News Fronts

10 ALA

And Tango Makes Three Tops Most-Challenged List
AASL Continues Rowan’s Recognition
COA Announces Accreditation Actions
ALA Scholarship Honors Cicely Marks

16 USA and International

Newbery-Winner’s “Scrotum” Reference Raises Ruckus
Sports Illustrated: Libraries Don’t Need Swimsuit Issue
Chicago Gets $1 Million for Computer Training
Deficits Bedevil Nation’s School Librarians
Social Networking under Scrutiny

25 Newsmaker

BEN COHEN, ice cream magnate

26 Tech News

Videos Threaten Net Capacity
SirsiDynix Leads All Custoemrs to Rome

Features

34 Equity by Design

2007 library design showcase.

49 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards

54 The Fairest Libraries of Them All

      Forty years ago, archirtects and libraries joined
      forces to honor the best in library design.
      BY DAVID BRODHERSON

56 Our Kind of Town

      Here’s how Chicago Public Library’s architectural renaissance
      is changing the neighborhoods around the more than four dozen
      libraries built or renovated in the past 17 years.
      BY PEGGY BARBER and LINDA WALLACE

63 Building Libraries Versus Schools

Why do libraries cost more than schools?
BY MELANIE HENNIGAN

64 Human Error

     When good intentions meet bad planning,
     library users pay the price.
     BY JEANNETTE WOODWARD

Departments

3 From the Editor

“Chicago Toddles No More”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

5 ALA President’s Message

“Changing Library Education”
BY LESLIE BURGER

6 Letters and Comments

27 Technology in Practice

“Going Where Patrons Are”
BY MEREDITH FARKAS

28 Technically Speaking

“One Stage at a Time”
BY ANDREW K. PACE

30 Internet Librarian

“W(h)ither Print?”
BY JOSEPH JANES

31 Public Perception

33 On My Mind

“The Closure of a Library”
BY MEGHAN O’FLAHERTY

74 Currents

76 Youth Matters

“Buying into Gossip”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE

78 Working Knowledge

“To Share or Not to Share”
BY MARY PERGANDER

80 Librarian’s Library

“Where Scholars Meet Slayers”
BY MARY ELLEN QUINN

81 Vital Viewing

BY GARY HANDMAN

82 Calendar

83 Rousing Reads

“The New Yorker Casual”
BY BILL OTT

86 Career Leads from ALA Joblist

96 Will’s World

“Impressionable Minds”
BY WILL MANLEY