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Volume 15, No. 30 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff August 20, 2004 Devices Improve Communications Between LC Police, Capitol Police will notify the Library Police of various By GAIL FINEBERG emergency scenarios. Annunciators: In addition, a uni- ibrary Police say they have improved versal emergency warning system will emergency communications with sound simultaneously in the Capitol, Lthe Capitol Police, closing a com- Senate and House buildings and the munications gap that existed on June 9, Library. The Library has installed six when Capitol Hill buildings were evacu- of these annunciators, which will com- ated erratically—or not at all as in the municate Capitol Police orders instan- case of the Madison and Adams build- taneously in the Capitol, House, Senate ings—in response to an errant aircraft and Library buildings. Annunciators are that had entered restricted Capitol area located in the Police Communications airspace. Center and Police Operations offi ce in “I feel like we are light years ahead of the Jefferson Building and the LC Police where we were on June 9. We are right in captain’s office and the Security and the living room, so to speak, of everything Emergency Preparedness Offi ce in the Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate that’s occurring on Capitol Hill,” Library Madison Building. Police Capt. Melvin L. Dogan said after a These devices will be the primary Librarian of Congress monthly Town Hall Meeting on Aug. 10 means of emergency communications in the Mumford Room. between the Capitol Police and Library Appoints Ted Kooser Technology has made the differ- Police. 13th Poet Laureate ence. A new public-address system that Blackberry wireless: The Library will carry emergency messages to all A lifelong resident of the Midwest, the now possesses a wireless communica- corners of Library buildings is in the new poet laureate consultant in poetry to tion device called a “Blackberry,” which process of being designed, Dogan said. the Library enjoyed poetry so much that enables Library Police watch command- “This time next year, you should have a he wrote every morning before going to ers to monitor all Capitol Hill emergency new PA system,” he said. work. situations involving the Capitol Police. In response to a staffer’s question “For 35 years I worked behind a desk LC Police now have knowledge of police later about who decides the appropri- in the life insurance business, getting up activities on Capitol Hill, 24 hours a day, ate actions to take in an emergency, at 4:30 or 5 every day to write my poems. seven days a week. Dogan and emergency preparedness This gave me a couple of hours to write “Now we know if there is suspicious coordinator Gary “Buck” Buchanan before I had to put on my suit and tie and air traffi c, a suspicious vehicle or pack- explained that the emergency scenario set out for the offi ce,” said Ted Kooser, age, or a bomb threat,” Dogan said. “The will determine the decision-making pro- whose appointment by the Librarian of Blackberry wireless incorporates the cess. For example, a national or Capitol Congress was announced last week. Library into the decision-making process area emergency would drive the Capitol Kooser will take up his duties as the as soon as possible,” he told the staff. Police response, and the Library would 13th poet laureate in the fall, when he will Two-way radios: A second way that follow the Capitol Police lead but make open the Library’s annual literary series Library Police can communicate directly decisions appropriate to the concerns of on Oct. 7 with a reading of his work. He with the Capitol Police is by way of hand- the Library. For example, a fi re, bomb succeeds Louise Glück. held, two-way radios that are all linked to threat or some other “local” emergency “Ted Kooser is a major poetic voice the same Capitol Police radio channel. could require evacuation of a particular for rural and small town America and Also, the two agencies have agreed to House, Senate or Library building but not the fi rst poet laureate chosen from the protocols by which the Capitol Police DEVICES, Continues on page 8 LAUREATE, Continues on page 4 2 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 20, 2004

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Columnist Discusses Undoing of ‘Progressive’ Policies right-wing wave” in sympathy with the conservative ideas championed by Sen. Barry Goldwater during the 1960s and in reaction to the civil rights movement. New York Times In response to a request to identify the columnist Paul “ultimate goal” of the Bush administra- Krugman discusses his book, “The tion, Krugman said the administration’s Great Unravelling,” goal is to undo the New Deal. Toward that about an admin- goal, he said, the administration has dis- istration bent on mantled progressive taxation and social dismantling New Deal policies. programs. He mused, “Conservatives would actually like the 1905 world-pre- dating the Progressive movement.” A questioner referred to “Barry Gold- water’s radical-right revolution” and the

Roisin Wisneski Democrats’ faith that it will be reversed, and asked if the country needs a Great to most people because the insurance Depression to shift conservative policies. By MARGARET E. McGINNIS portion carries high deductible payments. In response, Krugman said the paradox of He added that recent proposals would the American political economy is that, elcomed by an enthusiastic also shelter the insurance premium from although there is tremendous inequality crowd that packed the Mumford taxes. Krugman said that the approxi- of income, which one would expect to WRoom on July 21, economist, mately $2,000 insurance deductible is too generate support for progressive taxation author and New York Times columnist high for families with a $40,000 income, and other such policies espoused by the Paul Krugman shared his observations and that the tax-shelter aspect provides left, public sentiment is not shifting in that of current economic conditions and no benefi t to the uninsured or those in a direction. He speculated that perhaps delivered his assessments of a wide range 10 percent -15 percent tax bracket. support for more progressive policies will political and economic issues. Krugman said he anticipates that increase when the upper middle class His Library appearance was arranged healthy, high-income people would have believes the current policy is too tilted by the Science, Technology and Busi- an incentive to opt out of other insurance toward the upper class. ness Division and co-sponsored with the programs and into Medisave Health Sav- When asked if the $90,000 income Center for the Book. ings Accounts. ceiling on the payroll tax should be raised Krugman said the central theme of Before taking questions from the audi- or eliminated, Krugman responded that “The Great Unravelling,” his most recent ence, Krugman asserted that the media the payroll