American Libraries articles from October 2003

American Libraries archives from October 2003

President's Message: library issues are global.(ALA)
October 1, 2003... We are not alone. At the recent World Library and Information Congress, the 69th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) general conference, August 1-9 in Berlin, Germany, it became clear rather quickly that...

ALA News: The work of the American Library Association.(News Front Ala)
October 1, 2003... ALA Leaders Hold CIPA Meeting Some 30 librarians and ALA staff members met at the Association's headquarters in Chicago August 23 for an all-day session to discuss ALA's response to the Supreme Court's decision upholding the...

SIE SIND ALLE BERLINER.(News Front Ala)
October 1, 2003... CaptionSIE SIND ALLE BERLINER. American library-association executive directors get together during the August 1-9 IFLA conference in Berlin. From left: Janice Lachance, Special Libraries Association; Duane Webster, Association of Research...

The Association's Associations: Get ready for "PLA 2004".(News Fronts Ala)(Public Library Association )
October 1, 2003... With plans under way for another national conference and a new national library-advocacy program, the Public Library Association is poised to help public library employees excel during these challenging times. PLA national conference ...

Shortfalls prompt shutdowns in three major cities.(News Fronts)
October 1, 2003... Librarians and other staffers picketed outside Seattle Public Library's Capitol Hill branch August 25 to protest the system's week-long shutdown. The August 25-September 2 closure, the third such shutdown in two years (AL, Apr. 2002, p. 28),...

Trustee censured for removing papers.(News Fronts)(censorship of an alternative weekly newspaper)
October 1, 2003... The board of the Cook Memorial Public Library District formally censured its Vice President Jack Martin September 16 for "censoring the library's holdings" without proper authority and for about a dozen other actions, including a possible...

FROM sea to shore.(News Fronts)(navy parents read to their children)(Illustration)
October 1, 2003... Caption: FROM SEA TO SHORE. Two-year-old Jacob reads with his dad Lt. Commander Charles Vickers as a participant in Norfolk (Va.) Public Library's "With Love from Me to You" program. Mothers and fathers in the U.S. Navy videotape themselves...

Multnomah faces standoff over director's salary.(News Fronts)(salary too high in light of county financial troubles)
October 1, 2003... Three of five county commissioners have threatened to reconsider their support for Molly Raphael as director of the Multnomah (Oreg.) County Library because they believe the $138,000 salary offered to her by County Chairwoman Diane Linn is...

Handing over hot copies.(News Fronts)(300 copies of Ray Bradbury's book shipped)(Illustration)
October 1, 2003... Caption: HANDING OVER HOT COPIES. Following the "One Book New Jersey 2003" program that had Garden State participants reading Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, organizers shipped more than 300 copies to the Eastern Connecticut Libraries...

Sifting through CIPA.(Censorship Watch)(Children's Internet Protection Act )
October 1, 2003... With the dust barely settled on the June Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the Children's Internet Protection Act (AL, Sept., p. 12), libraries are seeking the advice of counsel to help them decide how best--or...

Freedom to view reviewed.(Censorship Watch)(Bloomingdale Illinois Public Library lifts restrictions on under 18 borrowing)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... On September 1 the Bloomingdale (Ill.) Public Library lifted its longstanding restriction barring patrons under 18 from borrowing any videos or DVDs. The policy change, which was approved in June, allows minors to check out any of the library's...

UNESCO calls for immediate security of Iraq libraries.(News Fronts)
October 1, 2003... Library and archival collections in Iraq need to be secured, guarded, and rebuilt, says a report recently released by Jean-Marie Arnoult, the French librarian who was part of a second UNESCO expert mission sent June 27-July 6 to assess the...

Libraries commemorate September 11.(News Fronts)(programs remembering World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks)
October 1, 2003... Libraries nationwide helped their communities mark the second anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by hosting discussions, showing films, and staying open for 24 hours. "As community institutions, libraries of all kinds...

Dickson county trustee resigns over funding dispute.(Updates)(Tennessee library board funding)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... In the midst of a dispute with county commissioners over library funding (AL, Sept., p. 15), the chair of the board of trustees of the Dickson County (Tenn.) Library resigned his post August 19. Bernie Dunham had been outspoken against the...

