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Volume 14, No. 30 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff September 5, 2003 Librarian Names Louise Glück 12th Poet Laureate ouise Glück, an award-winning laureate’s offi ce during the next year.” author of nine books of poetry, is Glück succeeds Poets Laureate Billy Lthe 12th poet to be named to the Collins, Robert Pinsky, Robert Hass, Stan- Library’s offi ce of Poet Laureate Consul- ley Kunitz, Rita Dove, Mona Van Duyn, tant in Poetry. She will open the Library’s Joseph Brodsky, Mark Strand, Howard annual literary series on Tuesday, Oct. Nemerov, Richard Wilbur and Robert 21, with a reading of her work. Penn Warren. On Wednesday, Oct. 22, she will host Her nine books of poetry include a Favorite Poem reading with Frank “The Seven Ages” (Ecco Press, 2001); Bidart and former Poet Laureate Robert “Vita Nova” (1999), which was awarded Pinsky. In addition to programming a The New Yorker magazine’s Book Award new reading series for younger poets, in Poetry; “Meadowlands” (1996); “The Glück will participate in Library events Wild Iris” (1992), which received the in February and again in May. Pulitzer Prize and the Poetry Society Louise Glück In announcing the appointment, of America’s William Carlos Williams Librarian of Congress James H. Bill- Award; “Ararat” (1990), which received ington said, “Louise Glück will bring to series of book-length poetic cycles. Her the Library’s Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt the Library of Congress a strong, vivid, prize-winning poetry and her great inter- National Prize for Poetry; and “The Tri- deep poetic voice, accomplished in a est in young poets will enliven the poet GLÜCK, Continues on page 12 Surgeon General Opens Hispanic Month Events ice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, Carmona dropped out of Carmona has worked U. S. surgeon general, will open high school and enlisted in the medical field as a V the Library’s 2003 National His- in the U.S. Army in 1967. paramedic, physician, panic Heritage Month celebration with a While serving in the Army, and registered nurse. He keynote address at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, he received his Army Gen- completed a surgical resi- Sept. 17, in the Madison Hall off the foyer eral Equivalency Diploma dency at the University of of the Madison Building. and joined the Army’s California, San Francisco, (See calendar of special events on Special Forces, becom- and a National Institutes page 4.) ing a combat-decorated of Health-sponsored fel- Dr. Carmona was sworn in as the 17th Vietnam veteran. lowship in trauma, burns, surgeon general of the U. S. Public Health After leaving active and critical care. He is Service on Aug. 5, 2002. duty, Carmona earned Richard H. Carmona a fellow of the American Born and raised in New York City, his associate of arts College of Surgeons, and degree from the Bronx is certifi ed in correctional Community College of the City Univer- health care and quality assurance. Cartoon Collection Acquired sity of New York. He graduated from the Carmona served as a chief medical Veteran political cartoonist Art Wood University of California, San Francisco, offi cer, hospital chief executive offi cer, makes his huge private collection of car- with a bachelor’s degree in 1977 and a public health offi cer, and chief executive toons available to the Library, more than medical degree in 1979; he was the medi- offi cer of the Pima County, Ariz., health doubling LC’s holdings of cartoon art. See cal school’s top graduate. He earned a care system. story and photos on pages 5-6. master’s degree in public health from the Prior to being named surgeon gen- University of Arizona in 1998. CARMONA, Continues on page 4 2 THE GAZETTE SEPTEMBER 5, 2003

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‘American Treasures’ Closes for Six Days GAIL FINEBERG The “American Treasures” exhibition in the second-fl oor Jefferson Building Trea- Editor MICHAELA McNICHOL sures Gallery will be closed from Sept. 19 through 24 while the special exhibition Visual Information Specialist “The Dream of Flight” is installed in the central core of American Treasures. Readers Contributing Editors: Deborah Durham-Vichr, Calendar; and who normally walk through this gallery to reach the European Reading Room will Carla V. Bussey, Moving On and Length of Service. Proofreaders: Sally CraigCraig and Suzy Platt be given an alternate route. The gallery will reopen to the public on Sept. 25. Public hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. ❑ PETER BRAESTRUP JAMES W. McCLUNG Founder Founding Publisher (1990 – 1997) (1990 – 1994) Interested in becoming Department of Corrections a Kluge Staff Fellow? The National Film Preservation Foundation will still have a $250,000 The Gazette encourages LC staff to submit articles or photographs Staff are invited to the Kluge of general interest. Submissions will be edited to convey the most Center for an informal tour and to budget in FY 2004, even though a necessary information. ask questions of staff fellows Eniko request to double that amount did Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Wednesday, one week prior Basa and Brian Taves. to publication date. Please submit text in digital form and if pos- Staff may call 7-3302 to set up a not survive review by the the House silble include hard copy with your submission. meeting. and Senate legislative branch appro- An offi cial publication of the Library of Congress, The Gazette is Sylvia Albro (Conservation largely staffed by Library employees who have volunteered for part- priations committees. time details. Persons interested in serving a detail as a page editor, Division), the fi rst Kluge Staff Fellow, writer, proofreader, photographer, reporter, or artist may submit is also available to meet or talk with applications to the editor, LM 105, mail code 1620. Those persons interested in contributing to The Gazette as parpartt of a LibrLibrary-wideary-wide prospective applicants. network should fi rst check with their supervisors. Back issues ofThe Recycling Toner Cartridges Helps Gazette are availableavailable in the newspapernewspaper offi cece,, LMLM 105.105. Little Scholars Child Center

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Sept. 10 Symposium Focuses on Sept. 11 Archive The Library on Sept. 10 will for- of information about the attacks. These digital materials offer a wide mally accept the September 11 Digital The September 11 Digital Archive spectrum of opinions and perspectives, Archive—its first major acquisition of is a joint project of the City University ranging from recordings of Manhattan materials created in digital format—into of New York Graduate Center’s Ameri- residents’ voice mails on the morning its collections. can Social History Project and George of Sept. 11, 2001, to drawings by chil- LC also will host a daylong sympo- Mason University’s Center for History dren from Los Angeles depicting the sium, “September 11 as History: Collect- and New Media—two institutions that attacks. ing Today for Tomorrow,” beginning at have explored digital history for more “As with other collective histori- 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 10 in the Coolidge than a decade. SEPT 11, Continues on page 7 Auditorium. Speakers will include leading U.S. historians, librarians, and archivists, including Ronald Walters of Return of “Moby Dick” Becomes a Tale the University of Maryland and Michael Kazin of Georgetown University. By DEBORAH DURHAM-VICHR Kazin will give his address, “12/12 and 9/11: Tales of Power and Tales of It may not be the most valuable copy Experience in Contemporary History,” of “Moby Dick” that the Library has in its at 3 p.m. collections, but its return to the Library on Those planning to attend are asked to July 25 after more than 35 years warranted register online at the symposium’s Web a heartfelt thank-you—and a photo op. site at www.loc.gov/911Symposium. Dwayne Boyd returned a 1933 edition During an evening reception, the of Melville’s classic novel that Robert F. Library of Congress will formally accept Kennedy had checked out from the the September 11 Digital Archive as part Library on Jan. 22, 1968. of its holdings. Boyd’s father, James, was Kennedy’s Michaela McNichol Dwayne Boyd, right, returns “Moby Dick” Within hours of the Sept. 11, 2001, personal driver and assistant from 1964 to Steve Herman, chief, Collections events that changed lives and history in to 1968. The book had sat on a shelf at Access, Loan and Management Division. the United States, the Library began its the Boyd home in Southeast Washington own effort to document terrorist attacks for decades before the younger Boyd to the Boyd family. Kennedy checked out on New York City, Washington, D.C., and opened it up a few weeks ago and found “Moby Dick” for the assignment. western Pennsylvania, and the aftermath. it belonged to the Library of Congress. “The book stayed with us since then,” “Even in the midst of the initial chaos “I knew it had historical signifi cance, said Boyd, who added that he had started of the horrifi c events of Sept. 11, 2001, so I wanted to return it,” said Boyd, who to read the tale of the whale the night the Library of Congress began collect- with his mother arrived at the Jefferson before returning it to LC. ing materials documenting the attacks,” Building to hand off the borrowed book to Reid said the Library was aware that said Diane Kresh, director of the Library’s Steve Herman, chief, Collections Access, the book was missing, and had tried to Public Service Collections. Loan and Management Division (CALM) recover it through normal Library pro- “Since that time the Library has been and Elgin Reid, head of circulation. cedures. amassing material through its public Herman told Boyd, “We are thrilled. Herman said this copy of “Moby Dick” service divisions and overseas offi ces,” We’re a national library, and this is obvi- eventually would be returned to the shelf Kresh said. ‘This September 11 Digital ously a gorgeous book. We’re interested at LC. “We’ll discharge it because there’s Archive, with its vast content of fi rsthand in getting it back to its rightful place. I a record that it was charged out and accounts, will add to the broad range and can’t thank you enough.” declared missing. Then we’ll forward it diversity of materials already acquired by Boyd told a story of how the long- to Rare Book for its assessment and inter- the Library of Congress that relate to the overdue book came to be in his family’s est in adding it to its collection. September 11 tragedy.” possession. “It turned out that my father The Library holds at least 70 English- Available online at http:// came home from lunch one day and found language editions of “Moby Dick,” includ- 911digitalarchive.org, the September 11 my brother had played hooky,” he said. ing three copies in Rare Book and Special Digital Archive includes more than Later, upon hearing his driver complain Collections that date from 1851, the year 130,000 written accounts, e-mails, audio about his son’s behavior, Kennedy, who it was fi rst published. recordings, video clips, photographs, was assassinated less than six months “Once it is returned to the collections, Web sites and other materials that will later, suggested that the errant boy do a it will be available for many readers to provide researchers with a major source book report as “punishment,” according enjoy,” Herman said ❑. 4 THE GAZETTE SEPTEMBER 5, 2003

