American Libraries articles from March 2005

American Libraries archives from March 2005

Diversity: The Heart of the Profession
March 1, 2005... In my day job, I serve as the director of the El Paso (Tex.) Public Library--in a unique community of approximately 750,000 people living on the U.S.-Mexico border. El Paso represents everything that I celebrate as a person and as a librarian. I...

ALA to launch online communities.(American Library Association)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... ALA will launch an online communities application this spring that will allow members to work via the Web in virtual space. Designed to further enhance electronic participation in the Association, the application development was prompted...

Petition Candidates Seek Council Posts
March 1, 2005... In addition to the candidates for ALA Council listed in the December American Libraries (p. 12-13), 26 individuals have petitioned to be included on the ballot. According to ALA's Governance Office, petition candidates are: * Monika J....

Alabama joint membership offered.(Alabama Library Association and American Library Association)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Library paraprofessional and support staff members in Alabama can become members of both the Alabama Library Association (ALLA) and ALA at a new joint membership rate of $54--a savings of $19. Joint membership is open only to first-time...

Conable fund established.(Gordon Conable)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
March 1, 2005... The Freedom to Read Foundation has established a fund in the name of its former president, Gordon Conable, who died suddenly January 12 (AL, Feb., p. 14-16). Gifts to the Gordon M. Conable Memorial Fund will be used "to advance the...

Jewish literature grantees named.('Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature' program grants awarded by American Library Associations)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Thirty-five public and academic libraries have been selected in the second round of "Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature" program grants awarded by ALA's PPO and Nextbook (AL, Oct. 2004, p. 7-8). Participating libraries will each host...

Two new ALSC awards created.(ALA News)(A.L.A. Association for Library Service to Children)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... ALSC has developed the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award and the Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Visit Award. The Geisel Award, named in honor of the world-renowned children's author known as Dr. Seuss, will be presented annually to both the...

RUSA announces Notable Books list.(RUSA Notable Books Council)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The Lemon Table (Knopf) by Julian Barnes and Alexander Hamilton (Penguin) by Ron Chernow are among fiction and nonfiction titles on the RUSA Notable Books Council's 2005 list of outstanding books for the general reader. Included in the...

BCALA literary awardees named.(ALA News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Diane McKinney-Whetstone, author of Leaving Cecil Street (William Morrow) and Howard W. French, author of A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa (Knopf) are the 2004 winners of the BCALA Literary Awards. The awards,...

Carson was Honorary Member in 1983.(Johnny Carson)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
March 1, 2005... Twenty-two years ago, Tonight Show host Johnny Carson was named an ALA Honorary Member, along with Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.), Jack Dalton, and ALA past president Clara Jones. Both the Executive Board and Council endorsed the slate of...

Feeding hungry minds.(ALA News)(Free Library Project Coordinator Beth Purcell show )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... FEEDING HUNGRY MINDS. Scholar Susanne Klingenstein (left) and Newton (Mass.) Free Library Project Coordinator Beth Purcell show off materials for the library's "Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature" reading and discussion program January...

ALCTS Plans Ahead to 2011
March 1, 2005... The ALA Ahead to 2010 planning efforthas identified six draft goal areas, which will greatly influence the direction of the Association over the next five years. In light of this effort, the Association for Library Collections and Technical...

National Library Week.(ALA News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... SOAR ABOVE THE CLOUDS in honor of National Library Week 2005, April 10-16, with the theme "Something for Everyone! @ your library." ALA Graphics has a number of specially designed materials, including this poster, along with window clings and...

President's 2006 budget boosts library funding.(NEWS FRONTS WASHINGTON)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Despite a plan to cut non-defense and non-homeland security spending by nearly 1%, President Bush's proposed 2006 budget, released February 7, increases funding for library programs through the Institute of Museum and Library Services to...

Ashcroft hints Patriot Act used.(NEWS FRONTS WASHINGTON)(John Ashcroft)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... In an interview published in the January 24 issue of Newsweek, outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft admitted that Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act had been used in the arrest of a New York man who later pleaded guilty to smuggling money...

Groups oppose drastic GPO reductions.(NEWS FRONTS WASHINGTON)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The American Library Association and the American Association of Law Libraries have called for oversight hearings on the Government Printing Office's proposal--which has not yet been approved by Congress--to eliminate almost all print...

ALA, ARL file amicus supporting FBI whistleblower.(NEWS FRONTS WASHINGTON)(Association of Research Libraries)(American Library Association)(Federal Bureau of Investigation)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The American Library Association and the Association of Research Libraries joined a coalition of nonprofit organizations in filing an amicus brief January 19 supporting the American Civil Liberties Union's call to the District of Columbia...

