[Publib] Re: Publib Digest, Vol 4, Issue 1 (Out of office)
Tina Manco
TManco at mail.mpl.lib.oh.us
Fri Jul 1 12:06:53 EDT 2005
My apologies!
I will be out of the office until July 14. I'll respond to your email as soon as I return.
Thank you in advance for your understanding!
Truly,
Tina
p.s. I am sorry if I've somehow rigged this automatic email response incorrectly and you're receiving this in error - or worse yet, frustration! :)
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1. Re: Publib Digest, Vol 3, Issue 30 (Louise Flannery)
2. RE: Re: Television Classics question (K.G. Schneider)
3. my apologies (Susan Hill)
4. WOW!!!! factor and smoking, combined (John)
5. Ray Bradbury/ALA Quote in Chicago Sun-Times (Don Wood)
6. increased revenue w/ credit cards? (Nicole Auer)
7. Kwik cases for sale? (Claire Morton)
8. Disc repair (Cris Adams)
9. Re: increased revenue w/ credit cards? (Don McMorris)
10. Re: three (Don McMorris)
11. anyone know this series? (J Phillips)
12. Chat: Positive statement on PLs & Reader's Advisory libns
(Hadley, Alice - GS)
13. Re: Dick Van Dyke Show (Diedre Conkling)
14. Public Libraries in the News: Week Ending July 01 (Blake Carver)
15. Re: anyone know this series? (Robin Carroll-Mann)
16. Medical reference in public libraries (Laura Kane)
17. Reform the Patriot Act (Don Wood)
18. Re: Medical reference in public libraries (Don McMorris)
19. British Public Library Study Press Release (Larry Nix)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:03:40 -0400
From: "Louise Flannery" <Lflanner at browardlibrary.org>
Subject: [Publib] Re: Publib Digest, Vol 3, Issue 30
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I will be out of the office until Tuesday, July 5, 2005. If you need
immediate assistance, please contact Amy Miller, Interlibrary Loan , at
954-357-7442.
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Broward County Main Library
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:06:27 -0700
From: "K.G. Schneider" <kgs at bluehighways.com>
Subject: RE: [Publib] Re: Television Classics question
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
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> The Dick Van Dyke show was made in the 1960s. It was a
> different time. They allowed cigarette commercials to
> air. People didn't know the harmful use of cigarettes
> then. Why is that so hard to comprehend?
>
> Debra Cernieux
> South Huntington Library
> Huntington Station, NY
As a companion to the library's response, I found this list of tobacco
videos:
http://www.tobacco.org/Resources/tob_movies.html
What people can and cannot comprehend always amazes me... like the folks who
vote down library budgets and then ask why we cut the XYZ service. Hello,
because you told us you didn't want to fund our services, remember?
But maybe one response to the patron's question is yes, that video shows
behavior we no longer agree with as a culture. Here are some videos that
talk about the Big Lie of the tobacco companies and the uphill battle to
reveal the truth... check 'em out! Wasn't there a movie about a tobacco
company whistleblower?
Karen G. Schneider
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:42:59 -0400
From: "Susan Hill" <shill at pauldingcountylibrary.org>
Subject: [Publib] my apologies
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
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I apologize to the list for replying to the "Classic TV" post without deleting the original message. I'll be more careful in the future!
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:55:14 -0500
From: "John" <jrichmond at alphapark.org>
Subject: [Publib] WOW!!!! factor and smoking, combined
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
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Putting together two threads on publib, I'm thinking of those life-size figures of famous people that seem to appear on streets in big cities (i.e., not Peoria, the big city next to us, but maybe NYC), next to which one can have one's picture taken. Dubya or Laura in cardboard or wood, propped up, suitable for being photographed with. Sorry about the grammar...but anyway, what if someone got a local artiste to create life-size figures of Dick and Laura Van Dyke, clothed or un-, smoking cigarettes? Just inside the front door. And patrons could have their pictures taken with DVD and LVD??