Interns and Fellows Help Hispanic Division During Summer Interns and fellows of Latin American Studies” and made major contributions another entered items into the to the Hispanic Division’s online version of the Handbook. mission and programs this One intern worked on a Puerto summer. Funding was pro- Rican education project. vided by South American or Pictured from left, are (front Puerto Rican foundations. row) Cendy Vides, United States; The summer staff included Cirlene Paixao, Brazil; and Fran- one work-study employee cisco J. Castillo, United States; and three high school (second row) Georgette Dorn, seniors in the Greater Los chief, Hispanic Division; Abel Angeles Upward Bound Ramos, United States; Jesús Program. Alonso, Spain; Eric McDonald, Most contributed to Web Puerto Rico; and Cristián Cabe- projects, including the U.S zas, Chile; (third row) Everett Brazil Global Gateway project. Four the database for literary recordings and Yuille, United States; Federico Sor, prepared pathfi nders for Latin Ameri- rare items; one prepared a thesaurus for Argentina; Jesús Cruz, Puerto Rico; and can and Caribbean portals or searched the last three volumes of the “Handbook Chris Sandoval, U.S.-Colombia. ❑

CARMONA, Continued from Page 1 eral, Carmona was chairman of Arizona’s 2003 National Hispanic Heritage Month Southern Regional Emergency Medical Mumford Room, LM 649, System. A fully-qualifi ed peace offi cer (tentatively scheduled, time with expertise in special operations TBA). and emergency preparedness, including weapons of mass destruction, he served Sept. 24—Film, “The Bronze Screen,” Part I, as a deputy sheriff with the Pima County Pickford Theater, LM 301, Sheriff’s Department. He was a medical noon -1 p.m. director of police and fi re departments. He was a professor of surgery, public Sept. 30—Lecture, “Explor- health, and family and community medi- ing the Hispanic World,” by cine at the University of Arizona. ❑ Opening Speaker, John Hébert, chief of LC’s Dr. Richard H. Carmona Geography and Map Divi- Closing Speaker, sion, West Dining Room, Gaddi H. Vasquez Sept. 17—Opening key- LM 621, noon - 1 p.m. Help Design Art Show note speaker, Dr. Richard Oct. 10—Closing keynote Oct. 1—Film, “The Bronze Catalog Cover H. Carmona, U. S. surgeon speaker, Gaddi H. Vasquez, Screen,” Part II, Pickford The LCPA Employees Art and Crafts Exhibit general, Madison Hall, 10 director, U.S. Peace Corps, Committee is soliciting designs for the cover Theater, LM 301, noon - 1 a.m. -11 a.m. Madison Hall, 10 - 11 a.m. of the art show catalog this year. The design p.m. will be used for the catalog cover, invitations, Sept. 18—Martinez Broth- Oct. 11—Library of Con- Oct. 3—Hispanic Dance and name tags. The design submissions ers, guitarists from New gress Hispanic Reading should include the following typographical Festival, “Exploring Latin Mexico, sponsored by LC’s Room Open House, Jeffer- elements: “Thirty-Second Annual LCPA American, Caribbean, and American Folklife Center, son Building, Room LJ 240, Employee Arts and Crafts Exhibit, December Philippine Dance Tradition,” 4, 2003 - February 27, 2004.” For additional Neptune Plaza, noon - 1 11a.m. - 3 p.m. dance lessons and lecture information and to submit cover designs, call p.m. Oct. 14—Flamenco pro- Von Smith 7-1416. Submissions are due by by Abdul Al-Ali, profes- gram, sponsored by the COB, Oct. 24, 2003. Sept. 19—Fiesta Latina, sional dance instructor, music by George Wash- American Folklife Center, Mumford Room, LM 649, Mumford Room, LM 649, 1 ington University’s “Los 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. OIG Hot Lines Gringos Latin Jazz Band,” p.m. - 3 p.m. Reports of offenses against the Library may be made in confi dence to the Offi ce of the Inspector Carlos J. Olave, senior reference librarian, Hispanic Division, Co-Chair, 2003 National Hispanic Heritage Month General, 7-6306, by fax at 7-6032, or by sending an Planning Committee, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540-4850, TEL: 202-707-3702, e-mail to OIG Hotline, [email protected]. FAX: 202-707-2005, E-mail: [email protected] SEPTEMBER 5, 2003 THE GAZETTE 5

