News Fronts

6  ALA

• ALA Questions Jenner and Block Again
• Alice Series Tops Most-Challenged List
• Online Public Service Announcement Promotes Equity of Access
• “Put It in Writing” Workshops Planned  

10  Washington

• Supreme Court Hears Administration’s COPA Appeal
• Alternative Database-Protection Bill Introduced
• Former Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin Dies at 89
• ALA Joins Amicus in Cheney Energy-Meeting Case
• Libraries and Literati Launch Drive to Challenge Patriot Act

12  USA and International

• CIPA Fallout Filters Down to States
• San Francisco Public Library Holds Public Forum on Adopting RFID Technology
• Texas Rare-Book Thief Gets Probation 
• Berkeley to Lay Off 16, Cut Hours and Budget
• Complaint Prompts Texas Library to Tweak Black History Exhibit
• Global Reach 

Special News Report

28  Keeping the Doors Open

      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
      Public librarians pack the programs at record-breaking Seattle
      conference of ALA’s Public Library Association.

Features

38  Cover Story: Building on the Past

      An inspired union to two buildings sets the pace for this year’s
      annual facilities showcase.

70  The Castle Is Back

      BY MELANIE MILLER
      A frontier town library becomes a downtown anchor in a Cinderella
      story of a 1911-era restoration.

74  The Saving Grace of Library Space

      BY LINDA BURKE
      Promote your facility as a low-stress zone, put on the coffee pot—
      and stand back.

78  Mansell Revisited

      BY DANELLE HALL
      The ambitious National Union Catalog was once hailed as the
      greatest bibiographic feat in history.

81  Conference Call:
       Should We Ever Work for Free?

      Library directors PHIL BAUGHER and MAURICE FREEDMAN
      discuss the dilemma between vocation and volunteering.

Departments

5  ALA President’s Message

      “Building Accessibility for All”
      BY CARLA D. HAYDEN

30  Thus Said

32  Reader Forum

34  Editorial

      “Reclaiming Family History in El Paso”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

36  On My Mind

      “We Can Still Do the Right Thing on Cuba”
      BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER

85  Currents

87  Grassroots Report

      “Next Stop, Information Commons”
      BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE

88  The Crawford Files

      “A Dozen Solutions to All Library Problems”
      BY WALT CRAWFORD

90  Internet Librarian

      “Reality by Consensus”
      BY JOSEPH JANES

92  Technically Speaking

      “Starting Off on a Technicality”
      BY ANDREW K. PACE

94  Working Knowledge

      “Saying ‘Thank You’—Part Two”
      BY ELISA F. TOPPER

96  Librarian’s Library

      BY CATHLEEN BOURDON

98  Quick Bibs

      “Flaubert’s Parrots”
      BY BILL OTT

100  Datebook

103  Career Leads

111  Index to Advertisers

112  Will’s World

      “Building a Flavorful Workplace”
      BY WILL MANLEY