I love those old cigarette ads from magazines of the 1930s..."My doctor recommends Chesterfields, they're so mild and easy on the throat," proclaimed by some celebrity of the decade. Ha! I hope the anti-smoking patron never checks out a movie like "Now, Voyager," in which Claude Rains lights two cigarettes at once and hands one of them to Bette Davis.
Everyone has to have something to complain about these days, don't y'know.... Though I think maybe I read that them there naked statues in Washington that a recent AG didn't like are uncovered and naked once again. Now that's PROGRESS!!
John D. Richmond, Director
Alpha Park Public Library District
3527 So. Airport Road
Bartonville, IL 61607-1799
Ph: 309-697-3822, x. 12
Fax: 309-697-9681
Email: jrichmond at alphapark.org
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"Today's rooster is tomorrow's feather duster." -- Anon.
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:06:48 -0500
From: "Don Wood" <dwood at ala.org>
Subject: [Publib] Ray Bradbury/ALA Quote in Chicago Sun-Times
To: "PUBLIB" <publib at webjunction.org>
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Beyond Bradbury's statements on Cuba (at World Net Daily, at <http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45050>), he's mentioned in the Chicago Sun-Times as having said:
SAY RAY: Libraries always have been important to Waukegan native and science fiction/fantasy author Ray Bradbury -- a thought he shared with members of the American Library Association gathered at McCormick Place on Monday. Bradbury told the librarians that as a young, poor writer with a family and no place to work, he was drawn by the sound of typing at the UCLA library. He found a room where typewriters were rented for 10 cents per half hour. ''I went and got a bag of dimes and moved into this typing room, and the next nine days I spent $9.80 in dimes and wrote [his now-classic] Fahrenheit 451,'' he told the ALA folks via video conference from his California home.
- From columnist Bill Zwecker's column for June 30, 2005
http://www.suntimes.com/output/zwecker/cst-ftr-zp30.html
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:13:32 -0400
From: "Nicole Auer" <nauer at vbgov.com>
Subject: [Publib] increased revenue w/ credit cards?
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
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Hello!
I realize there have been postings about the use of credit cards to pay for library fines within the last year, but I was wondering whether those doing this found an increase in revenue due to the ease of payment method for customers, or not?
Any info about this will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Nicole Auer
Municipal Reference Library
City of Virginia Beach
757-427-4644
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:15:03 -0600
From: "Claire Morton" <claire1 at missoula.lib.mt.us>
Subject: [Publib] Kwik cases for sale?
To: publib at webjunction.org
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We are looking for about 100 used CD Kwik cases that are in good
condition. I've seen these for sale on this list before and am hoping
there's a still a supply available somewhere. Please reply to me off
list at claire1 at missoula.lib.mt.us
Thanks!
Claire
Claire Morton
Library Operations Manager
Missoula Public Library
(406) 258-3866
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:17:58 -0600
From: "Cris Adams" <cadams at elin.lib.nm.us>
Subject: [Publib] Disc repair
To: "PUBLIB" <publib at webjunction.org>
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Anyone out there have the VMI 3500 Industrial Buffer from MVT? In July
we'll be purchasing something to repair CDs and DVDs, and I have plenty of
input from libraries with other products, but none from this one. I'd like
to know what you think about it.
Thanks in advance,
Cris Adams
Hobbs Public Library
509 N. Shipp
Hobbs, NM 88240
(505) 397-9328
(505) 397-1508 (FAX)
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:56:17 -0400
From: Don McMorris <don.mcmorris at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Publib] increased revenue w/ credit cards?
To: publib at webjunction.org
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I would be interested also what kind of fees libraries are charged for
accepting credit cards and what-not. Also, how do you go about it? I
mean, does a central library have a merchant account while the
branches all have terminals for that single merchant account? Or, do
all the branches have separate merchant accounts. I think the latter
would be more expensive, but I have only dealt with credit card
processing in for-profit organizations, never in libraries.