LC Acquires Art Wood Collection of Cartoons

By AUDREY FISCHER and SHERYL CANNADY J. Arthur Wood Jr. receives the Librar- he Library of Congress has ian’s greetings and acquired 36,000 original political gratitude for making cartoons, comic strips, animation his collection of T 36,000 original politi- cels, and illustrators’ drawings from the cal cartoons, comic collection of award-winning politi- strips, animation cal cartoonist J. Arthur Wood Jr. The cels, and illustrators’ acquisition of this collection—the largest drawings available to the Library. LC’s private collection of its kind—more than acquisition of this, doubles the Library’s existing holdings the largest private of cartoon art. cartoon collection, “I would like to hale, celebrate, and was celebrated at an Aug. 26 press introduce this remarkable collector,” conference. said Librarian of Congress James H. Bil- lington at a briefi ng for the press held on Aug. 26, in the Jefferson Building’s Whittall Pavilion. “Built over the course Michaela McNichol of 60 years and encompassing three centuries of work, it is a true ‘Gift to the outright contribution.” The balance of Jimmy Stewart, it has been ‘a wonderful Nation’ that will engage researchers for the acquisition was made possible in life,’” said Wood. “I have been able to do generations to come.” part by a generous contribution from what I like to do, and I have met nearly A resident of Washington, D.C., Wood H. Fred Krimendahl II, a member of the all of my peers. These artists will be worked at the Library of Congress as a Madison Council, the Library’s private- overjoyed to have their work displayed hatrack attendant and elevator operator sector advisory group. The portion of the along with that of Herblock, Pat Oliphant, from 1942 to 1943 when he was about 16 collection that the Library purchased for and Bob Hope,” said Wood, in reference years old. At the suggestion of Librarian $950,000 includes only those items that to some of the Library’s other notable of Congress Archibald MacLeish, Wood Wood bought to expand the collection, collections. illustrated “LC and You,” a guide for visi- such as animation art and illustrators’ During his professional life, Wood tors, during his brief tenure. drawings. worked diligently to establish a museum “I have loved the Library of Congress Throughout his long career, Wood or gallery to preserve and showcase his for many years,” said Wood, following the collected the works of his leading collection. He achieved his goal in 1995 Librarian’s introduction. “I chose to work American and European colleagues. with the opening of the National Gallery here to be closer to the collections. I was He made a concerted effort to acquire of Caricature and Cartoon Art in down- very pleased to have the opportunity to their earliest works as well as their later, town Washington, D.C., but the gallery be asked to illustrate the guide.” more polished efforts in order to show the closed in 1998 due to a lack of sustained In offering his collection to the change over time. He noted that friend funding. Undeterred, Wood turned to Library, Wood wrote, “A large part of and colleague Rube Goldberg gave him the Library of Congress, to preserve and my collection, [which] resulted from his fi rst drawing to appear in print. Others present his collection. knowing the artists personally, was followed suit. This remarkable collection encom- gifts to me. These [are] given as an “Like the title of the movie starring passes a comprehensive array of original historical political cartoons, caricatures, comic strips, humor cartoons, illustra- The Humanities and Social Sciences Division offers tions, and animation cels. The Art Wood Research Orientation to the Library of Congress Collection contains numerous “firsts,” Presented from 10:30 a.m. to noon on the following Mondays: “earliests,” and “one-of-a-kind” pieces, September 15, 22, 29, many of which have been included in October 6, 20, 27 November 3, 17, 24, in the Jefferson Building, Room G-07. major museum exhibitions and historical Evening Sessions: 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 15, Oct. 6, Nov. 3 publications. The following are among Registration Required: Phone (202) 707-3370 between the highlights of the collection: 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., or register in person in the Computer Catalog Center, Jefferson Building, fi rst fl oor. WOOD, ContinuesContinues onon pagepage 6 6 THE GAZETTE SEPTEMBER 5, 2003

WOOD, Continued from Page 5

• Important cels and drawings from pioneer animation fi lms, including Winsor McCay’s early masterpiece “Gertie the Dinosaur” (1914), the fi rst commercially successful animated film; and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937), Walt Disney’s groundbreaking fi rst full- length animated feature. Both have been included in the National Film Registry maintained by the Library of Congress. • Thousands of drawings that rep- resent the origins and development of American newspaper cartooning, includ- ing rare drawings by Richard Outcault of The Art WoodWood Collection includes two items from WaltWalt Disney Productions, a “The Yellow Kid,” the fi rst great comic 1940 drawing of Jiminy Cricket (pencil strip character; an extremely rare 1921 with watercolor and ink) and a 1937 drawing of “Olive Oyl” by Popeye creator rendition of Snow White (tempera on Elzie Segar (who didn’t create Popeye celluloid); and an Oct. 5, 1964, “Pea- nuts” strip by Charles Schulz. until 1931); a definitive caricature of William Randolph Hearst by Homer Davenport, the first modern political cartoonist; and superla- tive collections of such famous strips as Winsor McCay’s “Little Nemo,” George McManus’ “Bring- ing Up Father,” George Herriman’s “Krazy Kat,” Chic Young’s George Cruikshank, Honoré Daumier, as Katherine Pyle, Rose O’Neill, and Nell “Blondie,” Hal Foster’s “Prince Valiant,” Heinrich Kley, and Henri Toulouse Brinkley. Milt Caniff’s “Terry and the Pirates,” and Lautrec. • Landmark works by the best Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts.” • Numerous drawings by celebrated American editorial artists of the past • Works by the most infl uential Euro- artists of America’s “golden age of illustra- two centuries, including Thomas Nast, pean masters of graphic art, including tion” (1880-1920s) such as Howard Pyle, John McCutcheon, Art Young, Arthur William Hogarth, Thomas Rowlandson, James Montgomery Flagg, Edwin Abbey, Szyk, “Ding” Darling, Herb Block, and and Dean Cornwell, among others. most of the Pulitzer Prize-winners for • Hundreds of works documenting editorial cartooning. 2003 LC Telephone the largely unexamined contributions In spring 2005 the Library of Congress Directory Correction by such pioneering women illustrators will present an exhibition and accom- A signifi cant mistake was made on panying illustrated catalog of selected page ORG-13 of the 2003 telephone works drawn from the Art Wood Col- lection. More information about this directory. The Associate Librarian for Genealogy Research Orientation Library Services, Deanna B. Marcum, acquisition as well as the Library’s addi- was incorrectly listed as Acting Associ- Sept. 10 and 24, Oct 1 and 15, tional holdings of original cartoon art is ate Librarian for Library Services. Please Nov. 5 and 19, Dec. 3 and 17. available through the Swann Foundation delete “Acting” from her title. 10 - 11:30 a.m., LJ G42, Jefferson Building for Caricature and Cartoon Web site at: A corrected page will be distributed This orientation class, Published Resources www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann. ❑ as soon as possible. The OSI/ITS LC for Genealogical Research at LC, is open to all researchers. For more information Telephone Directory Team apologizes and to register, go to LJ G42 or call 7-5537 Sept. 4 — Exhibition Opens: for the error and inconvenience. between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday If you have any questions, please call - Saturday. “Canadian Counterpoint: Janna Marchione, 7-1475, or Mercedes Presented by LCPA’s Local History Illustrations by Anita Kunz Baird, 7-9669 and Genealogy Reading Room. Swann Gallery, through January 3, 2004 SEPTEMBER 5, 2003 THE GAZETTE 7

SEPT 11, Continued from Page 3 FLICC Seeks Award Nominations cal events,” said Eric Foner, Columbia Innovation and outstanding federal University DeWitt Clinton Professor of sion and fostering innovation in meeting library service will be recognized by the History, “the memory of Sept. 11 will be the needs of its users. The awards are Federal Library and Information Center an essential part of historical understand- given both to a small (staff of 10 or fewer Committee (FLICC), which invites nomi- ing in the future. By preserving the raw workers) and large (staff of 11 or more nations for three major national awards material of history, which now includes workers) federal library or information for federal librarianship for fi scal year evidence recorded in digital form, the center. All nominations must be made 2003. September 11 Digital Archive will help on behalf of an entire library or informa- The awards recognize the many inno- contribute to subsequent generations’ tion center (e.g., main or branch library vative ways in which federal libraries, understanding of the past and, therefore, or information center). Winners in 2002 librarians, and library technicians fulfi ll of themselves.” were the Homer E. Newell Library, NASA, the information demands of government, The archive is the largest digital Goddard Space Flight Center (large); and business, researchers and scholarly com- collection of Sept. 11-related materials, the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital munities, and the American public. serving as the Smithsonian Institution’s Library, Tampa (small). FLICC fosters excellence in federal designated repository for digital objects Federal Librarian of the Year. This library and information services through related to the attacks. The availability award honors a federal librarian who interagency cooperation and provides of these materials in the Library will demonstrates active, innovative leader- guidance to the Federal Library and prove invaluable to future historians ship and professionalism in the promo- Information Network (FEDLINK). Cre- and researchers. tion and development of library-and- ated in 1965 and headquartered at the The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which information services during fi scal year Library, FLICC makes recommendations has had a long-standing interest in foster- 2003. The nominee must be a federal about federal library and information ing the use of the Internet to collect and employee and a practicing librarian in policies, programs, and procedures to preserve the past, provided the funding a federal library or information center. federal agencies and others concerned that launched the September 11 Digital Ann Parham, an Army librarian, was with libraries and information centers. Archive. ❑ recognized as the 2002 Federal Librar- The sixth series of award winners ian of the Year. will be announced at the annual FLICC Federal Library Technician of the Forum on Federal Information Policies in The Caregiving Discussion Group Year. This award recognizes the achieve- will meet from noon to 1 p.m. in LM Washington, D.C., in March 2004. Their ments of a federal library technician 623 (yellow core) on the following names will join those of other winners during fi scal year 2003 for exceptional Wednesdays this fall: on a plaque on permanent display in the technical competency and flexibility Sept. 17, Oct. 8, Oct. 22, Nov. 5, FLICC offi ces at the Library. Nov. 19, Dec. 10 under changing work conditions. The Nominations are being accepted for nominee must be a federal employee and the following awards: a practicing paraprofessional or library Federal Library/Information Center of technician in a federal library or informa- the Year. This award commends a federal tion center. In 2002, the Federal Library Donated Leave library or information center for outstand- The following Library employees have satis- Technician of the Year was Reginald A. fi ed the eligibility requirements of Library of ing, sustained achievements during fi scal Stewart, library technician, U.S. Army Congress Regulation (LCR) 2015-13 to receive leave donations from other staff members. year 2003 in fulfi lling its agency’s mis- Library, Giessen, Germany. Participants in the voluntary leave trans- To obtain nomination materials, visit fer program have exhausted other sources of the Awards Working Group section of leave during their medical emergencies and greatly appreciate leave donations. the FLICC Web site (www.loc.gov/fl icc/ Individuals wishing to receive leave or awards.html), call 7-4800, or send an e- donate leave through this program should contact the acting Program Manager, Runako mail to fl [email protected]. All completed Balondemu, at 7-1545. nominations must be postmarked no later Homegrown 2003: Andrea Ball Sandra Johnson than Nov. 14. ❑ Alice Butler Robert Jordan The Music of America Tamille Brown Patricia Lash Concert Series Kathleen Cabana Tameka Lyons Concerts begin at noon on the Neptune Plaza. James Childress Laura Monagle Lucille Cook Charlyn Pyne Sept. 18 The LCPA Book Club will meet at Stephen Daggett Glenda Richardson 2003 National Heritage Award 1 p.m., Sept. 18, in LM 107. The Tamikia Epperson Bonnie Roberts September selection is: “What Patricia Grant Francine Via winners Robert and Lorenzo Vanessa Guess Muriel Washington Martinez and Family perform Becomes of the Brokenhearted” Denise Hamlet Hispanic music from New Mexico by E. Lynn Harris. Mitchell Harrison 8 THE GAZETTE SEPTEMBER 5, 2003

