Reuters reports that Salon.com will make you pay for
access to much of its content.
\”Salon.com had started charging for some of its stories and
features on its sites, but now \”virtually all\” its news and politics
items — two areas the publisher has gained prominence for —
will be for a fee. A one-year subscription costs $30. \”
From Reuters – The FTC shut down more than 5,500 sites and
domain names that grab you and won\’t let you go. But…they haven\’t
found the known suspect yet and he starts new sites as fast the FTC
shuts
them down.
From ALEXANDRIA, Egypt the AP has this story about the trial
opening of the Biblioteca Alexandrina. Photo
here.
Another book banning story. This time from the Chicago Daily
Herald.
Anna Johnson writes:
\”Two years after Eastview Middle School librarian Joan Devine lost
a close and heated battle to reverse Elgin Area School District U-46\’s
1997 decision to ban Judy Blume\’s \”Forever,\” she\’s back on the
battlefield again. But this time, Devine will not be fighting the
district\’s book banning alone.\”
From AP, Contentville.com has closed. Couldn\’t get enough users.
The Deseret Sun has a nice story about Pat Stewart, the
law librarian for Riverside County’s Law Library in Utah.
\”The soft-spoken 74-year-old grandmother and
greatgrandmother, who also holds a pilot’s license, became Indio’s
law librarian after deciding to make a career change and enrolling in
a paralegal program…\”
From the New York Observer, information about:
\”a
Jerusalem-based Web site that offers Middle Eastern military,
diplomatic and intelligence information far more detailed (and
frightening) than what is offered by many news organizations.\”
The link is Debka.com
Full
Story
In this story from the Oregonian, we learn about librarian,
Miss Hunt,
who stood her ground during World War I. She worked for the
Library Association of Portland, now the Multnomah County Library
John Terry writes:
\”All citizens were under pressure to assign money, and public
employees were instructed it was public duty to commit part of their
paychecks.
Louise Hunt thought otherwise. She was a pacifist and made no secret
of it.
Anonymous word of her refusal inspired the drive\’s chieftains to
furious scorn. A delegation was dispatched to Hunt\’s boss, head
librarian Isom, to demand Hunt either be commanded to duty or
dismissed.\”
From Alaska to Florida sex education books are upsetting
adults. This in from the Star Banner in Ocala, FL.
\”Debate
over two
sexually explicit books geared toward young people has prompted
county commissioners to arrange a panel discussion designed to
ease perceived tension concerning the Marion County Library\’s
collection which includes both books.\”
The books are
\”It\’s Perfectly Normal\” and \”Deal With It\”. Full Story
\”It\’s Perfectly Normal\” was also challenged in Anchorage, AK as
posted in this
earlier story.
This article from Recordnet.com in Stockton, CA reports that
\”the City Council says it wants more control over what is offered
at the library in response to a Manteca resident\’s complaint that he
saw a man looking at pornographic materials on a library
computer in full view of children.\”
The patron who reported the offense asked, \”Does our library
need to come with a warning label like a pack of cigarettes?\”
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