Contents of March 2001 American Libraries
News Fronts
8 ALA
- Union Urges Marriott Boycott
- ALCTS/LAMA to Split Operations
- Harry Potter Again Most Challenged
- Petition Candidates Seek Council Spots
- Chapter Report, by Dave Brier
11 Washington
- New FCC Chair Downplays Digital Divide
- Congressional Democrats Offer Library Bills
- LC to Lead Program in Digital Preservation
- Groups Join to Oppose Filtering Mandate
12 USA
- Budget Cuts Loom for Ohio Libraries
- Holocaust Commission Tracks Recovered Books
- Watchdogs Blast N2H2 for Selling Schools' Logs
- Texas Librarian Murdered; Suspect Arrested
- Magazine Buys Twain Tale from Buffalo Library
- Inspection Scorches Fire Safety at LC
24 International
- Earthquake Strikes El Salvador Libraries
Special Report
26 Educators Consider Their Future at ALISE
BY GORDON FLAGG
Features
34 The Unwanted Gift: When Saying "No Thanks" Isn't Enough
BY CHRIS KERTESZ
Religion and morality often fuel furious generosity and ethical quandaries.
37 Conference Call: Should Sect Meet State in the Stacks?
Public librarians ANDREW DANCER and MATT KUBIAK test each other's faith in intellectual freedom.
42 Pay-per-Prophecy: Our Saving Grace?
Facetiae by THOMAS KMETZ.
46 You Mean You Don't Have Books in Print? Adventures of a Librarian in Nepal
BY CHIP BARNETT
Using a goat path to carry stones and mud down a mountain, we were building a library.
Meeting in Washington, the Association unveils its ambitious PR campaign and initiates a legal challenge to filtering mandates. Plus Council and Executive Board reports, beginning on p. 70.
58 Statements from Candidates for ALA President
Plus: The candidates speak out on salaries, recruitment, children's services.
Conference Preview
89 ALA in San Francisco
Preliminary program for the 2001 ALA Annual Conference.
Departments
7 ALA President’s Message
“Celebrate Freedom of Information Day, March 16”
BY NANCY KRANICH
28 Reader Forum
29 Thus Said
30 Editorial
“You Can't Have Sex in the Library”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
32 On My Mind
“Libraries Offer the World—Not Jus t Smut”
BY DAVID SAWYER
65 Technically Speaking
“Games Vendors Play”
BY DAVID DORMAN
75 Currents
77 Internet Librarian
“Armageddon for the Apostles of Access”
BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER
78 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
80 Quick Bibs
“Not Just Rocks for Jocks”
BY BILL OTT
86 This Month
“116 Years Ago”
BY WAYNE WIEGAND
169 Career Leads
199 Index to Advertisers
200 Will’s World
“An Open Letter to Laura Bush”
BY WILL MANLEY