Contents of January 1999 American Libraries

News Fronts

8  ALA

• Joint Committee Surveys Library Market
• Spectrum Initiative Enters Second Year
• Chapter Report, by Christine Watkins

13  Washington

• First Round of E-rate Subsidies Finally Awarded
• Judge Delays Enforcement of Child Online Protection Act

14  USA

• Loudoun County Library Loses Filtering Lawsuit
• Suit Challenges Internet Funds to Parochial Schools
• No Need for Accreditation, Berkeley Dean Explains
• Mission under Review at Iowa Library School
• Seattle PL Reaps $20-million Gates Gift

33  International

• Books Are Just Part of the Guadalajara Book Fair, by Michael Dowling
• Global Reach

Features

52  The Card Catalog and Other Digital Controversies

      BY WALT CRAWFORD
      What's obsolete and what's not in the age of information.

60  Organizing the Internet

      BY RON CHEPESUIK
      Librarians are playing a key role in cataloging the cyberworld with OCLC's Dublin Core.

64  Insourcing the Web

      BY JAMES R. VEATCH
      The infinitely expanding collection is here.

68  Break a Leg: Broadway Rhythm Gets Florida Going

      BY PATTI ROTH
      Actors enlighten library patrons in lively interview sessions.
      Plus: Hollywood Comes Calling, by Lois Gilmer

72  Go Ahead, Name Them: The Best Public Libraries in the USA

      BY THOMAS J. HENNEN JR.
      Armed with data, a Libraryland pundit attempts the impossible task.

79  Books, Bytes, Buildings, and Bodies: Public Libraries in the 21st Century

      BY CHRISTINE LIND HAGE
      Despite technological advances, the basic tools of librarianship remain remarkably the same.

82  Focus on Freedom in Philadelphia: 1999 ALA Midwinter Preview

      Plus: My Love Affair with Libraries, by Jean Rogers

86  Philly's Dining Renaissance

      BY SUSAN B. MARKLEY AND JAMES L. MULLINS
      Villanova University librarians take ALA Midwinter-goers on a restaurant tour.

94  How to Catalog a Human

      BY SARA MARCUS
      Facetiae.

Departments

36  Money Matters

42  Reader Forum

44  ALA President's Message

      “An Open Letter to Judith Krug, June Pinnell-Stephens, and Steven Herb”
      BY ANN K. SYMONS

46  Editorial

      “It's Easier to Spread Fear Than to Educate”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

50  On My Mind

      “Your Public Library Has a Web Page: So What?”
      BY BERNARD VAVREK

96  Currents

98  Internet Librarian

      “Safe from Prying Eyes: Protecting Library Systems”
      BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER

100  Technically Speaking

      “Including “Metadata Musings”
      BY DAVID DORMAN

103  Librarian's Library

104  Quick Bibs

      “A Novel Year”
      BY BILL OTT

105  Datebook

108  This Month

      “161 Years Ago . . . ”
      BY WAYNE WIEGAND

120  Career Leads

143  Index to Advertisers

144  Will's World

      “A New Year's Resolution”
      BY WILL MANLEY