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NEW! Interview: Mohammad Abbas talks about his role as head of the new Library Department of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, the nations parliament in Baghdad.
Exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
Interview with Judith Krug, 1995.
Interview: Andrew Pace Explains Why OCLC’s “Quick Start” Is a Sea Change . An April 24 conversation with American Libraries Editor in Chief Leonard Kniffel on OCLC's foray into web-scale management.
Read This Now: ALA’s Award-winners Represent the Best for Library Collections.The chairs of many of ALA's book and media award committees discuss their selections. Includes a complete review of RUSA's Outstanding Reference Sources.
Stimulate Your Library: How libraries can benefit from the 2009 stimulus bill.
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AL Inside Scoop, American Libraries’ blog.
American Libraries: The First 100 Years, a timeline, 1907–2007
Top Ten Reasons to be a Librarian
10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library
12 Ways Libraries Are Good for the Country

August 2004

2004 Gates Foundation Award Goes to Libraries in Denmark and China
Posted August 20, 2004.

ALA Questions Homeland Security Directive's Effects
Posted August 20, 2004.

Appeals Court Upholds Legality of File-Sharing Programs
Posted August 20, 2004.

South Dakota Governor Begins Website Review
Posted August 6, 2004.

Books Rescued from Abandoned East St. Louis Library
Posted August 27, 2004.

Budget Woes Close Small New Mexico Library
Posted August 20, 2004.

Court Says Providence Athenaeum Can Sell Its Audubon
Posted August 20, 2004.

Deerfield Public Library Eyes Gehry for Building Project
Posted August 20, 2004.

Despite Financial Crisis, Buenos Aires Attracts 3,000 to IFLA Conference
Posted August 27, 2004.

Detroit Public Library Nonresident Usage Fees Take Effect
Posted August 6, 2004.

E-mailed Threat Nets Writing Assignment
Posted August 6, 2004.

Federal Court Blocks Sale of Antitax Book
Posted August 13, 2004.

Fired Mooresville Director Rehired
Posted August 27, 2004.

Gov. Pataki's Veto Cuts Millions in Library Aid
Posted August 27, 2004.

Group Urges Open Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research
Posted August 27, 2004.

Hawaii's Delayed Kapolei Branch Finally Opens Its Doors
Posted August 20, 2004.

High Costs Delay New Cal State Library
Posted August 13, 2004.

Hurricane Charley a Windfall for Damaged Dundee Library
Posted August 27, 2004.

Kansas Librarians Embroiled in CD Settlement Flap
Posted August 13, 2004.

Library of Congress Names Ted Kooser Poet Laureate
Posted August 13, 2004.

Library-Cat Suit Costs Dog Owner $30,000
Posted August 6, 2004.

Lincoln Briefcase Donated to Presidential Library
Posted August 20, 2004.

Mequon Board, Director Trade Charges
Posted August 6, 2004.

New York State Library Offers Walk-Up Borrowing to Residents
Posted August 6, 2004.

Pilot Program Offers Urban Library Training
Posted August 20, 2004.

Plans Unveiled for Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Posted August 27, 2004.

Religious-Rights Group Sues California Library
Posted August 6, 2004.

Waukesha County Reneges on Library Tax
Posted August 13, 2004.

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