Gazette Volume 20, No. 40 • November 6, 2009 • A weekly publication for Library staff Library Opens Center Just for Young Readers On Oct. 23, Librarian of Congress is closed on all federal holidays. The By Kimberly Rieken James H. Billington welcomed a group phone number is 7-1950.) The Library of Congress, for the first of young people, parents and others to “We want you and other young read- time in its history, has a space devoted the new Young Readers Center, in Room ers to have a place where you can gain to the reading interests of children and LJ G-31, ground floor of the Thomas Jef- an introduction to the wonders of your teens in its historic Thomas Jefferson ferson Building. (Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 nation’s library,” Billington told the chil- Building. p.m., Monday through Friday; the center dren gathered in the center. The Librar- ian, with the help of Mrs. Billington, intro- duced the book “Moomin Troll” by Tove Jansson, from which the Billingtons read to the children. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and her children and Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., and his son helped open the new center. A mother of three, the congress- woman said she was honored to be at the opening. “There’s nothing like an event in Washington with children,” she said. Stressing the importance of the Library for readers of all ages, she said, “We need to be able to inspire the next generation of readers in the greatest library in the world.” Children gathered around and lis- tened intently as the congresswoman and her children read one of their favorite

Barry Wheeler books, “Pinkalicious” by Elizabeth Kann The Young Readers Center opens in the Thomas Jefferson Building with a reading by and Victoria Kann. Librarian of Congress James Billington and Marjorie Billington. At left is Rep. Debbie Was- serman Schultz. M.T. Anderson, who writes books for both children and teens, was the special guest author. He has written New Study Bolsters Case for Extending such acclaimed and popular books as “The Astonishing Life of Octavian Copyright Protection to Early Recordings Nothing” Volumes I and II (Candlewick Press), and “Me, All Alone, at the End sound recordings made before Feb. 15, of the World” (Random House). Ander- By Sheryl Cannady and Gail Fineberg 1972, remains the exclusive domain of son appeared at the Library’s 2007 A new study, the third in a series, the states, which have created a patch- National Book Festival. will assist the register of copyrights in work of laws—criminal and civil statutes, Anderson recalled that as a child he reporting to Congress on whether federal common and fair-trade laws, and court understood that he was part of “a lineage copyright laws should be extended to precedents—with variations within each of American readers” when he saw on all sound recordings made before Feb. state. library-book check-out cards the names 15, 1972. Although state laws governing use of others who had come before him. Congress extended copyright protec- may protect copyrighted sound record- He also talked about how libraries tions to sound recordings made after that ings from piracy and other unauthorized can transport readers of all ages to dif- date. However, copyright protection for Copyright, Continued on page 4 Young Readers, Continued on page 4 2 Library of Congress Gazette november 6, 2009

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NEWS Town Hall Kicks Off Disability Employment Month

separated, she said. It wasn’t until the that don’t fit into the targeted category, By Erin Allen 1980s that disabled individuals were many of them being psychological in included as part of the civil-rights model nature. With a moving show of hands, Erika for inclusiveness. “We need to change the way we’ve Ruth, a Gallaudet University intern work- “The difference between this situation been outreaching at the Library,” she ing in the Geography and Map Division, and that of blacks and women is that said. “We need to try to make our efforts recited a silent poem, “Dandelions,” there were no [public] demonstrations, more personal and focus more specifi- by Clayton Valli. Her fluid movements no nightly news features, no forcefulness, cally on areas of expertise rather than expressed the sentiment that deaf people no anger,” she said. general outreach.” and persons with disabilities are por- Today, Americans are still evolving In answer to another question, Earp trayed as dandelions on a lawn, plucked in their understanding of one another. admitted that the Library needed to have out and mowed down. “Trust” is a word that comes up often and sensitivity training to discourage dis- “Oftentimes, people look at deaf is a word that Earp encouraged. crimination. people like they are weeds,” she signed. Before opening the floor to questions, Other questions included how to “We’ll always be here and we just keep Earp discussed the legal and universal handle situations in which managers