LISNews: Librarian News

Preston Enright writes: \"A May 5, 2002 Washington Post article noted that Noam Chomsky is the most-cited living author on the planet. My media project, \"What\'s Left,\" is offering free copies of audiotaped lectures by Professor Chomsky, and other progressive figures like Ralph Nader, Angela Davis and Howard Zinn. The tapes come in sturdy boxes with a description of the talk and the speaker. My hometown library, the Denver Public Library, receives two copies of every lecture we produce and they are checked out constantly.
Please contact me, Preston Enright, to receive a collection of some of the most eye-opening talks on major social issues of the day.
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James Nimmo sent over Word That White supremacist leader William Pierce, whose book The Turner Diaries is believed to have inspired Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, died Tuesday. He was 68.
Mr. Pierce\'s novel, published in 1978, depicts a violent overthrow of the government by a small band of white supremacists who finance themselves through counterfeiting and bank robbery.

FBI investigators have said Mr. McVeigh was a fan of Mr. Pierce\'s book and used it as a blueprint for bombing the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995. The book includes a truck-bombing of FBI headquarters.

Charles Davis writes \"First editions of Jane Austen\'s novel Pride And Prejudice have been uncovered at a Scottish castle. The three volumes are expected to fetch between £8,000 and £12,000 when they are auctioned on Friday.

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Lee Hadden writes: \" Michael Moore recounted his assistance from librarians in getting his
recent book published, \"Stupid White Men,\" and shows his appreciation by
organizing a group of fellow authors \"...advocating critical library issues
such as better pay, better benefits, sexism and pay equity. Through his
website he is offering videos of his television shows as well as his
previous movies free to all librarians. He is also offering an endowment to
establish a scholarship for minorities who wish to become librarians...\"
Read more about it in the article by Michael Byrnes, \"A Morning With
Michael Moore,\" on page 16 of the ALA Cognotes Annual Highlights found in This PDF.\"