tax is a dedicated tax with book, is that the United States does not is “part of the machine: part of the same limited benefits, for which we should have a conservative government, but “a radical movement.” He said that journal- “blame Roosevelt.” The payroll tax is radical right government that is beyond ists are affl icted by a “reluctance to state taking in too much money for the short the realm of normal U.S. policies.” things clearly” and are afraid to sound term and “is a long-term bait and switch,” In brief opening remarks, Krugman one-sided. Sheer intimidation is part of he said. He suggested that income tax said that his recent Times columns have the reason for this reluctance, he said, cuts be rolled back because they benefi t focused on health care, identifying the because “most journalists never get past primarily rich people. high cost and large number of uninsured the fear” of “hate-fi lled letters, or 700 e- Asked if the downward trend in real as two major problems. He asserted that mails from unhappy readers, or attempts wages is making the United States more Medisave Health Savings Accounts are to imply there is some scandal in your competitive, Krugman said there is no the core of the Bush health plan and personal life.” Krugman said his own “overwhelming” amount of international argued that such policies are of little use self-confi dence and knowledge, and the outsourcing of jobs and that the U.S. labor fact that he has another job, have made pool is underutilized. He pointed out that Recycling Helps Library Childcare Center it easier for him to write and speak out the fi rst term of the Clinton administration A portion of the proceeds from recycling forcefully. also experienced a low rise in wages. toner cartridges (laser, ink jet, and fax machine) benefi ts the Library of Congress Asked about his “radicalism theme” There is no clear cause of falling real Little Scholars Child Development and how much has been the result of 9/11, wages, he said. Center. For more information, e-mail: Krugman said the broader view is that Questioned about Federal Reserve [email protected]. this trend has been building in “a great KRUGMAN, Continues on page 12 4 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 20, 2004

LAUREATE, Continued from page 1 Authors. poetry. Howard Nemerov conducted Great Plains. His verse reaches beyond He wrote a series of essays, “Local seminars at the Library for high school his native region to touch on universal Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps” English classes. themes in accessible ways,” said Librar- (2002), about the place he lives with Most incumbents have furthered the ian James H. Billington in announcing his wife, Kathleen Rutledge, editor of a development of the Library’s Archive of the appointment. Lincoln, Neb., newspaper. “For the past Recorded Poetry and Literature. Joseph Kooser was born in Ames, Iowa, in 20 years my wife and I have lived on Brodsky initiated the idea of providing 1939 and grew up there. His father man- 62 acres of hills and trees, about three poetry in public places—supermarkets, aged a small department store, and his miles from the village of Garland, Neb., hotels, airports and hospitals. Rita Dove mother was a homemaker. He earned population 227. My prose book ‘Local brought a program of poetry and jazz to his bachelor’s degree at Iowa State Uni- Wonders’ is about our life here. Though the Library’s literary series, along with a versity in 1962, taught high school for it’s a prose book, it’s packed with poetry reading by young Crow Indian poets and one year, and then moved to Nebraska, disguised as prose,” Kooser said. a two-day conference titled “Oil on the where he worked while attending gradu- “Local Wonders” won the Nebraska Waters: The Black Diaspora,” featuring ate school at night. In 1968, he earned Book Award for Nonfi ction in 2003, the panel discussions, readings and music. his master’s degree from the University Best Book Written by a Midwestern Writer Robert Hass sponsored a major of Nebraska, where he studied with Pulit- for 2002 by Friends of American Writers, conference on nature writing called zer Prize-winner Karl Shapiro, a former and the Gold Award for Autobiography “Watershed,” which continues today as poetry consultant to the Library. Kooser in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the a national poetry competition for elemen- teaches one or two classes of poetry at Year Awards. tary and high school students titled “River the university every year. “Poetry can offer readers fresh new of Words.” Robert Pinsky initiated his “I have been writing poems since I ways of looking at the ordinary, everyday Favorite Poem Project, which energized was a boy, and have been publishing world,” Kooser said. a nation of poetry readers to share their since I was about 25. My fi rst book, long Among Kooser’s other awards and favorite poems in readings across the out of print, came out when I was 30, and honors are two National Endowment country and in audio and video record- there have been nine books since then,” for the Arts fellowships, the Pushcart ings. Billy Collins instituted the Web site Kooser said. Prize, the Stanley Kunitz Prize, the James Poetry180, designed to bring a poem a day “My poems are about the world I see Boatwright Prize and a Merit Award from into high school classrooms. During her about me,” he said. “In my most recent the Nebraska Arts Council. recent tenure, Louise Glück brought the book, for example, there’s a poem about a work of younger poets to larger audiences tattooed man I saw at a yard sale [and] a Background of the Laureateship through the Library’s reading series. poem about two young women I observed The Library keeps to a minimum The poetry and literature reading in a cosmetics department. Then there the specifi c duties required of the poet series at the Library of Congress is the are poems that are not about people, but laureate in order to permit incumbents oldest in the Washington, D.C., area and things, such as a fi ve-subject spiral note- to work on their own projects while at among the oldest in the United States. book or a stand of old lilac canes.” the Library. Each brings a new emphasis This annual series of public poetry and His most recent collection, “Delights to the position. Allen Tate (1943-44), for fi ction readings, lectures, symposia and & Shadows” (2004), joins “Sure Signs” example, served as editor of The Quar- occasional dramatic performances began (1980), which received the Society of terly Journal of the Library of Congress in the 1940s and has been almost exclu- Midland Authors Prize for the best book of during his tenure and edited the compila- sively supported since 1951 by a gift from poetry by a midwestern writer published tion, “Sixty American Poets, 1896-1944.” the late Gertrude Clarke Whittall, who in that year; “One World at a Time” (1985); Some consultants have suggested and wanted to bring the appreciation of good “Weather Central” (1994); and “Winter chaired literary festivals and confer- literature to a larger audience. Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards ences; others have spoken in a number The Poetry and Literature Center of to Jim Harrison” (2000), winner of the of schools and universities and received the Library administers the series and is 2001 Nebraska Book Award for Poetry. the public in the Poetry Room. the home of the offi ce of the Poet Laureate This book is a collection of poems he Increasingly in recent years, the Consultant in Poetry, a position that has wrote every day while he was recovering incumbents have sought to find new existed since 1936, when the late Archer from radiation treatments for cancer. ways to broaden the role of poetry in M. Huntington endowed the Chair of He wrote these poems to his long- our national life. Maxine Kumin initi- Poetry at the Library. Since then many of time friend and poet Jim Harrison, with ated a popular women’s series of poetry the nation’s most prominent poets have whom he later wrote “Braided Creek: A workshops at the Library’s Poetry and served as consultant in poetry to the Conversation in Poetry” (2003), for which Literature Center. Gwendolyn Brooks Library and, after the passage of Public the two poets received the 2003 Award met with groups of elementary school Law 99-194 (Dec. 20, 1985), as poet laure- for Poetry from the Society of Midland children to encourage them to write ate consultant in poetry. ❑ AUGUST 20, 2004 THE GAZETTE 5

Scholar-author Advances ‘Incentive Theory’ of War

By YVONNE FRENCH rence from the realists. He also draws on the insights of Kenneth W. Waltz (“Man, the State and War,” 1954), who wrote A scholar and State Department vet- that there were three levels of variables eran who has spent his career analyzing explaining the causes of war: the individ- the causes of war said at a recent Library ual level (the violence, beliefs and other lecture to look at the incentives for going subjectivities rooted in the individual); to war. the state or national level (the form of “If you really want to change things, government and its predisposition toward focus on the incentives affecting the war or peace); and the international level elites” who wage war, said John Norton (anarchic systems competing for power). Moore, author of “Solving the War Puzzle” The key variables, Moore said in his book, (Carolina Academic Press, 2004), in a July “are democracy and deterrence” at the 30 Books & Beyond lecture in the West national and international levels. Dining Room co-sponsored by the Center In his book, Moore said Singer’s and for the Book and the Law Library. Small’s findings suggested that major Gary Sharp, the Law Library’s direc- wars (with more than 1,000 casualties) tor of legal research and international occur between democracies and “at an comparative foreign law and a former extremely low rate, if at all.” student of Moore’s at Georgetown Uni- “The most important empirical fi nd- versity, introduced Moore, calling him the ing is that democracies rarely wage war “founding father of international security against each other,” he said at the Library. law.” tions than existing paradigms, whether “Their leaders are not chosen by violence. A University of Virginia law professor they be idealist or realist based.” There is a high level of interaction with and author of 31 books, Moore served for He explained that idealists—“relative democracies, and less ability for leaders 25 years in the State Department. His six optimists”— focus on the role of third- to externalize cost on others.” presidential appointments included one party dispute settlement, the creation “But democracies are still fighting by the late President Reagan as founding of international organizations to resolve nondemocracies, and nondemocracies chairman of the U.S. Institute of Peace. international problems, the enhancement are fi ghting everyone,” he said. He said his idea for this book began as of trade and other peaceful interactions Moore wrote that “most major wars he was setting up the Peace Institute. among nations, and the role of democratic occur as a deadly synergy between an Moore told his Library audience he governance. Realists—“relative pessi- aggressive nondemocratic nation and an drew upon the seminal work of two pro- mists”—focus on the “security dilemma absence of effective deterrence, broadly fessors, J. David Singer and Melvin Small, of an anarchic international system” interpreted as the totality of incentives who compiled the fi rst database on war and the importance of deterrence, and from the international system. . . .” in 1972; information gleaned from Peace competition and the struggle for power “Of major wars in the 20th century, Institute hearings held during the 1980s; among the most powerful nations. 86 percent were initiated by nondemoc- and award-winning research. Moore said his incentive theory incor- racies, right down to Iraq,” said Moore, In an executive summary of his 184- porates, among other factors, core ele- illustrating his lecture with a PowerPoint page book, half of which is footnotes, he ments from both of these theoretical presentation of his war-by-war analysis. said his “incentive theory” of war “seeks models, in particular the importance of Noting that the 20th century was the to offer a new and better paradigm for the the form of government from the ideal- bloodiest century to date and the 21st study and practice of international rela- ists’ model and the importance of deter- is showing signs of keeping pace, he said, “We are getting into most of our Introducing a new LCPA Language Table: wars because we are not deterring. . . . The Scots Gaelic Language Table Major wars usually are initiated by a The Scots Gaelic Language Table is looking for a few good Celts! If you’re interested in participating in nondemocracy and in the absence of lunchtime meetings centered on Scots Gaelic language and music, please e-mail Stuart L. “Morrison” Stone ([email protected]) and let him know of your interest. international deterrence.” Do you have a preference for the nature of the Scots Gaelic Language Table meetings? As examples, he cited World War I • Speaking/grammar/instructional • Music and the war against terrorism. “The war • Specialized vocabulary emphasis • Inviting outside speakers Please feel free to let Stuart know if you’d like to have your name/email added to the announcement list to against terrorism has the aggressive, non- hear about any visiting guests/performers, even if you don’t plan on attending the Language Table meetings. democratic actors al Qaeda, bin Laden, THEORY, Continues on page 6 6 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 20, 2004

