The US Supreme Court
is hearing oral arguments today (2003/03/05) concerning CIPA,
the Children\’s
Internet Protection Act, as to whether or not library patrons will
be allowed discretion as to what they view on Internet enabled library
computers. The bill forces the use of filtering
software on any public library that accepts federal money. The
filters are supposed to eliminate minor\’s exposure to full
frontal nudity and other obscene
content, unfortunately, filters
have severe failings. The ALA
was one of the forces that convinced a
three federal judge panel to overturn the law last year (2002/05/31).
Hermit
Stephen Ambrose Died Sunday, October 13th, 2002.
Teacher, historian, and author Stephen Ambrose died Sunday, 13 October
2002 at age 66 of lung cancer.
Search: <Stephen
Ambrose> in:
<Google–[News]>
<PBS
NewsHour> <Teoma>
Teacher, historian, and author Stephen Ambrose died Sunday, 13 October
2002 at age 66 of lung cancer.
Search: <Stephen
Ambrose> in:
<Google–[News]>
<PBS
NewsHour> <Teoma>
20021014
\”Stephen
Ambrose dies at 66.\” … \”Stephen E. Ambrose, the
military historian and biographer whose books recounting the combat feats
of American soldiers and airmen fueled a national fascination with the
generation that fought World War II, died yesterday at a hospital in Bay
St. Louis, Miss. Mr. Ambrose, who lived in Bay St. Louis and Helena, Mont.,
was 66.\” –By Richard Goldstein
–NYTimes via –FT.com
\”Stephen
Ambrose dies; his books r[e]counted US epics.\” …
\”Between 1996 and 2001, he published no fewer than nine books, as well
as the revised edition of a textbook. In all, he wrote or edited 36 books.
To maintain such relentless productivity, Dr. Ambrose would rise each morning
at 4 to get in at least three hours of uninterrupted writing. \’\’The art
of writing,\’\’ he liked to say, \’\’is the art of applying the seat of your
pants to the seat of the chair.\’\’\” … \”So prolific was Dr. Ambrose that
in 2001 The Wall Street Journal dubbed him and his various enterprises
– writing, lecturing, even lending his name to historical tours -\’\’History
Inc.\’\’\” –By Mark Feeney
–Boston/Globe
\”Books
by Historian Stephen Ambrose.\”
–AP via –ABCNEWS.com
\”Author
pays `tribute,\’ without attribution.\”
-Post by Blake –LISNews
Intellectual Freedom in the Heartland !-) Ranked Google-icious.
The Quad Cities\’ Dispatch
newspaper hit #1 in a Google News Search for: Intellectual
Freedom on Sunday with journalist Stephanie Massick\’s article:
\”Q-C
educators report few attempts to ban books.\”
Across the U.S., though, \”from 1990 to 2000, 6,364 challenges to books
were reported to the ALA\’s Office for Intellectual Freedom…. the most
challenged material for 2001 was the Harry Potter series, for its focus
on wizardry and magic,\” she reports. Several area librarians were
interviewed.
\”“As librarians, we consider the audience for our books and
choose books carefully based on recommendations from trusted sources,\’\’
Geneseo High School librarian Kathy Griffith said.\”
Iowa\’s Ames
Tribune is currently #1 in a Google News Search for National
Banned Books Week. with journalist Rebecca A. Petersen\’s article:
\”Banned
Books Week fights for free flow of ideas.\”
This brief article takes a national perspective of how, \”as federal guidelines
regarding the investigation of terrorists provide greater access to private
information, like library circulation records, library advocates worry.\”
\”\”The books you take out are being watched,\” said [Iowa State
University journalism professor, Barbara] Mack, a member of the national
group Lawyers for Libraries.\”
The Quad Cities\’ Dispatch
newspaper hit #1 in a Google News Search for: Intellectual
Freedom on Sunday with journalist Stephanie Massick\’s article:
\”Q-C
educators report few attempts to ban books.\”
Across the U.S., though, \”from 1990 to 2000, 6,364 challenges to books
were reported to the ALA\’s Office for Intellectual Freedom…. the most
challenged material for 2001 was the Harry Potter series, for its focus
on wizardry and magic,\” she reports. Several area librarians were
interviewed.
