E-NEWS
A WORD FROM NCLA PRESIDENT ROSS HOLT
Membership, membership, membership.
Only through a strong and growing membership can NCLA serve North Carolina's libraries, library staff and library supporters.
Therefore, I challenge each NCLA member to recruit one new member by May 1.
Remind your prospective members of the benefits of NCLA membership:
State-level advocacy for library funding and other issues, focusing on the N.C. General Assembly.
Four issues per year of Tar Heel Libraries, a newsletter packed with news and information about the state's library community.
The print compendium of all the year's electronic issues of North Carolina Libraries, our national award winning refereed professional journal.
The opportunity to attend the NCLA Leadership Institute.
Membership in sections and round tables that focus on all the various areas of librarianship - including yours!
Reduced rates for NCLA workshops and events, including the spectacular biennial conference coming up in September.
A forum for exchange of ideas and interaction among your peers.
That's the message: Recruit, recruit, recruit . . .
. . . membership, membership, membership.
--Ross Holt, President, NCLA
"It's Not Your Grandma's Reference Anymore" - March 10, 2003 - Greensboro, NC
RASS and the Jackson Library, UNC-G, are sponsoring a workshop on the evolving modes of reference service. It will be held on Monday, March 10, 2003, 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Alumni House, UNC-Greensboro.
Speakers:
Jim Carmichael, Professor of Library and Information Studies at UNC-G, whose presentation is entitled "Flames,
Trash, Noise, Jargon, and Jet-Trails: Plus One Million Other Cop-Outs to Justify Cyber Reference Work."
Jeanne Crisp, Chief of the Library Development Section in the State Library of North Carolina, will speak on "Virtual
Reference: How It Will Become a Virtual Reality across the State."
Phil Blank, Reference Librarian at Perkins Library, Duke University, who coordinates the library's virtual reference
service, will describe Duke's experience.
For more information and a registration form, see http://www.nclaonline.org/rass/workshop03.htm.
The registration deadline is February 24, 2003.
--Joline Ezzell, Chair, Reference and Adult Services Section
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"2003 UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference" - March 27-29, 2003 - Greensboro, NC
The 2003 UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference will be held in the Greensboro area on March 27-29, 2003. Specific conference sites will be announced shortly. This year's conference is co-sponsored by the UNC TLT Collaborative and the UNC Faculty Assembly.
This annual event provides professional development for faculty, staff, and administrators throughout the UNC system who are interested in the effective use of technology for teaching and learning.
Proposal submission is now underway. Proposals will be accepted through Tuesday, February 25. Conference registration is available now! Registrations will be accepted through Monday, March 17. Registration fees are due by Friday, March 21. Please go to http://www.unctlt.org/special/conference2003/about/overview.cfm to submit a presentation proposal, to register and to obtain additional information.
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"Vital Skills for Serialists, Today and Tomorrow" - 12th Annual North Carolina Serials Conference - April 3-4, 2003 - Chapel Hill, NC
The 12th annual NC Serials Conference, sponsored by the North Carolina Central University's School of Library and Information Science, will be held April 3-4, 2003 at the William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center in Chapel Hill, NC. For complete program and registration information, please go to http://www.nccuslis.org/conted/serials2003.htm.
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"Learning to Make a Difference" - ACRL Conference - April 10-13, 2003 - Charlotte, NC
Join your colleagues at ACRL's 11th National Conference to be held in Charlotte, NC, April 10-13, 2003, and focus on learning at the only conference dedicated to meeting the interests of academic librarians. The Conference theme is "Learning to Make a Difference."
Take home practical ideas to put to use in your library. Keep pace with the latest library research and techniques during contributed papers and panel sessions. Exchange ideas with your colleagues during poster sessions and discuss hot topics at the roundtable discussions. Choose from more than 200 peer-reviewed programs focusing on issues to help you keep up with a changing profession! Visit with more than 140 vendors and learn about state-of-the-art products and services for academic librarians.
