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Library Juice 2:44 - November 17, 1999 Contents: 1. Judy Blume's Harry Potter editorial from the New York Times 2. US Court abdicates law for media ideology (FINS story) 3. PDR.net for Consumers 4. _The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy_ 5. Medical World Search 6. 66th IFLA General Conference, to be held in Jerusalem, Israel, 2000 7. Top 20 Learning Disabilities Resources for Libraries 8. PLGnet-L discussion: notable librarians in history 9. "Intellegence" URLs 10. Historical List of US Intelligence Policy Documents 11. Publications received 12. Green Flash Page Quote for the week: Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. --Voltaire Homepage of the week: Sarah Struble's Thoughtoids: Curiously Strong Tidbits http://www.simmons.edu/~struble/ ____________________________________________________________________________top 1. Judy Blume's Harry Potter editorial from the New York Times is available on the National Coalition Against Censorship Web site at http://www.ncac.org/harrypotter.html ________________________ Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom http://www.ala.org/oif.html ____________________________________________________________________________top 2. US Court abdicates law for media ideology (FINS story) November 15, 1999 New from FINS There are no civic voices in the DC Circuit's "media aristocracy," who speaks for democratic sustainability, social equity, and ecological integrity. Only the "Golden Rule" of investor interests prevails in the channels of the Congressional press galleries. Everyone else is shut down, turned off, or drowned out. Telecommunications infrastructure and TV-broadcasting have been similarly rigged. See the inside story in this issue: US Court abdicates law for media ideology http://sunsite.utk.edu/FINS/News_Columns/Fins-NC7-10.html Vigdor Schreibman -- FINS Federal Information News Syndicate <fins98[at]worldnet.att.net> http://sunsite.utk.edu/FINS ____________________________________________________________________________top 3. PDR.net for Consumers http://www.pdr.net/consumer/ The main sections of this huge resource are: Drug Information, full text of the PDR Family Guides to: Prescription Drugs, Women's Health, and Encyclopedia of Medical Care; Clinical Trial Information, which leads to Center Watch, with a wealth of information related to clinical trials; Info about Doctors, which leads to Health Pages, with databases to help select physicians as well as dentists, managed care plans, and hospitals; Magazine Archives (full-text articles from 13 medical journals - most free, from current date back to 1996); and Getting Well Network, which covers allergies, arthritis, breast cancer, ear infection (otitis media), hypertension, and osteoporosis. From the publishers of the Physicians Desk Reference. Free registration is required and the PDR and Stedman's Medical Dictionary require fees. - se Subjects: drugs | health | medicine | physicians Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ____________________________________________________________________________top 4. _The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy_ (seventeenth edition) http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/ The seventeenth edition of the _The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy_ is available free at the Website of Merck and Co., Inc. This 1999 centennial edition of the _Manual_ has been edited by Mark H. Beers and Robert Berkow and includes contributions from hundreds of experts in the medical field. Users will find over 300 chapters on medical diseases, disorders, and related drug information in 23 specialty areas that include Nutritional Disorders, Cardiovascular Disorders, Infectious Diseases, Gynecology/ Obstetrics, Clinical Pharmacology, and Poisoning. Entries for each disease or disorder provide information such as causes and risk factors, symptoms and diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. The _Manual_ is searchable by keyword and includes hyperlinks to chapters, topics, diagrams, and tables throughout the text. A print or palm pilot version can be ordered at the site. [GW] >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ____________________________________________________________________________top 5. Medical World Search Medical World Search is a search engine for medicine and medicinal topics at http://www.mwsearch.com/ . It's a full text search engine of 100,000 Web pages from selected sites. [From ResearchBuzz http://www.researchbuzz.com ] ____________________________________________________________________________top 6. 