\”“As librarians, we consider the audience for our books and
choose books carefully based on recommendations from trusted sources,\’\’
Geneseo High School librarian Kathy Griffith said.\”
Iowa\’s Ames
Tribune is currently #1 in a Google News Search for National
Banned Books Week. with journalist Rebecca A. Petersen\’s article:
\”Banned
Books Week fights for free flow of ideas.\”
This brief article takes a national perspective of how, \”as federal guidelines
regarding the investigation of terrorists provide greater access to private
information, like library circulation records, library advocates worry.\”
\”\”The books you take out are being watched,\” said [Iowa State
University journalism professor, Barbara] Mack, a member of the national
group Lawyers for Libraries.\”
Google
Search: Homeland Freedoms
Search: Intellectual Freedom
[News] Search: Intellectual Freedom
Search: National Banned Books Week
[News] Search: National Banned Books Week
Search: Banned Books
Google [News]
Search: Banned Books
Search: \”Lawyers for Libraries\”
Search: National Banned Book Week
[News] Search: National Banned Book Week
Document Misclassification Gives Terrorism Defendant Classified Intelligence…
While
it\’s not believed terrorism
defendant Zacarias Moussaoui read the intelligence
documents before they were removed from his jail cell, the WashingtonPost
declares that \”the incident represents another odd event in the chaotic
case and marks the latest gaffe involving document control at the FBI.\”
The FBI triple checked his cell to confirm that all of the \”50 classified
FBI reports\” that hadn\’t been properly classified were removed from his
possession. Post journalist Dan Eggen writes:
\”Many of the reports were generated by FBI agents who were
drafted into the Sept. 11 investigation and were not schooled in handling
classified information. They did not properly label the documents, one
FBI official said.\”
ABCNEWS
reported three weeks ago that \”the material — both on disk and as hard
copy documents — was sent to Moussaoui as part of discovery for his legal
defense, said several legal sources, including one at the Justice Department.\”
While
it\’s not believed terrorism
defendant Zacarias Moussaoui read the intelligence
documents before they were removed from his jail cell, the WashingtonPost
declares that \”the incident represents another odd event in the chaotic
case and marks the latest gaffe involving document control at the FBI.\”
The FBI triple checked his cell to confirm that all of the \”50 classified
FBI reports\” that hadn\’t been properly classified were removed from his
possession. Post journalist Dan Eggen writes:
\”Many of the reports were generated by FBI agents who were
drafted into the Sept. 11 investigation and were not schooled in handling
classified information. They did not properly label the documents, one
FBI official said.\”
ABCNEWS
reported three weeks ago that \”the material — both on disk and as hard
copy documents — was sent to Moussaoui as part of discovery for his legal
defense, said several legal sources, including one at the Justice Department.\”
911,
Government, Intelligence,
Law, Library,
Terrorism.
20020929
\”Document
Misclassification Gives Terrorism Defendant Classified Intelligence Secrets.\”
– from the Slow-Reader? dept. -By –Hermit
!-(
\”FBI
Failed to Classify Reports Before Moussaoui Had Them.\”
–By Dan Eggen –WashingtonPost
\”Top
Secret Gaffe: Terror Suspect Moussaoui Given
Sensitive Information.\” -By Jackie Judd
–ABCNEWS.com
Google News Search Breakdown.
Google\’s
News Search, while still calling
itself \”beta,\” is already an \”alpha\” amongst news
search engines. Its news breakdown includes: Top
Stories / World
/ U.S.
/ Business
/ Sci/Tech
/ Sports
/ Entertainment
& Health.
Like AltaVista\’s news
search (via Moreover), Google
is including thumbnails of photographs from some news stories, though Google
is being far more aggressive in its \’transformative fair use\’ of the images.
Google is also a NYTimes partner,
offering direct, \’no registration needed\’ links to NYTimes articles.
Some of the most useful features are the \”related\” links that
bring up similar articles from any of about 4,000 news sources currently
being crawled by Google. The \”In the News\” feature appears
to be a top 10 Zeitgeist
of current news events. Doing a news search defaults to \”Sorted
by relevance,\” so click the \”Sort by date\” button for a 30 day
chronological display of backdated news articles. Read more: about
google news.
Google\’s
News Search, while still calling
itself \”beta,\” is already an \”alpha\” amongst news
search engines. Its news breakdown includes: Top
Stories / World
/ U.S.
/ Business
/ Sci/Tech
/ Sports
/ Entertainment
& Health.
Like AltaVista\’s news
search (via Moreover), Google
is including thumbnails of photographs from some news stories, though Google
is being far more aggressive in its \’transformative fair use\’ of the images.
