Follow Up: Liberals Banning Bible

Boingboing has this story, with scanned copies of the flier that I discussed the other day.

Science journals battle an NIH proposal that calls for free access to federally funded research.

eastbayexpress.com | The Politicians Weigh In | 2004-09-29: "In the battle with big business over access to publicly funded research articles, Berkeley scientist Michael Eisen and his Public Library of Science have some unlikely allies: conservative Republicans. Meanwhile, representing the publishing industry against government intervention is Pat Schroeder, a former liberal congresswoman.

Earlier this month, the National Institutes of Health, citing the skyrocketing costs of journal subscriptions, announced its intention to make all NIH-funded research articles freely available to the public six months after publication. The articles would be posted on the National Library of Medicine's Internet repository, PubMed Central (PubMedCentral.nih.gov), launched by PLoS cofounder Harold Varmus when he headed the NIH under President Clinton.

The plan faces fierce opposition from the Association of American Publishers (AAP), a trade group that Schroeder serves as president. Its members, which include both commercial and nonprofit journal publishers, have complained it could put them out of business because they would lose thousands of subscribers.
But industry critics have hailed the move as a welcome change. Among them are patients' rights groups such as the Genetic Alliance, which represents people with inherited conditions. In a letter to a House subcommittee, alliance president Sharon Terry wrote: 'This access is critical for the thousands [with] rare diseases -- clinicians are unable to keep up with information on 6,000 rare diseases, and patients must be the bridge to new knowledge.'

The new NIH policy got off the ground with the help of two conservative congressmen, Ralph Regula of Ohio and Ernie Istook of Oklahoma, who inserted language championing public access into an appropriations report in May. "The people who are so much against socialized medicine are all for socialized publishing," chides Marc Brodsky, executive council chair of the AAP's division of professional and scholarly publishing...."

Checking out her options | Life in an Academic Library

Feeling lost in your academic library position? Try this article from the Chronicle. (no reg req)The Chronicle: Career Network: 09/30/2004: "I imagine many people think that a job as an academic librarian is an idyllic one -- surrounded by books, humming computers, and questioning students.
The cold harsh truth, however, is that life in an academic library can be as cutthroat and petty as in any other department. They can be places where internal politics ruin careers and lives, personal grudges are held for years, and biting criticisms fly orally and in writing."

Judge disarms Patriot Act proviso | CNET News.com

Judge disarms Patriot Act proviso | CNET News.com: "A key part of the USA Patriot Act that allows the FBI to secretly demand information from Internet providers violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge said Wednesday in a ruling that could have a broad impact on government surveillance.
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero barred the FBI from invoking that portion of the law in the future, saying the mandatory gag orders amount to an 'unconstitutional prior restraint of speech in violation of the First Amendment.'"

It's all good

Found this blog via Librarian.net. What secrets lie within OCLC's corporate soul? Maybe these 3 folks know! It's all good: "A blog from 3 OCLC Online Computer Library Center staff about all things present and future that impact libraries and library users. A conversation that starts with the Environmental Scan and wanders around from there. This content is not vetted by OCLC. Everything you read is purely the personal reflections about what's going on in libraryland, informed by our birds-eye views from the center of the WorldCat universe (Dublin, Ohio, USA). http://www.oclc.org/"

CNN.com - 'Outsiders' author finds sex and vampires - Sep 28, 2004

CNN.com - 'Outsiders' author finds sex and vampires - Sep 28, 2004: "Hinton started the book at age 15 in reaction to the social rivalries on the streets of Tulsa, where she grew up, and at Will Rogers High School. No one else was writing about the 'socs' and the 'greasers,' the haves and the have-nots, the injustice that stunned her.
'She really was the first author who came along and wrote about something other than sweet little middle-class children,' says Pamela Spencer Holley, president-elect of the Young Adult Library Service Association, a branch of the American Library Association. 'Everything else that followed has been because of her.'"

G4techTV - Feature - Online Libraries Slow to Take Off

G4techTV - Feature - Online Libraries Slow to Take Off: "A year ago, the publishing industry heralded the debut of virtual libraries. No longer would we have to travel to the library to check out a book, or so said the organizers of these libraries. But public and academic libraries are still with us, and online libraries are now struggling to stay alive... "

Automatic sorting machine makes library work easier

Got this story out of the Chicago area...Could it help your library?