Thanks.
--Don
On 6/30/05, Nicole Auer <nauer at vbgov.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I realize there have been postings about the use of credit cards to pay for library fines within the last year, but I was wondering whether those doing this found an increase in revenue due to the ease of payment method for customers, or not?
>
> Any info about this will be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks,
> Nicole Auer
>
> Municipal Reference Library
> City of Virginia Beach
> 757-427-4644
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Publib at webjunction.org
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:26:17 -0400
From: Don McMorris <don.mcmorris at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Publib] three
To: "Sanborn, Christine" <SanbornC at brentwood-tn.org>,
publib at webjunction.org
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On 6/29/05, Sanborn, Christine <SanbornC at brentwood-tn.org> wrote:
> 1. Do you know of any heavyweight bookends which can be used for OS books
> which are standing on shelves? We have moved them from flat on the bottom
> shelf to a separate shelf.
Sorry, I do not. What we do for OS items is we have the shelf above
them with a bracket in the bottom of it brace the top, and a regular
bookend for the bottom. OS are on the bottom shelf, and are rarely
used. As a matter of fact, I'll mention to my director about moving
them to our new storage room...
>
> 2. Is there any way to determine usage of periodicals, short of having a
> staff member in the periodical room counting uses?
I'm sure other people have their methods, but the first thing that
pops into my head would be having a machine that you ask patrons to
scan their periodicals into when they use them. If you have a spare
(not necessarily speedy) PC, you can throw a barcode scanner on it.
Then, have your tech people make a way for tallying the items up.
A simple database-driven web site (taking 30 minutes to make the
backbone of it) would do it. As a patron uses an item, ask that they
scan in the barcode of it (the one the store scans if you were to
purchase the item retail). The site would then look up the title in
the database, and increment the count in a separate table. With a few
more minutes of programming, the site could be made to generate fancy
reports.
Do you have self-check machines? If so, perhaps you would consider
making an enhancement request to your ILS vendor for "in house use"
mode on the self-check machines. Just create an item record using the
UPC on the periodical. Unless the periodical changes their UPC
numbers, a patron can take any issue of a specific periodical (IE:
People Weekly), and scan it in. The item record would just be "People
Weekly", and would not specify the specific issue. Most ILS's will
then allow you to run in-house use reports.
>
> 3. Where can I find the best standards for weeding shelves of books?
The Gwinnett County Public Library actually has their weeding manual
published, and distributed by PLA.
http://pac.sals.edu/polaris/Search/fulldisplay.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&type=Default&term=weeding+manual&by=TI&sort=MP&limit=any&query=&page=0
or http://tinyurl.com/8leav are links to our consortium's PAC page of
that specific item.
I found this item to be a good start when I was looking for weeding
information. Hopefully you will also.
--Don
>
> Thanks, Christine
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:59:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: J Phillips <jenlphil at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Publib] anyone know this series?
To: publib at webjunction.org
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I'll admit this isn't for a patron, but for myself. I suddenly remembered a series of books I read as a kid about a Jewish family, maybe set in the mid-1900's, but could have been closer to Depression era. I don't have any recollection of where the story was set, but it could be New York. There were 3-5 books published as part of this series. I remember one particular story line where two of the daughters stopped at a Catholic Church at Christmas time and received a doll that was being given away as part of a charity effort. When the girls got home, they of course had to explain how they got the doll and had to be given the lecture about others in need.
Does any of this ring a bell? I've racked my brain trying to recall some titles, but am at a lost!
Thanks!
Jen Phillips
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 14:03:30 +1000
From: "Hadley, Alice - GS" <AHadley at gam10.med.navy.mil>
Subject: [Publib] Chat: Positive statement on PLs & Reader's Advisory
libns
To: "Publib (E-mail)" <publib at webjunction.org>
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I just finished Steve Leveen's _The Little guide to your well-read life_. A
lovely brief book on how to get more great books into your life. Aimed at
businessmen and other adult non-readers it's full of good ideas for avid
readers too.
