Gazette Volume 19, No. 31 • August 29, 2008 • A weekly publication for Library staff Library Pumps Up Wellness Center Program for Staff
By Gail Fineberg taff exercise rooms in the Adams Building basement Wellness Center Swill be refurbished this summer with new cardiovascular and strength- building equipment as part of a wellness program that the Library is reenergizing and reemphasizing. The new equipment will replace the machines that Library managers removed in May because of concerns that equip- ment wear- and-tear was nearing a point that safety was becoming an issue. “Providing a safe place in which staff can work out regularly is an important part of our overall effort to promote healthful lifestyles and prevent chronic illnesses,” said Jo Ann Jenkins, chief
operating officer for the Library. McNichol Michaela Neal Graham, chief of Facilities Ser- JoAnn Thomas, in cap, a Congressional Research Service employee who is certified by the American Aerobic Association Inc. as a personal trainer and aerobic instructor, leads vices, Integrated Support Services (ISS), daily aerobic classes at noon, Monday through Friday, for Library staff. While the Well- acknowledged that advance notice to ness Center undergoes renovation, the class meets in Dining Room A, LM 620, on Sept. staff before removing the old equipment 2; Dining Room C in the Montpelier Room on Sept. 3; in the Mumford Room, LM 649, on could have alleviated some concerns of Sept. 4; and in Dining Room A on Sept. 5. Following her, from left are Janna Marchione, Christine Zynjuk and Mary Ambrosio, all of Information Technology Services (ITS); Heather regular center users that they would have Clark, Copyright Office; and Zan Zhao and Ann Christy, both of ITS. nowhere on campus to get an aerobic workout or to tone muscles. the Library’s health services officer. The corner of the Adams Building, the Well- “We saw this as an opportunity to start Health Services Office will manage use ness Center consists of three separate afresh, to put in place a program that will of the center. spaces, with one to be dedicated to convey to staff the importance we place Located in three basement rooms cardiovascular workouts, the second on wellness,” said Dr. Sandra Charles, (LA B35, B36 and B38) in the northwest to strength-building, and the third to stress-relieving and flexibility-enhancing activities. Dan Rose: Cancer-Free and Running for It “Wellness is more than the physical the fight of his life. well-being achieved by regular exercise By Erin Allen “I was pretty stunned,” said Rose. “I and a low-fat, heart-healthy diet,” Dr. “Every truly great accomplishment remember getting home from the doc- Charles said. “Wellness encompasses is at first impossible,” said Dan Rose, tor’s office and just sitting on my bed mental and spiritual dimensions, which remembering an inspirational quote he thinking, ‘I don’t want to die. I really like can be enhanced by stress-relieving found in a fortune cookie. Rose, a spe- my life.’ I’m not one to complain about activities such as meditation, yoga, Tai cial events coordinator at the Library of anything, and if this was the hand I was chi and massage. Environment is another Congress, knows all too well life’s trials dealt, I would make the best of it. But I component of wellness.” and tribulations and overcoming insur- was definitely disappointed. You don’t Dr. Charles will promote use of the mountable odds. In December 2003, the realize how much you’ll miss just being Wellness Center by all staff, especially then-26-year-old was diagnosed with a regular Joe until someone tells you it those sedentary office workers who are non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and began ROSE, Continued on page 6 WELLNESS, Continued on page 4 2 Library of Congress Gazette AUGUST 29, 2008
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NEWS Culpeper Film Palace To Show Classic Films A new art deco theater at the Packard Reminiscent of the movie palaces of films that become more combustible Campus of the National Audio-Visual the 1920s and 1930s, the 200-seat theater as they age. Conservation Center in Culpeper, Va., will features a custom-made organ that can The theater is located on the ground show classic movies for the public three rise from a pit in the stage to provide the floor of the conservation building, one times a week, starting with “The Maltese only sound for the showing of early silent of three main buildings on the Packard Falcon” (Warner Brothers, 1941) at 7:30 films. “Watching silent films accompanied Campus, 19053 Mount Pony Rd., Cul- p.m. on Sept. 4. by live music will allow patrons a richer peper, Va. “The Maltese Falcon” will be shown cinematic experience,” Mashon said. Tickets for the film series are not again at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 5, followed “The creation of the theater was a required, but reservations may be made by “The