The Washington Post reports that the FBI has recalled a National Security letter. This is the method that the FBI uses to get information on library users. Three times libraries have gone to court, each time they have won. Over 200,000 such demands have been made.
Found on the internet, so it has to be true!
10. If you are going to come to the library, you may want to bring your library card with you. If you don’t have a card, then you should probably have some sort of ID with you. In a similar vein, if you need to print of copy something, you may want to bring money with you. What type of person goes out to a public building with the intentions of acquiring a product or service from that building, without money or ID on them?
9. I am a librarian. I know about books and computers. I do not know how to do your taxes, what the wacky growth on your elbow is, or how to get free money for you to get new gutters. I cannot and will not do the work for you. I will point you in the right direction and provide you with whatever resources I know of that can help you, but it’s ultimately up to you to do the work. I am also not a social worker or a lawyer, so don’t assume I can tell you how you can get your kids back from your ex-wife or how to what steps are necessary for you to apply to get low income housing three states away.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum is releasing between now and November, 600 hours of taped phone conversations the president made during his term in office.
Vladimir Putin to get a library in Russia, the first of its kind, modeled after the libraries of US Presidents.
“A state-funded museum, archive and library, controlled by Putin or his heirs, will be part of the “Russian President’s Centre for Historical Legacy” and serve as a repository for documents accumulated during his term in office…The aims of the activities of the Centre are the study and public representation of the historical legacy of the Russian president, after the end of his duties, as an integral part of the new history of Russia,” according to the bill.”
Librarian Dress up. You know you want to. Several different costumes to mix and match.
The Medieval Imagination: Illuminated Manuscripts from Cambridge, Australia and New Zealand, is a new exhibition at the State Library of Victoria.
Curated by art historian Margaret Manion much of it including images and udio is available online.
“The rise of the book in medieval Europe was the result of a perfect union of scholarship, artistry and industry. Illuminated manuscripts - their calligraphy and illustrations patiently produced by monastic scribes - became portable repositories of knowledge, especially the sacred texts of Christianity.”- The Australian
The University of California at Santa Cruz now has a Grateful Dead Archive.
“Three decades worth of archival materials - from business records to stage backdrops - has been donated by the band to the school’s McHenry Library, where a room called Dead Central is being dedicated to a beloved band dubbed “the largest unofficial religion in the world.” The Mercury News
“The Archive contains original documents, clippings, media, article and other publications about the Dead and its individual members, its tours and performances, productions, and business. Among the resources that will be invaluable for researchers are show files, programs, newsletters, posters, cover art, photographs, tickets and stickers. These artifacts document three decades of the band’s recordings and its performance of thousands of concerts. A collection of stage props, tour exhibit material, and, of course, tee-shirts gives dimension and visual impact to the collection. An unusual feature of the Archive will be the correspondence and art contributed over the years by supportive Deadheads and held as very important by the Dead.”
The Salt Lake Tribune in Utah reports:
“U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball on Monday refused to throw out charges against an Illinois man accused of bombing the downtown Salt Lake City Main Library, saying ThoÂmas Zajac’s constitutional rights were not violated when Weber County jailers recorded his telephone calls to his attorneys.”……