If you get a chance take a look at pages 23-24 "Rediscovering a national
treasure" (very positive paean to public libraries) and "The reader's
service no one knows about" (on the value of Reader's Advisory librarians).
"A library is a fueling station for your mind." p.23
happy reading,
Alice E. Hadley, MLS, AHIP(D)
You ask, I'll answer
Medical Library 344-9250
cell 456-0019 fax 344-9290
US Naval Hospital, Guam
<ahadley at gam10.med.navy.mil>
<http://www.guam.net/home/ahadley>
CDL <http://guam-dl.slis.ua.edu/>
The more you know the better you heal.
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:45:29 -0700
From: Diedre Conkling <diedrec at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [Publib] Dick Van Dyke Show
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
Message-ID: <43vth7$rtstc8 at mxip01a.cluster1.charter.net>
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Didn't Rob and Laura smoke?
Diedre Conkling
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027, Newport, OR 97365
Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066
http://lcld.library-blogs.net/
Work: diedre at beachbooks.org
Home: diedrec at charter.net
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Message: 14
Date: 1 Jul 2005 12:45:14 -0000
From: Blake Carver <lists at lisnews.com>
Subject: [Publib] Public Libraries in the News: Week Ending July 01
To: publib at webjunction.org
Message-ID: <20050701124514.19022.qmail at lishost.com>
Hi All,
For those of us not on vacation this week, here are the 10 most popular pulic library news stories from LISNews.
State Rankings Based On NCES Public Library Data
Posted On: Saturday June 25 at 04:15 PM by Karl
176 Hits and no comments yet
Story: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) performs an annual survey on public libraries. They released the fiscal-year 2003 data for "restricted use" on June 10. Two organizations are cooperating to publish some preliminary state rankings based on that data. The Normative Data Project for Libraries (NDP) performed the analysis with the help of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS). The list of tables includes rankings by "Library Visits per Capita", "Interlibrary Loans per 1,000 Population", "Total Paid FTE Staff per 25,000 Population" and many others, as well as analysis of certain trends. If you want to do some stats-wrangling of your own, all of the data from 1992-2003 are available in a large longitudinal data file from NCLIS..
http://lisnews.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/25/1124203
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NYT article about internet in libraries study by FSU
Posted On: Friday June 24 at 03:23 PM by Blake
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Story: madcow writes "The NY Times has this article about a Florida State study which concludes that most *public* libraries offer free (as in beer) internet access. "The study, ... found that 98.9 percent of libraries offer free public Internet access, up from 21 percent in 1994 and 95 percent in 2002. It also found that 18 percent of libraries have wireless Internet access and 21 percent plan to get it within the next year."".
http://lisnews.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/24/103238
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Utne Articles on Libraries
Posted On: Thursday June 30 at 12:24 AM by Karl
115 Hits and no comments yet
Story: Cortez sends us links to two Utne articles about libraries: "Knowledge For Sale" by Chris Dodge, formerly a colleague of Sandy Berman: ...as the ALA likes to note, there are more public libraries in the United States--16,421, counting all branches--than there are McDonald's restaurants. But lurking in that comparison is a hint that all is not well with libraries. In fact, the same forces that have turned the United States into a fast-food nation could soon drive the traditional American library out of existence. In a society where everyone's basic needs for health care, housing, education, clean air and water, meaningful work, creative expression, and open space are not met, the historical model of the public library, open to all, is under siege. and "Monastic Librarians", which profiles f.
http://lisnews.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/29/1918229
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Bucking U.S. trend, city adds branches
Posted On: Friday June 24 at 06:41 PM by Blake
113 Hits and no comments yet
Story: Chicago Tribune news has one with some good news on public libraries for a change. Even as many library systems across the country are cutting hours, Chicago is in the midst of a building boom for books. By year's end, officials say the Chicago Public Library system will see its biggest single-year expansion. Five communities with libraries will get new facilities. Two neighborhoods will get libraries for the first time, and one library has been vastly overhauled and expanded. These additions would give the city about 80 branches as well as the Harold Washington Library in the Loop. Thanks to Mr. Library Dust for the story..
