GENERAL NEWS: 5 Exciting Things to Do This Week

Here are 5 exciting things to do this week:

• Submit a proposal for Public Library Association conference in 2008
  http://www.placonference.org/2008/info_for_coord_speakers.cfm
  

• Apply for a cultural diversity grant from LAMA
  http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2006/september2006/
  CulturalDiversityGrant.htm
  

• Check out 6 tips to protect your online search privacy
  http://www.eff.org/Privacy/search/searchtips.php
  

• Read the new "guidelines to assist librarians who provide and publicize new electronic information resources to users:
  http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaprotools/referenceguide/
  guidelinesintroduction.htm
  

• Take a cataloger to lunch and start a discussion of FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records)
  (This is really fun!)