Warren Newport Public Library's new automatic sorting machine is taking on some of the manual labor involved in an operation that circulates 1.4 million items per year.

The machine, one of several automated technologies put in place by the library in recent years, works through passive RFID or radio frequency identification, similar to that used for the Illinois Toll Authority's I-PASS.

Every item circulated by the library has been equipped with a small tag that identifies the book, or video or CD with a unique code. The system identifies items, dropped by patrons through a return slot inside the library, which then roll along a conveyor belt until they are tipped into a material-specific bin before being shelved.

"It's an amazing ... outfit," said Carol Tiegland of Gurnee, one of 17 part-time shelvers employed by the library.

Tiegland was barely keeping up with the machine late one recent morning, scooping books and DVDs out of bins and placing them on carts almost as fast as Sortin' Suzy could decide where they should go.

ALA's Free online handbook for libraries

Managing Information News: "The American Library Association has released a free, online handbook designed to help librarians and others develop and maintain effective relations with the media and win support for libraries and their programs, all with minimal use of precious resources.

'A Communications Handbook for Libraries' will help libraries preserve and promote their programs-while dealing with the challenges of the USA PATRIOT Act and seemingly endless budget cuts."

The handbook can be downloaded here: http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/availablepiomat/online_comm_handbook.pdf

By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943: Subjects: Libraries

This post is inspired by one over at Boingboing. The By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 at the Library of Congress is described as

The By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 collection consists of 908 boldly colored and graphically diverse original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest. These striking silkscreen, lithograph, and woodcut posters were designed to publicize health and safety programs; cultural programs including art exhibitions, theatrical, and musical performances; travel and tourism; educational programs; and community activities in seventeen states and the District of Columbia. The posters were made possible by one of the first U.S. Government programs to support the arts and were added to the Library's holdings in the 1940s.

There are several posters concerning libraries--maybe a creative photoshop artist in your library could be create and update a couple of these for your library? Here are two of them.

CBS News | GOP: 'Liberals' Will Ban Bible | September 24, 2004�20:49:43

Found this via Metafilter. Looks like the RNC is celebrating Banned Book Week in their own special way....How is your library celebrating it? CBS News | GOP: 'Liberals' Will Ban Bible | September 24, 2004| 20:49:43:

Campaign literature mailed by the Republican National Committee warns voters in two states that the Bible will be prohibited and men will marry men if 'liberals' win in November.

The New York Times reported that the mass mailing was sent to voters in Arkansas and West Virginia, and was part of a GOP effort to mobilize religious voters.

The literature shows a Bible with the word 'BANNED' across it and a photo of a man, on his knees, placing a ring on the hand of another man with the word 'ALLOWED.' The mailing tells West Virginians to 'vote Republican to protect our families' and defeat the 'liberal agenda.'

If anyone has family or friends in either of these states, that receive mailings from the RNC, I would be very interested to know if this is true.

More football/library smack.

This is the second time I've seen a reference to football and libraries--outside the library literature and on the sports page. The first time was around football season last year. And once again sport writers don't seem to recognize that universities in Oklahoma have good libraries. Maybe that's because they don't visit our libraries and only our football fields?
Perspective: 'Take a deep breath, sugar, you're living in Dixie':

"Lawmakers seem to see classes and laboratories as tedious academic appendages of useful and interesting football factories. Florida is a large and prosperous state; its universities' peer institutions should be Michigan, Berkeley, Ohio State, Wisconsin. These schools have Top 25 football programs as well as first-rate libraries, highly ranked programs, upper-end faculty salaries and (this is signally important) excellent stipends for graduate students and teaching assistants. Instead, Florida's universities belong to the sphere of Ole Miss, Oklahoma, LSU - colleges in states still struggling with the old Southern curse of poverty and low expectations."

Claremore Progress - Local News

Claremore Progress - Local News: " Librarian Carol Willett estimated that between 90 and 100 people attended the event and said she was pleased that people greeted Letts so warmly."

