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Friday Issue 1 V3 .Indd Cognotes ALAIssue 1 Philadelphia, PA. Friday, January 11, 2008 ALA/ERT Author Forum to Feature Brooks and Russell Highlights he ALA/ERT Author Fo- Forum in the Penguin Group Churchill and Lady Gertrude rum will feature discus- booth, #939. Sponsored by Pen- Bell invented the modern Mid- Today T sions with and readings guin Group (USA) Inc. dle East. Russell is currently from two best-selling authors, Dr. Mary Doria Russell at work on her fifth novel, set ALA/ERT Author Forum Dr. Mary Doria Russell, and taught human gross anatomy at in Dodge City in 1878. She 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. Geraldine Brooks, and will take Case Western Reserve Univer- is also collaborating with the place today from 4:00-5:15 p.m. sity in the 1980s, but has been poet Gary C. Wilkens on the Penn. Conv. Ctr. in the Pennsylvania Convention a full-time writer libretto for an opera Room 204 B/C Center Room 204 A/B. since 1992. Her nov- by the Puerto Rican Geraldine Brooks was a cor- els The Sparrow and composer Raymond Exhibits Opening respondent for The Wall Street Children of God are Torres-Santos, which Ceremony Journal for 11 years, where science fiction clas- will be based on her 5:15 p.m. her beats included some of the sics, recognized with first two novels, world’s most troubled areas, nine national and in- The Sparrow and Penn Conv. Ctr. Hall B including Bosnia, Somalia and ternational literary Children of God. An the Middle East. Her fiction awards, including engaging speaker, ALA/ERT Opening debut, Year of Wonders: A Novel the American Library Russell is in demand Reception of the Plague, was published in Geraldine Brooks Association Read- for public events, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 10 countries and was a 2001 ers Choice Award. and her books are Penn Conv. Ctr. Notable Book of the Year for the Correspondence: A Penpal’s In 2005, A Thread of frequently chosen New York Times, Washington Journey from Down Under to Grace - about Jewish Mary Doria Russell for library programs Exhibit Floor Post and the Chicago Tribune. All Over. Born and raised in survival in Nazi-oc- and college courses. For her second novel, March, Australia, Brooks lives with cupied Italy - was nominated She lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Saturday Brooks was awarded the 2006 her husband, Tony Horwitz and for a Pulitzer Prize. In March Visit www.MaryDoriaRussell. Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. She is their son in Massachusetts and 2008, Random House will pub- info for more information. Sunrise Speaker Series also the author of two acclaimed was a fellow at the Radcliffe In- lish her second historical novel, Russell will be signing in the 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. works of nonfiction, Nine Parts stitute for Advanced Studies at Dreamers of the Day, about the Random House booth, #1230, Penn. Conv. Ctr. of Desire: The Hidden World of Harvard University in fall 2005. 1921 Cairo Peace Conference after the forum. Sponsored by Ballroom A Islamic Women, and Foreign Brooks will be signing after the when T.E. Lawrence, Winston Random House Curley Memorial Lecture Sunrise Speaker Series 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Penn. Conv. Ctr. Begins Saturday Lecture Hall ach morning of the Mid- with Michael Vitez and Tom winter Meeting, Satur- Gralish, in Pennsylvania Con- Spotlight on Adult Eday, Sunday and Mon- vention Center Ballroom A. In Literature day January 12, 13, and 14, 2006, Vitez published a book, get up early and attend a with photographs by Gralish, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. lively, educational and innova- Continued on page 6 Penn Conv. Ctr. Exhibit tive speaker ses- Floor sion, the Sunrise Speaker Series, which will run Exhibit Hours from 8:00–9:00 a.m. The Series Today: is sponsored by 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. H.W. Wilson. Saturday-Sunday: On Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. January 12, at- Monday: tend Celebrate 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Your Dreams at Ashley Fix, The Fix Company, sorts books as she sets up the America’s Most Vitez and Gralish are authors of Celebrate Your Chelsea House Publishers booth in the exhibit hall. Famous Steps, Dreams at America's Most Famous Steps. Introducing INDIGO Beautiful software. How will you Indigo? Invent. Design. Go. See Indigo in Booth 222. Solutions that Deliver Enter to win an iPod touch. seeindigo.com THOMSON SCIENTIFIC Have you experienced the new face of research? I’ve used Web of Knowledge for five years… I have used cited