coming back.” principles of accessibility and accommo- are not receptive to hiring disabled per- Amanda Donaldson of the Congres- dation. Legally, it is the employer’s respon- sons because of the cost of providing sional Research Service (CRS), who has sibility to be open to accommodation, and for them. dyslexia, read “Heaven and Hell: A Clari- it is the disabled person’s responsibility “Most accommodations cost less than fication for Misguided Concepts” by Dara to ask and not assume. $500,” said Earp. She emphasized one of McLaughlin. “She may be a curiosity; Earp fielded several questions about the legal principles of accommodation— she may remind you of a tragedy. She the Library’s practices. One staff member that it should be provided unless it creates may have unusual priorities. But, she is asked what targeted recruitment should an undue hardship. not a spectacle, she is not on parade,” mean for the disabled. Earp responded “We’re all in this together,” she con- Donaldson said with feeling. there are a number of medical conditions cluded. u These two performances set the tone for an Oct. 5 town hall meeting that kicked off the Library’s celebration of Disability Library Acquires 19th–Century Maps of Tennessee Employment Month. This year’s theme for the annual October commemoration was “Expectation + Opportunity = Full Participation.” Naomi Earp, director of the Office of Opportunity, Inclusiveness and Compliance, led the open forum on issues, concerns and general principles of accessibility and accommodation. She prefaced the discussion with a personal tale of her own. A few years ago, Earp had her cataracts removed and replaced with intraocular lenses. “We are all candidates [for a disabil- ity],” she said. The disabled have existed as long as the rest of humanity, but as a nation, they were ignored up until the Civil War, according to Earp. “We saw them as charity,” she said. “That changed as medical progress was made—progress that could address their Susan Baker Murray Hudson, center, a Tennessee rare book and map dealer, presents John Hebert, physical needs.” right, chief of the Geography and Map Division (G&M), and Robert Morris, technical Earp asserted that the disabled were information specialist in G&M, with a manuscript geology map of Tennessee, ca 1868. omitted during the Civil Rights Movement Hudson gave this map to the Library on Oct. 22, but the Library purchased more than 50 cartographic items in the James Safford Collection, which contained this map. Saf- of the 1960s and 1970s. America bought ford was the second Tennessee state geologist, serving from 1854 to the 1870s. into the paradigm that they should be 4 Library of Congress Gazette november 6, 2009

News Young Readers, Continued from page 1 of reading in young people’s lives. The tors and parents). A highlight of the site ferent times and places. program is a collaborative effort with is the exclusive episodic story called “Libraries are time portals,” he said. the Children’s Book Council (www.cbc “The Exquisite Corpse Adventure,” a joint They can take us back to the past and books.org). The first ambassador is Jon project with the National Children’s Book into the future. They can take us to dif- Scieszka, whose two-year term will end and Literacy Alliance (www.thencbla. ferent worlds, worlds we wouldn’t know, in December 2009; a new ambassador org). Every two weeks a new episode people we might not understand.” will be named in January 2010. and illustration will appear. Some of the The Librarian said he hopes the new The Center for the Book also oversees nation’s best authors and illustrators for Young Readers Center will serve the the new website at www.Read.gov, which young people are each writing a chapter same purpose. provides reading resources especially for or providing an illustration for the year- “We’ve got a lot of books to open a kids and teens (as well as adults, educa- long story. u lot of windows that will let you use your imaginations,” he said. About the Young Readers Center Visitors to the Young Readers Center may choose to read a book from an up- to-date collection of noncirculating titles; they may browse the web’s kid-friendly sites; or they may attend programs espe- cially designed for young readers. The center’s media room provides an oppor- tunity for visitors to view webcasts of National Book Festival authors talking about reading, writing and books for young adults and children. The center is a special space in the Library for adults and children to enjoy together. The Young Readers Center is one aspect of the Center for the Book’s out- reach to the nation’s youth. The Center for the Book also oversees a program in which the National Ambassador for

Young People’s Literature (www.chil- Barry Wheeler drensbookambassador.com) is named Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and her daughters read “Pinkalicious” at open- as a spokesperson for the importance ing of the Young Readers Center in the Thomas Jefferson Building.