Wizard of Oz” (MGM, 1939) at labor of love for David Woodley Packard by calling (540) 827-1079, extension 2 p.m. on Sept. 6; “Shane” (Paramount, [president of of the Packard Humanities 7-9994, during business hours beginning 1953) at 7 p.m. on Sept. 9; “Singing in the Institute (PHI)],” said Gregory Lukow, one week before any given screening. Rain” (MGM, 1952) at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. chief of MBRS. “He is a true believer in Reserved seats must be claimed at least 12; and “King Kong” (RKO, 1933) at 2 preserving the American cinema heritage 10 minutes before show time, after which p.m. on Sept. 13. and preserving the classic exhibition standbys will be admitted. Sponsored by the Library’s Motion Pic- experience.” All of the feature films in the opening ture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound The Packard Humanities Institute classic series are on the Library’s National Division (MBRS), the classic film series built the Packard Campus of the National Film Registry, a list of culturally, histori- will run through Nov. 22. These are the Audio-Visual Conservation Center. With cally or aesthetically significant films that first films to be shown publicly in the new a construction cost of more than $150 are preserved for all time. theater constructed recently as part of the million, the 415,000-square-foot facility In addition to the films listed above, Packard Campus on Mount Pony. represents the largest-ever private gift to the September program will include The Culpeper facility is one of only the Library of Congress and one of the “Morocco” (Paramount, 1930), 7 p.m. five theaters in the country equipped to largest ever to the federal government. on Sept. 16; “The Night of the Hunter” show classic film prints. “Rarely today are The Packard Campus consists of (United Artists, 1955), 7:30 p.m. on so many classic American films shown a collections building, in which the Sept. 19; “Snow White and the Seven in 35mm in a single location under Library’s moving images and recording Dwarfs” (Walt Disney, 1937), 2 p.m., Sept. such ideal new conditions,” said Mike sound collections of more than 5.7 mil- 20; “Bringing Up Baby” (RKO, 1938), Mashon, head of the Moving Image Sec- lion items are housed in ideal conditions; 7 p.m., Sept. 23; “Trouble in Paradise” tion, MBRS. a conservation building, in which the (Paramount, 1932), 7:30 p.m. on Sept. Cinema buffs will be able to view origi- collections are acquired, managed and 26; “Gunga Din” (RKO, 1939), 2 p.m. on nal classic film prints on nitrate film stock preserved; and a separate facility with Sept. 27; and “Ninotchka” (MGM, 1939), as they would have been screened in the- 124 vaults for the safe storage of nitrate 7 p.m. on Sept. 30. u aters prior to 1950. The theater is equipped with state-of-the-art archival projection capability for nitrate film, 35-mm and Career and Job Fair for Information Professionals 70-mm film, and modern digital cinema, in the Federal Government as well as the highest sound quality. 9:30 a.m. - noon, Tuesday, Sept. 16, Montpelier Room, LM 619 Representatives from federal agencies and institutions that are hiring will be on Donated Leave hand to talk to job seekers at a federal job fair sponsored by the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) FEDLINK. Graduates and students of schools The following Library employees have satisfied the eligibility requirements of Library of of library and information science are invited. Congress Regulation (LCR) 2015-13 to receive Speakers include Michele Masias from the Deptarment of Justice who will speak leave donations from other staff members. Contact Runako Balondemu at 7-1545. about the federal job-application process. Kim Black Kizzy Gomes Some participating organizations are the Department of Justice; National Defense Kimberly Brent- Thomas Imhoof University; Department of Commerce; Voice of America, Television Library; National Thorpe Vanita Kelley Kimberly David March Air and Space Intelligence Center; National Agricultural Library; Trak Records and Cabbagestalk Laura Monagle Libraries; and Library Associates Companies. Shvonne Chappell- Arlene Peters Kirby Francine Via On-site resumé assistance and review will be available. Barbara Dash Karla Walker For more information, contact Holly Kerwin, FEDLINK Network librarian, at Simonette Dela Torre Anthony Williams Ida Eustis [email protected]. 4 The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Gazette AUGUST 29, 2008
