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Volume 14, No. 10 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff March 21, 2003 Oral Histories LC’s Digital Future Envisioned Feature Former the technical framework, communication By GAIL FINEBERG networks, services, and applications that Library Staffers allow individual institutions to undertake The Library possibly could function in local activities that are compatible with By JOSEPHUS NELSON the future as a central repository for the the larger program. Together, the plan most critical at-risk digital collections; as refers to these two components as the arlene Morrisey, Alan Fern, and a portal and gatekeeper John Kominski, all former staff to other preservation Mmembers, will be the featured organizations; and as a speakers at an oral history program central organizing body at noon on Thursday, April 10, in the for a national preserva- Mumford Room, LM 649. tion enterprise. Beginning her career in April 1941 These are not neces- as a research secretary, Morrisey had sarily distinct scenarios, the unusual experience of working with rather a progression from three successive Librarians of Congress— selective to broader col- Archibald MacLeish, Luther Evans, and L. lecting and preservation Quincy Mumford. In June 1941, she was activities. assigned to the offi ce of the chief assis- In recent staff brief- tant librarian, for which she participated ings, Laura Campbell, In a progression of possible scenarios, LC would take in studies leading to the reorganization associate librarian for the lead in collecting the most critical digital materials of the Library. From 1945 to 1953, she strategic initiatives, de- (Triage); act as a clearinghouse in coordinating other scribed these three pos- institutions’ preservation efforts (Congress of libraries); served as the special assistant to Luther H. and develop technical standards, intellectual property Evans, and from 1954 to 1976, she was the sible scenarios for the agreements, and business models that serve as a platform executive assistant to L. Quincy Mumford. Library’s role in the for a peer-to-peer system of comprehensive preservation Morrisey worked as special assistant to National Digital Infor- (Universal library). the register of copyrights from March mation Infrastructure and 1976 until April 1981. In April 1981, she Preservation Program (NDIIPP). She also Preservation Infrastructure. transferred to the Manuscript Division, for described the program background and With congressional acceptance of which she had the responsibility of setting funding (see March 7 Gazette). the plan in January 2003, the program up the Library of Congress Archives. A Campbell will discuss the program began its second phase, that of building graduate of Baker University in Kansas, again from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March the high-level preservation architecture in Morrisey retired in April 1983. 21, in the Mumford Room, LM 649. Her collaboration with a network of partners Fern joined the Library’s staff in 1961 presentation, “The National Digital over the next fi ve to seven years. as assistant curator for fi ne prints. He Preservation Program: Challenges and Campbell described a scenario-plan- served successively as the curator for Solutions,” will be part of the Luminary ning exercise to help the Library and its fi ne prints in the Prints and Photographs Lectures @ Your Library series. partners “to inform and help shape the Division, assistant chief and chief of that Unveiled at the Library in February, the Library’s larger strategy and planning division, director of the former Research digital preservation program plan has two process.” Department, and director of special col- major components: the fi rst is to create “This scenario process was designed lections in Research Services. As director what the plan refers to as the Preservation to be consistent with the Library’s desire for special collections, he supervised six Network, the vast network of cooperating not to search for ‘the one right answer’ divisions whose collections ranged from institutions and partners, the program’s to the challenge of digital preservation, SPEAKERS, Continues on page 5 human face; and the second is to build DIGITAL, Continues on page 4 2 THE GAZETTE MARCH 21, 2003

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PEOPLE Factors of Sex and Gender Change Health Research diet, nutrition, and exercise are the keys By MARGARET CLIFTON to successful aging. More than 35 million women in the United States are clinically Dr. Vivian Pinn, director of the Offi ce obese, a condition that has been linked of Research on Women’s Health at the to breast cancer, lung cancer, and heart National Institutes of Health (NIH), disease—the number-one killer of women delivered a powerful and timely mes- in America and one that occurs most fre- sage to a Library audience on Feb. 20, quently after menopause. discussing women’s health issues now As 38 percent of the U.S. female popu- being targeted by NIH research. lation approaches age 50, menopause and Her talk, “Menopause, Hormone its related conditions have become major Therapy, and Women’s Health Research,” areas of NIH research during the past 10 was sponsored by the Library’s Science, years. In particular, NIH is interested in Technology, and Business Division and Photo by Deborah Durham-Vichr the relationship between cardiovascular the Health Services Offi ce. Introduced Dr. Vivian Pinn disease prevention and hormone therapy, by ST&B Chief William Sittig, who high- Pinn said. lighted her career, and Health Services Inclusion of women of all ages in all Pinn said hormone replacement Officer Sandra Charles, M.D., who stages of life as NIH research subjects has therapy (HRT) was a “mass experi- recalled being a student of Pinn’s, the led to the concept of “successful aging”— mentation that has been going on with NIH director was greeted enthusiasti- posing the question to both women and women’s health” since well before 1966, cally by a largely female audience in men: “How can we live longer with a when a book, “Feminine Forever” by Dr. the Mumford Room. better quality of life?” Pinn