Contents of September 2007 American Libraries
News Fronts
11 ALA
- American Libraries Direct Receives Gold Award
- Public Library Association Receives $7-million Gates Grant
- Public Programs Office Receives IMLS Grant
19 USA and International
- Pottermania
- Libraries Examine Policies As Counties Target Illegals
- Strike Closes Vancouver’s 22 Branches
- Tax Reform Has Florida Bracing for Major Cuts
- Fort Lauderdale OKs Gay Library Despite Mayor’s Discomfort
- Global Reach
34 Newsmaker
GARRISON KEILLOR, host of A Prairie Home Companion
36 Tech News
- New LC Audiovisual Center Boasts State-of-the-Art Technology
- LC Announces Digital Preservation Partnerships
Special Reports
15 TechSource Symposium
Draws Gamers to Chicago
Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium.
BY TOM PETERS
30 Two Years and Counting
New Orleans libraries after Katrina.
BY BRIAN HUDDLESTON
34 African-American Librarians
Meet in Fort Worth
Black Caucus of the American Library Association.
BY PAMELA A. GOODES
36 AALL in New Orleans
Law librarians rise to the challenge.
BY BRIAN HUDDLESTON
Features
50 The First Amendment
Needs New Clothes
In the face of weakened freedoms, librarians
and other free-speech advocates press on.
BY JANE DOBIJA
54 Outdated and Irrelevant?
Rethinking the Library Bill of Rights—
does it work in the real world?
BY JULIAN AIKEN
58 What’s a Library Worth?
Piecing together the structure of value.
BY ELEANOR JO RODGER
62 Libraries Connect
Communities
Public library survey finds funding tight,
but wireless expands access.
BY LARRA CLARK
64 World-Class Achievement
Saluting the 2007 ALA award winners.
Departments
4 From the Editor
“Go Peddle Your Papers”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
7 ALA President’s Message
“Start Global Connections”
BY LORIENE ROY
9 Letters and Comments
42 Technology in Practice
“Pixels Worth 1,000 Words”
BY MEREDITH FARKAS
44 Technically Speaking
“Free and Freedom”
BY ANDREW K. PACE
46 Internet Librarian
“Where Are You?”
BY JOSEPH JANES
48 Public Perception
49 On My Mind
“Burning with Frustration”
BY THOMAS WASHINGTON
75 Currents
78 Working Knowledge
“Positions of Transition”
BY MARY PERGANDER
79 Youth Matters
“Harry's Last Hurrah”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
81 Librarian’s Library
“Citizen Journalism”
BY MARY ELLEN QUINN
82 Vital Viewing
BY GARY HANDMAN
83 Calendar
84 Rousing Reads
“Janette Turner Hospital and Me”
BY BILL OTT
87 Career Leads from ALA Joblist
96 Will’s World
“Hippies and Geeks”
BY WILL MANLEY
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