Gazette Volume 18, No. 44 • November 16, 2007 • A weekly publication for Library staff WDL Prototype Presented at UNESCO Conference

By Michael Neubert and Michelle Rago he Washington Post summed up the Library’s prototype of a World T Digital Library, presented in Paris during the 34th UNESCO General Confer- ence in mid-October: “As ideas go, they don’t come much bigger.” Under the leadership of Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, Library staff demonstrated the prototype of the World Digital Library, and the Librarian signed a memorandum of understanding pledging UNESCO support for the World Digital Library. UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura spoke at an evening recep- tion on Oct. 17 to celebrate the presen- tation of the prototype, which he said “is a truly remarkable achievement and clearly illustrates the project’s enormous potential.” Remarking on the long-standing rela- Michael Neubert Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and Koïchiro Matsuura, director-general of tionship between the Library and UNESCO, UNESCO, reach agreement on UNESCO support for the World Digital Library in mid- Matsuura noted that Archibald MacLeish, October. Librarian of Congress from 1939–1944, was one of the main architects of UNESCO’s tive of the World Digital Library (WDL) tive by using electronic technologies to constitution. ought to be to promote international give as many people as possible access Billington explained the role of the and intercultural understanding and to important and interesting primary World Digital Library. “The key objec- awareness. We can pursue this objec- WDL, Continued on page 4 Library Acquires Oral Histories of African-Americans Ray Charles, Dorothy Height, Gordon educator and producer. In her introduc- ary Leadership Project is working with the Parks, John Hope Franklin and Coretta tory remarks at an event announcing the American Folklife Center to maintain this Scott King are a few of the 200 prominent collaboration, Poussaint, who serves as collection of memorable and powerful African-Americans whose oral life histo- NVLP’s CEO, said: oral histories,” she said. “The interviews ries will be permanently housed in the “As long as there is a United States of with these outstanding role models illus- American Folklife Center at the Library America, there will be a Library of Con- trate the diversity of thoughts and beliefs, of Congress. gress, and the words of our elders will be career paths, talents and contributions The National Visionary Leadership housed and preserved in perpetuity.” of elders in the African-American com- Project was facilitated by the organi- Deanna Marcum, associate librarian munity, and the many reasons why their zation’s co-founders Renee Poussaint, for Library Services, spoke on behalf of collective wisdom needs to be preserved an award-winning former network cor- the Library of Congress. and shared for generations to come.” respondent, and Camille O. Cosby, an “We are glad that the National Vision- NVLP, Continued on page 6  T h e G a z ette November 16, 2007

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Bertha Brecker Smith Dies 1950s and 1960s—a vocation she and blind.” Bertha Brecker Smith, who reluctantly left when her eyesight During her decade at NLS, worked at the National Library grew too dim. Smith worked in the Quality Service for the Blind and Physi- As a college student, Smith Assurance Section proofing cally Handicapped (NLS) for a noticed that she couldn’t see well braille books. She also wrote a decade before retiring in 1986, at night. She was later diagnosed textbook, Introduction to Relevant died on Aug. 31 of complications with retinitis pigmentosa, a disor- Braille. After retiring in 1986, she from dementia. She was 86. der that causes a progressive loss visited schools and civic groups Smith grew up in Charleston, of peripheral vision. The vision with her guide dog, volunteered at W.Va., one of five children of Lil- field narrows until it disappears the Montgomery County Special lian and William Brecker. She was completely. Needs Library, prepared braille the first in her family to graduate Her husband, who worked for markers for Brookside Garden’s from college. As a freshman at an optical company for 35 years, popular fragrance garden in Mont- Marshall University in Huntington, took Smith to the Wilmer Eye Insti- gomery County, and led dem- W.Va., she was rowed out of her tute at Johns Hopkins University, onstrations against restaurants third-floor dormitory room during but nothing could be done for her and shops that refused to admit the Ohio River flood of 1937. Bertha Brecker Smith deteriorating eyesight. At age 46, guide dogs. Smith’s first job after gradua- party. The two married after a Smith was completely blind. Zandel Smith died in 1981. tion was teaching second grade at six-week wartime courtship. The “My mother tackled her His wife remained in Silver Spring Marmet, W.Va., in 1942. When she couple and their infant daughter, blindness as she did life,” said and lived independently 18 years asked her students to sing a patri- Eileen, moved to Washington, Smith’s daughter Eileen McGuc- before moving to the Rockville otic song, they broke into Cole D.C., in 1945. kian. “She learned braille com- Nursing Home, where she died Porter’s “Don’t Fence Me In.” Once her daughter began petently enough to teach others peacefully. The following year, she moved elementary school, Smith and went to work for the National Smith is survived by her to New York City where she took returned to the workforce, first Library Service for the Blind and daughter, Eileen, and her hus- a job as a bookkeeper, enrolled as a bookkeeper for the U.S. Physically Handicapped. She band Philip Cantelon of Rockville, in Columbia University’s master’s Treasury Department, then as a also learned sign language so Md.; two granddaughters; and two degree program for teachers, and substitute teacher for Montgom- she could communicate with one great-grandchildren. met Zandel “Smitty” Smith at a ery County schools during the of her colleagues, who was deaf —By Ingrid Davitt Rep. Tom Cole Discusses His Native American Heritage tribal sovereignty is used to keep Native Soto in 1540 in Tupelo, Miss. We defeated By Audrey Fischer Americans outside the mainstream and two French armies in 1736 and 1737, and Like many hyphenated Americans, deny them citizenship, as has been done we fought with the English during the Rep. Tom Cole, (R-Okla.), a Native Ameri- in the past. American Revolution.” can, is comfortable with having a foot in “Of course, in fairness, I must say that Things did not go quite so well for two different worlds. But as a member Native Americans do want to maintain the Chickasaw people when they were of Congress and the Chickasaw Nation, their separate identity,” observed Cole. “left alone with the Americans.” Under