said health Robert A. Wilson, was published. She A native of Lynchburg, Va., Pinn studies now include populations that were cited the book as an example of forces attended segregated public schools, historically ignored: those from diverse in medicine behind the so-called “HRT graduated from Wellesley College after cultures, women from inner cities and movement.” Drawing an analogy to the time out to nurse her mother, who died of those of low socioeconomic status, les- infamous syphilis study conducted by the cancer in 1946, and earned her medical bians, and women with disabilities. Public Health Service at the Tuskegee degree from the University of Virginia; Emphasizing that the most important Institute, Pinn asked, “Why are women she was the only woman and the only aspect of research is prevention, Pinn said PINN, Continues on page 7 African American in her 1967 graduat- ing class. As the fi rst full-time director of her National Women’s History Month Events offi ce, established in 1990, Pinn promotes offi ce research of the diseases, disorders, The Library continues to celebrate women’s history and conditions that affect women. She this month with the following events: works to ensure that women are repre- Film - March 21 sented in biomedical and biobehavioral “Queen Bee,” 7 p.m., Friday, March 21, Pickford Theater, LM 301. research studies supported by NIH and in Open House - March 24 biomedical careers. NIH research themes The Veterans History Project salutes women in an open house, noon - 1 p.m., Monday, include interdisciplinary approaches to March 24, Mumford Room, LM 649. chronic multisystemic diseases with Panel Discussion - March 25 multiple causes; healthy living and the Lunchtime panel discussion, “Lessons Learned on the Road to Success” features women managers at the Library: Angela Evans, deputy director, Congressional Research Service; impact of diet, physical fi tness, obesity, Marybeth Peters, registrar of copyrights; Teresa Smith, director, Human Resources; and substance abuse; and chronic dis- Georgette Dorn, chief, Hispanic Division; and Carolyn Brown, director, Area Studies Col- ease prevention. lections, Library Services. Noon - 1, Tuesday, March 25, Pickford Theater, LM 301. NIH researchers and their partners are Film - March 26 now investigating women’s health matters “The Scent of Green Papaya,” noon, Wednesday, March 26, Pickford Theater, LM 301. that were not discussed openly less than Sponsored by the LC Asian American Association. a generation ago, such as menopause, Film - March 27 hormone therapy, and sex and gender “The Girl of the Golden West,” 7 p.m., Thursday, March 27, Pickford Theater, LM 301. factors, Pinn said. 4 THE GAZETTE MARCH 21, 2003

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DIGITAL, Continued from Page 1 what limited items should be collected Digital Information Infrastructure and and preserved. Preservation Program. Congress of libraries—In this sce- The group began with some basic which all expert informants agreed nario, the Library would function mainly assumptions, that the program’s sup- cannot be found at this time, but rather as a convener of, and a portal to, other porting infrastructure would be built to identify a high-level vision of a desired preservation organizations, according to over time; that construction would future state, and then to chart a course Ertel and Coldewey. The Library would involve public and private institutions as of action that will allow the Library and direct its efforts toward pointing to infor- well as the Library; and that preservation its partners to learn their way into the mation rather than creating a central architecture would never be “completed” future in a collaborative and iterative repository. The Library might develop but would change continually to integrate fashion,” according to plan Appendix 8, standards for deposition and collection new forms of hardware and software and “Highlights of the Library of Congress’s that a loose network of other preservation to preserve digital materials in all their Scenario Learning Process on the Future organizations would adopt. evolving formats. of Digital Preservation.” This scenario would be “most con- According to Clay Shirky of New York In February 2002, Global Business Net- sistent with a world in which technology University, author of the group’s report work (GBN) of Emeryville, Calif., which development is relatively fast and there (Appendix 9), other assumptions were has helped the White House, other gov- is gradually expanding trust over emerg- these: ernment agencies, and big corporations ing intellectual property agreements, but • Rather than reinventing the wheel, plan for future scenarios, facilitated two the Library should research the digital days of workshops attended by “remark- [one] in which the resources and the role of the federal government are in general preservation work being done by other able thinkers,” according to Campbell. organizations (such as the Open Archival Given this focal question, “What will retreat,” the report authors said. Universal library—“In this high-pro- Information System [OASIS], the World be preserved, how, for what purpose, Wide Web Consortium, the Engineering and by whom?” these experts looked 15 fi le approach, the Library of Congress takes a lead role in catalyzing and Task Force, and the National Science years ahead, to 2017. They brainstormed Foundation), whose work the program infl uential external forces, such as future enabling digital preservation nation- wide,” the GBN facilitators said. To partners would use. social, political, technological, legal, and Any proposed architecture should engage all the stakeholders, the Library • economic climates; future agreements on be fl exible enough to adapt to changing would create a central organizing body, intellectual property rights; future legis- legal, cultural, and economic norms for the National Digital Preservation Board, lation related to copyright and Internet the sale and use of digital materials. controls; future levels of government which would coordinate collection devel- spending; and the pace that changing opment, design the architecture of the technologies