Google is also a NYTimes partner,
offering direct, \’no registration needed\’ links to NYTimes articles.
Some of the most useful features are the \”related\” links that
bring up similar articles from any of about 4,000 news sources currently
being crawled by Google. The \”In the News\” feature appears
to be a top 10 Zeitgeist
of current news events. Doing a news search defaults to \”Sorted
by relevance,\” so click the \”Sort by date\” button for a 30 day
chronological display of backdated news articles. Read more: about
google news.
Google News Search Option Included With Some Search Returns.
Google just started including a [News]
tab with some search results that automatically applies your search query
to it\’s current news database.
Apparently they\’re testing the feature – it only came up once for me
today.
German Librarian Told of 911 Plot in 2000.
Various sources are reporting that one of the 911
hijacker / homicide bombers stated his intentions to a German
librarian as early as April or May of 2000. According to the New
York Times:
\”Mr. Nehm, [the German prosecutor] detailing charges against
Mounir el-Motassadeq, the only person in German custody in connection with
the attacks, said one of the hijackers, Marwan al-Shehhi, had mentioned
the World Trade Center as a target in a conversation with a librarian.\”\”There will be thousands of dead,\” Mr. Shehhi said, according to Mr.
Nehm. \”You will all think of me.\”\”
No additional details about the librarian were currently found.
Articles in: / NYTimes
via Altavista / AP
via AJC / AP
via USAtoday / CNN
/ AP via Guardian.co.uk
/
News Search:
<German librarian> in: <AlltheWeb
News> <AltaVista>
<Daypop
All> <Google
News> <Moreover>
<RocketNews>
Various sources are reporting that one of the 911
hijacker / homicide bombers stated his intentions to a German
librarian as early as April or May of 2000. According to the New
York Times:
\”Mr. Nehm, [the German prosecutor] detailing charges against
Mounir el-Motassadeq, the only person in German custody in connection with
the attacks, said one of the hijackers, Marwan al-Shehhi, had mentioned
the World Trade Center as a target in a conversation with a librarian.\”\”There will be thousands of dead,\” Mr. Shehhi said, according to Mr.
Nehm. \”You will all think of me.\”\”
No additional details about the librarian were currently found.
Articles in: / NYTimes
via Altavista / AP
via AJC / AP
via USAtoday / CNN
/ AP via Guardian.co.uk
/
News Search:
<German librarian> in: <AlltheWeb
News> <AltaVista>
<Daypop
All> <Google
News> <Moreover>
<RocketNews>
;-) Salon.com Satire: ”Book gangs of New York.”
Salon.com
– \”Book
gangs of New York: The biggest, baddest literary
crime boss on the mean streets of Manhattan declares war.\” … \”It was
crazy and we all knew it. But could I turn my back on the man who had rescued
me from a dreary future of card catalogs at the NYPL?\” – 20020819
–By
Sam Apple and Rebecca Jacobs
BPL cataloguers
could kick NY Book Gangs aacr\’s
anytime. 😉
Princeton Hacks Yale in ”unauthorized” Student Poaching.
Princeton\’s open season on prospective Yale students was apparently
done using only the students \”Social Security numbers and birth dates.\”
The Boston Globe reports that according to Princeton\’s spokesperson, their
director of admissions acknowledged \”at least one \”unauthorized transmission\”
to the Yale Web site.\” He has been given a paid vacation while the offending
school conducts \”\”an aggressive investigation.\”\” In addition to admission
status, financial aid application information and personal and academic
preferences were accessible via the poorly secured logons.
20020726
\”Yale
accuses Princeton of Web prying: Admissions
data at issue; dean placed on leave.\” –By Mary
Leonard –Boston/Globe
Medical Computer Software: The ‘Problem Knowledge Coupler (PKC).’
20020714
\”What
your doctor doesn\’t know could kill you: A
computer program that provides vast amounts of information for diagnosing
and treating patients could revolutionize the practice of medicine. So
why won\’t physicians use it?\” … \”Once the questionnaire is completed,
the doctor clicks on \”primary options.\” The computer goes into its vast
database of medical knowledge -originally compiled by PKC Corp. librarians
and updated every six months on CDs or over the Internet – and matches
up the patient\’s answers with all the known symptoms for various causes
of headaches [or any other health malady].\” (1, 2,
3)
-By Chris Gaither
–Boston/Globe
Google
Search: hologram doctor
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