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1998 index

Author and subject index to volume 29, numbers 1-11
(January-December 1998). Indexed by Virginia R. Seward.

Abel, Richard

--"The Return of the Native," Jan 76-78

Academic Libraries, see also Association of College and Research Libraries

--Budget boost, Jn/Jl 25-26

--Director retires, Aug 22-23

--Fundraising, Jn/Jl 46

--"Howard University Library: African-American Mecca," Feb 56

--Peking University hosts International Conference on New Missions of Academic Libraries in the 21st Century, Dec 26-27

--University flooded, Aug 22

Accreditation, Feb 32-33, Apr 7, Apr 44

Acquisitions, Feb 8

Acronyms, Jn/Jl 122

Adams, Nancy

--"Rx for Learning: Information Tools 2000," Nov 56-58

Adams National Historic Site Library (Mass.), May 30

Akeroyd, Richard, Feb 24

Akron (Ohio) P.L., Aug 23

Alabama libraries, Mar 31, Apr 16-19

Alamance County (N.C.) Memorial Library, May 30

Alaska Library Association (photo), Apr 11

Albany (N.Y.) P.L., Jan 35

Alessio, Amy, Oct 42

Alexander, Adrian W.

--"U.S. Periodical Prices-1998," May 82-90

Allen County (Ind.) P.L. District, Jan 24

Alqudwah, Jrir (photo), Jan 41

Altamonte Springs (Fla.) P.L., May 28

Alternative libraries, May 62-64

Altman, Ellen

--"Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction Do Matter," Aug 53-54

American Association of School Librarians (ALA)

--"AASL Sets the Pace in School Libraries," Jan 9

--"Families Connect," Sep 9

--"Kids Pick the Best of the Web" project, Aug 7

--Listserv launched, Apr 6

--Preconferences, May 9

--School quality indicators delineated, Apr 7

American Civil Liberties Union, Jan 7-9, Mar 20

American Indian Library Association, Apr 9

American Library in Paris (photo), Nov 33

American Library Association (ALA)

--"ALA Thinks Globally, Acts Federally," Aug 70-93 (response to Sep 34, Sep 38)

--AL Online, Feb 30

--America Links Up, Aug 7-8, Oct 6, Nov 12

--Annual conference (1998)

----Divisional preconferences, Apr 9

----Exhibits, Sep 78-80

----Exhibits locator, Jn/Jl 114-117

----Information and program highlights, Jn/Jl 94-100

----Opening General Session (photo), Aug 14

----Placement Center, Aug 93

----Preview, Apr 105-185 (responses to Aug 39)

----Programs highlighted, Jn/Jl 94-100

----Registration and information, Jan 105

----Registration totals, Aug 78

----Report, Aug 70-93

----Volunteer Day, Jn/Jl 102-104, (photo) Aug 80

----Washington, D.C. restaurants, Jn/Jl 105-111

--Annual report, Mar 9

--Association Management System, new, Sep 9

--Awards, Feb 12, May 47, Sep 60-66

--Banned Books Week (photo), Aug 6

--Chapter conferences, see Datebook each issue

--Chapter relations, Dec 31

--Chapter Report, see contents each issue

--Council

----Biannual report, Aug 96-98 (corrections Sep 38), Mar 83-86

----1999 Nominees, Dec 6-8

----Resolution against Boy Scouts, Jn/Jl 88-92

----Seeking nominations, Sep 7

----Voting Record, Apr 212-215

--Diversity officer hired, Feb 63

--Election results, Jn/Jl 8-9

--Endowment Trustee, Aug 8

--Executive Board

----Quarterly report, Mar 87, Jn/Jl 118 (response to Sep 37-38), Aug 99, Dec 67

--Executive Director, new, Jan 7, Feb 11

--Fax on Demand, Mar 9

--Filtering Policy protested, Aug 16-18 (response to Oct 32, Dec 30)

--Finance, Mar 84

--Freedom to Read Foundation, Mar 83

--Gallup Poll on library use results, Aug 6

--Global Awareness Project, Feb 6

--Honorary memberships, Mar 84, Sep 60-61

--Internet Driver's Education Program, Aug 8

--Internet Links for Kids, Jan 11, Aug 7

--Joint ALA/CLA meeting set, Feb 6

--"Kids Online Week," Sep 6

--Literacy in Libraries across America meeting, Nov 6

--Live at the Library workshops, Aug 8-9

--Member benefits, new, Jan 15

--Membership directory, May 7

--Membership drive, Mar 7-9

--Membership meetings (response to Jan 52, Aug 98, Sep 34)