Copyright, Continued from page 1 have published all three studies. (The tions, oral histories and news interviews. uses, they may pose barriers to libraries new study, “Protection for Pre-1972 Sound In Besek’s second study, issued in March and archives wishing to disseminate pre- Recordings under State Law and Its Impact 2009, she cautioned archives and libraries 1972 recordings as widely as possible to on Use by Nonprofit Institutions: A 10-State to consult relevant state laws before copy- scholars and the public and to preserve Analysis,” may be viewed or downloaded ing pre-1972 recordings for preservation them. at www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub146abst. or distribution. She also offered some For nonprofit libraries and archives, html. See also the NRPB website at www. practical advice to libraries and archives the question is how to make pre-1972 loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-clir.html.) on how to navigate the maze of state laws, recordings available for research and Professor June M. Besek, executive particularly those covering unpublished, preservation without running afoul of director of the Kernochan Center for Law, noncommercial works. state laws—and risking lawsuits. Media and the Arts at Columbia Law Commissioned by the National Record- To find some answers, the National School, conducted the first two studies. ing Preservation Board and released in Recording Preservation Board (NRPB) She examined the effect of state laws on September 2009, the third study illustrates commissioned three studies in support the ability of research institutions to pre- the complexity of pertinent state laws and of a congressionally mandated study of serve and make accessible commercial the possibilities for infractions. Professor the status of audio preservation in the sound recordings and unpublished works Peter Jaszi, with the assistance of Nick United States. The Library and the Council before 1972. Such works include live jazz Lewis, supervised preparation of the study on Library and Information Resources recordings, radio broadcast transcrip- by the Program on Information Justice november 6, 2009 The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Gazette 5

news and Intellectual Property at American “A great number of the three million issues present a formidable challenge,” University’s Washington College of Law. sound recordings held by the Library of Marcum wrote. In this study, Jaszi, Lewis and Ameri- Congress at the newly opened Packard She noted that Congress has recently can University students traced the history Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation directed the U. S. Copyright Office to “… of federal and state copyright laws pertain- in Culpeper, Virginia, meet these criteria,” conduct a study on the desirability of and ing to sound recordings from 1909 to the Marcum continued. means for bringing sound recordings fixed present. They examined the laws and “Many of the early commercial sound before February 15, 1972, under federal court cases that limit the extent to which recordings and radio broadcast collections jurisdiction.” nonprofit institutions can preserve and preserved at the center are not held by any “At a time when the responsibility for provide public access to pre-1972 sound other public institution. It is the Library’s sustaining America’s recorded sound his- recordings. obligation, in ensuring that the Packard tory and culture is being ever more rapidly In a close look at 10 states, they exam- Campus becomes a truly national center, transferred to publicly funded libraries ined in detail each state’s criminal and to make certain that its audio treasures and archives, it is vitally important that civil laws pertaining to copyright. They are shared as widely as possible. Yet in public-policy makers come to terms with looked at legal use as limited by common an environment where there are virtually the legal barriers that those institutions law copyright, fair-trade-law theories, no public-domain sound recordings and face in meeting their obligations to pre- rights of privacy, and the federal copyright where, as discussed in this study, the serve and provide responsible public law related to underlying works, such as laws controlling early sound recordings access, while also protecting the rights of the musical