Eizenstat Tells Insider’s Story of WWII Reparations the communal properties that had been wanting to shield their assets from Hitler’s By DONNA URSCHEL owned by religious communities. The clutches. The assets were never returned properties—churches, synagogues, to family members. tuart E. Eizenstat, author of “Imper- schools, community centers, and even Eizenstat said the U.S. government fect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave cemeteries—had been confi scated by the also gave him permission to work on seek- SLabor, and the Unfi nished Business Germans during World War II and then ing restitution of these accounts. Class- of World War II,” told a Library audience nationalized by the Communists. action lawsuits all over the United States recently how the United States negotiated Eizenstat accepted the challenge. He were fi led against the Swiss banks. with European governments to obtain $8 grew up in a Jewish family in Atlanta, Ga., “One discovery led to another. One billion in settlements for victims of the but only became aware of the unresolved set of lawsuits, to another. One negotia- Second World War. issues of the Holocaust as a young man tion, to another, until six years later, we “This is really an improbable story of working in politics during the late 1960s. look back on a wildly implausible set of how, 50 years after the end of World War II, He then vowed to himself to do whatever results,” Eizenstat said. justice, belatedly, came to long-suffering he could to help Holocaust victims. When “Thousands of communal properties victims, Jewish and non-Jewish,” Eizen- he worked in the Carter administration, are being returned, even as we speak. In stat said. His June 24 presentation was Eizenstat recommended to the president Poland, 5,000 pieces of Jewish property part of the Center for the Book’s “Books the creation of a commission, headed by were returned, ironically, to a population & Beyond” series of talks that highlights Elie Wiesel, to study the construction of a of 5,000,” he said. books with a special connection to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. More than 20,000 Swiss bank accounts Library. The Library’s European Division Eizenstat said the timing was right were located out of a possible 54,000 that co-sponsored the lecture. to work on the communal property existed, Eizenstat said. In introductory remarks, the Librar- issue. With the end of the Cold War, “It’s the fi rst time in recorded history that ian described Eizenstat as a quiet and many countries opened their borders private corporations were held accountable effective international statesman and and people could travel and reconnect for their actions during war time,” Eizenstat a “marvelous American.” He said the to what was stolen. Also, governments explained, referring to the compensation Library was honored and privileged to opened their archives, and historians for slave and forced labor. He also said have his personal papers in the Man- began to plumb the unfi nished business insurance companies are paying policies at uscript Division. of World War II. 10 times the face value, taking into account Eizenstat is a main participant in Upon the 50th anniversary of the the passage of time. this story. In the Clinton administration, end of the war, many newspapers were Eizenstat said the Germans during Eizenstat served in a number of senior running stories about war-related issues. World War II stole approximately positions, including under secretary of Eizenstat read a dramatic front-page 600,000 paintings. He negotiated with state, while simultaneously leading the article in the June 21, 1995, issue of the 40 countries to return or account for all effort to obtain reparations for World Wall Street Journal by Peter Gumbel about but 100,000 paintings. Museums and War II victims. dormant Swiss bank accounts. Eizenstat galleries today are still checking their “Imperfect Justice” is his personal said no one had known about these dor- inventories, and each week art is being account of the political and diplomatic mant accounts, opened mostly by Jews returned. maneuverings with Switzerland, Germany, France, and Austria to resolve the issues of dormant bank accounts, slave labor, LCPA Sells Arena Stage Tickets to Raise Funds confiscated property, looted art, and The Library of Congress Professional Association (LCPA) has again teamed up with Arena unpaid insurance policies. Stage to sell discounted tickets to three Arena productions in the coming season. LCPA uses “It’s the story of political intrigue and its share of the ticket sales as a fund-raiser for its Continuing Education Fund, which provides diplomacy at the highest levels, with a scholarship grants to LC staff who are also members of LCPA. This year, LCPA will sell tickets for the following three productions: cast of characters that would fi t in well “Shakespeare in Hollywood” at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4. A single ticket costs $50 for a front- with a Shakespearean play,” Eizenstat row seat in the Fichandler Theater; buyers may claim a tax deduction of $13.25 per ticket. said. “Camelot” at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 21. The single-ticket price is $55 for a front-row seat In January 1995, while serving as in the Fichandler theater; the tax deduction is $13.50 a ticket. U.S. ambassador to the European Union, “Crowns” at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14. The single-ticket price is $50 for mezzanine seat- Eizenstat received a call from Richard ing in the Kreeger Theater; the tax deduction is $12. C. Holbrooke, assistant secretary of Those who purchase tickets to all three performances will receive an additional discount. To order tickets or ask questions, contact Robert Handloff at 7-4443 or e-mail him at state, asking him to encourage the new [email protected] . democracies of Eastern Europe to return SEPTEMBER 5, 2003 THE GAZETTE 9

