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Interview with First Lady Laura Bush
American Libraries: The First 100 Years, a timeline, 1907–2007
Top Ten Reasons to be a Librarian
10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library
12 Ways Libraries Are Good for the Country

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Contents of June/July 2006 American Libraries

News Fronts

4 ALA

Roy Wins Presidency; Dues Increase Passes
ALA Councilors Elected
Library Input Urged in LC Cataloging Changes
Burger Seeks Emerging Leaders

14 Washington

National Library Legislative Day
FBI Seeks Classified Documents in Journalist’s Archives
Net Neutrality Fight Heats Up in Congress
Washington Briefs

18 USA and International

OCLC and RLG Plan to Combine Operations
Officials Drop Harassment Claim against Ohio State Librarian
First Lady’s Hurricane Fund Makes First School Library Grants
House Committee Challenges Smithsonian-Showtime Deal
Media Specialists More Likely Than Teachers to Have Master’s Degrees
Newsmaker: Straight Answers from MICHAEL WHITE,
Xavier University educator and musician

Special News Reports

28 A Glimpse at the Future of Online Conferences

BY MEREDITH FARKAS
HigherEd BlogCon, April 2006.

30 Hosting It Huge in Houston

BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
The Texas Library Association annual conference.

Features

38 The Crux of Our Crisis

      BY JOHN PHILIP MULVANEY and DAN O’CONNOR
      We must pinpoint what every new librarian must learn,
      lest we lose our professional way.

42 Why Survival Is Not Enough

      BY RICHARD J. COX
      The MLS won’t thrive until our professional programs prioritize
      values over vocation.

46 Building Stronger Bridges

      BY RICHARD M. DOUGHERTY
      Technology provides new avenues for closing the continuing-
      education gap for students, staff, and faculty.

50 Information Science: Not Just for Boys Anymore

      BY JENNIFER GILLEY
      The move away from “the L-word” may be promoting gender
      equality in the profession.

52 Families Are Ready for Prime Time

      BY CATHAY O. RETA
      An innovative project contributes storytime programs and
      issue-oriented discussions to instill a love of reading.

Annual Conference Planner

56 Rebuilding the Big Easy

Hundreds of attendees to aid in the recovery of New Orleans
during 130th Annual Conference.

57 Seeing the Unbearable

BY MICHAEL GORMAN
A personal invitation to New Orleans.

72 Beignets and Bistros

BY TERRI ROUSEY
A diner’s tour of the French Quarter.

78 ALA Thanks Its Library Champions

Departments

4 Editorial

“Julie Andrews and Library Education”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

5 ALA President’s Message

“Those Lost Liberties May Be Your Own”
BY MICHAEL GORMAN

33 Thus Said

34 Reader Forum

35 On My Mind

“Life Isn’t Fair”
BY ARTHUR MASK

76 Executive Board Quarterly Report

“Growth-Oriented Budget Will Boost Member Services”
BY GORDON FLAGG

84 Currents

86 Grassroots Report

“The Art of Repurposing Icons”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE

88 Internet Librarian

“The Next 2.0”
BY JOSEPH JANES

90 Technically Speaking

“Delivering Content to a Moving Target”
BY ANDREW K. PACE

92 Working Knowledge

“Calling All Transplanted Librarians”
BY MARY PERGANDER

94 Librarian’s Library

BY CATHLEEN BOURDON

96 Quick Bibs

“Friends of Elwood P.”
BY BILL OTT

98 Datebook

101 Career Leads

111 How to Contact ALA / Index to Advertisers

112 Will’s World

“A Library Conference with Heart”
BY WILL MANLEY

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