LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Volume 17, No. 17 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff April 28, 2006 Police Recognized for CFC Support Report Assesses Future of Catalogs In a Digital World he Library recently issued a report that challenges assumptions about Tthe traditional library catalog and proposes new directions for the research library catalog in the digital era. Commissioned by the Library and prepared by Associate University Librar- ian Karen Calhoun of Cornell University, the report assesses the impact of the Internet on the traditional online public- access catalog and concludes that library patrons want easy-to-use catalogs that are accessible on the Web. The report, “The Changing Nature of Gail Fineberg the Catalog and Its Integration with Other Library Police, with a force of more than 109, received the top award for 100 percent par- Discovery Tools,” grew out of the Library ticipation in the 2005 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Presenting the CFC Presi- of Congress Bicentennial Conference on dent’s Award on behalf of the Librarian and the Library, Deputy Librarian Donald L. Scott said, “We do appreciate what you do. Not only do you keep us safe, but you care.” In Bibliographic Control for the New Mil- particular, he noted the leadership of Offi cer G. L. Murdock, who rallied police support for lennium, held in November 2000. The the CFC. Pictured here are, from left, Ken Lopez, director for the Offi ce of Security and conference also led to new curricula Emergency Preparedness; Sgt. A. E. Butler; Capt. Michael J. Murphy; Offi cer Murdock; for schools of library science, continu- Scott; and Robert Handloff, manager of the 2005 campaign. ing education courses for mid-career librarians wishing to update their skills for the digital world, publications on Major General Taguba To Give research in automated cataloging, and the development of the Cataloger’s Learning Keynote for Asian Heritage Month Workshop, a Web-based clearinghouse Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, the death march during World War II, in of information for catalogers and library highest ranking Filipino-American offi cer which American and Filipino prisoners of educators. Most of these projects were in the U.S. Army, will deliver the keynote war were abused following the Japanese collaborations among the Library, the Pro- address for the Library’s 2006 celebra- invasion of the Philippines. gram for Cooperative Cataloging and the tion of Asian American Pacifi c Heritage At the age of 11, Taguba moved with Association for Library Collections and month. his family to Hawaii, where he later gradu- Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of He will speak at noon on Thursday, ated from high school. Upon receiving a the American Library Association. May 4, in the Mumford Room, LM 649. bachelor’s degree in history from Idaho “This superbly researched report His talk will be preceded by a Chinese State University in 1972, he was commis- promises to elicit open, thoughtful and Dai Minority dance, “Water Splashing,” sioned as an Armor offi cer, and served in productive discourse at the Library of by Ling Tang. the 1st Batallion, 72nd Armor, 2nd Infantry Congress and in the research library Born in the Philippines, Taguba is only Division, 8th U.S. Army, in Korea. community as a whole,” said Beacher the second Filipino-American to attain Capping an illustrious military career, Wiggins, the Library’s director of Acquisi- the rank of U.S. Army general. His father during which he rose to the rank of major tions and Bibliographic Access. “As the was a soldier who survived the Bataan ASIAN, Continues on page 5 CATALOGS, Continues on page 7 2 THE GAZETTE APRIL 28, 2006 NOTICES Alternative Work Schedule Election for LC Staff The Gazette A weekly newspaper for the Library of Congress staff Every six months eligible bargaining unit members of American Federation of State, GAIL FINEBERG County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 2477 may elect either a fl exitime or Editor MICHAELA McNICHOL compfl ex work schedule. Bargaining unit members of the Library of Congress Professional Visual Information Specialist Guild, AFSCME Local 2910, may elect a fl exitime, compfl ex or maxifl ex schedule. The next Contributing Editors: Erin Allen, Calendar; Carlin “René” Sayles, Moving On and Length of Service; Runako Balondemu, six-month period runs from Sunday, April 23, through Saturday, Oct. 14. 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