American Libraries articles from October 2005

American Libraries archives from October 2005

The Indispensability of School Libraries (and School Librarians)
October 1, 2005... The American Library Association has formed--and not a moment too soon--a Task Force on School Libraries that will assess the state of school libraries, identify the most important trends, and propose actions to improve the lot of school...

Fate Uncertain for Annual in New Orleans
October 1, 2005... ALA is one of many groups that may be searching for a new convention site in light of the devastating flood resulting from Hurricane Katrina that has crippled New Orleans--the fifth-ranked city for large trade shows--leaving hundreds dead and...

Adopt a library to assist gulf libraries.(ALA News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... As cleanup efforts began in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, ALA's Chapter Relations Office established an "Adopt a Library" program to provide assistance to libraries damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The program will...

Dues relief for affected members.(ALA News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... As part of ALA's ongoing effort to support libraries and displaced library staff in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, current ALA members from the affected zones will receive automatic, complimentary six-month membership extensions. "ALA...

Disaster teen-reading list offered.(ALA News)(Young Adult Library Services Association )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... YALSA has developed a reading list of fiction and nonfiction books about overcoming disaster and stories of survival for teens. The booklist was created to help librarians, educators, and adults guide teens to books that may help them...

H.W. Wilson pledges $50K to Cultural Fund.(ALA News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The H.W. Wilson Foundation will grant $50,000 to ALA's PPO to support the Cultural Communities Fund, the ALA endowment to support cultural programming at libraries (AL, Aug., p. 6). "We're proud to help sponsor this new initiative," said...

Salary Survey Reflects Changes
October 1, 2005... The 2005 ALA Survey of Librarian Salaries is now available with three significant changes designed to help managers and librarians in academic and public libraries. The new report, now published by the ALA-APA and ALA's ORS, includes survey...

Law-enforcement activity report online.(American Library Association )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The ALA survey that measured law enforcement visits to public and academic libraries is now available online at www.ala.org/oitp/, including contextual data, responses to interviews, and an appendix containing the survey instrument. ...

Prime Time applications available.
October 1, 2005... Applications are being accepted for the Prime Time Family Reading Time reading, discussion, and storytelling series offered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, in partnership with ALA's PPO and supported by the National Endowment...

Wrestler Mysterio teen read spokesman.(Young Adult Library Services Association's Teen Read Week)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Rey Mysterio, star of World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown! will serve as spokesperson for this year's YALSA Teen Read Week, October 16-22, which carries the theme "Get Real! @ your library." Throughout the week, library and school...

Run to benefit Reforma.(San Diego County Library Director Jose Aponte will run the Amsterdam Marathon )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... San Diego (Calif.) County Library Director Jose Aponte will run the Amsterdam Marathon October 16 to support the scholarship program of Reforma, the Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking,...

"Change Your World" is 2006 NLW theme.(National Library Week )
October 1, 2005... "Change Your World @ your library" is the 2006 National Library Week (NLW) theme to be celebrated April 2-8, 2006. First sponsored in 1958, NLW is a national observance sponsored by ALA and libraries across the country each April. It...

AASL, ACRL launch Infolit list.(American Association of School Libraries, Association of College and Research Libraries)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Infolit, an interdivisional electronic discussion list for information literacy, has been launched by AASL and ACRL. The list, which is open to all school, academic, and public librarians, is an initiative of the AASL/ACRL Interdivisional...

GLBTRT seeks funds.(Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... ALA's GLBTRT, considered to be the nation's first gay, lesbian, and bisexual professional organization, is seeking donations to make its annual Stonewall Book Awards self-supporting. The awards recognize the best fiction and nonfiction...

Rawlins mysteries unveiled.(Walter Mosley disclosed characters of Easy Rawlins at Queens Public Library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... RAWLINS MYSTERIES UNVEILED. Mystery novelist Walter Mosley (center) discloses the secrets of his prime protagonist Easy Rawlins May 19 at the Queens (N.Y.) Public Library's Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center. Joining the...

New Ideas-A PLA Tradition
October 1, 2005... For over 60 years, the Public Library Association has offered innovative ideas and programming that have helped public library employees to excel in their careers and to provide the best possible library service. PLA works to keep the tradition...

A card for every occasion.(National Library Cards sign-up month started)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Several events highlighted September's observance of National Library Card Sign-Up Month, "The Smartest Card. Get It. Use It. @ your library." * The District of Columbia Public Library unveils its educator's card that reminds school and...