compositions performed on are complex and vast, copyright-related copyright owners,” Marcum said. u the recordings. In her foreword to Jaszi’s study, Associ- ate Librarian for Library Services Deanna Expert Shares Details of Hubble Mission Marcum wrote: “At the conclusion of his place over 12 days, two new scientific analysis of applicable laws in each of the By Alison Kelly instruments were installed and two other 10 states included in his report, Professor David S. Leckrone, a recently retired instruments were restored, in the first- Jaszi outlines what he terms ‘potential scientist at NASA’s Hubble Space Tele- defenses for nonprofit institutions.’ In ever in-orbit repairs to the telescope. scope Program, in an illustrated lecture Astronauts also installed new batteries, these sections, he examines the courses on Oct. 13, took a Library audience along new gyroscopes, a new science com- of defense a nonprofit institution might on a dramatic mission into outer space puter, a refurbished guidance sensor, and take if accused of unauthorized use of in May 2009, when a Space Shuttle crew new insulation on three electronics bays. pre-1972 sound recordings. These analy- serviced the Hubble. NASA scientists, technicians and engi- ses will be invaluable to all nonprofit Leckrone, who was the lead scien- neers were able to generate some very institutions working to make historical tist for the Hubble project for 16 years, ingenious tools for the repairs, and astro- recordings accessible. However, the legal accompanied his Library lecture with nauts tested the repair procedures for two issues related to dissemination of pre-1972 slides and video material, providing a recordings, and all recordings, are com- detailed look at the inner workings of years before the actual mission. plex. Having these analyses of potential the mission. Leckrone’s talk was the fifth Four astronauts conducted five space- legal defenses is useful, but the mere this year in a series of lunchtime talks by walks during the course of the repairs. need to consider ‘potential defenses’ has scientists. NASA Goddard Space Flight Silhouetted against the huge Earth in the a chilling effect on all institutions without Center and the Science, Technology and background, the spacewalking astronauts the legal resources and wherewithal to Business Division of the Library sponsor had to overcome frozen bolts, stripped undertake legal risks.” the series. screws and stuck handrails while work- Marcum noted in her foreword the Leckrone is an internationally recog- ing in space. frustration that librarians and archivists nized authority on the chemical elements The 2009 servicing mission left the had expressed in public National Record- in stars, and he was awarded NASA’s telescope far more powerful, and Leck- ing Preservation Board hearings about highest award, the Distinguished Ser- rone’s lecture concluded with amazing the difficulties in making their collections vice Medal, in 2009. He has provided new images demonstrating Hubble’s available to scholars and the public. scientific leadership for all aspects of greatly improved capabilities. NASA’s “Many of my colleagues at the Library the Hubble Program, including program web pages at http://hubble.nasa.gov/ of Congress share my personal conviction management, spacecraft and science offer many images from the Hubble as that it is our obligation to make our collec- operations, development of new scien- well as more information on the repair tions as accessible as possible, within the tific instruments and in-orbit servicing. missions to the telescope. u law. This is especially true for collections He has been involved in all five of the —Alison Kelly is a research specialist that are unique, rare, or difficult to locate Hubble’s servicing missions. in the Library’s Science, Technology and elsewhere. During the 2009 mission, which took Business Division. 6 Library of Congress Gazette novemBER 6, 2009

