a great meeting where we have librarians and company reading choices that does reading group rides. >> host: do you do that on a normal basis? >> guest: not all books by significant number and a lot of publishers do is a popular way not for reading books but helping librarians to run readers groups we also had a couple of librarians join us and we had some great ideas for a reading group based on books the sequel but that also polls and a lot of interested reading and ways to talk about books and what people remember and how the matter. teachers said that would be used as a classroom assignment and they put a lot of classics around it but we did in a very collaborative project as a fun thing for everyone to have at has a role to play in it. the meeting at 1:00 will be very interesting. that is our decision whether and how many to print for the general public. we do have some orders in the book in the system we're talking to other retailers and people are hearing about the book with him. activation behalf to make a decision how many copies to print and how can we best get them out ther

i'm told there are some men who have pictures in their hand of naughty librarian.ogether and they're showing off their tattoos. >> do you have these pictures of these things? >> imagine me -- >> that's already happening. >> these are -- all right. carry on. >> thank you for calling for them. they're stripping down for this calendar, it benefits the texan librarians disaster relief fund. >> those are not librarians, by the way, those are partially naked women. >> this is the best story of the day. you know, remember, old yeller and these animals that saved people. lassie. how about a beluga -- a beluga whale saved a diver she was in a competition, they get down to the bottom of the pool, in arctic freezing temperatures. apparently the weather was so cold, it paralyzed her legs. she started panicking. >> because, you entered a contest to try to hold your breath at the bottom -- >> no it was an arctic pool, 20 feet deep. at polar land in china the beluga whale sees that her in trouble, gets underneath her feet and lifts her to the surface, saving her life. >> that is

it is then mailed out to 13,000 reference librarians in the fall. the new to this in mind blubber fake contains approximately 400 titles from over 60 university and scholarly press publishers. now to help launch a the 2009 edition of the university press books for public and secondary school libraries five members of the university press books committee will present a set of titles they feel to be outstanding and some of the best books they've reviewed this year. this is an opportunity for the community to share advice and recommendations with colleagues and show the valuable contributions university of scholarly press can make to public and secondary school libraries. at the end of the presentation as promised three attendees selected will win the book raffle. each will win a predetermined set of seven of the titles presented today so please be sure to put your business card or card with your name and e-mail in the box that we will select at the end. presenting today, we have terry lent, media specialist patrick henry high school in virginia. hilla

we created a reading group guide it was a great meeting where we have librarians and company reading choices that does guides and helps groups organize the seventh you do that on a normal basis? >> guest: not for all books with a significant number. a lot of publishers do it is a popular way to help teachers doing the books in classrooms and librarians we had a couple of librarians join us and we have some great ideas for a reading group based on books the sequel but also pulls and a lot of interest in reading and ways of talking about books and what people remember and how they matter. teachers said we will use this as a classroom assignment and we suggest that stores put that in the store with a lot of classics around it. it was a very collaborative project. it is something fun for everyone to have it is a role to play a part of the meeting at 1:00 will be very interesting. that is our decision whether and how many to print for the general public. we have some order for the book in the system, we're talking to other retailers people are hearing about the book and we will have two w

>>reporter: the family and friends held a peace vigil outside his social club with a librarian father of 5 was gunned down during an attempted robbery. >> they didn't even take anything away from the shop. they ran after the incident. senseless death. there's no room for that. >>reporter: at the center of the vigil, his widow, who begged for justice and answers. >> i want the people that killed my husband even though it will not bring him back. i want justice. >>reporter: organizers wanted to make it clear that today's vigil isn't just for the doctor, but all victims of violence in the city. >> we gotta stop the violence. violence is not the solution to this problem we have. >>reporter: what is the solution, they say? more community involvement from both police and the people. >> it should be considered a civic responsibility and a source of pride to rid our communities of criminals. >>reporter: strong words of anger and anguish. easy to understand in any language. >>reporter: in northeast baltimore, myranda stephens, fox 45 news at 10:00. >>> the family held a memorial yesterday for