Connecticut Library Takes on Patriot Act
October 1, 2005... A federal judge lifted a gag order September 9 that prevented an unnamed Connecticut library from identifying itself as the recipient of a national security letter under the USA Patriot Act. However, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals...

LC upgrades Thomas website.(Library of Congress )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Library of Congress is rolling out a new look and expanded features for its Thomas website (thomas.loc.gov)--which provides free access to legislative information such as the text and status of bills--beginning with some cosmetic changes...

Reagan-Era Roberts Documents Released
October 1, 2005... The National Archives August 18 released some 38,000 pages of material stored at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum covering Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr.'s term as associate counsel to President Reagan from 1982 to...

Hands-on at the GPO.(Girl Scouts offers computer education program at Government Printing Office )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... HANDS-ON AT THE GPO. Girl Scouts stand ready to take part in an exercise on inks at the U.S. Government Printing Office August 15. The daylong event--which offered sessions on computers, graphic design, and printing--was part of a national...

Lockheed Martin.(gets contract to design the Electronic Records Archives program )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein announced September 8 the awarding of a $308-million, six-year contract to Lockheed Martin to design the Electronic Records Archives program to preserve the federal government's electronic...

Improving Literacy Through School Libraries.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program awarded 85 grants for 2005--from a pool of more than 600 applicants--ranging from $30,000 to $350,000. The list of grants is available at www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/awards.html.

USA Patriot Act.(Sixty-four percent of Americans support the USA Patriot Act: survey report)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Sixty-four percent of Americans support the USA Patriot Act, according to a poll conducted by the Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Connecticut. But support for the act dropped to 57% among those who could...

Katrina's Terrible Toll: Librarians Rally to Provide Information for a Devastated Gulf Coast Population
October 1, 2005... Some are calling it the biggest humanitarian crisis in the United States since the Great Depression, with more than one million people displaced, the death toll 1,037 and rising, as many as 400,000 jobs lost, and economic damage in the range of...

Buffalo starts shutdown process for 16 branches.(Buffalo and Erie County Public Library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The 15-member board of the Buffalo and Erie County (N.Y.) Public Library approved a plan to cut the county library system from 52 to 36 branches next year at a special September 1 session. The BECPL requested a budget of $21.7 million, the...

Providence Public Library Staff Votes to Unionize
October 1, 2005... Workers at Providence (R.I.) Public Library voted 53-39 September 8 to unionize. The move followed more than a year of staff layoffs, cuts in operating hours, and public dissatisfaction with the library board (AL, Aug., p. 28). The professional...

Indianapolis nixes library tax increase.(Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... A city-county oversight board has denied the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library's request for a $1.5-million tax increase that would have raised money for its ongoing $103-million expansion project. The September 8 Indianapolis Star...

Illinois governor vetoes library secession bill.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich vetoed legislation August 19 that would have allowed communities to secede from library districts after obtaining approval from the affected library boards and voters. Blagojevich gave financial reasons for his...

Porn flap backfires on Florida commissioner.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Valparaiso, Florida, city commission voted 4-1 August 23 to allow Community Library Director Sue Martin to return to her job and stripped one of its own members of library oversight. Commissioner Robert Billingsley had suspended Martin...

Colorado gets meeting-room religion.(Rampart Library District alleged of discrimination)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Some two months after a religious-rights legal-defense organization sued the Rampart Library District in suburban Colorado Springs over being denied use of its meeting room, the library board has dropped from its policy a requirement that...

California RFID bill shelved.(Radio Frequency Identification)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... A California legislative committee voted August 25 to shelve for the year a bill that would place a three-year moratorium on the use of RFID technology in state-issued identity documents, but a last-minute maneuver will allow its...

Artist returns for a spell.(Maria Alquilar rejoined Livermore Public Library )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Miami artist whose mosaic for the Livermore (Calif.) Public Library was riddled with spelling errors (AL, Dec. 2004, p. 21-22) came back to the library to correct her mistakes. Maria Alquilar originally refused to return to Livermore,...

Library reverses gun ban.(Waterford Township Public Library revised its rules of conduct )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Waterford Township (Mich.) Public Library officially revised its rules of conduct August 22 so that a prohibition on carrying guns into the building doesn't conflict with state law. Library Director Joan Rogers told American Libraries...

Arson acquittee sought.(Jason Allen Nelms alleged of trespassing at University of Georgia library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... A man found not guilty of setting a $17-million fire at the University of Georgia main library (AL, June/July, p. 26-28) is now facing an arrest warrant for failing to appear in court on charges of trespassing at another University of Georgia...

