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In yesterday's Today section, the incorrect funding organization was noted for the computer education program at the Pimlico branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. The Whole New World Program at that branch is funded by the Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg Fund. The Annie E. Casey Foundation will fund the program at the Pennsylvania Avenue and Brooklyn branches.The Sun regrets the error.Ten-year-old Vincent Dawkins surfs through cyberspace toward the 21st century as confidently as Christopher Columbus sailed forth toward his new world.

Carla D. Hayden, director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, has just vaulted into national prominence as the president-elect of the 63,000-member American Library Association. But in Baltimore, she has found a rockier road to acceptance. Election to the influential post means that Hayden will be regularly testifying before the nation's lawmakers, shaping policy on library matters such as Internet access and copyright law. Yet her nine years here have produced a rare thing: polarized library politics.

JUDITH KRUG, 69 Founder of Banned Books Week Judith Krug, a director of the Chicago-based American Library Association and a founder of its Banned Books Week, died Saturday at Evanston Hospital in suburban Chicago of stomach cancer, said Judith Platt, president of the ALA's Freedom to Read Foundation. Ms. Krug had been head of the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom since 1967. Banned Books Week has been observed since 1982 during the last week of September. ALA officials say the event celebrates intellectual freedom.

William Moffett, 62, the Huntington Library director who opened scholarly access to the Dead Sea Scrolls photographic archive, died of cancer Monday in San Marino, Calif. He focused international attention on the Huntington in 1991 when he eased access to the Dead Sea Scrolls photographs, ending a 40-year monopoly held by a small number of researchers. He was selected librarian of the year in 1993 by the Association of College and Research Libraries. That year, he received the American Library Association's Immroth Memorial Award for Intellectual Freedom and the Special Libraries Association's Professional Librarian of 1993 award.

Pupils from Waverly Elementary School near Ellicott City will compete against others from across the country today in an Internet treasure hunt.Six pupils will make up two teams in the demonstration, sponsored by the National Cable Television Association and the American Library Association.Three members of one team will use a computer with a high-speed cable modem while the other three-pupil team will use a phone-line Internet connection. Comcast Cable will broadcast the event live on Channel 69 from 11 a.m. to noon in Baltimore, Howard and Harford counties.

Manvel's short story wins Merlyn's Pen contestSarah Manvel of Severna Park recently won a Merlyn's Pen contest for her short story, "Dandelion Chains," about an aimless teen-ager.The story first appeared in Merlyn's Pen, a magazine for young writers and was later published in "Taking Off," an anthology of stories from the magazine.The book was nominated by the American Library Association as a Best Book for Young Adults in 1995.Manvel, a 1995 graduate of Severn High School, attends Sarah Lawrence College in New York.

http://www.ala.org/booklist/002.htmlThe Web version of the American Library Association's Booklist Books for Youth includes reviews of approximately 2,500 books - fiction, non-fiction and picture books - aimed at kids from preschool through high school. All reviews are done by in-house editors or education professionals. In addition to a brief description of the story, each write-up contains appropriate age group and the price of the book.Reviewed by Andrea Wilson, Sun news researcherPub Date: 3/25/98

Trying to find your way around the World Wide Web? Ask a librarian for directions.The American Library Association, in cooperation with America Online, has published a handy guide titled "The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents and Kids."The colorful, four-page brochure includes definitions for terms parents should know ("usenet groups," "chat rooms" and "e-mail"), safety tips, suggested family rules and a list of more than 50 great Web sites for kids: from "Arthur the aardvark" to volcanos, with lots of homework help in-between.

Carroll Library wins achievement citationThe Carroll County Public Library has won a National Achievement Citation for its administration of the Carroll County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service.The citation is awarded by the Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association, and recognizes significant activities that have been developed to address particular concerns or issues within a community.The Carroll County Bar Association's Lawyer Referral Service is a cooperative community service program.

Douglas Corrigan, 88, who became internationally known as "Wrong Way Corrigan" when he headed his homemade single-engine plane west from New York to Long Beach, Calif., but landed in Ireland, died Saturday of an undisclosed cause in Orange, Calif.Darren Robinson, 28, a 450-pound rap star with the trio Fat Boys, died of an undetermined cause at his New York City home Sunday while working on a comeback album. A manager for the group said Mr. Robinson had recently been diagnosed with lymph edema, a fluid buildup, and was fighting the flu.Ann Nolan Clark, 99, an award-winning writer of children's books, mostly about Indian students she taught in the United States, Central and South America, died Dec. 6 in Tucson, Ariz.