This week's Friday brain-teaser from xrefer takes a look at the magical world of stage and screen musicals. Answers are here

1. Which actor famously sang in the rain in the 1952 film "Singin' in the Rain"?
2. Which composer had five musicals running concurrently in London in 1993?
3. In the 1960s, which English singer, whose real name is Harry Webb, starred in the musical films "The Young Ones" and "Summer Holiday"?
4. Which 1943 musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein changed the direction of musical theatre?
5. Which 1956 musical was adapted by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe from George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion"?
6. Name the character played by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film "The Sound of Music".
7. The musical "Five Guys Named Moe" featured songs associated with which American musician?
8. What was the first name of Fred Astaire's sister, who appeared with him in several stage musicals?
9. Who composed the music for the shows "Sweeney Todd" and "Sunday in the Park with George"?
10. The 1950 musical "Guys and Dolls" was based on stories by which writer?

The shortlist for this year's Guardian First Book Award have been announced

MedRef-L is a discussion of health and medical reference issues. The focus of this discussion is on reference services, marketing and promoting library services and the role of the health/medical library in the organization or in the community served, professional continuing education and training, etc. MedRef-L is not meant to replace MEDLIB-L but rather to provide a forum specifically for the discussion of health and medicine reference issues

The CHCC Census Resource Discovery Service is a catalogue of census data and associated learning and teaching materials available to the UK higher and further education sector

Internet Use in Libraries - ALA Library Fact Sheet Number 26 - almost all academic, public, and school libraries in the U.S. are connected to the Internet, both for staff use and for public access. Here are the most recent national statistics for each type of library

Global Learn Day VII - A 24 hour continuous live webcast with presentations from educators in every world time zone - show starts November 15 at 5:00 PM Pacfic time

EXEMPLARIA has announced the launch of Medieval Noise, a Special Cluster under the guest editorship of Professor Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (The George Washington University)

Issue 5, October 2003 of Reference Update from xrefer is now available

TEEAL: The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library is a CD-ROM library that includes the contents of over 140 of the world's most important scientific journals in the field of agriculture. It is available well below cost to over 100 of the lowest-income food deficit countries, as listed in the World Bank's 1998-9 World Development Report

How to find statistics on the EU will explore the key features of the Eurostat website and how to access other sources such as OECD, the CIA, EU Country Reports and the World Bank. It will also tell you how to identify a reliable source and what's available free of charge. Particularly useful for anyone dealing with EU enquiries or who needs European statistics on an an occasional or regular basis - 20 November - Oxford, UK

The CILIP/LiS Libraries Change Lives Award is established as one of the leading accolades in the library and information world. Its aim is to highlight and reward good practice in any innovative library/information related project. Open for entries until Friday 30 January 2004

A list of future courses from The Professional Learning Centre, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, is now available

Helping Users find your Content - 20 November 2003 - BSG House, London

Digital identifiers: bringing digital communities together - 24 November 2003 - The Liberal Club, London

The new British Library site is up, including the new sections Services for researchers, Services for business, Services for library and information professionals and Something for everyone

Sirsi has selected Openly Informatics OpenURL linking technology as the core engine for Sirsi Resolver, Sirsi's solution for OpenURL resolution and linking

OverDrive, Inc. has announced that over 150 publishers have joined its Digital Library Reserve. Best selling titles from Microsoft Press, Merriam-Webster, Barnes & Noble Digital Publishing, Tyndale House, Zondervan, Multnomah, Rough Guides, RosettaBooks, Peanut Press and others will join eBook collections from Time Warner, HarperCollins Perfectbound, John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill, and Scholastic for libraries to loan their patrons

The Center for Book Arts invites submissions to its annual Poetry Chapbook Competition by December 1, 2003. The winning manuscript will be chosen in April 2004 and will be awarded with the publication of a letterpress-printed, limited-edition chapbook designed, printed and bound by artists at The Center for Book Arts

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awards $9,898,338 in 27 inaugural grants under a new program, Recruiting and Educating Librarians for the 21st Century

The Depository Library Council, a 15-member advisory body to the Public Printer of the US, seeks input on three topics the Public Printer addressed at the annual Federal Depository Library conference last week in Arlington, Virginia. These issues are significant ones and will impact federal documents depository libraries. The three topics are: Preservation; Authentication/Version Control; and Revenue Enhancement to the GPO sales program. Council has until December 1st to respond