Petition in Support of Sanford Berman
Although Sanford Berman resigned in protest from his job as head cataloger at Hennepin County Library, we have left this petition online. We stopped accepting signatures on March 28, 2000.
Whereas Sanford Berman is one of the most respected voices in the field of librarianship and is, for librarianship, what the Japanese call a "living national treasure".Whereas his dedicated and creative work at Hennepin County Library has enhanced the reputation of HCL tremendously through his innovative approaches to cataloging and brought it and libraries around the country significant benefits and
Whereas Sanford Berman was unfairly formally reprimanded by management and then peremptorily reassigned (i.e removed from his position in cataloging) on the pretext of his discussion of professional matters with colleagues and the voicing of his principled opinions on library issues.
Therefore, we state emphatically
that we decry the denial of Sanford Berman's rights to discuss differing opinions on professional matters in his area of expertise, and express our outrage at the behavior of Hennepin County Library, Berman's employer, in exiling him to work away from the cataloging to which he has dedicated several highly productive decades and that
we condemn HCL management and demand that they a) rescind Berman's formal reprimand and offer him an apology and b) request his return to his position in the cataloging department of HCL and c) cease and desist in the harassment of Berman and other HCL employees...
Signed:
Mark Rosenzweig, Editor, Progressive Librarian
Dr. Maurice J. Freedman, Director, Westchester Library System
S.Michael Malinconico, University of Alabama, School of Library & Information Studies
Diedre Conkling, Lincoln County Library District, Oregon
A. Ralph Papakhian, Indiana University Music Library, Bloomington, IN
Andrew H. Lee, Tamiment Library, New York University
Asako Yoshida, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota
Bernadine Abbott Hoduski
Charles Willett
David E. Motson, Seattle, WA
Earl W. Lee, Collection Devel. Librarian, Pittsburg State University
John Buschman, Assoc. Professor, Rider College, New Jersey,
Ian S. Duckor, New York State Library, Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY
Ilse and Eric Moon
Jenna Freedman, Graduate Student, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Florida
Julie Herrada, Associate Librarian, University of Michigan
Kate Bradley, Bellevue CC, WA
Chuck Munson
Rachel Jones, MSLIS, Austin, Texas
Roberta Frye, Branch Librarian, Oakland Public Library, Oakland, CA
Rory Litwin, MLS, San Jose, CA
Shannon Van Kirk, University of Alabama SLIS
Miriam Pickens, Library Student, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Mev Miller, Women's Presses Library Project
Joel Rane, Los Angeles Public Library
J. Mark Scheu, Thomas Jefferson Library, Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis
Dr. Chris Atton, Lecturer In Information and Media, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Christopher Merrett, University Librarian, University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg campus), South Africa
Carol Reid, Cataloger, New York State Library, Albany, NY
Katia Roberto
Anne Frank, Librarian, Southeast Asian Archive, University of California, Irvine
Suzanne Tronier, Manager, East Millcreek Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Derek Moneypeny, MLIS, Oakland, CA
Kathryn Loafman, Head, Technical Services Dept., Univ. of North Texas Libraries, Denton, TX
Rebecca Welsch
Rachel Aronowitz
Bill Michtom, Technical Support, Teleport Internet Services, Portland, OR
Melissa Riley, Librarian, San Francisco Public Library
Jo Falcon, Cataloger, Exploratorium Learning Studio, San Francisco
Carol F. L. Liu, Former President, Library Administration and Management Association of the American Library Association
Laura Reiner, Graduate Student, Simmons College GSLIS
Kathleen Adler, SLIS Student, UW-Madison
Michael Champion
Kimberly Edson, Minnesota Library Association Intellectual Freedom Chair
Peter Money
Mark Pendergrast, Writer, former professional librarian
Yvonne S. Farley, Reference Librarian, Kanawha County Public Library, Charleston, WV
Don Saklad, Cambridge MA
Carol Barta, Barton County Community College Library, Great Bend, KS
Martyn Lowe, UK
Cameron A. Johnson, Reference Librarian
Virginia LaPoint, Librarian
Bill Katz, Professor, School of Information Science and Policy, SUNY Albany, NY
Helene Charmillon-Pohl, Librarian, Kaukauna Hgh school, Wisconsin
Jennifer Camper, Library Patron
Jean Armour Polly, MLS, Former Librarian, Author of The Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages, 3rd ed. (Osborne McGraw-Hill)
Jessica Baumgart, Library and information science student; librarian
Leavenworth Jackson, Curator of Collections, Jackson Library West, Berkeley, CA
Carol Ince
Dave Prees, Library Assistant, University of Brighton, U.K.