http://lisnews.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/24/1322233
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Trouble in Tampa..."Gay Policy" Too Vague
Posted On: Wednesday June 29 at 11:13 AM by birdie
97 Hits and no comments yet
Story: Here's the Hillsborough County (FL) policy (and the reason why the gay pride exhibit was removed from the library there): "to abstain from acknowledging, promoting and participating in gay pride events". The policy was voted in, but not unanimously, on June 15 after West Gate Regional Library received three complaints about its Gay Pride Month display. But people don't know what the so-called 'policy' means. There's confusion since Monday's appearance of Nadine Smith, executive director of the gay and lesbian rights group Equality Florida, on public access television. Since then, librarians, the county's Citizen Advisory Committee, gay rights activists and others have complained the policy is vague and confusing. ``This shows the policy for what it was all along: a gratuitous attempt to fo.
http://lisnews.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/29/0627220
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Far From Home (Somalia) ,The Library (in MN) Helps Them Feel Welcome
Posted On: Wednesday June 29 at 01:35 AM by birdie
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Story: About fifteen years ago, a few families emigrated from Somalia to the little town of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, now home to a thriving 800 family Somali population. Families came here due to the reasonable cost-of-living, rent-subsidized housing, and the availability of jobs for immigrants from East Africa. This article from the Star Tribune states: "In response (to the influx of people from Somalia), the city has taken steps to make its new Somali residents feel more at home in the city's schools and other public places. The library , for instance, now stocks Somali books and newspapers, and it has volunteers such as Khadra Duale, one of the first to move here at the end of the 1980s. Duale, who has a job in the city's Office of Housing and Human Services, volunteers at the library to work .
http://lisnews.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/28/2051234
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"Build Us An E-Library" Say Houston Residents
Posted On: Thursday June 30 at 12:21 PM by birdie
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Story: Residents of Gulfton (TX) (in the southwest portion of greater Houston) want an e-library, and the project has the support of key political players. Just the computers, sans books. The cost of constructing a 3,000-square-foot e-library varies depending on the type of facility that is decided on, said a spokesman for Houston City Councilman M. J. Khan. Story from the Houston Chronicle ..
http://lisnews.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/30/0732248
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My first summer job...
Posted On: Friday July 01 at 03:48 AM by bentley
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Story: Hoffman Estates Review readers have been writing in with stories about their first summer jobs. Here's one from today's edition: My first summer job was as assistant librarian in my small (1,500 souls), virtuous southwest Michigan hometown. Two bars, 11 churches. Mrs. Murray, the tiny, sweet, gray-haired librarian for as long as I could remember, instructed me me in the basics: Checking books in and out; reshelving materials; entering new titles into the card catalog; typing up the Due Date cards and pasting their little cardboard holders into the fronts of the books. .
http://lisnews.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/30/235220
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Message: 15
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:56:03 -0400
From: Robin Carroll-Mann <rcarroll-mann at summitlibrary.org>
Subject: Re: [Publib] anyone know this series?
To: publib at webjunction.org
Message-ID: <42C54B73.9060006 at summitlibrary.org>
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J Phillips wrote:
> I'll admit this isn't for a patron, but for myself. I suddenly
> remembered a series of books I read as a kid about a Jewish family,
> maybe set in the mid-1900's, but could have been closer to Depression
> era.