The Chronicle: 9/24/2004: Selected Readings on Open Source

Looking for some books, on Open Source, to add to your collection? Try this list from the Chronicle of Higher Ed. With a brief summary of each title(reg. req.) The Chronicle: 9/24/2004: Selected Readings on Open Source

The Anarchist in the Library: How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System, by Siva Vaidhyanathan (Basic Books, 2004)

The Business and Economics of Linux and Open Source, by Martin Fink (Prentice Hall PTR, 2003)

The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary, by Eric S. Raymond (O'Reilly, 2nd edition, 2001)

Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software, by Sam Williams (Farnham: O'Reilly, 2002)

Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity, by Lawrence Lessig (Penguin Press, 2004)

A Hacker Manifesto, by McKenzie Wark (Harvard University Press, 2004)

Slashdot | What Should 10-Year-Olds Know About IT?

Just in time for Encyclopmedia--I found a discussion thread over at Slashdot that asks the question, "What should 9 & 10 year-olds know about IT?". Considering more and more school media specialists are responsible for teaching computer skills you may find this helpful and thought provoking. And for you Monty Python junkies there are a few Holy Grail reference. Why? Because Slashdot is the News for Nerds. ;-)

Slashdot | What Should 10-Year-Olds Know About IT?: "I have been asked to give a computer based talk to a local primary school. It is part of an after school science club and I have a pretty free rein to talk about whatever I want for 10 minutes. The children will be aged 9 and 10 and will come from a range of backgrounds, there will be a parent of each child present too. My initial thoughts for the subject included the history of computers, the components in a computer and what computers are used for. Does the slashdot community have any suggestions, experience in this area or tips?' "

Internet Deprivation

Found this via Fark. Don't blame your patrons if they get angry waiting in line to use a computer. They are just going through "Internet Deprivation".
Internet Week > Internet deprivation > Don't Touch My Internet! > September 22, 2004: "Cut off their connection to the Web and people have moments of 'withdrawal and feelings of loss, frustration, and disconnectedness' according to a report released Wednesday by Yahoo. Dubbed -- and we're not making this up -- the Internet Deprivation Study, the Yahoo-sponsored research tried to get a group of consumers to give stay offline, then report back. Nearly half couldn't take the Web-less world for more than two weeks, and the median time participants could go without logging on was a measly five days. "

Selection Idea #1: ABC Afterschool Specials on DVD

Found this via Metafilter. Looking for a DVD to that covers issues that impact kids (regardless of what year it is) after school? Think about purchasing this set for your library. If nothing else purchase it for the cool Trapper Keeper case! ABC Afterschool Specials - Wow! 'Trapper-Keeper' packaging for V1 & V2, plus 4 more Vol's in-the-works!

Smithsonian.TV: Live and Archived Events and Multimedia at the Smithsonian Institution

Want free educational programming? Try Smithsonian.TV: Live and Archived Events and Multimedia at the Smithsonian Institution. You can even watch the ceremonies for the National Museum of the American Indian.

xISBN [OCLC - Projects]

Found this via Catalogablog. You have a paperback book in front of you--and you can't find a gosh durn OCLC record. That's because OCLC only has a record for the hardback (or maybe audio) edition. Well this handy little experimental OCLC service will find related records based on ISBN. Give it a whirl!
xISBN [OCLC - Projects]:

As an experimental project of OCLC Research, this service is available without charge or guarantee. Access does not require registration or authentication. OCLC reserves the right to modify or discontinue the service without prior notice. The xISBN server is believed to be stable, have good uptime, and to have the capacity to handle a reasonably high volume of requests without a significant degradation of response time or service failures, but OCLC does not guarantee service levels for experimental systems.

ProQuest spies growth with Serials Solutions

ProQuest spies growth with Serials Solutions: "Information aggregator ProQuest Information and Learning (PQ I+L) has acquired Seattle-based Serials Solutions, a supplier of e-journal management software to academic, government and corporate libraries.
The deal will allow ProQuest to offer its existing aggregated database customers a range of e-management tools to rival those offered by the likes of EBSCO and Swets. Serials Solutions' products include E-Journals Access & Management Suite, A-to-Z Title List and Journal Linker. "

Wired News| Free Content Still Sells

Found this via Lisnews. An interesting little article about the power of print to sell--even if the information is available free online.
Wired News: Free Content Still Sells:

"You give away the whole book, but only people with congenital masochistic tendencies are going to want to read the novel online," he said. "Your eyeballs are going to be bleeding after a few minutes."

