Contents of September 2003 American Libraries

News Fronts

6  ALA

• ALA Hammers Out CIPA-Decision Strategy 
• Communications Preferences Sought
• More ALA Business Information Available 

12  Washington

• FCC Issues Rules on CIPA Implementation 
• Administration Appeals COPA a Second Time 
• Bills Would Limit FBI’s Access to Library Records
• Bush Names Challinor to Chair NCLIS

14  USA and International

• ACLU Makes First Patriot Act Challenge
• Tennessee Library Supporters Fight to Save Books
• San Jose’s New Joint-Use Library Sets a Record
• Global Reach 

Special Reports

28  Summer Reading Events Feature Animals, Attractions, and Art

30  Romania’s Library Lingers in Limbo

      BY TAMSIN McMAHON and DAWN WITHERS
      Unfinished bibliographic business in the heart of Bucharest.

Features

40  What If Your Library Director
       Was a Baseball Fanatic?

      A cartoon essay, BY RICHARD LEE.

42  Book a Play Date:
       The Game of Promoting Emergent Literacy

      BY MARCI BYRNE, KATHLEEN DEERR, and LISA G. KROPP
      It’s about time that librarians made parents get serious about child’s play.

46  REAPing the Rewards of Family Literacy

      BY MELODY PORTER
      DeKalb County Public Library’s program for immigrant families goes
      beyond teaching English-language skills.

48  Public Libraries and Early Literacy:
       Raising a Reader

      BY RENEA ARNOLD
      ALA’s Preschool Literacy Initiative educates librarians on how to play a role
      in teaching reading to children.

52  Information-Literacy Collaboration:
       A Shared Responsibility

      BY JO ANN CARR and ILENE F. ROCKMAN
      Academic librarians must work with their K–12 colleagues in enabling
      students to succeed in college.

56  Talking Books with Teens

      BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
      Members of Arlington County Public Library’s Teen Advisory Board 
      share ideas on books and reading.

58  Personal E-Mail at Work

      BY NANCY KALIKOW MAXWELL
      On carpools and cyberstings.

60  Joining the Honor Roll:
       ALA Award Winners, 2003

Departments

5  ALA President’s Message

      “Still Stacking Rocks”
      BY CARLA D. HAYDEN

32  Thus Said

34  Reader Forum

36  Editorial

      “Why We Lost the CIPA Case”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

38  On My Mind

      “Reaching the Seventh Page”
      BY LESA E. CAMERON

76  Currents

81  Grassroots Report

      “War, Peace, and Relevance”
      BY CHRISTINE WATKINS

82  The Crawford Files

      “A DVD Is Not a Frisbee”
      BY WALT CRAWFORD

84  Internet Librarian

      “Seething over CIPA”
      BY JOSEPH JANES

86  Technically Speaking

      “LMS Sales Trends”
      BY DAVID DORMAN

88  Working Knowledge

      “All Around the Career Ladder”
      BY ELISA F. TOPPER

90  Librarian’s Library

      BY CATHLEEN BOURDON

92  Quick Bibs

      “Media Wars”
      BY BILL OTT

94  Datebook

97  Career Leads

111  Index to Advertisers

112  Will’s World

      “Instructions Not Included”
      BY WILL MANLEY