Values For Libraries, Conference 2000 Featured Speaker

Mr. Gorman\u27s paper dealt with j the values of our profession based on a humanistic analysis of more than 40 years work in libraries and the scant but important body of writing on the philosophy, ethics, and values of librarianship

Augustine’s Use of Neoplatonism in Confessions VII: A Response to Peter King

A modified version of Michael Gorman's comments on Peter King’s paper at the 2004 Henle Conference.  Above all, an account of Augustine’s purposes in discussing Neoplatonism in Confessions VII, showing why Augustine does not tell us certain things we wish he would. In my commentary I will address the following topics: (i) what it means to speak of the philosophically interesting points in Augustine; (ii) whether Confessions VII is really about the Trinity; (iii) Augustine‘s intentions in Confessions VII; (iv) King‘s hypostatic interpretation‖;(v) Christology

Values for Human-to-Human Reference

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System for determining the angle of impact of an object on a structure

A method for determining the angle of impact of an object on a thin-walled structure which determines the angle of impact through analysis of the acoustic waves which result when an object impacts a structure is presented. Transducers are placed on and in the surface of the structure which sense the wave caused in the structure by impact. The waves are recorded and saved for analysis. For source motion normal to the surface, the antisymmetric mode has a large amplitude while that of the symmetric mode is very small. As the source angle increases with respect to the surface normal, the symmetric mode amplitude increases while the antisymmetric mode amplitude decreases. Thus, the angle of impact is determined by measuring the relative amplitudes of these two lowest order modes

Review of \u3cem\u3eAddictions and Native Americans.\u3c/em\u3e Lawrence Armand French. Reviewed by Michael Gorman, San Jose State University.

Book review for Lawrence Armand French, Addictions and Native Americans. Westport, CT: Praeger Publications, 2000. $59.95 hardcover

RDA: the Emperor’s New Code

Argues that the RDA was an unnecessary waste of time and money. The few improvements it makes in catalogue records could have been accomplished far more cheaply, promptly, and easily by modifying AACR2. Argues that RDA's abandonment of the ISBD is a retrograde and damaging step.L'autore sostiene che le nuove linee guida RDA sono un inutile spreco di tempo e denaro. I pochi miglioramenti realizzati per le registrazioni catalografiche avrebbero potuto essere realizzati in maniera più economica, immediata e più semplice, modificando AACR2. Nell'articolo, inoltre, l'autore ritiene che l'abbandono di ISBD in RDA costituisca una scelta dannosa