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WELLNESS, Continued from page 1 aerobics, floor exercises, yoga, and other will complete a Request for Use of Well- most at risk from preventable chronic group activities that may be scheduled ness Center form, which includes an illness. Health Services Office screenings through the Public Programs Office acknowledgement of risk and agreement indicate that more than half the Library of ISS. Group-activity leaders will be to abide by the rules of use. After forms staff lack daily exercise, she said. trained in cardiopulmonary resuscita- are completed, Health Services will for- “Regular exercise has been demon- tion (CPR); they may register online at ward a person’s name and identification strated to be effective in maintaining phys- the Center for Learning Development card number to Physical Security, which ical and mental fitness, reducing depres- for CPR classes. will program ID cards to allow access to sion, anxiety and stress, and enhancing Maintenance agreements with equip- the Wellness Center. self-esteem,” Dr. Charles said. ment vendors will ensure that workout Dr. Charles and Graham serve on a Citing national Center for Disease machines are serviced regularly, repaired Wellness Task Force that has worked with Control and Prevention statistics, she promptly and kept in safe working order— Jenkins’s office on the equipment rec- noted the high cost of the national obe- an improvement over the old machines ommendations, liability-waiver require- sity epidemic—$220 billion annually in that had no routine maintenance. ments and some structural changes that medical care, lost productivity and the Chimes staff will clean the rooms and are illustrated in plans that Facilities ill health of millions of employees who sanitize equipment three times a day, Services has drawn up for the Wellness experience 89.5 million days in hospital and staff will be encouraged to wipe off Center. beds and 239 million days in restricted machines before and after usage and to These plans include some environ- activities. wear appropriate clothing. mental enhancements, such as architec- Dr. Charles estimates that at least one- Staff will be given instruction as tural changes to improve traffic flow and fourth of the staff is at risk of a chronic needed in how to use the machines privacy, flat-screen television monitors, illness related to obesity and of missing before starting their exercise programs, new center-room flooring suitable for work. “These are the people who most and they will be encouraged to read high-impact aerobics, additional mirrors, need encouragement,” Dr. Charles said. directions on each piece of equipment. and a storage room for balls, weights and Jenkins said use of the wellness center Staff also will be asked to sign agree- other equipment. will be on staff members’ own time. ments that they will use the equipment Employees themselves are contribut- at their own risk. Legal Research Orientation ing to the purchase of new exercise equip- Wellness Center security and safety The Law Library of Congress ment for their use, Jenkins noted. Money enhancements will include card readers will sponsor Legal Research recovered over the years from recycling for Wellness Center access, installation Orientation from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11 white paper, newspapers, corrugated of a computer with CENS messaging in Classroom A/B in LM 654, boxes, cans and plastic will be used to capability, and “panic buttons” to push James Madison Building. purchase the new machines. for emergency help. Registration is required. Register online at www.loc.gov/law/opportunities/seminar-form. Graham said the new equipment Wellness Center access will be con- html; by telephone at 7-9801; or in the Law should be delivered and installed for trolled by electronic card-readers. Staff Library Reading Room, LM 201. For more information contact Pamela Barnes Craig at use in October. wishing to use the facility will sign up for 7-5080. Dr. Charles said she will schedule admission at the Health Services Office Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at 7-6362 or online [email protected]. several open houses with orientation in in LM G40. To receive access cards, they how to use the equipment. Professional instructors will explain what the new machines are used for, how they work The Humanities and Social Sciences Division offers an overview and how to use them. Research Orientation to the Library The cardiovascular workout room will have two treadmills; four elliptical The Research Orientation is designed as a basic overview machines, two for a full-body workout for researchers using Library collections and resources. and the two for a lower-body workout; Presented from 10:30 a.m. to noon on the following Mondays: Sept. 8, 15, 29; Oct. 6, 20, and four stationary bicycles, two upright 27; and Nov. 3, 17 and 24. Evening sessions from 6:30–8 p.m. will be on Sept. 8, Oct. 6 and and two recumbent. Nov. 3. Orientation will be held in Room G-07 of the Jefferson Building. The strength-training room will house The Second Street entrance is open to those holding a Reader Identification Card; all others strength-building stations (each free- may enter using the First Street entrance. Reader ID cards can be obtained in LM 140. (Attendees for evening sessions must use the Second Street entrance.) standing machine is designed to condi- Due to limited space registration is required. Register by phone at 7-3370 or online at www. tion a certain group of muscles); dumb- loc.gov/rr/main/inforeas/signup.php. Request ADA accommodations five business days in bells; a bench; stability balls and large advance at 7-6362 or [email protected]. “medicine balls” of varying sizes. For more information call Kathy Woodrell 7-0945 or Abby Yochelson 7-2138. The center room still will be used for AUGUST 29 2008 The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Gazette 5
