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
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