Could this be the "All-of-a-kind family" series by Sydney Taylor? It's
set pre-WW I on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. There are five
daughters in the family. I don't remember the doll incident. What
sticks in my mind is the girls' friendship with "The Library Lady". :-)
--
Robin Carroll-Mann, Head of Adult Services
Summit Free Public Library, Summit, New Jersey, 07901 USA
rcarroll-mann at nsummitlibrary.org *** fax: (908) 273-2809
"I'd best head for the library. Research beckons." -- Rupert Giles
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Message: 16
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:33:58 -0400
From: "Laura Kane" <LAURA at gw.med.sc.edu>
Subject: [Publib] Medical reference in public libraries
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
Message-ID: <s2c51c39.040 at gw.med.sc.edu>
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Hello. I am an academic medical librarian working on a project that may interest public reference librarians. The project is a glossary of health-related terms for ready-reference use in public, school, or consumer-health libraries.
My question for this listserv is: What categories of terms would you like to see included in the work described above? Obviously, the glossary needs to be limited in scope. It will include definitions of common diseases and conditions. Should I also include definitions of symptoms & signs, procedures & tests? In your public library reference experience, do library patrons commonly ask about these issues? What other medical or health-related issues?
Any input or suggestions are welcome! Thanks for your time.
Laura Kane
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Laura Townsend Kane, MLIS, AHIP
Asst. Dir. for Cataloging & Acquisitions
School of Medicine Library
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
803-733-3352 (office)
803-733-1509 (fax)
laura at med.sc.edu
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Message: 17
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:42:36 -0500
From: "Don Wood" <dwood at ala.org>
Subject: [Publib] Reform the Patriot Act
To: "PUBLIB" <publib at webjunction.org>
Message-ID: <s2c5101d.003 at smtp.ala.org>
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Reform the Patriot Act
http://action.aclu.org/reformthepatriotact/
Our Constitutional Freedoms
Are In Jeopardy
Now is the time to restore real checks and balances to the worst sections of the Patriot Act. But our chance may be lost forever when Congress votes on whether to make it permanent and expand its powers.
This sweeping legislation must be fixed if Americans are to preserve our basic freedoms and protect ourselves from broad government searches of our personal records and information. Under the Patriot Act, the government can:
* SEARCH YOUR HOME AND NOT EVEN TELL YOU (Sec. 213)
* COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU READ, WHAT YOU BUY, YOUR HOTEL VISITS AND YOUR MEDICAL HISTORY (Sec. 215)
* SEIZE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS (Sec. 505)
* TRACK YOUR EMAIL ACTIVITY AND WEB USAGE (Sec. 216)
See also
USA PATRIOT Act
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/usapatriotact.html
Campaign for Reader Privacy
http://www.readerprivacy.org/petition.jsp
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Message: 18
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:17:56 -0400
From: Don McMorris <don.mcmorris at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Publib] Medical reference in public libraries
To: Laura Kane <LAURA at gw.med.sc.edu>, publib at webjunction.org
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I personally think that including the signs/symptoms/treatments/etc.
of diseases may open you up to some liability, because of incomplete
or inaccurate information. Perhaps one way to remove such liability
is to use trusted sources for your information, and to provide links
to this information.
A good place to find information on a lot of medical stuff is medline
plus (www.medlineplus.gov). This is a metasearch for a lot of other
trusted medical databases. Using this to find articles on specific
diseases/etc., you can have accurate information. Then you can site
this source in your article.
One option you may want to consider is a Wiki. This would allow the
general public to publish information for you, thus taking some of the
burden off of you. If you were to go with this, I would think that
you would want a disclaimer on every page of the wiki explaining that
the wiki content can be provided by anybody, and therefore may not be
accurate. Perhaps you can move some of the Wiki content to the main
site after the information has been verified accurate.
The central reference library in our consortium is the Crandall Public
Library (www.crandalllibrary.org). They have staff dedicated to just
medical reference. Perhaps if you were to get in contact with them,
they would have some more information/suggestions for this.
If I can help you in any way, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely yours,
Donald McMorris
XIZ/SLM, Bancroft Public Library (Salem, NY)
On 7/1/05, Laura Kane <LAURA at gw.med.sc.edu> wrote:
> Hello. I am an academic medical librarian working on a project that may interest public reference librarians. The project is a glossary of health-related terms for ready-reference use in public, school, or consumer-health libraries.
