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Item Cover(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Indiana LibrariesItem Processing Federal Document Disposal Lists During Renovations(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Bohr, DainaRenovations and restoration of the Indiana State Library and Historical Building began in June 2001 and were completed in August 2003. While the building closed for only a few weeks to the public over the course of the renovations, large portions of the stacks were inaccessible for months at a time. Although this situation periodically created a challenging work environment, staff members overcame this challenge by creating new ways of working.Item What's Shaking? Government Information on the Environment and Natural Science(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Zellmer, Linda R.Shortly after noon on June 18, 2002, people in southern Indiana were surprised by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake. While people near the epicenter experienced ground shaking, people further away, noticed little things, such as a wobbling computer monitor and a slight pop of the windows. When a geologist from the Indiana Geological Survey, who was working in the Geology Library, said that it may have been an earthquake, I immediately checked the National Earthquake Information Center’s web site (http://neic.usgs.gov) for information. Before the calls from the press and the public started five minutes later, I had learned that initial reports placed the location of the earthquake in southern Illinois; within 30 minutes the location of the epicenter had been changed to Darmstadt, Indiana. Information on the earthquake is still available on the NEIC web site(http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2002/usfnbk/map.html).Item Notes(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Indiana LibrariesItem Government Databases, Documents and Web Sites in Health and Medicine(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Skopelja, ElaineWithin the last few years, the United States government has initiated a major effort to make government publications available in electronic format. Although there are still print materials produced, the trend for publicly available materials or those designed for mass distribution has been to make electronic copies available for printing or downloading. In some cases, the electronic version is the only version, leading to some concerns about future access to electronic-only materials and the archiving of such documents. In fact, there now exists the possibility that documents may be easily and permanently removed from public access, because of the electronic-version only policy. However, the trend towards having electronic-only versions will likely continue.Item Maps of Indiana Issued in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Malcomb, Lou; Mahaffy, MardiThe Island of Lost Maps, a popular little book written by Miles Harvey, recently came to the attention of many librarians and the public at large on the value of rare maps. Its author explores the theft of historical maps from some of the world’s most famous libraries. Looking at some of the titles described by Harvey, most “documents” librarians would recognize that some of the titles were originally published by the U.S. government in House and Senate Documents and compiled into the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, hereafter referred to as the Serial Set.Item Department of Interior and the Indian Trust(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Smedberg, HeatherOn Wednesday, December 5, 2001, the web sites of the United States Department of Interior, including all related bureaus, agencies, and organizations, were removed from the World Wide Web, without notice or any information on when would-be-users could expect restored service. The shutdown was a result of that day’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth in connection with a long-running civil lawsuit between members of various American Indian tribes and the Department of the Interior. The lawsuit deals with the mismanagement of Indian Trust Monies for over a hundred years by the Department of the Interior, but was brought to the attention of the wider public audience when it caused this widespread interruption of Internet service.Item Exploring an Unknown Gold Mine: U.S. Government Documents on National Security(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Chapman, BertThe September 11, 2001 Al Qaida terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and Pentagon brutally taught Americans that our status as the world’s sole superpower does not immunize us against military attack. These attacks resulted in a partial loss in public access to government information as some federal agencies withdrew from their web sites material they regarded as sensitive for national security reasons.Item Table of Contents(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Indiana LibrariesItem What if I Don't Know the Language?: Two Steps Beyond Physically Browsing With a Dictionary in the Foreign Document Stacks(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Singer, AndreaHave you looked for government information from a foreign government or other entity and become frustrated when text is in a language which you don’t know? Has your approach to reference service been curtailed when a website in a language you know – English or Spanish, for example – isn’t the preferred language of your patron? Have you wanted to immerse students in sources produced in another country, and lost their interest when they could not translate the materials into a language they understand? This article begins with a note on the joy of browsing in a foreign documents collection. The “first step beyond” is a tip on where to browse through foreign government websites. The “second step” consists of applying a translation engine to words, phrases, or an entire website, when wanting to translate from one language to another. The ‘state of the art’ does not yet make this a proposition which works every time. It can however, lead to an enjoyable teaching and learning experience.