the first in the country named after the former librarian. besides the name, hard to miss who the library honors. out front you see a life size statue of mrs. bush reading to a child. >> said i always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library and i have to tell you, this is very close to heaven for me to have this library hold my name. >> reporter: the library boasts an impressive collection, more than 2 # 30,000 books and materials on hand. the building is eco friendly. the design features rain water harvesting technology. >>> the next time you take a road trip through virginia ration your water intake. 19 8 rest stops will be closed down. five in the northern part. the barricades start to go up at midnight. the governor says the state can't afford to keep them open anymore. >>> sometimes to save money you have to get creative. like this guy. the found a way to rig up his house to do some basic savings and safe the environment. we will show you how he is doing it. >>> roby chavez came to work today and decided he wanted the best assig

a group of texas librarians show off their wild side for a good cause, they're revealing their tattoose money for the damaged libraries. it's called the tattooed ladies of. >>> here is nine-month-old walking upright, pushing a stroller, the youtube video has gotten 300,000 hits. she can run through courses and skate board, a talent scout contacted the owner and the pug may be on her way to being a star. can she text while driving? >> she better not. look at her go. that's it for us here. back at 11:00. >>> thank you for joining us on wjz, maryland's news station. much more ahead with katie couric including officials want tens of thousands of >> couric: tonight, the police sergeant, the professor, and the president-- it all comes to a head over beers at the white house. i'm katie couric. also tonight, a dilemma for parents. doctors recommend their kids get an h1n1 flu vaccine, but... >> i don't feel just because the government is telling me i need to get this flu shot for her or my youngest they should go and do that. >> couric: how safe is it? we'll ask the secretary of health and huma

something that book buyers, librarians, media, this is what you put together so that they know what's coming out and you can essentially pitch them. >> publishers think in terms of seasonal lists. most have two or three lists per year and i don't know if you can read that but this is the fall list and what we do is descriptive copies for every book it has a biography of the author and jackets and just sometimes it's quotes are examples from the book and i think you summarized it perfectly i think the main tools for booksellers the publicists use it for media, authors and agents so that they can see what individual publishers are doing and we have to plan books into the marketplace six, nine months ahead of time and so you have to have something that's polished like this so the retailers and publicity folks can see with the final book will look like because some of these books are still being written so we don't have a finished book to show. >> let's talk about two of those. >> all right, eugene rogan is at oxford. we think this will be a major new history of the arabs and he's taken a

by his wife martha, who was a law librarian when he first met her. sam and i both know you can't go wrong marrying a librarian. discrimination or intimidation. and our socldren to live in hope, to receive an education .hat draws out their talent, i was on this committee in 1993. justice ginsberg was not telling myth logical tale when is she refused nearly 60 times to answer questions, including mine , establish this constitution of the united states of america." it's a framework for our government. foundation of all our rights and libties. in fact, vermont joined the union the same year the bill of rights was ratified. those of us from the green g back to 1912, with the sinking of the titanic, 1923, teapot dome,, or nuclear confrontation. this committee, with the leadership of senator leahy, has moved to a bipartisan approach. we had a confirmation of the attorney general, we repoake th vision a reality. mr. chairman, i come before the committee with no agenda. i have no platform. judges are not politicians who can promise to do certain things in the

. >> the librarian committee is sending a leader back to the country for burial. joseph woah-tee's killers on still on the street. he was cleaning up after a party when armed robbers appeared in demanded money. detectives say the killer shot him to death but did not get away with any money. some wonder if the murder was linked to his political ties. he ran for president in liberia in 2005. one suspect has dreadlocks with a cat to under one eye. -- with a tattoo under one eye. >> two suicide bombers attacked two luxury hotels. the blasts killed more than eight people -- killed eight people and injured many others. investigators say the attackers managed to evade security, smuggle explosives into the hotel, and assemble the bombs in a hotel room. today was the day they were to check out from their room. >> a warm and muggy day throughout the region but storms popping up. we see scattered showers, needed rain in some areas, but not a whole lot. all of this is slowly moving off to the east and northeast. you could pick up a heavier burst of showers in the evening. it

