Contents of December 1998 American Libraries
News Fronts
6 ALA
- 1999 Nominees to Vie for Council Seats
- Education Summit Is Now a Congress
- FOLUSA Launches Readers' Choice Awards
- Chapter Report, by Christine Watkins
13 Washington
- NCLIS Hearing Examines Internet's Hazards
- Coalition Challenges Child-Protection Law
- Copyright Extension Act Signed by President
- Coining a Collectible for the Library of Congress
14 USA
26 International
- Academic Library Leaders Confer in Beijing, by Sha Li Zhang
- Global Reach
Features
36 A Life in Literacy
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
40 From Among Us: Literacy Programs Offer Tangible Benefits
BY MARY ANNE DiALESANDRO
Adult learners and tutors share their tales of libraries and literacy.
46 Literacy 101 for the Digital Age
BY CARLA J. STOFFLE
Academic librarians must rethink their roles.
Plus: Learning from the Teaching Libraries, by Kimberley M. Donnelly
49 Real-Life Empowerment: through Family-Centered Literacy
BY CAROLE TALAN
Participants strive to fulfill their roles in the areas of work, family, community, and self.
52 21st-Century Literacy: Librarians Must Lead
BY JO ANN ELLINGSON
Libraries will avoid obsolescence if they become literacy brokers.
54 National Leadership Grants Fund Innovative Institutes
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.
Departments
29 Money Matters
30 Reader Forum
31 ALA President's Message
"An Open Letter to Karen Crane"
BY ANN K. SYMONS
33 Editorial
"What to Say to Somebody Who Thinks Libraries Are Passé"
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
35 On My Mind
"Ethics: It Isn't Just Presidents Who Get in Trouble!"
BY JAMES CASEY
62 Currents
64 Internet Librarian
"So They Won't Hate the Wait: Time Control for Workstations"
BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER
66 Technically Speaking
67 ALA Executive Board Quarterly Report
68 Librarian's Library
69 Quick Vids
"Seeking Refuge"
BY GARY HANDMAN
72 This Month
"299 Years Ago . . . "
BY WAYNE WIEGAND
73 Career Leads
103 Index to Advertisers
104 Will's World
"Can't We All Get Along?"
BY WILL MANLEY
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