ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C & R L N e w s ■ F e b r u a r y 2 001 / 135 N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l d Mary Ellen Davis ALA vo te s to ch a lle n g e C h ild re n 's Internet P rotection A ct ALA’s executive b o a rd v o te d o n Ja n u a ry 17 to initiate legal a c tio n c h a lle n g in g th e r e ­ cently e n a c te d C h ild re n ’s In te rn e t P ro te c ­ tion Act (CIPA), sig n ed into law o n D ecem ­ ber 21. The decision cam e after m ore than a w eek o f in te n se d iscu ssio n am o n g lead e rs and m em bers d u rin g th e M idw inter M eet­ ing. ALA contends the act is unconstitutional and creates an infringem ent of First A m end­ ment protections. The federal rider, w h ich w as attach ed to the Labor HHS E d u c a tio n A p p ro p ria tio n s Bill, m an d ates lib raries a n d sc h o o ls to in ­ stall c o n te n t filters o n all c o m p u te rs th a t offer Internet access as a p rereq u isite to re ­ ceiving federal grant funds. Funding sources include the e-rate program , th e Library Ser­ vices and T echnology Act, a n d th e E lem en­ tary and Secondary E ducation Act. All three programs help en su re schools a n d libraries provide access to th e resources comm unities need to thrive in th e inform ation age. CIPA runs counter to these federal efforts to close the digital divide for all A m ericans. No filtering softw are successfully differ­ entiates co n stitu tio n a lly p ro te c te d s p e e c h from illegal s p e e c h o n th e In te rn e t. Even the federal com m ission a p p o in te d to study child safety o n th e In te rn e t c o n c lu d e d fil­ ters are not effective in blocking all co n ten t that some m ay find o b jectio n ab le, but they do block m u c h u sefu l a n d c o n stitu tio n ally protected inform ation. ALA is researching an d ex p lo rin g its o p ­ tions in p re p a ra tio n for litigation. Furm an U n iv e r s ity a d o p ts e le m e n ta ry sch o o l Furman University in Greenville, South Caro­ lina, has partnered w ith the U rban League of the Upstate in its “O peration Adopt-A-School” program. The goal of th e program is to raise student test scores, increase parental involve­ ment, and improve the buildings and grounds. The James B. Duke Library at Furm an is sp e­ cifically committed to helping Sirrine Elemen­ tary School purchase new books for its library and up d ate the facility. Janis Bandelin, director of Furman’s library, delivered the first batch o f new books to the Sirrine library in December. So far, Furman and the Urban League have raised $2,500 to purchase new books for the Sirrine library. “The book col­ lection at the Sirrine library is sorely out of date,” Bandelin said. “The majority o f its books was published before 1950, and its encyclopedia sets w ere published before 1980. So w e felt it was important that the students have more up-to-date reading material available to them.” A C R L a llo c a t e s $ 6 0 ,0 0 0 fo r s c h o la r s h ip s Th e ACRL Board of Directors has set aside $60,000 to award scholarships to ACRL members and stu­ dents attending ACRL conferences and institutes. The three scholarship programs identified to date are: • 50 entry-level librarians will share $25,250 to fund registration and some travel expenses to the ACRL National Conference in Denver, March 15-18, 2001; • graduate students in library and informa­ tion studies programs will receive registration and travel expenses to the ACRL National Confer­ ence, drawing from $15,000 that has been set aside for this purpose; ACRL offers free Placement Center in Denver List your job openings at the Placement Center at the ACRL National Conference in Denver, March 15-18, 2001. The Placement Center will post job openings and information from job seekers in a searchable, online database. O p­ portunities to arrange interviews and a mes­ sage center will be available onsite. The Placement Center, coordinated by the ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment, will be open Thursday through Saturday, March 15-17. Visit h ttp ://w w w . ala.oig/acrl/denver/overview.html to complete employer and job-seeker forms. Questions? Contact Maxine Moore at mmoore@ala.org. mailto:mmoore@ala.org • selected Track 1 participants in the ACRL Institute for Information Literacy Immersion p ro g ra m , A u g u st 3 -8 , 2001, at SUNY Plattsburgh will receive scholarship funds draw n from another $15,000 allocation. The ACRL Board recognizes that profes­ sional developm ent is one the highest priori­ ties o f ACRL mem bers. URLs have short shelf life A study by Cornell University librar­ ians indicates that m any Web ad ­ dresses cited in student term -paper bibliographies often are incorrect or refer to documents that no longer ex­ ist. The study, using term papers b e­ tw een 1996 and 1999, found that af­ ter a mere six months, URL references cited in term papers stood more than a 50 percent