Contents of February 2007 American Libraries
News Fronts
8 ALA
- Planning Group Maps Website Improvements
- Member Survey Results Revealed
- UCLA Taser Incident Condemned
13 USA and International
- New Congress Brings Hope for Library Legislation
- Maplewood Stays Open, Will Offer More Programming
- Millage Failure Prompts Branch Closings
- Computer Glitch Reveals Personal Data
- Indianapolis Director Mielke Steps Down
22 Newsmaker
ALISON BECHDEL, graphic novelist
23 Tech News
- Equity Firm Buys SirsiDynix
- IMLS Debuts Digital Grants
- Cambridge Acquires ProQuest
Features
30 Race and Place: A Personal Account
of Unequal Access
BY TRACIE D. HALL
No matter where the library is, the struggle continues to provide
excellent facilities and services to all constituents, argues one librarian
who has seen firsthand the reasons why.
34 Each One, Teach One
BY JOHN BURGER and LILLIAN LEWIS
Historically black colleges and universities participate in staff exchanges.
38 A Library and an Art Center
BY KAREN FAVREAU
How stacks and easels can live together happily ever after.
42 Spectrum Turns 10
BY AMY STONE
ALA’s diversity recruitment program marks its first decade.
Departments
3 From the Editor
“Still Unequal after All These Years”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
5 ALA President’s Message
“A Passion for ALA”
BY LESLIE BURGER
6 Letters and Comments
24 Technically Speaking
“Beam Me Up, Enterprise”
BY ANDREW K. PACE
26 Technology in Practice
“A Roadmap to Learning 2.0”
BY MEREDITH FARKAS
27 Internet Librarian
“Some Nifty 50s”
BY JOSEPH JANES
28 Public Perception
29 On My Mind
“Reducing the Digital Divide”
BY DaVINCI METCALF
44 Currents
46 Youth Matters
“Who’s on Second?”
BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE
47 Working Knowledge
“Working at Finding Work”
BY MARY PERGANDER
48 Librarian’s Library
“Traveling Through Time”
BY MARY ELLEN QUINN
49 Vital Viewing
BY GARY HANDMAN
50 Calendar
51 Rousing Reads
“Roughing Up His Readers”
BY BILL OTT
54 Career Leads from ALA Joblist
120 Will’s World
“Been There, Heard That”
BY WILL MANLEY
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