Web-based Application Leads Searchers to Census Info is initiated. This menu allows the user to cartographic and geographic resources, BY ANGELA S. WILSON change tables, data sets, and geographies including reference and thematic maps, without having to go back to the AFF census tract outline maps and other map LC researchers learned recently how main page. The Glossary, a standard resources. to search U.S. Census Bureau data quickly link in the menu bar at the top of every Finally, the application provides to fi nd 2000 census information about page, is helpful in understanding census access to other tools, tutorials, population American people and their communi- terminology and concepts, and it includes reports and publications, for example the ties. links to related terms. Census 2000 Briefs Series at http://www. Andrea Sevetson, a training specialist The American FactFinder also pro- census.gov/population/www/cen2000/ with the Marketing Services Offi ce of the vides access to the latest economic statis- briefs.html, an overview analyses of U.S. Census Bureau, demonstrated how to tics as the Census Bureau releases them Census 2000 population and housing use the American FactFinder (AFF), the from the 2002 Economic Census. The topics. With few exceptions, accessing Census Bureau’s online data-access tool AFF application also provides access to Census 2000 data is straightforward, using for retrieving Census 2000 data and other all of the data from the 1997 Economic the American FactFinder. ❑ census reports. The Science, Technology Census, found at http://www.census. and Business Division sponsored the June gov/epcd/www/econ97.html. Data can — Angela S. Wilson is a reference 15 session in Dining Room A. be retrieved by subject, industry and state, specialist in the Business Reference Sec- Sevetson highlighted salient features and links are provided to government and tion, Science, Technology and Business of the Web-based application at http:// foreign trade data reports. A Maps and Division. factfi nder.census.gov/home/saff/main. Geography section offers access to online html?_lang=en and gave tips and sugges- tions on how to successfully navigate it. The Fast Access to Information section at THEORY, Continued from page 1 Roosevelt delineated” in his State of the the top of the American FactFinder page Union Address on Jan. 6, 1941. The fi rst is a good starting point for getting quick the Taliban and Mullah Omar, and the three freedoms, he said, are speech and data on communities, people, housing, absence of effective deterrence. We religion and freedom from want. business and government. had a very weak response to al Qaeda Moore asked: “How do we prevent Expert users of census data can go attacks against U.S. interests and the war? The missing link is deterrence [by] directly to the Getting Detailed Data sec- attack against the U.S.S. Cole,” he said, an international system. We must create tion and click on “Data Sets.” Another adding that international antiterrorist incentives that say war is not going to useful feature is “Breadcrumbs,” a naviga- efforts have been stepped up markedly be in the best interest in terms of law or tional tool in the menu bar that appears since Sept. 11, 2001. trade. . . . High levels of bilateral trade may at the top of the AFF page when a search “The day after 9/11, the world hadn’t be as important as democracy itself.” changed for us, but the world has changed About 50 people attended the talk, after which Moore signed copies of his Carpools Maryland for terrorists,” said Moore. Seeking to join/form carpool from Oxon In reference to more traditional wars, book, which is available in the LC Sales Hill-Fort Washington area. Flextime he said: “I am not saying the answer Shop. The Center for the Book has held schedule, approx. 7:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Call to all war is deterrence and putting in such talks since 1996 on current or newly 7-2321 or e-mail [email protected]. place democracies, but if you put them published books of interest to the Library A holder of a parking permit in the everywhere you might have solved a lot staff. The Multimedia Group of Informa- Madison garage is looking for a place in of this, though some of my colleagues tion Technology Services captured the a carpool coming from Maryland. Call 7- would dispute it.” talk for a future cybercast on the Library’s 3096 or e-mail [email protected]. He said the war on terrorism “is the Web site. ❑ Established carpool meeting at Rockville war for the fourth freedom, the freedom — Yvonne French is a senior writer/ Metro Station seeks another rider. Call Ms. from fear that President Franklin Delano editor in the Offi ce of the Librarian. De, 7-3942. Rider wants to join carpool. Rider lives near intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Telework Survey for AFSCME Local 2477 Randolph Road in Silver Spring. Call A joint Library/Local 2477 task force has been assigned to determine Mickey, 7-6417. the feasability for a pilot telework program for AFSCME Local 2477 Carpools Virginia bargaining unit members. Established carpool at Falls Church seeks Complete the pilot telework survey online at: rider/driver. Call Bill at 7-3083. http://sun20.loc.gov:8300/osi/telework/login.cfm by Aug. 16. AUGUST 20, 2004 THE GAZETTE 7

LC Publishes Historic Color Photographs of America The Library recently published “Bound for Glory: America in Color 1939-43” in association with Harry N. Abrams Inc. This volume showcases pioneering color work by photographers Jack Delano, John Collier, Marion Post Wolcott, Russell Lee, John Vachon, Arthur Rothstein and others assigned by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Offi ce of War Information (OWI) to document 20th-century life in America. “The photographs of the Farm Secu- rity Administration and the Offi ce of War Information form an extensive picto- rial record of American life in the late 1930s and 1940s,” said Librarian of Con- gress James H. Billington. “Viewed as a whole, the collection, which the Library acquired in 1944, documents America as it emerged from the Great Depression and mobilized to fi ght World War II.” Shot on the Eastman Kodak Compa- ny’s new fi lm, Kodachrome, which was fi rst introduced in 1935, the photographs offer a rare color portrait of America in “Bound for Glory” contains domestic pictures from all over the nation as well as Puerto Rico and Saint Croix. Here homesteaders Faro and Doris Caudill pose for a picture taken the pre-war era. by Russell Lee in Pie Town, N.M., in October 1940. “The color work by the FSA and OWI photographers remains little known and not enough appreciated,” said National The FSA/OWI collection, comprising and the Virgin Islands and almost every Book Critics Circle award-winner Paul more than 170,000 black-and-white photo- state in between. Hendrickson, who wrote the book’s intro- graphs and 1,600 color prints, is the result The complete collection of some duction. “This book is being offered as a of a government photography project 170,000 FSA/OWI photographs is avail- hopeful corrective.” undertaken by a succession of federal able on the Library’s Web site at www. agencies. The FSA originally initiated loc.gov/rr/print. the project to document the devastating “Bound