Poem Round Robin

This is fur fun & relaxation; think like a cat.

If you wish to add on to this poem or even create a whole new one that people can add on to, please do. This is one that I have been trying to make into something other than a fun 2 or 4 liner. Please help! - Pat H./KAT

Two Cats have i
who don't see eye to eye

They wander by
With tails held high



Another version to work on (by a brother poet):

Two Cats have i
Who don't see eye to eye
Sometimes they make me crossed "I"'d.

They wander by
With tails held high
And I wonder why

They understand I
I comprend them not
I play with them
And they playing me.

Program Idea for Quadricentennial

If anyone has to plan a program for the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial, I just had Richard de Koster come from the Constitution Island Association do a talk on the Warner Sisters of Constitution Island. They were young ladies whose father lost everything in the financial panic of 1837 and they had to leave NY society and move to their home (supposed to be a vacation home) on an island in the Hudson. The older girl was devastated; the younger one loved being outdoors. As they grew up they began to support their family by farming, gardening, and writing and became very popular writers-almost as popular as Dickens and Harriet Beecher Stowe in their day.
He gives a nice talk about the sisters, about the history of Constitution Island, the house and gardens. You might be pleased. If you wish more info, go to http://www.constitutionisland.org/or contact me. Sara Rodgers

Westchester Library Association Conference May 8

Go to http://www.westchesterlibraryassociation.org/

Google in the News - Privacy Issues

A privacy advocacy group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to pull the plug on Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, and the company's other Web apps until government-approved "safeguards are verifiably established."
If the FTC grants the request, hundreds of millions of Internet users would be unable to access their e-mail or documents until the agency's formidable collection of lawyers in Washington, D.C., became satisfied with the revised applications. The outage would extend to businesses that pay for access to Google Apps.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center submitted the far-reaching request to the FTC in a letter from its director, Marc Rotenberg, on Tuesday. It argues that a formal legal injunction halting all Google cloud-computing services pending formal government approval is necessary to "adequately safeguard the confidential information" of users.

Click on link for entire article
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10198740-38.html

Computer Usage Policies - formal & informal

How should Computer Usage Policies be changed? What do you want to see in such a policy?


Is the computer/internet usage policy readily available - at public computer locations, reference desk, circulation desk, anywhere else?


Do any libraries have ANY policies on a webpage in their website?





I have provided sample/model policies & KAT's 2002 policy for discussion purposes. If you also wish to provide a copy of your policy, please do so.





I recently ran into a problem that I find troubling. A patron registered for a PC and then, when his/her time was up, would not get up from the chair. I won't go into how our interaction proceeded, but let's just say very unsatisfactorially. This person was just plain determined not to get up. What to do? Call police? Threaten to call police?





Does anyone have a security policy?





ALA GUIDELINES


http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=otherpolicies&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=13098





New York State Library


http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/library/policy/inetpol.htm





New York Public Library


http://www.nypl.org/pr/pubuse.cfm





New Jersey State Library


http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/E-Rate/ufiliup.php





Jasper Public Library


http://jaspertx.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=25





Keen Public Library


http://www.ci.keene.nh.us/library/kplint.htm

KAT policy

Kindle vs. Sony Reader

Hi all,

I am considering purchasing either the new Kindle, or the Sony E-reader and was wondering if anybody and any comments on either. Would appreciate any input...

Thanks!
Valerie
Somers

Read any good books lately?

Really, has anyone read any good books?