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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