Noteable events Music and the Brain Series Thomas Jefferson Building. Filmmaker Tells Story Of six Druze villagers whose futures Continues This Month Saturday, Nov. 14: “States Jewish, Muslim Families are linked to the elusive peace Specialists in the effects of of Mind: Music in Islamic Sufi Who Saved Each Other between Israel and Syria. music on the brain will continue Rituals,” with Taoufiq ben Amor A film titled “The Woman u u u u u the Library’s Music and the Brain and Gordon Gray Jr., senior lec- From Sarajevo,” featuring the first Two Prize-Winning Poets series with examinations of “dan- turer in Arabic Studies, Columbia Muslim woman to be honored To Read at Library Nov. 12 gerous music,” music as it is used University, who grew up in Tunis by Israel as “Righteous Among Tony Hoagland, from Houston, surrounded by Sufi music and with rituals to achieve certain Nations” in recognition of non- Texas, and Lucia Perillo, from rituals, especially of the Qadiri states of mind, and music as Jews who risked their lives during Olympia, Wash., will read at 6:45 order. Three decades ago, Gray a possible healer of impaired the Holocaust to save Jews from p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in started learning the Oud (Arab neural processes. extermination by the Nazis, will the Montpelier Room, LM 619, lute) and the Arabic Maqam Presented by the Library’s be shown at 1 p.m. on Monday, Madison Building. (Modal) system. He is an active Music and Science, Technology Nov. 9, in the Pickford Theater, “These two poets are a stun- music performer, educator and and Business divisions, the free LM 301. ning combination for a reading— producer. He is writing a book series is made possible through Israeli filmmaker Ella Alterman Hoagland for his amazing poetic titled “The Making of Tradition: will discuss her film following the the generosity of the Dana Foun- insights and humor, and Perillo Music, Language and Identity in free, public screening sponsored dation. Additional support has for her unflinching juxtapositions the Arab World.” 6:15 p.m., Whit- by the Library’s European Divi- been provided by the American of pop culture images and deeper tall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson sion and the Hebrew Language Music Therapy Association. Proj- human concerns,” said Patricia Building. Table in cooperation with the ect chairman for the series is Dr. Gray, head of the Library’s Poetry Kay Redfield Jamison, professor Friday, Dec. 4: “Making Israeli Embassy. and Literature Center. of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Music Changes Brains,” with Dr. The 65-minute film (in Serbian, Hoagland, whose volume University School of Medicine Gottfried Schlaug, associate pro- English and Hebrew, with English “What Narcissism Means to Me” and co-director of the Johns Hop- fessor of neurology, director of subtitles) is a story about Zineba made him a National Book Critics kins Mood Disorders Center. Music, Neuroimaging and Stroke Hardaga’s Serbian family, who Circle finalist, is the author of four For program details updates Recovery Laboratories, and chief hid and saved a Jewish family additional books of poetry and a and a schedule for the full of the Division of Cerebrovas- from death during World War II. collection of essays. In 2005, he season, see www.loc.gov/rr/per cular Diseases at Beth Israel Fifty years later this Jewish family received the Mark Twain Award form/concert/0910-brain.html. Deaconess Medical Center and rescued the Hardaga family from for humor from The Poetry Foun- Events in the series, including Harvard Medical School. Making the inferno of Sarajevo. dation. Hoagland teaches at the 2008–2009 events, will be avail- music is an intense, multisensory Alterman, professor of dra- University of Houston. able as podcasts and webcasts at and motor experience that is matic writing and directing Perillo, a former MacArthur www.loc.gov and through iTunes typically initiated at an early age at Haifa University and at the and YouTube. and practiced throughout a musi- School of Playwrights in Tel Aviv, fellow, has written five books of Tickets are not required, but cian’s lifetime. Emerging research has a rich and varied experience poetry, most recently “Inseminat- seating is limited. over the years has shown that as a writer and director for the ing the Elephant” (2009). “Luck Friday, Nov. 6: “Dangerous long-term music making and theater, musicals, television pro- is Luck” (2005) was a finalist for Music III: Suckers, Firestarters continuous practice of learned grams and documentary films. the L.A. Times Book Prize and and Cultural Anarchists, Oh My!” skills can be a strong stimula- Her films include “The People won the Kingsley Tufts Prize from with Norman Middleton of