Contents of February 2004 American Libraries

News Fronts

8  ALA

• ALA Website Features Shorter URLs 
• New CIPA-Related Online Tools Available 
• Guadalajara Free Pass Renewed 
• ALSC Releases Guide to Kids’ Websites
• e-Learning@PLA Begins February 16

11  Washington

• FBI Almanac Alert Prompts Unintended Reactions 
• Willard to Step Down As NCLIS Director
• FCC Tightens E-Rate Rules 

12  USA and International

• New York Times Honors 27 Librarians 
• Library of Congress Team Urges New National Library for Iraq 
• Atlanta-Fulton Litigants Get $18 Million 
• Providence Athenaeum Embroiled in Audubon Controversy
• Pennsylvania Restores Only $10 Million in Cuts 
• Global Reach 

Special News Report

24  Digital Opportunity or Flashy Fizzle?

      BY ROSS SHIMMON
      The UN’s World Summit on the Information Society.

Features

32  Cover Story:
       Advocacy Grows @ your library

      After nearly three years of effort, how is the Campaign for America’s
      Libraries going? What’s it changed? And how is it getting done?

37  Saving Ourselves: Plural Funding
       for Public Libraries

      BY STEVE COFFMAN
      Can libraries break their dependence on tax monies
      by following NPR’s example?

40  FOLUSA Turns 25

      BY SALLY GARDNER REED
      For a quarter of a century, Friends of Libraries U.S.A.
      has united library advocates.

42  A Brief History of Library Service
       to African Americans

      BY MAURICE WHEELER and DEBBIE JOHNSON-HOUSTON
      Self-education paved the way on the 300-year journey
      toward equal access.

46  Library Connections Open Doors in Uruguay

      BY ROYE WERNER
      The Bibliored network is making public libraries an essential factor
      in expanding democracy and equality in Montevideo.

Departments

5  ALA President’s Message

      “Advocacy from the Outside and from Within”
      BY CARLA D. HAYDEN

26  Thus Said

28  Reader Forum

29  Editorial

      “When the Language Police Come Knocking”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

30  On My Mind

      “From Information Literacy to Information Fluency”
      BY NANDITA MANI

49  Currents

51  Grassroots Report

      “Generosity of Spirit for a Great Library”
      BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE

52  The Crawford Files

      “OpenURL Meets Open Access”
      BY WALT CRAWFORD

54  Internet Librarian

      “Andrew Carnegie, Seattle, and the Internet”
      BY JOSEPH JANES

56  Technically Speaking

      “Winners and Losers in the LMS Market”
      BY DAVID DORMAN

58  Working Knowledge

      “Salary Negotiation 101”
      BY ELISA F. TOPPER

60  Librarian’s Library

      BY CATHLEEN BOURDON

62  Quick Bibs

      “More from My Bedside Table”
      BY BILL OTT

63  Datebook

65  Career Leads

71  Index to Advertisers

72  Will’s World

      “Book Lust: A Celebration of the Written Word”
      BY WILL MANLEY