66th IFLA General Conference, to be held in Jerusalem, Israel, 2000 Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 16:21:19 +0100 From: Josche Neven <josche.neven[at]IFLA.NL> Subject: 66th IFLA General Conference Web-site To: IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA Dear Colleagues, IFLA is happy to announce that full information about the 66th IFLA General Conference, held in Jerusalem, Israel is now available on IFLANET. You will be able to find information about registration, the theme(s), the programme, the exhibition and much more at: http://www.ifla.org/ *************************************************** Ms. Josche Neven IFLA Communications and Project Officer IFLA Headquarters P.O. Box 95312 Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 2509 CH The Hague, The Netherlands Tel: +31-70-314 0884 Fax: +31-70-383 4827 E-mail: josche.neven[at]ifla.org Internet: www.ifla.org *************************************************** ____________________________________________________________________________top 7. Top 20 Learning Disabilities Resources for Libraries ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jennifer Grube <jgrube[at]ALA.ORG> Subject: Top 20 Learning Disabilities Resources for Libraries You may have heard about our famous "Top 20" LD resources list - we've included it here so you can share it with others! To date, over 136,000 "Top 20" lists have been distributed to libraries, LD organizations, and library partners across the nation. Color and HTML copies of list and other LD information is available upon request to (312) 280-4399 or via email, agorman[at]ala.org. Or visit the the Roads To Learning web page, www.ala.org/roads, for online reading. Top 20 LD Resources for Libraries Bridges to Reading, Second Edition San Mateo, CA: Schwab Foundation for Learning, 1999. Full kit, $24.95. Library Edition: Free to libraries with request on letterhead or via e-mail to info[at]schwablearning.org. To be available summer 1999. Phone: 800-230-0988 Beginning steps for parents in identifying, understanding, and addressing reading problems experienced by their children. Cicci, Regina What's wrong with me? Learning disabilities at home and school. MD: York Press, Inc.,1995. ISBN 0-912752-38-6 $26.50 Phone: 800-962-2763. Common learning disabilities and how to work with people who have them. Dyslexia: A Different Kind of Mind (video, 29 min.) Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1997. $129 .00 Phone: 800-257-5126 Web orders: http://www.films.com Basic science, strengths and challenges, multisensory teaching strategies and assistive technology. Fisher, Gary and Rhoda Cummings The survival guide for kids with LD. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, 1990. ISBN 0-915793-18-0 $9.95 trade paper or Demco Media ISBN 0-606-02704-1 $15.15 Trade cloth Also Free Spirit: ISBN 0-915793-20-2 $10.00 Paper book and audiocassette ISBN 0-915793-21-0 Audiocassette only Free Spirit's phone: 800-735-7323. LD in terms kids can understand, emphasizing that kids with LD can be winners too. Ages 8-12, reading level 2.7. Also available in Spanish. "Highly recommended" - VOYA Fisher, Gary and Rhoda Cummings When your child has LD: A survival guide for parents. MN: Free Spirit Publishing, 1995. ISBN 0-915793-87-3 $12.95 Paper Phone: 800-735-7323. Effects of LD, legal rights, "dos and don'ts," and case studies. Hall, Susan L. and Louisa C. Moats Straight talk about reading: How parents can make a difference in the early years. Chicago, IL: Contemporary Publishing Company, 1998. ISBN 0-8092-2857-2 $12.95 How children learn to read plus practical advice on reading guidance. Hallowell, Edward When you worry about the child you love. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1997. ISBN 0-684-83268-2 $11.00 Perfect DIANE, 1999 ISBN 0-7881-6000-1 $23.00 Trade cloth General reference, causes, symptoms, effects and possible treatment of over 30 conditions. How Difficult Can This Be? F.A.T. City (70 minutes, video and manual) Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. $49.95 Available from WETA Videos Phone: 800-343-5540 (9-5 ET, Mon-Fri) or through LD OnLine www.ldonline.org Rick Lavoie explores the difficulties faced by children with LD via simulations that recreate their experience. Hurford, Daphne M. To read or not to read: Answers to all your questions about dyslexia. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0-684-83950-4 $23.00 Trade cloth ISBN: 0-684-85541-0 $14.00 Trade paper, 1999 Types of dyslexia, current theory, diagnosis, remediation, technology, resource list. LD OnLine http://www.ldonline.org (Web site) Washington, DC: WETA. The best on the Web for learning disabilities information, reading research, teacher tips, links to other resources and much more. Visit the Kids' Zone too. Levine, Mel All kinds of minds: A young student's book about learning abilities and learning disorders. Cambridge, MA: Educators Publishing Service, 1993. ISBN 0-8388-2090-5 $24.75 Trade paper Also on audiocassette. Phone: 1-800-225-5750 Shows kids how they learn, what makes it difficult, and how strengths can be used to improve. Osman, Betty B. Learning disabilities and ADHD: A family guide to living and learning together. Revised edition NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. ISBN 0-471-15510-1 $14.95 Paper text A practical update of a respected volume. Peterson's guide to colleges with programs for students with learning disabilities or attention deficit disorders, Fifth Edition. Magrum, Charles T. II and Stephen S. Strichart (Eds.) Princeton, NJ: Peterson, 1997. ISBN 1-56079-853-X $32.95 Trade paper with CD-ROM More than 900 two-year colleges and universities with special services. Get the most current edition. Reiff, Henry, Paul Gerber, and Rick Ginsberg Exceeding Expectations: Successful Adults with Learning Disabilities. