Contents of January 2007 American Libraries

News Fronts

10  ALA

• American Libraries Kicks Off 100-Year Celebration  
• Survey Reports Increased Salaries
• Gulf Coast Needs Continue

17  USA and International 

• Opposition to EPA Cutbacks Increases
• Student Tasered by Police in UCA Library
• DMCA Exemptions Granted  
• Gates Foundation Expands Grants
• D.C. Council Committee Tables Library Plan

28  Newsmaker

    JILL NISHI, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation  

Special News Report

16  Sending a Unified Message

      BY DANIEL KRAUS
     Toward a national library agenda.

Features

42  Balancing the Online Life

      BY MEREDITH FARKAS
      Social software is changing the way everyone does business.

46  20 Tips to Inspire Innovation

      BY STEPHEN ABRAM
      Pointers from a technology guru.

50  These Lavish Edifices

      BY CATHERINE MARSH
      A visitor’s impression of American libraries
      seven decades ago.

54  Northwest to Seattle

      Midwinter Meeting planner.

62  Fresh Fish, Fusion Flavors

      BY MARILYN GELL MASON and ROBERT M. MASON
      A dining guide to Seattle.

Departments

4    From the Editor

      “100 Years in the Making”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

6    ALA President’s Message

      “I Love Libraries”
      BY LESLIE BURGER

8   Letters and Comments

30  Tech News

32  Technically Speaking

      “The Next 100 Years”
      BY ANDREW K. PACE

36  Dispatches from the Field

      “Getting Your Game On”
      BY JENNY LEVINE

38  Internet Librarian

      “Why Johnny Can’t Search”
      BY JOSEPH JANES

40  Public Perception

41  On My Mind

      “Jim Crow in Our Libraries”
      BY SANDY PUCCIO

67  Currents

70  Youth Matters

      “New Year, New Beginnings”
      BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE

72  Working Knowledge

      “In the Company of Friends”
      BY MARY PERGANDER

74  Librarian’s Library

      “The Transformation to an Information Commons”
      BY MARY ELLEN QUINN

75  Vital Viewing

      BY GARY HANDMAN

76  Calendar

77  Rousing Reads

      “Best of the Year”
      BY BILL OTT

82  ALA Annual Conference Registration

110  Career Leads from ALA Joblist

120  Will’s World

      “Blast from the Past”
      BY WILL MANLEY