Contents of August 2005 American Libraries
News Fronts
6 ALA
- Cultural Program Fund Monies Still Needed
- ALA Collaborates on Mapping Project
- New Jewish Lit Award Offered
- ALA Named NISO Maintenance Agency
12 Washington
- Congress Advances Patriot Act Reauthorization
- Library Groups Accept High Court’s Grokster Decision
- Washington on the Web
14 USA and International
- Gay Pride Exhibit Leads to Countywide Ban
- Publishers Question Google Print Library Project
- States See Boost in Library Funding
- Niagara Falls Public Library Faces Closure
Special News Reports
30 Information Professionals Intent on Impact
BY SUSAN S. DiMATTIA
Special Libraries Association Annual Conference.
32 Medical Librarians Focus on Cultural Transformation
BY PAMELA A. GOODES
Medical Library Association Annual Meeting.
34 Soggy Calgary Fails to Dampen Spirits
BY MADELEINE LEFEBVRE
Canadian Library Association Annual Conference.
35 Publishing Industry Show Draws 2,200 Librarians
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
BookExpo America.
Features
48 Cover Story:
Bound to the Word
BY BARACK OBAMA
Guardians of truth and knowledge, librarians must be thanked for
their role as champions of privacy, literacy, independent thinking,
and, most of all, reading.
42 Documents to the People
BY CHARLES A. SEAVEY
Musings on the past and future of government information.
45 Google Print vs. Onsite Collections
BY THOMAS MANN
Don’t send your paper copies off to remote storage just yet.
47 Are Your Students Prepared?
BY LYNNE OLVER
Build an A+ college-prep collection by following this checklist.
78 Public Libraries Struggle to Meet Internet Demand
BY JOHN CARLO BERTOT, CHARLES R. McCLURE, and
PAUL T. JAEGER
New study shows libraries need support to sustain online services.
Conference Coverage
53 Steamy Chicago Breaks ALA Record
Tackling the big issues, 27,900 attendees made the
Windy City the most popular venue in ALA history.
Plus: Council and Executive Board coverage, p. 73–77.
Departments
5 ALA President’s Message
“Why Library Education Matters”
BY MICHAEL GORMAN
36 Thus Said
37 Reader Forum
39 Editorial
“How Does a Collection Get Developed?”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
41 On My Mind
“Academia’s Two-Culture Dilemma”
BY MARY K. CHELTON
70 Technically Speaking
“Me Too!”
BY ANDREW K. PACE
80 Currents
83 Grassroots Report
“Library Students Making a Difference”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
84 Internet Librarian
“Eleven Minutes”
BY JOSEPH JANES
86 Working Knowledge
“Safeguarding against Employee Fraud”
BY ELISA F. TOPPER
87 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
89 Quick Vids
“Reality 101”
BY GARY HANDMAN
93 Career Leads
103 Index to Advertisers
104 Will’s World
“Don’t Judge Patrons by Appearances”
BY WILL MANLEY
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