Contents of November 2002 American Libraries
News Fronts
8 ALA
- ALA Rolls Out New Incentive-Based Pay Plan
- 2003 Arbuthnot Lecture Set
- Bush’s U.S./UNESCO Decision Lauded
- Read-Outs, Exhibits Mark 2002 Banned Books Week Celebration
- ALA/UNESCO Push European Flood Aid
- Satellite Teleconference to Focus on Privacy
16 Washington
- Book Festival Draws Crowds Despite Mud, Tight Security
- Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Copyright Extension Act
- Digital–Fair-Use Bills Introduced in House
- Houses Passes Webcast-Royalty Bill
18 USA and International
- Library Programs, Exhibits Memorialize September 11
- One Year Later: Examining the Patriot Act’s Impact
- UW/Milwaukee Library School Dean Resigns Amid Controversy
- Libraries to Benefit from CD Price-Fixing Settlement
- Texans Go “Mainstream” to Back Beleaguered Library
- Eddy Research Library Opens with Style in Boston
- Muslim Council Offers Free Materials to Public Libraries
- Global Reach
Special Report
35 Salary Hikes for Australian Librarians: Can It Happen Here?
BY HELEN LAM
Features
44 Privacy and Confidentiality
BY HELEN R. ADAMS
Now more than ever, youngsters need to keep their library use under wraps.
Plus: Privacy Activism, News, and Software Tools.
50 Value and Vision
BY ELEANOR JO RODGER
Public libraries must create public value through renewal and reinvention.
56 Through the Eyes of a Secret Shopper
BY MARLU BURKAMP and DIANE E. VIRBICK
Enhance service by borrowing a popular business technique.
58 Making a Case for the Tenure Banjo
BY JIM KINNIE
Specialized support for the university music department, in Facetiae.
Departments
7 ALA President’s Message
“Send That Stereotype to the Smithsonian”
BY MAURICE J. FREEDMAN
15 Grassroots Report
“Joining the Band Means Playing Along”
BY CHRISTINE WATKINS
36 Thus Said
38 Reader Forum
41 Editorial
“Big Brother Is Target-Marketing You”
BY LEONARD KNIFFEL
42 On My Mind
“The Unbearable Slowness of Hiring”
BY KARL BRIDGES
60 Currents
65 The Crawford Files
“Beware What You Wish For: Online Journal Quandaries”
BY WALT CRAWFORD
66 Internet Librarian
“The Second Internet and the Next Big Idea”
BY JOSEPH JANES
68 Technically Speaking
“To Identify an Online Object, Just DOI It”
BY DAVID DORMAN
70 Librarian’s Library
BY CATHLEEN BOURDON
71 Quick Bibs
“Canadian Fiction”
BY BILL OTT
74 This Month
“85 Years Ago”
BY WAYNE WIEGAND
75 Career Leads
91 Index to Advertisers
92 Will’s World
“Six Reasons Why We Are Underpaid”
BY WILL MANLEY
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