GPO revises policy for documents.(NEWS FRONTS WASHINGTON)(Government Printing Office)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The Government Printing Office has strengthened its policy on how and when agencies can withdraw, withhold, or restrict public access to all government informational products, including publications, studies, and manuals. The old rules,...

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.(Washington Briefs)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmed historian Allen Weinstein as archivist of the United States February 10. President Bush's April 2004 nomination of Weinstein drew fire from groups that criticized...

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.).(Washington Briefs)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) has obtained a commitment from the House Judiciary Committee to review the USA Patriot Act, including provisions set to expire at the end of the year, through both classified and open hearings before the August...

Salinas Mayor Launches Campaign to Keep Libraries Open
March 1, 2005... Two months before all three Salinas (Calif.) Public Library branches were scheduled to close their doors (AL, Feb., p. 19), Mayor Anna Caballero has outlined a plan to keep them open on a limited basis, the Salinas Californian reported February...

Ohio Budget Cuts Library Support by 5%
March 1, 2005... The budget submitted by Ohio Gov. Bob Taft February 10 calls for cuts in the state's local government funds, including the Library and Local Government Support Fund. The LLGSF provides nearly all the funding for 78% of the state's 251 public...

Philadelphia Cuts Staff, Hours
March 1, 2005... The Free Library of Philadelphia rolled out a new cost-cutting plan January 24, shifting four branches to afternoon-only hours; by April, the library plans to turn 20 of its branches into express branches open four hours a day, six days a week,...

Library Fines from Colorado, Maine, Go to Tsunami Relief
March 1, 2005... Public libraries in Colorado and Maine collected fines and other donations in January to raise money for victims of the South Asian tsunami (AL, Feb., p. 10-12). In Colorado, some 20 public and school libraries participated in a drive January...

Arrests Made in Kentucky Rare-Book Theft
March 1, 2005... Four 20-year-old college students were arraigned February 10 on the charge of felony transportation of stolen goods in the theft of rare holdings from the special collections of Transylvania University Library in Lexington, Kentucky. ...

Postage stamp to honor presidential libraries.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The U.S. Postal Service will issue a 37-cent commemorative postage stamp to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955. All 12 presidential libraries and museums will host first-day-of-issue ceremonies August...

Nixon Library prepares for presidential archives transfer.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The papers and tape recordings of the 37th president will be transferred this fall to the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California, 30 years after Congress passed a law requiring them to remain in the...

Art library damaged in Joplin car crash.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... An automobile that crashed into the Joplin (Mo.) Public Library during a police pursuit January 23 put a large hole in the building's south wall and seriously damaged four valuable antiques on display in a special art reference collection....

Florida libraries urged to hang banners.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Government officials in Pasco County, Florida, sought legal advice in late January about the constitutionality of hanging "In God We Trust" banners throughout the county library system. The opinion was requested because the county's...

Va. shoots down gun ban.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Two state bills that would have allowed public libraries in Virginia to ban firearms were killed in committee: The House Militia, Police, and Public Safety Committee voted down a proposed bill by Delegate Mamye BaCote (D-Newport News) January...

IMLS awards state grants.(NEWS FRONTS)( Institute of Museum and Library Services)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded over $160 million in grants to state library agencies. Announced February 1, the grants, given under the Library Services and Technology Act, are made to each state according to a...

Chicago library head tapped for reform duty.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Under mounting pressure to clean up the corruption scandals rocking city hall, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has tapped Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey to become chief procurement officer for the city. Announced by the mayor...

Firebomber sentenced.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... A 19-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison January 18 after he pleaded guilty to arson in the April 2004 firebombing of a Jewish elementary school library in Montreal. Quebec court Judge Jean Sirois gave Sleiman Elmerhebi credit...

Martin gives to Huntington.(NEWS FRONTS)( Steve Martin's help for acquisition)
March 1, 2005... The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, has received a $1-million boost from actor and author Steve Martin. A majority of the money will be used to fund up to four major library exhibitions...

Suspected shooter nabbed.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... A 23-year-old man with a history of drug and weapons convictions was arrested February 4 in connection with the shooting of two women in the parking lot of the Bellwood (Ill.) Public Library. Wydrick Phillips was charged February 7 in Cook...

A pair of Marians.(NEWS FRONTS)(audience and cast of Brigham Young University see Meredith Willson)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... A PAIR OF MARIANS. The audience and cast of Brigham Young University's production of The Music Man are treated January 29 to a surprise appearance by the woman who inspired the character of Marian the Librarian. Marian Seeley, 84, who lives...