a he is both professionally and personally Cole, whose congressional district policy of “forced removal,” the Chicka- charged with upholding U.S. and tribal includes approximately 28,000 of the saw were relocated from Mississippi to laws. 42,000 members of the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma. “As I have explained to my colleagues as well as members of other tribes, is “Historian Robert Remini, who has in Congress, if they swore to uphold the keenly aware of the needs of his constitu- written about Andrew Jackson’s Indian Constitution then they have to accept ency. His friends and colleagues chide wars, told me that I wouldn’t like his Indian sovereignty under Article 1, Sec- him good-naturedly about his election theory that the forced push farther West tion 8,” said Cole, who recently delivered to Congress not being due solely to his may have saved the Chickasaw by giving the keynote address for the Library’s Republican party affiliation. them time to adapt,” said Cole, who admit- month-long celebration of Native Ameri- For his part, Cole is extremely proud ted that there might be some truth to can Heritage Month. of his Chickasaw heritage. that. “The American system, with all its “You either are or you aren’t [Chicka- “There was genius in their ability to flaws, is more sophisticated than other saw],” he said, referring to questions adapt,” he added. countries as far as recognizing pre-exist- about how much or how little Indian Cole enumerated several tribal mem- ing rights of Native Americans,” said Cole, blood there is in his family bloodline. bers who have adapted by taking part in who noted that tribal sovereignty predates Cole gave the audience a brief his- politics both inside and outside the tribal the U.S. government. tory lesson that attests to the Chickasaw community. But, according to Cole, that is not reputation as “ferocious warriors.” “There’s so much at stake. If you’re necessarily a good thing if acceptance of “We beat the Spanish conqueror de COLE, Continued on page 10  T h e G a z ette November 16, 2007

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WDL, Continued from page 1 the Russian State Library and the National played a unique role by hosting a mirror source materials from and about every Library of Russia, the National Library of site of the prototype to reinforce the ulti- country,” he said. Brazil, and more recently the National mate goal of developing a network of The Librarian originally proposed the Library and Archives of Egypt. Library WDL mirrors around the world. concept for a World Digital Library in a staff also provided training on how to The prototype was built by a team speech to the U.S. National Commission use the equipment, create appropriate from the Office of the Librarian, the for UNESCO in June 2005, when he said: metadata and manage digital conversion Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library “Libraries are inherently islands of free- projects in general. Services, contractors and representatives dom and antidotes to fanaticism. They WDL partners contributed to the suc- from partner institutions. More than 100 are temples of pluralism where books that cessful launch of the prototype in various individuals, some volunteers and some contradict one another stand peacefully ways. They provided content, language part-time, contributed to the prototype. side by side on the shelves just as intel- expertise, and were particularly effective John Van Oudenaren led these efforts as lectual antagonists work peacefully next in conducting presentations in Paris in director of the World Digital Library, and to each other in reading rooms.” Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian and Michelle Rago, technical project director, Then in December 2006, Billington Spanish. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina coordinated the prototype activities of and other Library staff met with UNESCO and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Building the WDL “Back End” (IFLA) representatives and agreed to present the WDL prototype at this year’s UNESCO General Conference. The mission of the World Digital Library is to make available on the Inter- net, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photo- graphs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. As Billington said, the objectives are to promote international and intercultural understanding, increase the quantity and diversity of cultural materials on the Internet, contribute to education and scholarship, and to build digital conver- sion capacity in developing nations. The Michael Neubert In front of the Adams Building, the team that built the WDL “Back End” are, from left, prototype draws upon the contributions Daniel Chudnov, Andy Boyko, Babak Hamidzadeh, Dave Hafken, Ed Summers and of the Library of Congress and five partner Chris Thatcher. institutions—the Bibliotheca Alexand- rina of Alexandria, Egypt; the National Building the WDL prototype was a team effort, requiring dedication and long hours. In Library of Brazil; the National Library and addition to a working application, a complete mirror site was shipped via the Internet for Archives of Egypt; the National Library of installation on a server at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt. Russia; and the Russian State Library. “Our biggest challenge was to build a dynamic repository of multimedia which had to The WDL multilateral partner be searchable and displayable in seven languages and with all the bells and whistles of a approach builds on the Library’s long polished, state-of-the-art Web site—in only a fraction of the time it should normally take,” experience with bilateral digital conver- the team agreed. sion partnerships that are presented in the Babak Hamidzadeh—who led this part of the effort—noted that, “In addition to a very Global Gateway portion of the Library’s high-skilled team putting in long hours, we were able to meet the hard deadlines with a Web site. short development period by using experience and technologies that we developed on The Library has significant experience other Repository Development Center projects, such as The National Digital Newspaper in one important aspect of the World Digi- Program (NDNP) and The eJournal/eDeposit Project. Those projects will, in turn, benefit tal Library—that of building digital library from new technologies (for example, multilingual search and browse) developed for the capabilities in the developing world. The WDL prototype.” Library loaned digitization equipment to NOVEMBER 16, 2007 T h e G a z ette 