they are all librarians to show some skinned to support their love of literature.the tattooed lady is, showing off their bodies. they have sexy poses. it is all for a good cause -- these are tattooed lady is -- ladies. and at a qualifying het for championships -- heat at championships, and man leaned down and ripped his swimsuit right on the backside. he said, "i kind of freaked out for just a second. it was almost down to my knees. i thought i was putting on a pretty good show." and as you can see, he did. and there you have it, the best of the rest. still ahead, last call. president obama and's approve all ratings -- president obama all ratings -- president obama mm-hmm -- president my two granddaughters are my life. they always ask me, grandma, take me here, grandma, take me there. but with my occasional irregularity i wasn't always up to it. until i discovered activia and everything started to change. announcer: activia is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system in two weeks when eaten every day. now i enjoy every minute. my grandkids are happy

during library hours, librarians like cynthia vendor are standing by in the sights and sounds departmentswer questions like -- >> peter billings lee, a christmas story. >> your question cannot be more than 140 characters, and standard rates might apply. >> they asked if i had twilight on audio book. i responded that we do. it is like a book, but it is live people. you can come by and get information that you need or look for more things online. >> know when use the phone anymore, and this is a way that we have become of to date which the new technology. to be able to get the question and answer right at your fingertips is fabulous. >> some answers take research. to find out how to use this, to our website. wbal-tv 11 news. >>> a great way to do that. >>> here is what is coming at 6:00. >> folks and baltimore were watching michael jackson's memorial today. we will have the latest for you. >>> new information concerning teenage boys hit by a light rail train this last weekend. a live report straight ahead. >> effective chesapeake bay on human health. that is coming up. >>> live, local, lat

you have to be two people, saint and the sinner, the librarian and the stripper. on the one hand you have to push the guy away with cold indifference and on the other hand you have to be a sexually teasing tornado. >> i have to say the movie -- i have to say this movie is raunchy and it's not raunchy because of nudity. it's raunchy because of the language and dialogue. it's very predictable, it's about 0ments longer than it needed to be. i have to give it two and a half kernels. i don't know if it's worth going to see. >> wait for the video to see that according to vinita. >> i saw a great one called "500 days of summer." it's about a girl named summer. she goes to work at a growthing card company where she meets ted, a wanna-be architect suck in an undesirable job writing greeting cards. >> well, you're a perfectly adequate greeting card writer. >> thank you. that was actually my nickname in college, they called me perfectly adequate and handsome. >> they used to call me anal girl. i was very neat and organized. >> that joke got a lot of laughs in the movies. thi

according to earnest and rose, the most respected librarian at the 135th street public library therewas no one who took out more books in the public library than harrison. he was a tremendous proponent of the use of the free public libraries, of self education, and he wrote such winning editorials. he was a prolific and influential journalist. the new book as the hubert harrison biography which lou introduced but one that was down six years ago is the hubert harris and reader which includes 138 of his articles. we've been able to locate some 700 writings by hubert harris and in his short 44 year life span and we are in the process of placing all 700 available for free in an online searchable database on columbia university's rear book and manuscript library so everyone worldwide will have access to a hubert harrison. over the years, harrison would edit the masses to premier left literary publications of the decade between 1910 and 1920. the voice, the new newspaper of the movement. two years eight later he edited the newspaper. this is eight years and six years before the new lot and

reporter: florida is using $125 million of federal stimulus money to keep 697 guidance counselors, 343 librarians and more than 900 special ed instructors in the classroom and in the library, where mrs. richardson has worked forward 20 years, teaching children to read, to use a computer, to research. >> by saving us and saving our jobs and helping the economy we're helping the children and it really should be about the children when we're talking about the children at this point. >> reporter: not a surprising reaction from a group of people with 88 years of classroom experience. >> i don't see it as the job is being saved but that people are being helped and being serviced. i think that's the key to it. we are an important, integral part of the school system. >> the kids are a long-term investment, and there's no way of attaching a dollar value to that. >> reporter: instead of spending on new programs and jobs, some states are using stimulus money to plug gaping holes in their budget. this plugging the hole with $2 125 million, but is it plugging a hole when 2,000 people's lives depend on it? >>