Educational initiatives @ your library.(NEWS FRONTS)(Mitt Romney to improve the performance of failing school districts )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES @ YOUR LIBRARY. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets students in the library of Brighton High School January 14 during a visit to announce his proposal to improve the performance of failing school districts by...

Stained-glass tribute.(NEWS FRONTS)( East Islip Public Library pays tribute to a local resident)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... STAINED-GLASS TRIBUTE. A new reading room at the East Islip (N.Y.) Public Library pays tribute to the memory of local residents through stained-glass windows by Rohlf's Studio, including this one based on a childhood photograph of Karen...

WebCred: The Ethics of Blogging
March 1, 2005... The three library representatives who attended the invitation-only Blogging, Journalism, and Credibility Conference at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government January 21-22 "played an important role in reminding bloggers and...

Take my hand, Mr. Frodo.(NEWS FRONTS)(There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale by Sean Astin )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... TAKE MY HAND, MR. FRODO. A bearded Sean Astin (left) shakes hands with Clark County (Ohio) Public Library Director John McConagha following his January 25 talk as part of the library's speaker series. The actor, who played Samwise Gamgee in...

Schomburg launches black migration site.(EXHIBITION)(New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... At the start of February's Black History Month observance, entertainer and civil-rights activist Harry Belafonte was on hand for the New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture's launch of "In Motion: The...

Ice packed.(NEWS FRONTS)(Richland County uses its public library to help ice storm victims)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... ICE PACKED. After a devastating ice storm hit north central Ohio January 5, thousands of households were left without power. Richland County used its public library branches as distribution points for 4,000 $100 gift cards to replace lost...

Ancient arts.(NEWS FRONTS)( Brookdale branch of the Hennepin County Library )( Chinese music)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... ANCIENT ARTS. Teens and adults with mental and physical disabilities enjoy ancient Chinese music January 24 at the Brookdale branch of the Hennepin County (Minn.) Library. Part of the Arts Access program sponsored by HCL and Homeward Bound,...

Commodious reading.(QUICK TAKES)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Flush with money, Michael Zinman, a businessman and antiquarian book collector, sponsored three urinals in the men's restroom of the University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt Library. Each is marked with a silver plaque stating, "The relief you...

The ends of the card catalog.(QUICK TAKES)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... When the Old Dominion University Library in Norfolk, Virginia, installed its second automated system 17 years ago, Library Dean Cynthia B. Duncan saved many of the catalog cards dealing with libraries and librarianship. Shortly afterward, she...

Floored by the honor.(NEWS FRONTS)(Onondaga County Public Library renames its Central Library "Browse-About" floor in honor of Mary Fran Floreck )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... FLOORED BY THE HONOR. "In recognition of her unwavering belief that books enrich lives and that public libraries enrich communities," Onondaga County (N.Y.) Public Library renamed its Central Library "Browse-About" floor in honor of Mary Fran...

Woodcutter to the rescue.(FRIENDS IN DEED)( George Dunlap helps to raise money for library)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... 74-year-old George Dunlap is using his passion for woodcutting to help raise money for a new North Plains (Oreg.) Public Library building. Dunlap, with the help of his son Patrick, hopes to raise at least $1,200 by selling and delivering...

Chess anyone?(FRIENDS IN DEED)(Darrell Bodine offers chess lessons)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... A Mount Victory, Ohio, resident wants every child in Hardin County to experience his lifelong love of chess. Darrell Bodine has donated 234 chess sets--enough for every area elementary school classroom, high school study hall, and public...

Postal book fairies.(FRIENDS IN DEED)(unwanted books find place in Virginia Beach Public Library)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Thousands of undeliverable mail-ordered books destined for the dump have found a home on cash-strapped Virginia library shelves thanks to the Norfolk regional post office. In a single day, the post office receives up to 500 misaddressed or...

Mesmerized by Miffy.(NEWS FRONTS)(New Orleans Public Library 's book and art exhibit )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... MESMERIZED BY MIFFY. Kindergarten teacher Karen Ott-Peters (right) leads a lively storytime session at the Martin Luther King Jr. branch of the New Orleans Public Library January 19. Some 160 preschoolers joined the festivities of the...

Global Reach
March 1, 2005... NORTHERN IRELAND Seven libraries in Belfast won a last-minute reprieve February I when the Belfast Education and Library Board reversed its decision to close them because of underfunding and overspending. The board said it decided to hold off...