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed, 1997. ISBN 0-89079-705-6 $27.00 Paper text Success rather than failure, ability rather than disability, and what leads to positive outcomes. Roby, Cynthia When learning is tough: Kids talk about Learning Disabilities Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Co., 1994. ISBN 0-8075-8892-X $13.95 Paper Tells how young people with learning problems feel, and illustrates that learning problems can be solved. Elementary and middle school. Silver, Larry B. The misunderstood child: A guide for parents of children with learning disabilities. Third Edition. NY: Times Books, 1998. ISBN 0-8129-2987-3 Trade cloth Ways to help LD youngsters, including social, emotional and family issues related to learning disabilities. Smith, Corinne and Lisa Strick Learning disabilities A TO Z: A parent's complete guide to learning disabilities from preschool to adulthood. NY: The Free Press, 1997. ISBN 0-684-82738-7 $25.00 Trade cloth or NY: Simon & Schuster, 1999. ISBN 0-684-84468-0 $15.00 Trade paper Causes, identification, treatment, and management of LD. Smith, Sally L. No easy answers: The learning disabled child at home and at school. NY: Bantam, 1995. ISBN 0-553-35450-7 $12.95 Also in hard cover and cassette versions, and languages other than English. Creative, practical ideas for diverse populations. Transitions to Postsecondary Learning (Video, 47 min.) Canada: No Boundary Communications, 1998. ISBN 0-968407-1-2 $139.95 Guides and workbook included. Phone: 800-933-4063 Basic explanation of LD plus practical steps for successful education beyond high school. Recommended by Booklist, 3/1/99. Vail, Priscilla L. (Ed.) Smart kids with school problems: Things to know and ways to help. New York: New American Library/Dutton, 1987. ISBN 0-525-24557-x $18.95 Suggestions for success in school, preschool through college. ____________________________________________________________________________top 8. PLGnet-L discussion: notable librarians in history This thread on PLGnet-L started as a discussion of Time Magazine's list of ideas for "person of the century." Hitler was on the list, which seemed wrong to some list members, thus the start of the discussion. It turned a corner last Tuesday, as follows: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. To: PLGNet-L[at]listproc.sjsu.edu Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 07:36:06 -0800 Celia Perez writes: >THREE women in the top 20--Mother Teresa, Madonna (?), and Princess Diana (?). Ugh, pathetic. But then, what can one expect when "the King" is at the top of the list? What? Where's Ataturk? I thought he was running away w/ this thing, thanks to enthusiastic ballot-box stuffing from Turkey ('stuffing', hmm...all holiday puns, entirely unintended...) Now it's Elvis? Wha'ever. The important question, if there are any truly important fin de siecle questions is: Who are the librarians of the century? Harriet Eddy maybe, Sanford Berman--who d'ya nominate? (I'd say 'whom', the objective case being standard there, except I'm only support staff so it's not allowed). Bruce Jensen PLUS: Public Libraries Using Spanish http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/8107 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. QUIZ Who is the most famous librarian. Most people in the world recognize his name. Many of his countrymen, think of him as one of their greatest national heroes. He didn't become famous as a librarian, Scroll down for answer -- Speak Truth to Power Tom Baxter, USA 66-69, Vietnam 67-69 Progressive Librarians http://www.libr.org/PL/index.html VVAW http://www.prairienet.org/vvaw/ Veterans for Peace http://www.veteransforpeace.org/ PO Box 10358, Tallahassee, Florida 32302-9752 When you absolutely, positively have to know, ask a librarian. Answer: Mao Tse-Tung .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. my vote: Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, or just yo, Rang! for short. how can it get any better than classifying everything into: personality, matter, energy, space, time. Alexander Zimmerman .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Thanks for the riddle, Tom! I used to try to keep a list of famous people who had been librarians/ library workers. I remember: the Brothers Grimm and Casanova from times past. The poet Marianne Moore worked at the NYPL for years. And of course that great bibliophile, Borges. Who else? -- Alison M. Lewis, Ph.D. - OPAC/Re-Con Manager American Philosophical Society Library 105 S. 5th St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-440-3444 alewis[at]amphilsoc.org http://www.amphilsoc.org .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Anne Tyler used to be the Russian bibliographer at Duke, in 1962-63, I believe. Renee McBride .