reference searching. It’s really important because “ when an author publishes a review or something which is very relevant to my study, I would like to cite that paper... I would recommend Web of Knowledge to anybody. — Chen See it for yourself at Graduate Student BOOTH #1204 ” isiwebofknowledge.com SM newfaceofresearch.com ISI Web of Knowledge Friday, January 11, 2008 Cognotes • Page 3 Senior FBI Official, Whistleblower to Speak at Washington Office Update FBI expresses “displeasure” rules are not the formal rules which the FBI. He will be accompanied by his the FBI has previously published and/ attorney, Stephen M. Kohn, the Presi- with content or incorporated into its employment dent of the National Whistleblower The Chief of the FBI unit responsible agreement. Instead, the rules provided Center. Kohn, the author of Concepts for administering two highly controver- to Mr. Youssef are secret in nature.” and Procedures in Whistleblower sial FBI warrantless search programs The letter can be read in its entirety at Law, has represented numerous FBI will speak at the Washington Office http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/ agents, including Dr. Frederic White- Update Session on Saturday, January ?p=333. hurst (crime lab) and Sibel Edmonds 12. The session — “Inside the FBI: A Youssef is the highest ranking Arab- (translator). Whistleblower Speaks Out” — will take American agent and fluent Arabic For additional information on place at 8:00 a.m. at the Philadelphia speaking agent employed by the FBI. Youssef, please visit http://www.whis- Convention Center in Room 108 A. Prior to being appointed to the Unit tleblowers.org/html/inside_the_fbi. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Bas- Chief position, Youssef served as the html, or http://www.whistleblowerblog. sem Youssef is the Chief of the FBI FBI’s first Legal Attaché in Riyadh, org. Counterterrorism Division’s Commu- Saudi Arabia, responsible for coordi- nications Analysis Unit. That unit has nating the FBI’s programs in the Gulf responsibility for administering two region. He is the recipient of the pres- Bassem Youssef programs authorized under the USA tigious Director of Central Intelligence Meeting Corrections PATRIOT Act. The first is a still-top Emily Sheketoff, Executive Director of (DCI) award for his work on the first secret warrantless search operation the ALA Washington Office, Youssef’s World Trade Center bombing case. and Cancellations known as the “special program.” Ad- attorney Stephen Kohn outlined the In 2002, Youssef “blew the whistle” LAMA Middle Management In- ditionally, Youssef’s unit administers situation: to the Director of the FBI and Congress terest Group, Saturday, January the National Security Letters (NSLs) “On January 3, 2008 the FBI di- that discriminatory practices within 12, 8:00 – 10:00 a.m., will take search program related to the telephone rectly contacted Mr. Youssef about his the Bureau were undermining the abil- place in the Marriott Philadel- records of American citizens and non- presentation. The Bureau expressed its ity of the FBI to legally and effectively phia, Salon I. citizens within the United States. Both displeasure at the proposed content of combat Middle Eastern terrorism. His programs are highly controversial. his presentation, and the viewpoints case resulted in widespread media at- ALSC 2009 Siebert Committee Youssef is expected to discuss a for which he would raise at the confer- tention to the fact that top FBI coun- Meeting, scheduled for Sunday, number of critical failures within the ence…,” the letter reads. “After iden- terterrorism officials lacked subject January 13, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m, has FBI’s counterterrorism program, which tifying this summary as a ‘concern’ to matter expertise in terrorism related been CANCELLED. undermine basic Constitutional rights the FBI, the email then provides a clear matters. For example, the top FBI of American citizens and threaten the warning to Mr. Youssef against mak- manager responsible for Middle East- ALSC Notable Children’s Record- effectiveness of America’s counterter- ing such a presentation. The FBI also ern terrorism on September 11, 2001, ings, Sunday, January 13, 8:00 rorism efforts. forwarded to Mr. Youssef a multi-page did not know the difference between a – 10:00 p.m., had been CAN- In light of this, the FBI contacted document which set forth various rules Shiite and a Sunni Muslim. CELLED. Youssef about the content of his ap- concerning pre-publication clearance of Youssef will be speaking on his own pearance at Midwinter. In a letter to any potential speech. 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