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I see that a Planning Wiki has been created for USSF 2010. Information on Librarians at USSF 2007:Report on this event is at Radical Reference. United States Social Forum * June 27 - July 1, 2007 * Atlanta, GA * Another World is Possible - Another U.S. is Necessary!2007 Social Forum * AboutLibrarians and the USSFSubmitted by Elaine Harger on May 11, 2007 - 1:02pm.This session will be on: June

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Posted March 31, 2009Contact: Steve ZaluskyManager of Communications,ALA Public Information Office(312) 280-1546szalusky@ala.orgNEWSFor Immediate Release,March 31, 2009Figueroa new director of ALA Office for DiversityCHICAGO – Miguel A. Figueroa has been named the new director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Diversity.Figueroa, network services coordinator, National Network

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"It fascinated me....to do my reading and thinking in that asylum and church of the unemployed; of crazy ideologists and equally crazy Bible students doggedly writing "YOU LIE" in the reference books on the open shelvers; of puzzle fans searching every encyclopedia; of commission salesmen secretly tearing address lists out of city directories." (p.7).New York Jew by Alfred Kazin [Knopf, 1978]

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ALA Notable Books 2009.

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new service model for the Library & Information Science Library.January 14, 2009Dear friends and colleagues,As you know, we are developing a new service model for the Library & Information Science Library. The COMM-LISS team submitted an interim report with a set of recommendations in November. The University Library's Executive Committee reviewed the report in December [reproduced below] and

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Metropole by Ferenc KarinthyTranslated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes.Longlisted titles for the 'Best Translated Book'-award.

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Marcus Trescothick Wins World's Richest Sportsbook Prize.FORMER England batsman, Marcus Trescothick's autobiography, 'Coming Back To Me', has won the world's most valuable sportswriting prize, the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.

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Фото Стоянович by Евгения Иванова has taken the 2008 Vick Prize for the Bulgarian Novel of the Year.Evgenia Ivanova, Photo Stoyanovich Balkani Publishing House.

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I was told today by several people that the "Annoyed Librarian," a popular anonymous blog is writen by Don Saklad, or not. Not sure where they heard this, but it explains a lot. I guess the "Annoyed Librarian" is now at LJ. I'm with the Free-Range Librarian on this one.

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Léon Blum: Humanist in Politicsby Joel ColtonKnopf, 512 pp.,

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--“Let us think that no human rights will exist without symmetry of the duties that correspond to them. It is not to be expected that governments in the next 50 years will do it. Let us common citizens therefore speak up. With the same vehemence as when we demanded our rights, let us demand responsibility over our duties. Perhaps the world could turn a little better.” -- José Saramago's speech

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The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Library announced today that its archive of documents from the Chicago Annenberg Challenge will be available on August 26, 2008. On August 19,2008 the University of Illinois had refused to release records relating to Barack Obama’s service to the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a nonprofit group linked to former 1960s radical activist William Ayers.The

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Libraries are large and complex organizations. The communications made to Stanley Kurtz, National Review (NRO) contributing editor by staff of the University of Illinois – Chicago (UI-Chicago) about the availability of the requested collection, especially comments by a part-time graduate student, are not prima facie evidence of a coverup or conspiracy. Rather, the allegations provide evidence on

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_Hunger_ an uncompromising new film that examines the last six weeks in the life of Maze prison hunger striker Bobby Sands has drawn criticism from those who see it is an untimely celebration of the martyrdom of a terrorist.

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Restoration Drama Rebecca Mead Trouble at Edith Wharton’s house.New Yorker, April 29, 2008.About EW's library.

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Amsterdam hosts World’s Biggest Book Market on 18 May 2008On 18 May, 2008, Amsterdam’s historic centre is the location of the world’s biggest book market. No fewer than 1,000 stalls with books will wind through the city centre. The World Book Market is being held in the context of Amsterdam World Book Capital, a title of great distinction that has been awarded to the Dutch capital by UNESCO. From

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Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives – the South Asian Scenario. This book illustrates South Asian initiatives on open access to information and knowledge. It has its genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of UNESCO-supported international conferences and workshops.

