Contents of March 2008 American Libraries

News Fronts

12  ALA

• Gates Funds E-Rate Project
• APA Report Shows Librarian Salary Rise 
• Petition Candidates Seek Council Posts

18  USA and International 

• Grassroots Group Grows School Library Support 
• Minneapolis Public Library Merges with Hennepin County 
• Bush’s FY09 Budget Boosts Libraries 
• Fla. Awaits Effects from Latest Tax Cuts 
• Global Reach

30  Tech News

• LC Teams with Flickr  
• Microsoft vs. Google in Digital Derby

42  Newsmaker

        STEPHEN M. KOHN
       Attorney for FBI Whistleblower Bassem Youssef

Special Reports

27  LIS Educators Meet to Further
       Community Engagement

         BY LOUISE ROBBINS

28  Girls Raise Cash for Kenya

         BY BART BIRDSALL

Features

44  All Seasons & All Reasons

      Lifelong learning involves the establishment of a
      continuum of library use throughout a lifetime of learning.
      BY LESLIE BURGER 

50  Story Quilt: Poems of a Place

      A library’s social history project turns
      a community’s stories into homegrown poetry.
      BY MARY CUFFE-PEREZ

54  Speakers Draw 13,600
      to Philadelphia

      Attendance soars as a basketball legend, notable
      authors, and a whistleblower tackle issues of free 
      speech, privacy, and literacy.

64  Official Candidates Statements

      2009-10 presidential contenders
      CAMILA ALIRE and J. LINDA WILLIAMS. 

66  Candidates Forum

      Highlights of the Midwinter Meeting debate. 

69  ALA Council and Executive
     Board Wrap-Ups

      Accreditation standards and accessibility
      and more.

Departments

3    From the Editor

      “Getting Involved: Don’t Wait for Permission”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

6    ALA President’s Message

      “Circle of Service”
      BY LORIENE ROY

8   Letters and Comments

10  Public Perception

11  On My Mind

      “Overvaluing the Virtual”
      BY LISA FORREST 

34  Technology in Practice

      “Open Everything”
      BY MEREDITH FARKAS

38  Dispatches from the Field 

      “Ending the Status Quo”
      BY BRADFORD LEE EDEN

40  Internet Librarian

      “Mansell, Part Deux”
      BY JOSEPH JANES

72  Currents

74  Youth Matters

      “Downloading the Bard”
      BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE

75  Working Knowledge

      “Loose Lips Sink Ships”
      BY MARY PERGANDER

76  Librarian’s Library

      “The Very Definition of Definition”
      BY MARY ELLEN QUINN

78  Rousing Reads

      “Watershed Moments at the Movies”
      BY BILL OTT

79  Solutions and Services 

81  Career Leads from ALA Joblist

88  Will’s World

      “Is Everybody Happy?”
      BY WILL MANLEY