n e W S the various participants. In the days after the press event, stories and prototype development process. In- Development of the prototype was appeared throughout the world, which kind support was provided by Apple, Intel, completed in seven months. One of the indicates broad interest in the World One Laptop per Child, and the dotMobi objectives was to create a fully function- Digital Library concept. Foundation for the prototype launch. ing application that demonstrated the During UNESCO’s General Confer- These organizations sent representatives goals, potential and required technical ence, Library staff and World Digital to Paris to demonstrate the prototype and capabilities of the World Digital Library. Library partners demonstrated the pro- related applications. This experience allowed the WDL team totype to a steady stream of interested Working groups for content selection, to learn more about issues inherent in world leaders, including U.S. Secretary technical architecture and digital library delivering content in multiple languages of Education Margaret Spellings and guidelines have been established to assist and to test new approaches in digital ambassadors and ministers from around with moving World Digital Library from a library development. The site supports the world. prototype to production. The prototype is searching and browsing in seven lan- The future of the WDL will certainly not available to the public. Present plans guages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, involve fundraising. A gift of $3 million are to make a production version avail- Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. The from Google has supported the planning able in late 2008 or early 2009. u interface is designed to help users find what they are looking for and to encour- age exploration. House and Senate Pass Resolution to Establish These features depend on consistent, “National Veterans History Project Week” high-quality metadata. Existing metadata he week of Nov. 11 to Nov. 17, 2007, has been designated “National Veterans records were enhanced by Library cata- THistory Project Week” as the result of House passage of H.Res. 770 on Nov. logers to ensure that each item could be 5. The special observance will help to focus attention on the importance of vet- fully integrated into the prototype. Each erans’ history and mobilize Americans to record the oral history of the nation’s metadata record was then translated into wartime veterans. the required languages and integrated Co-sponsors of the resolution include Reps. Jon Porter, R-Nev., and Ron into the Web application. Kind, D-Wis. Kind was the original sponsor of the American Folklife Center Van Oudenaren said that the proto- (AFC) Veterans History Project, along with 23 other members of the House of type seeks to create “an equivalent user Representatives. The Senate passed a similar resolution, S. Res. 374, sponsored experience, no matter what language you by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La, on Nov. 8. are using; too many sites are multilingual “The goal is to honor veterans and ensure that their stories are available for in a very superficial sense.” future generations,” said Porter. “We owe every freedom we have to the service Following the signing of the agree- and sacrifice of America’s veterans. Their experience teaches us about the power ment with UNESCO, Billington and rep- of the human spirit and the realities of war. It is incumbent upon us to ensure resentatives of the partner organizations that their history is honored and preserved.” spoke at a well-attended press confer- “The American Folklife Center is undertaking a noble project to collect the ence, including TV crews from Russia oral histories of our veterans,” said Landrieu. “But they need the public to be and Egypt. Van Oudenaren presented aware of this project to increase the volume of our veterans’ stories that we retain the prototype by emphasizing the various for future generations.” ways to discover the spectacular content. AFC Director Peggy Bulger added: “The resolution calls upon the people of the United States to interview at least one veteran from their family or community, Carpool Maryland following guidelines provided by the Veterans History Project.” Established Annapolis/Route 50/Bowie The specially designated week parallels continuing community-engagement carpool seeking drivers/riders. Contact initiative between the Library and the Public Broadcasting Service to gather John Roberts, 7-3129, [email protected]. and preserve the recollections of veterans. The initiative builds on the growing Established carpool seeks one driver. Germantown, Md. Contact Salwa public interest in veterans’ wartime stories that was generated by the recent PBS Samaan, 7-0143, or Bill Ruvinsky, 7-2837. broadcast of the Ken Burns World War II documentary, “The War.” Carpool Virginia The Veterans History Project relies on the efforts of volunteer interviewers Established nonsmoking carpool seeks from veterans’ service organizations, libraries, historical societies, museums, driver and/or rider. From Bailey’s retirement communities, professional associations, government agencies, uni- Crossroad/Seminary Road area, on a 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. schedule. Call versities, high school students and families to contribute to its collections, which Michelle Springer, 7-7494. currently number more than 50,000. Carpool driver/rider wanted, Tysons, Those interested in participating in “National Veterans History Project Week” Va., area. Leaving at 6:45 a.m., can learn more by visiting the Veterans History Project site at returning at 4:35 p.m. Call Bob www.loc.gov/vets Goedecke, 7-3783, [email protected]. and downloading a VHP Field Kit. u  T h e G a z ette NOVEMBER 16, 2007

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NVLP, Continued from page 1 Johnnetta Cole, NVLP board chair- woman, also spoke at the ceremony. “We must look back in order to look forward,” she said. “Our stories, told by our vision- ary leaders, are stories reflecting the lives of our people. They will come to such a safe place, such a magnificent place.” During the donation ceremony, children escorted a “treasure chest” containing the first set of oral histories of African-Ameri- can elders onto the stage of the Coolidge Auditorium. Transcripts of the interviews, along with photographs of these notable Americans, are included in the donation. The interviews of notable African- Americans were conducted by Poussaint and Cosby over the five years since the establishment of the NVLP. The collection also includes interviews with lesser-known elders from local communities across the Debra Murphy country. Those elders were selected and Renee Poussaint (left), CEO and co-founder of the National Visionary Leadership Program, Deanna Marcum, associate librarian for Library Services, and Charlotte Holloman, NVLP interviewed by college students participat- Visionary (far right), along with students and other NVLP board members, look over the oral ing in the NVLP Fellows Program. u history videotapes of famous African-Americans presented to the Library by the NVLP.

