ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries CSRL News ■ May 1999/361 A look at what’s new for students and scholars by Rob Withers T he Internet drastically bro ad en s the type and quantity of information resources ideal for students and scholars o f foreign langua literature, an d civilizations. As d o researchers in m any fields, those in foreign languages may locate materials pertinent to their work. In ad­ dition, Internet resources also allow users to immerse themselves in foreign cultures and lan­ guages b y studying primary sources from a n ­ oth er country w hile sitting at a com puter in th e U nited States. Using Internet resources, students and schol­ ars can: • Keep abreast of happenings w ithin their discipline by exchanging ideas with each other o n mail lists. • Learn about activities an d publications of professional organizations. • Locate subject guides an d specialized search tools, w hich provide easy access to Web sites dealing with foreign culture. Internet users can also experience foreign culture first-hand, thanks to textual, graphic, audio, an d multim edia resources. T hese re­ sources allow Internet users to: • Read non-English literary texts from a lit­ erary tradition oth er than their own. • Peruse articles from new spapers from the countries they study. • Listen to new s an d m usic from overseas radio stations and sound archives. • W atch video clips from television show s or movies. ge, This colum n will concentrate o n m odern, W estern European languages an d cultures, as C&RL Newshas previously published columns on resources for East Asia (July/August 1998) and Classical Studies (April 1997). D is c u s s io n g r o u p s • AATG-L. The mail list o f the American Association o f Teachers of German, w hich pro­ m otes th e study o f G erm an literature, culture, and area studies. Subscribe: listserv@iupui.edu. • CAUSERXE. “Causerie” m eans talk or chat, w hich is w h at this list is all about: chat­ ting in F ren ch only. Subscribe: listserv@ U Q UEB EC .C A. • E-GRAD. A discussion list spo n so red by the G raduate Student Caucus o f the Modern Language Association, w hich allows graduate students in English and other languages to ex­ change information on academic, professional, an d practical m atters. Subscribe: listserv@ rutvm l .njtgers.edu. • ESPAN-L. A discussion forum for teach­ ers of Spanish language and literature. Although English-language contributions are w elcome, the majority o f the discussion will b e in Span­ ish. Subscribe: listserv@VM.TAU.AC.IL. • FLTEACH. A forum for teachers o f any foreign language, at any educational level, in A b o u t th e a u th o r Rob Withers is electronic inform ation services librarian a t M iam i University, e-mail: rwithers. @lib.muohio.edu INTERNET RESOURCES Foreign language, literature, and culture mailto:listserv@iupui.edu njtgers.edu mailto:listserv@VM.TAU.AC.IL lib.muohio.edu 3 6 2 / C & R L N e w s ■ M a y 1 9 9 9 a n y c o u n t r y . S u b s c r ib e : l i s t s e r v @ l i s t s e r v . a c s u . b u f f a l o . e d u . A r c h iv e s : h t t p : / / w w w . c o r t l a n d . e d u / w w w _ r o o t / f l t e a c h / f l t e a c h .h t m l . • F R A N C O F I L . A d i s c u s s i o n l i s t f o r p o s t ­ g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s a n d r e s e a r c h e r s i n t e r e s t e d in F r e n c h s t u d i e s . S u b s c r ib e : l i s t p r o c @ l i v e r p o o l . a c . u k . A r c h iv e s : h t t p :/ / w w w .l i v .a c .u k / w w w / f r e n c h / f r a n c o f i l / . • L A N T R A . A f o r u m f o r t h o s e i n t e r e s t e d in t h e tr a n s l a ti o n o f n a tu r a l l a n g u a g e s . S u b s c rib e : l i s t s e r v @ s e a r n . s u n e t . s e . • L I M - A . T