Eizenstat explained how each coun- try reacted differently to the negotiations. Homegrown 2003: The Music of America Switzerland fought the disclosures and resented the pressure. Germany was cooperative, understanding it must once again pay for its wartime sins. Austria complained that it, too, was a victim of Hitler, but eventually faced its past and reached a $1 billion settlement. France accepted responsibility for the Vichy regime. “Was it worth six years of effort?” Eizenstat asked rhetorically. “It was worth it for the victims, not because any of them became wealthy,” he said. “The slave laborer received $7,500, and forced laborers $2,500. Hardly a king’s ransom. Yet, victims and survivors tell me repeatedly that it Michaela McNichol Robert Turner and the Silver Heart Gospel Singers, singing traditional gospel wasn’t the amount of check—it was the music in Indianapolois since 1960, perform on the Neptune Plaza Aug. 20. fact that there was one at all, the fact that someone was held accountable for this suffering at the end of the day.” ❑ LC To Honor Historian Jaroslav Pelikan Historian Jaroslav Pelikan will be honored in a special lecture titled “Higher The Library of Congress Education in an age of Specialized Knowledge,” which Vartan Gregorian, president Philatelic Club of the Carnegie Corporation, will give at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9, in Room LJ 119, of All meetings are at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays the Thomas Jefferson Building. in the Decimal Classifi cation Conference The John W. Kluge Center at the Library is sponsoring the program, which is part Room, LM 5th Floor, Green Core, Sept. 16, Oct. 7, Oct. 21, Nov. 4, Nov. 18, of a yearlong series of events in honor of the distinguished career and 80th birthday Dec. 2, Dec. 16. of Jaroslav Pelikan, one of the world’s leading scholars of the history of Christianity. Contact John Roberts at 7-3129 for more information. Pelikan was the fi rst senior distinguished visiting scholar at the Kluge Center. Pelikan is the Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University, where he served on the faculty from 1962 to 1996 and was dean of the graduate school from 1973 to 1978. National Book Festival Poster Available He was president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences from 1994 to 1997. Pick up posters for the National Book Born in 1923 in Akron, Ohio, Pelikan was educated at Concordia Junior College Festival, scheduled for Oct. 4, in the and subsequently earned a bachelor of divinity degree from Concordia Theological Public Affairs Offi ce, LM 105. Seminary and a doctorate from the University of Chicago. Pelikan has written more than 30 books, including the fi ve-volume “The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine” (1971-89); “Jesus Through the Centuries” (1985); “Chris- tianity and Classical Culture” (1995); “Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture” (1996); and the forthcoming four-volume “Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition.” He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Thomas Jefferson Medal of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Gregorian, the guest speaker, was president of Brown University for nine years and served as president of the New York Public Library from 1981 to 1989. Born to Armenian parents in Tabriz, Iran, he earned a doctorate from Stanford University in 1964. In 1972 he joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was appointed Tarzian Professor of History and professor of South Asian history. Gregorian’s publications include “The Emergence of Modern Afghanistan: Politics of Reform and Modernization, 1880-1946” (1969) and “Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith” (2003). In 1998, President Clinton awarded him the National Humanities Medal. Following the lecture, Pelikan will comment on his most recently completed book, the introductory volume of “Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition.” In this work, titled “Credo,” he surveys the history of creeds, delves into their meaning and purpose, and probes the issues and controversies that spawn new creeds. ❑ 10 THE GAZETTE SEPTEMBER 5, 2003

LC Acquires Papers of Composer Robert Hall Lewis

he Library of Congress announces Gregg Smith Singers, Aeolian Chamber period, he also taught at the Peabody the acquisition of the archives of Players, American Brass Quintet, Chicago Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, T Robert Hall Lewis (1926-1996)—an Contemporary Players, and the Twentieth and he was artistic director of the Balti- American composer, conductor, and Century Consort. more Chamber Music Society for almost educator whose chamber and orches- During his long career, Lewis received 20 years, from 1964 to 1983. tral works have been performed widely many honors and awards, among them The Robert Hall Lewis Collection will in America and Europe. a Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Schol- be available to researchers in the Library’s The Robert Hall Lewis Collection, arship, two Fulbright scholarships, two Performing Arts Reading Room, LM-113, a gift from his widow, Barbara Bow- Guggenheim fellowships, the Walter Hin- Madison Building, after its organization ersock Lewis, includes 87 completed richsen Award for Composers, an award and a fi nding aid are completed. The music compositions, both printed and from the American Academy of Arts and Library acknowledges the diligent and manuscript, that Lewis wrote mainly for Letters, several fellowship grants from the helpful work of Mrs. Robert Hall Lewis, chamber ensembles and orchestra. It National Endowment for the Arts, and a Nancy McCall, Avi Bloomenstiel, and also includes other printed music by Maryland State Artist Fellowship Award. Frederick Mauk, who collaborated in major 20th-century composers, corre- He also won ASCAP awards every year the processing of the collection. ❑ spondence, biographical and teaching for nearly 30 years, beginning in 1969. materials, writings, programs, photo- He served as composer-in-residence at graphs, sound recordings, and other the American Academy in Rome and LCPA and the Music Division present related materials. scholar-in-residence at the Rockefeller “Composing Music in the The donation complements other Foundation Study Center in Italy. 21st Century.” Music Division collections that docu- Among the organizations that com- Composer Libby Larsen, current holder missioned Lewis to compose new works of the Papamarkou Chair at the John ment the work of major contemporary Kluge Center, talks about the 20th century 20th-century American composers and were the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, inspirations for her works, Four on the Floor, artists, such as Irving Berlin, George and the McKim Fund, and the Kindler Founda- Eric Hermannson’s Soul, and Trio for Piano and Ira Gershwin, and Leonard Bernstein. tion, all at the Library of Congress; the Strings. Baltimore Symphony; and American The talk will be held at noon on Graduating with distinction in com- Wednesday, Sept. 10, in the Mumford Room, position, Lewis earned his master’s and Composers Orchestra. In 1957 he began LM 649. Contact Emily C. Howie, at 7-5771, doctorate degrees in music from the East- four decades of teaching at Goucher Col- or [email protected]. man School of Music. He completed his lege in Baltimore, Md. During this same doctoral thesis, his Symphony No. 1, in 1964. His principal Eastman teachers were Bernard Rogers, Burrill Phillips, and Howard Hanson, and he also studied with Name the Security Armadillo! Nadia Boulanger in Paris and Hans Erich The computer security mascot, the rough and tough Apostel in Vienna, where he received the armored armadillo, needs a name. Information Technology Services (ITS) is giving a coveted prize basket to the graduation prize in composition from the lucky person who submits the winning entry! Vienna Academy of Music in 1957. The prize basket includes free barbecue feasts for two at Rocklands restaurant in Washington, D.C., dozens of Apostel infl uenced Lewis’ composi- armadillo-shaped cookies, an armadillo cookie cutter, tional methodology and teaching philoso- armadillo candy, industrial- strength barbecue sauce, and phy, and it was under his tutelage that other surprises. Lewis developed his particular composi- Rules tional style. Lewis said he adhered “to no Name the Security Armadillo! 1. Deadline is Sept. 15. particular school or system of composi- Offi cialcial EntryEntry FormForm 2. Offi cial entry form may be copied. tion” and that he considered himself to 3. In case of duplicate entries, the earliest Suggested Name: ______entry will be considered the contender. be an “independent maximalist.” More than one entry may be submitted. Major American and European sym- My Name: ______4. Entries will be judged by an anonymous panel. Decision of the judges is fi nal. phony orchestras that have performed Signature: ______5. All Library employees are eligible to Lewis’ work include the Baltimore and participate Boston symphony orchestras and the Service Unit: ______Royal Philharmonic and Philharmonia Telephone Number:______Sign form, put in an interoffi ce envelope and send to: MAStrawn, ITS, Mail Stop Orchestra. His chamber and choral Date: ______9300 or deliver to ITS, LM G-51. music works have been presented by many prestigious groups, such as the SEPTEMBER 5, 2003 THE GAZETTE 11