will render today’s technolo- repositories, set policies, and ensure Carpools Maryland gies obsolete. standards of excellence.” “This scenario would be consistent Rider/drivers sought for carpool from Annapolis From this exercise emerged three area. Call John at 7-3129 or Paul at 7-1038. with a world in which technology devel- possible scenarios, defi ning the Library’s Rider seeks carpool from Clinton, Md. Call potential future role in national digital opment is especially rapid, economic Gloria at 7-6135. preservation. GBN report authors Chris growth is solid, there are expanding Rider/drivers sought for carpool from Oxon agreements related to intellectual Hill/Fort Washington area of Maryland. Call Millie Ertel and Chris Coldewey described these at 7-2321. scenarios as a sequence, each one paving property . . . and the role of the state is the way for the next: evolving in new directions,” Ertel and Carpools Virginia Triage—This scenario, which envi- Coldewey wrote. Established carpool seeks driver/rider in North sions the Library as a central repository “These are not distinct scenarios,” Arlington/Falls Church area. Call Gayle at 7-5744. for the most critical and at-risk collec- said Campbell, “but rather, possible Established carpool seeks additional member in Tysons Corner, Va., area. Call Shirley at 7-0233. tions, is consistent with a world in which progressions over time.” Established carpool seeks rider and/or driver technology change is relatively slow, from Annandale/Braddock Road area of Virginia. the growth in the economy and federal Preliminary Architecture Proposal Call Jim Brickley, 7-7794. budgets is modest, and new economic The Library also convened an Archi- Rider seeks carpool from Old Town Alexandria, Va. Call Roger at 7-6710. models and intellectual property regimes tecture Group, consisting of representa- Rider seeks carpool (temporary) from East Falls are slow to emerge. The Library would tives from the Library, other organizations Church Metro station area. Call Cecile Horowitz take the lead in collecting the most engaged in archiving efforts, and the com- at 7-6778. critical materials of the nation’s digital Driver wanted for established carpool from puter industry. This group developed a Kings Park West/Burke area of Fairfax Co. Call heritage. The emphasis would be on conceptual framework for supporting Mike at 7-9890 or e-mail [email protected]. developing clear, explicit standards on the technical functions of the National MARCH 21, 2003 THE GAZETTE 5

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• A modular approach to building Layered Architecture SPEAKERS, Continued from Page 1 an infrastructure would allow the archi- tecture to be built in part and over time, Interface, where maps to music and from manuscripts to would allow the choice of many different patrons access motion pictures. vendors and products, and, as a result, currently available Fern has been a prolific author, material. would make it possible to integrate new writing a number of books, articles, technologies as they develop, rather than Collection, where and reviews. He has served as a juror having to reengineer an entire monolithic human judgment for national and regional art and photo- structure. determines the graphic exhibitions and has lectured on nature and value the history and criticism of printmaking, • Protocols for interface among the of materials to be modular components would have to be kept and describes illustration, typography, and photogra- kept simple enough for the modules to the items. phy. A graduate of the University of be built, debugged, and maintained by Chicago, Fern left the Library in 1982 to Gateway, which become director of the National Portrait a diverse group of participants. governs access to • Infrastructure should not only be repositories. Gallery. He retired in 2000. modular but also should be as tolerant John Kominski began working at the of a variety of hardware and software Repository,Repository, where Library in 1960 as a reading room assis- bits are stored. as possible to reduce the risk of “com- tant in the Law Library. After graduating mercial capture” by a single vendor and from Georgetown University Law Center the danger of a fl aw that could threaten in 1962, he took the position of legal an entire monolithic infrastructure. reference assistant in the Law Library’s “As with biological systems, diversity Repositories, for storing bits. This American-British Law Division. In 1967, confers a large degree of resistance to bottom layer of the stack has the sim- he was appointed assistant to the general catastrophic failures,” Shirky wrote. plest function, that of storing “zeros and counsel, and three years later he became ones,” Campbell said. • A principal design goal of the pres- general counsel. ervation architecture is that it should be There can be several repositories, Describing his duties as the Library’s able to survive the fi rst migration of new some owned by libraries, some by rights chief lawyer, Kominski declared: “The technologies, which is the best predictor holders, and some by third parties. position of general counsel truly makes of how well it will accept several migra- A secure repository may be protected one a Renaissance person because it tions. “For a modular infrastructure to by an “air gap,” existing in a stand-alone requires a knowledge of everything when survive, all its parts must be able to be machine or local area network with no representing the Library. The practice replaced piecemeal, while the infra- connections to other repositories or of law in the Library of Congress is mul- structure remains in operation,” Shirky external networks. tifaceted. It is very much like that of a wrote. Repositories do not contain metadata, corporate law fi rm in that it covers just but an address for a data set. Access to about every area of law.” He retired in Layered Architecture a repository will be controlled at the August 1996. The Architecture Group proposed a gateway level, the next layer up. Library Voices is an oral history proj- preservation program architecture that Gateways, for governing and monitor- ect centered in the Library of Congress