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Lockers will be removed from the a real gym, but the multimillion price tag collectively. men’s and women’s changing facilities put that project beyond serious consid- —The Biggest Losers, a support group to allow more space, and 24 lockers will eration, particularly in light of waning of men, works on “waist management” be installed in a nearby hallway for use public resources for the Library. and focuses on changing shapes rather only while exercising. Staff may not than weight loss—with assistance from store personal belongings in Wellness Other Wellness Programs Health Services Office staff who offer tips Center lockers. Dressing areas for men Dr. Charles has long been an advocate on how to redistribute fat. and women will each have one shower. of Library programs that will contribute to —The Sweetbees Diabetes Support “We will monitor the volume of shower the health and well-being of employees Group kicked off on June 18 as a grass- usage carefully and add more showers if and thereby “increase staff productiv- roots effort and now has 45 members. they are needed,” Graham said. ity, reduce absenteeism from illness, This group has started an organized “These changes and improvements injury and chronic disease, and lower the walking program to help staff shed some will bring us on par with most other fed- Library’s cost of medical benefits.” pounds; anyone interested may join in by eral agencies,” Dr. Charles said. Graham has joined in the effort, contacting the Health Services Office. She noted that a Library wellness pro- not only by planning upgrades to the —Smoking Cessation helped dozens gram with a physical-fitness component Wellness Center space, arranging for of staffers quit smoking, and Health Ser- appeals to younger recruits and helps its cleaning and upkeep and honcho- vices Office staff members offer continu- make the Library more competitive and ing the equipment purchase orders and ing support on a one-on-one basis. attractive as a place to work. maintenance agreements, but also by —Doctors, nurses, dietitians and other preparing for a new heart-healthy Library health-care professionals have conducted Wellness Center History food services contract to be awarded in educational Health Forums on topics that The history of the Wellness Center June 2009. include heart disease, diabetes, genetics began about eight years ago, when some Vendors competing for the Library’s and breast cancer, anxiety and stress- 2,600 Library staff members signed a peti- contract will be required to offer cafete- release, and other subjects related to tion requesting that the Library establish ria and snack-bar meals that are low-fat, wellness and disease prevention. an exercise facility. (“Virtually every low-sodium and nutritious. The Library —The Health Services Office has federal agency, large and small, in the will issue its request for proposals (RFP) partnered with the Prevention of Blind- Washington area either has its own com- containing these and other requirements ness Society to screen for glaucoma; plete fitness center…or has the use of a on Oct. 1. with the National Kidney Disease Edu- facility within a block,” the petitioners Graham said the contract winner will cation Program to screen for kidney argued then.) be given until August 2009 to adjust to malfunctions and disease; and with the A Wellness Center Task Force was some other Library requirements, such George Washington University Hospital formed with representatives of the Office as the use of “bioware”—biodegradable to bring a Mammovan to the Library at of General Counsel, then Facility Opera- food containers—instead of plastic and least twice a year to screen for breast tions, the Health Office and the Library Styrofoam. cancer. Health Services has helped unions. With the support of Jenkins, then He points with pride to the numbers sponsor blood-screening clinics that the chief of staff, and Dr. Charles, the task of people choosing salads and other fresh monitor levels of sodium, potassium, force identified the three basement rooms foods rather than fried foods and other glucose and cholesterol, among other in the Adams Building, which provided high-fat items that used to dominate the health indicators, and that test for