Contents of April 2004 American Libraries
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
103 Career Leads
111 Index to Advertisers
112 Will’s World
“Building a Flavorful Workplace”
BY WILL MANLEY
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