Jay Hoffman, University of Maine at Augusta
Catherine Sassen
Joel Morrison
Patricia C. Pettijohn, Student, University of South Florida, School of Library & Information Science
Ilga Leja
Leila Shapiro, Regional Librarian, Montgomery County Department of Public Libraries
William D. Anderson
Alison Lewis, Ph.D., OPAC/Recon Manager, American Philosopical Society Library
Ron Ratliff, Chapman High School Librarian Chapman, Kansas
Diane Gordon Kadanoff, Director, Norwell Public Library
Deborah A. Richards, Graduate Student, Simmons College GSLIS
Michelle Filleul
Richard L. Soash, Supervisor, Library Automation and Cataloging, Wichita KS Public Schools
Camillia A. Gentry, Medical Librarian, Via Christi Libraries, Wichita, KS
Sharon Herbert, Library Systems Analyst, Peel District School Board, Mississauga, Ont., Canada
Ann C. Sparanese, Head of Adult & Young Adult Services Englewood Public Library
Jennifer Young, Serials Catalog Librarian, St. Louis University
Theresa A. Tobin, Head, M.I.T. Dewey and Humanities Libraries
Sandra Rothenberg
Sue Cunningham, Librarian
Susan Peters, Reference Librarian, Rutgers University Libraries
Violet S. Yarman
Victoria J. Medaglia, Cataloging Librarian, Babson College, Wellesley, MA
Anna M. Martinson
Tracey A. Callison, Head of Technical Services/Circulation, Addison Public Library, Addison, IL
Jacquelyn Marie, Reference Librarian, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (for 18 years)
Teresa A. Beck
Patricia Koch
Kim Kiiskinen, Reference & Technology Director, River Falls Public Library, River Falls WI
Frederick W. Stoss, M.S., M.L.S., Associate Librarian, Science and Engineering Library, University at Buffalo
Linda J. Kimsey, Automated Systems & Services Librarian, Marietta College
Susan Zeyher
Kristin H. Gerhard
Christine Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chris Pelton, Staff member, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries
Hava Rubenson, Web Analyst, RLG
April Schwartz
Angela Anthony, BR Library, Kansas City, MO
Nancy Norris, Art/Humanities Cataloger, Cataloging Dept., Research Library, UCLA
Tracey A. Callison, Head of Technical Services/Circulation, Addison Public Library, Addison, IL
John Degon, SLIS Student, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Martha E. McPhail, Catalog Librarian, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Lisa Stage, Tucson, AZ
Rose Kao, Head of Technical Services, Englewood Public Library
Jo Anne Beezley
Lynn Andersen, Library Director
Beverly Leib, Englewood Public Library
Susan Koch Gegenhuber, Principal Librarian, Pasadena Public Library
Charles Bufe, Publisher, See Sharp Press
Linda Pierce, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
Jonathan R. Betz-Zall, Children's Librarian, Sno-Isle Regional Library System, Washington
Jim Dwyer, Bibliographic Services Librarian, CSU-Chico
Lynn Westbrook
John Stucky, Curatorial Librarian, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Barbara Stransky, Library Services Coordinator, Notheast Kansas Library System
Hans-J. Fadum, Librarian, Technical Services, Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada
Doug Holland, Publisher, Zine World magazine
Terry McMenamin
Darla Keller, Librarian
Jill Patterson, Senior Librarian, Glendora Public Library
Susan E. Thomas, Graduate Assistant, University of South Florida
Stephen Peter LaBash, Head of Reference, University of Baltimore