HIV space for a few pieces of exercise equip- food bars. infection. ment; aerobics, yoga and other classes; Dr. Charles said she will recommend Health Services partners with the one shower each for men and women; that cafeteria choices be labeled to show American Red Cross to conduct regular and some lockers. their nutritional values, including fat, blood drives at the Library. Jim McCarthy, Congressional Research sugar and carbohydrates. Dr. Charles pursues a relentless hand- Service, an avid cyclist and a member of She discussed some staff-health ser- washing campaign to stem the spread of the early task force, recalled that some vices and programs her office is spon- infection, particularly during flu season, other federal agencies donated some soring. and her office offers free flu shots to equipment to the Library for staff-wide — Staff can monitor their weight and employees. use. The donations included a new tread- body fat on Health Services scales, and She also attends meetings of national mill, a new stationary bike and later a they can monitor their blood pressure health officials to monitor worldwide Universal weight machine and some with machines inside the reception area threat levels of infectious diseases and has free-weights. of LM G40 and in the outside hallway. supported a Library-wide effort to draft a In response to a request from Jenkins, —In the three most recent sessions Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) in ISS Director Mary Levering and her staff of Weight Watchers at Work, Library staff event the Library has to shut down in a worked up a plan and cost estimates for members have lost a total of 828 pounds, medical or other emergency. u 6 The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Gazette AUGUST 29, 2008
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ROSE, Continued from page 1 On July 30 at 4:15 a.m., Rose put foot to can all end in just a few months.” asphalt as he began the challenge. Believ- A native of Massachusetts, Rose began ing that he would never run anything intense chemotherapy at the Dana-Farber close to 192 miles again, Rose decided to Cancer Institute in Boston the day after go for it while he had the chance and to Christmas in 2003. As he sat in a hospital run 10 extra miles before starting the PMC bed for hours each day receiving injec- course. His overall trek took him some tions of medications that caused him 60 hours to complete—including periods nausea and severe pain, he considered of rest and even passing out—ultimately ways to help the clinic and fellow cancer raising more than $7,000 for Dana-Farber. patients he grew so attached to during his He said in actual running time, his course treatment. Rose decided to turn to his pas- took him about 50 hours. sion, running, as a way to bring attention “Running 192 miles was both the most to and raise money for the clinic. amazing and insanely painful thing I’ve Every year, Dana-Farber sponsors a ever done to myself,” he said. “With the 192-mile charity bike race from Sturbridge “At the mile 45 stop I grabbed my iPod for point of my run being to inspire cancer the first time, partly for some motivation/ to Provincetown, the Pan-Mass Challenge, distraction from the heat and partly for patients to keep fighting, I knew I couldn’t which has raised more than $200 million the extra protection from the sun’s intense give up. since 1977 for the clinic. Rose set out to rays (I wear over-the-ear headphones),” “With about seven miles to go, when become the first competitor to run the Rose recalled in his blog. Here, shaded by I was running better than I had since the trees from the merciless sun, he cruised bicycle course. so quickly over the hills that he beat his first day, I started really thinking about my “When you’re stuck in a hospital with crew to the next stop. friends fighting in the hospital right now,” other patients in the same situation, you he continued. “My wife’s cousin, in par- can’t help but form a bond with them. It’s “Before I was diagnosed, I ran a ticular, is in a tough battle himself. I yelled just the fact that you’re all in the same 3-hour, 18-minute marathon in Portland, a few words of encouragement toward boat trying to make the best of a horrible Maine. When I returned after chemo the sky to him, and a few more words of situation that matters,” Rose said. “When that next fall, I ran a 3:12. That felt pretty thanks to my friends who have passed you get out of the hospital and have to good,” he said. away but still give me the motivation I leave them behind, there’s a huge sense Then he joined the Dana-Farber need to keep running and living life to of responsibility that comes over you. Cancer Institute Marathon Challenge the fullest. From there I let the adrenaline You need to do whatever you can to help team to raise money for cancer research carry me through to the finish.” them. I’m still not sure why I was