Interview with First Lady Laura Bush, March 19, 2008.
2008 Midwinter Meeting report (PDF file)
Speakers from NBA to FBI attract 13,600 to Philadelphia.
Welcome to Philly (PDF file)
American Libraries' 2008 Midwinter Meeting Preview.
PLUS: Our Midwinter Dining Guide (PDF file)
Library Expenditures Increase in 2006 (PDF file)
Findings from the annual Index of American Public Library Circulation, by Mijung Yoon and Charity Cree.
ALA Award winners, 2007
A complete listing of grants, awards, and scholarships
Librarians of Congress
By Suzanne E. Thorin and Robert Wedgeworth, from the June/July 2007 issue of American Libraries
American Libraries: The First 100 Years (PDF file)
A timeline from 1907 to 2007, from the June/July 2007 issue of American Libraries
Interview: Iraq National Library Director Saad Eskander
American Libraries talked with Saad Eskander April 14, 2007, by mobile phone.
Referenda Roundup, 2006 (PDF File)
Joint Conference of Librarians of Color: Historic Gathering Draws Hundreds to Dallas (PDF File)
Report on the first Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, published in the November 2006 issue of American Libraries.
Newsmaker: Straight Answers from Michael White
An expanded version of the interview that appeared in the June/July 2006 American Libraries.
Interview: Julie Andrews Reflects on Writing, Reading, Libraries, and Film
An interview with Julie Andrews at the 2006 Texas Library Association conference.
You Have to See It for Yourself
By Leonard Kniffel. AL’s Editor-in-Chief went to New Orleans in March to assess the city’s readiness for ALA Annual Conference.
Vartan Gregorian interview, 2006
A full version of a talk with the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Referenda Roundup, 2005
Have MLS, Will Travel (PDF File)
By Helen R. Adams. School library media specialists share tips on taking an overseas job. From the November 2005 American Libraries.
Google Print vs. Onsite Collections (PDF File)
By Thomas Mann
Looking Back, Moving Forward @ your library (PDF File)
By Deborah Davis
Seven Hours in Tehran
American Libraries Editor Leonard Kniffel’s personal account of a goodwill trip to Iran that ended in an international incident.
Referenda Roundup, 2004
End PowerPoint Dependency Now! (PDF File)
Ease off the slides and improve your presentations at ALA or any other library Conference, by Steven J. Bell. From the June/July 2004 American Libraries.
Timeline in Library Development for African Americans
Accompanies “A Brief History of Library Service to African Americans,” by Maurice Wheeler and Debbie Johnson-Houston, American Libraries, February 2004, p. 42-45.
The Pentagon Library: A Moving Target in the War on Terrorism (PDF File)
From the December 2002 American Libraries.
Interviews with Pentagon Library Staff, November 2002
The Top 10 Reasons to be a Librarian
by Martha J. Spear. From the October 2002 American Libraries.
Reaching 65: Lots of Librarians Will Be There Soon (PDF File)
by Mary Jo Lynch. From the March 2002 American Libraries.
Referenda Roundup, 2001
10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library
By Mark Herring. From the April 2001 American Libraries, p. 76-78.
Referenda Roundup, 2000
Great American Public Libraries: HAPLR Ratings, 2000 (PDF File)
12 Ways Libraries Are Good for the Country