Straight Answers from Martha Choe
March 1, 2005... A tremendous leader, "is the way former Washington Governor Gary Locke described Martha Choe, former state coordinator for the Boeing 7E7 Project Management Office and director of the Washington State Department of Community, Trade, and Economic...

LIS Educators Emphasize Opportunity over Angst; Celebrating 90 Years: ALISE Conference, Boston, January 11-14
March 1, 2005... "Let's just forget about the name stuff; it's not where the action is," said John King, dean of the School of Information at the University of Michigan, during a plenary session at the annual conference of the Association for Library and...

Thus Said ... How the World Sees Us
March 1, 2005... "What they ought to do is take 30 years of his monologues and have them in libraries all over the country. For somebody studying the '60s or the '70s or the '80s, the first two years of the '90s, go into the library and check out Johnny's...

The Pressure to Make No Judgments
March 1, 2005... Fifteen years ago, which is many generations in technology time, many of us were agog about the fact that the internet seemed to be making it possible for anyone to be a publisher. Underneath the delight of those who thought it was great news...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2005... Florida and Oklahoma libraries have reciprocal borrowing only between academic libraries (Jan., p. 26).

On My Mind: Live ... at Your Local Library
March 1, 2005... Have you used one yet? Those self-checkout lanes at the grocery store, I mean. I food-shop weekly, and I rarely see a person in one of those lanes. Maybe it's because they're just so convenient and quick that people using them are but a blur to...

Are You the Librarian? the Face of Quality Library Service Depends on Drawing a Wider Circle in Our Profession
March 1, 2005... So just what do support staff say when asked, "Are you the librarian"? "I do answer 'yes' to that question because the general public does not know the difference between a librarian and an information services assistant," related Padma...

10 Ways to Improve Data Quality: With a Coordinated Effort, Your Library Can Make Significant Progress in Cleaning Up Its Online Catalog
March 1, 2005... Have you ever found a book listed in your online catalog but couldn't find it on the shelf, even though it wasn't checked out and you looked for it over a period of weeks? Or have you had the experience of finding a book in the stacks that...

Fundraisers R Us: One Small Library's Victory over Inadequate Municipal Funding
March 1, 2005... I read Steve Coffman's article "Saving Ourselves: Plural Funding for Public Libraries" (AL, Feb. 2004, p. 37-39) with great interest. Four years ago, when I became director of the Osterville (Mass.) Free Library on Cape Cod, I joined the staff...

Google at the Gate: A Quartet of Experts Assesses the Company's Ambitious Digitization Plan and Predicts What It May Mean for Libraries
March 1, 2005... Now that the dust has settled around Google's much-ballyhooed December announcement that it would begin digitally scanning books from the collections of the world's major research libraries and make them available online (AL, Jan., p. 26-27),...

Boston Conference Brings out the Best in ALA: The Association Draws High Numbers to Business Meetings, Exhibits, and Cultural Events
March 1, 2005... It would be difficult to accuse the American Library Association of tackling inappropriate social issues at the Midwinter Meeting in Boston, January 14-17. Not that social issues weren't on the agenda; they were, and they coincided nicely, in...

Technically Speaking; 2005: Confirming the Promise of 2004
March 1, 2005... This report from the Exhibit Hall of the ALA Midwinter Meeting will try to stick to themes, rather than verbose details about specific vendor offerings. It's affirming to see so many of the promises from last summer's Annual Conference in...

ALA Council: Back in Boston, Council Covers Diverse Agenda
March 1, 2005... Boston Public Library President and ALA Councilor Bernie Margolis opened the first of ALA Council's three Midwinter Meeting sessions, held January 16, 18, and 19, by welcoming the body back to the city after an absence of 64 years. "This is the...

ALA Executive Board @ Your Library for Another Five Years
March 1, 2005... In the first action at its Midwinter Meeting sessions, held January 14, 17, and 19 in Boston, the ALA Executive Board voted to renew the Campaign for America's Libraries. The public-education effort showcasing the value of libraries and...

Statement by Leslie Burger, Candidate for ALA President
March 1, 2005... I accepted the nomination for the ALA presidency because I believe that I can provide the dynamic leadership to transform libraries into the well-funded, highly valued resources that Americans deserve and desire. By working together and speaking...

Statement by Christine Lind Hage, Candidate for ALA President
March 1, 2005... The challenges to America's libraries have never been greater than in these times of shrinking civil liberties, limited budgets, emerging technologies, and expanding responsibilities for library professionals. It is imperative that ALA empower...

Candidates for ALA Presidency Spar at Midwinter Forum: Questions Center on Advancing the Status of Librarians and Their Workplaces
March 1, 2005... Candidates for 2005-2006 ALA president shared their views and took questions from the audience during a January 15 forum at the Midwinter Meeting in Boston. To supplement the official and unedited candidates' statements on the preceding...