100 years of outreach.(Washington County Free Library )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... 100 YEARS OF OUTREACH. The Washington County Free Library in Hager-stown, Maryland, has been reaching readers in remote parts of the county for a century. WCFL's first director, Mary Titcomb, established the first mobile library in the United...

Faster than a reading bullet.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... FASTER THAN A READING BULLET. Superman and Batman stand ready to defend Waukegan (Ill.) Public Library's summer reading club, with the theme "Superheroes: Powered by Books." In real life the Man of Steel is mild-mannered library Executive...

Read early and often.(Enoch Pratt Free Library offers library materials for children)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... READ EARLY AND OFTEN. Children from the downtown Baltimore Child Care Center gather at Enoch Pratt Free Library's main branch August 22 to receive the library's First Cards, specially designed for children from birth to 6 years old. Only...

Cultural connections.(Bharatha Natyam dance perfomance on "Pack Your Bags for India @ your library" program at St. Louis County Library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... CULTURAL CONNECTIONS. A young member of Dances of South India performs the classical Bharatha Natyam dance August 2 during the "Pack Your Bags for India @ your library" program at St. Louis County (Mo.) Library. The program offers children...

Picture this.(Oakland Public Library enhances with state library grant)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... PICTURE THIS. With a $33,285 state library grant, the Oakland (Calif.) Public Library added 87 full-color images representing Dewey subject areas to its bookshelves in August. The pictograms are designed to help patrons with dyslexia and...

Post presentation.(Des Plaines Public Library serving for U.S. soldiers in Iraq )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... POST PRESENTATION. Eighth-grader Sebastian Asturrizaga hands over letters to U.S. soldiers in Iraq to local representatives Steve Schaefer (center) of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Andy Samborski of the Knights of Columbus at the Des...

Tuff titles for teenz.(public library staff in the borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England published a colorful booklet )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Since 2002, the public library staff in the borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England, has published a colorful booklet containing a list of recommended books for young adults. The materials are well selected to tempt teens to read and...

Feeling proactive?(Tom Tresser looking for librarian and educator volunteers for Creative America Project)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Tom Tresser, a Chicago-based community activist and advocate for the arts, is looking for librarian and educator volunteers who are interested in organizing or participating in grassroots campaigns across the U.S. to promote creative...

Sitting pretty.(Beaver Area Memorial Library holding auction for chairs of different styles )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Beaver Area (Pa.) Memorial Library is holding a second "Take a Seat" silent auction October 22. Last year, the library took in proceeds of $8,000 by auctioning off chairs of different styles on which local artists had painted distinctive...

Fayetteville Rethinks Restricted Reads
October 1, 2005... The Fayetteville (Ark.) School Board voted 4-3 September 15 to reverse a May decision that had moved It's Perfectly Normal, It's So Amazing, and A Teenage Guy's Guide to Survival to the parenting collections in the schools' media centers. The...

Kids barred from "sensitive" books.(Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The commission of the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City voted 10-7 August 25 to move "easy, easy-reader, and tween" books containing "sensitive or controversial" themes to a special collection available only to "adults in...

Gay weeklies retained in Ohio.(Arlington Public Library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The board of the Upper Arlington (Ohio) Public Library has voted unanimously to retain for free distribution the gay-interest periodicals Outlook Weekly and Gay People's Chronicle, although trustees agreed that the weeklies' location be moved...

International Conference Draws 3,200: IFLA Convenes in Oslo as New National Library Opens
October 1, 2005... Against the backdrop of the inauguration of the newly expanded and renovated National Library of Norway, the 71st World Library and Information Congress of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions convened in Oslo...

Thus Said ... How the World Sees Us
October 1, 2005... "Somewhere along the line, and it can't have been long after the liberating sixties, the authorities lost the plot as far as libraries were concerned. A resource that had always been aspirational was converted for political reasons to...

B.C.(Cartoon)
October 1, 2005... B.C., by syndicated cartoonist Johnny Hart, August 25 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2005... The photograph on page 34 of the August issue is of Pat Cavill, winner of the CLA Outstanding Service to Leadership Award, not CLA President Barbara Clubb.

What It Would Mean to Miss New Orleans
October 1, 2005... With every passing day, news reports coming in to ALA make it seem unlikely that the 2006 Annual Conference will be held in New Orleans as scheduled (see p. 14). As of mid-September, however, no decision had been made. ALA President Michael...

On My Mind: The Importance of Workplace Speech
October 1, 2005... In June, a display for Gay and Lesbian Pride Month at the Tampa-Hillsborough County (Fla.) Public Library's West Gate branch was ordered removed (AL, Aug., p. 14-15). Shortly afterwards, the Hillsborough County commissioners banned the promotion...

