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Contents of January 2005 American Libraries


News Fronts

8  ALA

14  News Washington

16  USA and International


Special News Report

12  Library Leadership in the Desert

      The Library Administration and Management Association Institute.


Features

48  Cover Story:
      Silence Is Olden

      BY SUSAN DiMATTIA
      Is there room for the sound of silence in a bustling, modern library?

52  Professional Values: Priceless

      BY BILL CROWLEY and DEBORAH GINSBERG
      It’s our educational mission that will secure librarianship’s cultural
      cachet in the 21st century.

56  From Page to Stage

      BY STACY L. SMITH
      A very funky journey to deliver fairytale messages.

58  Critiquing the Curriculum

      BY WAYNE A. WIEGAND
      The entrenched LIS agenda needs to change to reflect the most
      critical functions of the library.

62  A Network So Crazy, It Just Might Work

      BY ELIZABETH VIDRINE
      If you want something done cheap, do it yourself.


Conference Preview

64  A Boston Birthday Celebration
      Awaits Midwinter Conferees

      Advocacy, civic engagement, finances, and youth media’s
      best-of-the-best highlight conference agenda.

72  Best Bites in Beantown

      Boston boasts a myriad of excellent restaurants.


Departments

5  ALA President’s Message

      “Librarians As Freedom Fighters”
      BY CAROL BREY-CASIANO

40  Thus Said

42  Reader Forum

44  Editorial

      “What We Can Learn from Junk TV—and Vice Versa”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

46  On My Mind

      “A View from the Right”
      BY SUSAN N. HILL

76  Currents

79  Grassroots Report

      “Getting Out the Vote in Fargo”
      BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE

80  Internet Librarian

      “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
      BY JOSEPH JANES

82  Technically Speaking

      “Lemonade from Lemons
      BY ANDREW K. PACE

84  Working Knowledge

      “The Great Director Search
      BY ELISA F. TOPPER

86  Librarian’s Library

      BY CATHLEEN BOURDON

88  Quick Bibs

      “Classics Revisited”
      BY GARY HANDMAN

90  Datebook

93  ALA Annual Conference 2005

114  Career Leads

127  Index to Advertisers

128  Will’s World

      “Fruit-Fondling Tips 101”
      BY WILL MANLEY