Currents: Professionals on the Move
March 1, 2005... Joann Block retired February 2 as Broward County (Fla.) Library access services coordinator and talking-book librarian. * February 1 Alan Bobowski became director of the Passaic (N.J.) Public Library. * Ellen Boates Clark has been promoted to...

At ALA.(PEOPLE)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Margot Sutton Conahan, manager of professional development for the Association of College and Research Libraries, left ALA December 30. * Laura Hayes, program officer/communications for the Public Programs Office, resigned effective February...

Obituaries
March 1, 2005... John Cushman Abbott, 83, founding director of the Lovejoy Library at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, died January 3. Abbott began his library career as an assistant at the Library of Congress from 1951 to 1954. At SIU, his first...

Cited.(PEOPLE)(Shawne Miksa receives a research grant from Association for Library and Information Science Education and Online Computer Library Center)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Shawne Miksa, assistant professor at the School of Library and Information Sciences at the University of North Texas in Denton, has received a research grant from OCLC and the Association for Library and Information Science Education to study...

Grassroots Report: Another Use for Pulp Fiction
March 1, 2005... In the early years of the profession, librarians were concerned with the permanence of their collections. Books should last, and their users should work with materials in ways that would help preserve the items on the shelves. Librarians railed...

Internet Librarian: The Ghost in the Machine
March 1, 2005... So." That's the first word I heard--the one Seamus Heaney chose for the Old English opening word hwaet in his luminous translation of Beowulf--while sitting in the Midwinter Meeting exhibit hall in the very crowded (and peculiarly configured)...

Working Knowledge: Going Paraprofessional
March 1, 2005... Q I am a career-changer, albeit one who never really chose a career in the first place. My experience is mostly in clerical work, and for the past six months I've been temping in a library. My supervisor thinks I am a good fit here and has...

Library as healthy place.(Resources for Continuing Education)(Association of Academic health Sciences Libraries)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Thirty-five symposium presentations are now available on a new DVD, The Library as Place: Symposium on Building and Revitalizing Health Sciences Libraries in the Digital Age. Experts at the November 2003 symposium sponsored by the National...

Head of the class.(Resources for Continuing Education)(Teaching Information Skills: Theory and Practice)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Authors Jo Webb and Chris Powis help librarians become effective instructors in Teaching Information Skills: Theory and Practice. The authors cover eight key elements of instruction, including program development, building relationships with...

A new spin on literacy.(Resources for Continuing Education)(Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... In Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century, educator David F. Warlick examines strategies that teachers and library media specialists can adopt to help promote literacy. After sharing a fictional tale of a school in the future, he discusses...

Proactive partnerships.(Resources for Continuing Education)(Partnering with Purpose : A Guide to Strategic Partnership Development for Libraries and Other Organizations )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Using the analogy of courtship, Janet L. Crowther and Barry Trott explain the steps to a successful partnership--from "glances" and "dates" to "engagements" and "marriage"--in Partnering with Purpose: A Guide to Strategic Partnership...

Electrifying landscapes.(Resources for Continuing Education)(The Changing Landscape for Electronic Resources: Content, Access, Delivery, and Legal Issues)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... It's a given that providing access to electronic resources has caused changes in library operations. Editors Yem S. Fong and Suzanne M. Ward and their team of experts discuss some of the results in The Changing Landscape for Electronic...

Copyright conundrums.(Resources for Continuing Education)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... What is it about copyright that strikes fear into the hearts of librarians? Rebecca P. Butler helps replace that fear with confidence in her new book, Copyright for Teachers and Librarians. She explains the essential concepts of copyright law...

Management training wheels.(Resources for Continuing Education)(The Accidental Library Manager)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Rachel Singer Gordon offers comprehensive advice for novice managers in The Accidental Library Manager, including interviews with experts in a wide variety of settings, as well as comments from library staff on the qualities they...

The meditating librarian.(NEW FROM ALA)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... ALA President-elect Michael Gorman follows up his popular collection of meditations, Our Singular Strengths (ALA Editions, 1997), with 100 new essays in Our Own Selves: More Meditations for Librarians. He opens each short passage with a quote...

Outcomes are in.(NEW FROM ALA)(How Libraries and Librarians Help: A Guide to Identifying User-Centered Outcomes)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... The "in" thing in library evaluation these days is measuring the value of library programs by assessing their effects on library patrons and the community as a whole. Joan C. Durrance and Karen E. Fisher, with assistance from Marian Bouch...