Fargo drops LSSI contract.(News Fronts)(Fargo North Dakota Public Library Board cancels Library Systems and Services Inc. contract)
October 1, 2003... Some eight months into the renewal of a management-outsourcing contract with Library Systems and Services Inc., the Fargo (N.Dak.) Public Library board voted 4-1 August 25 to pull out of the two-year agreement. The contract's termination, which...

Judge: dress code unconstitutional.(News Fronts)(employee forbidden to wear cross pendant)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... A former Logan County (Ky.) Public Library worker won a First Amendment lawsuit September 2 over her April 2001 dismissal for refusing to remove her cross-pendant necklace while at work. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Russell ruled that...

LIBRARY GOES POSTAL.(News Fronts)(library celebrates anniversary with commemorative stamps)(Illustration)
October 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: LIBRARY GOES POSTAL. The National Library of Canada, established on January 1, 1953, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a booklet of postage stamps honoring five Canadian authors whose works can be found...

Onondaga friends director pleads guilty to art theft.(News Fronts)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The former executive director of the Friends of the Onondaga County (N.Y.) Public Library pleaded guilty August 13 to a misdemeanor count of petty larceny in the theft of a John Dodgson Barrow painting, Ben Porter, from the library (AL, Aug.,...

Vermont's harmful-to-minors law unconstitutional.(News Fronts)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... A federal appeals court ruled August 27 that a Vermont law restricting the online transmission to youngsters of material deemed harmful to minors in Vermont violates both the First Amendment and the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution,...

Recipe for friends' success.(Ideas)(library history cookbook published)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... For the Omaha (Nebr.) Public Library's 125th anniversary, staff created a library history cook-book featuring photos and background of the system's branches, along with anecdotes and writings from such famous Nebraskans as billionaire Warren...

Reading away the fines.(Ideas)(children pay off library fines by reading books)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Not being able to check out books because they owe library fines is no longer a problem for kids in Columbus, Ohio. This summer the Columbus Metropolitan Library allowed children to "read off" their fines: For every 15 minutes of reading with...

A new library serial.(Ideas)(online literacy program)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... In an effort to draw kids away from computer games and back into reading, a program conceived by Maricopa County (Ariz.) Library District Children's Coordinator Tim Wadham will meet them halfway in the form of an online novel. Beginning October...

Stitch at a time.(News Fronts)(quilting for children)(Illustration)
October 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: STITCH AT A TIME. Two dozen children learned the Appalachian art of quilting at the June 17-August 26 summer program "Bits and Pieces: We Learned about Quilts," hosted by the High Country Quilters at Ashe...

Laura Bush dedicates first ladies' library.(News In Brief)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... First Lady Laura Bush formally dedicated a new library and educational center in Canton, Ohio, September 4 for the National First Ladies' Library, an archive and museum created in 1998 to honor the contributions of the wives of U.S. presidents....

Error spells V-I-C-T-O-R-Y for librarians in contest.(News Fronts)(spelling bee trophies exchanged)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... For the second consecutive year, a Toledo-Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library team garnered top prize in the Blade Corporate Spelling Bee-but not until almost a week after the controversial September 4 contest. TLCPL librarians Mary Plews...

Copper top lopped off parliamentary library.(News Fronts)(copper roof removed from historic library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... In the latest phase of a $52-million conservation project, construction workers used a giant mobile crane to lift off the 16-ton copper roof of Canada's historic Library of Parliament August 28. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A temporary flat...

LC appoints Louise Gluck poet laureate.(News Fronts)(Librarian of Congress James Billington )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Librarian of Congress James Billington named Louise Gluck as the new poet laureate of the United States August 29. She is scheduled to take up her duties October 21 by opening LC's annual literary series with a reading from her work. Gluck...

Advocates seek public input on homeland security rules.(News Fronts)(access hindered to sensitive information)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Seventy-five advocacy organizations, the American Library Association among them, sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge August 26 urging his department to give the public an opportunity to provide input on procedures currently...

Architects draft designs for Philadelphia facelift.(News Fronts)(library remodeling planned)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Philadelphia Free Library President and Director Elliot Shelkrot announced September 8 that the library has commissioned four prominent architectural firms to come up with designs for a $100-million expansion and renovation of the 1927-era...

