. The residents are charged $5 a month to use the BBS, and it seems to be a tangible accomplishment that can be used as they wait for the building and the other services to be implemented. In fact, an area of the system should be used to discuss and take comments on the planned Televillage. The Pikeville televillage decided not to set up a BBS, partly because a teenager in town was already running a very successful one, and they did not want to compete with an existing service. My own brief talk on Apple Library of Tomorrow community network project support ended with an overhead showing the merging of community networks and telecenters,even as broadband interactive video services are offered. No single component is going to serve a city or rural area perfectly, but supporting a rich suite of services will be more difficult in many rural areas. Obviously, I said that libraries were important partners in these projects and should be included in any televillage venture as well. There were librarians from Kentucky, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, and California at the conference. Cathy Wasem (cwasem@hrsa.ssw.dhhs.gov) of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in Washington had worked for many years in South Dakota (8 years on the Rosebud Sioux reservation), and she spoke of the need for restoring the health of communities as well as individuals. The fact that 10% of the rural hospitals closed in the 1980's because patients went to ones in larger cities echoes other trends of people shopping in larger centers where there is a Wal-Mart or large mall, and of rural citizens commuting long distances because the pay is better or because of the dearth of jobs near their residence. Wasem distributed a wealth of printed information, much of which is available from RICHS, the National Rural Health Clearinghouse, housed in the National Agricultural Library near Washington (800 633 7701). Dent Davis of the U. of Tennessee in Knoxville about the necessity for increased collaboration, rather than competition, but he said it required more energy and skills than some groups have. Gil Gordon, an expert on telecommuting, mentioned that only 4 out of 50 Bell Atlantic top executives had used the Internet. Gordon had a button that said, "Turn it off, take a breath, get a life". He was the only person to overtly mention politics of technology. Indeed, there was no mention of the phrase "electronic democracy," during the presentations I attended. The emphasis was clearly on economic development. The closing keynote by John Niles of Global Telematics (70715.224@compuserve.com) was cautionary. He said the televillage should not be sold as an anti-urban solution. The real power in the country lies in the growing suburban developments that house so many middle-class people and more and more major corporate offices that have abandoned central cities and usually were never in rural areas. He said we have to recognize the interdependence of all areas and the connectedness between the rich and the poor. Niles hopes that the lessons of the televillage can be applied to cities, and that links will be established between city sites and rural ones. I would have liked to hear more of his ideas. Both Kimel and Niles mentioned the rural inhabitants attachment to what might be called traditional values, and Kimel said some in rural areas of Kentucky were looking back to the 1940's and wished, for example, that the EPA would relax regulations so that coal mining would be a big job source again, or that people would change their ideas about tobacco and that those farmers would improve their business. Kimel is trying to get them to look forward. My own misgivings about basing rural economies on information industries comes from the way that both capital and information are more and more volatile. When South Carolina attracts BMW to build a plant or Virginia persuades a distributor to build a mega-warehouse for East Coast distribution, you know that they won't be leaving for a while. But information industries, whether they are data entry shops, software houses, financial processing divisions, or a knowledge management center, can quickly pull up their tents and strike out for another part of the country (or even another continent) where capital is less regulated, where the populace has the right skills, and where the network connection is adequate for the anticipated traffic. The spread of the network gives more options to investors, company strategists, and individual entrepreneurs, but it makes it more competitive when economic development officers in a town, region, or state seek to differentiate their area from others trying to attract new business. Pikeville won't just be competing with Elizabethtown; it eventually will be competing with Fargo and Maui and Chiang Mai in Thailand. The "edges" that a rural site may offer at this point is quality of life and a good training infrastructure (which include good schools, of course). Public Agenda On the evening of Nov 16, I flew to Tallahassee and dropped in on the Public Agenda project sponsored by the Pew Foundation in Philadelphia. Florida State University, the Tallahassee Democrat, and a local TV station sponsored a variety of meetings where volunteers participated in Moderating Public Discussion Programs and learned techniques for facilitating group discussion to raise and discuss problems in the local community. The meeting I attended was held in the Florida House of Representatives chamber, and it was jammed, as were the visitor galleries above the chamber. What impressed me was the range of issues raised, the varied age and background of the citizens who attended, and most of all, their ability to listen and not interrupt. The Tallahassee Free-Net was set up in the entrance hall, and they plan to post transcripts or summaries on the Free-Net, as well as encourage an ongoing asynchronous discussion. A reporter was interviewing the speakers, and he seemed surprised when I told him I had only been in town for 45 minutes. He began talking about the usefulness of an online database of citizens with points of view so that reporters did not have to rely on the usual suspects each time they did a story. We both thought the electronic tools, such as online discussions and databases of citizen-experts could augment but not replace the face-to-face meetings that Public Agenda is emphasizing. The Pew Foundation recently held a meeting to discuss the so-called "new technologies" and how they might help grow the democratic spirit in Americans. I toured the Leon County Public Library System which has had its Internet connection delayed for local political reasons, but I was impressed with the numerous training programs they offered to the public several times a month. The Free-Net hardware is located in the library, as is the help desk. Adjacent to that small room is the computer lab which will be beefed up once the direct Internet connection is supplied. Given the range of equipment, Tallahassee already has the makings of a televillage center in their own library. This impressed me, as do the future plans of the Free-Net (which won't be limited to providing VT100 access to the electronic city metaphor of other urban Free-Nets.) I received but have not viewed a new video on Tallahassee Free-Net and the Internet. end- From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 23 21:13:35 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:08 2005 Subject: Comic Books in Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: TOOLSIEI@mail.seflin.lib.fl.us Subject: Comic Books in Public Libraries? I am currently doing a research project on comic books contained in public libraries' collections. If you have comic books in your collection, do they circulate or not? Please reply with the name of your public library and its telephone number. I need this information ASAP. Please reply to me, not the list. My Email address is - toolsiei@seflink.seflin.lib.fl.us Thanks for your help! Isabel Toolsie Palm Beach County Library System 5689 Okeechobee Blvd WPB FL 33417 From publll at nysernet.ORG Thu Nov 24 21:09:02 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:09 2005 Subject: computer systems (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Katherine Jean Roberts Subject: computer systems Thanks to the two people who have responded to my request. Both have used DRA, but I still would like more info and I'd like to hear some SIRSI users as well. Please e-mail comments on either system at least by Sunday, Nov. 27 since we'll decide on the system on Monday. thanks! katherine roberts From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 28 21:08:34 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:09 2005 Subject: How About This for a Library Name? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: John Iliff Subject: How About This for a Library Name? ------------------------------------- E-mail: PP001654@pop3.interramp.com Date: 11/26/94 Time: 18:26:20 This message was sent by Chameleon ------------------------------------- My wife told me today the local Congregational Church has a library named after its primary donor- a Mrs. Damm. Yeah, you guessed it, the library is called The Damm Library. The mind doth runneth over with the possibilities: How about a promotional: It's a mighty fine Damm Library! or Meet you at the Damm Library! Seems I heard some colleagues talk about this library - what with comments about that Damm Library :)! 'nuff said, J Iliff on Coquina Key, FL pp001654@interramp.com From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 28 21:09:07 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:09 2005 Subject: Canadian Internet Handbook 1995 Edition Released (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Rick Broadhead Subject: Canadian Internet Handbook 1995 Edition Released I am pleased to announce that the 1995 edition of the Canadian Internet Handbook has been released, with a foreword by the Honourable Frank McKenna, Premier of New Brunswick. To obtain information about the book, including the press release, table-of-contents, etc. send a blank e-mail message to info@handbook.com. You will receive an automatic reply. The ISBN number for the 1995 edition is 0-13-329350-5. The book is published by Prentice Hall Canada. It contains an updated list of Canadian academic and public libraries that are accessible from the Internet. -Rick Broadhead Co-Author, The Canadian Internet Handbook Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 28 21:10:00 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:09 2005 Subject: ? Date Due Marking (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: ANNM@LAGUNA.EPCC.EDU Subject: ? Date Due Marking This query is going to CIRCPLUS and PUBLIB, please put up with the duplication. We have an automated circulation system (INLEX). We stamp the date due on a slip inside the book cover (barcode is also there) as the book is being checked out. This is very time-consuming but patrons demand a reminder of the date due and a reminder that will not be lost (making pre-stamped slips unusable). Several years ago we tried a "gun" system which did not work out at that time. We would like to know what other alternatives there might be - whether technological or primitive. Please respond by either snail mail or fax to Tom Healy at the address below. Please respond e-mail directly to me: Ann M. May annm@laguna.epcc.edu. the EL PASO PUBLIC LIBRARY 501 N. Oregon El Paso, TX 79901 fax (915)543-5410 P.S. We are looking forward to any and all responses and experiences. Thank you all. From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 28 21:10:54 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:09 2005 Subject: types of ref questions answered (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Joan C. Durrance" Subject: Re: types of ref questions answered Thanks for the thoughtful comment on criss-cross. I was turned down on my request several years ago by a local library. A child had taken a call for me, but had neglected to take the name. When I called the library and explained the problem, I was told that it was policy. (Badly developed policy as far as I am concerned). On Sun, 20 Nov 1994, Leila Shapiro wrote: > I am truly surprised by how many libraries restrict the questions they > answer. So not every question or questioner is important? A couple of > years ago some folks in our system said they wanted to stop doing > crisscross questions over the phone. I don't know why these were more of > a nuisance than other questions except they often come at the end of the > month in bunches, and library people hate bill collectors. Well, we had > endless meetings about this. Then real life intruded. One of my staff > has an elderly father who was being preyed on by phony charities. He gave > them thanousands of $ and this was getting serious. My colleague made > phone calls to certain libraries who helped him track down these bogus > operations via their crisscross directories. Notably Las Vegas Public who > were invaluably helpful! When my colleague was invited to testify on > capitol hill because of his successful intervention with several states' > attorneys general, we decided to lay this question to rest. > > Not every crisscross is a bill collector. And why, if you give NADA info, > can't you give milage? You will never deliver complete customer > satisfaction if you remain a picky and elitist institution. Let's all > examine what we do and know why we don't do the rest. > > Leila Shapiro Bethesda Regional Library > Montgomery County Department of Public Libraries > PHONE: 301-986-4302 FAX: 301-986-4309 lshapiro@cap.gwu.edu > > > > From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 28 21:37:59 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:09 2005 Subject: Selection Policy- Electronic Resources (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Kathryn J. Whitney" Subject: Selection Policy- Electronic Resources? The Onondaga County Public Library is interested in writing a selection policy for purchasing electronic information and resources. We found some information in the Publib archives, and other resources, but nothing that matches what we need. Does anyone have a selection policy for electronic resources that they will share with us? Thanks in advance for your help. Kathryn Whitney Onondaga County Public Library 447 S. Salina Street Syracuse, NY 13202 From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 28 21:42:01 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:09 2005 Subject: Sweeney/Smart Libraries on-line multimedia presentation available now (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Neal McBurnett" Subject: Sweeney/Smart Libraries on-line multimedia presentation available now (this text is also available from the Boulder Community Network as http://bcn.boulder.co.us/library/co/smart.html) Smart Libraries Richard T. Sweeney's Keynote Multimedia Presentation Colorado Library Association, Nov 5 1994, Keystone CO Richard Sweeney of Polytechnic University gave an inspiring Keynote Address on Smart Libaries at the November Colorado Library Association meeting. You won't be able to hear him talk, but he has kindly made the substance of his presentation available for librarians everywhere. The file SMART.EXE is a self-unzipping archive which contains all the software necessary to run the presentation that Richard Sweeney gave. The presentation was created with IBM's Storyboard Live, Story Teller software. It requires: DOS 3.0 or higher a VGA color monitor 640K of memory 4 Megabytes of free disk space It runs best on a 286 or 386 PC. To acquire SMART.EXE, access this URL via the World Wide Web: http://bcn.boulder.co.us/library/co/smart.exe The Boulder Community Network can also be accessed via telnet: telnet bcn.boulder.co.us This README.txt file is also included in SMART.EXE. To use the disks: 1. Create a subdirectory on your hard disk drive called C:\SMART C:\ mkdir \SMART (you can use any name you like) 2. Run the SMART.EXE program to unpack all the files C:\ CD \SMART C:\SMART\ A:\SMART.EXE (provide a full pathname to where SMART.EXE is) 3. To run the program from the subdirectory C:\SMART, type the command ST C:\SMART\ ST 4. At the main StoryTeller screen: Press the [ENTER] key 5. At the prompt STORY-NAME: Type: RAFT [ENTER] 6. On any of the Title screens: Type: f The program will continue to run and will take about 30 minutes depending on the speed of your computer. 7. To stop the presentation, press the [Esc] key and respond "N" in response to the prompt. Hope you enjoy the presentation. Presentation by Richard Sweeney, rsweeney@photon.poly.edu Vice Provost for Library and Information Services Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY WWW availability by the Boulder Community Network, courtesy of Neal McBurnett. Other options for controlling the story from the keyboard: Esc Return to DOS Button1 Advance Button2 Back up and pause F3 Display mouse pointer F4 Remove mouse pointer F5 Present story one step-at-a-time. Press Button 1 or Enter to step. F6 Resume normal running F7 Increase audio volume F8 Decrease audio volume F10 Pause. Press any key to resume. Space Skip the current WAIT period. - (Minus) Back up and pause / Branch to label + Return to where you did a back-up or branch From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 28 21:44:16 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:09 2005 Subject: Workshop Suggestions (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: PDBURNAM@CC.OWU.EDU Subject: Workshop Suggestions? I am not a subscriber to this list so please reply directly to me. I have agreed to conduct a workshop for a regional public library cooperative network on reference services next spring. It will run for 4 hours, and I want to use several active learning/audience participation activities through its course. The topics I will emphasize will be the reference interview and dealing with "problem" patrons. My question is whether anyone has read anything recently in the professional literature or attended similar workshops that offered a fresh or innovative approach to these issues? Any role-playing scenarios would be most welcome. I am also open to an referrals to colleagues that have done programming in these areas. Thank you in advance for your time and suggestions. Paul Burnam, Public Services Librarian Ohio Wesleyan University Libraries Delaware, OH 43015-2312 (614) 368-3240 Internet: PDBURNAM@CC.OWU.EDU From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 28 21:45:01 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:09 2005 Subject: Library Journal's annual PL budget survey (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Library Journal Subject: Library Journal's annual PL budget survey Many of you are familiar with Library Journal's annual report documenting the budgetary plight of public libraries nationwide. In an effort to make this year's study the most comprehensive LJ has ever conducted, we are seeking to poll public libraries electronically in addition to sending out a printed survey to more than 1000 PLs. Our research department would greatly appreciate your prompt response in answering a few short questions. Those responding must have their answers completed and sent to st-lifer@class.org by December 1. The editors at LJ thank you for your efforts and cooperation. For those who would not mind being contacted by Senior Editor Evan St. Lifer for additional comments in a followup call, please put your name and phone number at the beginning or end of the questions. 1. When does your library's fiscal year run from (e.g. Jan-Dec)? 2. Please list your total budget, and then breakout your materials budget and salary budget for FY93/94 and FY94/95/ 3. How have your total, materials, and salary budgets changed over the last five years (FY89/90 vs. FY 94/95). increased/decreased and by what percentage. 4. staff increase, decrease or stay same in past year? by what %age? 5. Any branch openings/closng in past year? If so, how many? 6. Any bond issues affecting your library pass in the past year. What was the purposed of the issue, how much was the issue for, when was it passed, passed or failed, and in which jurisdiction? (state, county, municipality, special district). 7. Would you comment on the current fiscal situation in your jurisdiction and your outlook for the future? What should/can be done to provide you and your library with a healthier fiscal climate? Again, thank you for your contribution to LJ's comprehensive study. From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 28 21:45:29 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:09 2005 Subject: Position Announcement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: ROLLINS_GENE@jesse.hpl.lib.tx.us Subject: Position Announcement Library Director - Houston Public Library, Houston TX. Anticipated hiring salary $75,000 - $90,000. The fourth largest city in the U.S. is seeking a visionary, team-oriented, energetic library director. HPL consists of a central library and 34 branches, collection of 4.1 million volumes, staff of 708. Requires 8-10 years experience in a major library setting, broad professional and managerial experience, ALA-accredited MLS degree. City of Houston is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MAIL resume in confidence to: Anne Wolfe, Executive Recruiter, City of Houston Personnel Dept., PO Box 1562, Houston TX 77251. From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 28 21:45:53 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:05:09 2005 Subject: Job Posting (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Pam Sandlian Subject: Job Posting Denver Public Library Job Vacancy Senior Librarian, Children's Library Duties: Performs professional library work including storytimes, reader guidance, reference service and general and specialized collection development. Promotes community outreach and programming. Hires, trains and supervises staff. Knowledges, Skills and Abilities: Knowledge of children's literature. Ability to provide storytimes and programs to different ages of children. Considerable knowledge of collection maintenance, reader guidance, reference, technology for children, community outreach and programming work. Working knowledge of online information retrieval methods. Ability to train librarians, shelvers, and clerical employees. Working knowledgge of planning goals and objectives. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Ability to use effective and sensitive interpersonal and inter-group relations skills. Experience: Two years of professional work in a library. Education: MLS from an ALA accredited program. Special Requirements: Must be able to become a resident of the City and County of Denver. Status: Regular, Full-Time, 40+ hours per week, includes some weekend and evening hours. Salary Range: $2170 - $3463 Apply to Denver Public Library, Human Resource Office, 1330 Fox Street, Room 303, Denver, CO 80204 by December 9, 1994. From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 7 22:00:53 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:20 2005 Subject: Public Libraries, Free-Nets, and Censorship (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: aa432@detroit.freenet.org (David W. Morgan) Subject: Re: Public Libraries, Free-Nets, and Censorship I am not a librarian, just a user of libraries, library terminals and freenets. Although there isn't a freenet online in Hawaii yet, two are being planned, and the one in Honolulu hopes to be accessible from the libraries. I access the Internet through Hawaii FYI, a computer gateway funded by the state, through its option to the CARL card catalog at the University of Hawaii. I can reach all the freenets this way, from library terminals either in the public libraries or the UH libraries and community colleges. The alt.sex newsgroups are available to anybody that can reach the Internet. It might take a little searching, but I am sure that they can be found by somebody willing to invest the time. The only freenet that I know carries the alt.sex groups is the Cleveland Free-Net. They require that you send them a written and signed statement that you are over eighteen. If you don't, you don't get access to the adult areas. I believe CFN can be reached from library terminals in the Cleveland area, but I don't know for sure. The Greater Detroit Free-Net just went through a decision on alt groups. GDFN is sponsored by the Army, and apparently located at an Army base. If GDFN carried all newsgroups, which they wanted to do, they lose their home and their major source of support. So, they have alt groups, but without the alt.sex or other controversial groups. I believe there are public library terminals in Victoria, CA and Ottawa, CA that can reach the freenets in those cities. But both those freenets have a restricted Usenet feed. Good luck with your freenet. I am not sure there is a freenet that offers everything you are trying to offer. Nyx at Denver University offers everything except a few groups local to other places, but I haven't heard of Nyx being available from library terminals in the Denver area, at least not on purpose. > >The Toronto Free-Net has just launched (yesterday). One of the things we >were hoping to do was offer access to the Free-Net through terminals >placed in public libraries. Many months ago, we received approval from >libraries to do so, and we had even appeared as a menu option in som (with >the notation that the service wasn't ready yet. A spanner has just been >thrown in the works and I was hoping that the experience of other >libraries, especially with those participating in other Free-Nets, might help. > >The Toronto Free-Net has decided to get a full Usenet newsfeed and not >censor out any newsgroups that we deemed inappropriate. This was decided >primarily for two reasons. (1) There are a number of librarians (or recent >library school graduates) either on the Board or in positions of influence >who still feel that there is some validity to the Principles of >Intellectual Freedom that we were taught. (2) It was felt that by exerting >control over the content of the Usenet feed we might be construed as >accepting some responsibility and that this would leave us more open to >suits. People might say "You blocked groups x and y. I found kiddie porn >in z, which you didn't block. By failing to block it you exposed my 7 year >old daughter to filth. I'm going to take you to court!" By blocking >nothing, we make it very clear,that the responsibility lies with the >user.We act more like a common carrier and are more likely to be treated >as one in the courts. > >A number of local libraries, upon hearing that their patrons would have >access to the full range of Usenet newsgroups, have undergone changes of >heart with regard to providing public access terminals. They have >suggested that we must unsubscribe to potentially offensive groups (like >alt.sex.