Pictures Tell Story of U.S. Army Combat Art Program lock and 40 other GIs worked in teams of plies for the artists to improve working By SARAH ROUSE four, fi ve, or six artists to produce a body conditions and the fi nal product. of more than 850 artworks in all media Pollock’s outfi t, the U.S. Army Viet- Combat art? Many of us envision that depict the Vietnam War. nam Combat Art Program, continued dark pictures of bursting bombs, muddy In his talk, Pollock showed digital the armed forces’ involvement in creat- trenches, and barbed wire, sketched slides of works from all 40 artists, in a ing artworks during wartime. In 1942, quickly in the fi eld, during World War revealing and often moving sampler of during the Second World War, the U.S. II. But this assumption was exploded landscapes, portraits, action works, and Navy and Army both developed combat during a Library program by Jim Pol- almost-abstract pieces. These original art programs under the auspices of the lock, an artist for the U.S. Army Vietnam works—as well as art from other wars War Department’s Art Advisory Commit- Combat Art Program in Vietnam during totaling 15,000 works—are now in the tee. The Army employed 23 soldier-art- the Vietnam War. care of the U.S. Army Center for Military ists and 19 civilian artists and deployed Pollock spoke about “Vietnam History in Washington, D.C. Collection them to the Pacifi c and Alaska. When Combat Art” to a crowd in the Mary curator Renee Klish also spoke as did Congress cut those programs’ funding Pickford Theater on July 15. The midday Jim Pollock’s fellow artist Augie Acuna, in 1943, other government agencies, as public program was one in a continuing now a California architect. well as nongovernment organizations series sponsored by the LCPA Veterans Pollock told of preliminary sketches such as Life magazine, continued this Forum. being done in the fi eld in Vietnam, then of work in various ways. Now a professional artist in South works being completed during a period of Early in 1966, the Army Combat Dakota, Pollock in 1967 was serving as an two months in Hawaii. His Team IV spent Artist Program (ACAP) was revived. In Sp/4 postal clerk with the 8th U.S. Army 60 days in Vietnam and 75 days in Hawaii. June 1966 the program was expanded to in South Korea, stationed at Camp Ames, After that, the soldier-artists returned to send teams of volunteer soldier-artists to when he heard about and applied to be their home stations. Occasionally, help- Vietnam to record U.S. Army activities. on the Army’s Combat Art Team IV. ful Army administrators gathered paints, Today, Jim Pollock’s artworks, Acuna’s, Over a period of several years, Pol- paper, drawing tables, and other art sup- and those of their 38 co-artists stand alongside those of World War II art- ists in the Army’s Center for Military History. These memorable and often American Red Cross Thanks Staff Volunteers beautiful images from the Vietnam War tell a story of wartime in ways that words fall short. ❑

Print Culture Group To Meet Sept. 5 The first meeting of the Washington Area Group for Print Culture Studies for the academic year 2003-2004 will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, in the Woodrow Wilson Room, LJ 113, in the Thomas Jefferson Building. Professor Ann Cline Kelly, Department of English, Howard University, will speak about “Jonathan Swift: Myth, Media, and the Man.” The group will meet the fi rst Friday of each month.

Michaela McNichol For further information, consult the LC staff volunteers, who for years have given blood and bone marrow donations Washington Area Group for Print Culture and assisted the Bloodmobile as keyworkers, are honored by the American Red Studies Web site at http://www.wcupa.edu/_ Cross and LC’s Health Services Offi ce at an Aug. 27 reception. They are, standing academics/sch_cas.eng/wagpcs.htm, or con- from left, Marvin Kranz, JoAnn Thomas, Sandra Mit-Chelle, Katie Johnson, Joann tact Sabrina Baron, Eric Lindquist, and Eleanor Walker, and Daisy Barrett, LC Bloodmobile coordinator; and, seated from left, Betty Shevlin at [email protected]. Harris, Mamie Muse, Sherralyn McCoy, Yvette Sutton, and Connie Johnson. 12 THE GAZETTE SEPTEMBER 5, 2003

GLÜCK, Continued from Page 1 and Literature. Joseph Brodsky initiated energized a nation of poetry readers to the idea of providing poetry in public share their favorite poems in readings umph of Achilles” (1985), which received places—supermarkets, hotels, airports, across the country and in audio and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and hospitals. Rita Dove brought a pro- video recordings. Most recently, Billy the Boston Globe Literary Press Award, gram of poetry and jazz to the Library’s Collins instituted the Web site Poetry and the Poetry Society of America’s Mel- literary series, along with a reading by 180, designed to bring a poem a day ville Kane Award. young Crow Indian poets, and a two-day into high school classrooms. ❑ Glück has also published a collection conference “Oil on the Waters: The Black of essays, “Proofs and Theories: Essays on Diaspora,” featuring panel discussions, Poetry” (1994), which won the PEN/Martha Concert: Last in Capital Roots readings, and music. Robert Hass spon- Albrand Award for Nonfi ction. This fall, series, “Little Bit of Blues,” featur- sored “Watershed,” a major conference Sarabande Books will publish in chapbook ing Montgomery County musicians on nature writing, which continues today Warner Williams and James Sum- form a new six-part poem, “October.” as “River of Words,” a national poetry merour. Noon, Neptune Plaza. In 2001 Yale University awarded Glück competition for elementary and high Sponsored by American Folklife its Bollingen Prize in Poetry, given bien- school students. Robert Pinsky initi- Center and Public Service Collections nially for a poet’s lifetime achievement in Directorate. ated the Favorite Poem Project, which his or her art. Her other honors include the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, the Sara Teasdale Memorial Prize (Wellesley, Writers’ Group Seeks Published or Aspiring Authors 1986), the M.I.T. Anniversary Medal (2000), and fellowships from the Guggenheim and If you are a published author or are working to develop your talents to someday become published, the Library of Congress Professional Association (LCPA) invites you to join the Library of Congress Rockefeller foundations and from the Writers’ Group. We need fi ction and nonfi ction writers, playwrights, screenwriters, poets—in other National Endowment for the Arts. words, anyone who is dedicated to writing, seeking to improve their craft, and interested in meeting She is a member of the American other writers. Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters, The “Showcase of Talent,” which was displayed recently outside the LC Credit Union, probably was and in 1999 was elected a chancellor of just a small sample of what Library writers have accomplished. But learning the writing art, researching, the Academy of American Poets. In 2003 fi rst draft composition, and revision are usually solitary and potentially lonely endeavors. Beginners she was named as the new judge for the and other amateurs benefi t from camaraderie and encouragement. They need what author and writing teacher Raymond Obstfeld calls “the mingling factor.” A writers’ group should offer an opportunity Yale Series of Younger Poets and will to share ideas and insights, vent frustrations, and fi nd new motivation to persevere. serve in that position through 2007. With support and participation from enough writers of all genres and levels of skill, we can enjoy A resident of Cambridge, Mass., a lively forum, learn from one another, and feature presentations and speakers who will benefi t both Glück has taught at Williams College amateurs and published writers. If you would like to join and add your input to the group’s direction since 1983. As the Margaret Bundy Scott and objectives, e-mail Ruth Brown at [email protected] or call 7-4760. ❑ Senior Lecturer in English, she teaches courses in contemporary poetry and poetry writing. Carpools Maryland LC-Globe and the Veterans History Project, The Library keeps to a minimum the Rider seeks carpool from Lanham, Md. American Folk Life Center, present: specifi c duties required of the poet laureate Call Phyllis at 7-4222. the stories of three gay and lesbian veterans in order to permit incumbents to continue Rider seeks carpool from Clinton, Md. Call to work on their own projects while at the Gloria at 7-6135. When History Speaks Library, but each laureate is encouraged to Carpools Virginia bring new emphasis to the position. Franklin E. Kameny Increasingly in recent years, the Established carpool meeting at 395 and Private First Class, U.S. Army Edsall Road seeks driver/rider. Call Vera at World War II Combat Veteran incumbents have sought to find new 7-3943. ways to broaden the role of poetry in Carpool seeks driver/rider from Stafford/ Robert M. Rankin, MD the cultural life of the nation. Maxine Fredericksburg. Call Liz at 7-0968 or Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Kumin initiated a popular women’s series Michael at 7-0924. Vietnam War Combat Veteran of poetry workshops at the Library’s Driver seeks carpool from Route 28 or Donna Sumption Poetry and Literature Center. Gwendolyn StringfellowStringfellow arareaea at I-66 (Cen(Centrevilletreville ararea).ea). Call Jen at 7-7669 or email [email protected]. Captain, U.S. Army Brooks met with groups of elementary Rider seeks carpool from Old Town Persian Gulf War Combat Veteran school children to encourage them to Alexandria, Va. Call Roger at 7-6710. write poetry. Howard Nemerov con- Driver wanted for established carpool from Wednesday, Sept. 17, 1 p.m. ducted seminars at the Library for high Kings Park West/Burke area of Fairfax Dining Room A, LM 620 school English classes. Most incumbents County. Call Mike at 7-9890 or e-mail www.loc.gov/staff/globe have furthered the development of the [email protected]. Request ADA Accomodations fi ve business days in advance at 7-6362 or [email protected] Library’s Archive of Recorded Poetry SEPTEMBER 5, 2003 THE GAZETTE 13

