Contents of November 2000 American Libraries
News Fronts
8 ALA
- Haycock and Sannwald Seek ALA Presidency
- Year 2001 Council Nominees
- Banned Books Week Organizers Laud
Harry Potter Defenders
- Office for Information Technology Releases
Report on the Digital Divide
- Chapter Report, by Christine Watkins
12 Washington
- Bush Calls for Internet Filters for Libraries, Schools
- COPA Commission Issues Report
- NCLIS Completes Library Internet Study
- President Clinton Names New NCLIS Members
14 USA
- The Fire This Time: Detroit Public Library
Closed Again
- Jacksonville Voters OK $150 Million for Libraries
- LC Gets $60 Million for Study Center, Prize
- NYPL Withdraws Salary Offer;
City Seeks Givebacks
- Electrical Fire Closes Hamline University Library
26 International
- Internet Access for All German Libraries
- School Library Is Pawn in Nova Scotian Dispute
- Armed Robbers Seize Maps in South Africa
- Global Reach
Theme Features
35 ILL: Peering into the Future
Guest Editor WALT CRAWFORD introduces five articles on the brave new world of resource sharing.
36 After the Flood, Colorado State Reaps a Harvest of Invention
BY JULIE WESSLING AND TOM DELANEY
A new system gives users quick interlibrary access to journal articles.
38 Separate Systems, Common Cause: How Three Networks Have Fared
BY ANITA COOK
Successes in Ohio, three north-central states, and California exceed all expectations.
41 “Get It Fast, and Get It Cheap”—What’s an ILL Librarian to Do?
BY ROBERT KRALL
New solutions to the problems of rising demand and multiple systems.
43 Meet the Implementors (They’re Concerned with Protocol)
A roundtable interview with 12 members of the standards-building ILL Protocol Implementors Group.
47 Looking Back and Looking Ahead: The Best Is Yet to Come
BY MARY E. JACKSON
Resource sharing will see major, positive changes in the next five to seven years.
Other Features
BY THOMAS J. HENNEN JR.
Once again, it’s time to crunch the numbers and find out how public libraries measure up.
56 I Faced Dr. Laura—and Survived!
BY MICHAEL WESSELS
Tips on how to hold your own from a Pentecostal minister, intellectual-freedom warrior, and (now) talk-show veteran.
58 Breaking Out of the Box: Reinventing a Juvenile-Center Library
BY VERONICA A. DAVIS
Deploying space and services to best advantage is the key to unlocking confined minds.
Departments
7 ALA President’s Message
“Libraries As Civic Spaces”
BY NANCY KRANICH
30 Reader Forum
31 Thus Said
32 Editorial
“Ban Bawdy Behavior, Not Bytes”
BY BEVERLY GOLDBERG
33 On My Mind
“And We Wonder About Our Image!”
BY MARK Y. HERRING
62 Currents
64 Internet Librarian
“The Distributed Librarian: Live, Online, Real-Time Reference”
BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER
66 Technically Speaking
“Heads Up”
BY DAVID DORMAN
68 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
69 Quick Vids
“Feasting the Eye”
BY GARY HANDMAN
72 This Month
“61 Years Ago”
BY WAYNE WIEGAND
73 Career Leads
103 Index to Advertisers
104 Will’s World
“Reflections on a Smiley Face ”
BY WILL MANLEY
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