Great American Public Libraries: The 2005 HAPLR Rankings; the Seventh Annual Assessment of the Nation's Public Libraries, by the Numbers
October 1, 2005... Although I appreciate the beauty and power of numbers, I know that they cannot alone define greatness in American public libraries. Still, numbers matter, and I continue to advocate their use. Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR),...

Is There a Library Consolidation in Your Future? Mergers Aren't Just for Corporations Anymore, and Librarians Must Be Ready for That Inevitable Call for Consolidation
October 1, 2005... As Bob Dylan sang, "The times, they are a-changin'." Very soon, many librarians and other library staff could be working in entirely new organizational structures. The reason can be found in David Osborne and Peter Hutchinson's The Price of...

Best (and Worst) Averages in the Library Majors: Which Large Systems Have the Best Rookie Librarian Salaries? It's Time to Name Names
October 1, 2005... New library-school graduates know that a good rating in Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (see p. 47-48) may be nice in the library they are going to work for, but it will not put food on their own dinner tables. These newly minted MLSes,...

The Coming Crisis in Education for Librarianship: While We Focus on Filling LIS Classrooms, Who's Ensuring There Will Be Professors Behind the Podiums?
October 1, 2005... There is always an air of crisis around education for librarianship. Somewhere, somebody is always up in arms about what the ALA-accredited programs are doing, or not doing. ALA President Michael Gorman is so concerned that he has made education...

Why Your MLS and LTA Matter: Don't Believe the Naysayers; Advanced Librarianship Degrees Mean Dedication to the Profession
October 1, 2005... I've refrained from publicly writing or debating this issue for a long time--not because it's controversial, but because I truly did not have a resolute opinion on it. I have many friends and co-workers on both sides of the library-degree...

Submit or Resist: Librarianship in the Age of Google; We Must Put User Education at the Forefront of Our Efforts to Avoid Marginalization
October 1, 2005... An old adage states, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." That sentiment is driving a growing and, for some librarians, disturbing trend that is creating a rift over how our profession will avoid becoming the 21st-century equivalents of buggy-whip...

Library Salaries: Have They Kept Pace with Inflation? Data Shows Salaries Suppressed to Pay for Materials, Services
October 1, 2005... The American Library Association has collected information about salaries of professional staff in public and academic libraries since 1982. Between 1999 and 2004, the average salary for librarians increased each year by 2.3% to 4.7%. The net...

Currents: Professionals on the Move
October 1, 2005... August 15 Kathleen Armstrong became director of the Cahokia (Ill.) Public Library District. * Viki Ash-Geisler recently became children's services coordinator at San Antonio Public Library. * Maria Bach has been appointed manager of the Harrison...

At ALA.(Brenda Dandridge joined American Library Association, Jennifer Habley joined American Association of School Librarians, Kathleen Hughes joined Public Libraries)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Brenda Dandridge joined ALA as customer service representative August 15. * Jennifer Habley has joined the American Association of School Librarians as program coordinator. * Kathleen Hughes, formerly manager of communications for the Public...

Obituaries
October 1, 2005... Pilar R. Balisi, 78, a retired librarian who served at Luther Burbank Middle School in Burbank, California, for 30 years, died August 19. * Courtney Harris Funn, 63, died of lung cancer August 4. Funn was director of the Bowie (Md.) State...

Cited.(Illinois Library Association named James B. Casey as its 2005 Librarian of the Year, Margaret C. Danziger has been named as Ohio Library Council's 2005 Librarian of the Year, Clifford Lynch will receive the 2005 Educause Leadership )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Illinois Library Association has named James B. Casey, director of the Oak Lawn Public Library, its 2005 Librarian of the Year. * Margaret C. Danziger, deputy director of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, has been named the Ohio...

Grassroots Report: Checking out Art in the Heartland
October 1, 2005... When I decided to move to Iowa City, I wondered what would prove distinctive about the public library there. The answer, or at least one part of it, appeared last spring in the local Sunday paper during breakfast. Piquing my interest was a...

Internet Librarian: Pedias, Familiar and Otherwise
October 1, 2005... Matilda, empress and claimant to the English throne, died on September 10, 1167, near Rouen. I know this peculiar little factoid because the Encyclopaedia Britannica told me so. And who are we to question them? For the record, Wikipedia...

Technically Speaking: The Relevance of "Relevant Relevance"
October 1, 2005... Though I've written about it before, and I enjoy a good dose of navel-gazing as much as the next librarian, I have to admit that I grow tired of endless (often fruitless?) discussions regarding the relevance of our profession. When Jonathan...