for Glory,” a 192-page hard- Donated Leave effects of the Depression on America’s cover book with 175 color photographs, The following Library employees have rural population in order to garner sup- includes a Library of Congress reference satisfied the eligibility requirements of Library of Congress Regulation (LCR) 2015- port for government relief efforts. As the number for each of the photographs, 13 to receive leave donations from other country began to mobilize for World War which enables readers to search for the staff members. II, however, the photographic unit of the specific image online or order photo- Participants in the voluntary leave trans- fer program have exhausted other sources FSA was transferred to the newly created graphic prints from the Library’s Pho- of leave during their medical emergencies OWI, and war preparations became its toduplication Service (www.loc.gov/ and greatly appreciate leave donations. focus. The result is a portrait of Ameri- preserv/pds). The book is available for Individuals wishing to receive leave or cans at work in farms and factories during $35 in bookstores nationwide and in donate leave through this program should contact Runako Balondemu at 7-1545. the 1930s and ’40s—in Hendrickson’s the Library’s Sales Shop. For credit card words, “a pictorial encyclopedia of Amer- orders, call (888) 682-3557. ❑ Jewel Baldwin Cheryl Maxwell ica herself,” from Vermont to Puerto Rico Lucille Cook Virginia Parks Tamikia Epperson Glenda Richardson Margie Jones Bonnie Roberts Sandra Johnson Habte Teclemariam The Ann Telnaes exhibition, “Humor’s Edge,” has been extended by one Robin Lancaster Regina Thielke week. It will close on Sept. 11. The exhibition is in the North Gallery of the Laura Monagle Great Hall of the Jefferson building. 8 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 20, 2004

DEVICES, Continued from page 1 and office emergency coordinators. These volunteers meet once a month the entire Capitol Hill complex. with Emergency Preparedness staff to Introducing Library Police Lt. Wil- ask and answer questions and discuss liam B. Gaddy, the watch commander on Library preparations. Floor by fl oor, they duty from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dogan said are rehearsing evacuation procedures in emergency decisions may have to be a series of minidrills. made quickly by the watch commander This Library-wide network of volun- and other police offi cials on duty. Or, if teers will relay emergency information there is time, the Library’s senior man- from Library Police to staff in every offi ce agers and members of the Emergency and will help ensure that the buildings Management Team can be involved in evacuate safely and effi ciently. decision-making. New devices, from left, a Blackberry, an The Town Hall audience was reminded Greeting more than 300 LC staffers annunciator and a two-way radio enhance of the emergency preparedness training sitting and standing in the Mumford Room communications. that Library staff should take, including as well as in two overfl ow spaces, Deputy these classes: Basic Emergency Evacu- Librarian of Congress Donald L. Scott and restrictions at public buildings,” the ation, Incident Command System, Quick- said the purpose of the monthly Town handout advises. mask, Stairchair and Assisting Persons Hall Meetings “is to keep you informed Buchanan advised LC employees: with Disabilities. Class schedules are as best we can of security preparations “Be familiar with the Library’s Employee listed in the Gazette and on the LCIU we are making here, and also to keep you Emergency Action Guide,” which every Web site. informed about the larger environment of employee should have in the front of the security, as we know it, on Capitol Hill.” Library of Congress Telephone Directory. Emergency Preparedness Tips He added that the meetings also give This guide is being revised and updated Buchanan also reviewed emergency staff an opportunity to become acquainted and should be distributed to staff in about preparedness tips, such as to stay put with the Library Police offi cers and others two months, he said. unless advised to evacuate. “Do not responsible for making emergency deci- Buchanan said staff also should be assume you must evacuate,” he said. “It sions and preparations. familiar with their offi ces’ internal emer- may be safer to shelter in place.” Scott told the staff that the Library is gency action plans; know the location of A Washington Post Web site included still short 23 police offi cers. Congress their primary and secondary assembly in a list of Web resources points out that has not approved a memorandum of sites outside Library buildings in the even though a plan exists for evacuating understanding by which 23 Capitol Police event of a building evacuation; carry the the District of Columbia, a mass exodus officers would have been assigned to red plastic Emergency Communications could result in total gridlock. For a discus- the Library pending a proposed merger Card, which contains phone numbers and sion of the evacuation plan and an image of the Capitol and Library police forces. Web sites containing Library emergency of the map showing evacuation routes, “We are keenly interested in making sure information; and maintain personal “Go click on D.C. Evacuation Planning at this these critical posts are covered,” Scott Kits” with medications, family emergency Web address: www.washingtonpost. said. “We had thought help was on the plans and rendezvous points, updated com/wp-srv/health/specials/prepared- way, but it has been delayed.” cell and telephone numbers, water, fl ash- ness/index.html lights, nutrition bars and other useful Buchanan reminded staff that, accord- Library Personnel Preparedness items. ing to this evacuation plan, Pennsylva- Buchanan discussed a Homeland Staff should be familiar with offi ce nia Avenue is an evacuation traffi c-fl ow Security Advisory System and explained and home shelter-in-place plans and dividing line and that vehicles parked what is expected during this time of an know where to go. They should be aware on either side of the line cannot cross it “orange alert,” which since Aug. 1 has sig- of national and local threat levels and during an evacuation. nifi ed a “high risk of terrorist attacks.” conditions, Buchanan advised. The Washington Post Web site also A Homeland Security handout avail- “And volunteer,” he added. “We contains lists of community emergency able to staff spells out what actions citi- always need volunteers. Call us at 7- resources in the District of Columbia, zens should take at every threat level. The 8963.” Maryland and Virginia. handout recommends that citizens review and update their family emergency plans Grass Roots Preparations Metro Preparedness with current phone numbers, primary and Members of the Office of Security Buchanan advised staff to read the alternate emergency routes, and agreed- and Emergency Preparedness, directed emergency instructions posted in Metro