For complete details, including the complete conference program, registration and housing materials, and tour descriptions and forms, visit the ACRL National Conference Web site at http://www.ala.org/acrl/charlotte.
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"Photographic Memory: Preserving Our Photograph Collections" - 2003 North Carolina Preservation Consortium Annual Conference - April 30, 2003 - Winston-Salem, NC
The 2003 North Carolina Preservation Consortium annual conference will address preservation issues for photograph collections. Librarians, archivists, conservators, curators of historic sites and museums, records managers, and others who work with photographs are invited to attend the conference on April 30th at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem. Students and faculty in heritage disciplines are also welcome. Speakers include Gary Albright, Chief Residency Photograph Conservator at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film; Marion Hunter, a photograph conservator in private practice; Michael K. Lee, Director of Conservation at the Etherington Conservation Center; and Doug Nishimura, Research Scientist at the Image Permanence Institute. Registration information will be available at the NCPC web site, http://www.ncpreservation.org/.
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"Digitization for Cultural and Heritage Professionals 2003" - May 11-16, 2003 - Chapel Hill, NC
The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in conjunction
with the Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute, University of Glasgow, and Rice University's Fondren Library is
pleased to announce the fourth Digitization for Cultural and Heritage Professionals course, May 11-May 16,
2003. Full information, course details, and an online registration form can be found on the SILS web pages at http://www.ils.unc.edu/DCHP/.
The one-week intensive course will consist of lectures, seminars, lab-based practicals (offering both guided tuition, as well as
an opportunity for individual practice) and visits to the UNC and Duke University libraries. The teaching team includes Drs.
Seamus Ross and Ian Anderson from Glasgow, Dr. Helen Tibbo from UNC-CH, Dr. Paul Conway from Duke University, and Steven Weiss,
head of UNC-CH's Southern Folklife Collection. Enrollment is limited on the course, so please register early to confirm a
place.
--Ann Lambson, School of Information and Library Science, UNC-CH
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Southeastern Library Association's Leadership Conference - May 16, 2003 - Atlanta, GA
The Southeastern Library Association's Leadership Conference will be held on Friday, May 16, at the Colony Square Hotel in Atlanta. Registration information and other details are not yet available, but will be posted to the SELA website, http://sela.lib.ucf.edu.
The Leadership Conference is an organizational workshop for planning the activities of SELA. Any member
interested in attending is encouraged to contact the SELA president, Ann Hamilton, ahamilton@gasou.edu,
or John Via.
--John Via, NCLA's Representative on the SELA Executive Board
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"Libraries--A North Carolina Value: Enriching, Inclusive, Essential" - 55th NCLA Biennial Conference - September 23-26, 2003 - Winston-Salem, NC
Mark your calendar now for the North Carolina Library Association's 55th Biennial Conference at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, NC, September 23-26, 2003. Go to http://www.nclaonline.org/conference/index.html for more information.
News from Central Piedmont Community College - Charlotte, NC
Central Piedmont Community College's library welcomes a new Associate Dean of Libraries, a Cataloging Librarian, two Library Assistants, and a Senior Administrative Secretary to its library staff.
Dave Goble became the Associate Dean of Libraries on September 9, 2002. He holds a Master of Library Science Degree from UNC-CH.
Yan Wang, a Cataloging Librarian, holds a Master of Library Science from Indiana University. Yan worked
in the CPCC library before beginning her full-time position on September 9, 2002. Yolyndra Green
joined the library staff as a Library Assistant II on September 3, 2002; Anne Egger also joined the library staff as a Library Assistant I on September 9,
2002; and Nicki Brooks came on board as a Senior Administrative Secretary August 23, 2002.