--Midwinter Meeting (1998)

----Candidates speak, Mar 70

----Exhibits, Mar 74-75

----Programs, Mar 72-73

----Report, Mar 68-73

--National Library Legislative Day, Jn/Jl 22

--National Library Week, Apr 6

--Nominating Committee, Feb 6

--Opposes Starr subpoena, May 17

--Outsourcing Task Force, Jan 9, Mar 71

--Policy 9.5, Jn/Jl 88-92

--Posters (photo), Aug 9

--President elected, Jn/Jl 8

--President nomination, Nov 6

--President's Message, see contents each issue

--Presidential candidates interviewed, Mar 77-82

--Presidential slate set, Jan 7

--Read Across America campaign joined, Jan 11

--Spectrum Initiative, Jan 9-11, Mar 9, Mar 83, May 6-7, Sep 7, Nov 9

--Spectrum Scholarship winners, Jn/Jl 9-11

--Staff salaries, Dec 30

--Strategic Planning, May 7

--Values, May 56-58

--Volunteering, Apr 43

American Library Trustee Association (ALA)

--"ALTA Advocates Libraries," May 7

American Medical Association, Feb 36-38 (response to Apr 46)

America Online, Aug 8

Ameritech, Aug 25

Anderson, Rachael (photos), Aug 30-31

Anderson, Trish, Oct 40

Amistad Center, Jan 84-87

Anne Arundel County (Md.) P.L. branch grand opening (photo), Dec 19

Arafat, Yasir, Jan 40-41

Argentine Library Association Congress, Jn/Jl 40

Arkansas libraries, Nov 21-22

Arlington (Va.) County Library, Jn/Jl 38

Asheim, Lester, Feb 29

Ashland (Va.) Library Branch (photo), Jan 26-27

Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALA)

--"ALCTS Excels in Access," Mar 7

--Copy cataloging standards, Apr 9

--Disaster Preparedness Clearinghouse Web page, Nov 8

--Institute on library binding, Dec 11

--Institute on children's materials, Feb 8

Association for Library Service to Children (ALA)

--"ALSC on the Move," Apr 7, (photo) Aug 9

Association of Caribbean University, Research, and Institutional Libraries, Aug 35

Association of College and Research Libraries (ALA)

--"ACRL Promotes Partnerships," Feb 7

--Choice plans online version, Jn/Jl 11

--Leadership Institute, Feb 7

--Midwinter meeting, Mar 72-73

--Preconference set, Feb 6

--Scholarships, Aug 9

--Think tank studies literacy, Nov 6

Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ALA)

--"ASCLA Fills a Unique Role," Jn/Jl 9

--Preconferences, May 9

Ateneo de Manila University, Apr 36

Atlanta-Fulton (Ga.) P.L., Jan 32-35, May 23, May 27, Aug 21

Auburn Hills (Mich.) P.L. (photo), Apr 68

Austin (Tex.) P.L., May 21

Automation, Mar 73

Avila, Salvador, Oct 42

Awards, honors, and prizes, see Currents each issue

--ALA awards, Sep 60-66

--Caldecott Medal, Feb 12

--Coretta Scott King Awards (photo), Feb 12, Mar 73, Jn/Jl 11

--Dartmouth Medal, May 47

--Dublin Literary Award, Sep 27-28

--Hefner First Amendment Award winners, Jan 7-9, (photo) Dec 6

--James Madison Award (photo), May 17

--National Book Awards (photo), Mar 21

--Newberry Medal, Jan 60-61, Feb 12

--Readers' Choice Awards launched by FOLUSA, Dec 10

Baker, Augusta, Apr 44, Apr 93

Baker & Taylor, Jan 35, Sep 18-20

Balderrama, Sandra Rios, Feb 63, (response to Apr 46)

Bales, Susan Nall

--"Technology and Tradition: The Future's in the Balance," Jn/Jl 82-86

Baltimore (Md.) County P.L. (photo), Jn/Jl 30

Banned Books Week (photo), Aug 6

Barnes & Noble, Mar 40-46, May 17

Batchelder, Mildred, Oct 77

Beck, Vibeke (photo), Jn/Jl 68

Behrman, Sara

--"When Trust Isn't Enough," May 72-75

Bennett's Creek Station (Va.) Branch Library, Jn/Jl 38

Benton Foundation report, Jn/Jl 82-86

Berkeley (Calif.) P.L., Sep 16

Berman, Joan (photo), Aug 84

Berman, Sanford, Feb 43-46 (response to May 39)