Native American Communities Receive $1.7 Million for Library Enhancements

IMLS: What's New: Current News: "The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the primary source of federal funds for the nation's museums and libraries, awarded $1,720,053 today to 14 Native American tribal communities and Alaska Native villages to improve library services to their communities. The recipients will match the grants with an additional $853,328...

Projects funded include among others, digitizing primary source material on the establishment of the North Slope Borough and the Inupiate culture and language in Alaska; enhancing literacy of school-aged and elderly populations through elder/grandchild reading programs at the Pueblo of Santa Clara in New Mexico; and preserving oral histories with tribal elders of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma."

The Memory Hole > US Government Domain Names

Ever want to know what .gov domains the government is using? Here's a handy little list The Memory Hole > US Government Domain Names. Although I find it curious that the GSA will not release the entire list of .gov websites--the reason "Sensitive but Unclassified".

If that interests you so might this press release from July 29, 2004 ".GOV" Registry Grows to Full-Fledged, Fee-for-Service Program

Job Posting: WOSC LRC Director

Job Description
WESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE COLLEGE

Job Title: Director of Learning Resources Center

Qualifications
Education: Masters of Library Science, MLIS, M. Ed. in Library Science

Special Knowledge, Skill, or Ability: Must have extensive knowledge in computer aided referencing, CD ROM, and related software. Must be able to operate computers and know how to assist students with all facets of the learning center.

Training or Experience Required: Minimum of 3 years in academic library/media or related services position with at least one year in a supervisory/administrative level preferred.

Reports to: Director of Information Services, Distance Education and Chief Technology Officer

Performance Expectations: The incumbent/employee will be responsible for the following:

1. Be customer focused to resolve problems effectively
2. Manage human resources and diversity while promoting productivity and efficiency; employee training and development, empowerment, and appraisal
3. Manage resources with fiscal responsibility while maintaining proper accountability of records
4. Manage information and communications with staff and public effectively
5. Conduct short and long range planning to set and/or attain college goals and objectives
6. Demonstrate leadership by being a good role model to reinforce productive and customer focused behavior; use creativity, innovation, and initiative to identify solutions to problems
7. Be a team player with co workers, subordinates, other managers, and community leaders to accomplish college objective or goals
8. Contribute to quality of college programs including extracurricular programs; Be involved in personal growth and development

Job Goal (Purpose of Position): Performs administrative level duties under minimal supervision to provide leadership, supervision, and coordination over learning resources and instructional services. Works with faculty and staff to ensure the college=s mission is accomplished effectively.

An incumbent in this position will utilize discretion, ingenuity and independent judgment due to the complexity of the job. Since there may be several ways to solve a problem, an incumbent is free to choose the solution.

Contact with Others: An incumbent in this position has regular contact with persons outside the college which requires tact and diplomacy, independent judgment, and problem solving; making formal presentations; interpreting policies and procedures based on experience; May be required to make formal presentations and reports.

Essential Job Functions/Performance Responsibilities:

1. Oversees and administers all aspects of the Learning Resources Center.
2. Oversees personnel functions including staff scheduling, hiring, orientation, training, and performance appraisals.
3. Oversees and performs collection development.
4. Oversees ordering, purchase, acquisition, cataloguing of books, periodicals, other learning media,
and computer aided learning software for the college. Ensures that the learning center meets the instructional and learning needs of faculty, students, and the public.
5. Oversees and performs system administrator duties as they pertain to the library automation systems.
6. Coordinates instruction to faculty, staff, students and public on the effective use and utilization of information resources.
7. Ensures that Center follows accounting and fiscal policies and procedures; oversees departmental
budget and oversees purchasing and inventory/ordering of equipment use and replacement.
8. Oversees, administers and performs all aspects of Reference.
9. Oversees, administers and performs all aspects of Circulation.
10. Oversees and performs staff development and training activities.
11. Oversees Instructional Media Services.
12. Serves on/chairs institutional committees as needed.
13. Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision exercised: An incumbent serves as supervisor to a small staff of employees, responsible for training, assigning, and reviewing work, as well as performing similar work for approximately 25% of the time. Approximately 75% of time is performing higher level work or in supervision. Have additional responsibility of performance evaluation, hiring, discipline, and other such responsibilities for part time personnel.