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In "Flying Off the Shelves:The Pleasures and Perils of Chasing Book Thieves," Paul Constant lists what he calls, the "New York Times best-seller list of stolen books."1. Charles Bukowski2. Jim Thompson3. Philip K. Dick4. William S. Burroughs5. Any Graphic Novel

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Timothy Goeglein is such a solid "ambassador" to the Christian Right that when Ted Haggard, former the head of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE - website), made his first post-election visit to the White House he stopped by and congratulated Goeglein for his effective work of bringing Christian voters to the polls."He is the key person that actually produced the evangelical vote in

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Writings of Frank Marshall Davis: A Voice of the Black Press. Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987) was a central figure in the black press, working as reporter and editor for the Atlanta World, the Associated Negro Press, the Chicago Star, and the Honolulu Record. Writings of Frank Marshall Davis presents a selection of Davis’s nonfiction, providing an unprecedented insight into one journalist’s

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Susan B. Anthony Library at Library Thing

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The Garfunkle Library is discussed in the article"King of Reading" New Yorker. The library is a listing of every book Art Garfunkle has read over the last 30 years.

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“Subprime” Voted 2007 Word of the Yearby American Dialect SocietyHILTON CHICAGO—JAN. 4—In its 18th annual words of the year vote, the AmericanDialect Society voted “subprime” as the word of the year. Subprime is an adjective used to describe a risky or less than ideal loan, mortgage, or investment. Subprime was also winner of a brand-new 2007 category for real estate words, a category which

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After I finished a 4 year term on the Notable Books Council I ran across Kevin Jackson's Invisible Forms: A Guide to Literary Curiosities[ Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin Press, 2000] and decided I'd put together a database to analyze the acknowledgments in the non-fiction Notables.Here is the database of acknowledgments from non-fiction Notables 1955, 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005.1955Allen, Gay W

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Longlist of 100 'hidden gems' to discuss and vote.

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Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World [trans.Mark Fried]

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Richard R.Yeo. “Before Memex: Robert Hooke, John Locke, and Vannevar Bush on External Memory.” Science in Context 20. 2007. Whereas Bush modeled the memex on the associative processes of natural memory, Hooke and Locke concluded that an external archive had to allow collective reason to overcome the limits of individual memory, including its tendency to freeze and repeat patterns of ideas.

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In a Monastery Library: Preserving Codex Sinaiticus and the Greek Written Tradition. by Scot McKendrick (British Library) 2006.

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The Intercollegiate Studies Institute [conservative think tank] has filed a lawsuit against three former senior employees and a donor, charging that they took with them proprietary material needed to start and eventually sustain a competing stand-alone foundation. ...Here is a link to an interview with Jack Miller in PHILANTHROPY Magazine.At issue is a confidential donor database of faculty

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The House has just passed the Free Flow of Information Act, also known as the federal shield law. The bill passed by a vote of 398-21, a margin that would easily override the veto which the White House has promised (pdf). The bill provides journalists with a qualified privilege as to sources and information, while at the same time, recognizing the need for effective law enforcement and robust

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Mark my words, librarians will be on the front lines when the revolution comes.

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Lots of discussion at [you can join easily] NEXTGENLIBWyoming Libraries Campaign

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Libraries and the Public Sphere.

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Norman B. Leventhal's map collection includes this one of the world by Heinrich Bünting from 1581. (Courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL)The Boston GlobeMaps lead to a public jewelDonor's $10m gift lets library display priceless collectionBy Thomas C. Palmer Jr., Globe Staff | September 6, 2007Retired Boston developer and map aficionado Norman B. Leventhal is contributing

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The 86 Greatest Travel Books of All TimeMy favorite of those listed:The EmperorRyszard Kapuściński (1978; translated by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand)EnduranceAlfred Lansing (1959)Fear and Loathing in Las VegasHunter S. Thompson (1972)In PatagoniaBruce Chatwin (1977)Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are BluePaul Bowles (1963)

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Report from the United States Social Forum: PLG – ¡presenté! by Elaine Harger and Kathleen de la Peña McCook17 August 2007…you don’t build bridges to safe and familiar territories… Gloria E. AnzaldúaAlthough the joint delegation of Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG) and Radical Reference (RR) members at the first United States Social Forum was small, we certainly put librarians “on the map

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Martin in the Margins.Thoughtful.Portugal

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Public Library Funding and Technology Access StudyProject OverviewToday’s public libraries are vital community technology hubs that millions of Americans rely on for their first and often only choice for Internet access. Despite increased demand for library computers, however, libraries typically have not seen a corresponding increase in budgets and many are challenged to provide enough

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A new traveling memorial called Gay American Heroes is being put together to honor GLBT victims of hate crimes. Scott Hall, founder and chairman of Gay American Heroes who lives in Cocoa Beach, Fla., recently contacted Jack Rutland, executive director of Stonewall Library & Archives in Fort Lauderdale. The two men agreed that the library will serve as the repository for information gathered for

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Anita Schiller was named Honorary Member of the American Library Association at the Association's Annual Conference in 2007. She is pictured here immediately after receiving the award with current COSWL Chair, ShinJoung Yeo.Anita R. Schiller, librarian emerita, University of California, San Diego, was nominated for her groundbreaking efforts to enhance the status of women in librarianship.