--"Libraries, Class, and the 'Poor People's Policy,'" Mar 38

Bethany (Mo.) P.L., May 30

Bettendorf (Iowa) P.L. (photo), Apr 75

Between the Lions, Oct 72-73

Bibliothèque Nationale (France), Aug 36

--Workers settle strike, Dec 27

Billington, James (photo), Aug 78

Birmingham (Ala.) Children's Theater (photo), Feb 22

Birmingham (Ala.) P.L. (photo), Apr 32, (photo), Jn/Jl 28

Blagojevich, Rep. Rod (photo), Jn/Jl 22, Oct 22-23, Nov 22, 24

Blair, Prime Minister Tony, Jn/Jl 45

Bolt, Nancy (photo), Dec 11

Bonita Springs (Fla.) P.L., Nov 30

Bonnell, Pamela, Dec 16

Bono, Rep. Sonny (photo), Mar 18

BookExpo America, Aug 26

Bookmobiles (photo), Feb 20, Sep 76, (photo) Oct 22, Nov 37

"Bookstore Backlash: Wow, Did We Get Letters!" May 76-78 (response to Aug 38)

Bookstores, Mar 40-46, Apr 42-43 (response to May 76-78)

Boortz, Neal, Feb 23

Borders Books and Music, Sep 31

Boston (Mass.) claims "first" for offering Internet access, Dec 25

Boston (Mass.) P.L. (photo), Mar 25, (photo) May 19, (photo) Jn/Jl 25, Sep 17, Oct 12

Bourdon, Cathleen

--Librarian's Library, see contents each issue

Boy Scouts of America (BSA), Jn/Jl 88-92, (response to Aug 41), Aug 96-97 (response to Dec 30), Sept 37 (response to Dec 30), Oct 33-34 (response to Dec 30)

Brawner, Lee (photo), Nov 72, Dec 6

Brighton (Mich.) Area District Library, Feb 29-30

British Library, Feb 25-26, May 32, (photo) Aug 36, Oct 29, Nov 35

Broderick, Dorothy

--"Net or Not, People Need Libraries," Jan 62-64

Brooklyn (N.Y.) P.L., Apr 88

Broward (Fla.) County P.L., Jan 32, (photo) Feb 20, Sep 16-17, Nov 29-30

Broward (Fla.) County School District, Apr 26-28

Bryn Mawr (Pa.) College (photo), Apr 81

Buckley, Francis

--"Ensuring Accessibility at the Government Printing Office," Apr 47

Budlong, Tom, Jn/Jl 88-92

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (photo), May 9

Buildings (library)

--Berkeley (Calif.) P.L. closed for repairs, Dec 25

--"A Branch Blooms in Brooklyn," Apr 88

--"Facilities Showcase: New Construction . . . and Renovation," Apr 67-81 (response to May 36), Jn/Jl 57

--"Four Libraries Improve on the Past," Apr 82-88

--"The Jewel of Burlingame," Apr 83-84

--"Mackay Mines, Comstock Treasure," Apr 84-85

--Norfolk (Va.) P.L. eyes rehab, Dec 23

--"Rugby: Frozen in Time," Apr 86-87

--University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign science library groundbreaking, Dec 24