is a stack of four layers, each with its ing access to repositories. Archives, which form a part of the Man- set of particular functions, each able to A gateway is a broker between collec- uscript Division’s collections. Funded by interface with the layer above and below. tions (the layer above) and a repository a Billington/Krasnoff grant, the project The stack, from the bottom layer to the (the layer below). A gateway takes a is one of the products of the celebration top, consists of repositories, gateways, request for repository data from collec- of the Library’s Bicentennial. collections, and interface with patrons tions; validates the authenticity of the The project complements the Library using materials: request; logs and audits the request; and of Congress Archives, a rich collection obtains a string of bits from a repository detailing the historical development of “Homegrown: The Music of America” DIGITAL, Continues on page 8 the Library. The stories, anecdotes, and presents doo-wop legends work experiences of selected Library The Jewels and the Orioles Ethics Briefi ng administrators and staff members noon, Friday, March 28, supplement the written record housed Coolidge Auditorium • No tickets required 10 - 11 a.m., Monday, March 24, Mumford in the Archives. Sponsored by the Music Division and the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the Room, LM 649. All LC staff are required to A small exhibit of documents from Folklore Society of Greater Washington and the attend one session of an ethics briefi ng. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage the Library of Congress Archives will be on display. q 6 THE GAZETTE MARCH 21, 2003

NEWS Kenneth Robert Janken on “White, The Biography ofof WWalteralter White,White, Mr.Mr. NAACP”NAACP” inin tthehe SSouth.outh. By DONNA URSCHEL Kenneth Robert “He loved to make Janken’s book, “White, The Biogra- rednecksrednecks llookook ffoolish.oolish. ByBy enneth Robert Janken, author of phy of Walter White, doingdoing sso,o, hehe puncturedpunctured “White, The Biography of Walter Mr. NAACP” theirtheir p pompousompous racialracial KWhite, Mr. NAACP,” told an audi- superiority,”superiority,” saidsaid Janken.Janken. ence at the Library on Feb. 25 that the “He“He encouragedencouraged AfricanAfrican accomplishments of Walter White from activitiesactivities toto advanceadvance AmericansAmericans toto sshakehake offoff the 1920s to the1950s in the fields of thethe strugglestruggle forfor racialracial thethe ggriprip ooff ffearear tthathat llynchynch civil rights, politics and black culture, equalityequality isis reflrefl eectedcted iinn mobs had on them.” though long forgotten, are well worth thisthis richrich andand diversediverse col-col- Over the years, he remembering. lection,” she said. enjoyed discussing his White stemmed the epidemic of TheThe NAACPNAACP collec-collec- many cases of mis- mob murders and lynchings, guided tiontion isis thethe cornerstonecornerstone taken identity, hoping the National Association for the Advance- ofof tthehe LLibrary’sibrary’s unparal-unparal- to explode myths of ment of Colored People (NAACP) into leledleled resourcesresources forfor thethe racial inferiority and prominence, helped to launch the studystudy ofof thethe 20th-century20th-century categorizationcategorization andand toto encourageencourage whiteswhites Harlem Renaissance, and participated civil rights movement and leaders in the to rethink preconceptions. in the many legal campaigns against fi ght for civil liberties. In addition to the As executive secretary of the NAACP segregation, culminating in the U.S. materials of the NAACP Legal Defense from 1931 to 1955, White pushed the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. and Educational Fund, the collection organization to prominence. “The NAACP Board of Education. holds the records of the National Urban lobbying campaigns, which he devised Janken, associate professor of Afro- League, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car and orchestrated through the 1930s, were American studies at the University of Porters, and the Leadership Conference textbook cases in effectiveness. By the late North Carolina, Chapel Hill, used the on Civil Rights. 1930s, the NAACP was an organization that Library’s NAACP Records in the Man- The Library also holds the papers of politicians had to reckon with and ignore uscript Division as a major resource for prominent activists, such as Thurgood at their own peril,” said Janken. the book, which is the fi rst biography of Marshall, Roy Wilkins, Arthur Spingarn, White. Janken’s presentation was part A. Philip Randolph, and many more. of the Center for the Book’s “Books & Janken said White, throughout LCPA offers tickets to Fats Beyond” series of talks that highlight new his life, reveled in the confusion and Waller’s “Ain’t Misbe- books based on the Library’s collections opportunities created by his extremely havin’” at Arena Stage and programs. fair complexion. Although White was Adrienne Cannon, Afro-American African American, with parents who LCPA is offering group rate tickets to the history and culture specialist in the Man- were born into slavery, he, neverthe- Arena Stage show- uscript Division, introduced Janken and less, looked white. Janken explained, ing of “Ain’t Misbe- havin’,” the foot- described the signifi cance of the NAACP “He was known in his day as a voluntary stomping, ragtime collection, which consists of approxi- Negro—an African American who could musical based on the mately 5 million items from 1909, the pass for white, but chose not to.” music of Fats Waller. year of the association’s inception, to Instead, he chose to exploit his Special-price tickets are for a matinee at 1995. complexion to advance the rights of 2:30 p.m., Saturday, “The NAACP records are the largest African Americans. During the 1920s May 10, and cost $50 single collection ever acquired by the and ’30s, White, operating incognito at each. ($14 per ticket is a tax-deductible donation to LCPA’s Library and, annually, the most heav- great personal peril, investigated more Continuing Education Fund.) Any- ily used,” said Cannon. The collection than 40 lynchings and mob riots. Posing one—LC staff, family, or friends—may includes manuscripts, photographs, pam- as a white man, he was able to uncover attend at this special group rate. phlets, broadsides, phonograph records, details of the crimes. His fi ndings gener- To purchase tickets, contact Robert Handloff at 7-4443 or email [email protected]. Supplies and audio and video tape recordings. ated much publicity and eventually led are limited, so call promptly. “Every phase of NAACP’s many to a stemming of the lynching epidemic MARCH 21, 2003 THE GAZETTE 7