>
> My question for this listserv is: What categories of terms would you like to see included in the work described above? Obviously, the glossary needs to be limited in scope. It will include definitions of common diseases and conditions. Should I also include definitions of symptoms & signs, procedures & tests? In your public library reference experience, do library patrons commonly ask about these issues? What other medical or health-related issues?
>
> Any input or suggestions are welcome! Thanks for your time.
>
> Laura Kane
>
>
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> Asst. Dir. for Cataloging & Acquisitions
> School of Medicine Library
> University of South Carolina
> Columbia, SC 29208
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Message: 19
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 10:22:59 -0500
From: "Larry Nix" <nixlt at execpc.com>
Subject: [Publib] British Public Library Study Press Release
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
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Press Release: Measuring Up: Public Libraries do make an Impact!
"Public Libraries can and do have a vital impact on communities" is the
conclusion of a highly-regarded investigation and report conducted by
PricewaterhouseCoopers and published by the Laser Foundation.
The investigation followed the work of seven pilot public libraries across
the Country and took into account four of the CPA (Comprehensive Performance
Assessment) areas set by government. The conclusive findings were that
public libraries impact on cross-cutting priorities and agendas, such as
learning, health, social inclusion and community cohesion.
The focus of the report was on exploring both harder edged data and
qualitative information that demonstrates libraries' impact in a robust way.
The report has provided evidence of how the pilot libraries have impacted on
health and quality of life for children, young people, families and older
people. There was also confirmation that public library services boost
educational attainment and support lifelong learning.
The report doesn't merely champion our public libraries, but aims to develop
widely applicable methods for the libraries themselves to develop
appropriate and robust measures to demonstrate their fundamental
contribution to communities.
The work adds value by supporting local authorities as they develop local
measures in line with likely Audit Commission requirements. It sets out
issues and approaches which should help authorities collect the evidence
required from the Government as it develops a national blueprint for local
services.
Professor Mark Hepworth, Director of Local Futures said,
"This report is a timely contribution to current debates on the future role
of public libraries and the highly complex issues surrounding their
measurable impacts on social development and national and local priorities".
David Lammy MP, Minister for Culture, said,
"Libraries are an essential part of a community. The report published today
is all about their impact in different parts of the country. It is important
that all of us with an interest in libraries or in building better
communities, understand the contribution libraries make, and this report
helps to do just that. And that is why the Department for Culture has
included Impact Measures in the Comprehensive Performance Assessment of
local authorities, and separately why the Laser Foundation offers this
additional toolkit to library services: I hope it proves useful. In DCMS we
will be pressing on with partners to develop further the CPA Impact
Measures, and to show the power of public libraries to help communities and
individuals."
Stephen Walters from one of the pilot authorities, Gateshead Council
Libraries, said,
"The experience of participating in this work has enabled us to consolidate
on a range of work that we have been involved in. The improved analysis and
evaluation of this work resulted in findings that demonstrated a real
impact. This has given us concrete evidence to take to the rest of the
Council on the library service's contribution to the delivery of health
improvement."
Professor F W Bullock who chaired the Steering Group said,
"The importance of this work is that it defines a set of widely applicable
methodologies for measuring, in a reproducible way, the beneficial impact
that libraries have on their local communities. Widespread use of these
measures will demonstrate how underestimated has been the contribution of
the Public Library sector to the shared priorities between local and central
government."
The work will be discussed at a launch event on the morning of 4 July 2005
in Central London to coincide with the publication of the work.
Copies of the full document can be obtained from the Laser Foundation site
at http://www.bl.uk/about/cooperation/laser-pubs.html, or by emailing Sandra
Horgan at s.horgan at btopenworld.com.
Larry T. Nix
Library History Buff
3605 Niebler Ln.
Middleton, WI 53562
608 836-5616
nixlt at execpc.com
http://www.libraryhistorybuff.org
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