Bulow, Jack (photo), Apr 19

Burlingame (Calif.) P.L., Apr 83-84

Burnette, Sheila

--"Book 'Em! Cops and Librarians Working Together," Feb 48-50

C-SPAN series (photo), Feb 16

Calabasas (Calif.), Feb 22-23

California State University/Northridge (photo), Nov 22

Calvert (Md.) County P.L. (photo), Feb 16

Cambridge University (U.K.), Nov 34

Campbell, Sharon

--"Guidelines for Writing Children's Internet Policies," Jan 91-92

Canadian Library Association, Feb 6, May 31-32, Aug 28

Cancer patients, Nov 48-50

Card catalogs, Apr 57-61

Cardell, G. Brian, Oct 45

Career Leads, see contents each issue

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Pa.), Feb 21

Carrollton (Tex.) P.L., Sep 22-23

Casey, James B., Nov 60-64

--"Ethics: It Isn't Just Presidents Who Get in Trouble," Dec 35

Cason, Melvin (photo), Feb 21

Cataloging and classification, Apr 9, Aug 64-65

Cedarburg (Wis.) P.L., Apr 28-32

Censorship, see also Intellectual freedom

--American Indian Myths and Legends, Feb 18, Jn/Jl 26

--Baby Be-Bop, Nov 23

--Banned books, May 21, Aug 17, Sep 19, Oct 15, Nov 23

--The Basketball Diaries, Aug 17, Sept 19

--The Chocolate Wars, Aug 17

--Daddy's Roommate, Aug 17

--Daddy's Wedding, Jan 24

--"Dangerous Modern Library List," Sep 68-70

--David and Jonathan, Jn/Jl 26

--The Drowning of Stephan Jones, Nov 23

--Employees' rights vs. free speech, May 60-61

--Filter debate, Sep 19

--The Goats, May 21

--Heather Has Two Mommies, Aug 17

--I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Oct 15

--Internet acceptable use policy, May 21, Aug 17

--In the Line of Fire, Nov 23

--Librarian loses book challenge and loses job, Apr 22-25

--Mapplethorpe book seized, Apr 36, Nov 34

--Mississippi Burning, Nov 23

--My Left Foot, Nov 23

--Of Mice and Men, Dec 17

--Punch-and-Judy book too violent, Apr 38

--Rolling Stone, Nov 23

--Seventeen, Apr 25

--Teen, Apr 25

--The Tin Drum, Feb 18, Dec 17

--Two Teenagers in Twenty, Nov 23

--A Way of Love, A Way of Life: A Young Person's Introduction to What It Means to Be Gay, Dec 17

--When Someone You Know Is Gay, Nov 23

--YM: Young and Modern, Apr 25

Censorship Watch, Jan 24, Feb 18, Mar 17, Apr 25, May 21, Aug 17, Sep 19, Nov 23, Dec 17

Central Intelligence Agency Library, Apr 62-64

Cerf, Christopher, Oct 72-73

Chaffin, Nancy J.

--"U.S. Serial Services Price Index for 1998," May 91-92

Chepesiuk, Ron

--"Bringing the Internet to the Developing World," Sep 55-58

--"Dag Hammarskjöld Library Reaches Out to the World," Jn/Jl 66-68

--"Field Trip to Palestinian Libraries Yields Audience with Arafat," Jan 40-42 (response to Mar 34, Jn/Jl 51)

--"Guadalajara Book Fair Offers Peerless Spanish-Language Collection," Jan 44-46

--"Howard University Library: African-American Mecca," Feb 56-59

--"Internet College: The Virtual Classroom Challenge," Mar 52-55 (response to May 39)

--"Learning without Walls," Oct 62-65 (response to Dec 30-31)

Chicago (Ill.) Police Department, Feb 48-50

Chicago (Ill.) Public Library, Feb 48-50, (photo) Feb 52-53, (photo) Mar 15, (photo) May 20, (photo) Jn/Jl 28, (photo) Aug 21, (photo) Aug 25, (photo) Nov 21

Chicago (Ill.) Public Schools, Oct 22-23, Nov 22-24

Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (photo), Dec 11

Children's Partnership and ALA fight low literacy, Dec 10

Children's services, Feb 8, Apr 22, Jn/Jl 42, Oct 50-54

China, Feb 26, Dec 58-61

Circulation statistics, Oct 74-75

Civic Resource Center (Fla.) (photo), May 63

Cleveland (Ohio) P.L. (photo), Aug 18

Clinton, Hillary Rodham, Apr 35, (photo) Oct 20

Clinton, President Bill, Feb 15, Feb 17, Mar 13+

Closings (library)

--Savannah P.L. branch closings, Nov 25

Coates, Sen. Dan, Jan 19

Coffman, Steve

--"What if You Ran Your Library Like a Bookstore?" Mar 41-46 (response to May 76-78)

Collection development and management, see also Weeding of library collections

--Selection policies, Feb 19, Feb 29

Collections, Jan 36, Feb 22, Apr 32, May 28, Oct 21

College and university libraries, see Academic libraries

Collings, Terry R.

