American Libraries articles from June 1990

American Libraries archives from June 1990

What's So Bad about a Shortage?
June 1, 1990... ALA is being revved up for a new cause celebre. The Planning Committee has recommended that the Association proclaim "personnel resources" our profession's top priority and is currently trying to make the proposition palatable after Council...

Columbia Provost's Report Faults SLS and Librarianship
June 1, 1990... Gloom over the future of library education at Columbia University deepened with the April 13 release of Provost Jonathan Cole's report on the School of Library Service (SLS). Although stopping short of recommending closing the school founded in...

Elizabeth Martinez Smith named L.A. city librarian.
June 1, 1990... Elizabeth Martinez Smith has been named Los Angeles city librarian, the first Hispanic woman to head the sprawling 63-branch system. Smith, Orange County (Calif.) Public Library director for 10 years, built a reputation there and at the...

IFLA working group presses for South Africa ban. (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
June 1, 1990... The international Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Working Group on South Africa has prepared a report calling for, among other things, the establishment of policy statements that could lead to the revoking of IFLA...

No Secret Handshakes in New Orleans
June 1, 1990... The first 114 Association of Research Libraries Membership Meetings were closed to the press, adding to the sense of exclusivity and even elitism created by the terms of membership-which comes only with the directorship of one of 119 North...

An Ohio Town's Celebration of Its Favorite Son Outgrows the Public Library
June 1, 1990... POETS COULD GATHER ANYwhere to celebrate the work of their beloved colleague and mentor James Wright. But thanks to the Martins Ferry (Ohio) Public Library, they gathered again this year-as they have for the past 10 years--in the small town...

Night of 1000 Stars: A Wellspring of Love
June 1, 1990... From the Florida Keys to the Bering Sea-and everywhere in between-the stars came out for the "Night of a Thousand Stars." School, public, and academic libraries attracted their communities' stars to promote family reading during the evening of...

ALA's 109th Annual Conference: Program Suggestions, by Topic
June 1, 1990... "Information Access-Back to the Basics" is the theme of ALAS 109th Annual Conference in Chicago June 23-28. The preliminary conference program, detailing special events, exhibit hours, general sessions, and registration information, was mailed...

Our favorite Chicago restaurants; as your hosts in the Windy City ALA staff invite you to check out these choice dining spots. (directory)
June 1, 1990... CHICAGO, A RESTAURANT town? it doesn't work, you say. Remember famed Henrici's--mentioned several times in Dreiser's American Tragedy? Or earlier, Schlogl's at 37 N. Wells Street, known through such books as Burton Rascoe's 1937 autobiography...

Our Favorite Chicago Diversions; Had Your Fill of Restaurant Hopping? American Libraries' Staff Divulges Nine Choice Alternatives
June 1, 1990... Had your fill of restaurant hopping? American Libraries' staff divulges nine choice alternatives Chicago is our kind of town. We live here on the north side, the south side, and in the suburbs. We work here, play here, and we see through the...

The Insider's Guide to Annual Conference. New to ALA Conference? Wondering What All Those People Dashing Confidently Past You Know That You Don't? Read On
June 1, 1990... New to ALA Conference? Wondering what all those people dashing confidently past you know that you don't? Read on. THE LIBRARY PRESS DOES a great job in alerting conference-goers to the most significant programs at upcoming ALA Annual Conferences....

Education for Librarianship: A Report Card
June 1, 1990... WHEN I INTERVIEWED for the position of ALA accreditation officer three years ago, I was asked to describe what I saw as the three most critical issues facing education for librarianship over the next five years and to identify how ALA should...

Libraryland: Pseudo-Intellectuals and Semi-Dullards
June 1, 1990... "Inspired" by Herb White's recent AL article, a librarian tells us, in no uncertain terms, that professionalism is a dead horse we should stop beating Editor's note: The decision to publish this article became the focus of considerable debate and...