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White wrote two novels, “The Fire Commission on Civil Rights released a women and advice to their health-care and the Flint” and “Flight,” helped many statement that called for the elimination providers. African American singers and actors, and of segregation. Truman endorsed the Historically, there has been a lack launched the Harlem Renaissance of the commission’s report, Janken said. of information about sex and gender 1920s and ’30s. Janken said, “After a long White was intimately involved in the in health research, a bias that is fi nally day at the offi ce, you could fi nd him club legal campaigns to end the Jim Crow laws. being addressed, largely as a result of the hopping into the late hours, taking around He participated in all the strategy sessions work of Pinn and her offi ce. Some of the critics of the New York Evening Post or that built up cases against segregation clinical conditions for which knowledge potential funders for the NAACP.” during the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s. of sex and gender factors can and will He and his wife hosted numerous par- Wrapping up his talk, Janken said contribute to better diagnosis, manage- ties at their home, as well. Janken said White had an important and compelling ment, and prevention, include irritable George Gershwin was at one of these par- career. “In the nine years I was working bowel syndrome, nicotine addiction, ties and premiered his new composition on this book, I never, ever got tired of chronic fatigue syndrome, muskulo- “Rhapsody in Blue” on White’s piano. Walter White.” q skeletal diseases, sports injuries, and Janken said White bore the primary — Donna Urschel is a freelance autoimmune diseases. And the biggest responsibility of keeping the NAACP writer. killer of both women and men—heart together through the years, of conduct- disease—may have different signs and ing the daily tasks of raising money symptoms, outcomes, and responses to and insisting on an organization that PINN, Continued from Page 3 interventions for either sex, she said. defended and extended the rights of allowing themselves to be part of a big Research studies continue to be African Americans. experiment?” developed in areas of wellness care After World War II, White suggested In 1991, shortly after Pinn became and prevention of chronic disorders, to President Truman that he establish a director of the Office of Research on individually-tailored drug interventions, commission on civil rights. Truman took Women’s Health, NIH began the fi rst con- different forms of hormone therapy, diet his advice, and in 1947 the President’s trolled clinical trials of hormone therapy. and nutrition options, and herbal and As part of a multicenter, multiyear project complementary medicines, all of which to examine the major causes of death and may enhance life in an aging population, disabilities in post-menopausal women, regardless of gender. These and more 5th Biennial this study was so large that it required a are all on Pinn’s agenda. q LCPA Showcase of Talent special congressional appropriation to (Note: Additional handouts and fl yers Submission deadline April 11 fund it. from the Offi ce of Research on Women’s Calling all writers and recording artists! Part of the study was discontinued Health are available at the Science, Tech- Gain the recognition that you deserve because researchers found that women nology and Business Division, 7-5664, or by putting your masterpieces on display. taking certain hormones experienced an the Health Services Offi ce, 7-8035.) Submit your works to the LCPA Talent increased risk of cancer (See NIH News Showcase by April 11. Release, July 9, 2002: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ Any and all LC employees and retirees new/press/02-07-09.htm). The Rare Book and Special Collections may submit their original published and Manuscript divisions and the writings and sound recordings—books, Part of the study was discontinued Abraham Lincoln Institute presentpresent an articles in scholarly publications or because researchers found that women all-day symposium on Abraham Lincoln trade journals, translations, interviews taking estrogen combined with proges- “The Latest in Lincoln for scholarly purposes, and audio or tin experienced an increased risk of video recordings all qualify. These cancer. Alluding to the Tuskegee study, Scholarship” can be products of employees’ official 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday, March 22 duties or of their free time. Up to two Pinn said medical ethics prohibit a study Coolidge Auditorium items can be selected for the show this from proceeding if results indicate that Reservations required, call 7-2017. year. Works already displayed in earlier subjects are being exposed to more risks showcases are not admissible. than benefi ts. NIH continues to study the Submission deadline: Friday, April 11. Submit items to Fred Augustyn effects of estrogen alone on women who LCRA Basketball League LM 525, [email protected], 7-3273. have had their uteruses removed. forfor men and women In January of this year, the Food and Sign up to play and come to the fi rst Event opening: June 5 LCRA basketball league meeting: Not yet published but interested in helping out? Drug Administration approved new label- 11 a.m. - noon, Monday, March 31, Volunteers are needed to help design the catalog, ing of all products containing estrogen Pickford Theater, LM 301 input text, and publicize the opening. Contact For questions, or if you have a team already, Enikö Basa, [email protected], or Fred Augustyn, and estrogen with progestin as part of contact William Young at [email protected], 7-1844, [email protected], for more information. a series of actions to provide risk-man- or Kevin Perry at [email protected], 7-0453 agement information to postmenopausal 8 THE GAZETTE MARCH 21, 2003