upon rendezvous points. Disaster kits by Kenneth Lopez, briefed the staff on rail cars. should be stocked and ready. “Be patient. activities of volunteer floor wardens; “Evacuating a Metro car should be Expect some delays, baggage searches zone, stairway and disability monitors; a last resort,” he said, in which passen- AUGUST 20, 2004 THE GAZETTE 9 gers should exit cars through the middle do that,” Dogan said. “There is an increase in ticketing and doors, avoid touching the high-voltage One way is to simplify the electronic towing of vehicles parked close to the rail (“that could ruin your whole day”), notifi cation system so that pagers for the building,” Lopez responded. He said and look for emergency phones located deaf can be activated with a single push suspicious vehicles are inspected and every 800 feet along metro tracks. of a button. the Capitol Police are notifi ed if an offi cer Q: There was a recent evacuation of has a concern. Drivers are warned, then Create a Family Plan the fourth fl oor of the Madison Building, vehicles are ticketed and towed if they Buchanan reminded staff to create and we got an announcement (on a PA are not removed promptly. a family emergency plan that includes system) rather than a fi re horn. Could Lopez emphasized that the Library agreement on who to call outside the D.C. has asked the Capitol Police to expand area to check in and leave and receive the security perimeter of Capitol Hill messages; where to rendezvous in case Library Personnel Preparedness and vehicle check points to include and of evacuation; preparation of family shel- • Be familiar with your internal Emergency protect all of the Library’s buildings. “Our ter-in-place and “go” kits; budget and Action Plan developed for your offi ce. main concern is the LC’s security perim- banking considerations; and informa- • Know your primary and alternate assem- eter. We need to increase it in times such tion resources for emergency prepared- bly areas. as these,” he said. ness. Q: When are escape hoods to be • Review the Employee Emergency Action “Understand your child’s school used? Guide at the front of the Library of Con- emergency plan,” Buchanan counseled. A: They are to be used only in a chem- gress Telephone Directory. “Know where your children will be taken ical or biological attack, Buchanan said. if they are evacuated, and partner with • Carry your red plastic Emergency Com- Library Police or other police authority other parents to develop joint emergency munications Card containing emergency will direct staff when to use them. plans.” numbers. Q: Will Library Police be better trained “Make your preparations now,” • Maintain and update your personal “go and equipped, and will their jurisdiction Buchanan advised. kit.” Make sure it contains medications be extended across the streets from the and other personal items you would need buildings to which they are assigned? Fielding Questions in an emergency. A: “I believe we provide the same Lopez took the following questions • Know the location of your shelter in level of security as the Capitol Police,” from staff, and either he or someone on responded Dogan. “We are doing the best place. his staff answered. we can to keep up-to-date in our training, Q: Will the Library implement a text- • Know the current national threat level and we try to equip as best we can with messaging service for staff who have and be aware of local threat conditions. the funds we have. If there is something cell phones? • Volunteer by calling 7-8693. we could do to improve, let us know.” A: “Today, no. But we’re looking Q: Has there been adequate training to at such a system and may include a cope with the emotional response that request in the FY 2006 budget,” Buchanan you clarify evacuation signals? will occur if staff are directed to shelter responded. A: “Our intention is to get as much in place? Q: Is there a plan for a Library-wide information out as possible, and in our A: Employee Assistance counselor shelter-in-place drill? zeal to do that we used the voice activa- John Singleton responded that he and A: “We will test a comprehensive tion system,” Dogan said. Bob Norton are both psychologists shelter-in-place drill with the Emergency “When the horn sounds, we want trained to counsel LC staff in times of Management Team, and we are conduct- people to evacuate the building. We stress. He said they will be sheltering ing shelter-in-place exercises in several should use the voice system only to next to their offi ce phones, next door to service units. We are considering a tell people where to go if any exits are the Library of Congress Federal Credit Library-wide drill,” Buchanan said. blocked.” Union, and will be available to go to Q: Sometimes we (the Library’s deaf Be sure to memorize primary and anyone needing assistance. employees) get emergency messages on secondary routes out of the buildings, Q: Do I have to wait in an area of our pagers way too late, after we see staff he added. refuge, or can I go down the stairs even exiting the buildings. Will you improve Q: Trucks park on C Street and though I will have to take extra time? the paging system? Second Street near the Madison Build- A: “We recommend you go to an area A. “We are in the process of reorga- ing, and staff are concerned that no one of refuge and wait there. Evacuation teams nizing our notifi cation priorities. We fi rst knows they are there. Is it possible to will notify Library Police where you are, have to notify outside organizations [fi re have those moved farther away from and the police will tell the fi re department and police departments] and then staff, the building? when they arrive. Firemen will come and but we have to . . . get the word out earlier A: “Things are being done that you rescue you,” Buchanan said. to the deaf. We are looking at ways to don’t see,” said Dogan. DEVICES, Continues on page 12 10 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 20, 2004

Rare Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Available Online he Library’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division has released Ta new digital presentation, “The Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Collection,” available at: http://international.loc. gov/intldl/carrollhtml. This collection is part of the Global Gateway Web site of international materials. “The Lewis Carroll Scrapbook” is an original scrapbook kept by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a lecturer in math- ematics at the University of Oxford. He is better known as Lewis Carroll, the Vic- torian-era children’s author of such titles as “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865) and “Through the Looking-Glass” (1871). The scrapbook appears to have been kept by Carroll between the years of 1855 and 1872 and contains approxi- mately 130 items, including newspaper clippings, illustrations and photographs. These items were personally selected and arranged by Carroll, giving the user insight into his interests