Hebraic Section Hosts Southern Jewish Historical Society Almost 90 registrants attending the Southern Jewry during the Civil War. kah in the collections of the Library of 32nd annual conference of the Southern One item was the diary of Eugenia Levy Congress—children’s books, songs, and Jewish Historical Society came to the Phillips, twice imprisoned for being an newspaper advertisements, for exam- Library on Friday, Nov. 2, as guests of outspoken Confederate sympathizer. ple—that she found during previous the Hebraic Section of the African and Other documents on view for the research visits to the Library. Middle Eastern Division to learn about conference participants were all from Following the presentations, docents Judaic treasures in the Library’s collec- the papers of President Ulysses S. Grant: from the Visitors Services Office gave tions. The conference, held in Washington General Order No. 11, issued Dec. 17, tours of the Great Hall and Main Read- from Nov. 2 to 4, was co-sponsored by 1862, in which “the Jews, as a class violat- ing Room. u the Jewish Historical Society of Greater ing every regulation of trade established Washington. by the Treasury Department and also Participants came from 12 Southern department orders, are hereby expelled Donated Leave states, and conference presenters came from the department [of Tennessee] The following Library employees have satis- from across the country. Conference ses- within twenty-four hours from the receipt fied the eligibility requirements of Library of sions were also held at the United States of this order”; two letters of protest from Congress Regulation (LCR) 2015-13 to receive Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Sixth Jewish organizations; and the envelope leave donations from other staff members. and I Historic Synagogue in the District, on which President Lincoln initialed the Contact Runako Balondemu at 7-1545. and the Bethesda Hyatt Hotel. rescinding of the order. Tiffany Allgood Alicia Mroczyk Peggy Pearlstein, head of the Hebraic Dianne Ashton, professor of religion Barbara Dash Christopher Section, gave an overview of Judaica at and director of the American Studies Ann Eschete Murphy Melissa Young Arlene Peters the Library and commented on a display Program at Rowan University, Glassboro, Evans Charlynn Pyne of Hebrew teaching materials from the N.J., spoke on the topic, “Quick to the Mary M. Hart J. Radebaugh 1930s written by J. Gerson Tolochko, Party: Southern Jews and the Ameri- James Holloway Philip Sipkov rabbi of Temple Oheb Shalom in Golds- canization of Hanukkah.” The subject Ann Hoog Francine Via Thomas Imhoof Janice Wallace boro, N.C. forms part of a larger work on a history Maxine Jaouhari She also spoke about the historic sig- of Hanukkah observances in the United Ellen Lazarus nificance of documents on display from States. As part of her talk, Ashton gave Laura Monagle the Manuscript Division that related to examples of materials about Hanuk- NOVEMBER 16, 2007 T h e G a z ette 

D i g i ta l P r e s e r vat i o n Library, Xerox To Test Digital Preservation Format As part of the Library’s mission to the project is especially relevant to the rich and flexible support for metadata, ensure that America’s history and heri- Library’s National Digital Information which can describe the image and pro- tage are available and accessible for Infrastructure and Preservation Program, vide information on the provenance, generations to come, the Library and which has been working with several intellectual property and technical data Xerox Corporation are working together other federal agencies to craft digitiza- relating to the image itself. on a project to develop better ways to tion standards. Xerox scientists will develop the store, preserve and access the nation’s The trial will include up to 1 million parameters for converting TIFF files to treasured digital images. digitized, public-domain prints, photo- JPEG 2000 and will build and test the Such images include a panorama of graphs, maps and other content from system, then turn over the specifications San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake, the Library’s extraordinary collections. and best practices to the Library. The a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken Scientists in the Xerox Innovation Group specific outcome will be development four days before he was assassinated and will work with these materials to create of JPEG 2000 profiles, which describe a picture of the Wright brothers’ first flight an image repository that they will use to how to use JPEG 2000 most effectively to at Kitty Hawk. All are part of the Library’s develop and test approaches for the man- represent photographic content as well as collections. agement of large image collections. content digitized from maps. The Library The two organizations are studying The images to be used from the plans to make the results available on a the potential of using the JPEG 2000 Library’s collection are already digitized public Web site. format in large repositories of digital (primarily in TIFF format), but JPEG 2000, “Much of the world’s knowledge and cultural heritage materials such as those a newer format for representing and com- creativity are stored in digital formats. held by the Library and other federal pressing images, could make them easier Applying Xerox’s expertise in digital agencies. The eventual outcome may to store, transfer and display. According imaging to the problem of preserving be leaner, faster systems that institutions to Michael Stelmach, manager of Digi- the nation’s treasured images is a great around the country can use to store their tal Conversion Services in the Library’s example of how industry and government riches and make their collections widely Office of Strategic Initiatives, JPEG 2000 can harness their individual strengths Hebraic Section Hosts Southern Jewish Historical Society accessible. holds promise in the areas of visual pre- to solve a pressing issue,” said Sophie Designed to help develop guidelines sentation, simplified file management Vandebroek, president of the Xerox Inno- and best practices for digital content, and decreased storage costs. It offers vation Group and the company’s chief technology officer. The Library’s work follows on the suc- Language Tables Host International Buffet cess of previous work with Xerox to create For the first time, a JPEG 2000 profile for