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Contents of September 2002 American Libraries
News Fronts
8 ALA
- U.S.-Canada Travel Tips for 2003 Annual Conference
- Call for Nominations; Applications Available
- Relive Annual Via Streaming Video
- Diversity Officer Says Farewell
14 Washington
- ACLU Takes on Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- IMLS Grants Address Librarian Shortage
- Senate Unanimously Passes E-Government Bill
16 USA and International
- Recession Forces Ohio Libraries to Take Drastic Measures
- Patron’s Tip Leads to Internet User’s Arrest
- City Council Approves San Diego Library Plan
- Patrons Vow Revenge after Illinois Director Fired
- Global Reach
- Summer Reading
Features
30 Cover Story: Remembering September 11
SPECIAL REPORT
Bearing witness to the horrific events of a year ago, librarians tell what they saw, what they lost, and how they are recovering.
Plus: Coping, View 1: Programs Laudable, by Laura Hayes; and Coping, View 2: Response Disappointing, by Leigh Estabrook
47 Do Librarians Use Libraries?
BY SHANE NACKERUD
Do you have a library book on your nightstand? If not, why not?
50 The Power of Print
BY GRETCHEN RUSSELL
How one book’s journey touched an entire community.
52 Oprah and Out: Libraries Keep Book Clubs Flourishing
BY DEB ROBERTSON
Reading enthusiasts come and go, but book clubs party on @ your library.
54 Honoring the Best of the Best: ALA Award Winners 2002
64 Where the Sun Don’t Shine
BY SAUL AMDURSKY
A proposal to give appropriate credit to those who have done their best to stick it to libraries.
Plus: American Libraries’ Awards for Bloopers, Addled Ads, and Botched Communications.
93 Librarian Salaries: Annual Increase above National Average
BY MARY JO LYNCH
The latest ALA survey shows a 4.2% gain.
Departments
7 ALA President’s Message
“America’s Librarians Deserve Better Pay”
BY MAURICE J. FREEDMAN
13 Grassroots Report
“Commemorating 9/11 with Local Heroes ”
BY CHRISTINE WATKINS
40 Thus Said
42 Reader Forum
43 Editorial
“Uncle Sam Wants You, but He Doesn’t Know Why ”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
45 On My Mind
“The Militant Mission of the Uplifting Librarian”
BY DAVID ISAACSON
69 Currents
73 The Crawford Files
“Kids These Days and the Future of Reading”
BY WALT CRAWFORD
74 Internet Librarian
“Defining What We Do—All Over Again”
BY JOSEPH JANES
76 Technically Speaking
“New Vendors Heating Up Radio Frequency ID Market”
BY DAVID DORMAN
79 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
80 Quick Bibs
“The Next Seabiscuit”
BY BILL OTT
81 Datebook
82 This Month
“113 Years Ago”
BY WAYNE WIEGAND
83 Opportunities and Honors
ALA awards and citations to be given in 2003.
95 Career Leads
115 Index to Advertisers
116 Will’s World
“Talk about Anecdotal Evidence”
BY WILL MANLEY