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C elebrate the freedom  
to re a d — Banned 
Books W e e k  1994
Plan now  for your celebra­
tio n  o f B a n n e d  B o o k s 
Week—Celebrating the Free­
dom to Read 1994 held Sep­
tem ber 24-October 1, 1994.
Now in its 13th year, the an­
nual event calls attention to 
the d an g ers o f censorship 
and encourages support for 
the freedom  to read. ALA’s 
Office for Intellectual Free­
dom  (OIF) has an n ounced 
that the 1994 B anned Books Week resource 
kits are now  available for purchase.

The resource kit includes four posters, 100 
bookmarks, and a Resource Book filled with 
ideas on how  to create displays and organize 
events to  commemorate Banned Books Week, 
annotated lists of books challenged or banned, 
quotes, puzzles, and camera-ready art for p u b ­
licity. The kit sells for $23.00, plus shipping 
and handling. Available sepa­
rately are packets o f 100 re­
prints o f the list of books chal­
lenged or banned in 1993-94, 
and additional bookmarks. Re­
prints sell for $15.00 per 100; 
bookm arks for $5.00 per 100 
(plus postage and handling).
Reprints make an enlightening 
handout for library and book­
store patrons, calling attention 
to the surprising prevalence of 
censorship and awakening sup­
port for the freedom to read.

For further information, or 
to order Banned Books Week 
materials, contact the Office for 
Intellectual Freedom, ALA, 50 
East H u ro n  St., Chicago, IL 
60611; phone: (800) 545-2433 
ext. 4223 or (312) 280-4223.

ALA an d  ACRL e x p a n d  
electronic connections
ALA has established a gopher 
on the Internet to expand the 
audience for association poli­
cies, publications, and confer­
ences. ACRL is responsible for

its section o f the g o p h er 
and has m ade available a 
variety of documents. ACRL 
will use a modified version 
of the Table of Contents of 
its G uide to Policies a n d  
Procedures as the tree for 
the gopher. Documents al­
ready available on the go­
p her include: the Table of 
Contents, the appointm ent 
acceptance form, the bio­
graphical information form, 
an ACRL initiative fund re­
quest form, a meeting high­

lights form, an ACRL m embership form and ap­
plication, a reim bursem ent request form, a 
volunteer form, submission guidelines for C&RL 
News, call for papers for ACRL’s 7th National 

onference, and the latest ACRL publications 
atalog. Other docum ents such as ACRL Board 
ctions, standards and guidelines, and ACRL’s 
alendar will be prepared for future placement 
n the gopher.

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To access the ALA gopher, 
users can point their favorite 
gopher client to gopher.uic.edu 
(port 70). O nce users access 
the gopher at the University of 
Illinois at Chicago, the ALA go­
p her can be reached by select­
ing the “library” option on the 
main m enu and then “Ameri­
can Library Association” on the 
submenu.

In addition to its presence 
on the ALA gopher, ACRL is es­
tablishing a new  listserv. Called 
ACRL-Forum, it is an unm oder­
ated listserv o p en  to all for dis­
cussion of issues pertinent to 
ACRL, academic librarianship, 
and higher education. Ray Metz 
has accepted a two-year a p ­
p o in tm e n t as th e  lis ts e r v  
“ow ner.” To subscribe send the 
message “Sub ACRL-FRM your 
nam e to “listserv@uicvm” for a 
b itn e t u se rs a n d  “listserv@  

 uicvm.uic.edu” for Internet us­
 ers.
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elected and appointed ACRL leaders designed
to disseminate and share information about
ACRL.

Libraries celebrate National Library 
Week
Storytelling may not be the activity that imme­
diately comes to mind when you think of uni­
versity libraries celebrating National Library
Week (NLW) but the University of Richmond
Libraries (URL) successfully issued an invita­
tion to faculty and staff families to attend a per­
formance of “Stories and Songs” by musician
and storyteller Eve Watters. URL also made the
first annual NLW Faculty Award to recognize
the most creative use of the library in the last
year. And an exhibit called “Libraries Change
Lives” featured books identified by campus lead­
ers as personally significant in their lives.

S to ry te lle r/m u sicia n  Eve W atters p e rfo rm s 
“Stories an d  Songs” o n  th e fro n t lawn o f  the 
U n iv e r s ity  o f  R ic h m o n d  L ib r a r y  d u r in g  
N ational L ibrary W eek celebrations.

Illinois Benedictine College used NLW to fo­
cus on works authored by faculty. Librarians
solicited citations and works from the faculty
and a student assistant searched OCLC. The
resulting list of publications was used for an
exhibit and as a list of works to add to the
library’s collection. A limit of three to four items
per faculty member was observed, with longer
bibliographies printed in an accompanying
notebook.

Ed. note: Thanks to Lucretia McCulley, Uni­
versity of Richmond, and Liz Brucker, Illinois
Benedictine College, for sharing their activities
with us. If your library had a creative NLW cel­

 ebration, send in your report and photo to 
 C&RL News, News from the Field, 50 E. Huron 

St., Chicago, IL 60611.

DIALOG launches online copyright 
compliance service
DIALOG ERA (Electronic Redistribution and 
Archiving), an online copyright compliance 

 service, is now available from Dialog Informa­
 tion Services, Inc. DIALOG ERA gives informa­

tion users a way to make sure their internal 
redistribution and electronic storage activities 

 comply with copyright law. Customers can or­
 der additional paper copies, purchase the right 
 to make additional electronic or paper copies 
 of search results, and purchase the right to elec­
 tronically archive records from the more than 

250 databases participating in the service. The 
DIALOG ERA options for redistribution and 
archiving may be combined with DIALOG out­
put commands, may be accessed through the 
DIALOG alert current awareness services, and 
w ill so o n  b e  av ailable through DIALOG 
Menus. For details contact DIALOG at (800) 
334-2564.

