Contents of February 2002 American Libraries

News Fronts

10  ALA

• Academic Libraries Boost Building Efforts
• ALA Switches Order Service
• 3M to Award Library Detection Systems
• $118,000 in “Live” Grants Awarded

14  Washington

• Education Bill Includes New School Library Program
• LSTA Funding Sees Slight Drop for FY2002
• White House Releases Some Reagan Papers

18  USA & International

• Laura Bush Unveils $10-Million Librarian Recruitment Plan at Topeka Gala
• Washington Governor Proposes Closing State Library
• Pastor’s Potter Book Fire Inflames New Mexico Town
• Normal PL Weighs Normalcy of Story Time
  Breast-feeding
• Afghanistan Connections Investigated, Advocated
• Illinois Attorney Calls Trustee Removal Illegal
• Reading Choice Generates New Trial Motion
• Global Reach

Special Report

15  IMLS Director Gets His Message Across: Federal Dollars Deliver Service

      AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT MARTIN

Features

40  Broadening Our Reach: LIS Education for Undergraduates

      BY CLAIRE McINERNEY, ALEX DALEY, AND KAY VANDERGRIFT
      New programs expand the mission of library education.

44  Learning by Doing: Engaged Service and the MLS

      BY IRENE SWEENEY
      Community service is a natural for learning how to foster lifelong learning.

49  Sponsorship 101: How Partnerships Can Expand Summer Reading

      BY STEVEN ENGELFRIED AND ANGELA REYNOLDS
      Corporate sponsorship can be a tricky issue, but if used carefully, it can help get more kids reading and using the library.

52  Black History Month: A Respite on the Farm

      BY KHAFRE K. ABIF
      Langston Hughes Library plays role as culture keeper.

Departments

7  ALA President’s Message

       “Addressing the Recruitment and Diversity Crisis”
       BY JOHN W. BERRY

17  Grassroots Report

      “New Study to Shed Light on Changing World of Library Cooperatives”
      BY CHRISTINE WATKINS

33  Thus Said

34  Reader Forum

38  Editorial

      “Bush Administration Should Not Hide Records Behind 9/11”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

39  On My Mind

      “Instant Information Gratification”
      BY DAVID ISAACSON

55  Currents

59  The Crawford Files

      “Partnership, Property, and Disintermediation”
      BY WALT CRAWFORD

60  Internet Librarian

      “It Takes a Thief: Coping with Stolen Content”
      BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER

62  Technically Speaking

      “GIS Provides a New Way of Seeing Service Areas”
      BY DAVID DORMAN

64  Librarian’s Library

      BY CATHLEEN BOURDON

65  Quick Bibs

      “Spies Are Back”
     BY BILL OTT

66  Datebook

69  This Month

      “66 Years Ago”
      BY WAYNE WIEGAND

71  Career Leads

87  Index to Advertisers

88  Will’s World

      “The Golden Rule of Supervision”
      BY WILL MANLEY