Contents of January/February 2008 American Libraries
News Fronts
12 ALA
- Public TV, ALA Launch Consumer Education Effort
- PBS Cancer Education Partnership Announced
- AASL Longitudinal Survey Released
20 USA and International
- Golden Compass Accused of Anti-Catholic Bias
- Leaky Branch’s Future Uncertain
- Book Talk Flap Followed by Librarian’s Dismissal
- Ottawa’s Outrage May Save 10 Branches
- Global Reach
30 Tech News
- Amazon Releases Kindle
- Techlistmania
38 Newsmaker
ALFONSO AGUILAR, Chief of the Office of U.S. Citizenship
Features
44 Design Thinking
A design approach to the delivery of outstanding
service can help put the user experience first.
BY STEVEN J. BELL
50 Librarians in the Jury Box
Why do information professionals make
such desirable jurors?
BY NANCY KALIKOW MAXWELL
56 Putting Students First
To be effective school library advocates,
we must focus our messages on learning.
BY DEBRA KAY LOGAN
62 Midwinter Meeting Planner:
Welcome to Philly
Highlights on the agenda.
63 From Hoops to Ink
In an exclusive interview, KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR
reveals how he has takem aim at passing on
his passion for the written word.
66 Revisiting a Historic Relic:
The Liberty Bell
BY CHRISTOPHER H. WALKER
70 From Cozy to Funky
Philadelphia’s diverse dining choices.
BY EVELYN MINNICK, SARA MORAN,
ELLIOT SHELKROT, and KEVIN VAUGHAN
86 ALA Annual Conference
Advance Registration
Departments
3 From the Editor
“Change Is Good, Service Is Better”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
6 ALA President’s Message
“Circle of Diversity”
BY LORIENE ROY
8 Letters and Comments
32 Technically Speaking
“ A New Chapter”
BY ANDREW K. PACE
34 Internet Librarian
“Worth the Effort”
BY JOSEPH JANES
36 Technology in Practice
“What Friends Are For”
BY MEREDITH FARKAS
40 Public Perception
42 On My Mind
“The ‘i’ in Libraries”
BY MICHELLE BOULE
74 Currents
76 Youth Matters
“The Next Big Thing”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
78 Working Knowledge
“Be It Resolved . . .”
BY MARY PERGANDER
80 Librarian’s Library
“Dangerous Minds”
BY MARY ELLEN QUINN
82 Rousing Reads
“Best of 2007”
BY BILL OTT
83 Solutions and Services
103 Career Leads from ALA Joblist
120 Will’s World
“It All Stacks Up”
BY WILL MANLEY
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