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Includes six reports from national associations and organizations. Highlights include annual meetings; government affairs; copyright; administration; diversity; new technologies; international programs; scholarly communication; information policy; access to information; preservation; statistics and measurement; digital libraries; economics of information; leadership; and scholarships and awards. (LRW)

These were my thoughts, October 10, the morning John died: My dear friend, John Nichols Berry III, died this morning. He was 87. John was a force of nature throughout [...]

Congratulations to LJ on the great new redesign. You have enlivened in new ways one of our profession's most needed working tools. All the planning, hard work, and creativity shine […]

I began my term as ALA president-elect with a mission: better salaries and pay equity. My goal was to convince library workers everywhere that just because they love working in [...]

A young friend asked me if Gulf War 11 is worse than the Vietnam War. The simple answer, and the one that's especially germane to the train wreck that is [...]

When I ran for ALA president, my pledge was to raise the awareness about inadequate library workers' salaries and to work for better salaries and pay equity. Even in tough […]

In his October editorial (p. 41), the American Libraries magazine editor tried to sell the same tired argument that's been used to depress the salaries of library workers since time [...]

As we pack up our Halloween displays, many of us find ourselves haunted by ghosts of past budget battles. Hard times are back and we must show the communities we […]

Two Florida newspapers--the Orlando Sentinel and the Orlando Weekly--recently interviewed me about the Orange County Public Library's wish to replace librarians with people who can 'train customers to use the [...]

A major daily newspaper columnist recently applauded a New Hampshire librarian for loving her work so much that after retirement she came in every day to do her old job [...]

We all know that librarianship is a graying, underpaid profession and that as a predominantly female work force we are paid worse than people in male-dominated occupations. I ran for [...]

The article discusses the benefits of the Internet to public libraries and library users in the U.S. The Internet allows public libraries to deliver information services and access online to library users at any time of the day. Reference services through electronic-mail and chat are being offered by several public libraries. The Internet enables the public libraries to meet the information needs of library users.

Discusses the outlook for library processing in the United States. How the drive toward standardization has seen a pursuit of international standards; Public librarians' opposition to the International Standard Bibliographical Descriptive (ISBD); Narrowing of options through the closings and consolidations of commercial and nonprofit processors.

A list of the Jewish-themed films is shown as part of the New City Library film series including "Bonjour, Monsieur Shlomi," "Watermarks," and "Close to Home."