Intersect Alert, August 5, 2005

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From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Fri Aug 05 2005 - 14:22:18 PDT 

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Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 14:22:18 -0700
From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org>
Subject: Intersect Alert, August 5, 2005

Library stuff

Librarian leaves Bethany $3.2M
IN YEARS past, Mary Cutlip Roche was a librarian at Bethany College.
These days, Roche is being remembered as one of the college's top
benefactors, after she left the school $3.2 million.
http://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/story/084202005_new04_bethany4.asp

Libraries face their biggest shake-up [in the UK]
Librarians could be stripped of their 144-year-old right to choose
books under plans to reorganise the public library service disclosed
yesterday. A national agency would be set up to run libraries,
largely replacing current control by a patchwork of 149 local
authorities. Staff would be redeployed from back offices to deal with
the public. Book choice would be privatised by wholesale suppliers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1539170,00.html

Government

House Bill Would Forgive Student Loans for Librarians
As part of its markup of the Higher Education Act of 1965
reauthorization bill (H.R. 609), the House Committee on Education and
the Workforce July 21 approved an amendment that would expand student
loan forgiveness to librarians in low-income areas.
http://www.ala.org/al_onlineTemplate.cfm?Section=alonline&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=100659

Orwellian

Library tells feds: Butt out
Concerned about patrons' privacy, the Denver Public Library this week
inserted itself into the national political debate over the USA
Patriot Act. On Monday, the library strung, between its east pillars,
white plastic tape with large letters reading: "Privacy Line - Do Not
Cross." Smaller text read, "Stop Secret Searches - ACLU -
ReformthePatriotAct.org."
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_2892212

Key Provisions of House and Senate Patriot Act Reauthorizations Compared
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/008805.html#8805

As Google grows, how much does it know about you?
Although many Internet users eagerly await each new technology from
Google Inc., its rapid expansion is also prompting concerns that the
company may know too much: what you read, where you surf and travel,
whom you write.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/ht/58/07-26-2005/87cc0066061474b1.html

RFID in the new UC Merced Library
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2005/07/rfid_in_the_new.html

Information Commons

Law Firm, Internet Archive Named in Copyright Suit
By DONNA HIGGINS, Andrews Publications Staff Writer
An Internet archive site and a Philadelphia-area law firm have been
named in a lawsuit filed by a health care company that claims the
defendants illegally obtained access to old versions of its Web pages
during discovery in a separate civil case.
http://news.findlaw.com/andrews/bt/cmp/20050727/20050727healthcareadvocates.html

Open Access

Public Library of Science Launches New Open Access Journal on Genetics
http://genetics.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.0010021

Take Action!

ACM Turing Lecture 8/22/2005
SIGCOMM 2005 is the host for this year's ACM Turing Lecture, and has
opened the Lecture beyond the conference attendees to ALL who are
interested. In addition, SIGCOMM will stream it live over the Internet
that Cerf & Kahn helped create. To reserve one of 600 seats set
aside for the public, please
sign up via the Turing Lecture web page:
http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2005/turinglecture.html

http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigcomm/sigcomm2005/turinglecture.html

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