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After Scooter Libby, former Chief of Staff to Cheney, was sentenced for leaking classified information, one would think VP Cheney would welcome the oversight since his Office has been so willfully careless.CHENEY has refused to comply with an executive order governing the handling of classified information for the past four years and recently tried to abolish the office that sought to enforce

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Reader's Advisor Online blog. Blog for readers' advisors and bibliophiles who work with readers. Essential news, tips, fun stuff, and a community for exploring RA issues.

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US Social Forum* June 27-July 1, 2007- Atlanta.Librarians with two organizations based in the U.S., the Progressive Librarians Guild and RadicalReference, will attend the US Social Forum to engage in four primary activities. Our work will be framed by the question: In what ways can the field of librarianship help realize the goals set by the social forum movement?Already librarian colleagues in

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Now Jerry Falwell is gone, this may be less of a worry.BruneiDirect.Com reports that a number of activities, such as contests, workshops and talks, will be held during the Knowledge Convention 2007, starting July 24, in an effort to support the vision for a nation that is free of religious deviationist teachings.Entitled "Convention Of Community In True Faith" and themed "Solid Faith Is A

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The authors of two acclaimed books, a biography chronicling the life of William James and an ecological history of the American South, have won the Bancroft Prize for 2007: Robert D. Richardson for William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism (Houghton Mifflin) and Jack Temple Kirby for Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South (University of North Carolina).The prize, which

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DEMOCRATSDelaware Sen. Joe Biden: "Runaway Jury" by John Grisham.New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns GoodwinConnecticut Sen. Chris Dodd: "The Broker" by John Grisham.Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards: "Exile" by Richard North Patterson.Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich: "Einstein's Dreams" by Alan Lightman.Illinois Sen. Barack Obama: "Gilead" by Marilynne

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Librarians with two organizations based in the U.S., the Progressive Librarians Guild and RadicalReference, will attend the USSF to engage in four primary activities. Our work will be framed by the question: In what ways can the field of librarianship help realize the goals set by the social forum movement?Already librarian colleagues in several parts of the world are involved in the social forum

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According to a news report captioned 'Ezekwesili slams professors, quits', Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, the former minister of education of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was quoted as saying that 'professors in Nigeria don't read' and that they 'still rely on information of the 1960s'. Consequently, she advised that 'professors need to read and do research'The former Education Minister said that

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As of noon on 5/1/07 52% voting think the 'Mission Accomplished' Banner should be on display at the George Bush [Jr.] Library.White House Caught Doctoring "Mission Accomplished" VideoTell Us the Mission (Accomplished).

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GONZALES PUT TO SHAME AT HARVARD REUNIONApril 28, 2007Attorney General Surprise Visit at 25th Reunion Met by Student Protests Gonzales ducked into the library to take a stroll around the main reading room, which, on the weekend before final exams, was full of students going over their notes. When the protestors caught up with Gonzales, the cavernous reading room, ordinarily a place of hushed

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Librarianship continues to be used as a cover by the Bush administration.The good and trusted work of librarians has been used by Laura Bush to deflect criticism of the current administration.The Progressive Librarians Guild has stated opposition to ALA's praise of Mrs. Bush:In issuing awards to Mrs. Bush, ALA becomes party to covering harsh, socially

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I recently read Gérard Genette's Paratexts: Thresholds of interpretation. Trans. Jane E. Lewin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Because I have served 2 terms on the ALA Notable Books Committee I thought that a subset of the notables might be interesting to analyze for acknowledgements to libraries. I have begun a dataset and am posting it below. 1955Allen, Gay W. The Solitary

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Abu Dhabi A prestigious new International Prize for Arabic Fiction has been launched with the support of the Emirates Foundation, the leading philanthropic organisation in the UAE, in association with the UK’s internationally reputed Booker Prize Foundation.The prize, which is specifically for prose fiction, will award $ 60,000 in total to the winner and $10,000 to each of the five runners-up.Its

