from the BCALA listerv:



Saad Eskander, director of the Iraq National Library and Archive in

Baghdad, issued a plea to the international library community August 9

for support in his efforts to resist the unlawful entry of Iraqi

national guard troops, which, he believes, endangers the INLA's staff

and collections. According to Eskander, a group of guards forced their

way into the main building August 8 as the government declared a

four-day curfew, which kept the… Continue

I found this interesting post over at The Daily Mashup and am wondering ways in which others may be making some of these tools known and available to staff/students/patrons.

Today is The Day to purchase that membership at Library Thing!