Contents of January 2001 American Libraries

News Fronts

10  ALA

• ACRL to Launch Electronic Publications
• $150,000 Grant for Information Literacy
• FTRF Signs Anti-Censorship Plea
• Library Card Sign-Up Sweepstakes Winners
• Chapter Report, by Christine Watkins

16  Washington

• ICANN Decides Against .kids, .xxx Domains
• Supreme Court to Rule on Online Copyright Appeal
• Final Hearing on the Digital Copyright Act
• NCLIS Proposes New Federal Information Agency

18  USA

• Parent Wins Right to See School's Internet Logs
• Global Digital Reference Service Begins Trial Run
• Ashland, Oregon, Library Expansion Hits Snag
• Plan for New Philly Library Aired
• Kentucky County's Board Says No to a Library
• Global Reach

Special Reports

40  Copyright in the Digital Age

      An interview with MARYBETH PETERS

42  Delegates Plot Future for Continuing Professional Education

      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

44  Technology on Tap at LITA Forum in Portland

      BY GEORGE M. EBERHART

46  LAMA Divines in the Desert

Features

56  What Do Librarians and Information Scientists Do?

      BY CHARLES CURRAN
      A definition of library and information science is the keystone to holding practice and theory together.

60  Yahoo! and the Abdication of Judgment

      BY LAURA B. COHEN
      Are we digging our professional graves by embracing our patrons' approach to Internet searching?

64  Twelve Years After the Fall: Poland's Complicated Transition

      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
      The switch from communism to capitalism leaves salaries low, aspirations high.

Midwinter Preview

70  ALA Goes Where the Action Is

      A guide to selected events at ALA's Midwinter Meeting in Washington, D.C., plus tours and exhibitions at the Library of Congress.

75  When in Washington, Let's Do Lunch

      BY STEVEN KERCHOFF
      The capital revolves around food, not politics. A restaurant guide for Midwinter-goers.

Departments

7  ALA President’s Message

      “Libraries: Ensuring Information Equity in the Digital Age”
      BY NANCY KRANICH

48  Reader Forum

49  Thus Said

50  Editorial

      “Like Grandma in the Back Seat”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

54  On My Mind

      “Lunchroom Loneliness”
      BY NANCY KALIKOW MAXWELL

80  Currents

84  Internet Librarian

      “Love Is a Many-Splendored Gizmo”
      BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER

86  Technically Speaking

      “ILL News from RLG and OCLC”
      BY DAVID DORMAN

90  Librarian’s Library

      BY CATHLEEN BOURDON

92  Quick Vids

      “Home Movies”
      BY GARY HANDMAN

94  Datebook

95  This Month

      “125 Years Ago”
      BY WAYNE WIEGAND

103  ALA 2001 Annual Conference Registration

113  Career Leads

151  Index to Advertisers

152  Will’s World

      “Dead, But Not Gone”
      BY WILL MANLEY