Contents of December 2007 American Libraries

News Fronts

10  ALA

• Alire, Williams Seek 2009-2010 ALA Presidency 
• FOLUSA Head Becomes Interim ALTA Director 
• Rettig Testifies on LC Cataloging
• Teen Read Week

18  USA and International 

• Lawsuit Delays Release of Librarian’s Potter Project 
• OCLC Scans Social Spaces 
• Katrina Recovery Progresses 
• Montana State Library Plan under Fire 
• SLA, ALA Urge Sandia Not to Close Library 
• Global Reach

28  Tech News

• LC, Xerox Do Digital Duet
• Checklist Offered for Wireless Policy 
• Tech Briefs

38  Newsmaker

        TONY WILHELM, National Telecommunications and
        Information Administration

Special Reports

60  School Librarians
      Explore the Future in Reno

       American Association of School Librarians
       unveils standards.
       BY PAMELA A. GOODES

62  ALA Executive Board
      Quarterly Report

      Graduated dues study halted in favor of
      membership survey.
      BY PAMELA A. GOODES

64  RDA: Imminent Debacle

      The editor of AACR2 takes issue with
      cataloging’s new direction.
      BY MICHAEL GORMAN

Features

44  Year in Review

      Top 10 library stories of 2007. 

50  In Flew Enza

     What we can learn from the way American libraries
     responded to the 1918 influenza pandemic.
     BY NORA J. QUINLAN 

54  Prognosis: Literacy

      A complex healthcare system and reliance on the internet
      make health-information literacy important.
      BY RON CHEPESIUK

58  A Centennial Journey

      Highlights from 100 years of
      American Libraries’ evolution. 
      BY GREG LANDGRAF

Departments

3    From the Editor

      “All Sides of the Big Picture”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

6    ALA President’s Message

      “Circle of Literacy”
      BY LORIENE ROY

8   Letters and Comments

30  Technically Speaking

      “Writing 2007 to Memory”
      BY ANDREW K. PACE

32  Dispatches from the Field

      “Web 2.0 and You”
      BY MICHAEL STEPHENS

34  Internet Librarian

      “All the Books”
      BY JOSEPH JANES

36  Technology in Practice

      “Your Stuff, Their Space”
      BY MEREDITH FARKAS

40  Public Perception

42  On My Mind

      “The Freedom to Be Literate”
      BY MICHELLE BOULE 

66  Currents

68  Youth Matters

      “Redemptive Reading”
      BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE

69  Working Knowledge

      “Oh, Behave!”
      BY MARY PERGANDER

70  Librarian’s Library

      “Hunting for Treasure in Special Collections”
      BY MARY ELLEN QUINN

72  Calendar

73  Rousing Reads

      “A Banner Year for Tanner”
      BY BILL OTT

74  Career Leads from ALA Joblist

88  Will’s World

      “Covering All the Bases”
      BY WILL MANLEY