*) or prevent guest access to these groups before they would be >willing to provide homes to public access terminals. > >Providing public access terminals is very important to the Toronto >Free-Net. We want our Free-Net to be for *all* Torontonians, not just >those who own computers. Public libraries were our first choice of >location for these terminals. We believe that there is a natural >partnership between public libraries and Free-Nets, due in part, to very >similar missions. But we are loathe to undertake censorship at the >insistence of some of our local public libraries. > >How have other public libraries dealt with the problems of public access >to potentially offensive (even potentially illegal) material on the >Internet? Do the Principles of Intellectual Freedom apply to child >pornography on the electronic frontier? Any suggestions to help us deal >with this mess? > >Next week, of course, we'll hear from the primary and secondary schools.... > > >David Tallan >talland@gov.on.ca >Snail: 42 Camberwell Rd. Toronto, ON M6C 3E8 > -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ David W. Morgan \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ aa432@detroit.freenet.org damorgan@nyx.cs.du.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-=- Net Surfing From Honolulu Hawaii -=-=-=-=-=-=-= From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 7 22:04:54 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:20 2005 Subject: Older adult special needs grants? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: GEORGECOOKE@delphi.com Subject: Re: Older adult special needs grants? You might want to try the Guided Autobiography program which I describe in American Libraries for October. It is entitled "Building Local History Collections Through Guided Autobiography," and starts on p. 825. George Cooke From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 7 22:05:55 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:20 2005 Subject: Services for Latchkey Children (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: GINGER Subject: Services for Latchkey Children? I am a library student at the University of Buffalo and I am currently working on a paper involving latchkey children in public libraries. I would like to focus on the programs and services that are offered (and successful) in the nation's libraries but haven't found much published since 1992. I am therefore asking the libraries in my area (via phone interview) about their services and Iwould like to get some feedback from other libraries throughout the country as well. If anyone has a successful latchkey program, could they please E-mail me and letme know what it entails and what are the results? Thanks Ginger J. Schwartz v131n5rb@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 7 22:06:58 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:20 2005 Subject: Internet Access misuse policies (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Pro Staff" Subject: Internet Access misuse policies Last week (11/1/94) our local radio nes station (WHCU, Ithaca) broadcast a story about a computer system at Cornell Law Library that was hacked by a user who was traced as far as MORENET, Morris County N.J.'s public library-sponsored Internet Access system (one of the first in the country). Fortunately, the hacker only caused a non-destructive shutdown, and no files were damaged, though it could have been otherwise. Morris County officials acted swiftly and decisively--they shut down not only their Internet gateway, but also their entire library integrated system [DRA] for a day (serving 27 libraries), and called the FBI. Regardless of whether this was a prudent reaction--considering the possible liability of the gateway administrators--or whether it was a overreaction to an incident that could have been expected (and isn't that rare), this story does underscore the need of public library Internet gateway providers to develop "misuse" policies and plans of action when violations are traced to one of their users. It also seems to suggest that gateways should be firewalled--physically on another server?--from their integrated library system, so that all library operations don't get interrupted. --Jerry Kuntz, Automation Manager Finger Lakes Library System (Morris County systems librarian, circa. 1985-1989) ny0078@mail.nyser.net From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 7 22:08:32 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:20 2005 Subject: Nominations needed for Meckler Library of the Future Award (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Linda_Robinson@oclc.org Subject: Nominations needed for Meckler Library of the Future Award CEO comments: Please distribute attached as appropriate. CEO document contents: ANNOUNCEMENT THE ALA/MECKLERMEDIA LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE AWARD (Please submit nominations for award by December 1, 1994) PURPOSE: To honor an individual library, library consortium, group of librarians, or support organization for innovative planning for, applications of, or development of patron training programs about information technology in a library setting. SELECTION CRITERIA: Criteria should include the benefit to clients served; benefit to the technology information community; impact on library operations; public relations value; and the impact on the perception of the library or librarian in the work setting and to the specialized and/or general public. DONOR: The Mecklermedia Corporation is located in Westport, Connecticut and London, England, and produces periodicals, databases, electronic publications, and conferences in the library and information field, particularly in the area of existing or emerging technologies. FORM: Recipient receives a citation, a free-standing Tiffany crystal, and $2,500. DATE OF FIRST AWARD: 1993 AWARD RECIPIENTS: 1993 Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithica, NY 1994 University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City. IA FREQUENCY: Annual DEADLINE: December 1, 1994 For further Information, contact: Jennifer Weil Arns 312-220-7697 internet"arnsj@delphi.com" Linda Robinson 800-848-5878 internet: linda_robinson@oclc.org AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MECKLERMEDIA LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE AWARD 1995 APPLICATION FORM TITLE OF PROGRAM: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM: NAME OF PERSON SUBMITTING APPLICATION: TITLE OF PERSON SUBMITTING APPLICATION: NAME OF LIBRARY OR ORGANIZATION: ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: ZIP: PHONE: Please send 6 copies of this application and supporting materials via US Mail OR send one copy via e-mail to: Jennifer Arns U.S. General Accounting Office 200 W. Adams St. 7th floor Chicago, IL 60606 Internet: arnsj@delphi.com or Linda J. Robinson Internet: linda_robinson@oclc.org DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: DECEMBER 1, 1994 From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 7 22:10:23 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:20 2005 Subject: Reference Position Opening (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Lori Barkema - Albert Lea Public Library Subject: Reference Position Opening Albert Lea Public Library, Minnesota, welcomes applications for the following position. Deadline for applications is December 19, 1994. POSITION: Reference Librarian. Provide reference assistance to students and adults including training users on public access computer catalogs. Develop and maintain the reference collection. Promote information services to the public. Evening and weekend hours required. QUALIFICATIONS: MLS from ALA accredited school. Reference experience preferred. TO APPLY: Send letter of application and resume by December 19, 1994 to Lori Barkema, Director Albert Lea Public Library 211 E. Clark St. Albert Lea, MN 56007 QUESTIONS: Contact via phone 507-377-4355 or email Loriba@selco.lib.mn.us EOE. SALARY: $27,000 - $32,000 per year, full-time appointment available immediately. From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 7 22:11:20 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:20 2005 Subject: access industries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: HOLLAND PATENT MEMORIAL LIBRARY Subject: access industries? Hello everyone--- I'm hoping that someone has dealt with this company called: Access Industries, Inc. of Grandview, MO and their Axcenda Inclined Platform Lift. We will be starting a handicapped accesiblity project soon and this item has been suggested but there are none in our immediate area and from what our local distributer says, it's a new item and they can't give us anyone to contact about it. It sounds almost _too good to be true_ and I would really like to find someone who has had exper- ience with this company. TIA mary hp 8-) Mary P. Sundberg, Director/Librarian Holland Patent Free Library Holland Patent, NY 13354 (315) 865-5034 (w) (315) 865-6409 (h) ***************************hp_dial@midyork.lib.ny.us************************ From publll Mon Nov 7 22:22:29 1994 From: publll (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:20 2005 Subject: Access for the homeless? Message-ID: <199411080322.WAA06354@nysernet.ORG> Sender: n200024@slim.slnsw.GOV.AU (CCRINITI MLN200024) I have heard that a public library is providing free Internet access to homeless people. Can anyone give me the name of the library involved? I am interested in finding out more about this project. With thanks, Connie Coniglio Consultant State Library of New South Wales,Australia From publll Mon Nov 7 22:28:36 1994 From: publll (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:20 2005 Subject: M-Link Newsbytes Vol. 4 no. 28 Message-ID: <199411080328.WAA06562@nysernet.ORG> From: Sue Davidsen MLink Newsbytes Vol. 4, no. 28 4 November 1994 VOTE SMART! MLink wants to remind everyone to get out and vote Tuesday. If you're still pondering who to vote for (it's hard to tell this year with all the mud that's been flying!), check out Project Vote Smart for information about your state's races. Point a gopher client at chaos.dac.neu.edu or find it in GoMLink under Michigan Election Data (or in Government and Politics). MANAGE IT Management Archives from the University of Alaska Southeast is back with full-text, useful information about many current management issues. Point at ursus.jun.alaska.edu or find it in GoMLink under Business & Economics. CALLING ALL COUCH SHOPPERS! So, you say you haven't gotten enough shop-at-home catalogs in the mail this fall? Looking for hub caps or maybe some antiques? There are no descriptions of the catalogs, just a subject heading that, when chosen, will give you a form to fill out so you can receive that catalog(s) in the mail. Point to catalog.savvy.com or look in GoMLink under Entertainment & Recreation (well, where would *you* put it!?). MOVE IS IMMINENT GoMLink is preparing to move sometime later this week onto a new server that is much more stable than our old NeXT machine. We never dreamed the gopher would be as popular as it is and our poor old NeXT just can't keep up with the amount of traffic. The new address will be announced here and in many listservs & newsgroups when the new address is ready for business. M-Link Newsbytes are issued weekly by the University of Michigan Library's M-Link project. To subscribe, send a message to davidsen@umich.edu. M-Link Newsbytes is not copyrighted, but may be used partially or in its entirety with credit given to M-Link Newsbytes! GoMLink URL: gopher://vienna.hh.lib.umich.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 9 22:28:16 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:21 2005 Subject: cd telephone directory evaluation (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: djclark@csn.net (Donna Clark) Subject: Re: cd telephone directory evaluation We purchased "Selectphone" on C.D. Rom about a year ago for our public library. We paid extra to be able to search for businesses by SIC code. We have been very disappointed. It works fine if you are looking up the name of an individual in a particular town. But--when you try to search for a type of business, you can rarely find a match. According to the program there is one chiropractor in the state of Colorado! We have been very embarrassed when using it with patrons. If you decide to purchase Selectphone, I know where you can get one CHEAP! Donna Clark Wilkinson Public Library Telluride, CO djclark@teal.csn.org Donna J. Clark Telluride, Colorado ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ elevation 8750 From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 9 22:28:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:21 2005 Subject: Comercial Internet Providers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Kay Tavill Subject: Comercial Internet Providers I am interested in any strong feelings people may have about specific commercial internet providers. Please respond to me directly at Kay.Tavill@ala.org I am interested in the positive and negative experiences with the provider including online support/technical assistance, "down time," comments on pricing structure or other experiences. Thank you in advance. Kay Tavill, Assitant Director, Chapter Relations. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 9 22:30:27 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:21 2005 Subject: Collection Agencies (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills Subject: Collection Agencies There was a recent discussion about the use of collection agencies by libraries. I just got my monthly report from our agency (Transworld Systems, Inc. (707)584-4225) and thought I'd share the numbers with you. In June of 1993 we purchased 1,000 vouchers from Transworld for $5,950. Of these vouchers we have submitted 516 (that means 516 patrons, not items). Of those 516 accounts, 174 have been paid in full by the patron or cancelled by our staff, amounting to $6,462 in materials or fines. The majority of accounts are for unreturned materials. An additional 33 accounts of the 516 have made partial payments valued at $1,088. Five accounts have been suspended. The total performance on 212 of the 516 account is valued at $7,769. The collection cost if 39.5 percent of the amount collected. We turn accounts over to the agency after we've try to retrieve the material through our automated circulation system and have send a letter requesting an address correction via the post office. Public response to the use of the agency has been OK. No one is happy to hear that their account will be turned over to an agency, but what the hay, all they have to do is return the books, pay their fines or give us a decent excuse! Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 9 22:31:16 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:21 2005 Subject: job posting (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Allen County Public Library Subject: job posting October 31, 1994 POSITION AVAILABLE Assistant Branch Manager Shawnee Branch Allen County Public Library RESPONSIBILITIES: Assist patrons requesting reference or reader's advisory assistance in an established branch. Help patrons locate materials and information through reference work, catalog help and online database searching. Work in collectioon development, ordering and de-selecting materials as required. Work to develop, plan and present programs appropriate to the branch and library system. Take an active role in establishing a young adult collection and initiating programming for this age group. Act in the manager's absence. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: ALA-accredited M.L.S. degree and one year's experience. This experience should reflect knowledge to design and conduct an online database search and/or research project. Excellent interpersonal communication skills for interpreting information and material requests of the public. These skills shuold emphasize the ability to listen actively and warmly to patrons and to interpret their questions into meaningful information requests. Analytical abilities appropriate to analyzing the community's information and material needs on a pro-active basis and planning to meet these needs with programs, materials, and reference service. These qualifications should be supported by a genuine interest in and an understanding of the public served and the resources of the branch and library system. Energy, resurcefulness, tact, good judgment, good health, and a sense of humor. Ability to work day, evening, and weekend hours. COMPENSATION: 1994 range minimum for this position is $25,480. Library-paid single membership in HMO health plan, dental insurance, and term life and long term disability insurance. Cumulative sick leave. Public Employee's Retirement Fund. Employee assistance program. Personal business leave. Deferred compensation health plan. Federal credit union. Four weeks vacation. Holiday pay and free parking. Relocation allowance. APPLICATION: Send letter of qualifications, resume, and names of three work references to Charlene P. Holly, Personnel Manager, at the above address. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 9 22:32:04 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:21 2005 Subject: Survey: Gopher access/security (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jkup@greatbasin.com (John Kupersmith) Subject: Survey: Gopher access/security PUBLIB-NET subscribers -- This *brief* survey is for public libraries offering gopher access for public use, or in the final stages of planning for gopher service. It deals with issues of access and security. Please respond to me and I'll summarize for the list. NOTE: If you offer WWW/Lynx rather than gopher, please indicate this and answer the questions as applicable. 1. Do you require any of the following types of users to pass through individual authentication before using your public gopher client (check all that apply): [ ] Users at public terminals in the library? [ ] Users dialing in to your system? [ ] Users telnetting to your system from other sites? Comments: 2. If so, what do you use for authentication: [ ] Borrower's card number? [ ] Social Security number? [ ] Assigned password? [ ] Other (describe): Comments: 3. Have you disabled any commands in your public gopher client (e.g., disabled "pen" to prevent users from initiating gopher queries to unauthorized sites, or "dd" to prevent adding bookmarks)? [ ] Yes Which commands are disabled? [ ] No Comments: 4. Do you offer access on your locally-created gopher menus to: [ ] "Search Gopherspace" (Veronica)? [ ] "All gopher servers" or similar collections? [ ] These items are not on our local menus, but we do link to gophers that offer them. [ ] Other (describe): Comments: 5. Please describe any other security measures: 6. Please describe any local or other policy that governs your public Internet access (and if possible, please send me a copy): Your library: Your gopher address: Your name: Phone: Thanks for taking the time to complete this survey! --jk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Kupersmith jkup@greatbasin.com Internet Services Librarian voice: 702-827-3232 Washoe County Library fax: 702-827-8792 4001 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV 89502 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 9 22:33:53 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:21 2005 Subject: Resources to Share (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Gianna Miles" Subject: Resources to Share Broward County Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has available for redistribution a number of volumes from many reference sources that may be of use to another library. We have kept them for a number of years and used some for new library collections, but find that we are unable to utilize the remaining volumes. The following is a list of sources from which there are volumes available. If you have a need for any volumes from these titles, please contact Gianna Miles by phone at 305/357-7478, by fax at 305/357-7317, or by E-Mail at the address GMILES@MAIL.BCL.LIB.FL.US. At that time, I will let you know what specific volumes are available for any titles you request. Thank you. Reference Titles Available: America Votes Historic Documents American Drama Criticism Historical Atlas of the American Literature: A Journal of United States Literary History, Criticism Humanities Index and Bibliography Index to Fairy Tales: American Literature, English Literature, Myths and Legends and World Literature in English Index to Little Magazines American Periodical Verse Index to Reproductions of Annals of America American Paintings Annual Obituary International Television Applied Science and Technology Index Almanac Art Index MLA Bibliography Author Biographies Master Index Magill's Literary Annual Best Plays of... Magill's Survey of Biographical Dictionaries Master Index Contemp. Literature Biography and Genealogy Master Index Modern German Literature Biography Index More Junior Authors Book Review Digest New Cambridge Bibliography Book Review Index of English Literature Bookman's Price Index New York Times Book Review British Writers New York Times Index Bulletin of Bibliography Newsbank Index Business Periodicals Index 19th Century Literary CQ Almanac Criticism CQ Congress and the Nation 19th Century Reader's Chicorel Index to Literary Criticism Guide to Per. Lit. Chicorel Index to Poetry Original List of Persons Chicorel Index to Reading Disabilities of Quality Chicorel Theater Index to Plays Ottemiller's Index to for Young People Plays in Collections Children's Book Review Index PAIL Children's Literature Review Passenger and Immigration Concise Dictionary of American History Lists Index Concise Dictionary of National Philosopher's Index Biography Play Index Contemporary Authors Poetry Contemporary Authors - Popular Music Autobiography Series Popular Music Periodicals Contemporary Issues Criticism Index Contemporary Literary Criticism Popular Music Record Contemporary Newsmakers Reviews Cumulative Index to Nursing and Popular Song Index Allied Health Literature Progress of Nations Current Biography Reader's Guide to Cyclopedia of American Genealogy Periodical Lit. Dictionary of American Biography Science Fiction Book Dictionary of Canadian Biography Review Index Dictionary of Literary Biography Third Book of Junior Dictionary of National Biography Authors Editorial Research Reports Twentieth Century Education Index Literary Criticism Encyclopedia of World Literature United States Code in the Twentieth Century United States Statutes Essay and General Literature Index at Large Facts on File Wall Street Journal Index Fourth Book of Junior Authors What They Said in... Genealogical Periodical Annual Index Who Was Who in America Granger's Index to Poetry Yearbook of the United Nations From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 9 22:34:42 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:21 2005 Subject: Meeting Room Tables? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: HARMONM@Citadel.edu Subject: Re: Meeting Room Tables? I don't know how much our tables cost, but they are very sturdy and look nice. They can be set up by one person, but moving them by yourself is harder. We have "Johnson Folding Tables" from Johnson Industries. The tables are weighted so they don' tip over, but when they are folded up, they are extremely heavy to move. Unfolded is a little better. One person with a good back could do it. Hope this helps. The talbes also wipe clean after craft programs. Cheri Estes harmonm@citadel.edu Charleston Co. Library >We need suggestions for study, affordable, folding (36" x 72") tables for >our meeting room. The table should be easily set up by one person! >Also, can anyone recommend these tables: Vecta's model 194223 or >Samsonite's model 7348-02-47? Thanks very much! Anne Malone, Rust >Library, Leesburg, VA. 22075. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 9 22:35:29 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:21 2005 Subject: Libraries w/cable channels (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "B. Fisher" Subject: Libraries w/cable channels This message has been cross-posted to Videolib and Publib. Sorry for any inconvenience! ************************************************************* Having recently taken my first professional position as an AV librarian who is also manages a library cable channel, I'm looking for others in in the same boat. The topics of the month around here are: copyright (as in the cablecasting of storytimes containing copyrighted childrens books), automation of the cablecast collection (and should this automation be linked to our GEAC system or run on a stand alone), what do I do now that I can't get an Amiga to replace my dying Ernie, and what's going to happen with S.1822 - and how will it effect us... Anyone willing to discuss this or any other cable related issue, let me know. Thanks! Beth Fisher AV Librarian Iowa City Public Library beth-fisher@uiow.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 9 22:36:23 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:21 2005 Subject: deals with providers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: deals with providers For those of you with dedicated-line Internet access, have you considered or actually implemented any deals where you housed a POP (point of presence) for a provider in exchange for a break on the price of services (leased lines, router maintenance, etc.)? Or similar deals? To the real-life humans I spoke with today about GEAC and Internet--thanks!!! I owe you a cold one! ============================================================================== Karen G. Schneider Blue Highways Internet Services Serving New Jersey email kgs@intac.com URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ == From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 11 20:25:50 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:24 2005 Subject: Orlando Public Library? (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 09:08:23 -0500 (EST) From: Joan C. Durrance To: "Byron Holdiman (LIS)" Cc: publll@nysernet.ORG Subject: Re: Orlando Public Library? Don't forget the obvious--the telephone. On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, Byron Holdiman (LIS) wrote: > I have heard and read about some budget problems in the Orlando Public > Library. Does anyone know if the admistration of the library is > connected to the internet and are able to receive and send e-mail? I > would like to interview them about the problems of the budget, how their > came to their solution, the reaction of the people in the community to > the solution, and how outside sources were brought in because of the > communities reaction. > > Thanks to anyone that can provide information on contacting the Orlando > Public Library (Florida). > > Byron D. Holdiman > USF - Student of Library and Information Science > Tampa, FL > > From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 14 08:35:49 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:25 2005 Subject: types of reference questions answered.. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Pro Staff" Subject: Re: types of reference questions answered.. Has the demand on reference desks for crisscross information fallen off lately? Have the bill collectors and skip tracers wised up and bought their PhoneSelect CDs (which allow searches by City, Street, Street #)? --Jerry Kuntz, Automation Manager Finger Lakes Library System ny0078@mail.nyser.net >DATE: Sun, 13 Nov 1994 23:12:14 -0500 >FROM: Frank Clover > > We stopped giving out information from our Polk's city directory >or cross-reference directory over the telephone over five years ago. >The rationale was that the majority of the callers requesting crisscross >information were bill collectors or skip tracers calling from out of state >for nearbys (names and phone numbers of neighbors) and answering their >requests interfered with our efforts to provide telephone reference to >patrons who live in our county and support the library through property >taxes. >----------------------------------------------- > Frank Clover Cumberland County Public Library | Fax: (910) 483-8644 > Fayetteville, North Carolina | Vox: (910) 483-7878 > ccpl-fc@ecsvax.uncecs.edu >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Sink the Clipper Chip! >_______________________________ >(The opinions expressed above are not necessarily those > of CCPL) > From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 14 08:54:12 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:25 2005 Subject: CENSORSHIP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jurgen Thomas Subject: CENSORSHIP Karen Schneider gave us a fine insight into the problem of personal feelings vs. public policy in the matter of censorship. I hope that we can get a thorough dialogue going on this question. Many of us, especially people like me who must *make* public policy (but not necessarily live with it), have problems with granting access through public means to the Internet. Surely this is one of the finest search engines for research that we have ever seen. On the other hand, there are people out there in cyberland who are clearly demented. How do we deal with the situation of having Johnny come home one day with a printout of alt.sex.bestiality, or the instructions for making a pipe bomb. That day is in all our futures somewhere. Like Karen, I don't want to be the one to tell Johnny what he can read. (He *can* read, you know, and type, and surf. So can Jane.) But I also don't want to be the one to explain to his parents how he got access to some of the material that he can browse through on the Internet. Come on, folks. Let's get on this one. It's important. Jurgen A. Thomas Commissioner Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners 648 Beacon Street Boston MA 02215 (jthomas@williams.edu) --Speaking only for myself.-- -------- From publll at nysernet.ORG Mon Nov 14 09:17:33 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:25 2005 Subject: CENSORSHIP Message-ID: With perfect timing relating to publib's ongoing discussion on censorship, a brief article by Howard Rheingold is featured in the current issue (Winter 1994) of _Whole Earth Review_. Titled "Futility in Cyberspace: Why Attempts to Censor the Net are Doomed," Howard eloquently and cogently focuses the need for filtering information from the nets upon the individual- not on some broad-based attempt to squash information (which will not work.) I won't elaborate more because I will dilute Howard's message, but this is a good, concise read on the subject. J Iliff p00710@psilink.com of Pinellas Park Public Library, FL Temporarily in Salt Lake City (and dying from the cold) PS To subscribe to _Whole Earth Review_ call: 800-938-6657. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 00:26:10 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: Gifts & Exchanges (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jkup@greatbasin.com (John Kupersmith) Subject: Gifts & Exchanges? PUBLIB subscribers -- I would appreciate hearing from multi-branch public libraries (let's say 5 or more branches) on how you handle the Gifts & Exchanges function: Is it centralized/consolidated or handled by individual branches? Is a designated person is in charge of G&E, and if so, what position? What role does your Collection Development staff play? What role do volunteers play? If you have booksales, are they operated by the library, by Friends of the Library, or ...? --jk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Kupersmith jkup@greatbasin.com Internet Services Librarian voice: 702-827-3232 Washoe County Library, Reno NV fax: 702-827-8792 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 00:26:52 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: Satellite dish policies (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bette Ammon Subject: Satellite dish policies Our library has a satellite dish (purchased for us by our Friends - we have used it for tele-conferences). The controls are in our large public meeting room and we have made it available to groups who meet there. Our question - do any other libraries have such things and what sort of policies have you developed - we've already had an individual ask if he can regularly tape programs and then run them on our public access channel - we think we don't want to do that for a variety of reasons. We don't charge for use of our meeting room. Would appreciate hearing from anyone with information or an opinion! Thanks, Bette Ammon, YA Librarian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Missoula Public Library Celebrating 100 years of libraryness 301 East Main Missoula MT 59802 "Our Century Speaks Volumes" (406) 721-BOOK bammpl@wln.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 00:29:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: City Council Videos (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Nancy Miller Subject: City Council Videos? I am cross posting this to both Publib and Videolib. I apologize in advance for any duplication. The Virginia Beach Public Library has had a request to include videocassettes of our City Council meetings in our collection. We had previously decided no to do so, but are re-thinking the issue. Do any other libraries out there provide videotapes of their City Council or County Supervisor's meetings. If so, would you answer the following questions: 1. How would you gage the demand? Does anyone use the tapes? 2. Do you catalog the collection? Is the time spent doing original cataloging cost effective compared to use and/or public good will? 3. If you do make tapes available, how long do you keep them? In other words, are you providing an archival collection or just current information? Thanks. If I get any responses, I'll be happy to summarize for the list. Nancy Miller Collection Management Virginia Beach Public Library 4100 Virginia Beach Blvd. Virginia Beach, Va. 23452 nmiller@leo.vsla.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 00:32:35 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: Mosaic Netscape via a dialup account, yes! (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Miriam Bobkoff Subject: Mosaic Netscape via a dialup account, yes! You do not need SLIP to run Mosaic (or Mosaic Netscape), provided your dial-up internet account is a Unix shell account or anyway you can get to a Unix prompt, and your machine has Windows. I don't understand why it works or what's happening when it works, but that just means if _we_ can get it going anyone can :-) . We had patient expert encouragement via e-mail from my old friend Eric Noble, Computer Services Coordinator at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco; and the cheerful cooperation of our service provider, SpyBBS, who created a directory with all the TIA documents plus a file listing the settings appropriate to their site. (I should mention that this account is a gift from the proprietors of SpyBBS. They want their local librarians to be net-literate!) Don't try to use the following as a recipe, but I want to hint at how easy it is (I was hungup and hysterical for a couple of weeks, but that's because of a mistake so stupid I'll NEVER admit to it!). There's a software called TIA (The Internet Adapter). (tia-info@marketplace.com)(or go to URL: http://marketplace.com/) You arrange for a free two-week code, or pop right away for the $25.00 license code. Follow TIA's instructions. It allows you to pretend you have a SLIP connection, like a three-prong-to-two-prong plug allows you to plug your appliance into the wrong kind of socket. By FTP, get Mosaic Netscape (it's better than Mosaic by all reports; we never had a chance to work with Mosaic, but we love Netscape) from ftp.mcom.com (in /netscape) Unzip it in a /netscape directory. By FTP, get Trumpet Winsock from somewhere. We got ours from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in directory /PC/Windows/Mosaic/sockets. Unzip it to a /trumpet directory. Modify autoexec.bat to put trumpet in your path. Copy winsock.dll to the /windows/system directory. Run TCPMAN.exe from Windows. Go into Setup and follow the directions in the TIA how-to file. Ok. That's it. Dial in via trumpet, run TIA inside your dialup account, click on Netscape. Suddenly the Net is visual. When that first image came up I thought I was probably hallucinating, had to get someone else to come look and tell me I hadn't lost my mind. Mosaic on a dialup account? It's like believing Atlantis will rise tomorrow in New York Harbor... but it works. The Froggy Page, the Comet Shoemaker-Levy Home Page, the traffic map for San Diego, mandelbrot set images, the maize atlas, winter storms swirling on a round earth... Mosaic Netscape has built-in image viewer that handles .gif and .jpg, built-in clients for gopher, ftp, http. It runs without your having to first install the 32-bit upgrade to Windows that original Mosaic requires. Starting trumpet took some tinkering, but Netscape is ready to run the minute you unzip it. It's so simple anyone can mess with it, even if you've fallen off the edge of the stories you can tell yourself that might explain why it works, or what is happening where. Miriam Bobkoff Santa Fe Public Library mbobkof@spy.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 00:33:40 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: An administrative question: salespeople (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Inglewood Public Library Subject: Re: An administrative question: salespeople As the head of the audio-visual division, I find myself frequently on the phone with telemarketers. I tell them firmly but politely (the first chance I get) that I don't buy over the phone but if they will send me literature I will be happy to consider their product. If someone calls on a follow-up, I tell them I will get in touch with them when I decide to order. For a library director or other acquisitions person, having a time when one accepts calls or visits from sales representatives might be a good idea. We have one persistent person who used to drop in unannounced; I told him I wouldn't talk to him unless he made an appointment. Having an "open hour" when one sees or talks to sales reps seems to be a good idea, as the person on the receiving end can devote time to the rep. Sue Kamm Inglewood Public Library 101 West Manchester Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90301 voice: 310/412-5613 fax: 310/412-8848 e-mail: inglewod@class.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 00:36:22 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: Library Promo Videos (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: rcl@bilbo.pic.net (roy lewis) Subject: Library Promo Videos We are looking for two library promo videos: "Libraries Change Lives" produced for Chicago Public Library "Library Stories" from New York Library Assoc. We would like to borrow copies of each to preview and would also like purchase information. Can anyone help? Roy C. Lewis Jr. rcl@pic.net Northeast Texas Library System rcl@tenet.edu Automation Consultant RoyLewis@AOL.com 625 Austin St., Garland, TX 75040 214/205-2571 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 00:37:26 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: Library Ass't Cont Ed (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Karen A Becker Subject: Library Ass't Cont Ed (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 16:44:00 -0600 (CST) From: Karen A Becker To: "Karen A. Becker" Subject: Library Ass't Cont Ed Please share with your colleagues: LIBRARY ASSISTANTS: SOARING TO EXCELLENCE! Teleconferences for Library Assistants An outstanding opportunity for professional development/continuing education for Library Assistants is being offered by the National Institute for Library Personnel; made possible by a grant from the U.S. Dept of Education. A series of teleconferences will be offered on five selected Tuesdays, covering a wide menu of topics of critical importance to Library Assistants. The morning sessions will run from 11am to 12:15pm CST The afternoon sessions will run from 12:45 pm to 2pm CST SCHEDULE: Tuesday Feb 14 Morning: "Professional is an Attitude" (What is this attitude and how can it be coneyed to others?) Afternoon: "Libraries Then and Now: What Does the Future Hold?" Tuesday March 7 Morning: "Technology and the Library Staff" (Internet & other automation trends within the library) Afternoon: "Technology and the Library User" (CD-ROM; self-check-out; Internet, and how to help patrons accept and use new technologies) Tuesday April 4 Morning: "Tools of our Trade: Reference Sources for Real-Life Issues" (Useful lists and tools for areas of science, health, nutrition, and consumer information) Afternoon: "Individualized Library Service for a Diverse Population: Is It Possible?" (Defining diversity; Dealing with a diverse clientele) Tuesday May 2 Morning: "Communication in the Library: Up, Down, and All Around" (Effective communication techniques with patrons, colleagues, and supervisors) Afternoon: "Library Learning Over a Lifetime" (Library Assistant's role in programs such as literacy, story hours, job centers, retirement programs, helping the patron who wants to learn) Tuesday June 6 Morning: "Meet the Library Assistants" (Library workers from academic, public, school, and special libraries discuss their duties, their oganizations, and their goals for their futures) Afternoon: "Staff: The Key to Library Service" (The variety of staff roles; How do you fit in? Coping with change; pay equity and security; Just what do MLSs do? Showing your worth) In order to allow participants to share their experiences, reactions, and comments about the sessions, it is hoped that a listserv discussion group will be in place for participants to subscribe to. (Still being worked out however) For information about details, technological requirements for downlink sites, and fees, call the HOTLINE: 708-738-3583 or FAX: 708-858-0499 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 00:42:23 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: SEX DOESN'T MIX WITH SPEECH ON SCHOOL BBS (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS Subject: SEX DOESN'T MIX WITH SPEECH ON SCHOOL BBS ====================================================================== FINS SPECIAL REPORT November 17, 1994 ====================================================================== SEX DOESN'T MIX WITH SPEECH ON SCHOOL BBS Civil Rights Opinion Letter at Issue Washington, DC, Nov. 17, 1994--U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, determined (June 23, 1994), that a school bulletin board devoted to single-sex discussion "was not entitled to any heightened First Amendment protection as a public forum." A copy of the 16-page opinion letter issued by the OCR last summer by John E. Palomino, Regional Civil Rights Director (pertinent part of which are transcribed below) was released to FINS through the Office of Rep. Owen Major, yesterday, after a long unexplained delay by the OCR. This constitutional bruhaha irrupted on the campus of the Santa Rosa Junior College, at Santa Rosa, California last March, when the College newspaper (the Oak Leaf) ran an advertisement that featured a picture of the rear end of a women in a bikini. The message delivered by Office of Civil Rights appears to be that when men and women are provoked by the sexually loaded images of those who wear or display the anatomically suggestive bikini-clad female in public, the last thing they want to do about this is air their impressions, pro and con, on a public bulletin boards. In short, under pain of sexual scandal and financial ruin one must be careful these days about expressing the expected and intended reaction to sexually provocative materials that are commonplace. A more troubling concern is the Constitutional determination of the Office of Civil Rights, and its prospective impact on the emerging global electronic media. There are three parts to the "public forum" doctrine as laid out by the Supreme Court. The doctrine was discussed by the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in a 1986 case, San Diego Committee v. The Governing Board, 790 F2d. 1471. Here is what they said: The Supreme Court identified three types of forums to which the public's right of access varies, as does the type of limitations the state may impose upon the right. The Court first focused on 'places which by long tradition or by government fiat have been devoted to assembly and debate,' such as streets and parks, where "the rights of the state to limit expressive activity are sharply circumscribed." ... The Court stated that in these quintessential public forums, the government may not prohibit all communicative activity. For the state to enforce a content-based exclusion it must show that its regulation is necessary to serve a compelling state interest and that it is narrowly drawn to that end. . . . The second type of public forum on which the Court focused consists of 'public property which the State has opened for use by the public as a place for expressive activity." ... The courts have come to call this type of public forum a "limited public forum" or a "public forum by designation." In such a forum, the Constitution forbids a state to enforce certain exclusions from a forum generally open to the public even if it was not required to create the forum in the first place.... A limited public forum may, depending on its nature and the nature of the state's action, be open to the general public for the discussion of all topics, or there may be limitations on the groups allowed to use the forums or the topics that can be discussed. Thus, a limited public forum may be open to certain groups for the discussion of any topic ... or to the entire public for the discussion of certain topics. Once the state has created a limited public forum, its ability to impose further constraints on the type of speech permitted in that forum is quite restricted: although a State is not required to indefinitely retain the open character of the facility, as long as it does so it is bound by the same standards as apply in a traditional public forum. Reasonable time, place and manner regulations are permissible, and a content-based prohibition must be narrowly drawn to effectuate a compelling state interest... "Thus, the identical broad free speech rights attach to the first and second types of public forums." The third type of forum is "public property ... which is not by tradition or designation a forum for public communications." ... such as a military base or jail. The Court recognized that this type of forum is governed by standards different from those applicable to the first two. The Court stated that in addition to time, place and manner regulations, the state may reserve the forum for its intended purpose, communicative or otherwise, as long as the regulation of speech is reasonable. In the Santa Rosa Junior College case the school established two conferences with an educational purpose, restricted to men and women only, respectively. A moderator was also appointed with "housekeeping" authority to delete messages that were considered inappropriate for the conference, thus preserving the limited intent of the conference. This much is without controversy. The essence of this conference and the bulletin board established for that purpose--was public discussion falling within the doctrine of the "limited public forum" protected by the First Amendment. However, in its determination the OCR unilaterally redefined the purpose actually intended by Santa Rosa, evidently so as to fit within the third type of forum defined by the Supreme Court, namely, one that is "not by tradition or designation a forum for public communication." Based on that determination the OCR decided that the single sex educational bulletin board at Santa Rosa Junior College, "was not entitled to any heightened First Amendment protection as a public forum." This OCR determination did not even include a standard of reasonableness, as mandated by the Supreme Court under the third level of the doctrine. Thus it was that the sexual gender of an individual and protection against any disparaging images of sexuality became more important than the liberty of free expression pertaining to such matters in our schools of education. We live in a world gravitating with the speed of light to the hightened use of ubiquitous computer-aided information systems, interactive images, and global communications networks, all with an accent on expanding the possibilities of speech to the outer fringes of human contemplation. There is no doubt room in such a world for ethical doctrines and restraint--but not by imposing the violence of the state on peaceful discussion of ideas--which is the only remaining defense of humanity against ignorance, greed, and prejudice. ===================================================================== APPENDIX A PERTINENT EXTRACTS FROM AN OPINION LETTER FROM JOHN E. PALOMINO, REGIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DR. ROBERT F. AGRELLA, PRESIDENT, SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE (JUNE 23, 1994) (RELEASED UPON REQUEST OF FINS TO REP. MAJOR R. OWENS, NOVEMBER 14, 1994), IN RE: Violation of title IX of the educational amendments of 1992, and related regulations of 34 C.F.R. Part 108, by establishing gender based bulletin board conferences in that the college provided educational programs separately on the basis of sex and excluded the women complainants from the "men only conference." (MOC) * * * * * Factual Background In January, 1992, a journalism professor at the College, established a computer bulletin board caled SOLO. The purpose of SOLO was to provide students with an opportunity to improve their writing skills and learn new technology. The system allowed participants to post messages to each other on a variety of subject matter "conferences," or to send private messages through E-mail. Access to some conferences was restricted to students in particular programs, such as the editorial staff of the school newspaper. Other conferences were open to any participant in the system interested in the particular topic of the conference. In March, 1993, in response to student interest, the professor created two additional conferences, restricted to men only and women only, respectively. He appointed moderators for the conferences and established a rule requiring confidentiality for any messages posted on the gender restricted conferences. In March, the College newspaper (the Oak Leaf) ran an advertisement that featured a picture of the rear end of a women in a bikini. One of the complainants, LA, felt that the advertisement was sexist and inappropriate for the College newspaper and attempted to talk to the newspaper staff about it. When she was denied access to a newspaper staff meeting to discuss the advertisement, she organized a boycott of the newspaper and wrote to the Trustees of the College to express her objections. In the wake of this controversy, there were many messages on various conferences in SOLO discussing the issue. Some of the messages referred to LA in personally derogatory terms. The journaism professor (who was the faculty advisor to the Oak Leaf) left a message assuring students that their discussion on SOLO including statements like "L__is ugly" was protected speach under the First Amendment and not subject to libel suits. In early April, there was a series of messages on the MOC that referred to the above controversy. There were also at least four messages posted by three different men on the MOC that contained anatomically explicit and sexually derogatory remarks about LA [Page 3] and JB, mentioning them by name. All three men were members of the College newspaper staff. JB was also on the College newspaper staff and had previously dated one of the men who wrote some of the offensive messages. The male complainant, DH, saw the messages on the MOC and informed the two women that the messages were there. JB was able to obtain a copy of the messages from the son of the journalism profesor. The professor's son gained access to the system through his father's administrative password. When JB learned about the messages on the MOC, she made a complaint to the journalism professor. The professor responded by promptly closing down the MOC and limiting access to SOLO for the three men students who wrote the messages. He removed the moderator of the MOC from SOLO because he felt he failed to perform his duties as a moderator. He also removed DH and his son from the SOLO because they had violated the confidentiality rules of the MOC when they disclosed the messages to the women students. The professor would not allow JB to view the MOC to see if there were any other offensive messages. He did allowed another journalism student, a male, to review the MOC with him before he closed it, so that there would be a witness to assure JB that there were no other messages referring to her personally. Both JB ann LA complained to the College administration about the offensive messages on the MOC. Neither of them filed formal complaints. In response to their informal complaints, the College hired a private investigator to investigate the situation, and suspended the journalism professor from his duties as advisor to the College newspaper pending the results of the investigation. A report of the investigation was submitted to the College President in July, 1993, including recommendations to ensure that similar incidents would not occur in the future. The President determined that JB and LA were not subjected to a hostile educational environment on the basis of gender. Nevertheless, the President ordered that the recommendations be implemented. The journalism professor was returned to his position. * * * * * [Page 6] In enforcing Title IX, OCR (Office of Civil Rights) may not violate the rights of freedom of speech guaranteed by the First AMendment of the United States Constitution. In analyzing the allegations of a hostile educational environment on the basis of gender, OCR first considered whether the messages posted on the MOC were protected expresion under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The right to freedom of expression is constitutionally protected for students and teachers at public schools of all levels. However, the First Amendment is not absolute. The law has recognized many exceptions to the First Amendment and has often balanced the values protected by the First Amendment against other legal rights and considerations. In particular, Federal law has recognized that the special mission and functions of educational institutions can be considered when determining how the First Amendment applies to them. Colleges have been allowed to impose reasonable regulations on the use of campus facilities that are compatible with the colleges' educational mission. Whether the messages on the College computer bulletin board conferences were protected speech raises a case of first impression. The College asserted that SOLO is ana;ogus to anewspaper, a bulletin board, or a conversation between students in a public place. As such, SOLO is apublic forum and the messages posted on SOLO should enjoy a heightened level of First Amendment protections. Expression in public forums have been accorded a high degree of First Amendment protection because they have been traditional places where every person has an opportunity to participate in the "marketplace of ideas." The rationale underlying First Amendment protection of speech in public forums is that the best response to offensive speech is more speech. However, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that when a school,operates a facility for limited use, it may be considered to be a limited public forum, and thus subject to greater rstrictions on expression that a traditional public forum. The Court held that a school could restrict access to teacher's mailboxes because the mailboxes were maintained for a limited purpose and were not public forums. In this case, SOLO has more of the characteristics of the limited public forum than the public forum. OCR's investigation revealed that the College limited access to SOLO to poerson's "with an educational purpose," and routinely asserted control over the content of messages on SOLO. The professor appointed moderators to conferences that he felt required supervision. The role of the moderator was described as "housekeeping" and included the authority to delete messages that were considered inappropriate by the conference. The journalism professor reported that he had deleted messages from other conferences in the past. Thus, SOLO was not like the campus newspaper, which is available to all members of the campus community to read and discuss. SOLO was not like a traditional bulletin board, or a converation in a locker room, that any student could use to add their expression to the "marketplace of ideas." SOLO was more closely analogus to the campus mailbox system that was established for a limited purpose and subject to control by the College. [Page 7] Therefore, under these particular facts, OCR anticipates finding that SOLO was not entitled to any heightened First Amendment protection as a public forum. In the absense of such special First Amendment protection, the courts have held that even expressive activities are not entitled to constitutional protection if they produce special ahrms distinct from their communicative impact. Statutes prohibiting sexual harassment have been upheld against First Amendment challenges because speech in such cases has been considered indistinguishable from other illegal speech such as threats of violence or blackmail where there is no question of the government authority to impose punishments. The Supreme Court has repeatedly asserted that the First Amendment does not protect expression that is invidious private discimination. Thus, the First Amendment is not a bar to determining whether the messages in the MOC created a sexually hostile educational environment. * * * * * * From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 22:03:43 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: Position Open - Internet Librarian (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Beth Anderson - KCPL/Computer Support Services Subject: Position Open - Internet Librarian PART-TIME TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT - INTERNET LIBRARIAN Part-time Librarian for Computer Support Services to develop Internet accessibility to specialized databases according to a Federal contract. Temporary 6-month assignment; 20 hrs/week. Requires extensive knowledge of Internet and libraries. Familiarity with VMS helpful. Salary $12.57/hour. Apply through November 28 to Kansas City Public Library, 311 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106 or via Internet to Beth Anderson at beth@vax1. kcpl.lib.mo.us. Phone: (816)221-2685. EOE, Committed to Cultural Diversity. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 22:04:35 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: Circulating pamphlets (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: SLANDERS@site.cwmars.mass.edu Subject: Circulating pamphlets? Does anyone have a good method for circulating pamphlets/vertical file materials without cataloging them onto your automated circulation system? From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 22:05:26 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: City Council Videos? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Regina Minudri Subject: Re: City Council Videos? Your posting on circulating City Council videos is quite interesting. While I don't know of a library that does it, I certainly think it is an idea with merit. Aside from keeping an archive for the city, videos of council meetings can help keep citizens informed, particularly about issues that become controversial or about which there is clear confusion regarding the Counil's intent. I wouldn't worry about making lots of copies. I'd circulate them in the same way you loan out documentary videos (unless, of course, its a BIG issue) I'd also archive them in the library if you have space to do so. I'd catalog them the same way that you'd catalog other city documents. Frankly, I doubt that there is a huge market for viewing these tapes. I guess all communities have people who follow Council meeting closely. What about tapes of School Board meetings? same stuff applies. Regina Minudri, Reality Management 836 The Alameda, Berkeley CA 94707-1916 ph 510-526-3953 fax 510-526-4908 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 22:07:41 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: Internet Use by Staff Policy? Message-ID: We will soon be offering Internet access to the public through a FreeNet. But first we have to train staff and set up guidelines and policies for staff use of Internet. Who uses it during worktime? Is is for just the reference staff, the administrators? What about staff and Listservs? What is it used for other than reference and e-mail? Who uses e-mail among the staff? Are policy and rules pretty broadly defined or not? Any policy, experiences, or ideas will help us. Thanks. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 22:09:29 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: Mosaic Netscape via a dialup account, yes! (long) (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: PATZ@slais.ubc.ca Subject: Re: Mosaic Netscape via a dialup account, yes! (long) For those who are interested in freeware/shareware, there is an alternative to The Internet Adapter (TIA). It is called TwinSock and was just released this week. I have not tried out this software nor do I know anyone who has yet either. For anyone who may be interested, I have attached the announcement below. Marcus Patz (patz@slais.ubc.ca) Manager, Information Technology Lab School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C., Canada - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.announce From: troy@cbme.unsw.EDU.AU (Troy Rollo) Subject: FREE winsock over dial-ins without SLIP Message-ID: <1994Nov16.143319.5823@alw.nih.gov> Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.misc Lines: 48 Organization: Centre for Biomedical Engineering, University of NSW Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 14:33:19 GMT Approved: sgraham@shiloh.nimh.nih.gov (Moderator) TwinSock To Be Released 15-Nov-1994 =================================== Having just completed a week of intensive after hours coding, I will be able to release TwinSock (Troy's Windows Sockets) for tomorrow. TwinSock allows you to have the equivalent of a SLIP connection over any dial up line, and should work easily in any environment, including with the most obstinate of terminal servers. TwinSock is a complete system, supplying the Windows Sockets 1.1 DLL, the communications at the PC end, and the communications at the host end. All you need to do is add your favourite Windows Sockets applications on top of it. TwinSock is Free Software, distributed under the GNU General Public Licence Version 2, so you get source code, and the TwinSock Host component should compile without modification on any BSD based system with an ANSI C compiler (around 15 minutes of work may be needed to get it to work on a SysV or POSIX based system). The TwinSock Host component has a small footprint on disk at around 20K on a Motorola 680x0 system with shared libraries. Due to the small size of the code, I forsee no significant problems in porting to non UNIX systems. TwinSock is a Proxy Sockets system. This means that requests for sockets by the client program are passed to the TwinSock Host, component which then creates the sockets required. Consequently, you use the Internet address of your host system - no need to get an Internet address of your own. TwinSock will be made available by the following channels: ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/winsock/twnsck10.zip ftp://plod.cbme.unsw.edu.au/pub/twnsck10.zip Enquiries and bug reports should be directed to twinsock@cbme.unsw.edu.au. I am also looking for somebody to take over this project from this point. If you are interested in running the TwinSock project, please volunteer by sending mail to twinsock@cbme.unsw.edu.au, stating your PD or Free Software experience, if any. -- ______________________________________________________________________ troy@cbme.unsw.EDU.AU Overworked, overcommited and always multitasking. Opinions expressed are not those of the CBME or UNSW, nor does the presence of such opinions, or of this disclaimer, indicate that CBME or UNSW hold opinions. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 22:16:51 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: Missouri Internet Pilot Project in Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bill Fischer Subject: Missouri Internet Pilot Project in Public Libraries? Has anyone any information on an Internet Pilot Project in Missouri Public Libraies? I heard this from a librarian in the State. I would be interested in knowing what agency is sponsoring this project, what libraries are involved, and what it intends to accomplish. Thanks. Bill Fischer -- William T. Fischer Brooklyn Public Library fischer@panix.com Loyaute me lie. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 22:23:45 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: LIBRARIANSHIP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Don Guy Subject: LIBRARIANSHIP Hi, Please excuse any duplication or redundancy as this query has been posted to several lists. I know this is an old debate and a thorn to some, However, I am still interested in any comments or opinions you might have on the following questions: What is the relationship of librarianship to other professions? Is librarianship a profession? Are we, as librarians, professionals in the same regard as, say, doctors, lawyers, engineers and the like? Do you consider tradespeople such as plumbers, automotive technicians and house painters to be professionals? Any response is greatly appreciated. Please respond directly to the author and not to the list. Thanks. Donald Guy Automotive Selector Phoenix Public Library email dguy@ci.phoenix.az.us From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 18 22:24:20 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:27 2005 Subject: ILL Usage (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: t Subject: Re: ILL Usage We charge $2.00 for Interlibrary loan. But in an attempt to cut down on the ILLs, we consider ILL reqeusts as possible purchases for the library. We catalog our paperbacks through OCLC and noticed a huge increase in requests for these items. The cost of transacting an ILL for these items far outweighs the $4.99 these items cost to purchase. We no longer accept requests for paperbacks, nor do we request them for our patrons through ILL. Our ILL used to cost $1.00, then increased to $1.50 before the currest $2.00 charge. We have not noticed an increase or decrease in requests from our patrons. Our problem is the number of requests from other libraries. We lend far more than we request. We consider all ILL requests as possible purchases, so we do not charge up front. We tell patrons we will do an interlibrary loan and when the material comes in, they will be charged $2.00. If we decided to purchases the item, we put a hold on the item so the patron is notified when it comes in. There is no charge if this happens. We require all patrons to get a library card before placing an ILL. Terri Arranaga Downey City Library On Wed, 16 Nov 1994, Christine Hage - Rochester Hills wrote: > Over the past two years our staffing levels have remained same, but our > circulation has increased by more than 35%. One service that has > experienced super growth has been interlibrary loan. We are now > considering trying to limit ILL service. > > We currently offer ILL (via OCLC) free to our residents. For those of > you who do charge for ILL, how much do you charge? How much did ILL > usage drop when you started charging? Do you collect the money before > you ILL the material or upon pick-up? > l > > > Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 > Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 > 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us > Rochester, MI 48307-2043 > > We > > > > > From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 29 22:28:22 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:31 2005 Subject: age range in children's room (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Shelteris@aol.com Subject: age range in children's room We have no YA section in our small library. Some YA books are shelved in the adult collection, some in the children's room. The books in the adult section are generally fiction, although there are some martial arts books with YA spine labels shelved with adult non-fiction. The balance of the books are non-fiction and shelved with the juvenile books. We consider ordering YA books a responsibility of the children's librarian, and those books are held in that collection. We've had a couple of people question some books lately, and in order to prepare ourselves for potential challenges, we are discussing the various parameters of service. In libraries similar to ours, with no YA collection, what ages does your children's section serve? Where do you shelve books dealing with "non-traditional/alternate lifestyles, health education etc.? We have a clear idea of our responsibility, but we'd like to have some comparisons. Thanks Lisa Richland Floyd Memorial Library The last library before Portugal Greenport, NY shelteris@aol.com From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 29 22:29:02 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:31 2005 Subject: types of ref questions answered (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: mary k Subject: Re: types of ref questions answered If you want to understand how badly libraries discriminate among types of questions and the people who ask them, just try to be a kid with no transporta- tion, no adult at home, and calling about a homework question. From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 29 22:29:40 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:31 2005 Subject: FREE COMIC (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: ab832@detroit.freenet.org (Alex Krentzin) Subject: FREE COMIC Do you need a good laugh? Then send, via US Mail, for a FREE paper copy of my hilarious autobiographical comic strip, ALEX...The Librarian. I'll send you a new copy of my comic if you send me a long SASE (29 cent stamp (US), 4" x 9" envelope).* Mail your SASE to: ALEX...The Librarian Dept. #2 4157 Cooper Street Royal Oak, MI 48073 Your FREE comic and FREE sticker will be mailed within 24 hours of receipt. This is a NEW set of comics, so if you ordered before, order again! Thank you very much!!! ALEX...The Librarian P.S. Any questions? E-Mail me at: ab832@Detroit.Freenet.Org *Canadian Orders require 40 cent US postage, Overseas require $1.50 US postage From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 29 22:30:23 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:31 2005 Subject: CD disk balance (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Sheila W. Bankhead" Subject: CD disk balance I was browsing the govdocs newsgroup, and they were discussing putting labels on CD-ROM disks. Evidently it's a no-no, because the disk will then be improperly balanced. I would like to know how this would manifest? Will the disk not play at all? Will it be unable to locate chunks of information? Will it cause jamming of a six-disk player? Can a purchased disk be 'improperly balanced" if the producer doesn't have good quality control? Also, what DOES cause jamming of the multiple disk player (other than human error in inserting a disk)? ...Thanks. Sheila Bankhead Bay County/NWRLS Panama City, FL bankhes@mail.firn.edu umai From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 29 22:32:11 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:31 2005 Subject: ? Date Due Marking (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Inglewood Public Library Subject: Re: ? Date Due Marking We are dealing with a similar problem. We have used the gun label system (similar to what stores employ to put prices on items). There are several problems with the system, most notably that stickers may build up, and when staff tries to remove them they can cut themselves with the scrapers. (We use a plastic scraper, which was in one of the major library suppliers' catalogs -- can't remember offhand which one -- in our audio-visual division. It's not sharp enough to injure someone, but does the job.) The second problem has been complaints of carpal tunnel syndrome from staff who use the guns frequently. Bro-Dart has a machine which dispenses labels. They didn't have an actual model at the California Library Association conference, but their literature shows something that would dispense labels from a machine. The machine has the capacity to change due dates (important in our AV area because our materials have three different circulation periods), and apparently the label stock used can be removed from books fairly simply. Our circulation system (designed by our city's Management Information Services) provides receipts at both checkout and return. The public, however, wants their items marked. I'll be following with interest what other people suggest. Sue Kamm Inglewood Public Library 101 West Manchester Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90301 voice: 310/412-5613 fax: 310/412-8848 e-mail: inglewod@class.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 29 22:32:39 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:31 2005 Subject: Workshop Suggestions? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Inglewood Public Library Subject: Re: Workshop Suggestions? Bruce Shuman's _River Bend Revisited : The Problem Patron in the Library_ (Oryx, 1984) contains numerous cases about "problem patrons" in public libraries. The problems haven't changed in ten years. Sue Kamm Inglewood Public Library 101 West Manchester Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90301 voice: 310/412-5613 fax: 310/412-8848 e-mail: inglewod@class.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 29 22:34:26 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:31 2005 Subject: Bookmobiles (again) (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bill McGee Subject: Bookmobiles (again) (fwd) Sent last week. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 07:10:36 -0600 (CST) From: Bill McGee To: publib@nysernet.ORG Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Bookmobiles (again) My Board has asked me to investigate the possibility of developing a bookmobile program to serve people in the colonias and rural areas of our county. I would be very interested in hearing from any county library system that does have or did have a bookmobile service to a rural population. I am interested in hearing both the success stories and the not-so-successful tales of your experience. Please respond to me directly, and I'll be happy to summarize information for the list as a whole. Please include any relevant information about grants, start-up costs, and insurance costs as well. Thank you in advance for any information to share. .----. Bill McGee, Coordinator | | Hidalgo County Library System ____| ~~~~~~} 4305 N. 10th Street, Suite E \ / McAllen, Texas 78504-3095 \_/\ / 210-682-6397 - FAX 210-682-6398 \ { INTERNET bmcgee@tenet.edu \ } ~ From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 29 22:36:28 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:31 2005 Subject: types of ref questions answered (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Inglewood Public Library Subject: Re: types of ref questions answered The problem with doing criss-cross information over the phone is that it is extremely time-consuming for staff. We used to do criss-cross reference; the phone was staffed by a volunteer. We had a specific number for that service, and offered it only weekday mornings. The problems generated were enormous. People complained that the line was always busy. Others attempted to circumvent the dedicated number. We never took a survey to determine where these people were calling from, but I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority were from outside our local area and thus not contributing (through taxes) to support the service. We discontinued giving telephone criss-cross information when a commercial service (using a 900 number) was established in Southern California. Sue Kamm Inglewood Public Library 101 West Manchester Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90301 voice: 310/412-5613 fax: 310/412-8848 e-mail: inglewod@class.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 29 22:36:59 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:31 2005 Subject: windows security (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Ellensburg Pub Lib Subject: windows security We have a four station network for Cd Roms for public use. We use Lantastic 6 and run Windows 3.1. Lantastic loads as a desk top icon. The program manager, when minimized, allows the public access to our Lantastic tools. Is there a way to prevent this? A program?? Our local installer has not been able to solve this for us. Celeste Kline Ellensburg Public Library elpl-dir@wln.com From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 29 22:39:12 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:07:31 2005 Subject: Position Announcement -- Sailor Training Coordinator (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Rivkah_SASS@umail.umd.edu (rs207) Subject: Position Announcement -- Sailor Training Coordinator Please look beyond the usual HRD "stuff" and see that we're recruiting for a pretty wonderful opportunity (so we think). Rivkah Sass The Public Libraries and State Network Services Branch of the Division of Library Development and Services, Maryland State Department of Education, is seeking a dynamic professional to serve as our Sailor Training Coordinator. If you have questions about the position, or would like more information, please Rivkah Sass (rs207@umail.umd.edu) or call 410-333-2117. **************** PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND STATE NETWORK SERVICES BRANCH TITLE, POSITION Staff Specialist III, Public Libraries, Position #039647 NUMBER, AND SALARY: Grade 18 ($36,167 - $47,508), maximum reached in six annual increments. NATURE OF WORK: This professional position is part of a team providing leadership in the planning, development, and enhancement of public library and state networking services in a state noted in the field of public libraries. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Promotes library staff development and training in electronic resources utilization in coordination with advisory groups and library organizations; administers the Professional Public Librarian Certification and Accreditation; administers the staff developments grants programs; approves requests for certification and determines credits for workshops. Makes presentations and trains within assigned areas of responsibility; provides technical assistance to public libraries throughout the State. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Education: Master's Degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited school. Experience: A minimum of two years of varied professional library experience that includes any combination of direct customer service, project management, staff development/training, and establishing cooperative relationships with groups and organizations. Public library experience preferred. ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF WORK: Knowledge of state-of-the-art electronic resources for libraries; knowledge of theory and practice in staff development and training; skill in planning and presenting training workshops; skill in electronic and written communications; ability to work as a team members; ability to apply Total Quality Management principles in a library setting. Ability to be flexible and creative in an ever changing environment. PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION: Applicants must complete the Application for State Employment, Form MS-100, indicating application for Position #039647. The application and any support documentation must clearly demonstrate that the applicant meets the prerequisite Minimum Qualifications and possesses the Essential Requirements for the positions. Requests for Applications must be directed to the State Department of Education, Organization and Personnel Office, 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2595, Phone (410) 333 - 2038. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Proof of eligibility to work in compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act and travel throughout the State are required. Any misrepresentation of academic or experience requirements for this position may result in nonselection or termination of employment. CLOSING DATE: December 9, 1994 **************************************************** Rivkah Sass (rs207@umail.umd.edu) Public Libraries & Network Services Branch Division of Library Development and Services MD State Department of Education VOX: (410)333-2117 FAX:(410)333-2507 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:18:29 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: Excellent training exercise (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: Excellent training exercise I had the great privilege to be a training assistant yesterday for Lee Ratzan (of WLB's Internet Cafe, and also a doctoral student at Rutgers) in a library-oriented Internet workshop. He has a terrific style as well as a great sense of humor. We got to the email exercise and he prefaced it with a brief overview of the "kiosks in post offices" issue, then suggested one exercise option could be sending email to the Vice President. Talk about an incentive to learn email! During this period and in "free times" during the rest of the day, including the lunch hour, I observed librarians hunched over terminals, determinedly tapping away at their message to vice.president@whitehouse.gov... I tried not to peek TOO much, but I only saw one subject line that wasn't related to post offices! ============================================================================ Karen G. Schneider | Blue Highways | Internet Training kgs@intac.com | Internet Services | & Consulting finger for info! | Serving New Jersey | For the Rest of Us! ============================================================================ Check out Karen's Kitchen at URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:19:27 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: homework? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Threse Bigelow Subject: Re: homework? An information request is an information request. Whether a child does his own homework is between the child, the parent and the teacher, not the public library. If you fax for other reasons, then you fax for this one too. Therese Bigelow Kansas City MO Public Library 816 221-2685 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:20:09 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: standards for budgeting training money? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Marsha Grove Subject: Re: standards for budgeting training money? STANDARDS FOR NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC LIBRARIES calls for 1% of total budget for an "A" rating; .75% for a "B" rating; .5% for a "C" rating > Are there any standards/formulas for allocating money in a budget for > training staff? We have carried forward the traditional ammounts for > some years, and we'd like to see if we can make a case for an > increase. Our budgeting authority had been receptive to other > justifications that were couched in terms of standards. Since they > will be looking at all city departments, it would be nice to have > something library specific that did not carry the implication that it > should be applied to all city staff. > > Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % > carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % > FAX:804-464-6741 > 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 804-460-7519 > > > -- From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:20:54 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: Msg to the Vice President -- The Citizen Kiosk project (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: David Clark Subject: Msg to the Vice President -- The Citizen Kiosk project (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 10:02:00 -0700 (MST) From: David Clark To: vice.president@whitehouse.gov Subject: The Citizen Kiosk project Mr. Vice President, I applaud your continuing efforts to bring the Internet to all of our citizens. I agree that this is one good way to ensure that our country stays competitive in the world market. I must comment though, on what I have been reading on the PUBLIB-NET Listserv about the "Citizen Kiosk" project. I'm sure you have gotten *many* messages from those of us in Public Libraries who feel that libraries would be a much better choice to offer public access to information on the Internet than would post offices. I believe that one of the most compelling reasons for this is that libraries are already becoming comfortable with this technology. We know, by experience, that the public _*Will Need Help*_. I don't think that, without additional staffing, the postal service will be able to handle these additional questions. ***The disastrous part of that would be that the public will form a very negative opinion of the Internet*** By way of example, let me site what we at the Pikes Peak Library District have been doing. For many years now we have offered our public menu system including catalog information, community databases, and links to other libraries. This menu system is known as Maggie Place. On 17 October, 1994, we released MAGGnet, our public gopher menu access to the Internet. MAGGnet is available on any terminal in any of our 11 branches, as well as through our dial-up lines. We had many discussions on the best way to offer information and services on the Internet. We chose not to offer public access to Mosaic or Lynx based interfaces because of limited resources AND because we feel that those systems have too high a learning curve. We see these systems as a second step. For a month we had daily training sessions for any staff members in the entire district that were interested in learning about using the Internet. In addition, we have recruited volunteers to help patrons navigate MAGGnet at our branches during peak usage hours. We are also having free public training sessions in the evenings covering MAGGnet and the Internet. Training materials, like a "cheat sheet", brochures, and bookmarks, as well as the MAGGnet News newsletter have been created to help patrons ease into using this new technology. I have talked with staff members from many other public libraries in the past few months, and LOTS of them already have some sort of Internet access, if only for staff use. Most of them are interested in hearing how our public access project is going, as they see themselves offering the Internet to their patrons in the future. In short, public libraries are already leaning toward offering parts of the Internet, and are preparing themselves. If you are interested in speaking with me about our experiences, and how we ended offering what we are offering, I would be happy to. David R. Clark Systems Officer Pikes Peak Library District Colorado Springs, CO dclark@ppld.org VOX: (719) 531-6333 x1100 FAX: (719) 528-2810 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:22:14 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: crime against women act 1994 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Malverne Public Library Subject: crime against women act 1994? I would like some information on the Crime Against Women Act 1994 concerning the arguments pro and con and conservative and liberal points of view. This is a New York State law recently passed. I would also like information on family protection laws and domestic violence from liberal and conservative points of view.Thank you. Ilene Baker Malverne Public Library Malverne, New York cy From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:22:50 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: Emotional Support Dogs (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: GCUMMING@bpl.org Subject: Emotional Support Dogs In respose to whoever it was who was asking about a patron who wanted to bring a dog into the library for "emotional support", there is an article on this topic in the most recent copy of "Alert: Service Dog Center Newsletter" (vol. 5, No. 3, 1994). The newsletter is put out by: Delta Society Service Dog Center P.O. Box 1080 Renton WA 98057-9906 (206)226-7357 George Cumming Boston Public Library Adult Services gcumming@bpl.org 617 536-5400 x339 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:23:41 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: Training in public libraries summary (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: David Tallan Subject: Training in public libraries summary A while ago, I posted a query about Internet training in public libraries and promised to post a summary of what I got. Here goes. Needless to say, Internet training in public libraries did not seem terribly widespread, as Internet access for public libraries is not terribly widespread. Most respondants conducted workshops, typically focussing on gopher and, where available, e-mail. A few libraries (including the Blacksburg Area Library and the Buffalo & Erie County Library) mentioned the handouts which they considered a valuable adjunct to their workshops. Sometimes these were available separate from the workshop has handy reference tools for patrons accing the Internet in the Library. The Blacksburg Area Library also mentioned the successful childrens workshops, divided into two age groups: 8-11 and 12-15. These focus specifically on Gopher. For some libraries, the workshops are based on previous technology-oriented workshops that were being held. The South Maryland Regional Library is expanding its computer literacy course to include Internet training.Similarly, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library used its existing "Technology Tuesdays" as a launch pad for its Internet courses, which are based on the local Buffalo Free-Net. A few libraries have installed, or are installing "electronic classrooms". These include the Berkeley Public Library and the Toronto Public Library. Other libraries rely on one-on-one instruction and patron self-teaching, much as many libraries do when they introduce OPACs. A big THANK YOU to all of the busy librarians who took the time to respond to my query and who were so helpful! David Tallan talland@gov.on.ca Snail: 42 Camberwell Rd. Toronto, ON M6C 3E8 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:24:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: Public Libraries, Free-Nets, and Censorship (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: David Tallan Subject: Public Libraries, Free-Nets, and Censorship The Toronto Free-Net has just launched (yesterday). One of the things we were hoping to do was offer access to the Free-Net through terminals placed in public libraries. Many months ago, we received approval from libraries to do so, and we had even appeared as a menu option in som (with the notation that the service wasn't ready yet. A spanner has just been thrown in the works and I was hoping that the experience of other libraries, especially with those participating in other Free-Nets, might help. The Toronto Free-Net has decided to get a full Usenet newsfeed and not censor out any newsgroups that we deemed inappropriate. This was decided primarily for two reasons. (1) There are a number of librarians (or recent library school graduates) either on the Board or in positions of influence who still feel that there is some validity to the Principles of Intellectual Freedom that we were taught. (2) It was felt that by exerting control over the content of the Usenet feed we might be construed as accepting some responsibility and that this would leave us more open to suits. People might say "You blocked groups x and y. I found kiddie porn in z, which you didn't block. By failing to block it you exposed my 7 year old daughter to filth. I'm going to take you to court!" By blocking nothing, we make it very clear,that the responsibility lies with the user.We act more like a common carrier and are more likely to be treated as one in the courts. A number of local libraries, upon hearing that their patrons would have access to the full range of Usenet newsgroups, have undergone changes of heart with regard to providing public access terminals. They have suggested that we must unsubscribe to potentially offensive groups (like alt.sex.*) or prevent guest access to these groups before they would be willing to provide homes to public access terminals. Providing public access terminals is very important to the Toronto Free-Net. We want our Free-Net to be for *all* Torontonians, not just those who own computers. Public libraries were our first choice of location for these terminals. We believe that there is a natural partnership between public libraries and Free-Nets, due in part, to very similar missions. But we are loathe to undertake censorship at the insistence of some of our local public libraries. How have other public libraries dealt with the problems of public access to potentially offensive (even potentially illegal) material on the Internet? Do the Principles of Intellectual Freedom apply to child pornography on the electronic frontier? Any suggestions to help us deal with this mess? Next week, of course, we'll hear from the primary and secondary schools.... David Tallan talland@gov.on.ca Snail: 42 Camberwell Rd. Toronto, ON M6C 3E8 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:26:38 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL: "Sustainable Development" Counterforces (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS Subject: THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL: "Sustainable Development" Counterforces ----------------Original Message Posted in Multiple Lists----------------- ------------------------Republication Authorized-------------------------- FINS: Communicating the Emerging Philosophy of The Information Age FEDERAL INFORMATION NEWS SYNDICATE Vol II, Issue No. 23 (123 lines) November 7, 1994 READ THIS ISSUE OF FINS TO CONSIDER: * A strategy for "sustainable development" * Incongruent principles for a new global order ========================================================================= CLOSING THE "VALUES-GAP": "Sustainable Development" Counterforces By Vigdor Schreibman President Clinton issued an executive order on June 29, 1993 for an action strategy on "sustainable development" [Fins-SD-07]. This is broadly defined as economic growth--with an enlightened and purposeful effort to integrate economic, social and environmental policy--that will benefit present and future generations without detrimentally affecting the resources or biological systems of the planet. The global community is also committed to this initiative. On Feb. 12, 1994 the United Nations established its own Commission on Sustainable Development. The 53-member body is charged with monitoring progress in implementing "Agenda 21," the comprehensive action programme adopted by the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in June 1992 in Rio de janeiro. There are twenty-five members of the President's Council, and three ex- officio members including (as of 9/30/94), senior officials representing the interests of Federal, State, and local governments (10), private industry (9), environmental (6) and not-for-profit (3) organizations [Fins-SD-04]. Co-Chairs of the Council are David T. Buzzelli, Vice President and Corporate Director of Environment, Health & Safety and Public Affairs, The Dow Chemical Company (517/636-1000); and Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute (202/638-6300). The Executive Director is Molly Harriss Olson (vphone 202/408-5296; fax 202/408-6839; email pcsd@igc.apc.org). When the President's Council met on Thurs. Oct 27th in the regal hall of the United States Chamber of Commerce, to consider draft proposals, FINS was present, but it took a few days of study and contemplation to even begin to comprehend the truly profound implications of the President's order and the draft vision statement and principles issued by the Council [Fins-SD-05]. Council members worked around a large square table with evident, bipartisan good will. They struggled the entire afternoon in public session reviewing and reshaping the first draft of a description of the formidable set of global and domestic problems and opportunities that require this Nation's deep consideration [Fins-SD-06]. This is the historic agenda, which was pushed aside by the Cold War that consumed the whole world's attention and exhausted its resources for almost half a century. Now at long last put into play, this is the defining challenge for the next century on Planet Earth. The initial ideas put forward are turning away from the tradition of sectoral opportunism toward a holistic vision of "a life-sustaining earth." The principles of that vision coming into view, which have earned the highest degree of public approval in a survey conducted for the purpose, call for: * recognition that decisions affecting sustainable development should be open and permit informed participation by affected and interested parties (principle 13). * preservation of the integrity of natural systems (principle 1). * treatment of economic growth, environmental protection, and social equity as interdependent, mutually reinforcing national goals (principle 2). * maintenance of patterns of consumption consistent with protection of natural systems (principle 5). * advancement of economic and environmental decision-making that considers the well-being of future generations (principle 8). * recognition that sustainability in the United States is closely tied to global sustainability (principle 15). Other principles have evoked greater controversy, e.g.: market strategies; population control; elimination of poverty; sharing benefits/burdens; scientific uncertainty; need for fundamental changes in conduct; national and global security; free institutions; science and technology. These important topics require further consideration by the President's Council, and the public. Eight task forces have been charged with translating those principles into concrete models and policies that will support realization of the desired ends across all key sectors of society: economic efficiency; energy and transportation; natural resources management and protection; population and consumption; public linkage, dialogue and education; sustainable agriculture; and sustainable communities. A ninth task force with representatives from each key sector was charged with the design of policies (e.g., reallocation of tax benefits and burdens to support sustainable development) that will link all individual sectoral groups into a coherent whole. This is palpable movement to a new order of "life-sustaining earth." The subject is uniquely important to the Internet community. Information about the realization of this vision, and enlightened collaboration toward that end, must provide a content and role for this media that is synergistic. This requires an information infrastructure that sustains balanced treatment "of economic growth, environmental protection, and social equity as interdependent, mutually reinforcing national goals." Ironically, however, on October 31, 1994, the National Research and Education Network (NREN) was officially privatized, terminating the NSFnet backbone service and public subsidy of non-profit Mid-Level regional networks in favor of a set of opportunistic contracts with telecommunications monopolists and oligopolists, whose bottom line is strictly profit maximization. Despite the record of extraordinary success of the NREN, and very modest public support for the research and education community that made this possible, this Nation is once again falling into the trap of narrow sectoral development that is a powerful counterforce directed against the "sustainable development" vision. =========================================================================== BECOME A MEMBER OF FINS--COLLABORATE IN ADVANCING THE GENIUS OF CYBERSPACE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Membership rate: $30.00 a year. United States and International members receive 24 issues of Fins News Columns a year; plus networking, or print reproduction rights in primary markets; plus Fins Information Age Library. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal Information News Syndicate, Vigdor Schreibman, Editor & Publisher, 18 - 9th Street NE #206, Washington, DC 20002-6042. Copyright 1994 FINS. Internet: fins@access.digex.net. Browse Fins Information Age Library located at the University of Maryland inforM system: if you have a Gopher client : gopher to inform.umd.edu and go to the directory Educational_Resources/ AcademicResourcesByTopic/Computers_and_Society/Fins_Information_Age; or if you have ftp : ftp to inform.umd.edu cd to inforM/and the same directory. ============================================================================= From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:28:01 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: CD-ROM Lending Library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Newport Beach Public Library Subject: CD-ROM Lending Library? Has anyone started a lending library of CD-ROM titles? If yes, could you tell me 1)How many? 2)What types of titles? 3)Did you purchase individually or go with a pre-made package such as Highsmith or Compton's offers? 4)Is it free or fee? 5)How much start-up money did you have? 6)Do you have any paper (policies, coll.development guidelines) you could send me? (My name on the subject line, please, if you email) Thanks for your time! Robin Weed-Brown Information Services Manager Newport Beach Public Library 1000 Avocado Ave. Newport Beach, CA 92660 nbplref@class.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:28:50 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: Books-on-Cassette Rental (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Newport Beach Public Library Subject: Books-on-Cassette Rental? Does anyone have a rental collection of books-on-cassette? Similar to a rental collection of bestseller print titles? If so, could you tell me 1)How many titles to start collection? 2)Who do you purchase bestseller titles from? 3)How much do you charge? 4)How much start-up money did you have? and 5)Do you have any paper (policies, collection development guidelines) you could send me? Thanks in advance. (my name on subject line, please, if you email.) Robin Weed-Brown Information Services Manager Newport Beach Public Library 1000 Avocado Ave. Newport Beach, CA 92660 nbplref@class.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:29:13 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: ?San Francisco Chronicle on the Net (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: San Francisco Public Library Subject: ?San Francisco Chronicle on the Net Does anyone out there know how to find the striker's edition of the San Francisco Chronicle on the Net?? I tried an archie search to no avail. Many thanks in advance. Cathy Nyhan San Francisco Public Library cathyn@class.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:30:30 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: Public Libraries as Kiosk Test Sites (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Floyd Ingram Subject: Public Libraries as Kiosk Test Sites (fwd) FYI! ****************************************************************** Floyd Ingram Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte, NC 28216 fingram@vnet.net (704) 378-1124 Office "You can't lead where you don't go, and you can't teach what you don't know." ****************************************************************** ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 17:37:03 -0400 From: ALA Washington Office Subject: ALAWON, Vol. 3, No. 65 ****Begin File******************Begin File*******************Begin File**** *************************************************************************** ISSN 1069-7799 ALAWON ALA Washington Office Newsline An electronic publication of the American Library Association Washington Office Volume 3, Number 65 October 28, 1994 In this issue: (160 lines) ALA PRESIDENT CURLEY PROPOSES LIBRARIES AS KIOSK TEST SITES SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY PROVIDES WHITE HOUSE ELECTRONIC CITIZENS HANDBOOK LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECEIVES $13 MILLION TO DIGITIZE COLLECTIONS *************************************************************************** ALA PRESIDENT CURLEY PROPOSES LIBRARIES AS KIOSK TEST SITES In a statement by ALA President Arthur Curley on October 27, ALA proposed that public libraries be designated as trial sites for new electronic information kiosks to be developed by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The "Citizen Kiosk" Pilot Program, announced last week by the USPS, would provide basic information about postal and governmental services such as stamps by mail, zip codes, commemorative stamps, job bank information, applications for local, state and federal services. (See ALAWON, Vol. 3, No. 63.) "It's a great concept but a wasteful one if they don't take advantage of what's already here," said ALA President Arthur Curley. His statement was supported by the ALA executive board which met this week in Chicago. "Public libraries collect, organize and distribute information at more than 16,000 sites. We have more outlets than McDonald's. And we have staff who are professionally trained to assist the public with their information needs." Curley noted that 773 million people turn to public libraries each year for the information they need. Some 1,400 libraries across the country already serve as government depositories for a wide range of documents. Many offer a wide range of electronic information services, including government information through the Internet, to the public. "Libraries are where people are used to getting the information they need. We're optimistic that the Clinton Administration and Postal Service will recognize it makes good sense to build on the system that's already there." Curley said that ALA supports the Administration's goal of connecting every library to the National Information Infrastructure by the year 2000 and has proposed preferential telecommunication rates, federal legislation and other strategies to help achieve this goal. "Our nation's libraries are the foundation of our nation's information infrastructure. They make information affordable, available and accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. In the Information Age, that means providing information online as well as in print. As librarians we are concerned that public' right to know be guaranteed through their public libraries." ALA has initiated inquiries into the feasibility of libraries becoming kiosk test sites with the Postal Service. Librarians from across the country have also inquired about the USPS proposal and the potential role of libraries in such a broad scale information project. Many library supporters have contacted the White House and their Congressional representatives to emphasize the existing and critical role libraries already play in providing public information. Some libraries in the Washington, D.C. test area are considering trying to become test sites. *************************************************************************** SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY PROVIDES WHITE HOUSE ELECTRONIC CITIZENS HANDBOOK The Seattle Public Library (SPL) is already one of the first two libraries in the country to initiate the expanding gateway program through GPO Access. Now SPL has added the _Welcome to the White House_ information service to its variety of electronic offerings. SPL was one of 11 sites around the country given the opportunity to preview and evaluate _Welcome to the White House_ prior to its official announcement by Vice President Al Gore. The White House service, sometimes called _The Citizens' Electronic Handbook_, provides access to indexes of White House publications as well as federal information on job opportunities, retirement benefits, U.S. national parks, and a wide variety of other information. According to a recent press release, SPL was the first library system in the country to provide free citizen access to the Internet through a public network of terminals and dial-in modem ports. The library system links users with the library's own data bases and with local information services. SPL is also one of handful of test sites for the Washington State Citizen Kiosk project. For further information, call Andra Addison, public information officer, at 206-386-4103. *************************************************************************** LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECEIVES $13 MILLION TO DIGITIZE COLLECTIONS The National Digital Library project at the Library of Congress was given further momentum with the announcement of three major donations. On October 13 Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced a three-year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. He also announced a $5 million grant from the Lucile and David Packard Foundation and a $5 million gift from John Kulge (chairman and president of Metromedia), both earmarked for a major program to digitize the Library's historical collections in the public domain for eventual electronic dissemination. The Kellogg grant will help the Library identify instructional uses of digital library materials to develop research skills and critical thinking. LC will form a coalition of major institutions to convert important collections to digital formats. By the year 2000, the coalition plans to have digitized 5 million images. This coalition will work on copyright issues relating