Contents of February 2007 American Libraries

News Fronts

8  ALA

• Planning Group Maps Website Improvements  
• Member Survey Results Revealed
• UCLA Taser Incident Condemned

13  USA and International 

• New Congress Brings Hope for Library Legislation
• Maplewood Stays Open, Will Offer More Programming
• Millage Failure Prompts Branch Closings  
• Computer Glitch Reveals Personal Data
• Indianapolis Director Mielke Steps Down

22  Newsmaker

        ALISON BECHDEL, graphic novelist 

23  Tech News

• Equity Firm Buys SirsiDynix
• IMLS Debuts Digital Grants
• Cambridge Acquires ProQuest

Features

30  Race and Place: A Personal Account
     of Unequal Access

      BY TRACIE D. HALL
      No matter where the library is, the struggle continues to provide
      excellent facilities and services to all constituents, argues one librarian
      who has seen firsthand the reasons why.

34  Each One, Teach One

      BY JOHN BURGER and LILLIAN LEWIS
      Historically black colleges and universities participate in staff exchanges.

38  A Library and an Art Center

      BY KAREN FAVREAU
      How stacks and easels can live together happily ever after.

42  Spectrum Turns 10

      BY AMY STONE
     ALA’s diversity recruitment program marks its first decade.

Departments

3    From the Editor

      “Still Unequal after All These Years”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

5    ALA President’s Message

      “A Passion for ALA”
      BY LESLIE BURGER

6   Letters and Comments

24  Technically Speaking

      “Beam Me Up, Enterprise”
      BY ANDREW K. PACE

26  Technology in Practice

      “A Roadmap to Learning 2.0”
      BY MEREDITH FARKAS

27  Internet Librarian

      “Some Nifty 50s”
      BY JOSEPH JANES

28  Public Perception

29  On My Mind

      “Reducing the Digital Divide”
      BY DaVINCI METCALF

44  Currents

46  Youth Matters

      “Who’s on Second?”
      BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE

47  Working Knowledge

      “Working at Finding Work”
      BY MARY PERGANDER

48  Librarian’s Library

      “Traveling Through Time”
      BY MARY ELLEN QUINN

49  Vital Viewing

      BY GARY HANDMAN

50  Calendar

51  Rousing Reads

      “Roughing Up His Readers”
      BY BILL OTT

54  Career Leads from ALA Joblist

120  Will’s World

      “Been There, Heard That”
      BY WILL MANLEY