and collecting habits. The scrapbook also includes a This is an illustration of “A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing,” a performance that the Rev. limited number of handwritten annota- Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, saw at the Olympic Theatre in tions, some presumably by Carroll. The London, on April 22, 1857. scrapbook was sold after Carroll’s death in 1898 to Frederic L. Huidekoper, an of events that occurred while Carroll optical character recognition (OCR) undergraduate at Oxford, during a sale made the scrapbook, a timeline of Car- software and hand-encoded in SGML to held at the Holywell Music Rooms. The roll’s life, a list of Carroll’s key works and allow users to search the full text of the Library of Congress acquired it shortly a portrait gallery of people whose names scrapbook for a word or phrase. This thereafter. appear in the scrapbook. Another Lewis feature enhances the usefulness of the The online collection includes special Carroll scholar, August Imholtz, assisted site by allowing users to search not only presentations by Lewis Carroll scholar Wakeling in preparing bibliographic notes titles and authors, but also the full text Edward Wakeling. He has prepared an for items in the scrapbook. of items. introduction to the scrapbook, a timeline The collection was processed with This online presentation of “The Lewis Carroll Scrapbook” joins other col- lections from around the world available KRUGMAN, Continued from page 3 through the Global Gateway Web site. Questioned about Federal Reserve is as great as ever, but now I have a more These collections can be seen at www. Board policy, Krugman observed that hopeful dread. I’ll write something cheer- loc.gov/international. The “Collabora- the Feds’ monetary policy has not been ful some day.” tive Digital Libraries” section includes politicized and that he does not favor Following the program, Krugman materials from Brazil, the Netherlands, raising interest rates faster. He said the signed copies of both the hardback Russia and Spain. chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and paperback versions of “The Great The “Digital Collections” section “must be purer than Caesar’s wife,” and Unraveling.” The paperback edition was provides links to thematic presentations, he argued that Chairman Alan Greenspan made available for sale at the Library for including “Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the had undermined the integrity of his offi ce this event in advance of its being sent to Modern Age,” “The Spanish-American by injecting himself into fi scal policy. bookstores. ❑ War in Motion Pictures” and the extraor- Finally, asked if he could give the — Margaret E. McGinnis is the collec- dinary “Prokudin-Gorskii Collection” of audience some reason to be optimistic, tion development offi cer for the Science, photographs of Russia taken just before Krugman responded, “My sense of dread Technology and Business Division. the revolution. ❑ AUGUST 20, 2004 THE GAZETTE 11 Moving On

PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS AD-00, OWD, LIBN/DLC/COO; Emily A. Policy Division (DSP), CRS; and Janis Mary A. Harmison, auditor, GS-13, Schiller, summer intern, AD-00, OWD, L. Young, librarian (cataloging), GS- Offi ce of Inspector General (OIG), LIBN/DLC/COO; Kimberly Simpson, 12, History and Literature Cataloging Offi ce of the Librarian (LIBN); Julie summer intern, AD-00, OWD, LIBN/ Division (HLCD), LS. L. Kimbrough, librarian, GS-09, DLC/COO; and Maria E. Wisneski, Public Services Division (PUBLIC), summer intern, AD-00, OWD, LIBN/DLC/ TEMPORARY PROMOTIONS: Law Library (LAW); Kaymi Le, mail COO. Norma B. Belt, quality assurance clerk, GS-04, Copyright Receiving specialist, GS-07, MDD, NLSBPH; Shirley and Processing Division (R&PD), PERMANENT PROMOTIONS: M. Berry, supervisory photographer, Copyright Offi ce (COP); and Donald Jennifer A. Baum, librarian, GS-12, GT-12, Photoduplication Service W. Sweetall, information technology Arts and Sciences Cataloging Division (PHOTO), LS; Edward F. Bruner, specialist, GS-13, Offi ce of Legislative (ASCD), LS; Tamika C. Brown, library foreign affairs analyst, SL-00, FDT, CRS; Information (LIN), Congressional technician, GS-07, Collections Access, and John T. Gibbs, supervisory Research Service (CRS). Loan and Management Division librarian (cataloger), GS-13, HLCD, LS. (CALM), LS; Tamika D. Butler, TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS: copyright specialist (general), GS-07, REASSIGNMENTS: Anne E. Benveniste, clerk, GS-02, Copyright Cataloging Division (CAT), Linda P. Brooks, librarian Development Offi ce (DO), LIBN; COP; Minerva Coleman, copyright (acquisition), GS-12, Anglo/American Christopher M. Blanchard, social specialist (general), GS-09, CAT, COP; Acquisition Division (ANAD), LS; science analyst, GS-09, Foreign Affairs, Laura B. Comay, editor, GS-13, LIN, John N. Chin, librarian (acquisition), Defense, and Trade Division (FDT), CRS; Richard M. Fox, librarian GS-12, ANAD, LS; Clarence M. Flynn, (CRS); Lamont Bruce, clerk, GS-01, (cataloger), GS-13, Geography and librarian (acquisition), GS-12, ANAD, Offi ce of Worklife Services Center Map Division (G&M), LS; Emily Freije, LS; Brenda L. Goodalle, librarian (WLSC), Human Resources Services library technician, GS-06, Binding and (acquisition), GS-12, ANAD, LS; Barbara (HRS); Nina Q. Eichaker, junior Collections Care Division (BCCD), LS; D. Knight, fi nancial management fellow, AD-00, Hispanic Division (HISP), Steven W. Hersh, physical security specialist, GS-09, Accounting Library Services (LS); Hannah R. specialist, GS-13, Protective Services Operations Offi ce (AOO), Offi ce of the Fischer, librarian, GS-09, Information (PS), Operations Management and Chief Financial Offi cer (OCFO); Afaf Research Division (INF), CRS; Maia Training (OMT); Joel Kaufman, S. McGowan, librarian (acquisition), J. Floyd, clerk, GS-02, Materials information technology specialist, GS-12, ANAD, LS; Joseph N. Pagano, Development Division (MDD), National GS-11, Information Technology information technology specialist, GS- Library Service for the Blind and Services (ITS), Offi ce of Strategic 14, Digital Futures, OSI; Christiane M. Physically Handicapped (NLSBPH), Initiatives (OSI); Ronald Kennedy, Simonton, librarian (acquisition), GS- LS; Natalie Gibas, summer intern, library technician, GS-09, Cataloging 12, ANAD, LS; and Elena A. Zahirpour, AD-00, Offi ce of Workforce Diversity In Publication (CIP), LS; King M. librarian (acquisition), GS-12, ANAD, LS. (OWD), Deputy Librarian of Congress/ Lee Jr., electronic engineer, GS-14, Chief Operating Offi cer (LIBN/DLC/ PS, Offi ce of Security and Emergency RESIGNATIONS: COO); Elizabeth I. Hunter, library Preparedness (OS); Sabreen N. Febe Y. Armanios, social science technician (collections), GS-07, PUBLIC, Madyun, editor typing assistant, GS-06, analyst, GS-09, FDT, CRS; Michelle R. LAW; Glenn Chambers Jr., junior MDD, NLSBPH; Tameka P. Magruder, Carter, fi