to electronic dissemination. The Library will continue to work with various private sector companies on digitization projects because of serious cost constraints. LC will not package and sell its digital collections, but make them freely available to all in what Billington referred to as the _plain vanilla_ version. The new Digital Library Visitors' Center was previewed at the October 13 press conference. The Center will open to the public in January 1995 with demonstrations scheduled as staffing and funds allow. There will be 14 workstations capable of demonstrating various LC services including: images and text from LC's major exhibitions, more than 26 million records from their card catalog, and American Memory, the Library's five-year digitization project. Visitors to the new center will also be able to see demonstrations of the Global Legal Information Network, a cooperative data base of foreign laws, LC MARVEL, which offers access to the Library's data bases, and other new technology to enable blind and physically handicapped users to access on- line collections. For further information contact: Jill Brett at 202-707- 2905 or Guy Lamolinara at 202-707-9217. *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is an irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office, 110 Maryland Avenue, N.E., Washington, DC 20002-5675. Internet: alawash@alawash.org; Phone: 202-547-4440; Fax: 202-547-7363. Editor: Lynne E. Bradley (leb@alawash.org). ALAWON is available free of charge and is available only in electronic form. To subscribe, send the message "subscribe ala-wo [your name]" to listserv@uicvm (Bitnet) or listserv@uicvm.uic.edu (Internet). Back issues and other documents are available from the list server. To find out what's available, send the message "send ala-wo filelist" to the listserv. The ALA-WO filelist contains the list of files with the exact filename and filetype. To get a particular file, issue the command "send filename filetype" to the listserv. Do not include the quotes in your commands. All materials in the newsletter subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. For other reprinting or redistribution, address requests to the ALA Washington Office (alawash@alawash.org). *************************************************************************** ***End of file******************End of file******************End of file*** From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 5 20:31:26 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:44 2005 Subject: circulating software (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Torrey Lange Subject: circulating software? Phoenix Public Library is currently in the process of developing a written policy for circulating software. Within this policy we would like to address issues such as computer viruses, copyright violations, etc. We are interested in hearing how other public libraries have handled disks at chechout/checkin and marking books with disks enclosed. We would also like to know what has worked well or has not worked in your library in regards to circulating software. Thanks in advance, Torrey Postal Phoenix Public Library 12 E. McDowell Phoenix, AZ 85004 (602)262-4794 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 12 21:29:32 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:49 2005 Subject: Fwd: Pre-White House Conf on ... (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: AMKleiman@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Pre-White House Conf on ... --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Fwd: Pre-White House Conf on ... Date: 94-11-11 20:27:21 EST From: AMKleiman To: amkleiman@aol.com --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Pre-White House Conf on Aging Date: 94-11-11 19:59:34 EST From: AMKleiman To: swa@lis.pitt.edu ALA and NCLIS to host National Pre-White House Conference for Older Adults "Toward the White House Conference on Aging: Priorities and Policies for Library and Information Services for Older Adults," is the title of a National Pre-White House Conference on Library and Information Services for Older Adults that will be convened by the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS). The preconference will be held on Friday, Febraury 3, 1995, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel in Philadelphia in conjunction with the ALA Midwinter Meeting. "We believe that libraries and librarians can play an important role in addressing the needs of older adults," said Elizabeth Martinez, ALA Executive Director. "Their interests and concerns should be represented by delegates to the National White House Confence on Aging to be held in May 1995." Participants in the day-long event will develop recommendations on major topics on the White House Conference agenda. Speakers, presentations, hearings and testimony by older adults, librarians, trustees, government officials and focus groups will concentrate on eight major areas. Topics will include libraries as they relate to: --older adults and disabilties --older adults and cultural diversity --the interdependence of generations --older adults and federal legislative policy --older adults and research, education and training --older adults and special constituencies --older adults and technology, and --older adults and lifelong learning, arts & humanities. Speakers who have been invited to participate include: U.S. Rep. Major Owens (D-NY); Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Grey Panters, Philadelphia, PA; Hugh Downs, host of 20/20 on the ABC Television Network, New York; U.S. Senator David Pryor, (D-Ark.) and chair of the White House Conference, and Robert Blancato, executive director of the White House Conference on Aging. Allan M. Kleiman, Chief, Service to the Aging, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, N.Y. is chair of the pre-conference. Bessie Boehm Moore, NCLIS Vice-President Emeritus and Betty J. Turock, ALA Vice-President/President-Elect and Chair and Director of the School of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University, are honorary Co-Chairs. The pre-conference is jointly sponsored by the Referand and Adult Division (RASD) and the Association of Specialiazed and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA). Registration is $35 and includes background materials, lunch and an evening reception. The deadline to register is January 15, 1995. For registration information, contact: Margaret Monsour, RASD, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4397. or 312-280-4397. RASD and ASCLA are divisions of the American Library Association. Individuals and/or groups interested in presenting hearings/materials during the pre-conference should contact: Allan M. Kleiman, 718-376-3577. (Please pass this information along to others who might be interested in attending and participating in this conference. With your help we can make this pre-conference a success. Thanks. ) From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 12 21:31:05 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:49 2005 Subject: TQM and Libraries, an offer. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "a.nolan-wattle-kinf-staff-91005888" Subject: TQM and Libraries, an offer. Good Morning, My name is Tony Nolan, and I am a Research Assistant with the Manufacturing Management Programme at the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia). I am also an information science student at the same university, as well as working in several libraries. Our programme works very closely with industry, and we saw a need for a different approach to TQM. We were finding, that after the brainstorming areas, people were becoming lost as to how to implement the ideas and solutions. We have a developed a process that has a statistic part, that helps guide people through the WHAT NOW stage. The process uses a matrix, where people scale the effects of the problem, which then produces a dendrogram. The dendrogram is just a graph of clustered elements. But it groups similuar parts of the problem together, so you can see where to put your resourses for the best effect. Its harder to explain than to do. The reason I am writing this, is to offer a draft report of a case study, of this system working to solve a library problem. I have showed several people, and they all wanted a copy, and some one suggested offering it to the net. At the moment, its in wp51 format, and I will have to make adjustments for it to be sent on the net. It is also possible, for people to run the matrix, and give me the data, and I can produce the results and email them to you. Anyway, If people are interested, please let me now. Email is free here, and I am happy to talk to people about TQM and libraries. Thank you for your time, Cheers Tony Nolan, Research Assistant University of Technology, Sydney Australia. From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 12 21:31:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:49 2005 Subject: types of reference questions answered.. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Cynthia Cantrell Subject: types of reference questions answered.. Susan Jackson sent in a message about dial-in reference service and in her message she brought up a thought that I would like to hear from other libraries about. She states that they have a "liberal" reference philosophy and will answer trivia questions, give car prices, help with homework assignments, etc. I am wondering what restrictions other libraries put on the types of reference questions they will answer (if any) and how they explain this to their patrons. I have heard some discussion on this topic but would like to hear from others on this list. Any thoughts? Cynthia J. Cantrell Internet: ccantrel@services.dese.state.mo.us Kinderhook Regional Library Phone: (417)532-2148 Lebanon, MO Fax: (417)532-7424 From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 12 21:33:20 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:49 2005 Subject: CMU speech, corrected (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jean Armour Polly Subject: CMU speech, corrected (fwd) Carnegie Mellon is withdrawing certain newsgroups it feels are inappropriate. Yesterday there was a free speech rally and this is what Mike Godwin said. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 18:37:59 -0500 From: David Farber To: interesting-people mailing list Subject: CMU speech, corrected (fwd) Mike Godwin Speech at CMU My name is Mike Godwin, and I'm a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. My organization, EFF, stands for the proposition that freedom of speech must be protected, not only in the traditional media of speech, print, and broadcasting, but also in the vital new medium of computer communications. We are not here merely because we are angry, but also because we are grieving over the imminent death of academic freedom at CMU. This fight is not over yet--they still want to review the alt.sex newsgroups and kill the ones they find most embarrassing. You see, this new medium is ultimately going to become the most important medium for citizens of the United States, and of the world. It is a medium far different from the telephone, which is only a one-to-one medium, ill-suited for reaching large numbers of people. It is a medium far different from the newspaper or TV station, which are one-to- many media, ill-suited for feedback from the audience. For the first time in history, we have a many-to-many medium, in which you don't have to be rich to have access, and in which you don't have to win the approval of an editor or publisher to speak your mind. Usenet and the Internet, as part of this new medium, hold the promise of guaranteeing, for the first time in history, that the First Amendment's protection of freedom of the press means as much to each individual as it does to Time Warner, or to Gannett, or to the New York Times. Of course, the Supreme Court has long held that, at least in theory, freedom of the press applies as much to "the lonely pamphleteer" as it does to the editors of a major urban daily newspaper. But the Net puts this theory into practice. And it is because the Net holds the promise of being the most democratizing communications medium in the history of the planet that it is vital that we prevent the fearful and the ignorant from attempting to control your access to it. That's precisely what is happening here at Carnegie-Mellon. There is a strong sense here that, merely because you are students, and because some of you are minors, CMU must protect you from yourselves. They claim that if they don't cut off all access to these newsgroups, for everyone on campus, they'll not only risk perverting you by exposing you to sexually oriented materials, but they'll also be legally liable. Their claims are wrong. First of all, it's not true that the *only* way to prevent minors from having access to this material is to deny *everyone* access to it. It is clear to me that the administrators haven't explored any alternatives other than the most expensive and infeasible. Secondly, there is little if any risk of legal liability for the University for carrying these newsgroups, since Usenet is so large that no one can be presumed to have knowledge of all the content of Net traffic, and without proof of that knowledge, says the Supreme Court, there can be no liability. And no university anywhere in the country has ever, at any time, been held liable to any degree for carrying the alt.sex newsgroups. Third, the risk that the 17-year-olds who enter this University as freshmen are unfamiliar with the materials that are carried in these newsgroups is exceedingly low. Remember, we're talking about high-school graduates here! I submit that if any entering freshmen haven't encountered material that deals with human sexuality before now, CMU has an affirmative duty to expose them to it. Some members of the University staff have been reluctant to hear these arguments. When I spoke yesterday with attorney Jackie Kastelnik of the University's legal office, she asked me how I got interested in this case. I told her that I had been contacted by several concerned CMU students. At that point she told me that she was not interested in debating me or being informed about the legal issues involved. But she did say this much to me: "So what if the risk is low! We don't want to be a test case!" To which my response is this: CMU, your lawyers have forgotten the meaning of the Constitution they have sworn to uphold. Indeed, it's ironic that an institution that focuses so much on memory--of our sciences, our knowledge, our traditions, our values--has displayed so much forgetfulness about the meaning of a University, and has been so inconsistent in deciding what they want you to remember. Remember, before you expressed your concerns, they were ready to kill any newsgroup that dealt with sexual material. They wanted you to remember the meaning of the Periodic Table, but they wanted you to forget that the chemistry between lovers is one of the most beautiful things we know. They wanted you to remember the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, but they hoped you forget that the fundamental fact of human sexuality shapes our entire existence. They wanted you to remember safety in the lab, but they wanted you to forget alt.sex.safe. They wanted you to remember the poetry of Dante and Shakespeare and Shelley, but they wanted you to forget that human sexuality, which often inspired these poets, is equally the inspiration of those who write stories and poems for rec.arts.erotica. It's very clear that this university is all-too- willing to seek a relationship with the Department of Defense, but all-too-unwilling to defend your online discussion of sexual relationships. This is ironic, since this university is ostensibly training you to function as adults in this society, yet it has insisted on treating you like children. I've talked about what CMU wants you to forget--now let's talk about what they have forgotten. They've forgotten that the Constitution presumptively protects speech and expression about sexual matters, even when that speech and expression may be offensive. They've forgotten that the Constitution does not allow governments to ban sexual expression for adults merely because there is some risk that children may see it. They've forgotten that, when it comes to the Bill of Rights, what you don't use, you lose. The First Amendment is a terrible thing to waste. As we can see from yesterday's election results, we're living in a conservative era. But the issue at stake here is not one that should divide liberals and conservatives, who have always shared a belief in the importance of individual liberty. In particular, conservatives should insist that CMU not alter its principles in the face of pressure from what may well be a paternalistic government. But of course it's worth remembering that there has been no such pressure yet. The University has been misleading you as to the risks of carrying this material. And it may be misleading you as to its motives. I strongly suspect that the real reason the Administration tried to yank these newsgroups is that it is embarrassed by them. I spoke with a member of the Administration this morning, and he told me that the University doesn't want to have to defend carrying sexually explicit materials--it's ironic that such a highly educated group is afraid that it won't find the words necessary to defend discourse about a central aspect of the human condition. If they lack courage, it's up to you to supply it. Tell the CMU Administration that you came here with the expectation that CMU would live up to the highest principles of academic freedom. Tell them that you expect them to fight as strongly for your freedom of speech and freedom of inquiry as the administrations of Harvard or MIT would. As Arsenio says, "It's time." Time to remind CMU about the meaning of freedom. And time to tell them once and for all: "No more censorship!" I urge you not to accept it when the authorities tell you that CMU, as a private institution, is not bound by the First Amendment, and therefore can do anything it likes. This is, of course, quite true, but the issue has never been what CMU is permitted to do--instead, it's been what CMU *should* do if they are to sustain a commitment to academic freedom. This morning I spoke with a member of the Administration who told me at least twice during our talk that he is a teacher and admirer of James Joyce's ULYSSES--also one of my very favorite books--so he understands the issues raised one someone tries to ban works based on their purported obscenity. When I heard this from him, I felt sad-- how could he possibly have missed the lessons we learned in this society when books like ULYSSES, TROPIC OF CANCER, and LOLITA were litigated in the courts? It's very easy, I think, to proclaim that you understand the issue of obscenity because you're willing to defend a book that was vindicated half a century ago. What he doesn't seem to realize is that *this* fight--the one about online freedom of speech--is the one that matters now. From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 12 21:34:45 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:49 2005 Subject: SURVEY: Romance Collections (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Andrea Schwartz Subject: SURVEY: Romance Collections Hi all - As you'll see in the introduction to this survey, I'm a graduate student in Library and Information Science conducting a survey on romance fiction in public libraries. Even if your organization relies on donations or does not collect romances, I'd appreciate that information. Thanks. Andrea Schwartz Graduate Student University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Survey: Romance Collections in Public Libraries** This survey is being conducted by Andrea Schwartz, a Library & Information Science graduate student at the University of Illinois. I am examining romance collections in public libraries for a class project in LIS 450FL: Gendered Perspectives in Library & Information Science. Confidentiality will be maintained for respondents and libraries. Those with further questions or concerns can contact me at: alschwar@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu INSTRUCTIONS: Please respond as fully as possible to each question. Use "n/a" for any question that does not apply. It is sufficient to use estimates for any question that asks for a number or proportion. Return responses via email to: alschwar@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu DEFINITIONS: This survey is aimed at measuring the quality of romance novel collections in public libraries. For the purpose of this survey, "ROMANCE NOVEL" should be interpreted as any book that is available in mass-market, is marked "romance" on the body of the book, or is available in the romance section of any chain bookstore. Some authors of these books include: Jude Devereaux, Debbie Macomber, Judith McNaught, Pamela Morsi, Julie Garwood, Amanda Quick/Jayne Ann Krentz, Phoebe Conn, Nora Roberts, Sandra Kitt, Karen Robards, Janelle Taylor, and Linda Lael Miller. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION, & ACQUISTION 1. Does your library purchase (or otherwise collect) romance novels? If no, why? 2. What resources do you employ to evaluate romance novels for purchase? ( Mark all that apply with an "X") *Print Sources* *Other Sources* _Library Journal_ Staff recommendations _Publishers Weekly_ Patron recommendations _Romantic Times Magazine_ Romance Readers Anonymous Listserv Publishers' Catalogs Library jobbers Other (Please specify) Standing order Other (Please specify) 3. Do you collect romance novels exclusively in hardcover, paperback, or a mixture of the two? 4. What criteria determines the format (hardcover vs. paper) in which a romance novel is collected? 5. Does your library collect Young Adult romance series? 6. Is your institution collecting African-American romance novels? For example, *Arabesque* series from Pinnacle, *Zuma* series from Genesis Press, or any title from Odyssey Books. 7. Does your library collect series romances (published by Harlequin, Silhouette, Bantam, Zebra, etc.)? 8. If yes, which series do you collect? (This should not be considered an exhaustive list; mark all that apply with an "X") Harlequin Romance Harlequin Presents Harlequin Regency Harlequin Historical Harlequin Superromance Harlequin Temptation Harlequin Intrigue Harlequin American Silhouette Romance Silhouette Desire Silhouette Intimate Moments Silhouette Shadows Silhouette Special Edition Bantam Loveswept Leisure Books Historical Leisure Books Futuristic Leisure Books Gothic Leisure Books Time-Travel Avon Historical Pocket Books Historical Zebra Regency Zebra Gothic Zebra Heartfire Historical Zebra Family Saga 9. Are there some series specifically not collected? If so, which ones? CATALOGING 1. Are hardcover romance novels cataloged in an online system or card catalog? 2. Are paperback romance novels cataloged in an online system or card catalog? DISPLAY 1. Are romance novels shelved as a separate genre within your library? 2. If so, how long has this been a policy? 3. How are paperback romance novels processed? What order, if any, are they displayed in? 4. Is the romance genre treated any differently than other genres? CIRCULATION/POPULARITY 1. Which series romances are the most popular/have the highest circulation? 2. Please rate the following categories from 1 (least popular) to 5 (most popular) based on your experience with users: Contemporary Historical period romances (Medieval, Regency, Victorian, American West, etc.) Gothic/Romantic suspense Alternative reality (including paranormal & time-travel) Futuristic READERS/ADVISORY 1. Are young adult romance readers guided to the adult romance section? 2. What kinds of services does your library offer to romance readers who are "looking for a good book"? OTHER 1. What is the size of your library (in volumes)? 2. What is the approximate size of your user population? 3. Please give a brief description of your organization's setting and population. (e.g., suburban setting, serving mostly working class patrons.) 4. What proportion of your hardcover collection is romance novels? What proportion of your paperback collection is romance novels? 5. Please describe your library's philosophy towards romance novels and romance readers. 6. Have you received any complaints about your romance collection? What were the substance of the complaints? 7. Please feel free to comment on your organization's romance collection, specific experiences with readers, or your own personal observations. Thank you for your participation. My report should be completed by early December, 1994. Please let me know if you are interested in receiving a copy. Andrea Schwartz, alschwar@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu. From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 12 21:35:19 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:49 2005 Subject: barcoding multi-part sets (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: eevola@prairienet.org (Elizabeth Evola) Subject: Re: barcoding multi-part sets Our library puts one barcode on the container for our books on tape. We just started doing this recently. Some of books on tape were once done with individual barcodes for the tapes, but we had problems with all items getting checked in. Patrons would have outstanding items although they had returned all cassettes with the container. Hope this helps. Elizabeth Evola Head, Audiovisual Dept. Danville Public Library Danville, IL 61832 eevola@prairienet.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Sat Nov 26 15:50:43 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:55 2005 Subject: site for posts responding to Lester (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: site for posts responding to Lester Many good responses to Dan Lester's recent post about post offices and libraries have been posted to PACS-L, fyi. I spake my usual, but after hearing Helms and Gingrich these past two days, I also wonder to what extent people know think it's o.k. to have two different qualities of information--human-mediated for the "haves," machine-generated for the "have-nots." It also may not be important, for the Helms and Gingriches of this world, to ensure that people understand what we provide them; in fact--it might be more important to make sure they do *not.* These are mean times, and we need advocates in our government and professional organizations who will beat the drum for our role as information advocates. In its search to locate an agency best qualified to provide information serrvices, he government instead chose to select an organization that is not trained and equipped to do so. Why is that? Who made that decision? Why were libraries overlooked? What can we do to make sure it doesn't happen again? These are questions we need to answer. To the (vvery small) extent I agree with Dan, it is that librarians need to be proactive. That means, however, that not only should we whine, but we should be shouting and screaming. The post-office issue is an opportunity for us to wake up before it's too late. ============================================================================== Karen G. Schneider Blue Highways Internet Services Serving New Jersey email kgs@intac.com URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ == From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 30 20:26:23 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:56 2005 Subject: age range in children's room (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills Subject: Re: age range in children's room We serve children through the 8th grade in our Youth Services Dept. They do have a YA fiction collection and collect age appropriate materials on non-traditional life styles. Our Adult Services also has a YA fiction collection that contains novels of interest to high school students. The books on non-traditional life styles are in the regular adult non-fiction collection. Works for us! Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 30 20:26:56 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:56 2005 Subject: Christmas decorations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills Subject: Christmas decorations I'm a real Christmas nut and have a nice collection of Department 57's Snow Village buildings. My display are is almost full, but I saved one spot for a library. This year they finally added a library (Carneige style) to the collection. I thought some of you might be interested. Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 30 20:27:36 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:56 2005 Subject: types of ref questions answered (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Chip Old Subject: Re: types of ref questions answered On Tue, 29 Nov 1994, Mary K. Chelton wrote: > If you want to understand how badly libraries discriminate among types of > questions and the people who ask them, just try to be a kid with no transporta- > tion, no adult at home, and calling about a homework question. Some libraries, perhaps, but not all. The responses to this "types of ref questions answered" thread shows that there is no agreement on this from one library to the next. At BCPL there are no forbidden questions (like the Criss-Cross questions others have objected to) or second-class customers (like the students you describe). The deciding factor is always how many other customers are waiting for help and how many staff are available to help them. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis E. Old (Chip Old) Internet: fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us Manager, Rosedale Area Library feold@umd5.umd.edu Baltimore County Public Library Voice: (410) 887-0512 6105 Kenwood Avenue FAX: (410) 866-4299 Rosedale, MD 21237-2097 USA From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 30 20:28:28 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:56 2005 Subject: types of ref questions answered (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Leila Shapiro Subject: Re: types of ref questions answered library staff hate doing crisscross questions and will always perceive them is being more quantitatively than they are and all from out of state bill collectors. It is a facet of the typical librarian's personality that s/he feels guilty if giving out the telephone number who hasn't paid a bill. That librarian just knows that this is a poor person with starving children. People, including businesses, use crisscross information for a variety of reasons, one of which is to collect money owed. Librarians are supposed to answer questions without giving the asker a means test. If someone abuses the service, one can always restrict, like saying I can do two or three or howevermany phone numbers for you. Setting up a separate line is setting yourself up for all the questions from several states . It is viewed as an invitation for all crisscross questions. I am perfectly aware that some libraries couldn't keep their doors open without having volunteers who perform direct public service. However, that is not preferred by anyone. What other direct public service do your volunteers perform? There has been another discussion which ran the last couple of weeks about librarianship as a profession. How we view ourselves, how we wish others would view us. How we are unwilling to restrict our profession and hold ourselves to the strict standards of physicians and lawyers. I think that this question of crisscross, car prices and homework is one of those crucial areas where we as a profession have a problem. On Tue, 29 Nov 1994, Inglewood Public Library wrote: > The problem with doing criss-cross information over the phone is that it > is extremely time-consuming for staff. We used to do criss-cross > reference; the phone was staffed by a volunteer. We had a specific > number for that service, and offered it only weekday mornings. The > problems generated were enormous. People complained that the line was > always busy. Others attempted to circumvent the dedicated number. > > We never took a survey to determine where these people were calling from, > but I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority were from outside our > local area and thus not contributing (through taxes) to support the > service. We discontinued giving telephone criss-cross information when a > commercial service (using a 900 number) was established in Southern > California. > > Sue Kamm > Inglewood Public Library > 101 West Manchester Boulevard > Inglewood, CA 90301 > voice: 310/412-5613 > fax: 310/412-8848 > e-mail: inglewod@class.org > > Leila Shapiro Bethesda Regional Library Montgomery County Department of Public Libraries PHONE: 301-986-4302 FAX: 301-986-4309 lshapiro@cap.gwu.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 30 20:29:34 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:56 2005 Subject: Ho ho ho...it's That Time again... (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Shirl Subject: Ho ho ho...it's That Time again... Read and enjoy! Shirley Duglin Kennedy Data is not information Network Information Manager Information is not knowledge. Tampa Bay Library Consortium Knowledge is not wisdom. (813) 622-8252 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 23:43:16 -0500 From: Adam Gaffin To: Multiple recipients of list CARR-L Subject: Re: Need Santa's address. Hokay, since this seems to be a topic of general interest, here's the saga of the three, count 'em three Internet Santas... >From the December Everybody's Internet Update. --- Great, it's not enough that you have to explain to your kid why there's a different Santa at every mall you go to, now you have to tell her why there's at least three Santas on the World-Wide Web. Yes, it's dueling Santas! Who has the better North Pole weather forecast: Snowflake the Elf at northpole.net or Donder and Blitzen at Citylink? Do you go for the cutesy reindeer recipes at Citylink or the more realistic (i.e., gross) recipes over at north.pole.org (not to be confused with northpole.net)? Send e-mail to Santa or fill out a Web form to him? Oh, it's enough to make one hope for a visit from the Grinch! In the interests of research, let's visit all three. We find Santa Number 1 at http://www.neosoft.com/citylink/xmas/default.html. First thing you see is a free "letter from Santa'' that you can customize for your very own child. All you have to do is download the thing, load it into a word processor, subsitute his name for "(Child's Name)" and print it out. Whee! Next is "Santa's Christmas Favorites." That could be interesting. But open it up and, guess what, it's an online mini-catalog just full of expensive stuff that Junior couldn't possibly want (Scarves? Clocks? I don't think so). Sure, Santa and commerce are inextricably linked, but is the big guy so strapped for cash that he has to turn the workshop into a showroom? I flee to Santa Number 2, at http://www.northpole.net. There we find another canned message from Santa, along with similar messages from Rudolph and the Elves. And, oh, look, for only $5, you can order an "I e-mailed Santa" button! Oookay! Onto... Santa Number 3 at http://north.pole.org. Here we find a Santa with an Attitude (more precisely, elves with attitude, Kris himself stays pretty much out of the limelight here). One thing though: no crass commercialism here. In fact, the first thing you see is the Cyberspace Christmas Campaign, where good little boys and girls can get lists of worthy causes that could use some donations. In fact, every time someone visits one of the homepages of the listed charities, corporate sponsors give a dime to the charity (just like a telethon, but without Jerry Lewis). Kids can also fill out a North Polargram to send to Santa, and even look up some recipes from Rudolph: "A tasty concoction of the best from the frozen tundra. Rudolph says the green slimey moss works the best. He mixes in the exotic taste of ginger and penguin feathers to create a true taste treat." "Penguins" is highlighted; click on it, and you read: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know! 'There are no penguins at the North Pole.' We hear it all the time. Bet you think reindeer can't fly either!'' There's even a variety of digital Christmas trees and ornaments free for the downloading, starting with the City Tree (A moderate tree with few colors. Kind of like those pitiful artificial trees you end up with when you're stuck someplace you'd rather not be) and ending up with the Juniper Supreme (when only the finest will do, this JPEG file will turn your pixels from mere bitmaps into bundles of Xmas joy. Dragging this data through woods may tire your modem out, but these bits are worth the extra effort. For extra fun, decorate the national tree with Socks the Cat!) This Santa is good friends with the folks who do the "Geek of the Week" radio show on the Internet and other sound-intensive activities, so it's no surprise that a lot of the choices are sounds of elves hammering away, singing songs and the like -- which is no doubt really nice if you have the time and equipment to download and play these things. Conclusion? Kids will probably prefer Santa #2 at http://www.northpole.net. Adults, though, should head straight for Santa #3 at http://north.pole.org. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 30 20:31:48 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:56 2005 Subject: windows security (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: HARMONM@Citadel.edu Subject: Re: windows security We had similar problems, and we used a program called Ironclad to prevent access to the program manager, etc. It was not entirely successful, but we think it is more because of the CD-ROMs we're using than that it doesn't work. Ironclad works very well on our public PCs with WordPerfect and Lotus. Another thing we did that was successful was that one of our pages took a shareware program - I believe it was called Windows Batch File Programming (we have the disk and book to circulate in our branch) - and he wrote a program to password protect program manager. The program also created a sort of loop. If anyone exited Encarta, this program automatically restarted it and did not allow them access to our files. Hope this helps some. (This page is no longer here, and he took his program with him, so I can't give you any technical details!) Cheri Estes Charleston County Library harmonm@citadel.edu >We have a four station network for Cd Roms for public use. We use >Lantastic 6 and run Windows 3.1. Lantastic loads as a desk top icon. The >program manager, when minimized, allows the public access to our >Lantastic tools. Is there a way to prevent this? A program?? >Our local installer has not been able to solve this for us. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 30 20:33:41 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:56 2005 Subject: Science Librarian Opening (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: HSILVIA@umassd.edu Subject: Science Librarian Opening This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse duplication. REFERENCE/INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN - SCIENCES Biological and physical sciences specialist, including Marine Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Liaison to the Marine Biosciences Policy Program, Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center, and other agencies. Reference, instruction and collection development with emphasis on the biological and physical sciences. Participates in aggressive external funding efforts. Works under the supervision of the Coordinator of Library Information Services. Qualifications include an A.L.A. accredited M.L.S. or equivalent. Professional academic library experience in reference, bibliographic instruction and collection development preferred. Successful candidate must have knowledge of information sources in biological and physical sciences, demonstrated ability to write proposals and reports, strong interpersonal communications skills, an ability to work in a collegial setting, and a demonstrated commitment to user services. Salary negotiable, based on qualifications; excellent benefits. The Search Committee began reviewing applications on November 25, and will continue until position is filled. Send letter of application, resume, and names and addresses of three references to Dr. Susan E. Cirillo, Associate University Librarian, UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 02747. AA/EO employer. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 30 20:34:33 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:56 2005 Subject: Criss-Cross (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: RICK@library.maricopa.gov Subject: Criss-Cross After following the thread on criss-cross, I must defend the libraries that discontinued the service over the phone. From experience I know how much time a library in a major metro area can spend providing that service. For many years at Phoenix PL they had a full time staff member whos job was to answer x-cross request. When Phoenix PL abolished the position we here at Maricopa County PL assumed the responsiblity for x-cross. After over 1 1/2 years we to discontinued providing x-cross. For the following reasons: 1. We spent 24hrs week answering X-cross questions. (3 months of keeping stats) 2. Some patrons were very abusive to staff members. 3. Majority of callers were from out of state. Each individual library has their own reason for discontinuing X-cross, it was our belief x-cross is not a vital service of the library. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 30 20:37:10 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 10:24:56 2005 Subject: Programming listserv (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: eevola@prairienet.org (Elizabeth Evola) Subject: Programming listserv? Is anyone aware of a listserv that deals with adult programming in public libraries or programming in general? Thanks. Elizabeth Evola Danville Public Library Danville, IL eevola@prairienet.org From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 21:54:03 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: kiosks in post offices (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: kiosks in post offices I'm puzzled. How is it that a facility not staffed by knowledge providers is capable of providing, for example, "help in solving real life situations such as: loss of job, retirement, health problems, births/deaths" A kiosk can't do that; it can hold the information, but anyone working with computers and the public knows that at least half of one's time is spent as guide/coach/navigator (maybe if we called ourselves "empowerment specialists" they'd take more notice of our special skills?). We just saw a post to that effect, remarking that equipment costs pale in comparison to human time required to empower folks to use the equipment, let alone access this information. People who have never touched a computer are not going to approach these machines and be able to find out about "births/deaths"--for that matter, even the computer-literate may not understand how to access the needed information. I have met some extremely intelligent people who were baffled by some of the "principles" of bibliographic organization--principles that, I realize in retrospect, as I stumble around the Internet, at least had their own strange internal logic. Will these kiosks boast of such remarkably intuitive interfaces that people will instantly understand how to effectively use them? Or is it that the concept of providing information to all--certainly a nice idea--was not examined fully to determine just what is meant by information-provision? Whoever came up with this idea did not consider what is involved in acquiring the information needed for "help in solving real life situations." It involves much more than stuffing data in a box. At some point, at least for the indefinite future, human intervention will be critical if the goal "access for all" is to be realized, and that information, as the postal worker's union would likely be the first to agree, must come from knowledge professionals. The L-word needs to be uttered: bring the kiosks to the librarians, or bring the librarians to the kiosks. Maybe, as in the Atlanta-Fullton model shown at PLA earlier this year, the librarians don't need to be physically at the kiosk, but they need to be virtually available, at minimum, to provide the intelligent bridge between data and humans. Just as a library without librarians is a book depository, so an information-kiosk without librarians is a bytes depository. People deserve better. ============================================================================ Karen G. Schneider | Blue Highways | Internet Training kgs@intac.com | Internet Services | & Consulting finger for info! | Serving New Jersey | For the Rest of Us! ============================================================================ Check out Karen's Kitchen at URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 21:55:14 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Post Office vs Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: CASKEY@midyork.lib.ny.us Subject: RE: Post Office vs Public Libraries I have no problem with the post office, the cooperative extension, the schools and colleges ALL having kiosks and helping the public. My problem with it is that the public libraries should be FIRST!!! There will be millions of dollars put into this project. Raise your hand if you think that the libraries will get much of this to do this service if the 44,000 post offices go first and the above-named follow. In the press release that PUBLIB just posted from the post office it cited all the services that the kiosk would offer. I was with them through the government info., the printing and filing of government forms, such as licenses and registrations. My brow furrowed when it came to the part where they would help with health issues and jobs. I became down right aggrevated and annoyed when they said they would provide recreational info. too. This isn't just "pie in the sky", this is a 3-tiered layer cake in the ozone! My anger is directed not at the over-worked postal workers but at the huge expenditure on this that could have been better spent in public libraries. At the recent New York Library Association Annual Conference, Chuck McClure said that if libraries don't get with the information superhighway they are in great danger of being "marginalized." the information superhighway they are in great danger of being "marginalized." I think it just happened. The train just left the station, and public libraries couldn't afford the ticket. The other thing that annoys me greatly is that this kiosk thing did not just spring full blown yesterday. Obviously the post office has been working on this for some time, no doubt with the blessing as well as the money from the administration, who out of the other side of its mouth has been leading we public libraries on. I voted for them, I fell for it, I am deeply disappointed. Mary Lou Caskey, Assistant Director Mid-York Library System, Utica, NY My views are my own, not necessarily those of my employer. From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 21:56:42 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: YA's Summer Reading? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: mary k Subject: Re: YA's Summer Reading? The description of the Brown County, Wisconsin's SRC in the new ALA publication, EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY SERVICE TO YOUNG ADULTS: THE NATION'S TOP PROGRAMS lists the fact that readers were offered the change to enter their name once for every 100 pages read in a drawing to win an "adventure" of their choise dontated by businesses and agencies. The adventures included an airplane flyover with a chance at the controls and hostinga program on a local radio station as a guest DJ. Other summer YA programs mentioned in the book were from Iberia Parish,LA and Mesa, AZ. From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 21:57:31 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Searching for compensation policies / strategies (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Malcolm Hill Subject: Searching for compensation policies / strategies Does anyone out there in library land have formal policy statements on compensation and pay systems. I'll be grateful for anything you want to share -- cost of living, merit based pay, strategic pay systems, etc., etc. We are looking at the basis on which we pay our people and would prefer not to reinvent the wheel if possible. Replies gratefully accepted via e-mail or the postal service. If I get lots of good stuff I'll repost it. Malcolm Hill Mid-York Library System 1600 Lincoln Ave. Utica NY 13502 hill@midyork.lib.ny.us From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 21:59:48 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Boston Globe publishes net note on Gore Kiosk project (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Davidsen (by way of jpolly@nysernet.org (Jean Armour Polly)) Subject: Boston Globe publishes net note on Gore Kiosk project I sent this to the Boston Globe in response to my original posting being reprinted in that paper on the editorial page on Monday, Oct. 31, 1994: As the original poster of the Internet message concerning the placing of government information kiosks in post offices and the lack of public library involvement, I'd like to update those who have been following this story. I did hear from the U.S. Postal Service (surprise!) who assured me that public libraries were a part of the "plan" for kiosks, as were malls and your local supermarket. The Postal Service was the first group to put money on the table for the project and therefore became the de facto test bed for the kiosk project. They are also planning on bringing state and local government players in as information providers. The American Library Association released a statement last Thursday asking that public libraries be considered part of the kiosk project's rollout efforts. The response to my posting has been very supportive of America's public libraries with much of the support coming from computer scientists, the general public and other non-librarians. Most public libraries do not have Internet connections and therefore had no "net voice". I'm sure they will find your concern heartening. Despite better economic times, public libraries face sometimes severely crippled budgets and an increasing demand for "high tech" services that do not come cheaply. There are federal programs in place such as the depository library system and LSCA grants into which federal Information Superhighway funds could be channeled to provide Internet access in public libraries. Our communities can be changed by the power of information. Small businesses can be started, larger businesses can expand, our schools can plan for reform, rural medicine can tbe more effective, and, most importantly, we can affect our children's future. Please support your local public library not just at millage time but when these issues arise. The future is looming much closer than you think. Susanna L. Davidsen MLink Technology Librarian & Operations Manager The University of Michigan Library davidsen@umich.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:00:43 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: metro NY want ads (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: lyon@lpl.org (Elaine Lyon) Subject: metro NY want ads I would like to add a newspaper to our periodicals collection...one that contains employment classifieds for the Metropolitan NY-NJ area. Since we are more than fifty mile fromn NYC that particular section is not included in our NYTimes subscription. We have Help Wanted USA on microfiche which is helpful for the areas it covers, but...... Is there a New Jersey paper perhaps that we could get... Please respond to me and not to the list. Thanks for you help..... Elaine Lyon, Head, Adult Services Liverpool Public Library 310 Tulip Street, Liverpool,NY13088 315.457.0310 voice - 315.453.7867 fax Internet: Lyon@lpl.org ====================================================================== From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:01:50 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Info kiosks (includes White House reply) (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Steven Kerchoff Subject: Info kiosks (includes White House reply) Hope y'all can tolerate one more message about Internet kiosks in the Post Office. I forwarded the original message to Jock Gill in the White House Office of Media Affairs, voicing my concern that the Administration not overlook public libraries as a possible site for these kiosks. Mr. Gill replied that he does not intend that this proposal exclude libraries, but rather that _more_ access points should be provided, a goal which we would all laud. He has graciously permitted me to forward his response, which follows: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 16:30:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Jock Gill To: Steven Kerchoff Subject: Re: Gore bypasses public libraries in favor of postal service (fwd) Steve, Our goal is to maximize the number of access points made available to Americans without modem equipped computers. This is an AND/BOTH strategy which works with BOTH libraries and kiosks. I am no more in favor of a 'kiosk only' policy than I would hope the library community would be in favor of a 'library only' policy. We all do better with MORE access points rather than fewer. Best regards, Jock Gill ____________________________________________________________________________ Jonathan P. Gill Special Projects Office of Media Affairs The White House (202) 456-7150 ____________________________________________________________________________ Posted by: Steven Kerchoff, FEDLINK Network Librarian FLICC/FEDLINK, Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540-5110 202-707-4848 (voice) 202-707-4818 (fax) sker@loc.gov From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:02:44 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Position Open: Children's Libn. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: DUNCAN MCCOY Subject: Position Open: Children's Libn. CHILDREN'S LIBN.: Boulder City Library, an outstanding small library in an upscale community of 13,000+, needs an energetic and enthusiastic children's librarian. The successful candidate will enjoy year-round unlimited recreation 20 miles from Las Vegas and 5 miles from scenic Lake Mead. Responsibilities will include coordination of all children's library activities, program development, and materials selection ($25,000). Some evening and weekend hours will be expected. We require an ALA-accredited MLS with coursework in children's lit. and services and will prefer the candidate have knowledge of computer applications and CD-ROM tools. Recent graduates are encouraged to apply. The hiring range will be $21,403-24,776, depending on experience. Benefits include 100% employer-paid state retirement, single medical ins., 4 week/year vac., deferred compensation program, and no state income tax. The position is available immediately, applications close 12/31/94. Send letter of application, resume and names of 3 professional references to: Duncan R. McCoy, Director, Boulder City Library, 813 Arizona Street, Boulder City, NV 89005, (702)293-1281. Duncan R. McCoy, Director Boulder City Library Boulder City, NV duncan@nevada.