newspapers as part the LC Cooking Club of the National Digital Newspaper Project, contributed food selections to the 18th whose Web site, Chronicling America, is LCPA Language Tables at www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica. international buffet on Robert Buckley, the Xerox research fellow Oct. 29. The Tagalog who coordinated Xerox’s work on that table prepared the menu, which included project, helped establish the JPEG 2000 embutido (sausage format. Buckley will oversee Xerox’s con- stuffed with cheese, tributions to the new project. ham, hard boiled The overall Digital Preservation Pro- eggs, red pepper strips, sweet pickles gram (www.digitalpreservation.gov) is and raisins), chicken- working with more than 90 other orga- pork adobo (braised nizations to collect and preserve the in garlic, pepper, bay nation’s cultural heritage, much of which leaf, soy sauce and vinegar) and pancit now exists only in digital formats. u guisado (egg and rice noodles sautéed with chicken, carrots, snow The Forum for the Study of Compara- peas, onions and other tive Religion meets at noon, on the veggies). Mary Jane 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, Deeb, head of the in the conference room of the Social African and Middle Sciences Cataloging Division, just Eastern Division, was to the left of LM 527. The forum will

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N o tab l e E v e n t s History and Curse of the Smithsonian Folkways Record- Saudi princes, U.S. scientists, Center, the lecture is free and Hope Diamond: Topic of ings and other cultural heritage mechanics, desert guides, Brit- open to the public; no reserva- Book Talk on Nov.16 programs. On Oct. 1, he became ish nobility and a cast of other tions are needed. colorful characters. May’s presentation will focus They say diamonds are a the Smithsonian Institution’s Stegner (1909-1993), who on the religious apprehensions, girl’s best friend. Yet one such acting undersecretary for history won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 such as good versus evil, embed- gem has been more foe than and culture. ded in American politics. He will friend to those it has touched, u u u u u for “Angle of Repose,” was the also look at American foreign allegedly cursing some of them author of more than 30 books. Stegner Work on Arab Oil policy during the last 60 years, to their demise. He was a writing professor To Be Discussed Nov. 28 how political anxieties in the Richard Kurin uncovers the at Stanford University when West shifted from the mind-set myth and mystery of the world’s At Library Sci-Tech Event Aramco hired him to write the The world was forever during the Cold War (the West vs. most infamous bauble—from narrative account of the oil the diamond mines of India and changed when American geolo- venture’s early days. tyranny) to the current concerns royal palaces of Europe to the gists and engineers in the 1930s Tim Barger was born in (the West vs. anarchy). jewelers of Fifth Avenue and the and 1940s discovered oil in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. His May was appointed to the halls of the Smithsonian—in a Saudi Arabia and developed the father, Thomas C. Barger, Maguire Chair by Librarian of talk at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, Middle Eastern oil industry. arrived in the kingdom in 1937 Congress James H. Billington in the Madison Building’s Mary Timothy J. Barger and as a junior geologist and retired for a three-month term from Pickford Theater, LM 301. Direc- Thomas W. Lippman will exam- in 1969 as CEO and president of September to December 2007. tor of the Smithsonian Center ine this significant period in his- Aramco. The younger Barger He is a leading scholar in the for Folklife and Cultural Heri- tory at the Library when they established the first Saudi field of medical ethics and has tage, Kurin will discuss and sign discuss “Discovery! The Search video and cable TV company taught at Smith College and at his book “Hope Diamond: The for Arabian Oil,” a book by the in Jeddah and also worked as a Indiana, Southern Methodist and Legendary History of a Cursed late, award-winning author Wal- filmmaker and producer of both Georgetown universities. Upon Gem.” lace Stegner. films and scientific videos in his retirement from Southern Part of the Books & Beyond The lecture starts at 11:30 California for 20 years. In 2000 Methodist University, May served series hosted by the Center for a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28, he founded Selwa Press, which a year as a visiting professor at the Book, the event is free and in Dining Room A, LM 620, of published “Discovery!” the Institute for Social and Policy open to the public; no tickets the Madison Building. Free and Thomas W. Lippman is an Studies, Yale University. are required. The program is open to the public, the event is adjunct scholar at the Public May is a fellow of the Institute co-sponsored by the Smithson- sponsored by the Library’s Sci- Policy Center at The Middle for Practical Ethics and Public ian Institution Libraries. ence, Technology and Business East Institute. For more than 30 Life at the University of Virginia. A cultural anthropologist, and African and Middle Eastern years, Lippman was a reporter In 1993 he served on the Ethical Kurin has spent more than a divisions. and editor for the Washington Foundations subgroup for the decade learning about the In 1955, Aramco (the Ara- Post. He has written a number Clinton Task Force on National history of the legendary gem. bian American Oil Company) of books, including “Inside Health Care Reform and, from From its discovery in 17th-cen- commissioned Stegner to write the Mirage: America’s Fragile 2002 to 2004, as a member of tury India through its donation a narrative account of the cre- Partnership with Saudi Arabia” the President’s Council on Bio- to the Smithsonian in 1958 by ation and development of the (2004) and “Madeleine Albright ethics. the jewelry firm of Harry Win- oil industry in Saudi Arabia. The and the New American Diplo- From 1985 to 2001, May was ston Inc., the Hope Diamond manuscript was shelved until macy” (2000). the Cary M. Maguire Professor has been shrouded in mystery 1967, when it was unearthed, u u u u u of Ethics at Southern Methodist purged of material that had wor- University, for which he founded and steeped in intrigue. Kurin’s Maguire Chair William May groundbreaking