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• many types of hardware and soft- vation network.” DIGITAL, Continued from Page 5 ware, from multiple sources, to be used Beginning this year, core capacity to build the architecture, and investments of $2 million to $5 million and passes it on to collections. • issues of preservation of digital each will target fi ve to eight projects run- “Gateways are critical to providing materials to be handled separately from ning one to fi ve years, depending on the security for the content stored within issues of public access, so commercially extent of matching funds and the nature the system, so their functions should be valuable materials can be preserved of the project. minimally defi ned,” Shirky said. securely while protecting their rights (3) Participate in long-term basic Collections, the layer at which people of ownership. research with the National Science Foun- and institutions make judgments about dation and its collaborative program to the nature and value of the data to be Next Steps investigate “digital government.” kept, how long it is kept, and how the Campbell noted that Congress, Campbell said: “Our strategies will be content is managed and made available to upon approving the digital preserva- catalytic, investing in existing strengths, users (in interface, the fourth level up). tion program plan in January 2003, had leveraging public and private invest- “This is where institutions set business authorized $20 million to launch the plan. ments, and stimulating research and rules about who can see what, how long Congress earlier authorized up to $75 development when needed; collabora- something is to be retained, and when to million in matching money to be paired tive, engaging willing partners and key migrate the data,” Campbell said. with that raised by the preservation pro- stakeholders in areas of mutual interest The collection level contains rich gram. She said she hopes the program and expertise; iterative, learning from the metadata that describes an object will raise $15 million of the matching initial planning and fact-fi nding to inform (such as a photograph, e-mail correspon- money during the next phase. subsequent actions and investments; and dence, movie, e-journal, Web site)--the The digital preservation program strategic, addressing a broad spectrum who, what, where, when, why, whence, will spend about 70 percent on practi- of issues in technology, collection devel- Shirky said. cal applications, 20 percent on technical opment, infrastructure and organization, Interface, the top level at which preservation architecture, and 10 percent intellectual property, technical standards, patrons may access material that is on basic digital preservation research. and other key components of the pres- available currently (Campbell noted that Campbell said the goals of a three- ervation network, through a balance of some restricted-access material will be tier research and investment program early short-term and long-term actions preserved securely within the infrastruc- over the next five to seven years will and investments.” ture for possible future use). Examples be to: The Library will have a big part to play, of interface are the Library’s American (1) Investigate the technical archi- not only in its catalytic, leadership role, Memory site, other public Web sites, and tecture in more detail. but also in setting metadata standards, “other means of display not yet invented (2) Make investments that build core working on copyright matters, building or imagined,” Shirky said. capacity and that consist of targeted its own secure digital repository, prepar- An interface might point to one or investments subject to matching funds ing digital materials for migration to the more collections or cache material with in pilot projects and experiments. She permission of a collection. defi ned core capacities as “the shared repository, and collaborating with preser- Campbell said this modular approach knowledge, expertise, skills, and consen- vation partners in deciding which digital creates several advantages, allowing for: sus regarding areas of concern essential materials to keep and which versions to • the infrastructure to be built in to supporting the collaboration among retain. pieces and assembled over time, organizations that comprise the preser- “I don’t think our mission about what subjects we collect is going to change very much,” Campbell predicted. She emphasized that the initial Luminary LecturesLectures national preservation program planning @Your Library and work that has been largely external is to engage all the stakeholders in the “The National Digital Preservation Program: LIVE process. Challenges and Solutions” by Laura Campbell, associate librarian for Strategic Initiatives, Internal planning for the Library’s Library of Congress digital preservation infrastructure is WEBCAST 1 - 2:30 p.m., Friday, March 21, Mumford Room, LM 649 also underway. For more information, see www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/. For special assistance, The complete plan and appendixes please contact Alison Foster, 7-1183, [email protected]. can be accessed at www.digitalpreserv ation.gov. q MARCH 21, 2003 THE GAZETTE 9