chance o f not existing. After four years, the URL references cited stood an 80 percent chance of no longer existing. Philip M. Davis and Suzanne A. Cohen of Cornell studied the citation behavior of undergradu­ ates in a large multi-college class, Introduction to M icroeconomics. The results of their research, “The Effect of the Web on Undergraduate Citation Behavior, 1 9 9 6 -1 9 9 9 ” w ill b e p u b l i s h e d in a forthcoming issue of the Journal o f the American Society forInformation Science (JASIS). The research- ers also d is c o v e re d a d e c re a s e in th e Jo in the virtu al d iscu ssion s on d ig ita l reference and more! Make the most o f your time at the ACRL National Con­ ference, March 15-18, 2001, by thinking about and dis­ cussing major issues before you get to Denver. How will digital reference change librar­ ies and their services? What is the future of academic reference? Join the virtual discus­ sion hosted by David Lankes, director of Information Institute of Syracuse at Syra­ cuse University, on the Web at http://quartz. syr.edu/DigRef/default.htm. At this Web site you will find introduc­ tory materials for the session, a reading list, information on the program, links to digi­ tal reference sites, and a place to begin the dialog. Participate in the online discussion forum and share your thoughts on the is­ sues surrounding digital reference. R ead p a p e r s o n a s s e s s m e n t, s c h o la r ly c o m m u n ic a tio n , a n d fu tu re c h a lle n g e s Leaders in higher education have prepared, at ACRL's request, background papers on assessment of student learning, challenges for academic libraries, and the changing role of librarians in the scholarly commu­ nication process. These papers are on the ACRL Web site at http://w w w .ala.org/acrl/ denver/invitedpapers.html: • Becoming Pockets o f Hope: The Chal­ lenge to Academic Libraries of the 21st Cen­ tury—Eileen de los Reyes, assistant profes­ sor of Education, Harvard University •A ssessm ent o f Student Learning— Kenneth Smith, Eller Distinguished Service professor, University of Arizona •Shifting Sands: The Changing Juris­ diction of Librarians in the Scholarly Com­ m unication Process—Michael Ray, team systems director, University of Arizona Come to Denver prepared to join the dis­ cussions on these issues affecting academic librarianship and higher education. Hundreds of programs, networking, and discussion op­ portunities are available at the conference. Full details are on the Web at http://www.ala.org / acrl/denver.html. Questions? Contact ACRL at (800) 545-2433 ext. 2515 or e-mail: acrl@ala.otg. 136/ C&RL News ■ February 2001 http://quartz http://www.ala.org/acrl/ http://www.ala.oig/ mailto:acrl@ala.otg 2001 RBMS Preconference—San Francisco The 42nd annual Rare Books and Manuscript Section (RBMS) preconference, “The Twen­ tieth-Century,” will be held June 12-15, 2001, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. The preconference will explore the chal­ lenges and opportunities w e face as builders of 20th-century research collections. The pro­ gram will examine 20th-century collecting practices, formats, and constituencies, along with the evolutionary cultural and techno­ logical changes that bear upon the nature of 20th-century recorded information. The preconference will offer an assort­ ment o f plenary papers, seminars, w ork­ shops, and tours. Topics will include: the history of com puter science and technology; changes in the patterns o f literary collecting; and the relationship betw een collection build­ ing and scholarship. Invited plenary speak­ ers include: Stephen Enniss, Emory Univer­ sity; Marvin Taylor, New York University; and Libbie Rifkin, Folger Shakespeare Library. Seminar presentations will provide a fo­ rum for discussing technical sendees, collec­ tion development, and public service issues, including: online manuscript finding aids; the experience of outsourcing the OPAC; oral history programs and collections; ethical and legal issues involved in donor relations; and subject access to medieval an d Renaissance manuscripts. On Thursday, Ju n e 14, conference par­ ticipants will travel across the Bay for a day at the University o f California, Berkeley, and a reception hosted by the Bancroft Library. The Fairmont, one o f San Francisco’s his­ toric, w orld-renow ned hotels, is centrally located on top of Nob Hill at 950 Mason Street frequency of scholarly resources cited. Book references d ro p p ed from 30 to 19 percent. Newspaper citations increased from 7 to 19 percent and Web citations increased from 9 to 21 percent. ingenta offers CrossRef Linking ingenta, a global research gateway, has b e­ come a registered agent for CrossRef, the ref­ erence linking initiative for scientific and scholarly publishers (see “CrossRef’ article at the com er of Powell Street. It offers pan­ oramic views of the city and the San Fran­ cisco Bay. Renovated in 1999, the Fairmont