

BY GARY STRONG
A longtime advocate of literacy programs looks at where we've been and where we should go in the coming century.
Plus: Toward a New Definition of Literacy, by Audrey Gorman
BY MARY ANNE DiALESANDRO
Adult learners and tutors share their tales of libraries and literacy.
BY CARLA J. STOFFLE
Academic librarians must rethink their roles.
Plus: Learning from the Teaching Libraries, by Kimberley M. Donnelly
BY CAROLE TALAN
Participants strive to fulfill their roles in the areas of work, family, community, and self.
BY JO ANN ELLINGSON
Libraries will avoid obsolescence if they become literacy brokers.
BY KATHLEEN DE LA PEÑA McCOOK
The venerable program moves to a new federal agency.
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
An American delegation assesses how kids are faring as libraries adapt to the contradictions of a socialist market economy.
"An Open Letter to Karen Crane"
BY ANN K. SYMONS
"What to Say to Somebody Who Thinks Libraries Are Passé"
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
"Ethics: It Isn't Just Presidents Who Get in Trouble!"
BY JAMES CASEY
"So They Won't Hate the Wait: Time Control for Workstations"
BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER
"Seeking Refuge"
BY GARY HANDMAN
"299 Years Ago . . . "
BY WAYNE WIEGAND
"Can't We All Get Along?"
BY WILL MANLEY