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I think the poet Philip Levine was a librarian, but didn't like it very much. --steve harris .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. A good website on this topic is: http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/papers/famouslb.htm It also provides links to pages about librarians/libraries in film (which includes a reference to a typical stereotyping insult: "Gee, we've won an 'award' of sorts. This site has been honored (?) by being listed among the elite 'Useless Pages' on the web. We're in 'The Uselessness of Movies' section, with the warning 'Be very quiet when you look at this page.' When you've time on your hands, visit http://www.go2net.com/internet/useless/useless/movies.html to see the company we're keeping") and librarians/libraries in mystery novels. Carol Reid New York State Library .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Also, the poet Philip Larkin was a librarian. And the writer Arna Bontemps. And Archibald MacLeish was Librarian of Congress. Jeff Purdue .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. The Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume spent several years as the Librarian at the Law Library at University of Edinborough. ---- Alan Mattlage Reference/Instruction Librarian Arts and Humanities Team 0131 McKeldin Library University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. my vote: Lao Tzu! and of course that would make gatekeeper Yin Hsi, who asked him to write down his wisdom, my vote for archivist! alexander zimmerman .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Okay, this is a lame one but being a HUGE Smiths fan I have to include it anyway. Morrissey's mom was a librarian. She's not famous, but she gave birth to Morrissey for chrissakes! Celia C. Perez .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Marcel Duchamp, an important/great 20th century figure if I'm the one you're asking, was a paraprofessional level librarian before his "career" "took off". -Derek Monypeny .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I believe, if my recollection serves me, the French poet, Guillaume Appolinaire, worked at the Bibliotheque Nationale, fittingly enough as the curator of the section known colloquially as "L'enfer", which contained the collection of forbidden books. His bibliographic research there undoubtedly informed his own quite notable forays into pornography, "Les Onze Milles Verges" and "Les Memoires D'Un Jeune Don Juan". Mark Rosenzweig .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Actually, it was Philip Larkin I was thinking of, not Philip Levine. Scratch Levine from the list . . . he weren't no liberrian! --steve harris .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas worked at the National Library (in Havana?), where he wrote his first book, Singing from the Well. Seems it was a great place to work (the director really only expected five hours of work per day) until the director, Maria Teresa Freyre de Andrade, was ousted and replaced, according to Arenas, by a captain of Fidel Castro's police. Audre Lorde, poet and activist, was a librarian. See her mythobiography, Zami. Katharine Reed .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I am so impressed. I have new hope for my ailing career in librarianship. Keiller MacDuff begrudging MLIS student, Wellington, NZ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hear, hear, and my own inspiration was the poet Philip Larkin, a librarian his entire life, who ended up director of the library at the University of Hull from 1955 to 1985. Here's one to bore you busy librarians, courtesy http://www.artofeurope.com/poetry.htm: Sad Steps Groping back to bed after a piss I part thick curtains, and am startled by The rapid clouds, the moon's cleanliness. Four o'clock: wedge-shadowed gardens lie Under a cavernous, a wind-picked sky. There's something laughable about this, The way the moon dashes through clouds that blow Loosely as cannon-smoke to stand apart (Stone-coloured light sharpening the roofs below) High and preposterous and separate - Lozenge of love! Medallion of art! O wolves of memory! Immensements! No, One shivers slightly, looking up there. The hardness and the brightness and the plain Far-reaching singleness of that wide stare Is a reminder of the strength and pain Of being young; that it can't come again, But is for others undiminished somewhere. --- Steven Harris <harris[at]aztec.lib.utk.edu> wrote: > I think the poet Philip Levine was a librarian, but > didn't like it > very much. P.S. I'd also like to add a vote for journalist/librarian Ulrike Meinhof. If you don't know her story, click on http://www.baader-meinhof.com/who/terrorists/bmgang/meinhofulrike.html -Catty Librarian .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. What about Herman Kruk, librarian of the Ghetto in Vilne (see http://home.germany.net/100/115158/kruk.htm), mentioned in Joshua Sobol's "Ghetto"? -Raimund Dehmlow .