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:03:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Political Contacts (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Brooklyn Public Library Subject: Political Contacts? (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 17:01:43 -0500 (EST) From: Brooklyn Public Library To: public@nysernet.org Subject: Political Contacts Does anyone have headquarters' contacts for the major political candidates? Cuomo? Pataki? Golisano? McCall? London? Burstein? Vacco? Castro? Moynihan? With thanks, Martin Dooley Telephone Reference Brooklyn Public Library From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:05:12 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: FAXing for dollars (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: carolyn@infi.net (Carolyn Caywood) Subject: FAXing for dollars? Does any public library offer FAX services on a commercial basis as a revenue generator, unrelated to reference and information service? If you do, please let me know 1. what is the charge, 2. what is the volume, 3. what does it cost in staff time? Gladly will I summarise for the list. Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % FAX:804-464-6741 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 804-460-7519 From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:10:34 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: measuring quality service (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: carolyn@infi.net (Carolyn Caywood) Subject: measuring quality service? This year, we are considering a new measure for our budget. (We are supposed to provide 3 kinds of measures: output, efficiency or cost, and quality) By taking our Library Visits and dividing that number by our public service staffing(derived from the standard desk schedule) we arrive at a measure of average staff minutes per customer. Has anyone else done this or something similar? Are there any standards or benchmarks for how long a staff member needs to spend with a customer to achieve customer satisfaction? (I suppose this couuld come from outside the library field) I recall that the Wisconsin-Ohio survey gathers some data around whether the length of the reference transaction was too long, too short, or just right. Do you have any reaction to this as a measure? It seems to offer documentation for personnel requests. Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % FAX:804-464-6741 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 804-460-7519 From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:14:40 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: standards for budgeting training money (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: carolyn@infi.net (Carolyn Caywood) Subject: standards for budgeting training money? Are there any standards/formulas for allocating money in a budget for training staff? We have carried forward the traditional ammounts for some years, and we'd like to see if we can make a case for an increase. Our budgeting authority had been receptive to other justifications that were couched in terms of standards. Since they will be looking at all city departments, it would be nice to have something library specific that did not carry the implication that it should be applied to all city staff. Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % FAX:804-464-6741 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 804-460-7519 From publll at nysernet.ORG Tue Nov 1 22:15:51 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Internet resources for public librarians (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: LCAREY@delphi.com Subject: Internet resources for public librarians? I am looking for Internet and hard copy resources which are addressed specifically to the public librarian.s use of the Internet. Any help would be appreciarted. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:47:35 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Position (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Albert J. Milo" Subject: Position (fwd) ASST. LIBRARY DIRECTOR Mgmt. position. $3217-4102. Assists in planning & directing public library services for a culturally diverse community. Exper. in public libraries, incl. adult & children's divisions, collection mgmt. & library auto- mation. Knowledge of supervision, staff development & training. Min. requirements: MLS & 5 yrs. professional exper. Applications close 5 pm., Nov. 18. City applications available at: Alhambra Public Library, 410 W. Main St., Alhambra, CA 91801, Or call between 9 & noon, Mon.-Fri. 818 570-5079. From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:48:11 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Post Office vs Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Michelle Rachel Feller Subject: RE: Post Office vs Public Libraries One very significant reason why Internet access and service may be an "either/or" (ie, post office vs. library) situation is the obvious issue of limited resources. Does our government have the resources (money and manpower) to design and fund Internet access in both places? On Mon, 31 Oct 1994 PUB_LIB@mln.lib.ma.us wrote: > >Maybe I'm naive, but can't there be room for Internet access in BOTH the > local Post Office and the local Public Library? It seems to me that the > patrons will figure out where they can get better service. Instead of > trying to convince the world that Libraries deserve to > deliver the Internet to people more than the Post Office; we should be > saying that both places can. Why does it have to be either/or? > > From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:54:14 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Public Access Computers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Linda Clark Benedict, Pioneer Library System" Subject: Public Access Computers? Can anyone supply examples of public library policies governing public access computers? Also, what experiences have you had with public access computers, problems with viruses, patrons mucking up the computer, etc. and/or how do you protect against such experiences? Please respond to: Linda Clark Benedict Pioneer Library System 310 Van Buren St. Newark, NY 14513 waynelibsys@hslc.org FAX 315/331-0033 Thanks for any help you can give. :-) LCB From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:55:09 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: kiosks, p.o.s, ... the 16th inning (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: kiosks, p.o.s, ... the 16th inning I too am "tired" of this issue, but I didn't raise it... it raised itself. Sue Davidsen writes: "I did hear from the U.S. Postal Service (surprise!) who assured me that public libraries were a part of the "plan" for kiosks, as were malls and your local supermarket." Now, I don't want to offend anyone who has worked as a store clerk, department OR grocery, but I still have this problem with staffing. Wouldn't it make sense for librarians to be available to help folks access this information? Or is a life-and-death decision as easy as purchasing pantyhose or a head of lettuce--far easier, come to think of it, since the person making a purchase at least has the clerk to turn to for assistance? "The Postal Service was the first group to put money on the table for the project and therefore became the de facto test bed for the kiosk project." Now, wait a second. I don't recall libraries being asked. In fact, I don't recall this issue having a public forum at all. Where did the Postal Service gets its money, anyway? Not from local governments, but from the feds. So they already HAD money for the table. I don't recall reading anywhere that libraries turned down the opportuntiy to be the test sites for information kiosks. And besides, is this how we allocate resources in a democratic society? We turn to the better-funded institutions and throw more money at them? Certainly adds a spin to the term, "reinventing government." ============================================================================ Karen G. Schneider | Blue Highways | Internet Training kgs@intac.com | Internet Services | & Consulting finger for info! | Serving New Jersey | For the Rest of Us! ============================================================================ Check out Karen's Kitchen at URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:56:11 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Internet & GEAC (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: kgs@intac.com (Karen G. Schneider) Subject: Internet & GEAC Temporarily biting my tongue on the p.o./kiosk issue (and oh it hurts!), are there any libraries on the list that use a GEAC online catalog and have Internet access through the same terminals? I'd like to hear from you, if possible. I'm going to dig through Scholarly Electronic Conferences to find the inevitable GEAC list, but since I am looking for the public library perspective on this question, PUBLIB was the obvious first stop. If any GEAC folks are reading this, feel free to call me at 201-694-2734. ============================================================================ Karen G. Schneider | Blue Highways | Internet Training kgs@intac.com | Internet Services | & Consulting finger for info! | Serving New Jersey | For the Rest of Us! ============================================================================ Check out Karen's Kitchen at URL http://www.intac.com/~kgs/homehome.html ============================================================================ From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:57:13 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Public Internet Terminals in Libraries? ( (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: mpanitz@eis.calstate.edu (Mark R Panitz) Subject: Public Internet Terminals in Libraries? ( We are interested in finding which public libraries have a public internet connection (or terminal). please reply to mpanitz@ctp.org thank you From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 14:05:10 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Foundations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Corona Public Library Subject: Foundations Corona Public Library is developing a Library Foundation. We would greatly appreciate any information on how to do it. We are particularly interested in copies of Mission Statements, lists of things in avoid, etc. Thanks in advance for any consideration you give this request. Dorothy Laird Corona Public Library libcoro1@cerf.net (909) 736-2387 fax (909) 736-2499 From publll at nysernet.ORG Wed Nov 2 14:06:41 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Conference on Libraries and the NII (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Anne Harrison Subject: Conference on Libraries and the NII To subscribers of PUBLIB: LIBRARIES AND THE NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5-6 December 5 and 6, 1994 will be the dates for a one-and-a-half day Conference on "Libraries and the National Information Infrastructure" to be sponsored in Washington, DC by the CAPCON Library Network. The Conference will begin on the morning of December 5 with a session focussing on broad perspectives on the NII. Speakers at this session will be: Paul Evan Peters, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information Kenneth Kay, Executive Director of the Computer Systems Policy Project Link Hoewing, Executive Director of External Relations for Bell Atlantic Sonia Jarvis, former Executive Director of the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation The morning program will be capped off by Toni Carbo Bearman, Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh and a member of the U.S. Advisory Council on the National Information Infrastructure. The luncheon speaker on December 5 will be Thomas Kalil, Director for Science and Technology to the National Economic Council. Following lunch and Mr. Kalil's address, the afternoon session will focus on the role of legislation and government in the evolution of the NII. Speakers include: Robert Gillespie of Robert Gillespie Associates Prue Adler, Assistant Executive Director for External Relations, Association of Research Libraries Elaine Albright, Director of Libraries at the University of Maine and Chair of the ALA Legislation Committee's Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Telecommunications The afternoon program will be concluded with a presentation by Peter Young, Executive Director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS). The Conference will continue onto the morning of December 6, at which time the program will focus specifically on the role of libraries of all types -- academic, public, special, school, state, and national -- in the emerging NII. The speakers will be: Suzanne Thorin, Chief of Staff; Library of Congress Patricia Wand, University Librarian, American University Jean Armour Polly, Manager of Network Development and User Training, NYSERNET Maurice Travillian, State Librarian and Assistant Superintendent for Libraries, Maryland State Department of Education Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services Paula Montgomery, publisher of School Library Media Activities Monthly The "Libraries and the NII" Conference will be held at the Quality Hotel in Silver Spring, Maryland, just across the DC border, with easy access by Metro as well as having ample parking available. Registration fees for the entire Conference are $105 for CAPCON members and $125 for non-members. Partial conference registration rates are also available for those wishing to attend only part of the Conference. CAPCON cannot accept registrations for the conference over the Internet. To request a brochure with the full program and registration details, call CAPCON at 202-331-5771 or send an e-mail message to niiconf@capcon.net. Requests sent via e-mail should include the requestor's surface mail address. You may also obtain course and registration information by sending a written request to the following address: CAPCON Library Network 1320 19th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington DC 20036-1679 FAX: 202-797-7719 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:18:44 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Position Announcement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: wileya@harford.lib.md.us (Andrea Wiley) Subject: Position Announcement Harford County Library, Maryland, welcomes applications for the following position. Deadline for applications for November 7, 1994. POSITION OPENING POSITION: Community Services Manager CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Riverside Administrative Offices CATEGORY: Exempt SALARY/GRADE: Grade 10 $29,200 - $42,978 EFFECTIVE: Immediately WORK WEEK: 37.5 hours per week EDUCATION: Requires MLS from ALA accredited school. Prefer B.S.in Mass Comm or Marketing with minor in English writing or equivalent years of experience. QUALIFICATIONS: -Education in marketing and, in particular, experience with developing/ implementing a marketing plan. -Demonstrated interest/experience in working with I&R files and agencies. -Experience with/knowledge of library development and fund raising. -Demonstrated ability to create training programs and to train staff & public. SEE COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED ON THE POSITION DESCRIPTION ATTACHED. Send letter of interest and resume, or completed application to Andrea Wiley, Personnel Specialist, Harford County Library, 1221-A Brass Mill Road, Belcamp, MD 21017. Deadline for applicaction is November 7, 1994 The Harford County Library is an Equal Opportunity employer and complies with the A.D.A. The library's policy is to treat all applicants equally and without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, or disability. If you have questions or need assistance with any aspect of the application process, please contact the Personnel Office by e-mail to WileyA@Harford.lib.md.us or by telephone at (273-5601, ext 223). From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:19:25 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Position Announcement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: wileya@harford.lib.md.us (Andrea Wiley) Subject: Position Announcement Harford County Library, Maryland, welcomes applications for the following position. Deadline for applications is November 7, 1994. POSITION OPENING POSITION: Sunday Reference Librarian Supervisor Temporary until June 30, 1995 CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Bel Air Branch CATEGORY: Exempt SALARY/GRADE: Grade 7 $12.05 - $17.69/per hour. EFFECTIVE: Immediately WORK WEEK: 35.0 hours per week including 3.5 hours on Sunday. Includes day, evening, and weekend hours. EDUCATION: Requires MLS from ALA accredited school. QUALIFICATIONS: Previous library experience including 1 year supervisory experience. Previous programming, collection development, ref. desk experience. Broad general background in reference materials; strong organizational & planning skills. Send letter of interest and resume, or completed application to Andrea Wiley, Personnel Specialist, Harford County Library, 1221-A Brass Mill Road, Belcamp, MD 21017. Deadline for application is November 7, 1994. The Harford County Library is an Equal Opportunity employer and complies with the A.D.A. The library's policy is to treat all applicants equally and without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, or disability. If you have questions or need assistance with any aspect of the application process, please contact the Personnel Office by e-mail to WileyA@Harford.lib.md.us or by telephone at (273-5601, ext 223). From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:23:54 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Fines in a no-fine environment (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Pat Kopp Subject: Fines in a no-fine environment? For many years our library system has not charged fines for overdue materials. Now, as we get ready to add a new collection, the issue is up for discussion. The fine issue is a hot one and we'd like to hear from other libraries who have some firsthand experience with charging fines for only one collection, or those that have changed their overall approach and have moved to or from a no fines environment. The new collection will be bestsellers, or as we refer to them, "Most Wanted". This collection will be cataloged and will appear in our OPAC, but they will not be used to fill requests in the holds queue. We will have other copies of these titles to fill requests. The Most Wanted items will be used to fill the demand to find bestsellers on the shelf when patrons walk into the library. We are planning to give these items a loan period of one week, limit checkout to one per patron, not allow renewals. Some questions we'd like to have answered by other libraries are: 1. Do you have a collection similar to our Most Wanted collection, and if so, does it have a different fine structure from your other collections? (ie. Do you charge fines for it and not other collections, or do you charge higher fines for it if you have fines for other collections?) 2. If you do charge fines for such a collection and they are stiffer than for other collections, did you implement the fines or stiffer fines after first trying to treat these overdues like any other overdues? 3. Has your library migrated from fines to no fines, or from no fines to fines? We'd be interested in learning why you changed your policy and what sort of effect it had on the prompt return of materials and also on the overall return rate. We have firmly divided camps here when it comes to fines. We would really appreciate some real-life experience to weigh along with our philosophical differences. Please reply to me directly. Thanks! Pat Kopp Catalog Manager Daniel Boone Regional Library Columbia, MO 65203 pkopp1@bigcat.missouri.edu From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:25:57 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: systems analyis in public libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: FLSC51101015@SCSUD.CTSTATEU.EDU Subject: systems analyis in public libraries? I am a student doing research on systems analysis. I am particularly interested in this subject as it pertainsto public libraries. Is their anyone out their who has undertaken a significant analysis of a system in their public library and would care to share what it was about and how theywent about doing it. What criteria were most important in the analysis of your problems. Thank you very much for your cooperation Paxton J Berardy From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:29:13 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Older adult special needs grants (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: HOWET@GBMS01.UWGB.EDU Subject: Older adult special needs grants? On behalf of Brown County Library staff would like to know if there are any suggestions or unique ideas that can be shared for LSCA grants written on behalf of older adults. Please send suggestions to: howet@gbms01.uwgb.edu Thank you. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:29:50 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Foundations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage - Rochester Hills Subject: Re: Foundations For those interested in forming library foundations, the Public Library Association sells a practical how to manual written by Faye Clow. Copies of FORMING AND FUNDING LIBRARY FOUNDATIONS can be purchased via ALA order dept. It is good stuff! Christine Lind Hage, Director Voice: (810)650-7122 Rochester Hills Public Library Fax: (810)650-7121 500 Olde Towne Road Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us Rochester, MI 48307-2043 From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:30:53 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: LITA/_Library Hi Tech_ Award Nominations Sought (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Rob Carlson Subject: LITA/_Library Hi Tech_ Award Nominations Sought Please re-post as you see fit... LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee Seeks Nominations The Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association, and Library Hi Tech sponsor an annual LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for achievement in library and information technology communications. The award, a citation of merit, was offered for the first time in 1993. Pierian Press, publisher of Library Hi Tech, provides a stipend of $1,000 to the award winner each year. The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding achievement in communicating to educate practitioners with the library field in library and information technology. The award may be made in recognition of a single seminal work, or a body of work, taking place within (or continuing into) the five years preceeding the award. The award may be given to an individual or institution. LITA Officers, other members of the LITA Board of Directors, members of the LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee, employees of Pierian Press, and their immediate family members are ineligible for the award. Nominations for the award may be made by any member of the American Library Association. Nominations are invited and judged by the LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee. The Award Committee is not required to select a recipient if, in the opinion of the Committee, no nomination merits the award in a given year. The award is presented at the LITA President's Program held during the Annual Conference of the American Library Association. Nominations for the 1995 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award should be submitted by January 15, 1995 to: Michele I. Dalehite Chair, 1995 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee Florida Center for Library Automation 2002 NW 13th Street, Suite 320 Gainesville, FL 32609 Voice: 904/392-9020 Fax: 904/392-9185 Internet: fclmid@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu For more information about LITA awards or LITA in general, please contact Linda J. Knutson, Executive Director at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4270 or linda.knutson@ala.org via the Internet. From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:32:22 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Patron lockers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: New Orleans Public Library Subject: Patron lockers? My boss has asked me to request feedback from this list on the subject of lockers for patron use in public libraries. Do you offer them? Is there a fee or deposit required? Have you experienced any problems with their use? If yes, can you describe? Any other comments or observations are welcome. Please respond to l_archives@solinet.net as I am not on this list. Thanks. Wayne Everard Louisiana Division New Orleans Public Library 504-596-2610 219 Loyola Ave. Fax: 504-596-2609 New Orleans, LA 70140 e-mail: l_archives@solinet.net From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:35:14 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: Thanks for your reply on Westerns (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: HUTCHEON@slais.ubc.ca Subject: Thanks for your reply on Westerns Dear George, Thank you very much for your reply to my question on the popularity of Westerns in libraries. The response from PUBLIB has been tremendous and a big help to me in getting a feeling of whether and where Westerns circulate. I agree that the genre seems to be going through a transformation, although some traditional Westerns are still being published. I just got a reply from someone near Albany New York, who said that the popularity of Westerns in his library was on the rise! I will summarize the responses in a few weeks. Thanks again, Kerry Hutcheon School of Library, Archival and Information Science University of British Columbia e-mail: Hutcheon@slais.ubc.ca From publll at nysernet.ORG Fri Nov 4 09:36:19 1994 From: publll at nysernet.ORG (Publib Poster) Date: Wed May 18 15:36:59 2005 Subject: LITA/Gaylord Award Nominations Sought (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Rob Carlson Subject: LITA/Gaylord Award Nominations Sought Please re-post as you see fit... LITA/Gaylord Award Committee Seeks Nominations The Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association, and Gaylord Bros., sponsor an annual LITA/Gaylord Award for Achievement in Library and Information Technology. The award, a citation of merit, was offered for the first time in 1979. Gaylord Bros., Inc. provides a stipend of $1,000 to the award winner each year. The purpose of the award is to recognize achievement in the area of library and information technology. The award may be made in recognition of distinguished leadership, notable development