at this public library virginia, librarians sathey can keep the shelves stocked quicy enough as they'reriencinan upsurge in the number of pele who are coming to visit. as the economy spiralsownward, pele are looking for informaon, the internet, and escape by reading. >> wre really happy to see new customers, 300 to 50new users to register rectly, but we are beginning to see thstrain on staff as we work harder nd faster. >> suarez: meanwhile independent bookstores, ke the tattered cer in denver, one of the lgest independent bookstore in the country, a hitting hard timeand has laid offome workers. author and ithful tattered cover cuomer asma hasan says she's trying to sine-handedly provi life support. >> thpeople at independent okstores really get to kno you and it's really a personalized enviroent. i heard thaty local bookstore, the tattered cov, wasn't doing well, and i made it a poin to come on out, ani did some inge book shopping. >> suarez: indepennt bookores have long struggled th competition from national chains such as barnes noble and borders, and online booksellers such as amazo

reporter: florida is using $125 million of federal stimulus money to keep 697 guidance counselors, 343 librariansmore than 900 special ed instructors in the classroom. and in the library, where this woman has worked 20 years, teaching children to read, use a computer, to research. >> by saving us, saving our jobs, helping economy, we're helping the children. it should be about the children at this point when we are talking education. >> reporter: not a surprising viewpoint from a group with a collective 88 years of classroom experience. >> i don't look at it as my job is saved. the people are being helped, serviced. that's the key to this. we are an important integral part of the school system. >> the kids are long-term investment. there is no way of attaching a dollar value to that. >> government accountability office reports that instead of spending on new programs and new jobs, some states are using stimulus money to plug gaping holes in their budgets. is plugging a hole with $125 million, is it plugging a hole when 2,000 peoples lives depend on it? >> look, there is no work force without educ

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what states he said his ancestor served in, would be go to a good library, and talk to a reference librarian, and start digging there. because, generally, each state has its own volume with information on the units from that state. >> our colleague, john kelly has a camera on his shoulder and is wandering around the exhibits, and the reynolds museum and education center and from time-to-time, if we cannel straighter questions we'll show you the exhibits and next is bob who lives in the town of mt. vernon, new york. go ahead, please. >> caller: good afternoon, c-span, thank you for your programming and doctor, i is a pleasure to speak would you, from my reading i wondered how close george washington came to losing his command during various times during the war and it seems to me that his selection of nathaniel green bailed him out in -- on different occasions and i wonder if you have in sight as to the personal relationship if they had any or did washington just use nathaniel green based upon his record? thank you. >> guest: sure. let me try to -- because there are two questions there and le

. >> librarian. >> it is, it is.aid, rick, earlier, that you lacked a little bit of your regular abulien. >> because all of my buddy on the floor are really loud. >> can we be clear that the aliens took rick santelli and left something in its place. >> let's say that something has a pretty dedrent tcent tie. >>> social media is the biggest transformation to communication and advertising since e-mail. julia boorstin joins was the first of a five-part series today, taking a look at the power in social networking for companies and individuals. all right, good to have you. i think you didn't switch locations in the past couple of minutes. hi, julia. >> hi, erin. well, the global economy has gone social. connection, power and money for both companies and individuals. building their networks and leverages them. facebook is transforming business and interaction and relationships, while social communications through twitter is turning traditional media upside-down. and now billions of dollars are at stake. nearly 3/4 of inte

the librarian may carry out the program through agreements and partnerships entered into with other government and private entities, including the american association of law libraries and the american bar association. donations of funds and in kind contributions in support of the program may be accepted and it requires an annual report. finally, h.r. 2728 was amended by the house administration committee and during markup we made a change in the name of the law library to the national law library, to increase the roll and status of the -- role and status of the law library. still authorizes to be appropriated to the program the amount 40% to the amount of donations accepted by light brear of congress trust fund board in support of the program. it is a 60%/40% private-public split. it is an invaluable resource both to the congress and the nation and we have an obligation to future generations to provide for its continuation through the establishment of the william orton program. some of the organizations that are supporting this bill include the american bar association, the american associati