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Thanks so much for everyone's wonderful suggestions for famous librarians -- I've gotten several new names to add to my list! One new one to me, Arna Bontemps, who was suggested by Jeffery Purdue, actually had an MLS from Chicago and worked at Fisk -- in addition to being a major player the Harlem Renaissance! He's best known to me as a poet, but he also wrote some popular children's books. -- Alison M. Lewis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I nominate Thomas Gates as Librarian of the Century," both published historian and Reference Librarian Extraordinary -Peter Kaiser .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Two librarians whose work reinforced the gains of the civil rights movement are E.J. Josey and Sandy Berman. I think that's being a "library person of the century"! Miriam Pickens, Detroit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I'd like to add one more to the "librarians of the century" thread: Hal Draper, who was a librarian at Cal-Berkeley as well as being a very important figure in the history of the U.S. socialist left. In 1940 Draper helped form the Workers Party, which espoused a "Third Camp" brand of revolutionary socialism equally opposed to both capitalism and Stalinism. From 1949 to 1959, while living in New York, he edited the newspaper Labor Action. During the 1960s, while working as a librarian at Berkeley, he became a respected Marx scholar, and over the next three decades produced a series of studies culminating in his famous four- volume work _Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution_ (published by Monthly Review Press). While a librarian at Berkeley, Draper (along with his wife Anne) served as an important bridge between the Old and New Lefts. He was close to Mario Savio and the Free Speech Movement, and in 1964 published the pamphlet "The Mind of Clark Kerr" and a book, _Berkeley: The New Student Revolt_. He also organized an Independent Socialist Club, which later formed branches in other cities. In 1969 the Independent Socialist Clubs became the International Socialists, a group that played an important role in rank-and-file union movements in the 1970s, helping to organize Teamsters for a Democratic Union among other things. (The Drapers left the IS in 1971, however, criticizing it as sectarian.) Draper's vision of "socialism from below", as most clearly expressed in his 1966 essay in the journal _New Politics_, "The Two Souls of Socialism", is as relevant today as ever and continues to influence many socialist activists in the U.S. and around the world. So, along with all the other illustrious names that have been mentioned, I would like to honor Hal Draper as a "librarian of the century"! -- Mark Hudson .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hal also wrote the wonderful 'library science' fiction story: MS Fnd in a Lbry: or, the day civilisation collapsed [ http://www.best.com/~contento/s79.html#A1205.1 ] Here's fair use at work: " From: Report of the Commander, Seventh Expeditionary Force, Andromedan Paleoanthropological Mission ... What puzzled our research teams was the suddenness of the collapse, and the speed of reversion to barbarism, in the multi-galactic civilization of the biped race. Obvious causes like war, destruction, plague, or invasion were speedily eliminated. Now the outlines of the picture emerged, the answer makes me apprehensive.... ... On the mother planet there are early traces of _books_. This word denotes paleoliterary records of knowledge in representational and macroscopic form. Of course, these disappeared very early, perhaps 175,000 of our yukals ago, when their increase threatened to leave no place on the planet's surface for anything else." -Chris Mays .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. You can join PLGnet-L at http://libr.org/PLG ____________________________________________________________________________top 9. "Intellegence" URLs From ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 23:36:46 -0400 (EDT) From: rosaphil <rugosa[at]interport.net> Subject: intel resources: Re: AFIO? 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http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/oss980501.htm http://www.fas.org/irp/wwwecon.html INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS http://www.odci.gov/cia/di/index.html http://www.fas.org/irp/gentry/index.html http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/int012.html COUNTERINTELLIGENCE http://www.nacic.gov/ (NACIC) http://www.fbi.gov/ansir/ansir.htm (FBI) http://foia.fbi.gov http://www.dtic.mil/dodsi/researc2.html http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/hula/hitzrept.html (Ames) http://www.inel.gov/resources/newsletters/dragonsbreath/dragbreath.html COVERT ACTION http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/cia-invismain.html INFORMATION WARFARE http://www.infowar.com/ http://jya.com/crypto.htm LAW ENFORCEMENT http://www.thepalmerpress.com/welcome.html CIA, Center for Study of Intelligence http://www.odci.gov/csi/ CIA