work moves ried Aramco executives at the and directed the Cary M. Magu- between ancient religion and time and published in 14 install- To Discuss Fear in ire Center for Ethics and Public modern magic, royal power ments of “Aramco World.” An American Foreign Policy Responsibility. May founded and and class rivalry, revenge and abridged version was published William F. May, holder of the chaired the Department of Reli- greed, to bring the story up to in Lebanon in 1971, but that ver- Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in gious Studies at Indiana Univer- the present. sion remained unpublished in American History and Ethics sity, where he taught from 1966 A former Fulbright fellow the United States until Septem- in the Library’s John W. Kluge to 1980. From 1952 to 1966, May with a doctorate from the Uni- ber 2007. Center, will discuss “Containing taught at Smith College, where versity of Chicago, Kurin joined In “Discovery! The Search for Runaway Fear in Foreign Policy: he twice served as chair of the the Smithsonian staff in 1985. Arabian Oil,” Stegner chronicled Recovering Our National Iden- Department of Religion. As the director of the Smithson- the construction of the first wells, tity,” at noon on Thursday, Nov. A 1978 Guggenheim Foun- ian Center for Folklife and Cul- the political and corporate tus- 29, , in Room 119 of the Thomas dation fellow, May is a former tural Heritage, he oversees the sles, and the collaboration across Jefferson Building. president of the American Acad- Smithsonian Folklife Festival, cultures. It is a tale that includes Sponsored by the Kluge emy of Religion and a founding NOVEMBER 16, 2007 T h e G a z ette 

N o tab l e E v e n t s fellow of the Hastings Center, turers and scholars. he published a study of eight Covenant” (1982, revised edition where he co-chaired its research May has written widely on professions under the title “The 2000), “The Patient’s Ordeal” group on death and dying. He the moral and ethical obliga- Beleaguered Rulers: The Public (1991) and “Testing the Medi- has served at length on the Phi tions of health-care profession- Obligation of the Professional.” cal Covenant: Euthanasia and Beta Kappa panel of visiting lec- als to their patients. In 2001 He also wrote “The Physician’s Health Care Reform” (1996). u

Library Publishes Comprehensive Air, Space Guide New Publication Features Silent Films The possibility of flight captured human imagination long From the birth of the earliest narrative shorts in the 1890s before the Montgolfier brothers’ unmanned hot-air balloon suc- to the full-length features of the 1920s, silent movies have long ceeded in carrying a duck, a rooster and a sheep above the city captured the American imagination. These artifacts of a fledgling of Versailles in 1783. Before and after that date, people sketched, industry continue to engage viewers 80 years after the release of painted, photographed, sang about and described in words the “The Jazz Singer,” starring Al Jolson, the first full-length feature ways by which a human being might fly like a bird. film to incorporate synchronized Each time someone achieved an advance in flight, the dialogue and thereby herald the world took note. The record of these advances is described in age of “the talkies.” “Aeronautical and Astronautical Resources of the Library of In his new book, “Silent Congress: A Comprehensive Guide” by Ronald S. Wilkinson, Movies: The Birth of Film and John F. Buydos and others. the Triumph of Movie Culture,” Funded in part by a gift from Abe and Julienne Krasnoff Peter Kobel, the former manag- and by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of ing editor of Premiere maga- Aeronautics (administered zine, has created the definitive by the Library’s Science, history of silent film. Published Technology and Business this month by the Library of Division), the guide surveys Congress in association with both the general and special Little, Brown & Co., this richly collections. illustrated work draws on the “This comprehensive, Library’s extraordinary col- annotated guide to the lection of posters, paper prints, film stills and Library’s collections in the memorabilia—most of which have never been in print. More history of aeronautics and than 400 images capture the birth of film and the rise of such astronautics is the first of icons as Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Clara Bow and Rudolph its kind because it deals not only with its special collections Valentino. in those fields—such as manuscripts, photographs, rare books With a foreword by legendary director Martin Scorsese and maps—but also with the deep and broad holdings in what and an introduction by filmmaker and film historian Kevin might be described as the Library’s hidden giant, its general Brownlow, “Silent Movies” also looks at the technology of early collections,” wrote Leonard C. Bruno, the Library’s science film, the use of color photography and the preservation and manuscript specialist, in the book’s preface. restoration work being spearheaded by the Library and some Joining the papers of the Wright brothers (given to the Library of Hollywood’s most important directors. of Congress in 1949 by the Orville Wright estate) are papers docu- The book is dedicated to David W. Packard in recognition menting the activities of those engaged in military aeronautics, of his support of film preservation at the Library of Congress. aircraft manufacture and flight to outer space. Pictorial materials Packard is the benefactor of the new Packard Campus for relating to aeronautics and astronautics abound in the Library’s Audio-Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Va., which houses the collections, which also include related motion picture and music Library’s film and sound collections. material. Aeronautical charts and maps present another aspect The publication of “Silent Movies” coincides with the of the subject, as do oral histories and memorabilia donated to launch of a traveling film series, which began at the Library the Library’s Veterans History Project. of Congress on Nov. 9 and continues in November at venues Anyone who has dreamed of browsing through the Library’s throughout the Washington metropolitan area: the National book stacks will enjoy John Buydos’s journey through its general Gallery of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, collections. Here are many of the copyrighted books, pamphlets Goethe-Institut Washington and AFI Silver Theater. The series and periodicals that pertain to aeronautics and astronautics. then continues in December at several venues in New York “Aeronautical and Astronautical Resources of the Library City, San Francisco and Los Angeles. For more information, of Congress: A Comprehensive Guide,” a 464-page paperback go to www.loc.gov/pickford. with 290 illustrations, is available for $29.95 from the Library’s “Silent Movies,” a 320-page hardcover book with 400 illus- Sales Shop, Washington, D.C. 20540-4985. Credit card orders trations, is available for $45 in bookstores nationwide and in can be taken at (888) 682-3557. Online orders can be place at the Library’s Sales Shop, Washington, D.C., 20540-4985, (888) www.loc.gov/shop. 682-3557, www.loc.gov/shop. 10 T h e G a z ette NOVEMBER 16, 2007

