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• NEW! Interview: Mohammad Abbas talks about his role as head of the new Library Department of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, the nations parliament in Baghdad.
• Exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
• Interview with Judith Krug, 1995.
• Interview: Andrew Pace Explains Why OCLC’s “Quick Start” Is a Sea Change. An April 24 conversation with American Libraries Editor in Chief Leonard Kniffel on OCLC's foray into web-scale management.
• Read This Now: ALA’s Award-winners Represent the Best for Library Collections.The chairs of many of ALA's book and media award committees discuss their selections. Includes a complete review of RUSA's Outstanding Reference Sources.
• Stimulate Your Library: How libraries can benefit from the 2009 stimulus bill.
• Login is no longer required to view the current issue or archives online. First-time viewers need to install the ebrary reader. (Firefox 3 users: Note this workaround needed.)
• AL Inside Scoop, American Libraries’ blog.
• American Libraries: The First 100 Years, a timeline, 1907–2007
• Top Ten Reasons to be a Librarian
• 10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library
• 12 Ways Libraries Are Good for the Country