Contents of December 2002 American Libraries

News Fronts

8  ALA

• Carol Brey, Herman Totten Seek ALA Presidency
• FY 2002 Ends in the Black
• AASL Affiliates Attend NBPTS Forum
• Lynch, Rotenberg Address LITA Forum
• Lawyers Institute Dates Set
• “Drive to Read” Enters Second Lap

16  Washington

• Freedom to Read Foundation Sues for Data on Patriot Act Surveillance
• Copyright Office Requests Comments on the DMCA
• Bush Signs Distance-Education Copyright Bill

20  USA and International

• Auditors Urge Feds and City to Investigate Detroit Public Library Finances
• Libraries without Librarians in Springfield, Ill.
• Chicago Botanic Garden Acquires Premier Collection
• LC Displays New Digital Talking Book
• Statewide Virginia Budget Cuts Slash Library Funds
• Global Reach

Special Reports

18  The Pentagon Library: A Moving Target in the War on Terrorism

      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

32  Managing the Media during a Library Crisis

      BY NAOMI LEDERER and DOUGLAS J. ERNEST

35  The Year in Review

      Ten top library stories from a tumultuous 2002.

Features

48  Copyright Is Dead . . . Long Live Copyright

      BY JAMES G. NEAL
      American librarians must be concerned over threats to users’ traditional rights.
      Plus: Copyright in 2003: The 108th U.S. Congress, by Miriam Nisbet.

51  Open Source Software and the Intellectual Commons

      BY DAVID DORMAN
      The digital frontier provides a new front for the information control wars.

56  What’s Wrong with Collaborative Digital Reference?

      BY STEVE COFFMAN
      Libraries jump at every opportunity to share and share alike. Maybe sometimes, they shouldn’t.

60  More Than a Memory Center

      BY RON CHEPESIUK
     The Organization of American States Library has much to offer American librarians and scholars.

Departments

7  ALA President’s Message

      “Now Is the Time for Better Salaries”
      BY MAURICE J. FREEDMAN

14  Grassroots Report

      “Videoconferences Can Bridge the Gap”
      BY CHRISTINE WATKINS

41  Thus Said

42  Reader Forum

44  Editorial

      “Another Two-Cents Worth from the Petit Fonctionnaire”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

46  On My Mind

      “Tough Times Call for Tough Love”
      BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER

62  Executive Board Quarterly Report

      “Leaders Struggle to Keep Budget Healthy; Treasurer Resigns”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

64  Currents

67  The Crawford Files

      “Raspberries, Crippled PCs, and Libraries”
      BY WALT CRAWFORD

68  Internet Librarian

      “Sanctuary through Technology”
      BY JOSEPH JANES

70  Technically Speaking

      “Taking the Wireless Network Plunge”
      BY DAVID DORMAN

72  Librarian’s Library

      BY CATHLEEN BOURDON

73  Quick Bibs

      “Political Bios for the Apolitical”
      BY BILL OTT

74  Datebook

76  This Month

      “31 Years Ago”
      BY WAYNE WIEGAND

77  ALA 2003 Annual Conference Advance Registration

87  Career Leads

103  Index to Advertisers

104  American Libraries Index, vol. 33, 2002

120  Will’s World

      “Of Mini-Bars and In-Room Movies”
     BY WILL MANLEY