

Contents of January 2005 American Libraries
The Library Administration and Management Association Institute.
BY SUSAN DiMATTIA
Is there room for the sound of silence in a bustling, modern library?
BY BILL CROWLEY and DEBORAH GINSBERG
It’s our educational mission that will secure librarianship’s cultural
cachet in the 21st century.
BY STACY L. SMITH
A very funky journey to deliver fairytale messages.
BY WAYNE A. WIEGAND
The entrenched LIS agenda needs to change to reflect the most
critical functions of the library.
BY ELIZABETH VIDRINE
If you want something done cheap, do it yourself.
Advocacy, civic engagement, finances, and youth media’s
best-of-the-best highlight conference agenda.
Boston boasts a myriad of excellent restaurants.
“Librarians As Freedom Fighters”
BY CAROL BREY-CASIANO
“What We Can Learn from Junk TV—and Vice Versa”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
“A View from the Right”
BY SUSAN N. HILL
“Getting Out the Vote in Fargo”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
BY JOSEPH JANES
“Lemonade from Lemons”
BY ANDREW K. PACE
“The Great Director Search”
BY ELISA F. TOPPER
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
“Classics Revisited”
BY GARY HANDMAN
“Fruit-Fondling Tips 101”
BY WILL MANLEY