Working Knowledge: Designing Dress Codes
October 1, 2005... Q I am a department head in a medium-sized public library. Recently, several staff members have commented negatively about one of their coworkers who has a very large tattoo extending down the length of her arm that is visible when she wears a...

Global intellectual freedom.(The 2005 IFLA/FAIFE World Report: Libraries, National Security, Freedom of Information Laws, and Social Responsibilities)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... The 2005 IFLA/FAIFE World Report--Libraries, National Security, Freedom of Information Laws, and Social Responsibilities--provides profiles on the state of freedom of access to information and freedom of expression for 84 countries. Among...

Private--keep out!(21st Century: Issues for Public, School and Academic Libraries)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Four experts explore the effect of technology on personal privacy in Privacy in the 21st Century: Issues for Public, School, and Academic Libraries. Authors Helen R. Adams, Robert F. Bocher, Carol A. Gordon, and Elizabeth Barry-Kessler...

Theory into practice.(Spanning the Theory-Practice Divide in Library and Information Science)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Library educator Bill Crowley examines why there has been a gulf between theory and practice in librarianship. In Spanning the Theory-Practice Divide in Library and Information Science, Crowley explains how practitioners as well as faculty...

A-Z of job descriptions.(The Neal-Schuman Directory of Public Library Job Descriptions)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Writing a job description is one of those dreaded tasks that can have disastrous consequences if not handled properly, but Rebecca Brumley helps take the anxiety out of the process with The Neal-Schuman Directory of Public Library Job...

Storytelling with folktales.(The House Between Earth and Sky: Harvesting New American Folktales)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Joseph Daniel Sobol's new collection of multicultural folktales, The House Between Earth and Sky: Harvesting New American Folktales, draws from a series of his folklore and storytelling residencies at Chicago inner-city secondary schools in...

Finding funds.(National Guide to Funding for Libraries and Information Services, 8th ed.)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Since growing a money tree in your backyard isn't an option, the next best thing is to locate a foundation or corporation interested in funding library projects. The Foundation Center and editor Jeffrey A. Falkenstein simplify the search with...

Back-to-school refresher.(Reference Skills for the School Library Media Specialist: Tools and Tips, 2d ed.)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... School librarians can brush up on their reference skills with the help of Ann Riedling's second edition of Reference Skills for the School Library Media Specialist: Tools and Tips. In this completely updated edition, Riedling reviews new...

Serving the lollipop set.(Fundamentals of Children's Services)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Michael Sullivan asserts that children's services drive public libraries and that an appreciation of children's librarians is essential for all library staff and trustees. In Fundamentals of Children's Services, Sullivan explains what a...

Copyright goes to college.(Colleges, Code, and Copyright: The Impact of Digital Networks and Technological Controls on Copyright and the Dissemination of Information in Higher Education)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... The shift to using digital information to educate students and in sharing resources was explored at a 2004 symposium held at the Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland University College in Adelphi. The proceedings are...

Paper is so passe.(EScholarship: A LITA Guide)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... In EScholarship: A LITA Guide, editor Debra Shapiro and her team of experts explore viable e-publishing alternatives that are beginning to replace traditional scholarly communication structures. Included among the essayists are Clifford...

Quick bibs: drive, he said.(Drive, The Wheelman, The Getaway, The Getaway Man)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Getaway cars, that is. There's a world of difference between a road novel--in which one or more characters climb into a 15-year-old Oldsmobile and head off in search of adventure--and that special brand of crime fiction starring drivers of...

Datebook: Opportunities for Continuous Learning
October 1, 2005... CONFERENCES Oct. 24-26: Internet Librarian 2005, Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, California. "Shifting Worlds." Contact: 800-300-9868; custserv@infotoday.com; www.infotoday.com. Oct. 28-30: 6th IBBY Regional Conference, Callaway...

Welcome to the ALA 2006 Midwinter Meeting
October 1, 2005... WHAT'S INCLUDED WITH YOUR FULL REGISTRATION? ALA PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Future Of Our Profession: Educating Tomorrow's Librarians Sunday, January 22, 2006, 3:30-5:30 pm Are ALA-accredited LIS programs...

Will's World: If the Cardigan and Sensible Shoes Fit
October 1, 2005... At first the quote was a little jarring to my professional pride. I was casually reading a local morning story in the August 4 Phoenix Arizona Republic that was not particularly interesting. In fact it was downright boring: "Federated Department...