CDS Publishes ‘Understanding MARC Authority Records’ LC’s Cataloging Distribution Service Network Development and MARC Stan- For whom do you think this publication recently published “Understanding MARC dards Offi ce (NDMSO) is seeking feed- would be especially helpful? Authority Records” (2003), which is the back from readers. NDMSO is especially LC staff members are invited to second publication in the Understanding interested in knowing the following: Are submit feedback to NDMSO via e-mail MARC series. the terms and defi nitions used in the text at [email protected] or fax at 7-0115. P u b l i s h e d easy to understand, and if not, how might Print copies of both publications may on June 30, they be changed? Has any especially be obtained from CDS, by calling CDS “Understanding“Understanding important information about authority Customer Service at 7-6100 or sending MARCMARC AAuthorityuthority records been omitted, and if so, what? an e-mail to [email protected]. “MARC Records”Records” pprovidesrovides Are the examples useful, and if not, what Bibliographic” is available online at anan introductionintroduction toto kind of examples might you add or alter? www.loc.gov/marc/umb ❑ andand definitiondefinition ofof MARCMARC authorityauthority records.records. ItIt includesincludes LCPA Language Tables September 2003 Schedule comprehensivecomprehensive Note: All languages tables are conversational/cultural, with the exception of those with information and descriptions of MARC 21 asterisks (*), which offer instruction. All tables meet noon - 1 p.m., unless otherwise stated. authority records, many useful examples, Table Day (noon-1 p.m.) Location Contact and a comprehensive bibliography for ASL 4, 11, 18, 25 LM 623 Toby French further reading. (Thursday) 7-5463 (TTY) The June 30 publication joins Arabic Beginning* 2,16 (Tuesday) LM G35 Nawal A. Kawar “Understanding MARC Bibliographic” 7-4708 (2003). Now in its 7th edition, “MARC Arabic Advanced* 4,18 (Thursday) LM G35 Nawal A. Kawar Bibliographic” defi nes MARC records and 7-4708 provides useful information for evaluat- ing them and includes descriptions of Armenian* 10,24 (Wednesday) LM 632 Lola Pickering 7-8904 several commonly used MARC fields. Included are helpful examples and a Chinese Monday, date to LM G45 Anna Ho, 7-9467 comprehensive bibliography. One librar- be determined ian described “MARC Bibliographic” as French 11 (Thursday) LM 501 Patricia Carlton, “the fi nest short explanation of MARC I’ve 7-2859 ever seen. Librarians who say they don’t Hebrew (ad hoc) Call Lenore Bell 7-7313 refer to it from time to time are simply not being honest.” Hebrew * 8,15,22,29 LM 453 Peter Kearney Beginning (Monday)(12:10 p.m.) 7-4326 For subsequent editions of “Under- standing MARC Authority Records,” the Hungarian 18 (Thursday) Call Eniko Basa 7-0197 Italian 4,18 (Thursday) LM G-51B Dee Gallo (ITS Conf Rm) 7-6937 The Science, Technology & Business Division presents Japanese 11, 25 LA 5224-6 Tomoko Steen 7-1207 Philip J. Wyatt, Ph.D. (S,T &B’s Conf Rm) CEO, Wyatt Technology Corp. Portuguese 4,18 (Thursday) LJ 240 Carlos Olave 7-3702 “Bioterrorism:“Bioterrorism: Hanke Rm Detection & Spanish 9,23 (Tuesday) LM 323 Reid Graham 7-9476 Prevention”Prevention” Tagalog* 4,11,18,25 (Thursday) LM 515, Serials Herminia Smith, Conference Room 7-6176 Tuesday, Sept. 16, Turkish* 2,16 (Tuesday) LM 527 Joan Weeks 7-3657 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.p.m. Pickford Theater, Special Events: Japanese: Summer Festivals (Natsu matsuri) and Edo Culture Please call for information on the following tables: Amharic: Napolean Jasper, 7-0412; LM 301 EnglishEnglish (as a secondsecond language):language): DianeDiane Schug-O’Neill,Schug-O’Neill, 7-2886; German:German: KarlaKarla Parodi,Parodi, 7-5041; Chicago Daily News, 1917, Library of Con- ElementaryElementary Greek:Greek: JohnJohn Buydos,Buydos, 7-1191; Ukrainian:Ukrainian: Jurij Dobczansky,Dobczansky, 7-3080; Polish:Polish: please gress American Memory Collection call if you would likelike to be thethe table coordinatorcoordinator forfor Polish,Polish, 7-6604; Romanian:Romanian: GrantGrant Har-Har- Request ADA Accomodations fi ve business days ris,ris, 7-5859; Russian:Russian: NinaNina Palmin,Palmin, 7-5576; Scandinavian:Scandinavian: Carl Ek, 7-7286; Swahili: BarbaraBarbara in advance at 7-6362 or [email protected] Woodland, 7-2501 www.loc.gov/rr/scitech See www.loc.gov/staff/lcpa/schedule.html for further information and special events. 14 THE GAZETTE SEPTEMBER 5, 2003

Capital Roots Concert Series Presents Mariachi Los Amigos Michaela McNichol LC staff and visitors enjoy an Aug. 7 performance of traditional Mexican music by Washington’s own ensemble, Mariachi Los Amigos, which was formed in 1979. Mariachi music emerged in the early 1900s from the ranches and small towns of western central Mexico and today enlivens weddings, baptisms, “quiceaneras” (coming-out parties for 15-year-old girls) and other Michaela McNichol events. The second in the “Capitol Roots” series, the concert was presented by the American Folklife Center and the Public Service Collections Directorate. “Capitol Roots” is part of “I Hear America Singing,” a Library project celebrating Americas’ music.

Obituaries

Ann Sandberg-Fox “on facilitating the automated Computer Files Team (now the national Conference on Electronic Ann M. Sandberg-Fox, who selection of main entry has been Computer Files and Microforms Resources: Defi nition, Selection, worked 20 years for the Library cited as the fi rst library applica- Team) when it formed in 1991. and Cataloguing, in November and gained a national and tion of artifi cial intelligence. She Her former division chief, 2001 in Rome. international reputation as a will also be long remembered for Jeffrey Heynen (now chief of the Sandberg-Fox maintained digital-cataloging expert her sustained contribu- History and Literature Cataloging close ties with LC, serving as and advocate for the tions to developing Division) recalled, “An expert in editor of the proceedings of the standardized description and improving inter- issues related to cataloging Library of Congress Bicentennial of digital resources, died national standards for machine-readable data fi les, Ann Conference on Bibliographic Con- on Aug. 21, at her home description of elec- was instrumental in working out trol for the New Millennium, held in Fairfax, Vt. Funeral tronic resources of all policies for describing computer in November 2000, and as chair of services were conducted kinds.” fi les and for developing a process- the task group that developed the in Cambridge, Vt., on S a n d b e r g - Fox ing workfl ow for them.” Program for Cooperative Catalog- Aug. 26. began work at LC on April 8, After leaving LC in 1991, ing’s core-level cataloging stan- Sandberg-Fox was born Oct. 1971. During most of her Library Sandberg-Fox provided training dard for computer fi les. Several 10, 1931. She earned a master’s career, she was a member of the and consulting services to libraries of her former Library colleagues degree in library science from the former Audiovisual Section in in North America and Europe. She enjoyed seeing her at the ALA Catholic University of America the Special Materials Cataloging was a faculty member for the OCLC Annual Conference in June in and taught there, the University Division (SMCD). While in the Knowledge Management Seminars Toronto, where she presided of Maryland, and the University Audiovisual Section, she co- and the longtime chair of the over a well-attended program on of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, authored the manual “Cataloging American Library Association’s “ISBDs: International Standards where she earned a doctorate Microcomputer Files,” published Networked Resources and Meta- Bibliographic Description—Do in library and information sci- by the American Library Associa- data Committee. The principal We Still Need Them?” ence. tion (ALA) in 1985. editor of the “International Stan- Sandberg-Fox is survived John Byrum, chief of the As the Library’s only full-time dard Bibliographic Description for by her husband, Robert Fox, of Regional and Cooperative Cata- cataloger of monograph computer Electronic Resources,” she publi- Fairfax, Vt.; a son, Thomas of loging Division, remembered fi les during the 1980s, she cata- cized the need for standardized New York City; and a sister and her as “a true pioneer in bring- loged nearly all of the Library’s description of digital resources brother-in-law, Patricia and Wil- ing computer resources into the “machine-readable holdings,” to facilitate global exchange of liam Bosanko of California. ❑ library catalog.” which today are called “digital catalog records. For instance, she — By Susan Morris Byrum said her dissertation resources.” She joined SMCD’s spoke about this topic at the Inter- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003 THE GAZETTE 15