--Sonja Coffin, Central Piedmont Community College
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News from Cumberland County Public Library
NC Reads NC: Our Poets Speak - A scholar-led, six-part discussion series featuring NC poets will begin on Sunday, February 16, 2003, at 2:30 pm at the Headquarters Library. The series will run through March 23, 2003, and feature the following poets: A.R. Ammons, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Gerald Barrax, Fred Chappell, Betty Adcock, and Susan Ludvigson. All sessions are led by Dr. Nick Halpern, Professor of English at NC State University. Space is limited and registration is required.
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The USA Patriot Act and Homeland Security: What Does This Mean for Civil Rights? A Public Forum - The recent passage of the USA Patriot Act and Homeland Security legislation raises important questions concerning the potential conflict between the basic civil rights of citizens and the increased security needs of the United States. The public is invited for a panel discussion on this topic Tuesday, February 25, at 7:00 pm in the Pate Room of Headquarters Library. This forum is co-sponsored by Fayetteville Peace with Justice. Panel members are: Charles Broadwell, Publisher, The Fayetteville Observer; Anne Klinefelter, Associate Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Katherine R. Everett Law Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Seth Jeffe, Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina; and a representative from the FBI office in Wilmington. The Moderator will be Darlene Hopkins, consulting Psychologist and Director of Counseling and Psychological Services, Methodist College.
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A sampling of coming programs at Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center follows:
Monday, February 24, 2003, 6:30 pm, Headquarters - "Programa Basico de Internet en Espanol" - Internet Basics for Spanish speakers. Participants must be at least 16 years old. Registration required.
Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 9:30 am, Headquarters - "Science Magic" - Children in grades K-5 will enjoy seeing exciting but easy tricks using everyday items found at home. Watch an egg float on water and inflate a balloon without blowing a single breath! Registration is required.
Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 7:00 pm, Headquarters - "Opened Gates Book Club" - All interested adults are welcome to join members for a discussion of three short stories from Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing edited by Marita Golden and E. Lynn Harris. The stories which will be discussed are: "I Don't Know Nothin' 'Bout Birthin' No Babies" by Sandra Jackson-Opuku; "Crawfish Dreams" by Nancy Rawls; and "My Girl Mona" by Crystal Wilkinson. For more information, contact Wanda Hunter.
Saturday, March 15, 2003, 11:05 am, Hope Mills Branch - "Happy St. Patrick's Day" - Children 5-12 years old are invited to hear an Irish folktale and make a paper wreath for decoration. Registration is required.
Monday, March 24, 2003, 7:30 pm, Headquarters - "Great Books Discussion Group" - Join the discussion of "Tom Tit-Tot" and "Caporushes," two English folktales as told by Flora Annie Steel. Text and discussion questions available at the Information Desk. For more information, call Nora Armstrong.
Friday, March 28, 2003, 7:00 pm - "4th Friday Presents: An Evening of Celtic-Inspired Poetry and Music" - Take a trip to Ireland this 4th Friday! Members of the Writer's Ink Guild will read poetry inspired by the Emerald Isle. Special guest Bryn Smith will play traditional Irish folk songs on the bagpipe and will entertain questions about the history and origins of the bagpipe.
Saturday, March 29, 2003, 7:30 am - 1:00 pm - Discard Book
Sale - Everyone will enjoy choosing from thousands of discarded fiction and
nonfiction titles for children, teens, and adults at Headquarters Library.
There is also a limited amount of foreign language titles and audio
materials.
--Susan Parrish, Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
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Dianne Ford has been notified that she won this year's "First Step Award" from the ALCTS Serials Section. Granted to a new serials librarian who has never attended ALA, this professional development grant provides an all-expense-paid trip to this year's ALA Conference in Toronto in June. Dianne is the Serials and Documents Librarian at Elon Unversity.
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News from New Hanover County Public Library
Helen Chavis Othow will visit the New Hanover County Public Library on Sunday, February 23, 2003, to speak about her book on her ancestor John Chavis, African American Patriot, Preacher, Teacher, and Mentor (1763-1838). The free program will be at 3:00 pm in the New Hanover Room at the Main Library, 201 Chestnut Street, and is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. John Chavis fought in the American Revolution, studied at Princeton, and became a missionary minister in the Presbyterian Church. A free black man, he ran his own Latin school in Raleigh for both black and white students, including the sons of some of the most prominent North Carolinians of his day.
