Contents of January 2005 American Libraries
News Fronts
8 ALA
- Library Closure Alert Issued
- Google Becomes New Website Search Engine
- ALA Receives NYCLU Award
- “No Child” Brochure Developed
14 News Washington
- E-Rate Funding Resumes
- Federal Funding Increases, but Below President’s Request
- Seven Appointed to NMLS Board
16 USA and International
- Referenda Roundup: Good News for Many Libraries
- Google Partners with Libraries in Massive Digitization Project
- California Awards $80 Million in Grants
- Global Reach
- Interview: Straight Answers from KERRY HEALEY,
Lt. Gov. of Massachusetts
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
93 ALA Annual Conference 2005
114 Career Leads
127 Index to Advertisers
128 Will’s World
“Fruit-Fondling Tips 101”
BY WILL MANLEY
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