one while running the Boston Marathon in Rose admits that for now, he’s not sure of the lucky ones, but I knew from the April 2005. what is next for him. In his immediate moment I walked out of the hospital there “It was after this run that I took a step future, he is gearing up for the 24-Hour was no way I would forget my friends.” back and started to plan out the semi- National Championships in Texas in Over the next four years, Rose began insane mission of trying to run the 192- November. training for the equivalent of seven and mile Pan-Mass Challenge cycling course. “The big thing I learned about my run- one-half marathons. He admits his first Lucky for me, a huge part of running ning after chemo is that the pain you feel foray into running again was an uphill beyond the 26.2-mile marathon distance when running is one that you control. I battle. is mental, and the mental training and can always stop running if it hurts too bad, “About five or six weeks after finish- suffering I went through during chemo but when you’re going through chemo, ing chemo, I went for my first run. It was translated nicely.” you have no control,” he concluded. more of an extremely labored shuffle, From that point, Rose began running “When training, I keep that thought in but to this day it is still the run I’m most a 30-mile course every month, increas- mind during all of my long, painful runs. proud of,” he recalled. “I remember col- ing to every couple of weeks, and before ‘Who am I to complain about some aches lapsing at the end and looking up at the long, running one every week. He ran his and pains when my friends are stuck in sun. Even though I was pretty close to first 50-miler in the fall of 2006, his first infusion rooms all over the world in real passing out, it felt so great to be looking 100 miler in the summer of 2007, and in pain?’ This motivates me to keep pushing up at the sun and not the fluorescent 2008 made the final push in training by through the rougher moments. I find that lights of the hospital.” running 40 to 50 miles every Saturday. running ultra-long distances is the way I His immediate goal when he got out He also ran in three 100-mile races a few prove to myself that I’m alive.” of the hospital in March 2004 was to run months prior to the Pan-Mass Challenge; To read a first-hand account of Rose’s the same marathon he did right before he placed third in the Ulmstead 100 Mile journey and stay updated on his future his diagnosis, only he wanted to run it Endurance Run in North Carolina with a running endeavors, check out his blog at faster. time of 17 hours and 5 minutes. www.run192.blogspot.com. u AUGUST 29, 2008 The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Gazette 7
NOTABLE EVENTS
Botkin Lecture Sept. 4 dramatic sophistication and artis- Stourzh’s book “From Vienna tion (1956–1957). He served two To Feature Kunqu, tic dance movements integrated to Chicago and Back: Essays on years in the Austrian Foreign Classical Chinese Opera into a harmonious whole. Intellectual History and Political Service, became professor of Kunqu, the earliest unified For more information visit Thought in Europe and America” modern and North American form of Chinese classical opera, the American Folklife Center (2007) looks at Anglo-American history at the Free University is the subject of a talk in the Ben- at www.loc.gov/folklife or call topics such as the influence of of Berlin from 1964 to 1969 and jamin A. Botkin Folklife Lec- 7-5510. William Blackstone on pre-rev- returned to Austria to become ture Series to be presented by professor of modern history at u u u u u olutionary political discourse the American Folklife Center at in the 13 colonies and the con- the University of Vienna. noon on Thursday, Sept. 4, in Historian Gerald Stourzh ceptual evolution of the constitu- He is the author of several Dining Room A, LM 620, Madi- To Discuss Intellectual tion as a foundation of govern- books in English and German, son Building. Journey, Vienna to Chicago ment. The book also examines including “Alexander Hamilton Marjory Bong-Ray Liu, Ph.D., Distinguished Austrian his- 19th- and 20th-century Austrian and the Idea of Republican Gov- who was born and raised in torian Gerald Stourzh, profes- history and studies the develop- ernment” (1970) and “Benjamin China, will present the lecture, sor emeritus at the University ment of equal rights that are at Franklin and American Foreign “Kunqu: China’s First Great Mul- of Vienna, is one of the few the core of Western democratic Policy” (1954). His publications tiart Theatrical Tradition.” She prominent scholars equally at governments. on the Austrian State Treaty form wrote her doctoral dissertation home with U.S. history and the Stourzh was born in Vienna the leading body of work on on Kunqu at the University of history of central Europe. in 1929. From 1951 to 1958 he that subject. Stourz has also won California, Los