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To the Lincoln Trail Libraries System Library Community. We want to alert those libraries that subscribe to the Grove's Dictionaries that last week we sent posters to each of you to promote this service. The poster shows a whimsical Manhattan skyline in which the twin World Trade Towers are represented by two volumes of the Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and a plane is flying by them. In light of the terrible tragedy that occurred today, we strongly urge all libraries to remove this poster from public display. --Jan Ison
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A response:
This is something I've been thinking about all week and I'd like to put out to the LIBNET subscribers. Does taking down a poster with the WTC image erase the events of the past week? Are we supposed to "airbrush" every image of New York from the 70s to September 11, 2001 and pretend the WTC never existed and, along with it, the people who worked there and visited there and, sadly, died there? My husband and I have spent the last week remembering a Thanksgiving visit, 2 years ago, when we stayed opposite the Trade Center. It was a typical NY visit; bitter cold and windy. But we retreated to the basement shops of the Trade Center and found a great subterranean mall. There was also a terrific view from Battery Park (just in back of the WTC) of the Statue of Liberty. Good symbolism there. There is also a lovely Revolutionary Era cemetery on the corner (across from a good deli) that is now buried under debris. We are sad but, truthfully, I don't think I want to forget the places or the people who served us. I'm old enough and East Coast enough to remember the fight, years ago, about how the Trade Center was going to dwarf the Empire State Building. People weren't crazy about making the Empire State Building obsolete in that way. But the WTC became part of the skyline and, at least until there is something to replace it, it might be nice to keep a few of the old images around, don't you think? Lois Gross
Good afternoon. I don't usually post, mostly read. Today I have a favor to help from any list member who isn't already swamped, or who would be willing to assist at this time as we in the Congressional Research Service gather materials to support our Terrorism Response team which is doing analysis and research for Congress. Bioterrorism research (or responses to any terrorism within the U.S.) .. see below for details. As a reference librarian in the Congressional Research Service, I have benefitted greatly from following your discussion/learning from your expertise. [My technical knowledge and html coding is minimal and my Dreamweaver use a great help toward developing intranet resources. I had the pleasure of meeting Bill Drew and a few others at the Computers in Libraries Conference in DC last spring.] I spend most of my time in searching various databases and print resources to answer requests for Congressional Research Service subject analysts (special library within the CRS, within L.C.) Our office does information support for subject analysts who assist the Committees and individual members. As you can imagine, in this past week, we have had an exponential growth in RUSH needs. Here's what I'd like from anyone who is able as we gather information for the Terrorism Response Team's needs : Please email your responses NOT to the list, but directly to me, at: esutterlin@crs.loc.gov We have been gathering reports from various databases and the web, as well as our own catalog, of significant/substantial/seminal/ scenario-type.. (you get the idea) publications pertaining to Bioterrorism. As you know, not all publications will show up easily, and it would be very helpful to know of the most valuable resources-- our EXPERTS across the U.S. who have written in this area or who are working on the subject now. So, From your own Universities or institutions, anyone who can share names of individuals and/or copies of their reports/publications who has done work on Bioterrorism in 2000 or 2001, We in CRS are Very Interested in having your help in identifying these resources. If their phone/email contact is not confidential/ internal, we would appreciate having that as well. Although Bioterrorism is our current urgent info-gathering focus, if you have time or personnel to address any reports/experts from your institution in the areas of cyberterrorism or U.S. response capability/preparedness to deal with terrorism within the U.S., that would also be useful. We've gone through LC catalog searching and a number of commercial databases, but have not had time yet to do any combing of the .edu resources for names or publications. Please Feel free to attach URLs or pdf or wpd (or even notepad or doc) attachments if you have copies of significant publications that you think might be useful to CRS. Thank you in advance. Edith Sutterlin
09/17 Just a quick note to let you know that everyone at Neal-Schuman is safe and sound. Our office is just two blocks north of Canal Street. On Tuesday, we were close enough to witness the destruction of the WTC but not in any immediate physical danger. We were evacuated that day. Today is the first day we've been allowed to return. It's really amazing to be another soul walking from the subway to work this morning in New York City! Thanks to everyone for their good wishes. Michael Kelley
09/12 The plane that hit the Pentagon hit near Ann's office. Ann received 2nd degree burns on her face and has a broken toe. Dawn Humphrey was not in the Pentagon at the time. We will send more later. I can not reach the army listserv from my computer at home. Could someone forward this, so that all the army librarians will know that Ann is OK. --Carla Pomager
09/17 Digital Island access to the OCLC FirstSearch service has been restored. Thank you for your patience during the brief service interruption.
