BY ANDREW BLAU
Merely connecting people and computers won’t close the digital divide.
BY BOB PEASELEY
Assistive technology embraces all comers in Charlotte, North Carolina.
BY BARBARA BARUTH
Cutting-edge technologies can assure our place in the big picture.
BY THOMAS J. HENNEN JR.
Library planners may boost funding by casting their nets wider.
BY NICOLE WALLER
Will libraries go to Antarcti.ca to transform the OPAC?
Highlights, hot topics, and last-minute changes at ALA’s June 13–19 conference in Georgia.
Plus: Local librarians reveal their favorite things to do in Atlanta, and Sally Decker Smith takes a look at some zany and little-known Annual Conference traditions.
BY JOANNE LINCOLN AND DARRO WILLEY
Some of the city’s best meals can be found in its many tree-canopied neighborhoods.
Plus: Soul Eating, by Ella Gaines Yates.
“Equity of Access: Our Continuing Challenge”
BY JOHN W. BERRY
“Higher Stakes: Cultural Programming Pays Off”
BY CHRISTINE WATKINS
“Don’t Wait for White Men to Step Aside”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
“Expectations, Realities, and Diversity: A Personal Account ”
BY VANG VANG
“$1.95-Million Wells Fargo Deal Gets Meetings Off to Rousing Start”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
“What If the Literacy Numbers Are Wrong?”
BY WALT CRAWFORD
“Take My Job . . . Please!”
BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER
“Scheming to Normalize Dublin Core”
BY DAVID DORMAN
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
“Crusaders”
BY GARY HANDMAN
“149 Years Ago”
BY WAYNE WIEGAND
“Willie Calls All Eccentrics”
BY WILL MANLEY