ALA News.

Presents updates on issues and events related to the library services in the U.S. as of November 2004. Decision by the Clark Atlanta University to close its School of Library and Information Studies at the end of the 2004-2005 academic year; Call on members of the American Library Association (ALA) and other library supporters to support a library advocacy program to be launched by the ALA; Information on the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture to be held on April 9, 2005 at the College of Information Science and Technology at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.