FOIA documents http://www.foia.ucia.gov/ CIA WORLD FACTBOOK (not about intelligence, but indispensable) http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html DIA http://140.47.5.4/foia/foia.html NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE (declassified documents) http://www.seas.gwu.edu/nsarchive/ PFIAB http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/pfiab/ CRITICS OF THE CIA & INTELLIGENCE http://www.us.net/cip/cia.htm (Mel Goodman) http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol3/v3n20hri.htm (IPS) http://www3.theatlantic.com/issues/98feb/cia.htm (Shirley) http://www.members.tripod.com/CIABASE/index.html (McGehee) http://www.angelfire.com/id/ciadrugs/ http://www.radio4all.org/crackcia/ SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE http://www.senate.gov/committee/intelligence.html FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES http://www.cc.umist.ac.uk/sk/index.html (UK) http://www.pro.gov.uk/releases/soe-europe.htm (SOE) http://www.mi5.gov.uk/ (UK, MI-5) http://www.open.gov.uk/co/cim/cimrep1.htm (UK) http://www.gchq.gov.uk/ (UK, GCHQ) http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/ (Canada, CSIS) http://www.cse.dnd.ca/cse/english/home_1.html (Canada) http://www.dsd.gov.au/about.html (Australia) ON LINE JOURNALS http://www.indigo-net.com/intel.html http://www.blythe.org/Intelligence/ http://www.afji.com/ (AFJI) http://www.awgnet.com/aviation/index.htm (Aviation Week) http://www.milparade.ru/ (military-related publicatons) SPECIAL REPORTS http://www.carnegie.org/deadly/0697warning.htm (warning, 1997) http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1998_cr/s980731-rumsfeld.htm (Rumsfeld, 98) http://www.seas.gwu.edu/nsarchive/news/19980222.htm (Bay Pigs) http://www.fas.org/irp/cia/product/jeremiah.html (Jeremiah(�98) http://www.fas.org/irp/cia/product/cocaine2/index.html (cocaine) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/drugs/front.htm PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS http://www.his.com/~afio/ (AFIO) http://www.nmia.org/ (NMIA) http://www.xmission.com:80/~nip/ (NIP) http://www.oss.net/ (OSS) http://www.aochq.org/ (Old Crows) http://www.opsec.org/ (OPSEC pros) http://www.afcea.com/ (AFCEA) http://www.air-america.org (Air America Assoc) http://www.cloakanddagger.com/dagger (Cloak & Dagger Books) http://intelligence-history.wiso.uni-erlangen.de/ (history grp, German) http://www.covertcomic.com/CovertComicJokes.htm (CIA jokester) LISTSERVS (discussion) http://www.xmission.com:80/~nip/ (Naval Intelligence Professionals) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kies/kia4th.htm (Cloaks & Daggers) :-) Message ends, Signature begins (-: George Lessard whose life is currently in "...transition..." (Read as: He's both jobless and homeless at the moment.) Suggestions / info on jobsearch, patronage / residencies & commissions (in the artistic sense) should be sent to mediamentor[at]cyberdude.com "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot... "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito..." African Proverb ICQ # 8501081 Moderator Creative-Radio http://www.eGroups.com/list/creative-radio MediaMentor Weblog http://www.eGroups.com/list/mediamentor Homepages http://members.tripod.com/~media002 Disclaimers & (c) info http://members.tripod.com/~media002/disclaimer.htm ____________________________________________________________________________top 10. Historical List of US Intelligence Policy Documents http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/NSC/html/historical/ A "comprehensive list of nearly all key national security policy documents issued from the Kennedy through the Bush Administration...as well as a list of NSC Intelligence Directives for the 1947-1975 time period." Adobe Acrobat for PDF format is required. There are also directions on how to get copies of the full-text of the listed documents that aren't still classified, with links to the National Archives Information Locator (NAIL), and some presidential libraries that offer the texts on their site. From the National Security Council, as a part of the White House site. - smb Subjects: governments - federal | freedom of information Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ____________________________________________________________________________top 11. Publications received from Martyn Lowe in the UK. Thanks, Martyn. Freedom Press Bookshop Spring 1999 Retail and Wholesale List - "For over 100 years Freedom Press has been a publisher and distributor of anarchist and alternative social and political literature. As we approach the third millenium, while others pursue the latest fad or cult we consider it important to continue this work. Thus, in addition to its fortnightly newspaper _Freedom_ (Founded by Peter Kropotkin and Charlotte Wilson in 1886) and its quarterly journal _The Raven_ (1987), Fredom Press now has over 70 titles in print, covering the history and development of the anarchist movement, as well as its philosophy and its practical application to the problems of modern society. Freedom Press's