Contents of September 2004 American Libraries
News Fronts
6 ALA
- New Member Category Focuses on Support Staff
- Member Insurance Coverage Offered
- ALA Committee Volunteers Sought
- “Register to Vote” Tops 1,500 Mark
- ACRL Seeks Marketing Stars
- New “StoryLines” to Hit Airways
- Survey Results: Service Speedy but Website Needs Work
12 Washington
- Reading Powers the Mind: Center for the Book Workshop at LC
- Department of Justice Rescinds Documents Destruction Order
14 USA and International
- Detroit Public Library Usage Fees Take Effect
- Kansas Librarians Embroiled in CD Flap
- Iranian Libraries Rebuild after Massive Quake
- Troubled Mequon Library Loses Another Director
- Summer Reading Events
- Global Reach
- Interview: Straight Answers from JOHN WOOD
Features
34 Cover Story: Monumental Preservation:
A Call to Action
BY MICHELE V. CLOONAN
As the custodians of culture, librarians must also save the
mementos of war, disaster, and terrorism.
39 Virtual Collections Need Real Bucks
BY BEVERLY GOLDBERG
Newberry symposium addresses economics of digitization.
40 The Seven Deadly Sins of Library Technology
BY NANCY KALIKOW MAXWELL
Look carefully before you leap into online reference service.
43 Conference Call: Gen X Bites Back
Researcher ARTHUR YOUNG takes the heat, as GenXer STEVE
CASBURN criticizes the Boomer view of leadership.
56 The Thrills of Thrift-Store Librarianship
BY NEIL E. DAS
Literary gems—as well as fun—lay hidden amid the bric-a-brac.
ALA Feature
48 The Profession’s Shining Stars:
ALA Award Winners, 2004
Departments
5 ALA President’s Message
“NEA Report Overlooks Libraries”
BY CAROL BREY-CASIANO
28 Thus Said
29 Reader Forum
30 Editorial
“When Pregnancy Is a Library Issue”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
33 On My Mind
“Differing Opinions Need Not Apply”
BY WHITNEY DAVISON-TURLEY
66 Currents
69 Grassroots Report
“What Is Your Library Doing for 9/11?”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
70 The Crawford Files
“A Middle Ground on Copyright”
BY WALT CRAWFORD
72 Internet Librarian
“Nowhere to Hide”
BY JOSEPH JANES
74 Technically Speaking
“E-books: Round Two”
BY ANDREW K. PACE
76 Working Knowledge
“It’s Not What You Say, but How You Say It”
BY ELISA F. TOPPER
78 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
80 Quick Vids
“Video Lagniappe”
BY GARY HANDMAN
85 Career Leads
95 Index to Advertisers
96 Will’s World
“Dishpan Hands Are a Plus”
BY WILL MANLEY
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