Physical/Mental Requirements and Working Conditions: Other than those physical/mental requirements included in the essential functions: must be able to communicate on the telephone and in person; must be able to work with little supervision to accomplish goals of position.

Gmail invites for Okie Librarians/Library Students

I have 5 gmail invites that I am offering on a first come first serve basis to any Oklahoma Librarian or Oklahoma Library Student who wants one.
Email me at adri.ej@gmail.com and I will send you an invite.

The Oklahoma Daily - Bizzell offers laptop checkout

The Oklahoma Daily - Bizzell offers laptop checkout: "Bizzell Memorial Library offers a laptop computer checkout service to students seeking convenience and mobility over using the computer labs in the library.
'I think [laptop checkout is] the most popular program we have,' said Jana Williams, supervisor of the library's current periodicals room. 'Students who use it really like it.'
The library, which has provided the service for almost five years, currently has 20 laptops available to check out. Williams said that in April, 2004, the library checked out the laptops more than 3,000 times."

Here at SWOSU we offer laptop checkout as well. Are there any other Okie Libraries circulating laptops to their patrons?

ChannelOklahoma.com | Expert: Reading Should Be Part Of Well-Balanced Breakfast

Promo idea #1? Serve up some literacy @ your library. ChannelOklahoma.com - Education - Expert: Reading Should Be Part Of Well-Balanced Breakfast: "Two scoops of reading in the morning will improve children's literacy, according to an education expert.
Adjusting schedules to add reading time before or after breakfast will allow parents to make use of time when children are ready to learn rather than fall asleep, said Claudia McVicker, an assistant professor of elementary education in Ball State's Teachers College in Muncie, Ind."

Drop Proposed Broad FOIA Exemption | ALA Alert

American Library Assn -- Compose a Message: "The Senate has approved a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 that adds a new exemption under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This exemption would restrict public access to unclassified satellite images and related data, such as maps, reports and analysis.

Even if government officials felt that the public should have access to the information under FOIA, the provision prohibits disclosure. This completely bars the public from accessing commercial satellite images. This broad exclusion would threaten significant amounts of unclassified data that journalists, public interest groups, scientists, and the public routinely use.

The Senate has already approved the measure and it is now incorporated into H.R. 4200 as an amendment. H.R. 4200 is currently in House-Senate conference."

A word or two on books

I have a fun collection of bumper stickers, in my office, concerning books. So in honor of Banned Book Week (Sept. 25-Oct.2) I share with you some of them.

Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
They got the library in Alexandria--They're not getting mine!
Keep the Books--Burn the Censors.
I read BANNED Books.
A Reader is a Leader.

Claremore couple donates collection of sculptures to RSU

Claremore Progress - Local News: "The porcelain sculptures of Edward Marshall Boehm are prominently featured in the permanent collections of museums and government institutions around the world, including the Vatican, the Smithsonian Institution, the White House and Buckingham Palace.
Now one of the largest collections of Boehm sculptures in Oklahoma has been donated to Rogers State University, where it can be seen at the Stratton Taylor Library on the RSU campus in Claremore.
Bill and Betty Holman of Claremore have donated their personal collection of 57 Boehm sculptures to the RSU Foundation. The sculptures depict several species of birds in their native habitats in North America."

Teen Blogs (now with a working link!)

I recently had the opportunity to do a blogging presentation for some of the great Young Adult Librarians at Metro Library System. If you are interested in seeing (or utilizing) the powerpoint from it you can find it by clicking here. If you have questions regarding it do not hesitate to contact me!

The Librarian (Noah Wyle) with a Pic!!!

