MESH: The Video; Covert censorship in libraries: a discussion paper
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-- Controlled Vocabularies
MESH
Video: Branching Out: The MeSH Vocabulary
"...a 12-minute video introduction to the development, structure and use of the MeSH vocabulary. This video's target audience is searchers of MEDLINE�PubMed, and it is used in the PubMed classes offered by NLM and the National Training Center and Clearinghouse. The video is available on the NLM Web site with other NLM Distance Education Program Resources, and is offered in Macromedia Flash, Apple QuickTime, and Windows Media formats."
-- Libraries--Censorship
Source: Australian Library Journal (2005)(via E-LIS) Covert censorship in libraries: a discussion paper
By Kim Moody. "Librarians, through their professional associations, have long been committed to the social justice principle of free access to information. External censorship challenges to library collections threaten this principle overtly. However, censorship can also occur in libraries in various covert and often unconcious ways. This discussion paper raises concerns about current librarian practices and library processes which can effectively censor library collections from within. The paper concludes by highlighting specific areas of practice in which librarians need to be vigilant for such covert censorship."
-- Academic Libraries
Source: EDUCAUSE Review (January-February 2006) Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination
By Jerry Campbell. "Deep into the digital age, academic libraries have relinquished much of their fundamental and sustaining role. For most people, including academicians, the library--in its most basic function as a source of information--has become overwhelmingly a virtual destination."
-- Public Libraries--Management
Source: Bay City Times Library director faces criticism
"Bay County Library System Director Frederick Paffhausen is under fire after employees complained that he shouts and swears, belittles staff, sleeps in his office, shows up late and disheveled, and complains about Bay City and its libraries."
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