Sarah Springer, Graduate Student, School of Information Sciences, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh
Gayle Porter, Cataloger, Purdue University Libraries
Terri R. Wakefield
Keven Larson, Cataloger, HCL
Anne Britton
Michael P. Grossman, Librarian (Reference and Interlibrary Loan), Duluth Public Library, Duluth, MN
Elizabeth B. Lindsay, Indiana State University
Antonio Arroyo, Librarian, Pima Community College
Marge Loch-Wouters, Head of Youth Services, Menasha's Public Library, Menasha WI
Maria Koehmstedt, Reference and Audio Visual Librarian, Clatsop Community College
Tracey A. Callison, Head of Technical Services/Circulation, Addison Public Library, Addison, IL
Liz Ruhland, Reference Librarian, Contra Costa County Library
Amelia J. Shelley, Manager, Children's/Young Adult Services, Laramie County Library System, Cheyenne, WY
Karl M. Pearson, Retired; formerly Assistant Director of CLASS (Cooperative Library Agency for Systems & Services)
Chantel C. Guidry, Future Library Student, Reviewer, MSRRT Newsletter
Felicia G. Herman, Associate Librarian, Minnesota School of Business
Clare Marie Ackroyd, Health Sciences Librarian, Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick, ME
Gayle Richardson, Children's librarian, Seattle Public Library
Donna Mandel, Librarian, San Francisco Public Library
Don Curry, Teacher, Charlotte Wood Middle School, Danville, CA
Scott Jenkins
Louise Orr, Librarian, Champlain-St.Lawrence, College Library, Sainte-Foy, Quebec Canada
James Madigan, Assistant Director, Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, IL
Sheila Goldmacher, Materials Selection Librarian, San Francisco Public Library
Doris Hayashikawa, Coordinator, Digital Research Library, Formerly Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Information Sciences, U of Pittsburgh, Formerly Head, Catalog Dept., ULS, U. of Pittsburgh
Reta K. Graber, Collection Development Coordinator
Julia Ceriotti, M.L.S. Student, School of Information Science and Policy, Rockefeller College, University at Albany, Albany, NY
Martha Cornog
Adrienne Brown Canty, Resource Coordinator, Alberta Tobacco Control Centre, Edmonton, AB
Francis Van Ryn, Program Manager, Dept. of Environmental Health, University of Washington
Gary Kopp
Lisa Mitten, Head, Collections Services Department, University of Pittsburgh
Janine J. Henri, Head Librarian, Architecture & Planning Library, The Univ. of Texas at Austin
Susie Bright, Author, California
Cici Chapple
Anita Perkins, Reference Librarian, MIT Libraries
Kate Miller, MLIS, Portland, OR
Mike Ballard, Library worker
Teresa Y. Neely, position: Interim Personnel Librarian, Colorado State University Libraries
Mike Hudson, Library Student
James W. Loewen, best-selling author, partly owing to Sandy's help
Eve Wider, Public Services/Reference Librarian, University of Pittsburgh
Andrea V. Grimes, Special Collections Librarian, San Francisco Public Library
Annette McNair, Librarian, San Francisco Public Library
Mary C. Pauli, Reference Librarian, Clackamas County Library
Melita Laughlin, Library Patron, San Francisco, CA
Norman G. Kester, Social Sciences Selector, Mississauga Central Library, Mississauga Library System, Ontario, Canada; Editor of "Liberating Minds: The Stories and Professional Lives of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Librarians and Their Advocates," (McFarland, 1997), to which Berman contributed.