Angeles, and Stourzh will discuss his career worked at the University of acclaim for his work on the his- taught ethnomusicology and and his latest book, a collection Chicago and at the American tory of human, civil and minority Chinese and Asian art, philoso- of 15 essays previously published Foundation for Political Educa- rights in Austria. u phy and culture at Arizona State from 1953 to 2005, in a Library University until her retirement lecture at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Discover What a Library Science Degree in 1989. Sept. 24, in LJ Room 119 of the Can Do for Your Career. CUA School of Library and Information Science Open House Dating from the Ming Dynasty Thomas Jefferson Building. Noon – 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 9 of the 16th and 17th centuries, The free public lecture is Classroom LM 654E, Madison Building Kunqu is undergoing a revival sponsored by the Library’s Reservations are requested but not required. For more information in China as a revered art form. John W. Kluge Center and the or to RSVP, send an e-mail to [email protected] or Miriam Centeno The opera embodies the beauty European Division together with at [email protected]. This information session will be sponsored by The Catholic University of America, School of Library and Information of poetic lyrics, musical flair, ele- the Austrian Cultural Forum of Science. For more information visit the Web site http://slis.cua.edu, gant costume, stylized make up, Washington. send an e-mail to [email protected] or call (202) 319-5085. Request ADA accommodations five days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6632 or [email protected]. The Science, Technology & Business Division presents “Space-Based Ornithology: On the Wings of Migration and Biophysics” Career Development Program 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Wed., Sept.10, Mary Pickford Theater, LM 301 The Career Development Program application period is under- James Smith, of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, will way. Applications are being accepted for the program from all discuss the global study of bird migration and conservation eligible Library of Congress employees, GS-2 through GS-9* and/ using space-based observations. For more information, contact ST&B at 7-5664. Request ADA accommodations or WG-2 through WG-9 (*positions with no promotional potential five days in advance at 7-6362 or [email protected] above GS-9 level). Applications must be delivered to the Human Resources Cus- Carpools tomer Service Center (LM 107) by close of business Aug. 29, 2008. For more details about the CDP, visit the Center for Learning and The Library’s parking program office offers an online database to help staff members locate existing carpools or create new ones at www.loc. Development (CLD) website: http://www.loc.gov/staff/cld/. gov/staff/iss/parking.html Seeking carpool from NW Washington (North Cleveland Park). 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Contact Anne, 7-1519 or National Preparedness Fair Sept. 10 [email protected]. In support of this year’s National Preparedness Month, the Established nonsmoking carpool seeks driver and/or rider. From Library’s Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness Bailey’s Crossroad/Seminary Road area. Call Michelle Springer, and Health Services Office will again co-sponsor a National 7-7494. Preparedness Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Seeking carpool from S.W. Washington, D.C. (waterfront area). Call Sept. 10, in Madison Hall. Exhibitors from several federal, Billie, 7-0028, or e-mail [email protected]. state and local agencies will share information and materials Established carpool seeks driver. Germantown, Md. Contact Salwa on disaster readiness. The fair is open to Library staff and the Samaan, 7-0143, or Bill Ruvinsky, 7-2837. general public. 8 Library of Congress Gazette AUGUST 29, 2008
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AUGUST Marjory Bong-Ray Liu, Arizona and Jean MacKay, Scottish own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. FRIDay State University, presents a Gold Medalists from the 2005 Meeting: LCPA board. 1 – 2 29 lecture on “Kunqu: China’s Royal National Mòd, perform p.m., Preservation Conference Aerobics Class: Strength First Great Multiart Theatrical traditional Scots-Gaelic songs. Room, LM G-21. Contact training and floor exercise. Tradition.” Noon, Dining Room Noon, Mary Pickford Theater, 7-2138. Noon, Dining Room A, LM A, LM 620. Contact 7-5510. LM 301. Contact 7-3229. 620. Contact 7-8637. Ceremony: Herman Wouk Belly Dance Class: Noon. receives the first Library of LC Ballroom Dance Club: SEPTEMBER Contact leader for place. Congress Award for Lifetime 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., West Dining thursDay Yoga/Pilates: Start at your Achievement in the Writing of Room, LM 621. Contact 4 own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. Fiction. No tickets required. Aerobics Class: 7-2815. High-Low. 5 p.m., Coolidge Auditorium. Noon, Mumford Room, LM 649. Film: “Rock Around the Clock” SEPTEMBER Contact 7-5221. and “That’ll Be the Day.” 6:30 Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. 