Contents of November 2007 American Libraries
News Fronts
11 ALA
- Annual Conference, Prospectus Honored
- Libraries Are Key Online Access Points
- Fair Use Adds to Economic Growth
- Banned Books Week
16 USA and International
- Federal Prisons to Return Religious Books
- Supreme Court Won’t Hear Meeting Room Appeal
- Christ Vandalized As Lucifer Looks On
- Do-It-Yourself Censors Strike
- Global Reach
28 Tech News
- What It Means to Be Born Digital
- Task Force to Address Digital Preservation
- Tech Briefs
Special Reports
26 National Book Festival
Draws Huge Crowd Despite Protest
BY MARCI MEROLA
27 Technology with Altitude
The LITA Forum.
BY PAUL SEEMAN
56 Laying Down the Law:
ALA’s Ethics Codes
Are enforceable rules needed for information professionals?
BY ROY L. STURGEON
Features
40 Spanish Spoken Here
Eliminating Spanish-language fiction undermines
the validity of public libraries.
BY TODD DOUGLAS QUESADA
41 English Spoken Here
By creating bilingual collections, librarians are
contributing to a divided America.
BY JULIA STEPHENS
46 A Sense of Elsewhere
The president of Carnegie Corporation of New York
pays tribute to the power of libraries.
BY VARTAN GREGORIAN
50 From a Land of Books
The son of Lebanese immigrants looks back at the way
his parents infused him with a love for the written word.
BY RALPH NADER
52 Rebuilding Afghanistan:
One Book at a Time
Though they lack the basic resources,
libraries play a key role in this nation’s revival.
BY ANNE GARNER
Departments
3 From the Editor
“English Only Is English Lonely”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
6 ALA President’s Message
“Circle of Community”
BY LORIENE ROY
8 ALA Executive Director’s Message
“Advancing Advocacy”
BY KEITH MICHAEL FIELS
9 Letters and Comments
30 Technology in Practice
“Who Moved My E-mail?”
BY MEREDITH FARKAS
32 Technically Speaking
“Go Global, Library Vendor”
BY ANDREW K. PACE
34 Internet Librarian
“But Is It Librarianship?”
BY JOSEPH JANES
36 Public Perception
38 On My Mind
“Tickle Me Reference”
BY REBECCA REGO BARRY
58 Currents
60 Working Knowledge
“Shifting Gears”
BY MARY PERGANDER
61 Youth Matters
“Booting Up Book Lovers”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
62 Librarian’s Library
“Nuts and Bolts”
BY MARY ELLEN QUINN
64 Calendar
65 Rousing Reads
“The Fights”
BY BILL OTT
66 Career Leads from ALA Joblist
80 Will’s World
“The Reagan Revolution”
BY WILL MANLEY
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