NEWS Utopia and Science Fiction Collide in “Golden Age” tial importance” (Locus). own task to that of Wells’s By COLLEN CAHILL Wright’s talk, “The Chang- “Time Machine,” trying to ing Nature of Man’s Search for imagine all the adaptations n the world described by author Utopia and the Place of Science that would take place in John C. Wright in his fi rst novel, “The Fiction in the Myth,” traced the civilization and life forms IGolden Age: A Romance of the Far concept of utopias, especially over future millenia. Future,” an interplanetary utopian society in literature, from the Bible to Wright is a former attor- is fi lled with immortal humans in a vastly Plato to Thomas Moore. Para- ney, newspaperman, news- transformed solar system. doxically, as conditions improve paper editor, technical But, as Wright explained to the throughout history, contempo- writer, and now a novelist. Library’s What IF … Science Fiction & rary people are less satisfi ed, He went to St. John’s Col- Fantasy Forum Jan. 9, paradise in the said Wright. He highlighted lege in Annapolis, home of Golden Age is not complete for one rebel three types of utopians, the the “Great Books” program, John C. Wright’s The who attempts to fi nd his true identity by socialist, the anarchist, and the Golden Age: to which he attributes his recovering parts of his memory that have libertarian (Wright’s own prefer- A Romance of the writing approach. He lives been removed. ence), citing authors from H.G. Far Future” in Virginia with his wife, Wright’s original manuscript for Wells to Olaf Stapledon to Ayn author L. Jagi Lamplighter, “Golden Age” was so long that his pub- Rand to Robert Heinlein. The and their children. He has lishers split it into three volumes, with television “Star Trek” mythos of Gene written fi ction for magazines, including a the second, “Phoenix Exultant,” due for Roddenberry had its origins in an ideal piece selected to appear in Year’s Best SF release in April 2003. The fi rst volume system in which many present-day prob- 3, edited by David G. Hartwell for 1997. was published to high praise as “a rare lems were resolved. He is writing several fantasy novels. For and mind-blowing treat” (Publishers Wright spoke of the diffi culty of imag- more information about Wright, see Weekly), and described as “equivalent to ining the changes that might take place www.sff.net/people/john-c-wright/. q William Gibson and Gene Wolfe in poten- over millions of years. He compared his

Astronomer Speaks on Extrasolar Planets By Brian Taves with Colleen Cahill The universe appears to be fi lled with solar systems. The surprise than Mercury is to our own sun. is that they may be very different from our own. Scientists had expected the solar systems around other stars So remarked Helen Hart in a presentation on Feb. 12 to the to follow our own pattern, because the sun’s system was the only LCPA What IF. . . Science Fiction & Fantasy Forum. Hart, who has a example known directly, she said. Evidence suggests other pos- doctorate in astrophysical, planetary, and atmospheric sciences from sibilities exist, such as systems with planets almost as large as their the University of Colorado in Boulder, works for the Far Ultraviolet own suns. Fewer new extrasolar planets have been discovered Spectroscopic Explorer Science Operations at the Department of because incredibly detailed observations are required and existing Physics and Astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University. She was technology makes it easiest to detect the type of planets that have formerly with Science Operations on the Hubble Telescope. been found already. The What IF. . . Science Fiction & Fantasy Forum looks not only Hart’s bachelor’s degree is in physics from the University at realms of imagination, but also related genres and nonfi ction; a of Montana, and her master’s and doctorate degrees are from number of speakers over the years have focused on astronomy. the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her Web page is at http: Speaking about “Extrasolar Planets,” Hart discussed discover- //fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~hart/. ies from 1995, when the fi rst of the anticipated bodies were found The next What IF program is “A Reading by Jasper Fforde,” orbiting around stars, to recent sightings that bring to some 100 the at 12:10 p.m. on April 11, in the Pickford Theater, LM 301. For solar systems that are known to exist. The largest planets have been more information on future sessions, contact Colleen Cahill at “gas giants,” similar to our solar system’s own Jupiter, except that [email protected]. q they rotate around their respective suns at a distance even closer 10 THE GAZETTE MARCH 21, 2003

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NOTABLE EVENTS The Library is becoming such a lively place that we no longer have pages to devote to advance publicity of events as well as post-event coverage. So we are consolidating items advertised in advance by Public Affairs Offi ce press releases into one or two pages, titled “Notable Events.” All LC events will run in the back page calendar.—Ed.

Critic Harold Bloom The lecture is sponsored by the The open house will feature: Cartoonist Peter Kuper to Discuss ‘Shakespeare Library’s African and Middle • a display and explanation of to Discuss Work Eastern Division and the Forum for and Genius’ materials submitted by and on Cartoonist Peter Kuper will the Study of Comparative Religion Harold Bloom, widely recognized behalf of women who served in discuss his creative work in a (through the Library of Congress as America’s leading literary critic, World War I, World War II, and the talk titled “Speechless,” at 4 p.m. Professional will discuss “Shakespeare and Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf on Tuesday, March 25, in the Association). Genius,” at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Wars and of women who served in Mumford Room, LM 649. A native of support of the war effort; March 25, in the Montpelier Room The Prints and Photographs Iran’s small LM 619, sixth fl oor of the James • audio and video clips from the Division and the Swann religious Madison Building. collection; and Foundation for Caricature and community of Sponsored by the John W. Kluge • a tour of the Veterans History Cartoon will co-sponsor the Zoroastrians, Center and the Offi ce of Scholarly Project Web site and tips on program. Mehr rose Programs, the program is open to interviewing techniques. to political Kuper’s multifaceted career spans the public. eminence in a Materials relating to women in the more than two decades during Bloom will base his presentation predominantly Islamic country. He war efforts represent approximately which he has produced cartoons, on three of his recently published not only held ministerial positions one-quarter of the Veterans