has been restored to its original beaux arts design as conceived by the celebrated San Francisco architect Julia Morgan in 1906. ALA single room rates for die Fairmont will be $186, with double room rates starting at $199 per night. A dorm option will be available at the University of San Francisco, a 20-minute ride o n the bus line to Powell Street/Union Square. More information about th e F a irm o n t H o te l c a n b e fo u n d at: h ttp ://w w w . fa irm o n t. c o m /h o hote ls/in d e x _ SF.html. Reservations for the Fairmont Hotel must be m ade through the ALA Travel Desk at (800) 999-0925 before May 11, 2001. Please identify yourself as an RBMS attendee. Preconference registration fees will be $195 for ACRL m em bers and $230 for n o n ­ members. Fees include entrance to all p re­ conference receptions, coffee breaks, papers, and seminars. Additional details about the 2001 RBMS Preconference are on the RBMS Web site at http://www.rbms.nd.edU/#preconferences.A printed brochure and registration form will be m ailed to RBMS m em bers in March. Questions about the preconference can be sen t to Katherine Reagan, program chair (kr33@cornell.edu) o r to local arrangements co-chairs Theresa Salazar, University o f Cali­ f o r n ia a t B e rk e le y (ts a la z a r@ lib ra ry . berkeley.edu), and John Hawk, University o f S an F ra n c is c o ( h a w k j@ u s fc a .e d u ). — K a th erin e R eagan, C ornell University, kr33@cornell.edu o n page 206). Publishers hosted by ingenta will benefit from becom ing part o f a system that links their reference citations to the cited content. CrossRef links m ore than 3 million articles from th o u san d s o f journals a n d will ad d 500,00 each year. CrossRef allows participat­ ing publishers to link from electronic article references in one publication to citations and references in another publication, ingenta will act as an agent on behalf o f m em ber pub- C&RL News ■ February 2001 / 137 http://www.rbms.nd.edU/%23preconferences.A mailto:kr33@cornell.edu berkeley.edu mailto:hawkj@usfca.edu mailto:kr33@cornell.edu Lose w e ig h t a t w o rk w it h o u t d o in g much While the workplace can often be stress­ ful, the average workday has many oppor­ tunities for exercise and weight reduction. Here’s a guide to calorie-burning activities and the num ber of calories per hour they consume (your ow n list may vary). 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For details visit http://w ww . ingenta.com or www.crossref.org. Alexander Street Press announces charter customers Alexander Street Press, a humanities electronic publishing company launched in July 2000 by executives of the former Chadwyck-Healey company, announced its list of charter cus­ tomers: Boston College, California Digital Li­ brary (for all ten campuses of the University of California System), Columbia University, Emory University, Harvard University, Johns H opkins University, New York University, Ohio State University, Penn State University, Stanford University, Yale University, and the Universities of Chicago, Notre Dame, and Wis­ consin. Eileen Lawrence, vice president of sales and marketing, said, “Instead of merely digi­ tizing pages, w e are collaborating with schol­ ars and subject specialists, carefully construct­ ing collections, then indexing very deeply. The result is a database that answers questions in ways never before possible.” The company is developing databases in history, w om en’s studies, sociology, popular culture, film studies, the arts, and more. De­ ta ils m ay b e fo u n d o n th e Web at http: / / alexanderstreetpress. com / Digitized Texas constitutions available from UTA The Jamail Center for Legal Research at the University of Texas at Austin has completed its Texas Constitutions Digitization Project. The W eb site ( h tt p :/ /w w w .la w .u te x a s .e d u / constitutions/) provides access to a complete collection of the seven constitutions that have governed Texas beginning with its days as Mexican state. The constitutions are available as both searchable text and image files. Bell & Howell's offers new business database Bell & Howell’s Information and Learning unit introduced ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, an electronic business database comprised of more than 700 business publications in full text and available on the Web via the ProQuest online information services. When added to ABI/INFORM Global, the combined resource provides access to 1,400 current business titles, nearly 1,100 in full text. Users can search the ProQuest interface by fields such as article title, author, source name, ISSN, date, and com pany name. Free trials of the database are available. Librarians should call their ProQuest account representative at (800) 521-0600 ext. 3183 or 3452. 138 / C&RL News ■ February 2001 ingenta.com http://www.crossref.org http://www.law.utexas.edu/ C&RL News ■ February 2001 / 139 140 / C&RL News ■ February 2001