wide variety of authors (from Kropotkin, Emma Goldman and Lweis Mumford, to Alex Comfort, Marie Louise Berneri, Colin Ward and Murray Bookchin) write on a broad spectrum of topics: Capitalism, the State, Revolution, Social Ecology, History, War and Peace, Transport, Health, Children, Education, and Housing. We also publish several strip cartoon books, a boxed set of anarchist biography-and-portrait cards, the world's first anthology of anarchist poetry in English, a children's illustrated story book and a fictional anarchist Utopia." (From the catalog.) Your book jobber doesn't handle Freedom Press, so you'll have to get their catalog directly. Write to Freedom Press Bookshop, Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX, ENGLAND. web: http://www.tao.ca/~freedom _Freedom: Anarchist Fortnightly_, Vol. 60, No. 16, 7 August 1999. Contains articles on Kosovo ("Kosovo: facts and figures"), Britain's Labour Party (and the movement called "New Labour"), Jim Allen and Spain, an HMO scandal in Britain, a 1920 issue of "The Daily Mail" that made predictions for the year 2000, the WTO, book reviews, and letters. Available from Freedom Press, address given above. _LAB News_, Summer 1999. "The Latin American Bureau is an independent research and publishing organisation. It works to broaden public understanding of the issues of human rights and social and economic justice in Latin America and the Caribbean." Has announcements, news from the organization, events, and letters. Latin American Bureau, 1 Amwell Street, London EC1R 1UL. Tel. +44 (0)171 278 2829. Fax. +44 (0)171 278 0165. email: lab[at]gn.apc.org http://www.lab.org.uk _Campaign to Free Vanunu and for a nuclear-free middle east. Newsletter Summer 1999_. News relating to the imprisonment and campaign to free Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli political prisoner. Vanunu was jailed for releasing secrets about Israel's nuclear program, such as the fact that it exists. Complicating the issue is the fact that Vanunu is a Christian and has been further punished for refusing to participate in Jewish observances while imprisoned. Campaign to Free Vanunu, 185 New Kent Road, London SE1 4AG. Tel. +44 171 378 9324. Email: campaign[at]vanunu.freeserve.co.uk website: http://www.vanunu.freeserve.co.uk _WARNING - THIS IS PROPAGANDA: The Comic Book for Working Class Radicals and Left Wing Intellectuals_., issue 2. At 32 pages, this is a nice, fat zine. Lots of fun to be had with Tony Blair and the neolibbers, National Front skinheads, "Champaign Socialists", "PARA-NOID, the trendy lefty who's gonna change the world", Disney, yuppies, the facial hair of great radical (well, communist) leaders in history, and an interview with the Mekons. It has a sad edge, unavoidably. Contact: WTIP, Red Planet Books, 3 Ardleigh Road, London N1 4HS. _The Freethinker: Secular Humanist Monthly_ Vol. 119, No. 10, October 1999. Has news on the politics and culture of religion and anti religion in Britain and worldwide. G W Foote & Company, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. email: editor[at]freethinker.co.uk website: http://www.freethinker.co.uk _MAUBERE: Newletter of the East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign_, issue 17, August, 1999. Has highly detailed, valuable news about the situation in East Timor, as well as pieces on other topics. Contact: East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign, Room 16, 24 Dame St., Dublin 2. Tel/Fax (country code?) 671-9207. email: etisc[at]ireland.supports.tp web: http://www.easttimor.com ____________________________________________________________________________top 12. Green Flash Page - http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/GF/ Excellent information on the "phenomena seen at sunrise and sunset, when some part of the Sun suddenly changes color (at sunset, from red or orange to green or blue)." There are pictures (with photographs, simulations, and clarification about crepuscular rays), explanations, advice on how to best see one, and facts debunking common misconceptions about green flashes. There is also an annotated bibliography on green flashes, mirages, and related atmospheric refraction phenomena as well as an extensive list of links to related sites. Maintained by astronomer Andrew T. Young at San Diego State University. - cl Subjects: astronomy Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ____________________________________________________________________________top L I B R A R Y J U I C E | http://libr.org/Juice/ | | Library Juice is supported by a voluntary subscription | fee of $10 per year, variable based on ability and | desire to pay. You may send a check payable in US funds | to Rory Litwin, at PO Box 720511, San Jose, CA 95172 | | Original material and added value in Library Juice | is copyright-free; beyond that the publisher makes | no guarantees. Library Juice is a free weekly | publication edited and published by Rory Litwin. | Original senders are credited wherever possible; | opinions are theirs. 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