Helen C. sent this to me. I would not hesitate to let Mr. Wyle mess up my card catalog--how about you?
USATODAY.com - Coming attractions: "Bookworms of the world, rejoice! Now you have an action-adventure hero: The Librarian. 'Instead of having the protagonist be a cool, dashing, heroic type, he's more of a brainiac. He specifically mentions knowing the Dewey Decimal System,' says ER's Noah Wyle, who plays him in the Dec. 5 TNT movie"

CliffsNotes Now Available for Free Online Viewing -- ResearchBuzz, September 09, 2004

Found this over at Researchbuzz.
CliffsNotes Now Available for Free Online Viewing -- ResearchBuzz, September 09, 2004: "CliffsNotes has announced that they've got 180 literature guides online for free viewing. The snag is that viewing is the only thing that's free. Downloading and printing the guides will cost $5.99 The CliffsNotes site is at http://www.cliffsnotes.com. "

Downloadable Banned Book Week 2004 Art

Index of Banned Book Week Art
Elect to Read a Banned Book Sept. 25 - Oct. 2


What Banned (or Challenged) Books did you enjoy this year?

OSU-Tulsa Job Opening

POSITION VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT (close date Sept. 20)
Technical Assistant-Cataloger

Hiring Range:
$9.81-11.04/hr.

Work Hours: Start Date: Opened:
M-F Days ASAP

9/7/2004

Minimum:
Requires a bachelor's degree in related field. Must have the ability to work with detailed information accurately and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred:
Prefer one-year library experience and experience with OCLC and on-line systems.
Prefer public service in a library setting.

Job Duties:
Catalogs all library materials; original cataloging as required; bibliographic research and database maintenance; regularly scheduled reference service and public service required.

Library Careers of Choice

Library Careers of Choice Check out these "cutting edge" Oklahoma Librarians! Maybe you'll wanna be a librarian too!

OKC company markets filtering software

NewsOK.com | OKC company markets filtering software
An Oklahoma City-based company is marketing filtering software that it says meets the needs of school districts to protect their students from objectionable material on the Web.

More than 20 Oklahoma school districts are using the EduGate software sold by Hurricane Technologies LLC to filter internet content.

With a state law in hand, many Oklahoma schools are framing America's motto

*This article is entitled "With a state law in hand, many Oklahoma schools are framing America's motto" -- Just a little FYI: the oldest (and still existing) American motto was not "In God We Trust" but rather "E Pluribus Unum" (which means "Out of Many, One" referring to the 13 original colonies becoming one nation). "In God We Trust" was added as a 2nd motto in the 20th Century.

NewsOK.com | Powered by The Oklahoman and NEWS 9

Calling it the "cornerstone of being an American," a McAlester lawmaker this year returned the words "In God We Trust" to thousands of public school classrooms.

The Legislature passed HB 2477 authorizing school districts to display the national motto in classrooms and hallways, a the discretion of administrators and teachers. Gov. Brad Henry signed the bill in May, and it took effect July 1.
...
The law allows the motto to be displayed in any school room considered a "teaching area," such as a library, gymnasium or cafeteria.
...
The Oklahoman called several schools across the state and found most already had the motto on display, including the Guthrie, Battiest, Davis, Roff, Antlers, and Leedey districts.

Michael Salem, volunteer attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, called the displays "unconstitutional," although the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals approved the motto's display in public places.

RFID tags: The people say no | Perspectives | CNET News.com

RFID tags: The people say no | Perspectives | CNET News.com: Covering everything from Big Brother...

The fear that the technology will enable governments to keep tabs on everyone was the concern raised most often."

to the sign of the beast

Several pointed out that in the Bible, Revelations 13:16-17 read: "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."

RFID's may not make an appearance in your library anytime soon.

Billie Letts celebration @ Bartlesville Library

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise Online: "The Bartlesville Public Library will celebrate the work of author Billie Letts with book reviews, movie screenings, and an author visit during 'Billie Letts Week,' Sept. 7-10. All events are free and open to the public.

At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the Johnstone Avenue Irregulars will be discussing 'Shoot the Moon.'

The movie 'Where the Heart Is' will be screened at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Library.

Local raconteur George Parks will review 'Honk and Holler Opening Soon' at noon on Thursday.

On Friday, Letts herself will be speaking in the Community Room at the Community Center at 7 p.m."

