Contents of October 2007 American Libraries
News Fronts
22 ALA
- FOLUSA to Manage ALA’s Trustee Division
- ALA Reiterates Net Neutrality Support
- ALA, Council Committee Nominees Sought
27 USA and International
- California’s $14-Million Library Budget Cut Came as a Surprise
- NSL Provision Ruled Unconstitutional
- Cambridge Contacts U.S. Libraries over Alms for Jihad
- Iraq Library Director Resists Military
- Vancouver Strikers Keep Serving
- Global Reach
39 Newsmaker
IRSHAD MANJI, author of The Trouble with Islam Today
41 Tech News
- Arkansas Director Laments Lack of Rural Broadband
- Tech Briefs
Special Reports
36 Indigenous Knowledge Matters
at IFLA Conference in South Africa
New regional IFLA offices and the AIDS crisis.
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
66 Controversies in Cataloging
The debate over AACR2’s successor.
BY DANIEL KRAUS
Continuing Education
10 ALA Midwinter Meeting
Advance Registration
70 Graduate School
Special Advertising Section
Features
52 Teens and the
Future of Reading
Not everyone believes the sky is falling
on the state of America’s reading.
BY MICHAEL CART
55 Reference on the Fringe
A librarian finds her calling in a profession
that lives on the cutting edge.
BY STACY RUSSO
58 Charting a Course
Local libraries can help the growing number
of charter schools locate needed resources.
BY AMY L. DEUINK and TOM REINSFELDER
60 The Powers of Attraction
A college library arouses interest with a booth
at the campus sexual-health fair.
BY BONNIE IMLER and MICHELLE TOMASZEWSKI
62 Libraries in the Wild
Community libraries thrive among the rain forests
and wetlands of western Uganda.
BY MATTHEW LOVING
Departments
4 From the Editor
“Teen Reading and Indigenous Knowledge”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
6 ALA President’s Message
“Circle of Learning”
BY LORIENE ROY
8 Letters and Comments
43 Dispatches from the Field
“Recasting Library Catalogs”
BY MARSHALL BREEDING
45 Technology in Practice
“Learning on a Shoestring”
BY MEREDITH FARKAS
47 Technically Speaking
“Printing in the Library”
BY ANDREW K. PACE
49 Internet Librarian
“Cluck, Cluck”
BY JOSEPH JANES
50 Public Perception
51 On My Mind
“Nix the Name-calling”
BY SUZANNE DELONG
68 Currents
73 Working Knowledge
“Leaving Libraries”
BY MARY PERGANDER
75 Youth Matters
“Food for Thought”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
76 Librarian’s Library
“Preparing for the Big Boomer Battle”
BY MARY ELLEN QUINN
77 Vital Viewing
BY GARY HANDMAN
78 Calendar
79 Rousing Reads
“My Name Is Bill, and I’m a Lazy Reader”
BY BILL OTT
81 Career Leads from ALA Joblist
88 Will’s World
“Speaking of Dissent”
BY WILL MANLEY
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