9 tuesDay p.m., Mary Pickford Theater, Contact 7-5984. SEPTEMBER LM 301. Contact 7-5677. Metrochek: Makeup day. 9 Meditation: Open to all. 12:15 a.m. – 1 p.m., LM 139. THURSDay p.m., LA 300. 11 Forum: Study of Comparative Legal Research Orientation: SEPTEMBER LC Ballroom Dance Club: Religion. Noon, LM 527. 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., 1 MonDay 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Dining Book Talk: Classroom A/B, LM 654. Holiday: All Library buildings Room A, LM 620. Ruth Cernea discusses her book “Almost Registration is required. are closed in observance of Belly Dance Class: 1 p.m. the federal Labor Day holiday. Englishmen: Baghdadi Jews Aerobics Class: High-Low. Contact leader for place. in British Burma.” Noon, Asian Noon. Call 7-8637 for place. Film: “Gentlemen Prefer Division Reading Room Foyer. SEPTEMBER Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. Blondes” and “Duck Amuck.” LJ 150. Contact 7-9897. 2 tuesDay 7 p.m., Mary Pickford Theater, Meditation: Open to all. 12:15 Aerobics Class: High-Low. p.m., LA 300. Aerobics Class: High-Low. LM 301. Noon. Call leader for place. Noon, Dining Room A, LM 620. Aerobics Class: Strength Belly Dance Class: 1 p.m., Meditation: Open to all. 12:15 Contact leader for place. Meditation: Open to all. 12:15 training and floor exercise. p.m., LA 300. p.m., LA 300. Contact mrag@ Noon, LC Mumford Room, Film: “The Horn Blows at Film: “The Last Tycoon.” 7 p.m., loc.gov. LM 649. Midnight.” 7 p.m., Mary Mary Pickford Theater, LM 301. Film: “The Go-Between” Pickford Theater, LM 301. SEPTEMBER (MGM-EMI – World Film SEPTEMBER Services, U.K., 1970). 7 p.m., FRIDay SEPTEMBER 5 WEDNESDay Mary Pickford Theater, LM 301. Film: “Play It Cool” and “It’s 10 12 FRIDay Tai Chi Class: All levels. 11:30 Trad Dad” or “Ring-a-Ding Health Services Forum: Aerobics Class: Strength a.m., LC Wellness Center. Rhythm.” 6:30 p.m., Mary Second annual National training and floor exercise. Contact 7-3284. Pickford Theater, LM 301. Preparedness Month Vendor Noon. Call 7-8637 for place. Fair. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., West Dining Room, LM 621. LC Ballroom Dance Club: SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Dining WEDNESDay SATURDay Lecture: Jim Smith, staff Room A, LM 620. 3 6 scientist in the Laboratory for Exhibition Closes: “Alvin Bloomsday Camerata: Terrestrial Physics, presents Lecture: Michael Winship Ailey Dance Theater: 50 Years Reading through “The Cantos” “Space-Based Ornithology: presents a lecture titled as Cultural Ambassador to by Ezra Pound. Noon, Dewey On the Wings of Migration and “The Tragedy of the Book the World.” 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Conference Room, LM 547. Biophysics.” 11:30 a.m., Mary Industry: Book Stores and Performing Arts Reading Book Distribution in the United Forum: Bible study. Open to Pickford Theater, LM 301. Room Foyer, LM 113. Contact 7-5664. States, 1850-1950.” 3 p.m., all. Noon, LM 613. Contact 7-4604. LJ 113. Contact 7-2692. Business Research Tai Chi Class: All levels. 11:30 a.m. Call leader for place. Film: “What a Crazy World!” Orientation: Sign up at www. SEPTEMBER 7 p.m., Mary Pickford Theater, loc.gov/rr/business/. Noon, MONDay Bloomsday Camerata: LM 301. meet in the elevator bay on 8 Reading through “The Cantos” Library Research by Ezra Pound. Noon, Dewey the fifth floor of the Adams The Forum for the Study Building. Contact 7-7934. Orientation: 10:30 a.m. – Conference Room, LM 547. noon and 6:30 – 8 p.m., of Comparative Religion Aerobics Class: Strength LJ G07. Contact 7-2138. Forum: Bible study. Open to meets at noon, Sept 9, in the training and floor exercise. all. Noon, LM 613. conference room of the Social Book Talk: Raymond Sciences Cataloging Division, 12:30 p.m., Dining Room C, Caregiving Discussion Montpelier Room. Scheindlin discusses his by LM 527. newest book, “Song of the Group: Noon – 1 p.m., Yoga/Pilates: Start at your Distant Dove: Judah Halevi’s LM 623. Contact 7-7916. own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. Aerobics Class: Posters celebrating the 2008 Pilgrimage.” Noon, African Strength National Book Festival are LC Toastmasters: Noon – 1 and Middle Eastern Division training and floor exercise. available in the Public Affairs p.m., LM 139. Contact 7-3952, Conference Room, LJ 220. 12:30 p.m. Call 7-8637 for Office, LM 105. The festival [email protected]. Contact 7-3779. place. is Saturday, Sept. 27, on the National Mall. Benjamin Botkin Lecture: Concert: James Graham Yoga/Pilates: Start at your
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