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Local author and poet Agnes McDonald is leading a new library group exploring books by authors who seek a deeper meaning in life. The Seeker's Book Club, which started January 28, 2003, will meet at the Northeast Regional Library on the fourth Tuesday of each month, 6:30-7:30 pm. Books will be provided by the Friends of the Library, and may be checked out at the Northeast Library's Circulation Desk.
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Learn how to make your voice heard! Attend three programs with local officials and find out how your hometown runs. Elected officials will speak and take questions at each session. All programs are on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, on the third floor of the Main Public Library, 201 Chestnut Street, and will take place on March 6, 13 and 20, 2003. The subject will be City Council on March 6, with Dr. Lee Johnston, from UNCW, explaining the role of the City Charter; the New Hanover County School Board on March 13; and the New Hanover County Commissioners, with Dr. Lee Johnston explaining the state's relationship to County government, on March 20. These programs are free and open to the public, but pre-registration by March 1 is required. This series of programs is sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the New Hanover County Public Library.
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Boys and girls in grades 4 through 6 are invited to the first meeting of a new book club at the Northeast Regional Library on January 18, 2003, at 2:30 pm. Linda Clover, Youth Services Librarian at Northeast Regional Library, will lead the group's monthly meetings. Participation in the book club is free, and books will be provided by the Friends of the Library. Pre-registration is required.
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Children's spring storytimes are now in session, through the week of May
5, 2003, and toddlers and preschoolers are
invited. Spring storytimes are Tuesdays at Myrtle Grove Library, Wednesdays at Main Library, and Thursdays at Northeast
Regional Library. Toddler time is scheduled at 10:00 am and lasts 20 minutes and Preschool storytime is scheduled at 10:30
am and lasts 30 minutes.
--Dorothy Hodder, New Hanover County Public Library
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News from the State Library of North Carolina
The Spring 2003 schedule, brochures and registration forms for ILL and NC LIVE training courses are now available on the State Library's web site at http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ce/ceopps.htm.
The classes offered this Spring include: NC LIVE Basics, NC LIVE Medical and Health Sciences Resources, NC LIVE Ready Reference, NC LIVE Trains the Trainer, and the Introductory and Advanced ILL classes.
The registration process is now open. The descriptive brochures and registration forms can be printed from the web. Paper copies have also been mailed to libraries. Payment must accompany registration forms so if you need to get lots of signatures and approvals, you might want to start soon! Many of these classes will fill before the registration deadline so REGISTER EARLY to ensure your spot. (A limit of two participants per library system will be followed when classes fill to capacity.)
We hope you find something in this list to help your staff provide better service. Feel free to send me any
comments about the schedule or ideas for future courses. Or give us your ideas via the "Input" form at http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/forms/ceinterest.htm.
--Jeanne Crisp, State Library of North Carolina.
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News from UNC School of Information and Library Science
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is pleased to announce its Spring 2003 Info-to-Go continuing education seminar series. SILS will be offering three training workshops for both professionals and students.
"Librarians and the Census: Demystifying the Data" will be held on March 7, 2003, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, UNC Chapel Hill SILS, Manning Hall. This is a follow-up workshop to last year's seminar offered by Michele Hayslett and Bob Coates. This 2003 workshop will be held almost exclusively in the computer lab. Similar to last year, basic Census terminology and concepts as well as resources for accessing Census data will be covered but with more emphasis on hands-on exercises so that each participant gains experience and confidence in using the different databases. Boat Coats is Analyst/Programmer with the North Carolina State Data Center (NCSDC) and is a graduate of NCSU. Michele Hayslett is the Demographics Specialist at the State Library of North Carolina in Raleigh and graduated from SILS in 1999.