Boomers still dig print.(Results)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Members of the Woodstock generation who have embraced online technology still get much of their information from print media. According to a Pew Internet and American Life study to be released this fall, 60% of the "older tech elite" aged 42-62...

Fear of fundraising.(Results)(librarians lack fund raising skills)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... In a yearlong study on the state of fundraising by Illinois public libraries, the Library Community Foundation concluded that comprehensive, library-specific training will be needed to help libraries overcome fundraising barriers. Because...

Urban living rooms.(Results)(decreases in library circulation)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The British Commission on Architecture and the Built Environment has released a report that urges libraries in the U.K. to move from traditional book-lending centers to "living rooms of the city" in order to survive. The report cited a 17%...

Auf wiedersehen:; IFLA World congress draws 4,500 to berlin.(Special News Report)(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions )
October 1, 2003... Some 4,500 professionals from 131 countries gathered in Berlin, Germany, August 1-9 for the World Library and Information Congress, the newly renamed annual conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions...

Bangladesh's frustrated librarians: formidable barriers to information exist in one of the world's most densely populated countries.(Special News Report)
October 1, 2003... In April, hundreds of angry Bangladeshis protesting the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq marched in downtown Chittagong, a major port city in this densely populated country of 133.3 million, past the entrance to the Independent University of...

Thus said: how the world sees us.(Opinion)(librarians on image)
October 1, 2003... "One Christmas I opened a little package and it was a little porcelain replica of the library at my university, Southern Methodist University. And in it was the note that my husband was giving the garden, the promenade that goes up to the...

Loud and clear.(Letters And Comments)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... I was dismayed by Harry S. Stein's comments in the August AL (p. 43)--dismayed because the library staff at the branch he has frequented would not do anything to quiet noisy library users. The library where I work has a lofty atrium,...

Jabs at jeb.(Florida Governor Jeb Bush)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... I was amazed to see a color photo of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on page 30 of the August American Libraries. Gov. Bush is notorious for attempting to dismantle the historic State Library of Florida despite opposition from the legislature, the...

Filter-free frisco.(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... Thank you for your continuing coverage of CIPA and its impact on libraries (Aug., p. 13-14). To clarify, the San Francisco Public Library does apply for and receive e-rate funds, currently about $237,000. We do not intend to install Internet...

The "Negro" question.(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... Gina Powell's letter "No to Negroes" (Aug., p. 42) deserved a personal, published response from the editor of American Libraries; but, lacking that, I am sending her a copy of this letter. I am happy to assure her that I do not use the word...

Federated falsehoods.(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... Regarding David Dorman's August "Technically Speaking" column (p. 76-78): The young federated search industry, awash with misinformation and vendor noise, sorely needs thorough reporting to sort out the facts in a cogent way. While I applaud...

An open letter to Nancy Pearl.(librarian action figure)(Editorial)
October 1, 2003... Although I've never met you, and commenting in print on your personal appearance may seem a tad rude, I'm writing to tell you that I like the way you look-at least judging by the 5-inch-tall plastic librarian action figure you modeled for...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2003... The entry for "Western European Studies Section Awards for Achievement" (Sept., p. 68) should have been titled "Women's Studies Section Awards for Achievement." The photo on p. 8 of the September issue should have been captioned "Ole Dfa...

On my mind: avoiding the great data-wipe of ought-three.(ramifications of protecting library patron information by deleting data)
October 1, 2003... In this time of the USA Patriot Act and other legislation allowing the U.S. government to track the actions of individuals, many are concerned about protecting patrons' personally identifiable information at any cost. Some propose the solution...

De colores: The universal language of bilingual storytime; a Kentucky library starts a year-round fiesta of the soul to celebrate hispanic/latino culture.(Diversity)(library programming that celebrates Hispanic culture)
October 1, 2003... The meeting room was overflowing with more than 60 people. Dancers from Mexico had just finished a traditional folk dance. Musicians from the nearby Centro de Amistad (friendship center) of St. Mary's Basilica Cathedral were playing traditional...

