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
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
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