the tor for neuroplastic changes in of Magdal Shams,” the story of Claremont University. u Library’s Music Division and Jes- the developing as well as adult sica Krash, George Washington brain and has positive effects Mystery at Noon University, who will discuss “dan- on motion, emotion and cogni- Noon, Friday, Nov. 13 Mary Pickford Theater, LM 301 gerous classical music” and mar- tion. Cross-sectional studies in keting. They will examine the adults have revealed brain and The LCPA Performing Arts Forum will present its fifth cognitive differences between storytelling program in the “Mystery at Noon” Series with relationship between high and mystery writer Clyde Linsley, the former vice president of popular art and the mental and musicians and non-musicians. Mystery Writers of America—Mid Atlantic. He is the author emotional intensity of classical This suggests that music making of four mystery novels set in early 19th-century America, music, and they will journey to engages, links and changes brain including “Die Like a Hero” and “Saving Louis.” the dark side with a discussion regions and may provide an alter- With more than 40 years of writing for newspapers, radio, of arson and murder associated native entry point that could be television, magazines and the Internet, he will offer tips on how to write that story, article or novel. with heavy metal music and the useful for remediating impaired Contact moderator Mary Jane Deeb at 7-1221 or the LCPA highly controversial and contem- neural processes. 6:15 p.m., Whit- Performing Arts coordinator Juanita Lyle at 7-8246 or at jlyl@ porary issue of music and tor- tall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson loc.gov. ture. 6:15 p.m., Whittall Pavilion, Building. novemBER 6, 2009 The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Gazette 7

moving on The following personnel actions Resignations GS-01, Office of Workforce Acquisitions reported by the National Finance Center Michael D. Armbruster, clerk, (WFA), HRS; Chantelle R. Rollins, for the Library of Congress took effect in GS-03, Office of the Director of the clerk, GS-01, Logistics Section (LS), ISS; Pay Period 17, 2009. Information Technology Services (ITS); Baimba M. Sesay, clerk, GS-2, Office of Yanique J. Beam, clerk, GS-02, Asian Opportunity Inclusiveness and Compli- ance, CS; Melodye R. Shipmon, library Permanent Appointments Division (AD), LS; Griffin M. Blake, clerk, GS-02, Facility Services (FACS), aide, GS-01, Collections Access Loan and John F. Carter, digital film preser- Integrated Support Services (ISS); Alexis Management Division (CALM), LS; and vation specialist, GS-12, Motion Picture R. Booker, library aide, GS-03, National Morgan L. Taylor, office automation Broadcast and Recorded Sound (MBRS), Library Service for the Blind and Physi- clerk, GS-03, ISS. Library Services (LS); Rebekeh L. Cas- cally Handicapped (NLSBPH), LS; Daniel Retirements taneda, motion picture preservation spe- J. Broderick, clerk, GS-02, Geography cialist, GS-09, MBRS, LS; and Jacqueline and Map Division (G&M), LS; Darius T. Pirkko M. Johnes, librarian, GS-12, W. Johnson, contract specialist, GS-13, Brown, clerk, GS-01, ITS; Dominique Germanic and Slavic Division (GS), LS. Office of Contracts and Grants Manage- N. Brunson, clerk, GS-04, ITS; Jason J. ment (OCGM), Office of the Librarian Cannady, clerk, GS-03, ITS; Tingtuan (LIBN). Evacuation Drills Chen, clerk, GS-02, AD, LS; William Scheduled Nov. 9 D. Childs, human resources assistant, Temporary Appointments GS-05, Office of Worklife Services Center Alarms will sound again on Monday, Jessica Johnson, human resources (WLSC), HRS; Andre J. Coleman, clerk, Nov. 9, signaling Library staffers to specialist, GS-09, Office of Workforce GS-02, Office of Strategic Planning and evacuate the Thomas Jefferson and Performance and Development (WPD); Automation (SPA), HRS; Jennifer S. John Adams buildings and to follow Human Resource Services (HRS); and the directions of the U.S. Capitol Dangerfieldbonner, program support Police and emergency personnel. Kendall Swett, library technician, GS-05, clerk, GS-05, ITS; Deanna P. Faison, pro- Hispanic Division (HISP), LS. gram support clerk, GS-04, ITS; Ashley The Office of Security and N. Flood, program support clerk, GS-05, Emergency Preparedness (OSEP) encourages all staff to prepare for Permanent Promotions