De colores demographics.(Diversity)(library programming for Spanish speakers)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The initial audience at the October 2002 Conociendote/Getting to Know You event included 13 presenters and an audience of 15 mothers, fathers, and children-11 Latinos and 17 non-Latinos from Puerto Rico, Colombia, Mexico, the Philippines, and...

Great American public libraries: The 2003 HAPLR rankings: the nation's public libraries are once again assessed and ranked.(Survey)( Hennen's American Public Library Ratings )
October 1, 2003... As I noted in my March 2003 American Libraries article, "Performing Triage on Budgets in the Red" (p. 36-39), the wider economy has a major impact on library performance and ratings. The recession began in March 2001, and the attacks of...

The $ecret inside your library's Atlases; reexamine your collection and how to protect it-before someone else does.(Security)
October 1, 2003... The opportunity is almost irresistible, if one has no scruples: * valuable items that anyone can ask to handle; * no physical barrier to leaving, even if the sensor system at the doors sounds an alarm; * a full bag of beautiful...

Why LC subject headings are more important than ever: the solution to some of researchers' biggest problems is staring us right in our faces.(Cataloging)
October 1, 2003... We need to get over the uncritical habit of regarding subject-heading strings--and the online public access catalog (OPAC) displays that bring them to our attention-as mere carryovers from the age of manual card catalogs. Instead, we need to...

Turning Corners: American Librarians in Post-Soviet Russia: library exchange program aims to heighten understanding between two nations.(Continuing Education)
October 1, 2003... From Yekaterinburg to Irkutsk, change is afoot in the Russian Federation and my 80-day Information Professionals-in-Residence (I-PIR) exchange-program adventure from September 27 to December 15, 2001, made it possible for me to learn and to...

Librarian salaries increase 0.7% more than other civilian workers: latest ALA survey shows a 3.6% total gain.(Salaries)
October 1, 2003... Librarian salaries increased this year nearly 1% more than the rest of the U.S. population, according to the ALA Survey of Librarian Salaries 2003. A total of 15,856 salaries were reported in the survey, ranging from a low of $18,500 to a...

Currents: professionals on the move.(People)(appointment notices of library workers)
October 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Max Anderson has been named training and support librarian at SOLINET, a nonprofit consortium based in Atlanta.* At the Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library in Toms River, New Jersey Heather Andolsen has been...

At ALA.(People)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Gloria Bennett left her position as executive assistant for the Washington Office September 5.* August 25 Megan Bielefeld began as a program coordinator and September 10 Victoria Edwards began as meeting and special events planner for the...

Obituaries.(People)(death notices of library workers)
October 1, 2003... Henry T. Drennan, 89, retired U.S. Department of Education official who helped establish libraries on Indian reservations and Spanish-language libraries in inner cities, died August 26. He spent 20 years in federal library programs, beginning...

Cited.(People)(achievements of librarians)
October 1, 2003... Valerie Bell, supervising librarian of branch services for the Ocean County (N.J.) Library, is the 2003 recipient of the Murray Award from the New Jersey Association of Library Assistants, presented annually to a librarian who encourages and...

The Crawford files: first have something to say.(Publishing)(non-traditional publishing methods)(Column)
October 1, 2003... In June, ALA Editions published my latest book, First Have Something to Say: Writing for the Library Profession. I'm thrilled, because it is my first book of the new millennium--and it breaks a lengthy writer's block of years during which I...

Internet librarian: the next best thing to being there.(Information Technology)
October 1, 2003... Yesterday was one of my favorite days of the year: A group of new students joined our school's master's program. It's always an exciting time, with quite a buzz in the air. That first-day-of-school thing really never gets old for me: the...

Technically speaking: RFID on the move.(Information Technology)(radio frequency identification)
October 1, 2003... Interest in implementing RFID security systems is growing rapidly in libraries of all types and sizes. The online RFID Journal describes the technology as follows: "Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is a generic term for...

Contracts and agreements.(Quick Clicks)(automation contracts in libraries)
October 1, 2003... * Sirsi sales of Unicorn to: River Bend Library System, a multitype consortium serving western Illinois and eastern lowa, head-quartered in Coal Valley, Illinois, for 30 of its 67 member libraries, replaces Geac Plus. Monaghan County...

