Online event at WebJunction: Public Internet Service & CIPA - facilitated by Karen Schneider, Gary Bortel, Bob Bocher, & Carson Block

The Library Learning Network of the College of DuPage and the Colorado Digitization Program will present a national teleconference Digital Treasures for Teaching and Learning on Friday, October 10, from noon to 2:00 p.m. EST. The teleconference can be viewed live at libraries, universities, community colleges and other institutions with a satellite downlink

The 2004 Subscription Price List from IEEE is now available

Maximising Use of E Sources in Academic Libraries - a seminar for information professionals - 1 December 2003 - Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science

ERPANET and CODATA have announced a joint International Archiving Workshop on the Selection, Appraisal and Retention of Scientific Data. This three-day workshop, co-hosted by the Biblioteca Nacional, will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on the 15-17 December 2003

The October 2003 issue of Walt Crawford's Cites & Insights is now available

In the continuing effort to better serve customers during tight budget times, Gale introduces In the Loop, a bi-weekly e-mail alert with tailored information for librarians including collection and professional development, maximizing budget dollars, supporting patrons' needs and information about special sales and product promotions from Gale

Emerald's Journals of the Week for September 15, 2003 are Managing Service Quality and Work Study

The next Samuel Swett Green Award for exemplary virtual reference will be presented in mid-October. The submission deadline for this award is September 19, 2003, at 12:00 midnight, PDT. Librarians may submit live session transcripts for sessions that have occurred between June 1 and September 19, 2003

New downloadable message print ads have been posted on the American Library Association web site to address the topics of the new role of librarians, recruitment, and pay equity

12th Nordic Conference on Information and Documentation - September 1-3 2004 - Aalborg Denmark

Cleveland Public Library has launched the online exhibition Baron's Mail Art Collection. A sample of 100 images from Baron's collection, recently given to Special Collections by the artist/collector. Two brief essays introduce the topic of the "appropriateness" of mail art collections among a research library's holdings

Academic Library Association of Ohio Annual Conference 2003 - Information, Innovation, Inspiration - Making the Connection - November 14, 2003 - Dublin, OH

Library and Archives Canada has announced the launch of Canadian Libraries: Bibliography, a rich collection of citations to information about Canadian libraries subdivided by library type, location and topics such as statistics and standards

The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer - Remember 2002? This week we test your memory of events that occurred last year. You may be surprised at how much you have forgotten about it already. Answers page

1. Which British princess, the younger daughter of George VI, died in 2002?
2. At the Madrid summit in December 1995, the European Council decided that which new currency would be used from 2002?
3. Which British rock band released the album "Heathen Chemistry" in 2002?
4. Which writer won the Whitbread Prize in 2002 for his novel "The Amber Spyglass"?
5. Which golfer won the US Masters and US Open in 2002?
6. Which US film director, whose films included "The Lost Weekend" and "Sunset Boulevard", died in 2002?
7. Who started work as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 2002?
8. Who was re-elected as president of France by a landslide in 2002?
9. From 2002, all television sets sold in the United States contained a V-chip. What does the V-chip do?
10. Which 1998 novel by Nick Hornby was filmed in 2002?

The Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemical Information Group and the Chemical Structure Association Trust will be holding a joint one-day training course on chemical information on 30 October, 2003 in London. This one day training course will contain a series of presentations which will provide an impartial and critical overview of Chemical Information products. It will be given by specialists from academic information departments, vendor representatives and the pharmaceutical industry

The September 2003 issue of LIBRES, the international refereed electronic journal devoted to new research in Library and Information Science, is now available

The Royal College of Nursing has launched the website for the first historical nursing journal online. The project, funded by the Wellcome Trust, provides access to one of the first nursing journals, Nursing Record, from 1888 to 1956. This journal captures the world of nurses and hospitals and is a wonderful source for many fields of research, including women's history, gender, class, ethnicity, culture and colonialism. The journal includes articles, photos, illustrations and advertisements

Registration for the Digital Library Federation Fall Forum in Albuquerque, NM, November 17-19, 2003 is now open

The Technology Source from the Michigan Virtual University - September/October 2003 issue now available