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The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind.It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language.The Award, an initiative of Dublin City Council, is a partnership between Dublin City Council, the Municipal Government of Dublin City, and IMPAC, a productivity improvement company which operates in

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Alan Riding in the International Herald Tribune.PARIS: With French long engaged in a losing battle against English around the world, a new way of fighting back has been proposed by a multinational group of authors who write in French: Uncouple the language from France and turn French literature into "world literature" written in French...They argue that it is time for the French to stop looking

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Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse Non-fiction.Saul Friedländer. Die Jahre der Vernichtung. Das Dritte Reich und die Juden 1939-1945. [The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945] HarperCollins .Fiction.Handy by Ingo Schulze.Random House, author spotlight for Ingo Schulze..Translation.Swetlana Geier für die Übersetzung Ein grüner Junge von Fjodor Dostojewskij (Ammann Verlag).

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The University of Florida Faculty voted to deny an honorary degree to former Gov. Jeb Bush. Professor Mary Kathleen Price, Clarence J. TeSelle Professor of Law, and Associate Dean, Library & Technology,was one who objected to the award. Professor Price is former Law Librarian of Congress, past president of the American Association of Law Libraries, and a member of Beta Phi Mu.

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Jeb Bush Appointee, Election Supervisor, Buddy Johnson (Hillsborough, Florida) continued his pattern of poor performance in the Tampa elections.In an election where a candidate missed a runoff by just 37 votes, the last thing anybody wanted was a controversy over two precincts that were switched without letters sent to the voters.But Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson maintains he

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"I believe that the secretary of the Smithsonian [Lawrence M. Small] has lost the confidence of the American people with his actions -- actions that have been contrary to the public trust he has been given," Grassley said.The former Smithsonian inspector general who launched an audit of high-ranking officials and their business practices said yesterday that Secretary Lawrence M. Small tried to

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What’s with the GWB43.com emails?

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In a bipartisan confrontation with the White House over executive branch secrecy, the House ignored a stern veto threat and overwhelmingly passed a package of open-government bills yesterday that would roll back administration efforts to shield its workings from public view.Even top Republicans supported three bills that would streamline access to records in presidential libraries, expand

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ACTIONS OF THE ALA COUNCIL2007 ALA MIDWINTER MEETINGALA Council ISunday, January 21, 2007, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Room 6B/6CSeattle, WAAt the Midwinter Meeting in 2005, the Policy Monitoring Committee informally requested that the Committee on Diversity review Section 60[ of the ALA Policy Manual], Minority Concerns, as portions of it have not been

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March 6, 2007Speaking for the Libby Legal Defense Trust, I can tell you that we also believe in Scooter’s innocence and will continue to fight this fight until the fight is won. Scooter is a good man and a distinguished public servant who has been wrongly accused.--Mel SemblerMel Sembler is the Chairman of the Libby Legal Trust.Sembler is also Romney for President National Finance Co-Chair with

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Oprah's ugly secretBy continuing to hawk "The Secret," a mishmash of offensive self-help cliches, Oprah Winfrey is squandering her goodwill and influence, and preaching to the world that mammon is queen.By Peter BirkenheadMar. 05, 2007 | Steve Martin used to do a routine that went like this: "You too can be a millionaire! It's easy: First, get a million dollars. Now..." If you put that routine

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Democracy Now interview:In his new book, CIA analyst, distinguished scholar, and best-selling author Chalmers Johnson argues that US military and economic overreach may actually lead to the nation's collapse as a constitutional republic. It's the last volume in his Blowback trilogy, following the best-selling "Blowback" and "The Sorrows of Empire." In those two, Johnson argued American

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Southern Methodist University's faculty senate went on record Wednesday as opposing an executive order that could limit access to presidential records – a concern since the George W. Bush Presidential Library is probably headed to SMU.Presidential Order 13233 and the purpose of Presidential LibrariesPosted: 2/8/07As historians at SMU we have no collective position about bringing the Bush

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Mark C. Rosenzweig, of the Progressive Librarians Guild has sent a statement to various librarian lists including the Council of the American Library Association. The statement is posted at Librarian"I'm Alright, Jack."