Ann Ryan
Peter Glenister, Bibliographical Services Librarian, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Kristin M. Carlson, Reference Librarian, Salisbury State University
Michael Jackman, News Editor, Zine World Magazine
Jacqueline C. Dick, Manager of Technical Services (Retired), Lee County, FL
Jill Stockinger, Branch Manager, Perris Branch Library, Perris, California
Lisa Walker, Cataloger/Assistant Professor, U. of Nebraska Libraries
Anita Havel
Gail Hardenbergh, Library Director, Milan Public Library, Milan, MI
Andrew Osmond, Madison, WI
Stephanie Schmitt, Systems Support Librarian, Yale University Library
Kimberly A. Long, Authority Control, Stark County District Library, Canton, OH
Eris Weaver, Librarian, Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol & Other Drug Problems, Marin County, CA
Heidi Green
Lisa G. Fortwangler, Catalog Librarian (Medical)
Geoff Swindells
John McCallum, Reference/Collections Librarian, Wilfrid Laurier University Library, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Ellen Gay Detlefsen, Associate Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Janell Picard, Information Resource Center, National Semiconductor Corporation,
Martha M. Yee, Cataloging Supervisor, UCLA Film and Television Archive, University of California, Los Angeles
Michelle LaLonde, Library Supervisor, University of Michigan
Gail Kwak, Government Documents Librarian
Jeff White, Library Operations Manager
Pat Lawton
Paul Schulz, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina
Penny Swanson
Sophia McMillen, Head, Cataloging Dept., University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries, Honolulu
Claire McInerney, University of Oklahoma School of Library and Information Studies
Kaia Henrickson
Roxanne Myers Spencer, Graduate Student of Libray Science, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Ellie Clement
Jennifer Dodge Weibel
John Radencich, Serials Cataloger, Florida International University
Donald Burkett, Senior Librarian (Technical Processes), New York State Library
Gary Metzenbacher, Director of the Library, Circleville Bible College
Martha Henn McCormick, Reference/Government Documents Librarian, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
Pam Keesey, formerly librarian at the Resource Center of the Americas
Margaret Zainer, U. of Wis.-Madison SLIS student
Jim Eggleston, Assistant Librarian, Humanities Library, MIT
Anthony Bernardo, Supervising Reference Librarian, New Haven Free Public Library
Judith Narosny, Cataloger, Simmons College Library, Boston MA
Mary Jane Leonard, Reference Librarian, Englewood Library, Englewood, NJ
Moo-Jae Pak, Senior Conversion Specialist
Lynda Empoliti, Adult Services Librarian, Englewood Public Library
Taralee Alcock, Library Assistant, Edmonton Public Library
Sylvia Roba, lover of books and freedom
Julia Paulsen, Cataloging/Reference Librarian Southern Oregon University Library
Pierre Blouin, Co-publisher, Hermés Revue Critique (an on-line journal on technology, librarianship and society)
Elaine Harger, Librarian, W. Haywood Burns School, PS/IS 176, New York City
Veronda J. Pitchford, Librarian, Chicago Illinois
Maria Anna Jankowska, Network Resources Librarian, University of Idaho Library
Cynthia Hetherington, Technology Librarian, Englewood Public Library
Dawn Rutherford, Young Adult Advocate, King County Library System, WA
Brian Hasenstab
Mary Jo Eyth, Reference Librarian, Humanities Department, Houston Public Library
D. Ann Sanford, Cataloging Librarian, Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson City, Nevada
Judy Din, Cataloger, Energy Library, U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters, Germantown, MD
Sarah Troemel
Pamela Costain, Executive Director, Resource Center of the Americas
Mary A. Swenson, Librarian Resource Center of the Americas
Linda Absher, Intranet Librarian, and The Lipstick Librarian!