ITS; Breyona A. Gartmon, clerk, GS-02, Anne T. Carpenter, librarian (acqui- the drills by reviewing all emergency ITS; Mone’T D. Gilliam, clerk, GS-02, evacuation procedures and sitions specialist), GS-11, Knowledge Binding and Collections Care Division identifying locations that have been Services Group (KSG), Congressional (BCCD), LS; Alexis N. Graham, clerk, designated as assembly areas for Research Service (CRS); Vera D. Fen- GS-01, Office of Business Enterprises their work units in event of fire and wick, library technician (cataloging), (BE), LS; Tierra M. Hawkins, clerk, park evacuations. GS-07, KSG, CRS; Ngozi P. Onye, library GS-01, ITS; Shamia Irving, program Maps and detailed instructions are technician (reference assistant), GS-07, support clerk, GS-05, ITS; Angela J. available on OSEP’s Emergency KSG, CRS; Stuart L. Stone, librarian, Jackson, administrative support clerk Preparedness Program website GS-13, African, Latin American and West- (o/a), GS-03, Information and Records at www.loc.gov/staff/epp/. Under ern European Division (ALAWE), LS; and Division (I&RD), COP; Michael W. John- “Your Action Plan,” staff may click on the Capitol Hill building they Joseph A. Sweet, library technician son, clerk, GS-02, ITS; Fred L. Knight, (reference assistant), GS-07, KSG, CRS. work in or Taylor Street and type fiscal clerk, GS-03, Financial Reports in their office room numbers to Office (FRO), Office of the Chief Financial find pictures of their emergency Temporary Promotions Officer (OCFO);Andrew D. Kormann, teams, descriptions of evacuation Malinda Goodrich, supervisory clerk, GS-02, FACS, ISS; Adekemi O. paths from their offices, and maps technical information specialist, GS-14, Kujore, clerk, GS-02, BCCD, LS; Brendan of assembly areas, plus shelter-in- Federal Research Division (FRD), LS; and J. Lahr, administrative operations clerk, place information. David M. Pham, legal assistant, GS-08, GS-04, Digital Futures, Office of Strategic Note Change in Procedures Copyright Office (COP). Initiatives (OSI); Michael Maldonado, Evacuees will be instructed to library technician, GS-04, Visitor Services reenter the buildings according to Reassignments Office (VSO), LS; Kindra Y. Mason, this order: First, executive, cafeteria, Health Services and reading room Duane M. Carter, library technician clerk, GS-02, G&M, LS; Saizon Mathis, staffs and Securiguard; Second: (collections), GS-07, Serial and Govern- clerk, GS-01, Office of Opportunity Inclu- Library and congressional staffs with ment Publications Division (SER), LS; siveness and Compliance, Office of the ID; and Third: readers and visitors. Grant Garris III, mail clerk, GS-05, Chief of Staff (CS); James F. Mitchell, Receipt Analysis and Control (RAC), COP; program support clerk, GS-04, ITS; Tyr- and Jared C. Nagel, library technician icka L. Robin, support clerk, GS-01, RAC, Read the Gazette online. (reference assistant), GS-07, KSG, CRS. COP; Christopher A. 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Contact 7-5080. and signs his book “Stone presented in English and Eye: Retrospection, Vision and EAP Seminar: Managing Offerings: Machu Picchu Prophecy in the Portuguese Haitian Creole. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Emotions in the Workplace. Terraces of Enlightenment.” Mary Pickford Theater, LM Renaissance” by Helder Noon, Mary Pickford Theater, Noon, Dining Room A, LM 620. Macedo and Fernando Gil; 301. Contact 7-2011. LM 301. Contact 7-6389. Sponsored by the Hispanic “Sonnets and Other Poems” Division. Contact 7-2003. Aerobics Class: Strength Rehearsal: Library of by Luis de Camões, translated training and floor exercise. Congress Chorale. Noon, LM Mystery at Noon: Mystery by Richard Zenith; and “The Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA 516-A. Contact 7-6408. writer Clyde Linsley, former Sermon of Saint Anthony to B-36. Contact 7-8637. Forum for the Study of vice president of the Mystery the Fish and Other Texts” by Writers of America, discusses Ballroom Dance Club: 12:30 Comparative Religion: Noon, Antonio Vieria, translated by LM 527. Contact 7-7914. his books, including “Die Like Gregory Rabassa. 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., LM 139. Contact a Hero” and “Saving Louis.” 