Contents of August 2002 American Libraries
News Fronts
8 ALA
- Wells Fargo Partnership Lays Path to Homeownership
- ALA Handbook Goes Electronic
- Hewlett-Packard Funds Accessibility Initiative
- Literacy Web Site Gets Financial Boost
18 Washington
- Federal District Court Overturns CIPA; Government Will Appeal
- Expanded FBI Powers Threaten Library Privacy
- Bush Declassifies More Reagan-Era Pages
22 USA and International
- Minnesota Eliminates Its State Library Agency
- Colorado Governor Guts Aid to State’s Libraries
- Chicago Claims Demotions Will Save Library Jobs
- Saudi Terrorist Suspect Arrested for Overdue Videos
- Arkansas Library Aid Gets 11th-Hour Reprieve
- Global Reach
Special Reports
16 Four Years of Progress: The Spectrum Initiative Leads On
BY HECTOR ESCOBAR
20 First Lady Promotes School Libraries at White House Conference
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
35 This Month IFLA Goes to Glasgow
BY PHILIP GILL
36 Canadian Library Association Faces Its Future in Halifax
BY MARTIN DOWDING
38 Special Librarians Put Knowledge to Work in L.A.
BY GEORGE M. EBERHART
40 Books Are Back at BEA in New York
BY BILL OTT
Features
50 Free Libraries, Free Society
BY ROBERT HUGHES
One of the world’s most highly regarded cultural critics warns of the threat of “patriotic correctness.”
52 Ohio Goes Recruiting for Minority Librarians
BY CAROL VERNY
$100,000 in LSTA grants help boost librarianship through videos.
56 Mission Possible: Two U.S. Libraries Reach Out to Muslims in Asia
BY RON CHEPESIUK
Programs by the Library of Congress and Cornell University help preserve a cultural legacy.
60 Qualifications Required for a Library Career Center
BY LYNN OLVER
Your library already has what it takes to empower job hunters.
62 Economic Hard Times and Public Library Use Revisited
BY MARY JO LYNCH
New study supports connection between recession and increased circulation.
64 Crowds, Critics, and Camaraderie: ALA Attracts 21,000 to Atlanta
Librarians gather to tackle salaries, censorship, and other tough issues at ALA’s 120th Annual Conference. Plus Council and Executive Board reports, beginning on p. 88.
94 That’s “Mr. Gordon” to You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
An interview with the retiring executive director of ALA.
Departments
7 ALA President’s Message
“The Campiagn for America’s Librarians”
BY MAURICE J. FREEDMAN
41 Thus Said
42 Reader Forum
46 Editorial
“Who Wants to Be the First to Go to Jail?”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
47 On My Mind
“Exhibiting Censorship in the City of Lights and Flowers”
BY ALDEN TODD
84 Technically Speaking
“‘Furber’ Debuts at ALA Exhibits”
BY DAVID DORMAN
96 Currents
99 The Crawford Files
“OpenURL: Standards Can Be Fun!”
BY WALT CRAWFORD
100 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
101 Quick Bibs
“Soccer Lit”
BY BILL OTT
104 This Month
“10 Years Ago”
BY WAYNE WIEGAND
105 Career Leads
123 Index to Advertisers
124 Will’s World
“Librarians in Sin City”
BY WILL MANLEY