--"Books, Bytes, & Believers: Seattle's Grassroots Fundraising Campaign," Sep 40-42

Collins, Vickie (photo), Feb 21

--"The Color of Money," Feb 40-42

Colorado State University's Morgan Library, Nov 30

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Jn/Jl 34

Computers, Mar 36, Apr 19, Jn/Jl 24

Conable, Gordon, Apr 33

Conference Call, Feb 43-46, Mar 59-63, May 66-70, Jn/Jl 88-92 (response to Aug 41), Sep 51-54, Nov 60-64

Congressional Research Service (CRS), Apr 14, Aug 13

Consumer Health Information Service, Nov 44-46

Cooper, Ginny (photo), May 14

Cooper, Sandy (photo), Dec. 11

Cooperative Computer Services (Ill.), Jn/Jl 24

Copyright

--Copyright Term Extension Act passes, Dec 13

--Digital copyright bill passes, Sep 13

--Electronic resources and copyright, Sep 51-54

--European Commission rules, Feb 26

--Fair use, Aug 40, Sep 51-54

--Internet copyright bill, Jan 19, Feb 15, Aug 11-13

--West Publishing loses case, Dec 23

Cosby, Bill (photo), Aug 37

County of Los Angeles (Calif.) P.L. System, Feb 22-23

Cox, Richard J.

--"Access Denied: the Discarding of Library History," Apr 57-61

Crime in libraries see Security and crime (library)

Crime Roundup, Mar 22, Jn/Jl 36

Croneberger, Robert (photo), Apr 93, Aug 92

"Crowning Achievements: ALA Award Winners 1998," Sep 60-66 (response to, Dec 33)

Curley, Arthur, May 95, Aug 92

Curran, Charles

--"Russ Emele Trusted His Instincts," Oct 56-58

Currents, see contents each issue

Customer service, Feb 8, Jn/Jl 82-86, Aug 53-54

Cybermobile (photo), Aug 73, Sep 76

D'Ooge, Craig

--"In the Eye of the Library: Poets at the Library of Congress," Apr 48-52, (response to Jn/Jl 51)

Dakota County (Minn.) Library System (photo), Jn/Jl 34

Daley, Richard M. (photo), Mar 15

Dallas (Tex.) P.L., Mar 31, (photo) Apr 30, Jn/Jl 36

Database compilers protected, Aug 13

Datebook, see contents each issue

DeCandido, GraceAnne (photo), Feb 62

Delray Beach (Fla.) P.L., Sep 22

Demopolis (Ala.) P.L. (photo), Apr 16

Des Plaines (Ill.) P.L., Nov 30-32

Deschamps, Christine, Aug 91, (photo) Oct 25

Detroit Public Library (photo), Jan 32, Mar 25, Sep 25

DiAlesandro, Mary Anne

--"From Among Us: Literacy Programs Offer Tangible Benefits, Dec 40-45

Dialog Corporation, Jan 27

Dingley, Brenda

--"U.S. Periodical Prices-1998," May 82-90

Disabled, library services to the, Feb 20-21, Nov 52-55

Disasters, see Floods and other disasters

Distance education, Feb 64, Mar 52-55, Aug 66-68, Oct 62-65

District of Columbia P.L., Jan 22-26, Mar 14-15, Aug 19

District of Columbia public schools, Sep 25

Dodge, Chris

--"Taking Libraries to the Street: Infoshops & Alternative Reading Rooms," May 62-64

Doffing, Becky, Jan 13

Donnelly, Kimberley M.

--"Learning from the Teaching Librarians," Dec 47

Donohue, Anne, Oct 40

Doran, Kirk

--"Lamenting Librarians' Linguistic Lapses," Aug 43 (response to Sep 34-35, Oct 32)

Dorman, David

--Technically Speaking, see contents each issue

Douglas (Colo.) County School Board, Jan 38

Dove, Rita (photo), Apr 52

Dowding, Martin

--"Canadian Library Association Checks Reality in Victoria," Aug 28

Drumm, John (photo), Sep 76

Dubberly, Ronald A.

--Leaves Jersey City P.L. office after ruling on outsourcing, Dec 16

--"Why Outsourcing is Our Friend," Jan 72-74, (response to Feb 33, Mar 32)

Durland (N.Y.) Alternatives Library (photo), May 63

Dyson, Esther (photo), Feb 61

E-rate, see Universal-service telecommunications discounts

Earl, Martha

--"Caring for Consumers: Empowering the Individual," Nov 44-46

East Brunswick (N.J.) P.L. (photo), Nov 28

East Garner (N.C.) Middle School, May 30

East Hampton (N.Y.) Library (photo), Apr 71

East Providence (R.I.) P.L. System, Feb 20

Eastern European libraries, Jn/Jl 42-44

Eckwright, Gail Z.