Jennifer Friedman, Project Librarian, Northwoods HealthNet
Robert Wicke, MLS, Ph.D., Librarian
Joan Benedetti, Cataloger, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Research Library
Gregory J. Wool, Monographs Cataloger, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Ann Simonds
Shirley Lew
Dale Wertz, student, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Jonathan Simcock, Editor, Total Liberty Magazine
Hanne Robinson, Librarian, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, CA
Regina Kammer, Catalog Librarian, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Beth Sibley, Doe Library, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA
Owen Rogers, Supervisor, Collection Development, Queens Borough Public Library
Dean W. Corwin
Karen M Venturella, Head of Multimedia Resources, Montclair State University
Sushila Shah, Catalog Librarian
Julie McKenna, Electronic Resources Librarian, Regina Public Library, Regina, SK
David Miller, Head of Technical Services, Levin Library, Curry College, Milton, MA
Devra Polack
Lisa Zeepp
Rhonda Rios Kravitz, Access Services Librarian, California State University, Sacramento
Kalpana Shankar, PhD student, Department of Information Studies, UCLA
Robert Newhard, Retired head of Technical Processing, Torrance Public Library
J. Holtham
Gary Pattillo
Deborah DeGeorge, Special Formats Cataloging, University of Michigan Libraries
Jocelyn McGuire, Adult Services Librarian, Winnipeg Public Library
Laine Snowman
Daniel Barden, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Susan Kane, Librarian, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle WA
Charlotte C. Rubens, Head, Interlibrary Services Dept. U.C. Berkeley
Leo Kriz, Head of Technical Services
Bruce Jensen,
--PLUS Website (Public Libraries Using Spanish) www.geocities.com/athens/thebes/8107
--Circulation Clerk, Cedar Mill Library, Portland, OregonNoreen Cooper Heavlin, Webmaster, Sutter Health
Christopher H. Walker, CONSER/NACO Cataloger, Indiana University Libraries Technical Services Dept.
Sarah Dentan, M.L.S.
Lisa D. Kernan, Film and Television Librarian, University of California Los Angeles
Gary O. Rolstad, Associate State Librarian, State Library of Louisiana, & former HCL Librarian
Robert L. Romic, Graduate student - Library and Information Science Program at the University of Iowa
Timberly Matonic
Yoko Taguchi, Professor of Library Science, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
Jim Cullen, Editor, The Progressive Populist
Betsy Levine, Teen Center Librarian, San Francisco Public Library
Thomas Mann, Author, Oxford Guide to Library Research
Linda Gardiner, Publisher, The Women's Review of Books
Mary Ann Cantillon, Social Sciences Librarian, Vancouver B.C. Canada
Richard L. Peters, Librarian
Toni Samek, Assistant Professor, School of Library & Information Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
Seth J Godfrey - Responsible for bringing the first group of American Librarians to Cuba to meet Cuban Librarians in 1989.
Alejandro de Jesus
Steven D. Petersen, Associate Chair, Minnesota Atheists
Mike Wong, Senior Reference Librarian, New York Public Library
Mary Ellen Carter, Senior Circulation Assistant, MIT Dewey Library
Anne D. Knight, Cataloger, LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library, Tallahassee, FL
Donny Smith, McCabe Library, Swarthmore College
Wade Hood
Jayne Gilmer
Matthew Wright, University of Washington, SLIS graduate student
C. Patrick Quinlan, Lecturer/Writer, US Foreign Service (retired),US Foreign Relations Committee.
Heike Seidel, Muenster, Germany
Mary Taylor Huntsman, Reference and Bibliographic Instruction Librarian, Campbellsville University
Editha Wilberton, Library Coordinator
William Porter, student, GSLIS, University of Texas, Austin
Wendy Thomas, SRRT Coordinator, Public Service Librarian, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College
Holly Kosisky, Assistant to Director of Special Programs, MIT
Jerry Baldwin, Library Director, Minnesota Department of Transportation
Marion I. Lipshutz
Pamela Robinson, College Librarian, South Tyneside College, England
Martin Dooley,, Division Chief, Telephone Reference, Brooklyn Public Library
Laura Quilter, Learning Studio, Exploratorium. lquilter@igc.apc.org
Aisha White, Doctoral Student
Karen Gisonny, Librarian, New York Public Library
James Caccavo, International journalist/photographer; Red Cross Correspondent, Contributing writer/photographer to: Everything You Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman, But Were Afraid To Ask.
Sung Hee Chang, International businesswoman
Annie Caccavo, Assistant to the Vice President of Development, Columbia Pictures.