h i s l i s t is a f o r u m f o r a d m i n i s ­ t r a t o r s , t e a c h e r s , a n d p a r e n t s i n t e r e s t e d i n l a n ­ g u a g e i m m e r s i o n p r o g r a m s . S u b s c r i b e : l i s t s e r v @ t c . u m n . e d u . • L T E S T - L . C o n c e r n e d w i t h l a n g u a g e t e s t ­ i n g r e s e a r c h a n d p r a c t i c e . S u b s c r ib e : l i s t s e r v @ l i s t s .p s u .e d u . • S L A R T - L . A d i s c u s s i o n l i s t f o r t h o s e i n ­ v o l v e d i n r e s e a r c h i n g f o r e i g n l a n g u a g e a c q u i s i ­ t i o n . I n t e n d e d t o b e a c o m m u n i t y o f s c h o l a r s w h o c a n p r o v i d e f e e d b a c k o r e v e n s e r v e a s a f o r u m f o r “v i r t u a l ” p u b l i c a t i o n s . S u b s c r ib e : l i s t s e r v @ c u n y v m . c u n y . e d u . • T R A N S L A T - L . A f o r u m f o r t h e o r i s t s a n d p r a c t i t i o n e r s o f t r a n s l a t i o n . It is h o p e d t h a t t h e l is t w i l l e v e n t u a l l y g e n e r a t e b i b l i o g r a p h i e s o n s o m e a r e a s o f i n t e r e s t . S u b s c r ib e : l i s t p r o c @ m a i l .w u s t l .e d u . • W i G - L . T h e m a i l l i s t o f t h e C o a l i t i o n o f W o m e n i n G e r m a n ( W i G ) . T h i s l i s t i s a n a p ­ p r o p r i a t e f o r u m f o r t h e d i s c u s s i o n o f i s s u e s o f i n t e r e s t t o W i G m e m b e r s , i n c l u d i n g f e m i n i s t i n t e r p r e t a t i o n s o f G e r m a n l a n g u a g e , l i t e r a t u r e , a n d c u l t u r e . S u b s c r ib e : l i s t s e r v @ c m s a .b e r k e l e y . e d u . S c h o la r ly o r g a n iz a t io n s • A A T F . C o n t a i n s i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n o f T e a c h e r s o f F r e n c h a n d i t s a c t i v i t i e s , a s w e l l a s a p a g e o f u s e f u l W e b l i n k s . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / a a t f .u t s a .e d u . • A A T G . P r o v i d e s i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n o f T e a c h e r s o f G e r m a n ( m e e t i n g s , s e r v i c e s , o f f ic e r s , c h a p t e r h o m e p a g e s ) a s w e l l a s l i n k s t o W e b r e s o u r c e s o r g a n i z e d b y s u b j e c t . I n a d d i t i o n s , s e v e r a l n e w o r n o t e w o r ­ t h y W e b s i t e s a r e f e a t u r e d e a c h m o n t h . A c c e ss : h t t p :/ / w w w .a a t g .o r g / . • A m e r i c a n C o u n c i l o n t h e T e a c h i n g o f F o r e i g n L a n g u a g e s . A n i c e l y o r g a n i z e d s i t e t h a t c o n t a i n s m e m b e r s h i p i n f o r m a t i o n , p u b l i ­ c a t i o n s , p r o g r a m s , a n d j o b l i s t i n g s . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w . a c t f l . o r g / . • L a t i n A m e r i c a n S t u d i e s A s s o c i a t i o n ( L A S A ) . T h i s W e b s i t e “b r i n g s t o g e t h e r e x p e r t s o n L a ti n A m e r i c a f r o m a l l d i s c i p l i n e s , a n d d i­ v e r s e o c c u p a t i o n a l e n d e a v o r s , a c r o s s t h e g l o b e . ” B e s i d e s s u p p l y i n g t h e u s u a l i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n , t h e L A S A h o m e p a g e a l s o p r o ­ v i d e s f u l l - t e x t a c c e s s o f p a p e r s p r e s e n t e d a t t h e i r 1 9 9 7 c o n f e r e n c e ( g r o u p e d b y a u t h o r a n d s u b je c t ) . A d o b e A c r o b a t r e a d e r p l u g - i n is r e q u i r e d t o v i e w t h e f u l l t e x t o f t h e p a p e r s . A c c e s s : h ttp :/ / i n f o .p i t t.e d u / ~ l a s a . • L i n g u i s t i c s S o c i e t y o f A m e r i c a . A w e l l - o r g a n i z e d s i t e t h a t p r o v i d e s d i r e c t o r i e s o f o f ­ f i c e r s , c o m m i t t e e s , a n d m e m b e r s h i p ; p u b l i c a ­ t i o n s ; f u t u r e m e e t i n g s ; i n s t i t u t e s ; a n d r e s o l u ­ t i o n s . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .l s a d c .o r g / . • S o c i e t y f o r G e r m a n P h i l o l o g y . T h i s s i t e h a s t h e r e q u i s i t e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e s o c i e t y , a s w e l l a s a n a r c h i v e o f its n e w s l e t t e r a n d a s h o r t l i s t o f u s e f u l W e b s i t e s . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .g e r m a n i c .o h i o - s t a t e .e d u / s g p / . M a jo r W eb s ite s • E t h n o l o g u e . 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A h i e r a r c h i c a l s u b j e c t t r e e h e l p s u s e r s t o q u i c k l y l o c a t e W e b p a g e s o n v a r i o u s a s p e c t s o f G e r m a n c u l t u r e a n d l i f e . L i n k s m a y b e a c c o m ­ p a n i e d b y a o n e - t o - t h r e e - w o r d n o t e i n d i c a t i n g t h e s u b j e c t t h e y c o v e r ; n o t e s a r e o f t e n i n G e r ­ m a n , b u t s o m e t i m e s i n E n g l i s h . A c c e ss , h ttp :/ / w w w . u n c g . e d u / ~ l i x l p u r c / g e r m a n . h t m l . • H u m a n L a n g u a g e s P a g e . A n i n d e x o f l a n g u a g e - l e a r n i n g r e s o u r c e s a r r a n g e d b y t o p i c . http://www.cortland http://www.liv.ac.uk/www/ mailto:listserv@searn.sunet.se mailto:listserv@tc.umn.edu mailto:listserv@cunyvm.cuny.edu http://aatf.utsa.edu http://www.aatg.org/ http://www.actfl.org/ http://www.lsadc.org/ http://www.germanic.ohio-state.edu/sgp/ http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/german.html C & R L N e w s ■ M a y 1 9 9 9 / 3 6 3 M a n y e n t r i e s a r e a n n o t a t e d , a n d e n t r i e s t h a t h a v e b e e n a d d e d w i t h i n t h e l a s t 3 0 d a y s a r e i n ­ d i c a t e d b y a s p e c i a l i c o n . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w . j u n e 2 9 . c o m / H L P / . • L a t i n A m e r i c a n S t u d i e s ( W o r l d W i d e W e b V i r t u a l L i b r a r y ) . A h a n d y i n d e x o f a l l t h i n g s L a t i n A m e r i c a n . S i t e s a r e i n d e x e d b y c o u n t r y a n d b y t o p i c . I n a d d i t i o n , l i n k s t o p r o je c t s o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f T e x a s - L a t i n A m e r i ­ c a n N e t w o r k I n f o r m a t i o n C e n t e r ( L A N I C ) a r e i n c l u d e d . M a n y e n t r i e s c o n t a i n s c o p e n o t e s in e i t h e r E n g l i s h o r S p a n i s h . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / l a n i c . u t e x a s .e d u / l a s .h t m l . • R E T A n e t ( R e s o u r c e s f o r T e a c h i n g a b o u t t h e A m e r i c a s ) . T h i s s i t e is a n o u t r e a c h p r o j e c t o f t h e L a t i n A m e r i c a D a t a B a s e , a p a r t o f t h e L a t i n A m e r i c a n I n s t i t u t e a t t h e U n i v e r ­ s i t y o f N e w M e x i c o . I t c o n t a i n s l i n k s t o m a t e ­ r i a l s o f t e n a b s e n t o r n e g l e c t e d o n o t h e r l i n k f a r m s : l e s s o n p l a n s , a r e s o u r c e d a t a b a s e , a n d p h o t o a r c h i v e ( a l t h o u g h o n e h o p e s t h a t t h e p h o t o a r c h i v e w i l l e x p a n d b e y o n d o n e s e t o f p h o t o s ) . E n t r i e s m a y b e s e a r c h e d b y k e y w o r d o r b r o w s e d . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / l a d b . u n m . e d u / w w w / r e t a n e t / . • T e n n e s s e e B o b ’s F a m o u s F r e n c h L i n k s . D e s c r i b e d a s “a 5 , 0 0 0 - L i n k G l o b e - G a t e S u p e r s i t e , ” t h i s s i t e is t h e b r a i n c h i l d o f R o b e r t P e c k h a m a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f T e n n e s s e e , M a r ­ t i n . O r g a n i z e d i n b r o a d c a t e g o r i e s c o n c e r n e d w i t h a s p e c t s o f F r e n c h c u l t u r e ( l a n g u a g e , lit ­ e r a t u r e , m e d i a , t h e f i n e a r t s ) o r w i t h a c q u i r i n g a k n o w l e d g e o f t h e F r e n c h l a n g u a g e ( F r e n c h a c r o s s t h e c u r r i c u l u m , e d u c a t i o n i n F r e n c h - s p e a k i n g s c h o o l s ) . T h e s e c t i o n o n f i n d i n g n e w F r a n c o p h o n e s i t e s e n s u r e s t h a t u s e r s w i l l l e a r n t o i d e n t i f y n e w r e s o u r c e s t h e m s e l v e s o r p u r s u e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t r e l a t e d t o p i c s . U n f o r t u ­ n a t e l y , l i n k s a r e n o t a n n o t a t e d . A c c e s s : h ttp :/ / w w w . u t m . e d u / d e p a r t m e n t s / f r e n c h / f r e n c h . h t m l . • V o i c e o f t h e S h u t t l e : L i t e r a t u r e s ( O t h e r t h a n E n g l i s h ) P a g e . C o n t a i n s a n a n n o t a t e d s e t o f l i n k s t o s i t e s c o n c e r n e d w i t h l i t e r a t u r e w r i t ­ t e n i n m a n y E u r o p e a n l a n g u a g e s , a s w e l l a s A r a b i c , P e r s i a n , T u r k i s h , C h i n e s e , J a p a n e s e , a n d K o r e a n . A h e l p f u l l i n k t o s i t e s w i t h t e x t ­ a n a l y s i s a n d b i b l i o g r a p h i c s o f t w a r e is i n c l u d e d . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / h u m a n i t a s . u c s b . e d u / s h u t t l e / l i t o t h e r . h t m l . • W E S S W e b . T h i s s i t e , m a i n t a i n e d b y A C R L ’s W E S S s e c t i o n , f o c u s e s o n i n f o r m a t i o n u s e f u l t o W e s t e r n E u r o p e a n S p e c i a l i s t s . S e p a ­ r a t e p a g e s a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r F r e n c h S t u d i e s , G e r ­ m a n S t u d i e s , I b e r i a n S t u d i e s , a n d I t a l i a n S t u d ­ i e s . R e s o u r c e s a r e a r r a n g e d b y s u b j e c t a n d b y t y p e ( n e w s p a p e r s , l i b r a r y c a t a l o g s , e t c . ) . T h i s s i t e i s h i e r a r c h i c a l l y o r g a n i z e d , f i r s t b y t o p i c , t h e n b y t y p e o f r e s o u r c e s ( p r i m a r y s o u r c e s , j o u r n a l s , b o o k r e v i e w s , e t c . ) a n d l i n k s a r e o f t e n a c c o m p a n i e d b y a b r i e f a n n o t a t i o n . I n a d d i t i o n , t h i s W e b s i t e c a n b e s e a r c h e d b y k e y w o r d . A c ­ c e s s : h w p ://w w w .lib .v ir g in ia .e d u /w e s s /. W e s t e r n E u r o p e a n S p e c i a l i s t s S e c t i o n A sso ciatio n o f C o lle g e a n d R esearch L ibraries In d e x e s/su b je ct g u id e s to o v e rse a s W eb s ite s • I D F L i s t e d e s M o t e u r s d e R e c h e r c h e . T h i s s i t e p r o v i d e s a c c e s s t o t h e F r e n c h v e r s i o n s o f A l ta V i s t a , I n f o s e e k , a n d Y a h o o . I n a d d i t i o n , u s e r s c a n f i n d o t h e r t o o l s t h a t s e a r c h o n l y I n t e r n e t r e s o u r c e s l o c a t e d i n B e l g i u m , F r a n c e , Q u e b e c , o r S w i t z e r l a n d . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .i d f .n e t / m d r / l i s t e .h t m l . • M o t o r e s d e B ú s q u e d a e n E s p a ñ o l A c o l ­ l e c t i o n o f m o r e t h a n o n e d o z e n s e a r c h t o o l s f o r S p a n i s h / L a t i n A m e r i c a n I n t e r n e t s i t e s a n d i n ­ f o r m a t i o n . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w . a e r e d . c o m / m i s c e l a n e a / b u s c a d o r .h t m . • S u c h m a s c h i n e n f ü r D e u t s c h l a n d , d i e d e u t s c h s p r a c h i g e S c h w e i z u n d Õ s t e r r e i c h . T h i s s i t e o f f e r s a c o l l e c t i o n o f s e a r c h e n g i n e s a n d d i r e c t o r i e s d e d i c a t e d t o o n e o r m o r e G e r ­ m a n - s p e a k i n g c o u n t r i e s . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w . u n i - k o n s t a n z . d e / Z E / B i b / d t - s u c h m . h t m l . P rim a ry te x tu a l s o u rce s • O n l i n e T e x t C o l l e c t i o n s o f W e s t e r n E u r o p e a n L i t e r a t u r e . T h i s s i t e , c o u r t e s y o f t h e W E S S s e c t i o n o f A C R L , p r o v i d e s l in k s t o a r c h i v e s o f l i t e r a r y t e x t s i n W e s t e r n E u r o p e a n l a n g u a g e s o t h e r t h a n E n g lis h . L in k s a r e a r r a n g e d b y l a n g u a g e ( a t t h e t o p l e v e l ) a n d t h e n b y s i z e o f c o l l e c t i o n ( w i t h i n e a c h l a n g u a g e ) . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w . lib .v i r g i n i a .e d u / w e s s / e t e x t s .h t m l . • N e w s p a p e r s b y L a n g u a g e . 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P r o v i d e s a c c e s s t o h o m e p a g e s o f r a d i o s t a t io n s f r o m a r o u n d t h e w o r l d , a n d w h e n p o s s i b l e , t o l i v e I n t e r n e t b r o a d c a s t s o f t h o s e s t a t i o n s . A r ­ r a n g e m e n t is g e o g r a p h i c a l , a l t h o u g h F r e n c h o v e r s e a s t e r r i t o r i e s a r e i n c l u d e d w i t h F r a n c e . ( “N ew a p p r o a c h e s … " con t. fr o m p a g e 3 5 9 ) o f t h e u n i v e r s i t y w h o h a v e a g r e a t f o n d n e s s f o r b o o k s . T h e y a t t e n d o u r p r o g r a m s , r e n e w t h e i r m e m b e r s h i p a n n u a lly , d o n a t e b o o k s ; a n d w e a r e p l e a s e d t o c o u n t t h e m a m o n g o u r f r ie n d s . H o w e v e r , f o r t h e a d v i s o r y c o u n c i l , w e w a n t e d t o r e c r u i t m e m b e r s w i t h h i g h p r o f i l e s i n t h e c o m m u n it y a n d a s u b s ta n tia l c a p a c i t y t o g iv e . P ro g re ss to d ate N i n e p e o p l e a c c e p t e d t h e u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r i a n ’s i n v it a tio n . T h o s e w h o d id n o t w e r e s y m p a t h e t i c t o t h e c a u s e b u t a l r e a d y o v e r - c o m m i t t e d . A t o u r f ir s t m e e t i n g , t h e u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r i a n p r e s e n t e d t h e l i b r a r i e s ’ n e w l y f o r m u l a t e d v i s i o n s t a t e m e n t a n d g o a l s . S h e e m p h a s i z e d o u r I n f o r m a t i o n Lit­ e r a c y P r o g r a m a n d r e v i e w e d t h e c h a l l e n g e s a n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s t h e l ib r a r ie s f a c e . T h e e x c h a n g e t h a t f o l l o w e d w a s w i d e - r a n g ­ i n g , a n d w e w e r e e n c o u r a g e d b y t h e d i s c u s s i o n a n d t h e q u e s t io n s a s k e d . T h e s e c o n d m e e ti n g w a s h e ld th r e e m o n t h s la te r . A t th a t m e e t i n g w e a s k e d t h e g r o u p t o l o o k a t t h e c a s e s t a t e m e n t t h e li­ b r a r i e s d r e w u p f o r t h e f u n d r a is in g c a m p a i g n . I n it t h e lib r a r ie s m a k e t h e c a s e f o r t h e c o m m u n it y ’s f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t , d e t a i l f u n d i n g p r i o r i t i e s , a n d s u g g e s t n a m i n g o p p o r tu n itie s . T h a t m e e ti n g g a v e I n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e l o c a t i o n o r f o r m a t o f t h e s t a t