History comic strips, political illustrations, books: “Hamlet: Poem Unlimited” but was appointed deputy prime Project collection, which to date and numerous graphic novels. (Riverhead Books, 2003), minster by the Shah. He later includes more than 20,000 items The cartoonist, whose work “Shakespeare: The Invention of served as chancellor of Pahlavi comprising photographs, journals, regularly appears in Time, The the Human” (Riverhead Books, University and contributed to letters, and recorded interviews. New York Times, and Mad 1998), and “Genius: A Mosaic of an effort to revolutionize Iran’s Those coming forward to share Magazine, takes the title for his One Hundred Exemplary Creative university education system. their stories include women who lecture from his recently published Minds” (Warner Books, 2002). served on the home front during In addition to his many offi cial book “Speechless,” a handsome World War II and those who served “Shakespeare is the true duties, Mehr founded the World art volume that surveys his work in the groundbreaking women’s multicultural author,” Bloom said Zoroastrian Organization and led to date. service divisions, such as Women once in an interview. “He exists an effort to modernize his faith’s In his talk, to be illustrated with Accepted for Volunteer Emergency in all languages. He is put on the concepts and practices in Iran. slides and animation, he will Service (WAVES), Women’s stage everywhere.” discuss examples of his comic Forced to leave his country during Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), Bloom is the Sterling professor of strips and other drawings for the Khomeni Revolution in 1979, Women’s Air Service Pilots humanities at Yale University and World War 3 Illustrated (the Mehr immigrated to the United (WASP), and the Coast Guard Berg professor of English at New political comix journal that he co- States and taught international Women’s Reserve (SPARS, based York University. The winner of a founded in 1979), INX (a political relations at Boston University for on the Coast Guard motto Semper MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 20 years. He retired in 2000 and paratus). in 1985 and an American Academy was appointed professor emeritus. The Veterans History Project calls of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for He runs the Center for Ancient for Americans to play a personal Criticism in 1999, he is the author Iranian Studies in Boston. of more than 20 books.    role in preserving the nation’s    history by collecting the fi rst- Veterans History Project person accounts of those who Professor to Analyze Salutes Women Vets served America during wartime, Politics of Religion in With Open House as well as from civilians who served in support of the war effort. Middle East The Veterans History Project in More than 600 organizations are Farhang Mehr, professor emeritus the American Folklife Center will participating in the project. of international relations at Boston salute women veterans during University, will discuss “The Women’s History Month at an    Impact of Religion on Politics open house from noon to 1 p.m. in the Middle East” at 6 p.m.

on Monday, March 24, in the Mind, © Peter Kuper Kuper’s on Thursday, March 27, in the Mumford Room, LM 649. Mumford Room, LM 649. MARCH 21, 2003 THE GAZETTE 11

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NOTABLE EVENTS Continued from page 10 illustration group syndicated the papers they edited. infl uences of Sanger, who was a educational innovation, urban through the Web), and graphic Part of the Center for the Book’s birth control crusader, feminist reform, and women’s and labor novels. Books & Beyond author series, and reformer—one of the most rights. She was integral to the    the program is co-sponsored controversial and formation of the international by the Library’s compelling fi guresgures ofof women’s peace movement in Sanger, Addams Papers the 20th century.century. response to World War I, for which Editors to Speak at LC Manuscript Division and Katz, the editor she received the Nobel Peace Prize The editors of the papers of two presented in and director of the in 1931. early advocates for women’s cooperation with the MargaretMargaret Sanger From the Addams papers, editor rights, Margarget Sanger and University of Illinois Papers Project, is an Katz has written the fi rst volume, Jane Addams, will be the featured Press, which is adjunct professor “Preparing to Lead, 1860-81,” speakers at a Women’s History publishing the books. of history at New which documents Addams’s Month program, “Women’s Janice E. Ruth, YorkYork University.University. formative years, providing Activism and Social Change: women’s history She is the co-editor heretofore unavailable insight into Documenting the Lives of Margaret specialist in the of “Women’s her developing ideas, seminary Sanger and Jane Addams,” at Manuscript Division, Experience in education, family life and 6 p.m. on Monday, March 24 in will present brief America” and author friendships within the context of the Mumford Room, LM 649. opening remarks and “Jane Addams: Preparing to of many articles on 19th-century Illinois. Lead, 1860-81” by Ester Katz The event will feature Esther Katz, introduce the speakers. Sanger and women’s Katz has led a team of editors editor-in-chief of the Margaret Some original Sanger history. that produced “The Jane Addams Sanger Papers Project at New York and Addams documents from the Known primarily as an outspoken Papers: A Comprehensive Guide”; University, and Mary Lynn McCree Library’s collections will be on pacifi st, progressive reformer, co-edited “100 Years at Hull Bryan, editor-in-chief of the display in the Mumford Room and the founder of Hull House, House”; and was the former curator Jane Addams Papers Project at during the talk. Jane Addams was a powerful of the Jane Addams Hull House Duke University. Both have “The Woman Rebel, 1900-1928,” infl uence on public opinion and at the University of Illinois at published new books based on documents the critical phases and policies relating to social welfare, Chicago. 12 THE GAZETTE MARCH 21, 2003

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