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"Why so many people are glad Jeb is gone" writes Bill Maxwell in the 2/4/07 St. Petersburg Times. As a former teacher, I know many other teachers who felt isolated, demonized and powerless in Jeb's Florida. Wayne Blanton, longtime executive director of the Florida School Boards Association, told the St. Petersburg Times that teachers and administrators now [that a new governor is in place] are "

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Times Select has a feature, "Taking Books Far and Wide, on the Road Less Traveled By," about the bookmobile route of Cimmaron City Librarians Betty Palmer and Leroy Chavez in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. (Colfax County, NM). Dan Barry writes: The bookmobile makes its rounds — a Head Start school in Velarde, a post office in Alcalde, another one in Dixon — all the while rolling past a landscape

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The Notable Books Council has selected its 2007 list of outstanding books for the general reader. These titles have been selected for their significant contribution to the expansion of knowledge and for the pleasure they can provide to adult readers. This is “The List for America's Readers:”Included are Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean; The Road by Cormac McCarthy; and Breach of Faith:

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Bush seems to care more about his legacy than the troops.“To coin a phrase, he’s no Harry Truman,” said Robert Dallek, a presidential historian.And a flawed effort to build a library to make Bush look good is seen by many as an effort to shore up Bush's failures.This is why the planned Bush Library slated to go to Southern Methodist University will be an ideological center. As Benjamin Hufbauer,

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Along with classics, thousands of novels and nonfiction works have been eliminated from the Fairfax County collection after a new computer software program showed that no one had checked them out in at least 24 months.Books on the Chopping Block in FairfaxThe following books have been weeded from the shelves of various branches of the Fairfax County Public Library system or haven't been checked

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Sun Sentinel writes how Jeb Bush leaves a tumultuous mark on Florida's schools.Jeb Bush expanded private school vouchers instead of adopting proven solutions and fought against class-size reduction by claiming it was too expensive while still cutting taxes. The governor also missed opportunities to improve schools because he refused to include the union in policy decisions.....A study sponsored

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SCHOLARLY ARCHIVE OR IDEOLOGICAL CENTER? Reports on Bush ambitions for presidential library have SMU professors doubting the university should push to be host.

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The New York Times reports on one of the country’s most important collections of artifacts devoted to the history of African-Americans.Painstakingly collected over a lifetime by Mayme Agnew Clayton — a retired university librarian who died in October at 83 and whose interest in African-American history consumed her for most of her adult life — the massive collection of books, films, documents and

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Whether the issue is birth control or global warming or clean air, this administration has already acquired a special place in regulatory history for the audacity with which it has manipulated or muzzled science (and in some cases individual scientists) that might discomfit its industrial allies or interfere with its political agenda.

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Joe Conason writes in Salon [12-1-06] about "The Madness of George," noting "The president's likely refusal to pursue the diplomatic solutions recommended by the Iraq Study Group is simply senseless." Every day Bush seems to get worse. The library being planned for him intends to buy scholarship that will spin his presidency into something it wasn't.I like these observations by John Mashak in

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Arianna Huffington writes:Comedy writers and lovers of the absurd all across America have a bounce in their step today, buoyed by news that President Bush is looking to raise half-a-billion dollars to build his legacy-burnishing presidential library.The idea of Uncurious George building a $500 million shrine to his disastrous presidency is the political equivalent of a whoopee cushion; a

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Second Life website.Join University of South Florida School of Library & Information Science discussion group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SLLofTB/NYTimes on SL-January 7, 2007.SLT stands for Second Life Time, which the inworld clock displays near the top-right corner of the screen. Second Life Time is the same as Pacific Time (PDT or PST depending), because San Francisco is where the main

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The Book as Place: The “Networked Book” Becomes the New “In” Destinationby Paula Berinstein, Consultant, Berinstein ResearchEnter the networked book: the new agora/plaza/forum where authors, publishers, and readers congregate to ponder, discuss, joke, enjoy, and refer. With the advent of blogging; the advent of Google, Amazon, and soon Microsoft book searches; and an audience of Web 2.0

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Librarians for America's Urban Neighborhoods is a project of the Urban Library Council.In addition to academic scholarships, this project provides both local and national experiences that will expose ULC Scholars to diverse views on public libraries and community dynamics. In effect, we will bridge the gap between theories of library and information studies that students receive as part of their

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The Florida Governor's race remains too close to call.A new St. Petersburg Times poll shows Jim Davis remains solidly in the game as Election Day looms.Crist will simply "Stay the Course." Remember, he says he will continue the Jeb! Bush legacy which includes closing the state library.

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The Florida Governor's race remains too close to call.A new St. Petersburg Times poll shows Jim Davis remains solidly in the game as Election Day looms.Crist will simply "Stay the Course." Remember, he says he will continue the Jeb! Bush legacy which includes closing the state library.

