Contents of December 2004 American Libraries
News Fronts
7 ALA
- Burger, Hage Seek 2006–2007 Persidency
- Online Voting Begins March 15
- ALA Renews Call for Privacy Protection
- ALA-APA Gets Financial Boost
- LeVar Burton to Address AASL
- Plus: Council Candidates
14 USA and International
- Clinton Library Draws Crowds, Boosts Local Economy
- Flash Floods Drench University of Hawaii Library
- Buffalo Could Close Central Library, All 52 Branches
- Libraries Nix Flix As Patrons Cry Partisanship
- Global Reach
- Plus: Teen Read Week
- Interview: Straight Answers from TED KOOSER, Poet Laureate
Special News Reports
26 The Top 10 Library Stories of 2004
The year in review.
32 High Noon at Clark Atlanta University
BY RON CHEPESIUK
Requiem for a library school?
34 Pageanty and Politics at Publishing’s Big Event
BY JEFFREY GARRETT
The 2004 Frankfurt Book Fair.
Features
42 Buddha at the Gate, Running:
Why People Challenge Library Materials
BY JAMES LARUE
Parents who voice their concerns are the very patrons
we should prize.
46 Lessons School Librarians Teach Others
BY DOUG JOHNSON
Class: The subject is integrity.
49 Serving Blind Readers in a Digital Age
BY JOHN M. TAYLOR
LC’s National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped moves toward a digital future.
52 Librarian at Risk
BY PEGGY JOHNSON
After exposing embezzlers in Cameroon, Innocent Afuh Awasom
seeks refuge at the University of Minnesota.
54 In Defense of America’s Freedoms
BY TOM TEEPEN
An ALA offshoot celebrates 35 years of “societal good.”
Departments
5 ALA President’s Message
“Spreading Social Epidemics”
BY CAROL BREY-CASIANO
6 Finances
“Building Purchase Will Strengthen ALA’s Presence in Washington”
BY TERI R. SWITZER and RICK J. SCHWEITERMAN
36 Thus Said
38 Reader Forum
40 Editorial
“Mevil Dewey on the Polar Express”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
41 On My Mind
“America’s Libraries: Democracy’s PR Tools”
BY KIRSTEN L. ALLEN
57 ALA Executive Board Quarterly Report
“Washington Office Purchase Moves Forward”
BY GORDON FLAGG
59 Currents
61 Grassroots Report
“Finding an Ethical Balance”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
62 Internet Librarian
“What’s Next? Search Me”
BY JOSEPH JANES
64 Technically Speaking
“Whither Library Automation?”
BY ANDREW K. PACE
66 Working Knowledge
“Picture Yourself in the Director’s Chair”
BY ELISA F. TOPPER
68 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
70 Quick Vids
“Never Seen Such Hard Times”
BY GARY HANDMAN
85 Career Leads
95 Index to Advertisers
96 Will’s World
“The Apprentice— Reality or Fantasy?”
BY WILL MANLEY
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