Announcements.(Information Technology)(information technology news of interest to libraries)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... ProQuest has acquired SIRS Publishing, which markets eight online database services for the K-12 market. Dynix has partnered with Blackboard to integrate its products with Horizon via Blackboard's Building Blocks technology. Cambridge...

Clarification.(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2003... CLARIFICATION: In the September issue we praised VTLS as the only vendor to have implemented Z39.50 natively. GIS let us know that its Polaris system has native Z39.50 support as well.

Working knowledge: test careers with informational interviews.(Professional Development)
October 1, 2003... Q I have been a technology education teacher for four years. I've also spent 10 years in an elementary classroom and four years teaching history and reading in a middle school. I love encouraging children to read, and I would like to be a...

Librarian's library: resources for continuing education.(Professional Literature)(Education for Cataloging and the Organization of Information: Pitfalls and the Pendulum)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
October 1, 2003... Grooming Future Catalogers Editor Janet Swan Hill has assembled the "who's who" of the cataloging world to consider the future in Education for Cataloging and the Organization of Information: Pitfalls and the Pendulum. Among the essayists...

Librarian's library: let's all go to the lobby.(Professional Literature)(Lobbying for Libraries and the Public's Access to Government Information: An Insider's View)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
October 1, 2003... The founder of ALA's Government Documents Round Table, Bernadine E. Abbott-Hoduski, shares what she's learned from her 20-plus-year career in Washington in Lobbying for Libraries and the Public's Access to Government Information: An Insider's...

Librarian's library: reference on the rebound.(Professional Literature)(Introduction to Reference Work in the Digital Age)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
October 1, 2003... In his day job, AL columnist Joseph Janes is an LIS educator with a research focus on reference services. In Introduction to Reference Work in the Digital Age, Janes covers all aspects of the service, from protecting user privacy to determining...

Librarian's library: the joy of reading.(Professional Literature)(Reading and Reader Development: The Pleasure of Reading)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
October 1, 2003... A rainy day, a cozy nook, a box of chocolates, and a good book-what could be better? Three of our British colleagues champion the rewards of literature in Reading and Reader Development: The Pleasure of Reading. Authors Judith Elkin, Briony...

Librarian's library: warehouses with pizazz.(Professional Literature)
October 1, 2003... A new report from the Council on Library and Information Resources finds that moving shared repositories into sites for shared collection development has been challenging. Author Bernard Reilly Jr.--with analysis by Barbara DesRosiers--shares...

Librarian's library: can we talk?(Professional Literature)(The Booktalker's Bible: How to Talk About the Books You Love to Any Audience)(Still Talking That Book! Booktalks to Promote Reading Grades 3-12)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
October 1, 2003... Two new books will have you up and talking about books:. * In The Booktalker's Bible: How to Talk About the Books You Love to Any Audience, Chapple Langemack provides a comprehensive yet lighthearted guide to everything you need to know to...

Librarian's library: the choicest selection.(New from ALA)(Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles, 1998-2002: Reviews of Scholarly Titles That Every Library Should Own)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
October 1, 2003... Editor Rebecca Ann Bartlett has compiled the cream of the scholarly publishing crop in Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles, 1998-2002: Reviews of Scholarly Titles That Every Library Should Own. The more than 3,100 titles here were selected for...

Librarian's library: be a props master.(New from ALA)(Books in Bloom: Creative Patterns and Props That Bring Stories to Life)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
October 1, 2003... Story hours with well-made props can add zest to your sessions, but what do you do if you were born without the crafts gene? Kimberly K. Faurot can make even the most craft-project-challenged librarian shine in Books in Bloom: Creative Patterns...

Librarian's library: around-the-clock improvements.(New from ALA)
October 1, 2003... In The Library's Continuous Improvement Fieldbook: 29 Ready-to-Use Tools, experts Sara Laughlin, Denise Sisco Shockley, and Ray Wilson take the guesswork out of quality management. Their practical and easy-to-use templates can help lower costs,...

Quick bibs: poker night for writers.(Collection Developement)(Double Down: Reflections on Gambling and Loss)(Poker Face: A Girlhood among Gamblers)(Poker Nation: A High-Stakes, Low-Life Adventure into the Heart of a Gambling Country)(Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker )(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... What is it about writers and gambling? The image of the tortured scribbler finishing off a chapter of his latest novel and then bolting down to the local gambling den to try his luck at various games of chance has been with us at least since...