09/17 Just a note to inform you that the OCLC PAIS server connection was knocked out by the horrible events of Tuesday, Sept 11, in NYC. The last time the server transmitted was 6:00 pm, 9/11/01. Please forward any messages since that time to this e-mail address spruilld2@oclc.org If you have a message you wish to send to anyone else at PAIS, please send to me and I will forward. Thank you very much. Regards, Debra Brown-Spruill Executive Director OCLC PAIS
09/12 The Internet Service Provider that provides access to all of the Baker & Taylor/Informata web and FTP sites is located in New York City, just a short distance from the World Trade Center. Since the disaster, no commercial power has been available to any of these surrounding operations. Our ISP has been able to continue operations through the use of back-up generators. It is possible that service may be interrupted from this facility over the next few days. Power may not be restored in the area for a while, and the ISP is having difficulties securing additional fuel for their generators. In case of such an interruption, access to all of our Internet services would be routed through a back-up facility in Philadelphia. This will allow us to continue providing these services, but capacity could be significantly reduced until the New York group is able to resume operation. You may experience reduced access speed when using any of the Baker & Taylor/Informata websites. These include Bibliostat Collect, Bibliostat Connect and theLibraryPlace.com. In addition, downloads from or uploads to our FTP servers may also be affected. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. We will keep you notified as the situation progresses, and do everything that we can to insure that you have uninterrupted access to these services. Please let us know if you have any questions. Michael Ervin, MLIS Product Development Manager
From Wired-MT, the Montana librarians' list
Colleagues: I was somewhat surprised about the reaction of some people to the discussion of the events that are racking our country. On September 11, 2001, a fundamental change occurred in America's view of the world, and itself. The repercussions of this change have not yet begun to unfold. After the shock and grief we all feel wears off, what will replace it? After watching news shows and analysis for the last several days, one thing is clear - our idea of freedom, and how that freedom is exercised is about to undergo a radical transformation, and not for the better. As librarians, and interested parties who support freedom of information, we should be extremely wary of many of the "fixes" which are likely to be proposed by our representatives in Washington to secure our country. Those people who would abridge our freedom of expression and our access to information, whether they be on the left or right wings of the political spectrum, now have an opportunity unprecedented in this country's history, to make that abridgment a reality cloaked in the mantle of national security. While surely we must react to the atrocities perpetrated upon our nation, we must be careful of not letting those who hate us and our freedom win by curtailing the very freedom they hate. The CIPA legislation may well end up seeming downright libertarian compared with the possibilities before us. For librarians and supporters of intellectual freedom to ignore these possibilities because of the painful way they have been thrust to the forefront is the worst of conceits; it pretends that things are the same as they were on September 10, and reminds one of Scarlett O'Hara who would "think about it tomorrow". I would urge those who are upset by the discussion to exercise the option of the delete key, but to pretend that our freedoms and our country's future course are not an appropriate topic on this listserv is folly. We may as well discuss how many angels can dance on a Dewey decimal point. Mike Hamlett Miles City Public Library
We have just learned of the tragic news of the events that have occurred today in Washington and New York and that have filled the people of the United States with grief (mourning) and pain and we would like to express to you our deepest condolences in this terrible time for your country. The Cuban librarians feel, as does our entire nation, the suffering of the victims and their families as if it were our own and we want you to know our conviction that the high cultural and humanitarian principles that guide our profession will hopefully allow us to prevent such happenings in the future in any part of the world. We reiterate our affection and respect, Eliades Acosta Matos Director, Jose Marti National Library Havana, Cuba
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Dear colleagues: The President and Governing Board of IFLA and the staff at IFLA HQ, wish to express our deepest sorrow to our members and friends in the United States for the lives lost in the terrible tragedies in New York, Pittsburgh and Washington. We have all been watching and reading about the events with horror and anxiety for your welfare. We are unable to find adequate words to express our sadness, but we wish you to be assured that our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with you all. That we were with you so recently, experiencing your wonderful hospitality, makes it all the more poignant. Events such as this serve to test our resolve, as library and information professionals, to cling to our ideals of freedom of information and commitment to cultural diversity. May we find the strength to do so. Ross Shimmon Secretary General International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
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