Contents of May 2005 American Libraries
News Fronts
6 ALA
- Unauthorized E-Mail Solicitor Halted
- SRRT Task Force Seeks Poor-Policy Review
- Candidates Sought for President, Council
- Honorary Member Nominations Open
10 Washington
- Congress Debates Sunset Provisions of Patriot Act
- GAO Report Slams FCC Oversight of E-Rate
- Nixon Library Director Promises to Release Tapes, Papers
- Washington Briefs
12 USA and International
- Delegation Inspires Fundraising Drive to Reopen Bedford Library
- Judge Blocks Philadelphia from Further Cuts
- U.K. Needs Drastic Action to Reverse Library Decline
- Global Reach
- Interview: Straight Answers from STANLEY KUNITZ,
former U.S. poet laureate
Features
32 Lust for Reading
Nancy Pearl talks about her life as a promiscuous reader.
37 Reference That Rocks!!
BY KATHARINE DEAN
The 2005 list of outstanding books from ALA’s Reference and User
Services Association features 22 terrific titles.
41 Racial and Ethnic Diversity
of U.S. Library Workers
BY KEITH CURRY LANCE
The ethnic makeup of our profession may say more about society
than about librarianship.
44 Bobby Socks and Building Projects
BY KAREN FAVREAU, with HELEN SNOW
North Carolina librarians share tips on how to permanently capture
your institution’s history.
47 Consumer Health Collecting Made Easy
BY HOWARD FULLER
A prescription for understocked medical-advice shelves.
50 Booklist Turns 100
BY BILL OTT
Looking back—and ahead—as ALA’s book-review
journal marks its centennial.
53 The People of the Book:
Riding the Third Wave
BY DONNA SEAMAN
Two new library-based programs examine the immigrant experience
that permeates Jewish-American literature.
Departments
5 ALA President’s Message
“Chapters Serve As Career Boosters”
BY CAROL BREY-CASIANO
24 Thus Said
26 Reader Forum
27 Editorial
“How a Book Gets Published”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
30 On My Mind
“Inaccessible Information: A Strategic Solution”
BY PATRICIA WAND
56 Currents
58 Grassroots Report
“What to Do with Your Old Carnegie”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
60 Internet Librarian
“The Librarianship of Connections”
BY JOSEPH JANES
61 Technically Speaking
“It’s Probably Right in Front of You”
BY ANDREW K. PACE
63 Working Knowledge
“Fine-Tuning Your Field of Focus”
BY ELISA F. TOPPER
66 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
68 Quick Bibs
“Bookshops on the Corner”
BY BILL OTT
71 Career Leads
79 Index to Advertisers
80 Will’s World
“Cleansing Our Language”
BY WILL MANLEY
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