M o v i n g o n The following personnel actions took support clerk, GS-04, I&RD, COP. CALM, LS; William Greene, office auto- effect in Pay Period 17 in 2007. mation clerk, GS-03, FACS, ISS; Shante Permanent Promotions R. Hunter, photographer (still), GT-01, Permanent Appointments Richard S. Garrett, social science Photoduplication Service (PHOTO), LS; Michael J. Brooks, mail clerk, GS- analyst, GS-13, G&F, CRS; Jan Johans- Courtney P. Ivins, office automation 04, Receipt Analysis and Control Center son, librarian, GS-14, KSG, CRS; Victor N. clerk, GS-03, Safety Services (SS), ISS; (RACC), Copyright Office (COP); Paul Kirby, library technician, GS-07, RACC, Dedra L. Jackson, deposit copies stor- K. Kerr, social science analyst, GS-13, COP; Michael C. Lind, librarian (acquisi- age clerk, GS-05, I&RD, COP; Margo D. Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Divi- tions), GS-09, Copyright Acquisitions Divi- Jones, clerk, GS-02, Office of the Chief sion (FDT), Congressional Research sion (CAD), COP; D’Andre L. Newman, of Staff (CS), LIBN; Avery L. June, clerk, Service (CRS); Magdy M. Radwan, inte- support services clerk, GS-03, CAD, COP; GS-01, Office of Contracts and Grants rior designer, GS-12, Facility Services Zina L. Watkins, librarian (research Management (OCGM), LIBN; Frank D. (FACS), Integrated Support Services (ISS); specialist), GS-12, KSG, CRS; and Laura Lykes, clerk, GS-02, Binding and Collec- Megan M. Rivet, budget analyst, GS-13, N. Yust, librarian (cataloging), GS-12, tions Care Division (BCCD), LS; Claude COP; Elizabeth A. Roberts, librarian Special Materials Cataloging Division B. Murphy, clerk, GS-01, PHOTO, LS; (research specialist), GS-11, Knowledge (SMCD), Library Services (LS). Candace Y. Rawls, clerk, GS-01, Music Services Group (KSG), CRS; Christopher Division (MUS), LS; Christine Robin- B. Stewart, interior designer, GS-12, FACS, Temporary Promotions son, clerk (typing), GS-03, CS, LIBN; ISS; and Jacob R. Straus, social science John M. Anderson, supervisory Jessica Salgado, clerk, GS-02, Copyright analyst, GS-12, Government and Finance librarian (research specialist), GS-15, KSG, Cataloging Division (CAT), COP; Pamela Division (G&F), CRS. CRS; and Judith B. Frazier-Thompson, Simpson, librarian (cataloger), GS-12, supervisory librarian (research special- Serial Record Division (SRD), LS; Patrick Temporary Appointments ist), GS-14, KSG, CRS. J. Steele, public affairs technician, GS-11, David P. Brunton, information tech- Motion Picture, Broadcast and Recorded nology specialist, GS-14, Digital Futures, Reassignments Sound Division (MBRS), LS; Samuel T. Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI); Michael R. Peters, management Stevens, clerk, GS-02, Geography and Lourdes J. Catalano, clerical assistant and program analyst, GS-09, Office of the Map Division (G&M), LS; Ramon Ware, (office automation), GS-06, OSI;Austin A. Inspector General (OIG), LIBN. clerk, GS-01, Logistics Sections (LS), ISS; Hudgens, support clerk, GS-01, Informa- and Zaneta C. Watson, office automa- tion and Reference Division (I&RD), COP; Resignations tion clerk, GS-03, FACS, ISS. Kathryn L. Koch, administrative opera- Kaitlin I. Caffey, clerk, GS-01, Retirements tions assistant, GS-07, Office of Workforce ISS; Roberta Fowler, library techni- Development (OWD), Office of the Librar- cian, GS-05, Collections Access, Loan Martha M. Dexter, associate director ian (LIBN); Keyona L. Taylor, administra- and Management Division (CALM), for legislative information, SL-00, Office of tive support clerk, GS-05, FDT, CRS; Carly LS; Ashley D. Freeman, clerk, GS-02, Legislative Information (LIN), CRS; Jane M. Vickers, interior designer, GS-12, FACS, Health Services (HSO), ISS; Toleathia H. Glazer, library technician, GS-08, ISS; and Jerome Watson, processing T. Green, library technician, GS-04, CALM, LS; Arthur M. Graham, technol- ogy officer, SL-00, Technology Office (TO), CRS; Nancy S. Hunter, digital computer operator, GS-07, CALM, LS; Donald A. COLE, Continued from page 3 On the subject of adapting to what Jones, public programs manager, GS-13, a tribal member, your most important he called “the collision between [the FACS, ISS; Lily C. Kecskes, librarian, GS- relationship is with the [national] gov- Native American] world and European 13, Asian Division (AD), LS; Norman B. ernment.” civilization,” Cole related a story told to Mears, audiovisual production leader, Cole’s great aunt—a legend in the him by his great aunt. She spoke of a GS-12, MBRS, LS; Ralph R. Orlik, informa- tribal community—was a guest of Theo- member of the Southern Cheyenne tribe tion technology specialist, GS-14, Office dore Roosevelt at the White House and who observed that, just as many colors of the Director of Information Technology slept in the Lincoln bedroom. His mother are found in nature, so should the red Services (ITS), OSI; Rosa C. Owens, staff was the first Native American woman in man co-exist with the white, black and assistant, GS-13, Office of the Associate the Oklahoma State Senate. He recently yellow man. She concluded: “The Great Librarian for Library Services (O), LS; learned that Robert Tuttle, U.S. ambas- Spirit must have wanted it that way.” Frank Spigel, library technician, GS-05, sador to the United Kingdom, is a native “We must live together as Americans,” LIN, CRS; and George S. Toth, librarian Chickasaw. added Cole, who also believes strongly (cataloging), GS-13, Social Science Cata- “I shouldn’t be surprised since we in “the preservation of a unique political loging Division (SSCD), LS. were negotiating with England before identity” that predates the U.S. govern- COMPLIED FROM NFC DATA there was an America.” ment. u FOR PAY PERIOD 17. NOVEMBER 16, 2007 T h e G a z ette 11