"Walking the Web Effectively: Making the most of your time on the Internet" will be held March 21, 2003, 10:00 am to 3:30 pm, UNC Chapel Hill SILS, Manning Hall. This workshop will give you the skills you need to identify appropriate search tools, formulate effective search strategies and quickly evaluate the information you find. The differences between search engines, subject directories, metasearch engines, and the "Deep or Invisible Web" will be explained, and the mystery behind finding business and government information will be tackled. Lisa Stimatz and Rebecca B. Vargha will lead the workshop. Lisa Stimatz, who is the Coordinator of Instructional Services for the Academic Affairs Library at UNC-Chapel Hill, received her MLS from Indiana University and is finishing a M.Ed. in Training and Development from Penn State University. Ms. Stimatz is also an adjunct instructor for SILS at UNC. Rebecca B. Vargha, who is the librarian at the university's SILS, received her library science degree from North Carolina Central University in Durham.
"Negotiations with Library Materials Vendors: Issues and Tips" will be held March 28, 2003, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm, UNC Chapel Hill SILS, Manning Hall. This continuing education workshop will focus upon the following areas: 1) preparation for negotiations with library materials vendors, 2) leverage that the librarian may use, 3) discussion points for the negotiations, and 4) differences between negotiations for various types of services from vendors: firm orders, approvals, standing orders, subscriptions, and e-resources. Janet L. Flowers, who is the Head of Acquisitions for the Academic Affairs Library at UNC Chapel Hill, will lead this workshop.
The registration form for these workshops can be found at http://www.ils.unc.edu/html/2_continuing_ed.shtml.
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The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina (SILS) and the faculty of Information Studies at Charles University in Prague invite you to spend two weeks in Prague, a city many consider to be one of the most beautiful in the world. The Prague Summer Seminar offers an exciting opportunity for Library Science students desiring to take a summer course for credit or for any librarian interested in libraries and librarianship abroad. The seminar, led by Dean Joanne Marshall of SILS at UNC-CH and faculty from Charles University, will provide an overview of libraries and librarianship in the Czech Republic. For more information, or to register, visit the web page http://ils.unc.edu/ils/continuing_ed/prague/index.html. Spaces are limited; early registration is recommended.
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The three electronic issues of North Carolina Libraries for 2002 (Spring/Summer, nos. 1/2; Fall, no. 3; Winter, no. 4) as well as the 2002 index, are available on the Web at http://www.nclaonline.org/NCL.
The print annual for 2002 is at the printer's now and hopefully will be in your physical mailboxes before March..
If you would like to submit digital photos in jpeg format of your library for publication in North Carolina Libraries, please send them to me at jonesp@mail.ecu.edu. Please include a brief description of the photos and their importance.
North Carolina Libraries is a quarterly publication appearing in March (Spring), June (Summer), September (Fall), and December (Winter). Deadlines for submission for material for consideration in each quarterly issue are January 1 (Spring), April 1 (Summer), July 1 (Fall), October 1 (Winter). All articles are juried by the Editor and at least two assistant or associate editors.
Articles on any topic of interest to librarians are welcomed. The articles for any given issue will no longer have to reflect a common topic or theme. Articles to be considered for publication on the North Carolina Libraries Web site should be sent via email attachment (Word format) to:
Al Jones, Editor
North Carolina Libraries
LTDI, School of Education
East Carolina University
122 Joyner East
Greenville, NC 27858
252-328-6803
jonesp@mail.ecu.edu
--Al Jones, Editor, North Carolina Libraries
Mark your calendars. The NCLA Documents Section will hold
their Spring meeting on Friday, May 9, 2003, at the McKimmon Center in
Raleigh. The day-long event will emphasize "updates" on a
variety of issues of interest including copyright, handling documents in the
online catalog, the Patriot Act, and GPO. Retiring North Carolina Regional
Documents Librarian Ridley Kessler will be our keynote speaker. A business
meeting of the Section will follow the event. Details concerning the
program and registration will be forthcoming. Please plan to join us.