reporter: florida is using $125 million of federal stimulus money to keep 697 guidance counselors, 343 librarians and more than 900 special ed instructors in the classroom. and in the library, where showanda has worked for 20 years teaching children to read, use a computer and research. >> by saving us, saving our jobs and helping the economy, we're helping the children and really should be about the children at this point when we talk about education. >> reporter: not a surprising view from a group with 88 years of experience. >> i don't look at my job to be saved, but the people are being helped and serviced. i think that's the key to this. we are an important, integral part of the school system. >> reporter: the government accountability office reports instead of spending on new programs and new jobs, some states are using stimulus money to plug gaping holes in their budget. is plugging a hole with $125 million, but is it plugging a hole when 2,000 people's lives depend on it? >> look, there is no workforce without education. i think we know that now. underfunding education, creating a positio

austin texas boast as collection of 30,000 books and out front will be a life size statues of former librarianchild. steve: that's great. meanwhile, he was prepared to cut wood, not use his chainsaw to cut off a mountain lion but that's exactly what happened at a camp site in wyoming. dustin briton says he grabbed the chainsaw when he saw the mountain lion about to lunge at him. he says he needed to protect his wife and kids and he had it ready. >> his head was right about here and it batted at me as i went like this with the saw. i hit it with that saw and that was enough. it had enough and it left. i didn't suspect it was going to. i was sure it would circle around and try again. steve: briton, who san exmarine says he hit the mountain lion at full force but barely even punctured its skin. that is one tough mountain lion. alisyn: it's like freddie kruger kruger. steve: hold still while i cut off that tail. brian: let's talk about something else. innovative ideas to grow and launch a business. how about a car wash? we have plenty of car washes, how do you come up with something different? not

states he said his ancestor had served in, would be go to a good library and talk to a reference librarian, and start digging there. because generally, each state has its own volume with information on the units from that state. >> host: our colleague kelly has a camera on his shoulder and he is wandering around some of the exhibits here hat the mount vernon education center and from time to time if we can help he will straight your questions, we will show you some of the exhibits here. next is bob who lives in the town of mount vernon, new york. bob. go ahead, please. >> caller: good afternoon, c-span. thank you for your programming. dr. ferling, it's a pleasure to speak with you. from my readings, i've always wondered how close george washington came to actually losing his command during various times during the war, and it seems to me that his selection of nathaniel green kind of bailed him out on different occasions. i was wondering if you could have some insight as to their personal relationship, if they had any, or did washington just use nathaniel green based upon his record? thank

what states he said his ancestor surfed, would be go to a good library and talked to a reference librarian and start digging there. because generally each state has its own volume with information on the units from that state. >> host: a colleague john kelly has a camera on his shoulder and is wandering around some of the exhibits in the education center, and from time to time if we could help illustrate your questions we will show some of the exhibits. who lives in the town of mt. vernon new york. bob? >> caller: thank you, c-span. thank you for the programming. dr. ferling, it's a pleasure to speak with you. from my readings i've always wondered how close george washington came to losing his career and it seems his selection of nathaniel greene kind of bailed him out in different occasions. i was wondering if you could have some insight as to the personal relationship if they had any or did washington just use nathaniel greene based upon his record. thank you. >> guest: thank you. let me try -- there are two questions. let me try to answer both of those and take the question first of the

paradoxically, also a road map to where we're going but i have just enjoyed meeting of the librarianssts. it is already a great pleasure to be invited to date. i do not want to take too long lecture in at you, but we of reached such an important milestone in our country that it might be wise to just for a few seconds think about where we are right now. distractions, the things that can compel us away, and our first act began when thomas jefferson initiated our creed. we are one of the rare countries on earth where we know exactly where -- when we were going. and the declaration, we held our troops to be self-evident that all men are created equal, it began. but the man who created those words own more than 100 human beings, and never acknowledged the hypocrisy and never saw it fit in his lifetime to free any of the things he owned and so set in motion a narrative that has been bedeviled but ennobled by a question of race. it seems to me that our second act began november 19, 1863, when the 15th president was add -- asked to add a few remarks to cap the dedication of the natural -- nat