Chapter conferences.(Datebook)(A.L.A. chapters)(Calendar)
October 1, 2003... Nov. 5-7: Virginia Library Association/Virginia Association of Law Libraries Joint Annual Conference, The Homestead, Hot Springs. "People Serving People." Contact: Linda Hahne, 757-583-0041; lhahne@coastalnet.com; www.vla.org. Nov. 5-8:...

Conferences.(Datebook)
October 1, 2003... Oct. 30-31: Conference on the Future of the Library, University of Illinois, Urbana. Contact: 217-333-0790; door.library.uiuc.edu/announce/conffuture.html.

At a glance.(Datebook)(ALA Events)(Calendar)
October 1, 2003... ALA EVENTS: Information about events sponsored by ALA, its divisions, and IFLA is also available at www.ala.org/events/ or by calling 800-545-2433. ALA Executive Board Chicago Oct. 11-12 AASL National Conference Kansas City,...

Exhibits.(Datebook)(exhibits on display at American libraries)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
October 1, 2003... Through Oct. 31: New York Public Library: "Ralph Johnson Bunche, Nobel Laureate: A Centennial Retrospective." Through Dec. 31: "Honest Jim: The Writings of Dr. James Watson." Through Jan. 3: "Drawings by Charles Addams." Through Jan. 31:...

International events.(Datebook)(conferences of interest to librarians)(Calendar)
October 1, 2003... Oct. 28-31: IFLA Interlending and Document Supply International Conference, National Library of Australia, Canberra. "Breaking Barriers: Reaching Users in a Digital World." Contact: ildsconference@nla.gov.au; www.nla.gov.au/ilds/index.html. ...

Workshops, seminars.(Datebook)(Calendar)
October 1, 2003... Oct. 29: NISO Workshops on Metasearch and OpenURL, Washington, D.C. Contact: Pat Harris, 301-654-2512; pharris@niso.org; www.niso.org.

Apply for.(Datebook)(grant and award postings)
October 1, 2003... By Nov. 3: Women's National Book Award-Ann Heidbreder Eastman Grant provides up to $750 for a librarian to take a course or an institute devoted to aspects of publishing as a profession. Contact: Malinda Little, 800-545-2433, ext. 5416;...

Other events.(Datebook)(book festivals)(Calendar)
October 1, 2003... Oct. 1-31: Chicago Book Festival. This month-long celebration of books will feature an author series, a children's reading stage, and the One Book, One Chicago selection of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. Contact: 312-747-4300;...

Events you don't want to miss!: The american library association is thrilled to welcome you to the 2004 midwinter meeting in san diego, california.(Conference)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... ALA President's Program Sunday, January 11, 3:00 - 5:00 pm "Living in a Post-CIPA World" Now that the Supreme Court has rendered a verdict on the Children's Internet Protection Act [CIPA], many librarians and communities are faced...

Midwinter Meeting website.(General Information)
October 1, 2003... Looking for the latest information on the ALA 2004 Midwinter Meeting? Go no further than your desktop! The ALA Midwinter Meeting is online at http://www.ala.org/midwinter. The site will be updated through the start of the Meeting with the...

Child care.(General Information)(costs for ALA delegates)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... ALA will reimburse the charges expended on childcare in the amount of $25 per day, per child to a maximum of $50 per day, per family to any fully registered parent for each day of the Midwinter Meeting week, January 9-12, 2004. This covers only...

No smoking policy.(General Information)(A.L.A. meeting policy)
October 1, 2003... By Council Action at its 1991 Atlanta Annual Conference, it was resolved "that smoking is prohibited at Annual Conferences, Midwinter Meetings, regional/national conferences, continuing education programs, exhibits and other gatherings...

Placement Services.(General Information)(A.L.A. Placement Services)
October 1, 2003... Provided by the ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR), the Placement Service will be located in the Manchester Grand Hyatt: Friday, January 9: 12:00 pm-5:00 pm Saturday, January 10: 9:00 am-5:00 pm ...