i o n a p p e a r s i n F r e n c h . A c c e s s : h ttp :/ / w w w . c o m f m .f r / s i t e s / r d i r e c t / i n d e x a .h t m l . • C o m F M ’s L i v e T V o n t h e I n t e r n e t . P r o ­ v i d e s a c c e s s t o h o m e p a g e s o f t e l e v i s i o n s t a t io n s f r o m a r o u n d t h e w o r l d , i n a d d i t i o n t o l i v e I n t e r n e t b r o a d c a s t s o f t h o s e s t a t i o n s . A r r a n g e ­ m e n t is g e o g r a p h i c a l , a l t h o u g h i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e l o c a t i o n o r f o r m a t o f t h e s t a t i o n a p ­ p e a r s i n F r e n c h o n l y . A cc e ss : h t t p :/ / w w w . c o m f m .f r / s i t e s / t v s i t e s / l i v e t v a .h t m . • L i v e R a d i o a n d T V . L in k s t o l i v e b r o a d ­ c a s t s f r o m r a d i o a n d t e l e v i s i o n s t a t i o n s o n s e v ­ e r a l c o n t i n e n t s . A r r a n g e d g e o g r a p h i c a l l y , t h e n b y t y p e o f p l u g - i n r e q u i r e d f o r l is t e n i n g . E n t r i e s f o r e a c h l in k i n d i c a t e t h e c i t y / c o u n tr y i n w h i c h t h e s t a t i o n is l o c a t e d , t h e n a m e o f t h e s t a t i o n , a n d t h e s t a t i o n f o r m a t . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w .e s c o t e t .c o m / w e b / c o m u n i c a r r a d i o t v .h t m l . • F r e n c h R a d i o N e t w o r k s . T h i s s i t e p r o ­ v i d e s a c c e s s t o t h e h o m e p a g e s o f s i x F r e n c h r a ­ d i o n e t w o r k s . F r o m t h e s e s i t e s , u s e r s c a n e a s i l y o b t a i n r e c o r d i n g s o f n e w s b r o a d c a s t s a n d i n t e r ­ v i e w s f r o m s i x F r e n c h r a d i o n e t w o r k s . A cc e ss : h t t p :/ / w w w .f r a n c e l i n k .c o m / r a d i o _ i n d e x .h t m l . (co n tin u ed on p a g e 4 1 0 ) u s a d d i t i o n a l i n s i g h t i n t o h o w t h e l i b r a r i e s a r e v i e w e d b y m e m b e r s o f t h e c o m m u n i t y . M a n y h e lp f u l c o m m e n t s a n d s u g g e s tio n s w e r e m a d e a t t h e s e m e e t i n g s s u c h a s : • t h e U L L i b r a r i e s n e e d a m o r e p r o m i n e n t i d e n t i t y i n t h e c o m m u n i t y ; • t h e c o m m u n it y n e e d s t o b e m a d e a w a r e o f t h e m a n y w a y s i n w h i c h t h e l i b r a r i e s a l r e a d y s e r v e t h e p u b l i c ; • t h e lib r a r ie s n e e d t o b e m o r e p o li t ic a ll y a c ­ t i v e i n F r a n k f o r t , t h e s t a t e c a p i t o l ; • t h e lib r a r ie s n e e d b e t t e r s ta tis tic s o n p a t r o n s a n d t h e i r u s e o f s e r v i c e s ; a n d • t h e lib r a r ie s n e e d t o id e n tif y in d iv id u a ls a n d c o r p o r a t i o n s t h a t c a n h e l p u s a c c o m p l i s h o u r g o a ls . Fu tu re d ire ctio n s S i n c e t h e a d v i s o r y c o u n c i l b e g a n its m e m b e r s h a v e g i v e n u s m u c h f o o d f o r t h o u g h t , a n d w e h a v e a l r e a d y m a d e c h a n g e s b a s e d o n t h e i r r e c ­ o m m e n d a t i o n s . E n l a r g i n g t h e m e m b e r s h i p w ill b e o n e o f t h e g o a l s f o r t h e fu tu r e . A s w e p r o c e e d w i t h v a r i o u s f u n d r a i s i n g i n i t ia t i v e s , w e w i ll b e id e n tify in g p e o p l e w h o m a y b e in te r e s te d in se r v ­ i n g o n t h e c o u n c i l . (c o n tin u ed σ n p a g e 3 8 1 ) http://www.library http://www.comfm.fr/sites/ http://www http://www.escotet.com/web/comunicarradiotv.html http://www.francelink.com/radio_index.html 4 1 0 / C&RL N e w s ■ M a y 1999 le g e o f W o o s t e r ’s A n d re w s L ib rary in W o o s te r , O h io . 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