Contents of April 2003 American Libraries
News Fronts
8 ALA
- Redesigned ALA Web Site to Debut April 7
- Periodicals Offer Help to RoweCom Victims
- Joint Conference of Color Set for 2006
- Two New Recognition Awards Announced
- “Major Leagues” Begins Second Year
14 Washington
- Supreme Court Hears ALA’s Challenge to CIPA
- Congress Approves LC Plan to Preserve Digital Information
- Bill to Exempt Libraries from Patriot Act Introduced
- Appeals Court Again Rejects COPA
- Senators Reintroduce CRS Bill
16 USA and International
- Hundreds Protest Florida State Library Move
- Ohio Libraries Lose State Funding for July
- Minneapolis Gets New Director, Grapples with Shortfalls
- Massachusetts Fights Back over Cuts
- Divine Faces Criminal Charges; Ebsco Moves Ahead
- Santa Fe Police Detain College Library Patron
26 Special Report
PLA Spring Symposium: Children’s Literacy Project Key for Librarians, by PAMELA A. GOODES
Features
40 Building for the Future
Energy efficient, environmentally sound Eugene (Oreg.) Public Library leads off the annual facilities showcase.
69 A Vision Returns to Prince Rupert
BY STEVE WEATHERBE
Old drawings and old dreams may bring the Canadian town a dazzling new library.
72 How to Become a Great Public Space
Want to attract more users? Marylaine Block interviews Fred Kent and Phil Myrick at the Project for Public Spaces, who suggest you look to your welcome mat.
77 The Habitat House That Libraries Built
BY MARGARET BARTLETT
Librarians emerge from their public spaces to create a private haven for one family.
80 Las Vegas: Behind the Glitz
BY SU KIM CHUNG
University of Nevada at Las Vegas documents the rich history of “Sin City.”
83 Rookie Season—Rookie Rules
BY BARBARA MACKE
You’ll bat 1,000 at the reference desk if you follow this simple advice.
Departments
5 ALA President’s Message
“Let’s Support Equal Pay Day”
BY MAURICE J. FREEDMAN
32 Thus Said
34 Reader Forum
37 Editorial
“Libraries, Publishers Pay for Divine Intervention”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
38 On My Mind
“Spare—Don’t Pare—the Paraprofessionals”
BY ALAN NAPIER
84 Currents
87 Grassroots Report
“Collective Action on RoweCom”
BY CHRISTINE WATKINS
88 The Crawford Files
“Libraries, E-books, and Monolithic Solutions"
BY WALT CRAWFORD
90 Internet Librarian
“The Web That Was”
BY JOSEPH JANES
92 Technically Speaking
“Streaming Music @ Your Library”
BY DAVID DORMAN
94 Working Knowledge
BY ELISA F. TOPPER
96 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
98 Quick Vids
“Screening Intimacies”
BY GARY HANDMAN
105 Career Leads
119 Index to Advertisers
120 Will’s World
“Update from the Wasteland”
BY WILL MANLEY
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