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Sometimes Book Discussion Groups aren't enough. For readers of The Road by Cormac McCarthy there is an active Forum at the Cormac McCarthy Society site.William Kennedy reviewed The Road for the NYT.

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In an essay at Inside Higher Ed--"A Place to Read,"-- Terry Caesar observes: "Lately, however, it’s seemed to me that the place of reading has become harder to establish. The ubiquitous video screens — in our dentist’s offices and our airplanes as well as our homes — represent the problem. Why read when you can look?"The comments are all interestting, especially this one: "I wish I could say that

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Details here: Joint Conference of Librarians of Color

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Book Lust Community

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The Freadom press releases are by Horowitz stringer and WND."Freadom"

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Salman Rushdie will join the faculty of Emory University as Distinguished Writer in Residence and place his archive at Emory's Woodruff Library.Among Emory's research collections are the personal and literary papers of such modern literary giants as the late British poet laureate Ted Hughes and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney.

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The Top 10 Google Book Search Books.The list, which is based on searches done between September 17 [2006] and 23rd as Google's own PR points out, bares absolutely no resemblance to other book lists like the New York Times Bestseller List or Amazon's best sellers.Diversity and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Flowers By Peter K. EndressMerriam Webster's Dictionary of SynonymsMeasuring and

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Five years later, an accumulating mound of evidence from reports, interviews and program documents suggests that Reading First has had little to do with science or rigor. Instead, the billions have gone to what is effectively a pilot project for untested programs with friends in high places.THE EDUCATION ISSUEBy Michael GrunwaldSunday, October 1, 2006; B01President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act

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The St. Pete Times questions the coziness between Supervisor of Elections in Hillsborough,FL, (R) Buddy Johnson, and contractor GOP candidate for County Commission, Al Higginbotham...Higginbotham helped Johnson get his elections job and is co-owner of the company that built Johnson's new home. (Jeb Bush appointed Johnson)The elections supervisor built the three-bedroom, two-bath home on land in

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"Only in a world of speculation.What might have been and what has beenPoint to one end, which is always present."Cunningham, Foley, DeLay and Ney.

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"It's just a nice cover for the killing." observe RUSSELL MOKHIBER and ROBERT WEISSMAN at Counterpunch in an essay about the National Book Festival on Saturday. Mokhiber and Weissman ask: Will Dr. Helen Caldicott appear to read from her new book -- Nuclear Power is Not the Answer?No.Will Noam Chomsky appear to read from his bestseller -- Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Domination

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The Florida Book Awards, coordinated by the Florida State University Program in American & Florida Studies -- and co-sponsored by the Florida Center for the Book, The State Library and Archives of Florida,The Florida Historical Society,The Florida Humanities Council,The Florida Literary Arts Coalition, The Florida Library Association, “Just Read, Florida!,” the Governor’s Family Literacy

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The 2006 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards will be presented Friday, October 20th in New York City. Details about the award event and about securing winner and honor book seals are available from the Jane Addams Peace Association. Delivering Justice: W. W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights, written by Jim Haskins and illustrated by Benny Andrews, and published by Candlewick Press, is the winner

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Los Angeles Times. September 24, 2006.At a government-run boarding school for Indians in the 1920s, Esther Martinez was not allowed to speak Tewa, her native language. Nor could she listen to the kinds of traditional tales her grandfather told her.The goal of the school was to assimilate Native Americans, and that meant leaving the past — the stories and language — behind. But Martinez never

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“Beat the [expletive deleted] out of them in a way that will stand up to any level of legal and [whole language] apologist scrutiny. Hit them over and over with definitive evidence that they are not SBRR, never have been and never will be. They are trying to crash our party and we need to beat the [expletive deleted] out of them in front of all the other would-be party crashers who are standing

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John Adams Unbound marks the first public exhibition of the complete personal library of founding father and lifelong book collector, John Adams. This landmark event is the culmination of a three-year project by the Boston Public Library to catalog, preserve, digitize and provide access to the extraordinary personal library of America’s second president.From his personal copy of the first

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Library Juice has a comprehensive report on the discussion among librarians about government fellowshiops named after Laura Bush.Here are a few highlights from the ALA discussion lists.----Original Message Follows----From: Al Kagan Reply-To: alaworld@ala.orgTo: ALA International Relations Round Table I was trying to stay out of this discussion, but it has gotten to the point where I think I need

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