Labor Day

Since a lot of your local libraries may be closed this Labor Day (thus you won't be able to visit to find out Labor Day related information) check out the US Dept. of Labor's The History of Labor Day site.
Or perhaps you would prefer to read a book or two about Oklahoma and labor (the non-pregnancy type) then try this Google/WorldCat search for starters.
Maybe you still need one other time waister (because you just can't face one more minute in front the BBQ or your family)? Then check out the Library of Congress' American Memory Project! Here you can learn that Sept. 5, 1882 was the first Labor Day and other types of information about the Labor movement in America!

Have fun and be safe this Labor Day!

Ardmoreite.comCRLS reading program begins 09/03/04

Ardmoreite.comCRLS reading program begins 09/03/04: "The Chickasaw Regional Library System in Ardmore invites area residents to look between the covers of four of the most popular novels ever written.
A reading and discussion series, 'What America Reads: Myth Making in Popular Fiction,' begins at 7 p.m. Sept. 14 and continues through Nov. 16.
'Best-seller lists have been compiled since 1895 and offer unique historical perspectives of what Americans read,' said Sharlotte Riggle, CRLS adult services. 'We want to give adult readers an opportunity to read and discuss these popular novels and, in the process, gain insight into what has drawn Americans to certain books over the years.'"

Job Opening @ ODL

Librarian III, Office of Library Development, Oklahoma Department of Libraries
General Description: Full-time, permanent position in the public library division of the state library. Three major responsibilities are grant monitoring and reporting for federal and state grants offered by ODL, working with institution libraries in the State of Oklahoma to improve services offered to customers, and library construction consulting assistance to public libraries. Travel is required in this position.
Salary: Hiring range will be $2,435.08 to $3,620.13 per month depending on experience and qualifications. After successful completion of the probation period, there will be a 5% increase. This position provides an excellent benefits package.
Qualifications: Masters Degree in Library and Information Studies from Accredited Library School required plus four (4) years professional library experience.
To apply: This is a classified position under the Office of Personnel Management of the State of Oklahoma. To be considered, applicants should follow the process outlined at the following website: http://www.opm.state.ok.us/html/how_to_apply.htm. The position is Librarian, Level III (Job Family E21C L). The Office of Personnel Management evaluates applicant’s qualifications and provides a list of qualified candidates for ODL to interview. It is critical to go through the application process outlined on the link above in order to be considered for this position. If you questions about the position or how to apply contact Karen Currie, 405-522-3172.

DHS | Department of Homeland Security | Fact Sheet: National Preparedness Month

DHS | Department of Homeland Security | Fact Sheet: National Preparedness Month: "U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science | NCLIS will distribute 'Trust and Terror: A Proposal to Expand the Role of U.S. Libraries in Crisis Information Dissemination and Management,' and reach out to library managers, public agencies, and community authorities to highlight the critical role that libraries can play in emergency preparedness and response. Contact: Beth Fitzsimmons, 202-606-9200"

End of an era....

I'm sure we all remember the thrill and confusion we experienced when we first used OCLC Passport. The questions we asked, "Wait, was that suppose to be F9 or F11?!" and realizations we made, "Oh, $h!t--I just hit Enter!"

Well, those experiences will forever be with us---but Passport will not. OCLC has announced final dates for the end of a Library Era--are you ready for the change?

May 1, 2005: Passport for Cataloging retires. Users should now implement their migration strategies for moving to either the Connexion browser or client interface.

May 1, 2005: Resource Sharing, ILL Web, ILL ME, and ILLiad 6.x will also retire. Users should begin migration to WorldCat Resource Sharing (presently referred to as the FirstSearch staff view) or upgrade to OCLC ILLiad 7.0. OCLC is already seeing considerable migration from ILL Web to WorldCat Resource Sharing. If this trend continues, OCLC may decide on an earlier retirement date for ILL Web.

June 2005: Union List functionality ends. OCLC will announce more details of this change in the coming months but it is expected that Connexion will support local holdings (LDR) maintenance.

July 1, 2005: OCLC retires CatME, CJK, and Arabic. All users of these access points must migrate to the Connexion browser or client. CatME functionality will be included in client version 1.20, to be released in the fourth quarter of 2004. CJK functionality will be included in client version 1.30, to be released first quarter of 2005. Arabic will be included in client version 1.40, to be released second quarter of 2005.