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Friday, 24th September 2004

Book-banning controversy tears at souls of librarians

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Censorship
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
Book-banning controversy tears at souls of librarians
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Government Records
Source: NARA
False Rumor Regarding Destruction of Veterans' Records Hinders National Personnel Records Center's Ability to Answer Veterans' Reference Requests
"There is a false rumor circulating on the Internet, in e-mails, and among veteran service organizations that Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) at the National Personnel Records Center, operated by the National Archives and Records Administration, will be digitized and then destroyed. This rumor is NOT TRUE."
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Health Sciences
Source: BioMed Central
New Open Access Journal, Biomedical Digital Libraries
Thanks to P.S. for the news tip.
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Open Access Publishing
Source: Chemical & Engineering News
Socialized Science
"National Institutes of Health director Elias A. Zerhouni seems hell-bent on imposing an "open access" model of publishing on researchers receiving NIH grants. His action will inflict long-term damage on the communication of scientific results and on maintenance of the archive of scientific knowledge." Editorial by Rudy M. Baum, C&EN's editor-in-chief.
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Presidential Libraries--Abraham Lincoln
Source: State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)
Inside the safe
"At first glance, it's just a big, white room: slightly cool inside, but dry - 65 degrees with a relative humidity of 43 percent, always. A security camera and an inert-gas fire-suppression system protect what's on the shelves that line the walls, such as the Gettysburg Address, written by its author in iron gall ink on rag paper. The Civil War battlefield speech is in excellent condition, state historians say, and they intend to keep it that way. The 135-square-foot safe is inside the new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, tucked securely in a corner of the basement stacks, where the shelves - about 5 miles worth - already are stocked with part of the state's 12 million historical items."
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Knowledge Management
Source: CIO Magazine
When You Say 'KM,' What Do You Mean?
"The rubric of knowledge management is as vague and hyped today as business process re-engineering was during the 1990s.... Instead of continuing to hold onto the term, firms should step back and examine their requirements with a set of questions that will help them focus on specific business processes and problems, forge actionable strategies, and create projects that have clear objectives and fixed scope."

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