Contents of September 2005 American Libraries
News Fronts
6 ALA
- Needed: Courses for Librarian Certification
- ACRL Receives $93,000 IMLS Grant
- PLA Offers “Grow Your Own” Grants
- COA Announces Accreditation Actions
- ALA Committee Volunteers Sought
10 Washington
- Community Partnerships Help Reading Power the Mind:
Library of Congress 12-State Workshop
- Senate Passes Patriot Act Reauthorization
- Groups File Amicus in National Security Letters Challenge
- Washington Briefs
12 USA and International
- Denver Reconsiders Fotonovela Collection
- Buffalo Plans to Close 20 of Its 52 Branches
- Accused Rare Map Thief Pleads Innocent
- Global Reach
- Interview: Straight Answers from Margaret Spellings,
U.S. Secretary of Education
Features
38 Cover Story:
Why School Libraries Won’t Be Left Behind
BY BEVERLY GOLDBERG
Librarians are teaching budget makers a lesson:
Students can’t make the grade without strong school libraries.
42 A New Look at Lifelong Access
BY DIANTHA DOW SCHULL
Innovative projects tap the interests and skills of a growing
population of active, older adults.
46 Digital Library Services for All
BY LORI BELL and TOM PETERS
Innovative technology opens doors to prnit-impaired patrons.
50 Online Book-Clubbing Made Easy
BY NEAL STARKEY
Technology allows libraries to capitalize on the citywide book
craze sweeping the nation.
ALA Feature
52 Learning from Experience:
2005 ALA Award Winners
Departments
5 ALA President’s Message
“Why Library Education Matters—Part Two”
BY MICHAEL GORMAN
30 Thus Said
32 Reader Forum
33 Editorial
“From Cradle to Grave: A Lifetime in Libraries”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
36 On My Mind
“Support the Cultural Communities Fund”
BY BARBARA IMMROTH
72 Currents
75 Grassroots Report
“A Manager’s Motto: Be Perpared”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
76 Internet Librarian
“What Does Google Know That We Don’t?”
BY JOSEPH JANES
78 Technically Speaking
“If You Can’t Beat ’Em, Join ’Em”
BY ANDREW K. PACE
80 Working Knowledge
“Banishing Boredom on the Job”
BY ELISA F. TOPPER
82 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
84 Quick Bibs
“Looking for Adventure in All the Weird Places”
BY BILL OTT
94 Career Leads
103 Index to Advertisers
104 Will’s World
“Love Reigns at the Reference Desk”
BY WILL MANLEY
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