--Bryna Coonin, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, Documents Section
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Library Administration and Management Section
The LAMS Board met on February 13, 2003, at Wake Forest University in the library. The agenda included the approval
of several ideas for programs at the upcoming biennial conference. LAMS will sponsor (perhaps co-sponsor) a preconference on
Assessment and will host a personnel-interests tabletalk/luncheon. In addition, two conference programs will be offered by
LAMS, Generations at Work and a panel on the Planning, Design, and Community Organization of Building Projects. In addition,
LAMS will have a membership/information table and will be giving away a LAMS Lamb via a raffle. Finally, ex-Chair Martha
Davis will be providing a slate of officers for an election prior to the conference and current chair Dale Cousins will be
coordinating a mailing for membership of former LAMS members.
--Dale Cousins, Chair, Library Administration and Management Section
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North Carolina Association of School Librarians
NCASL is still looking for school librarians to take over the leadership of the section. Robin Boltz, a school librarian in Granville County, and Rhonda Florence, a school librarian in Thomasville, have both expressed interest. They would love to hear from other school librarians interested in rejuvenating NCASL.
Diane Kester and I will continue to serve as representatives of NCASL at the American Association of School
Librarians Affiliate Assembly meetings to be held at the midwinter and summer conferences of the American Library
Association. NCASL is a recognized state chapter of AASL.
--Al Jones, Chair, North Carolina Association of School Librarians
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"It's Not Your Grandma's Reference Anymore" - March 10, 2003 - Greensboro, NC
RASS and the Jackson Library, UNC-G, are sponsoring a workshop on the evolving modes of reference service. It will be held on Monday, March 10, 2003, 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Alumni House, UNC-Greensboro.
Speakers:
Jim Carmichael, Professor of Library and Information Studies at UNC-G, whose presentation is entitled "Flames,
Trash, Noise, Jargon, and Jet-Trails: Plus One Million Other Cop-Outs to Justify Cyber Reference Work."
Jeanne Crisp, Chief of the Library Development Section in the State Library of North Carolina, will speak on "Virtual
Reference: How It Will Become a Virtual Reality across the State."
Phil Blank, Reference Librarian at Perkins Library, Duke University, who coordinates the library's virtual reference
service, will describe Duke's experience.
For more information and a registration form, see http://www.nclaonline.org/rass/workshop03.htm.
The registration deadline is February 24, 2003.
--Joline Ezzell, Chair, Reference and Adult Services Section
Intellectual Freedom Committee
One of the latest issues has been the Total Information Awareness (TIA). TIA is a Defense Department research project aimed at developing broad sweeps of commercial data - credit card records, store purchases, travel records, Internet logs, and medical data - billions of bits of information about the legal activities of innocent people. The idea is to "mine" this data, searching for suspicious patterns that may indicate possible terrorists. It would be nice if it worked, but so far no one has explained how to avoid errors that can result in false arrests and people being denied jobs because they were flagged as a "terrorist" because their credit card usage - or their housemate's credit card usage - was suspicious.
CDT and many other privacy groups have raised concerns about the program, urging a moratorium of deployment of it against US citizens until basic questions can be answered. Efforts have been successful so far - the Senate passed the Wyden Amendment on a voice vote, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert expressed doubts about the TIA program. But your help is still needed to make sure that the amendment survives the legislative process intact and becomes law.
You can find more information on this topic at http://www.cdt.org/security/usapatriot/implementation.shtml#surveillance.
USA Patriot Act: At the January NCLA Executive Board meeting, the Board approved a motion for the Intellectual Freedom Committee to draw up a resolution condemning the USA Patriot Act. The committee will present the resolution at the April meeting.
Challenges: Please let us know about any challenges that have occurred. The form is on the
website located at http://www.nclaonline.org/intellect/challenge1.doc
or just call me at 336-835-4894. So far, we have not heard of any challenges.
--Michael Sawyer, Chair, Intellectual Freedom Committee
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