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
BY GORDON FLAGG
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
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
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