Contents of June/July 2002 American Libraries
News Fronts
10 ALA
- Carla Hayden Elected ALA President
- ALA Councilors Elected
- Candidates for 2003 Election Needed
- An Interview with New ALA ED Keith Fiels
20 Washington
- OMB Calls for End of GPO Printing Monopoly
- Supreme Court Returns COPA to Appeals Court
- Supreme Court Nixes Virtual Child Porn Ban
- Bill Seeks to Reverse Presidential Records Order
- NRC Calls for Balance on Kids and Internet Porn
24 USA
- .US Domain Goes Public
- Georgia Legislature Slashes School Library Funds
- Laughing Librarian Yields, Pulls Offensive Web Cartoon
- Kansas High School Librarian Wrongly Fired
- Gates Gives OCLC $9 Million for Computer Portal
- National Library Week
40 International
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina Holds Quasi-Inauguration
- Global Reach
Features
50 Access Isn’t Enough
BY ANDREW BLAU
Merely connecting people and computers won’t close the digital divide.
54 It Takes a Virtual Village to Empower All the Villagers
BY BOB PEASELEY
Assistive technology embraces all comers in Charlotte, North Carolina.
58 Missing Pieces in the Academic Library Puzzle
BY BARBARA BARUTH
Cutting-edge technologies can assure our place in the big picture.
65 Are Wider Library Units Wiser?
BY THOMAS J. HENNEN JR.
Library planners may boost funding by casting their nets wider.
72 You Are Here
BY NICOLE WALLER
Will libraries go to Antarcti.ca to transform the OPAC?
Conference Preview
80 Rediscover America, Beginning in Atlanta
Highlights, hot topics, and last-minute changes at ALA’s June 13–19 conference in Georgia.
Plus: Local librarians reveal their favorite things to do in Atlanta, and Sally Decker Smith takes a look at some zany and little-known Annual Conference traditions.
91 Exhibits Locator
94 Hidden Atlanta: The City beneath the Trees
BY JOANNE LINCOLN AND DARRO WILLEY
Some of the city’s best meals can be found in its many tree-canopied neighborhoods.
Plus: Soul Eating, by Ella Gaines Yates.
Departments
7 ALA President’s Message
“Equity of Access: Our Continuing Challenge”
BY JOHN W. BERRY
18 Grassroots Report
“Higher Stakes: Cultural Programming Pays Off”
BY CHRISTINE WATKINS
43 Thus Said
44 Reader Forum
46 Editorial
“Don’t Wait for White Men to Step Aside”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
42 On My Mind
“Expectations, Realities, and Diversity: A Personal Account ”
BY VANG VANG
76 Executive Board Quarterly Report
“$1.95-Million Wells Fargo Deal Gets Meetings Off to Rousing Start”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
106 Currents
113 The Crawford Files
“What If the Literacy Numbers Are Wrong?”
BY WALT CRAWFORD
114 Internet Librarian
“Take My Job . . . Please!”
BY KAREN G. SCHNEIDER
116 Technically Speaking
“Scheming to Normalize Dublin Core”
BY DAVID DORMAN
118 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
120 Quick Vids
“Crusaders”
BY GARY HANDMAN
122 This Month
“149 Years Ago”
BY WAYNE WIEGAND
129 Career Leads
151 Index to Advertisers
152 Will’s World
“Willie Calls All Eccentrics”
BY WILL MANLEY
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