and it's great to talk to a librarian or bookseller about what might interest you. >> this has nothing with books but if you are at the dinner table or a newspaper story to discuss with them. >> it's all about getting them interested in reading. even if you come across an interesting story on the computer when you're at the office it might be something nice to discuss together see when the next one is kind of juicy say buyout subscription to a magazine suited to your child's interest. >> honor, people, bring it on. >> alysin: for a young female teenager that would count. >> it's all about reading reading -- learning reading can be fun. anything that her centrist and raining helps. >> in your book because he became so passionate about getting teens to read you wrote the book when we wish, and you have something special for our viewers who will tell us about scenic because i am passionate about this i would love to talk to anyone's teenagers i want to talk to me about reading. if you want to read when you wish and e-mail me or talk about reading in general that might give them incentive

opportunities both in terms of people and in terms of the actual access to technology and i would say to the librarian, don't wait for us to come to your library, we are not comfortable there, you need to help us feel more comfortable, you come to us. our tax dollars are supporting the library, we are supporting your salary, you come to us, you bring your library to us, don't necessarily assume we are going to come to the library. i think you can ask them and people will be responsive to that. on the issue of minority contracts, all i can tell you is we are trying to do in usda which is to ensure the contributions you all make in the form of tax dollars to us are in a sense distributed back in a proportional way. i am proud of the record recently at the usda, at least recently, of the fact that we are doing a better job of helping small contractors, minority contractors, access a larger percentage of the contract opportunities that some of the other federal agencies and greater than the average that has been set, sort of a threshold, substantially above that. we are going to continue to look for oppor

totalitarian dictatorship in the western hemisphere, through support for dissidents, independent librarians and others who risk their lives each day, struggling for freedom in that enslaved island. the only country in the western hemisphere where free elections have been denied to its people for over 50 years. the legislation includes $1.4 billion for the millennium challenge corporation, m.c.c., assistance to foreign nations from that, m.c.c. is linked to greater responsibility from those nations. the new responsibilities of those of developing nations accept and exchange for the funds and ensure the assistance we provide does not go to waste and has the greatest possible impact on those who need the help the most. i've been a long-time supporter of the m.c.c., but last year i learned that one recipient country may not be keeping up their end of the bargain. a.p.r. energy, a florida company, has an ongoing contract dispute with tanzania which i understand tanzania has failed to resolve. i urge the tanzanian government to comply with both the contract with a.p.r. energy and their m.c.c. com

after 35 years she's now a retired librarian. she spends her time volunteering in her community.story. >> well, you guys were screamg in the crowd. why do you want your grandmother to have a makeover? >> because i think she's a beautiful person inside, and she really deserves it and i want her to be a hot grandmother. >> what do you think about that? >> well, i want her to be stunning. and that's what she is. a stunning person. >> oh. all right. well we are going to give you a whole new look. are you ready to go? >> i'm ready to go. >> oh, we are also ready to go. we've got james and the three grandkids all blindfolded up and ready to go. people them on until i give you the okay. all right, people. here's edwina before. all right. edwina, let's see the new you. ♪ brown-eyed girl come on. come on. i love it. edwina takes it slow. beautiful! >> oh, you look so good. all right, hold on, people, are you ready? james, grand kids, take off your blind folds. >> oh, my goodness. >> wow! >> is she stunning? >> wait. >> oh, my goodness. >> look at this. you've got to see yourself, don't yo

enjoys -- quote -- "a remarkable long-term relationship with the durum museum, to use the word of the librarian of congress dr. skwraeuplgs billington, it makes this partnership worthy of support and further makes this funding appropriate in this legislation. to reiterate some of the points i made prior to recess, this project is more than just a photo exhibit. in addition to making these images available to the public, the durum will work with the -- and assist the library of congress to establish conservation and preservation training programs and on incorporating digitized source materials into school curricula. while i understand my colleague and may disagree about the role of congress to set spending priorities, i tphoept that this project relates explicitly to the goals and purposes of the library to expand access to our nation's most treasured documents and artifacts. it will through this partnership make these historical images accessible nationally and is funded here for that reason. the last thing that i'd like to say again, madam president, is that not all treasures are located insid