le clerk, GS-05, R&PD, COP; fellow, AD-00, HISP, LS; Emma Levine, personnel security assistant, GS-06, Steven D. Jacob, summer intern, AD- summer intern, AD-00, OWD, LIBN/DLC/ PS, OS; Ronda L. Mason, editor, GS- 00, OWD, LIBN/DLC/COO; Christopher COO; Nathan E. Levinson, junior 14, LIN, CRS; Candace K. Milburn, Jones, clerk, GS-01, Training Offi ce fellow, AD-00, Motion Picture, Broadcast library technician, GS-05, BCCD, LS; (TO), OMT; Kristen N. Jones, library and Recorded Sound (MBRS), LS; Tiaji J. Salaam, social science analyst, aide, GS-01, CALM, LS; David L. Matthew Marro, summer intern, AD- GS-14, FDT, CRS; Syreeta N. Swann, Robinson, library technician, GS-07, 00, OWD, LIBN/DLC/COO; Brittany E. copyright information specialist, GS-09, Rare Book and Special Collections Quarles, clerk, GS-02, OWD, LIBN/DLC/ Copyright Information and Reference Division (RBSCD), LS; and Dejoun COO; Peter V. Reusch, summer intern, Division (I&RD), (COP); John M. M. Taylor, clerk, GS-02, Copyright AD-00, OWD, LIBN/DLC/COO; Amber Tarafas, librarian (cataloging), GS-13, Acquisitions Division (CAD), COP. M. Revoir, junior fellow, AD-00, Prints Social Sciences Cataloging Division and Photographs Division (P&P), LS; (SSCD), LS; Karen L. Tritz, social Jason D. Ruvinsky, summer intern, science analyst, GS-14, Domestic Social MOVING ON, Continues on page 12 12 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 20, 2004

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Friday, Aug. 20 Noon, LM 323. Call Reid Center, LA B-36. Contact Call Herminia Smith, 7-6176. JoAnn Thomas, 7-8637. Aerobic Class: Beginner’s step. Graham, 7-9476. Health Forum: “Interactions of 11:45 a.m., LC Wellness Center, Film: National Film Registry, Thursday, Aug. 26 Dietary Supplements, Herbals LA B-36. The Body Series: “Smile” and Conventional Medications” Aerobic Classes: High-Low. (United Artists, 1975). 7 p.m., with guest speaker Alan P. Ballroom Dance Club: 12:30 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., LC Pickford Theater, LM 301. Agins. He holds a doctorate - 1:30 p.m., Dining Room A, Wellness Center, LA B-36. LM 620. in pharmacology, and is Wednesday, Aug. 25 Contact JoAnn Thomas, a nationally recognized Film: National Film Registry, 7-8637. Emergency Training: consultant and lecturer in “Fantastic Voyage” (1966). 7 Assisting Persons with Language Table: ASL pharmacology and toxicology. p.m., Pickford Theater, LM 301. Disabilities. 10 a.m. - noon, (American Sign Language). He teaches at Brown Monday, Aug. 23 LM 654a/b. Sponsored by Noon, LM 623. Coordinator University Medical School and the Offi ce of Security and Toby French. Contact: is president of PRN Associates, Tai Chi Class: Beginning level Emergency Preparedness in [email protected] Ltd. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. West 1. 11:30 a.m., LC Wellness Coordination with the LCIU. Language Table: Arabic Dining Room. Center, LA B-36. Call S.W. Advanced (instructional). Film: National Film Registry, Chen at 7-3284. Tai Chi Class: Beginning level 2. 11:30 a.m., LC Wellness Noon. Call Nawal A. Kawar, The Body Series: “The Naked Language Table: Beginning Center, LA B-36. Call S.W. 7-4708, for location. Ape” (Universal, 1973). 7 p.m., Hebrew (instructional). 12:10 - 1 Chen at 7-3284. Language Table: German Pickford Theater, LM 301. p.m., LM G-45. Contact Peter Advanced (instructional). Kearney, 7-4326. Language Table: Armenian Friday, Aug. 27 (instructional). Noon, LM 507. Noon, LM 527, SSCD Tuesday, Aug. 24 Call Lola Pickering, 7-8904. conference room. Contact Aerobic Class: Beginner’s Coordinator Michael T. step. 11:45 a.m., LC Wellness Emergency Training: Incident Bloomsday Camerata: Womack, 7-7914, or Center, LA B-36. Command. 10 a.m. - noon, Readings from “Ulysses.” [email protected] for location. LM 654a/b. Sponsored by Noon, Dewey Conference Film: National Film Registry, the Offi ce of Security and Room, LM 507. Contact: Joe Language Table: Tagalog The Body Series: “The Raw Emergency Preparedness in Bartl, 7-0013. (instructional). Noon, Serial Ones” (Pacifi ca, 1965). 7 p.m., Conference Room, LM 515. Coordination with the LCIU. Ballroom Dance Club: 12:30 Pickford Theater, LM 301. Aerobic Classes: High-Low. - 1:30 p.m., Dining Room A, 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., LC LM 620. Wellness Center, LA B-36. Forum: Bible study. Open to MOVING ON, Continued from page 11 Contact JoAnn Thomas, 7-8637. all every Wednesday. Noon - 1 RETIREMENTS: p.m., LM 642. Sponsored by Language Table: Arabic librarian, GS-13, Manuscript Beginning (instructional). Noon. the Bible Study Group, LCRA. Frederick W. Bauman Jr., Call Nawal A. Kawar, 7-4708, for Contact [email protected]. Division (MSS), LS; Denise R. Hamlet, supply clerk, GS-05, location. Aerobic Class: Beginner’s Contracting Offi ce (CO), Offi ce of Contracts and Grants Language Table: Spanish. step. 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness Management (OCGM); and Sylvia A. White, administrative support assistant, GS-08, Safety Services (SS), Integrated Support Services (ISS). DEVICES, Continued from page 9 COMPLIED FROM NFC DATA FOR PAY PERIOD 12. He added that emergency personnel want to keep stairway traffi c moving along on the right side of stairwells, allowing space on the left for fi remen to enter the building. KRUGMAN, Continued from page 3 “We do have stair chairs, and volunteers are trained to use Board policy, Krugman observed that the Feds’ monetary policy them,” he added. has not been politicized and that he does not favor raising inter- Scott closed the meeting by applauding the effort of Library est rates faster. He said the chairman of the Federal Reserve emergency personnel and volunteers “to make the emergency Board “must be purer than Caesar’s wife,” and he argued that process as fl awless as possible.” Chairman Alan Greenspan had undermined the integrity of He said the Library’s Offi ce of Inspector General had con- his offi ce by injecting himself into fi scal policy. ducted, and he had supported, an audit of Library Police Finally, asked if he could give the audience some reason to procedures and training. An audit report issued on Aug. 5 be optimistic, Krugman responded, “My sense of dread is as “recommended 100 things we can do to improve, including great as ever, but now I have a more hopeful dread. I’ll write training,” Scott said. something cheerful some day.” He added that details of the 2003 audit could not be made Following the program, Krugman signed copies of both the public for security reasons. The report calls for an action hardback and paperback versions of “The Great Unraveling.” plan to be submitted within 30 days of the date the report was The paperback edition was made available for sale at the Library issued. for this event in advance of its being sent to bookstores. ❑ Scott announced that the next Town Hall meeting will be — Margaret E. McGinnis is the collection development offi cer on Sept. 7. ❑ for the Science, Technology and Business Division.