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The following Library staff members cian; Teresa M. McCall, printing spe- Melinda T. Gish, social science analyst; marked federal service anniversaries cialist; Christopher J. O’Connor, lead Donna V. Jones-Bey, library technician; in July. exhibits specialist; Sheila D. Thompson, Myra A. Laird, secretary; Jennifer J. human resources specialist; and Georgia Saxena, quality assurance specialist; 45 Years L. Zola, library technician. Jeffrey A. Taylor, copyright examiner; Carnell C. Shaw, offset duplicating and Marybeth Wise, quality assurance press operator. 10 Years specialist. Dorothy A. Almanza, liaison spe- 40 Years Having problems with your finances? Contact cialist; William M. Derrickson, copy- the on-site Employee Assistance Program at 1- Robert M. Jackson, librarian; Diann right specialist (examiner); Patricia 800-433-2320 and receive a no-cost telephone consultation with a network financial counselor. J. Johnson, visual information special- J. Gawronski, copyright examiner; ist; Robert J. McDermott, information technology specialist; Lillie M. Mickens, library technician; and Susan H. Vita, administrative librarian. Wildfire Damage Prompts Update growth. Normally, the Library of Congress 35 Years In response to the fires in Southern California and the resulting damage to recommends that collection salvage be Reginald J. Downs, librarian; Rich- personal and public library collections, left to experts such as conservators or ard C. Ehlke, senior adviser to the the Library of Congress has updated its commercial salvage firms specializing director and senior specialist; Celeste preservation Web page on emergency in the field. These experts understand F. Moore, librarian (cataloging); Annette care. the nature of materials and know which Nebel, secretary (o/a); and William A. Information about whom to contact for types of collection items might be dam- Reitwiesner, information technology guidance, as well as how to protect and aged even further by well-intended but specialist. salvage collections and, most important, misguided salvage attempts. where to go for supplies and aid, can be The Library can direct people to vari- 30 Years found at “Fire Recovery for Collections” ous places for help, such as the American Anne T. Carpenter, technical infor- (www.loc.gov/preserv/emergprep/fire. Institute for Conservation’s Web site for mation specialist; Shirley P. Chien, html) or at “Emergency Preparedness: “Finding a Conservator” and the Heritage librarian (cataloger); Donna G. Clark, Introduction” (www.loc.gov/preserv/ Preservation Foundation’s emergency copyright specialist (examiner); Renee emergprep/prepare.html). resources page. Z. McCray, training events coordinator; In addition to destroying collections, In addition, the Library engages in Kersi B. Shroff, supervisory foreign law fire can scorch, singe, embrittle, discolor training and research projects to advance specialist; Heather E. Wanser, conserva- or soil collections by soot and smoke. emergency mitigation. For instance, tor, paper; Christine M. Werner, librar- Water used to extinguish fires can cause Library staff members occasionally offer ian (cataloging); and Reginald Young, staining, discoloration and ink or color salvage training, and the Library’s scien- library technician (collections). “bleeding.” Water from hoses and sprin- tific research laboratory assesses various kler systems can cause some materials to salvage and fire suppression systems. 25 Years stick together, as well as germinate mold Also, the Library’s Web site has video Wayne E. Crist, copyright specialist demonstrations of collection salvage (examiner); Gina M. Jones, informa- JEFFERSON SALES SHOP techniques for water-damaged materi- tion technology specialist; Rita S. Lewi, als. copyright specialist (cataloging); and Wisdom For protection of collections, includ- Minnie L. Outlaw, library technician “A wealth of Wis- ing its own, the Library advocates a (copyright). dom,” a collection of stories, experiences well-developed “Continuity of Opera- and observations tions Plan” that addresses preservation 20 Years of more than fifty and emergency planning, mitigation, Richard A. Brown, library techni- African Americans, response, recovery and salvage of col- ages seventy and cian; Betty M. Culpepper, supervisory over, extraordinary lections. The Library also supports the librarian; Gail Fineberg, writer-editor men and women explain how spirit of the “MayDay Initiative,” created print media; Benjamin S. Fryser, librar- we as a nation got to where we are. With by the Society of American Archivists, ian (cataloging); Anthony J. Gonzales, accounts by everyone from Maya Angelou which promotes awareness of emergency to Ray Charles. Written by Camille O. Cosby supervisory librarian (cataloging); Mari- and Renee Poussaint. $15. mitigation activities each May. lyn J. Hargreaves, librarian (cataloger); For more information, visit the Library Angela D. Harris, (public affairs special- JEFFERSON SALES SHOP HOURS: of Congress Preservation Directorate’s 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday ist); Tyna L. Hepburn, library techni- site at www.loc.gov/preserv. u 12 T h e G a z ette NOVEMBER 16, 2007

C A l e n DAR N o v e mb e r Stegner’s book, “Discovery! F R i D AY The Search for Arabian Oil.” 16 Toys for Kids 11:30 a.m., Dining Room A, Flu Immunization: Open. 9 A doll, a book, a bike, LM 620. Co-sponsored by a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Madison Hall. A truck, a huggable stuffed animal, a plane, the Science, Technology and Contact 7-8035. An electronic gizmo— Business and African and Aerobics Class: Strength Any one of the array of toys available at Santa’s workshop would make the Middle Eastern divisions. training and floor exercise. holiday brighter for some needy child in metropolitan Washington, D.C. Native American Heritage Noon, LC Wellness Center, Library of Congress police officers are conducting their annual holiday Month: Panel presentation on LA B-36. toy drive for kids, from toddlers to 12-year-olds, from now until Dec. 21. “Indian Religious Freedom.” Officers will deliver them to needy children in time for Christmas. 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