MOVING ON TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS: sion (R&PD), Copyright Office (COP); Committee (FLICC), LS; Lidia M. Heretz, Malaika Alert, clerk, GS-02, Inte- Erika K. Lunder, llegalegal clerk,clerk, GS-11,GS -11, librarian, GS-13, Social Sciences Catalog- grated Support Services (ISS); Matthew American Law Division (ALD), CRS; ing Division (SSCD), LS; Kendra C. Kay, Barton, audio-visual production spe- Isabella Marques De Castil, librarian, offi ce automation assistant, GS-08, CAC, cialist, GS-11, American Folklife Center GS-09, Arts and Sciences Cataloging Divi- CRS; Leslie W. Kober, librarian,librarian, GS-12,GS-12, (AFC), Library Services (LS); Timothy sion (ASCD), LS; Maithao T. Nguyen, ELAD, LS; Margaret M. McCarty, socialsocial Bodzioney, llibrarian,ibrarian, GGS-12,S-12, CConserva-onserva- library technician, GS-07, Serial Record science analyst, GS-11, Domestic Social tion Division (CD), LS; Christopher G. Division (SRD), LS; Oksana Rozental, Policy Division, (DSP), CRS; Shirley A. Callanan, clerk-typist, GS-04, National library technician, GS-08, SRD, LS; Morris Crank, operating accountant GS Library Services for the Blind and Physi- Maxim A. Shvedov, eeconomist,conomist, GS-12,GS-12, -09, FLICC, LS; Monserrat B. Munoz, cally Handicapped (NLSBPH), LS; May Government and Finance Division (G&F), librarian, GS-12, ELAD, LS; Rudolph Dea, library technician, GS-06, Motion CRS; Caroline E. Susta, GS-09, librar- M. Parker Jr., librarian, GS-11, Music Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded ian, Social Sciences Cataloging Division Division, LS; Tangi L. Payne, clerk, Sound Division (MBRS), LS; Karlton (SSCD), LS; Bruce R. Vaughn, social GS-02, G&M, LS; Willie J. Sinclair Jr., R. Dunlap, library technician, GS-09, science analyst, GS-12, Foreign Affairs, clerk-typist, GS-05, Offi ce of Worklife Ser- Collections Services Division (CSD), Defense, and Trade Division (FDT), CRS; vices Center, Human Resources Services Law Library (LAW); Maureen M. and Paul Zani, information technology (HRS); Hope E. Spencer, librarian,librarian, GS-GS- Frary, librarylibrary technician,technician, GS-05,GS-05, CSD,CSD, specialist, GS-13, African and Middle 09, European Division (EUR), LS; Anne LAW; Karen H. James, interior designer, Eastern Division (AMED), LS. L. Washington, librarian, GS-12, Offi ce GS-12, Facility Services, ISS; Michael S. of Legislative Information (LIN), CRS; and Kramer, librarylibrary aaide,ide, GS-03,GS-03, PublicPublic SSer-er- TEMPORARY PROMOTIONS: Herbert A. Weinryb, librarian, GS-13, vice Collections, LS; Regina Frackowiak, librarian, GS-11, Special Materials Cataloging Division Melissa N. Lawrey, llibraryibrary techni-techni- European Latin American Acquisitions (SMCD), LS. cian, GS-07, MBRS, LS; Reginald A. Division (ELAD), LS; James D. Hafner, Peters II, clerk, GS-02, Collections librarian, GS-13, Operations Directorate; REASSIGNMENTS: Access, Loan and Management Division Dorothy B. Holley, iinformationnformation tech-tech- Barbara N. Exum, supervisory sup- (CALM), LS; Anton M. Phifer, clerk,clerk, GS-GS- nology specialist, GS-13, Operations Direc- port services specialist, GS-14, Offi ce of 02, CALM, LS; Edgar J. Raines, library torate; Robert M. Jackson, librarian, Finance and Administration, CRS. technician, GS-04, CALM, LS; Jonathan GS-13, Science, Technology and Business RESIGNATIONS: S. Setliff, library technician, AFC, LS; Division (STB), LS; Edmund B. O’Reilly, Rebecca B. Petersen, program assis- William B. Shapiro, public affairs writer-editor, GS-12, NLSBPH, LS; Rich- tant, GS-06, AFC, LS; Claudia A. Schreib specialist, GS-07, Office of Congres- ard R. Yarnall, supervisory librarian, Li, library technician, GS-08, Asian Divi- sional Affairs and Counselor to the Direc- GS-13, Anglo-American Acquisitions sion, LS; Sam Serafy, aarchivesrchives techni-techni- tor (CAC), Congressional Research Ser- Division (ANAD), LS. cian, GS-06, MBRS, LS; and Anthony vice (CRS); Erika P. Tillery, offioffi ccee aauto-uto- S. Wilson, library technician, GS-04, mation assistant, GS-05, ISS; Bavelyn C. PERMANENT PROMOTIONS: CALM, LS. Vega, interior designer, GS-12, Facility Steven C. Berkley, cclerk,lerk, GGS-02,S-02, Services, ISS; Raymond L. Washington Geography and Map Division (G&M), RETIREMENTS: Koit Ojamaa, Jr., library technician, GS-07, MBRS, LS; LS; Moneta Cherry, ooffiffi c cee aautomationutomation librarian, GS-12, SRD, LS. Tequilla N. Wheeler, llibraryibrary ttechnician,echnician, assistant, GS-08,CAC, CRS; Paula Crutch- GS-04,CALM, LS; and Otoyo Yonekura, fi eld, offi ce automation assistant, GS-08, COMPILED FROM NFC DATA FOR conservator, GS-09, CD, LS. CAC, CRS; Michael A. Edwards, library PAY PERIOD 14. technician, GS-09, SRD, LS; William R. PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS: Elsbury, librarian,librarian, GS-11,GS-11, HumanitiesHumanities MAIL?? Darika Chanachote, librarian, GS- and Social Sciences Division (HSS), LS; Questions, Tracking of Express Items, Comments, Mail Delivery 09, Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Michael E. Franklin, library technician, Call LOC Mail Call Center, 301-336-8820 Monday Division (RCCD), LS; Nathan I. Evans, GS-05, CALM, LS; Carol A. Frenkel, through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. librarian, GS-09, Decimal Classifi cation copyright specialist, GS-12, Copyright Division (DCC), LS; Lisa M. Hooks, Cataloging Division (CAD), COP; Susan director, SL-00, Offi ce of Strategic Initia- L. Garfinkel, librarian, GS-12, Public FRLI Focusing on Real Life Issues will meet on tives, Information Technology Services Service Collections, LS; Marcindy Sept. 18, noon - 1:30 p.m. in the Pickford (ITS); Peter M. James, accountant, Harris, accounting technician, GS-07, Theater, LM 301. GS-12, Receiving and Processing Divi- Federal Library and Information Center 16 THE GAZETTE SEPTEMBER 5, 2003

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