7-6111. Aerobics Class: High-Low. – 5 p.m., Members Room, Noon, Mary Pickford Theater, Jefferson Building. Sponsored Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA LM 301. Contact 7-8246. Music and the Brain Series: B-36. Contact 7-8637. by the Hispanic Division, Norman Middleton of the Ballroom Dance Club: 12:30 Meditation: Open to all. 12:15 University of Massachusetts, Library’s Music Division and – 1:30 p.m., LM 139. Contact Dartmouth College and the p.m., LA 300. Contact mrag@ 7-6111. Jessica Krash of George loc.gov. Luso-American Foundation, Washington University present Film: “Come and See” Lisbon. RSVP: 7-2003. Weight Watchers: Weekly a talk titled “Dangerous Music Tuesday meetings. Late III: Suckers, Firestarters and registrations accepted; fee Staff at Highest Risk Cultural Anarchists, Oh My!” prorated for late registration. 6:15 p.m., Whittall Pavilion. 1 - 1:45 p.m., LM 209. Contact May Get Swine Flu Vaccine Contact 7-8432. [email protected], 7-3868. A limited amount of novel H1N1 “swine flu” vaccine is available at the Film: “Confessions of a Nazi november- Library’s Health Services Office in LM G-40. Spy” (Warner Bros., 1939). Wednesday,wednesd Nov. 11 ay 7:30 p.m., Packard Campus 11 While quantities last, the vaccine is being offered to employees at Veterans Day Holiday: The highest risk—pregnant women and those caring for infants 6 months Theater, Culpeper, Va. Contact Great Hall, exhibitions and 7-9994. the Library Shop within the old or younger. Concert: The Szymanowski Thomas Jefferson Building of Staff requesting the vaccine will be required to certify that they meet Quartet performs works the Library of Congress will be the Library’s eligibility criteria. Those wishing vaccinations should by Haydn, Mendelssohn will be open to the public from complete a sign-up sheet found on a link from the Health Services and Szymanowski. 8 p.m., 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All other Library buildings and Reading website at www.loc.gov/staff/iss/health.html. Coolidge Auditorium. Tickets Rooms will be closed. Health Services will give swine flu shots to people in these highest-risk are required. Contact 7-5502. november categories until the supply runs out. When the vaccine is replenished, november 12Thursday,Th Nov.ursd 12 ay Health Services will announce that vaccine is available to staff at the next 7Saturday,sat urdNov. 7ay Aerobics Class: High-Low. highest risk—those up to age 25. As soon as more vaccine becomes Film: “Ride the High Country” Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA available, additional staff members may be vaccinated upon request. (MGM, 1962). 7:30 p.m., B-36. Contact 7-8637. The link to detailed information about the swine flu vaccine and the Packard Campus Theater, Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. required form is found in the top left corner of the Health Services Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994. Contact 7-5984. home page. The heading is flagged “New,” and the link is Influenza november Meditation: Open to all. 12:15 Immunization 2009. Monday, Nov. 9 p.m., LA 300. Contact mrag@ 9 monday loc.gov. This information includes a description of the vaccine and tips on who should or should not get flu shots. Yoga/Pilates: Start at your Poetry Reading: Tony own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. Hoagland and Lucia Perillo For further questions, call Health Services at 7-8035. Contact 7-3013. read selections from their Film: Filmmaker Ella Alterman works. 6:45 p.m., Montpelier will screen and discuss Room. Contact 7-1308. Need to Resolve a Conflict? EAP Can Help. Interested in learning her film “The Woman from Film: Frank Scheffer: conflict-resolution skills? The Library’s Employee Assistance Program Sarajevo.” 1 p.m., Mary Composer Documentaries: “From Zero: Four Films on (EAP) can help. All Library employees and benefit-eligible dependents Pickford Theater, LM 301. may contact the on-site counselor at 7-6389 or [email protected]. They Sponsored by the Motion John Cage” (1995). 7 p.m., Picture, Broadcasting and Mary Pickford Theater, LM also may call 1-888-290-4327 or go to www.guidanceresources.com 301. Contact 7-5677. Recorded Sound Division and at any hour of any day of the week to receive up to three sessions at no the Embassy of Israel. Contact Film: “Who Done It?” charge for off-site counseling close to home or work. 7-9897. 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