Contents of January 2002 American Libraries

News Fronts

10  ALA

• NASA Joins “@ Your Library” Campaign
• Kidspeak Web Site Launched
• GODORT Compiles Terrorism Web Sites
• South Caucasus Projects Funded
• Berry Seeks Cuba Confab Delegates

18  Washington

• Lawsuit Challenges Presidential Records Order
• Supreme Court Hears COPA Challenge
• Ban on DVD Decoding Upheld
• USA Patriot Act Raises Red Flag over Libraries

22  USA & International

• Referenda Roundup 2001: Libraries Get Voter Approval
• Flag Flap Leads to Phallus Furor in Boulder
• The Recession Comes Home to Libraries
• CPL Head’s Comments Provoke Outrage
• Harry Potter Bewitches Fans, Foes @ the Library, Movies

Special Reports

12  School Librarians Celebrate Milestone in Circle City

      BY PAMELA A. GOODES

40  September 11 and Its Aftermath: Muslim-American Librarians Reflect

      BY RON CHEPESIUK
      PLUS: Learning about Islam.

Features

52  There Is No Honor in Being Underpaid

      BY ABBY KALAN
      Librarians must stop settling for salaries that qualify them for public aid.

56  Strategies for Improving Salaries

      BY YVONNE SNYDER FARLEY
      Raising public awareness is the first step in raising the wages of library workers.

60  United We Stand: Preserving the History of Labor

      BY RON CHEPESIUK
      Labor library collections prove that in union there is strength.

65  Conference Call: Can Unions Solve the Low-Pay Dilemma?

      Librarians Cathy Bremer and Carol French Johnson discuss the benefits and problems unions bring to libraries.

Public Relations

70  ALA Campaign Catches on @ the Grassroots Level

      Librarians in all 50 states are participating in the “@ your library” campaign.

Midwinter Preview

78  Tight Security to Rule at Midwinter in the Big Easy

      A picture-postcard preview of ALA's New Orleans meeting.

85  Missing New Orleans

      BY MARK TULLOS
      A displaced Crescent City resident guides Midwinter attendees to the best eateries and hangouts—those he misses most.

Departments

7  ALA President’s Message

      “Gatekeepers of the Internet: A Midwinter Meeting Conversation”
      BY JOHN W. BERRY

17  Grassroots Report

      “Private Green and Public Good”
      BY CHRISTINE WATKINS

44  Thus Said

46  Reader Forum

48  Editorial

      “Getting to Know Islam”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

50  On My Mind

      “Research Methods As Essential Knowledge”
      BY DAN O'CONNOR AND SOYEON PARK

90  Currents

93  The Crawford Files

      “Brace Yourselves—It's the Attack of the PoD People”
      BY WALT CRAWFORD

94  Internet Librarian

     “E-rate: The Agony and the Ecstasy”
     BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER

96  Technically Speaking

      “Ebrary at Bat”
      BY DAVID DORMAN

98  Librarian’s Library

      BY CATHLEEN BOURDON

100  Quick Bibs

      “Personal Best”
      BY BILL OTT

102  Datebook

104  This Month

      “99 Years Ago”
      BY WAYNE WIEGAND

110  2002 ALA Annual Conference Registration

125  Career Leads

151  Index to Advertisers

152  Will’s World

      “Willie Winner Works Wonders”
     BY WILL MANLEY