Documents from former Soviet Union 
available through OCLC PRISM ILL
Facts OnLine, a service that locates and retrieves 
documents from information sources in the 
former Soviet Union, is the newest document 
supplier in the OCLC PRISM ILL Document 
Supplier Program. Based in Camano Island, 
Washington, Facts OnLine can retrieve items 
from Russian libraries such as archival works, 
articles, books, patents, and genealogical docu­
ments on subjects including chemistry, law and 
regulations, science and technology, and speci­
fications and standards. Facts OnLine works 
with a Russian counterpart, MITEK Research, 
and has reached agreements with a number of 
Russian information providers. Items ordered 

 through Facts OnLine are available for purchase 
 only, not for loan. There is a $25 charge for 
 each document, plus costs. Costs may include 
 $25 for preparation of a detailed estimate; a 
 $20 archive processing fee; $15 per hour for 
 searching; $1 per page for photocopying; $5 
 per page for photographic reproduction; $25 
 rush service; transportation and lodging ex­

penses if travel is required; long-distance tele­
phone and fax charges; and delivery charges. 

 Document delivery is usually made within one 
 month of the order unless rush service is re­

quested.



July/August 1 9 9 4 / 4 0 5

NYLINE now on Internet
NYLINE, the New York State Library’s e-mail
service, is being converted to an Internet-based
listserv open to all. NYLINE was established in
1985 to improve communication among library
systems, central libraries, and the State Educa­
tion Department, and to test electronic com­
munication. “We are moving from a closed sys­
tem for som e 100 sites to an open system
available to any library or interested individual
with an Internet account,” said New York State
Librarian Joseph F. Shubert. To subscribe send
an e-mail message to: listserv@vml.nysed.gov
with the message: subscribe NYLINE <your
name>. Leave the subject line blank.

NOTIS Systems introduces WinPAC
NOTIS Systems, Inc., introduced WinPAC, a
Microsoft Windows-based search tool for the
Internet. WinPAC promises to provide users
with a single graphical interface for searching
library catalogs, reference databases, and go­
pher servers. WinPAC uses the NISO Z39-50
standard and lets users access any Z39-50 data­
base. Currently there are about 50 databases
available through WinPAC. By year end, users
will be able to retrieve data from up to 500
resources. Patrons can search Z39-50 servers
such as OCLC FirstSearch, RLIN’s CitaDel, as
well as catalogs at Indiana University, the Uni­
versity o f Minnesota, and the University of Cali­
fornia. WinPAC searchers may either browse
or look for an exact match. The product sup­
ports use o f Boolean operators and can also
search gopher servers. The software is avail­
able as a stand alo ne product for $99-00;
WinPAC Complete— which includes WinPAC,
portions of WinSock-compliant 
TCP/IP stack software, and in­
formation on participating In­
ternet access providers— costs 
$169.00. To order call NOTIS 
at (800) 55NOTIS or (800) 556- 
6847.

Library of Michigan 
catalog on Internet
ANSWER, the online catalog of 
the Library o f Michigan in Lan­
sing, is now available on the 
Internet. ANSWER provides de­
scriptive information about the 
library’s books, journals, news­
papers, microforms, and com­
puterized resources. To reach

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 

the catalog, telnet to libofmich.lib.mi.us. Once 
connected login as answer (lowercase). To dis­
connect type <escape> xx. For printed instruc­
tions to access ANSWER call (517) 373-5578, 
fax: (5 1 7 ) 373-1361 or send a m essage to 
jprummel@libofmich. lib. mi. us.

Faculty status consultants sought
Many academic librarians are facing questions 
from chief academic officers and other admin­
istrators relating to faculty status for librarians. 
Questions are being raised as to whether li­
brarians deserve faculty status, whether pay for 
librarians should be equitable with classroom 
faculty, whether librarians should be eligible 
for tenure, where they fit within a bargaining 
unit, and many other issues. Academic librar­
ians need advice and assistance. If you would 
like to help and if you have had experience 
with an issue such as tenure, promotion, salary 
equity, bylaws development, liaison work, ar­
bitration, collective bargaining, or any other 
issue o f status for librarians, you may want to 
serve as a Faculty Status Consultant.

The Academic Status Committee of ACRL 
is soliciting applications from those librarians 
who wish to serve as Faculty Status Consult­
ants. A list o f consultants will be compiled, 
made available to anyone who requests it, and 
kept on file in the ACRL office at ALA Head­
quarters. If you are interested in becom ing a 
Faculty Status Consultant, send a self-ad- 
dressed, stamped envelope with your request 
for a Faculty Status Consultant application to 
D on Frank, Head, Cabot Sciences Library, 
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 by 
September 30, 1994.

Georgetown acquires 
two-millionth volume
The com bined collections of 
Georgetown University’s main 
campus, law, and medical li­
braries recently added their 
two-millionth volume with the 
acquisition of a copy of George 
W ash in g to n ’s T h a n k s g iv in g  
D ay  P r o c la m a tio n  (left). The 
gift of Marshall Coyne, a mem­
ber of the university’s Board of 
Directors, is estimated to be 
worth more than $100,000 and 
is especially significant since it 
dates back to 1789, the year the 
university was founded. ■

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