Beverly Slapin, Executive Director, Oyate
Priscilla Buffelohood, Culture Specialist, Ossco Aron Schools, Maple Grove, MN
Leah N Smith, Library Technician
Rose Parker
Dan J Bye, Information Adviser, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Deborah Wassertzug
Jamie Lamkin, Information Services Librarian, Barnett-Briggs Medical Library
Leonard Rifas, EduComics
Allyson Carlyle, School of Library and Information Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Crystal A. Sholts, student, Stanford University
Chris Leeder
Sue T. Parker, Associate Librarian, National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio
Rosali Maggio
Joan P. Condell, Catalogue Librarian, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Daniel S. Mesnik, Precision Research, Minneapolis, MN
Richard Norton, Reference Librarian, Lubbock City-County Services
Diane Gordon Kadanoff
Marty and Martha Roth, Professor, English Department, University of Minnesota and writer
Claire M. Connelly
John Yewell, News Editor, Metro Santa Cruz
ingrid carol miles, student, louisiana state university
Judy Finney, SJSU MLIS student
Kathleen Castillo, Assistant Librarin/Children's Librarian, St. Paul Public Library
Andrew Koebrick, MN-Planning Library
Anita Michel, Graduate Student, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois
Steve Fesenmaier, West Virginia Library Commission
Gayla Ellis, Acting Director, Midwest Villages & Voices, Publishers, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Julie Cook, MLIS student, UW Seattle
Karen J. Granger, Head Cataloger, Traverse des Sioux Regional Library System, Mankato, MN
Sandy Cameron
Irene Schmit
Donna Cohen, Independent Information Professional
Alexey Panchenko, Research Analyst, Hewlett Packard Research Center, Corvallis, OR
Adam Marsnik, Cataloging & Technology Librarian, Normandale Community College. Bloomington, Minnesota
David J. Brink, Librarian I, San Francissco Public Library
Marilyn L. Nichols, Catalog Librarian, Voskuyl Library, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
Kelly Monaghan, Publisher, The Intrepid Traveler
Lynn Robertson, Masters student in Information and Library Studies
John Ohliger, President, Basic Choices Inc.,
retired library worker,
University of Wisconsin LibraryChristina Wagner
Marilyn L. Nowlan, Goodwin College Library
Nancy Dennis, Outreach Librarian, Salem State College
Toby Sonneman, author, Fruit Fields in My Blood: Okie Migrants in the West (University of Idaho Press, 1992)
Bridget MacMillan, Librarian, Marshall, O'Toole, Gerstein, Murray & Borun, Chicago, IL
Kristin Arnett, SLIS student, Indiana University
Nassim Lababedi, RLG, Monaco, MC
Richard Aldred, Catalog Librarian, Haverford College, Pa.
Franco Levi
Matthew Lyons, MLS student, Rutgers University
David N. Pauli, Library/Media Specialist,
Portland Jewish AcademyJohn Iliff, Visting Instructor, University of South Florida
Vincent Jennings, Assoc. Prof. of Library Services emeritus, Hofstra University & ALA Life Member
Robert Sieczkiewicz, Archivist, Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Julie Stein, Library Assistant, MIT
Stephen Ford, Circulation Supervisor, Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC
Celia C. Perez, MLIS student, University of South Florida
Amy Cassidy, MLS student, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, UBC
Naomi Eichenlaub, MLIS student, School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies, UBC, Vancouver BC CANADA
Kelcy Shepherd, Archivist, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley
Mary Engle, Acquisitions librarian, California Digital Library
Anne Weshinskey, Librarian, San Francisco Public Library
Lora Alexander
Faith Jones, Librarian, Vancouver Public Library
Phillip Kwik, Adult Services Librarian, Troy, Michigan
Jennifer A. Ferro, Reference Librarian, Sacramento Public Library
Liz Reiner, Americas Information Officer, Amnesty International, International Secretariat, London, UK
Judith Schaeffer Young, Medical Librarian, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Daniel S. Weinberg, Part-time Reference Librarian, Wright College, Chicago, Illinois and Graduate Student, Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Rachel Meyer, Graduate Student, LIS, USF
Dr. Joseph D. Reilly, Reference Librarian, Prosser Public Library, Bloomfield, CT
Mary Pat Montana, Library and Information Science Student and just a plain old Information Junkie
John Patten, Acquisitions, Kate Sharpley Library (United Kingdom)
Ethan Mills, Circulation Coordinator, Buenger Memorial Library, Concordia University, St. Paul
Elaina Kintget
Progressive Librarians Guild, 1999-2000. Web worker: rory@libr.org.