--"Reference Etiquette: a Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior," May 42-45

Edwards, Doralyn Hickey, Oct 43

Egyptian libraries, Jn/Jl 74-76

El Dorado County (Calif.) P.L., May 34

El Mustaqbal (Cairo, Egypt) Library (photo), Jn/Jl 76

El-Erian, Tahani (photo), Jn/Jl 66

Elections (ALA), Mar 6-7, Mar 70, Mar 77-82, Jn/Jl 8-9

Electronic journals, May 32

Electronic records, May 17

Electronic resources instruction, Nov 56-58

Electronic Resources, Principles for Licensing, Jan 15

Elk, Johnny, Feb 21

Ellingson, Jo Ann

--"21st-Century Literacy: Libraries Must Lead," Dec 52-53

Emele, Russ, Oct 57-58

Enoch Free (Md.) P.L., (photo) Aug 24, Sep 23-25

Esfahani, Bijan, Oct 43

Ethics, Dec 35

European Commission, Feb 26

Evanston (lll.) P.L., (photo) Jn/Jl 132, (photo) Aug 20

Fairbanks-North Star (Alaska) Borough School District, Feb 18

Families and libraries, Aug 50-52

Fang, Linda (photo), Dec 19

Favorite Poem Project, Apr 54-56

Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Feb 15, Apr 13, Aug 11, Sep 13-15

Feinberg, Sandra

--"Diversity Takes Children to a Friendly Family Place," Aug 50-52

Ferris, William R., Sep 44-47

Fierstein, Harvey (photo), Jan 28

Floods and other disasters (library)

--Alabama tornadoes, May 28-30

--ALCTS creates Disaster Clearinghouse, Nov 8

--Arkansas lightning strike, Jn/Jl 38

--Boston P.L. burst water main, Oct 12, Dec 22

--California tornado, Mar 24

--Disaster Preparedness Clearinghouse Web page, Nov 8

--Guam typhoon, Feb 23

--Hurricane Georges, Nov 20-21

--Iowa university pipes burst, Aug 22

--Minnesota tornado, May 18

--Missouri smoke-damaged public library, May 30

--Mold attacks, Oct 13-16, Nov 30

--North Dakota floods, Jan 13

--Poland flood disaster, Jan 59

--South Dakota tornado, Aug 15-16

--Stanford University Library floods, Mar 14

--Virginia library wrecked by police car, Jn/Jl 38

--Water damage, Feb 24, Oct 12

--Wisconsin fires, Apr 35, Aug 25

Flushing (N.Y.) Library (photo), Aug 22

Fogarty, Ellie, Oct 41

Ford, Barbara, (photos) Jan 20, Mar 69 & 71, Jn/Jl 8, Jn/Jl 17, Aug 34, Aug 76, (photo) Sep 76

--ALA President's Message, Jan 54, Feb 30, Mar 33, Apr 43 (response to Jn/Jl 54), May 37, Jn/Jl 50

Fordham University (N.Y.) (photo), Apr 80

Frank L. Weyenberg Library (Wis.), Feb 19-20, May 27

Franklin, Hardy, Mar 14-15, Aug 19, Nov 26-28

Frederiksen, Casrsten (photo), Dec 6

Free Library of Philadelphia (Pa.), Jan 36, Feb 21, Dec 18

Freedom of expression, May 60-61

Freedom of information, Apr 14, Apr 47, Aug 13

Freedom to Read Foundation (ALA)

--Celebrates anniversary, Nov 7

--Nominates trustees, Nov 7

Friends of libraries, Apr 90-91, Sep 26

Friends of the Jefferson (La.) Parish Library, Jn/Jl 30-32

Frith, Michael (photo), Aug 90, Oct 72-73

Fritz, Harry (photo), Jan 89

Frost, Robert (photo), Apr 49

Fund for America's Libraries, Jan 15, Feb 40-42, Feb 73-84, Nov 9

Funding, see also Money Matters each issue

--Budget-capping constitutional amendment, librarians sue over, Sep 20-22

--FY99 boosts educational programs, Mar 13

--Gates Foundation gives money to Louisiana libraries, Sep 31

--Governor's veto costs library funding, Sep 17

--Museum grants, Nov 36

--NEH gives reading and discussion grants, Sep 31

--NEH new director interviewed, Sep 44-47

Fundraising (library), see also Funding

--Alumni support, Jn/Jl 46

--Authors for fundraising, Mar 31

--Benefit performance, Aug 37

--Bicycle rally (photo), Sep 31

--Community support, May 34

--Dinner orientation for councilmen, Sep 30

--Fundraising policy, Jn/Jl 30-32

--Golf tournament, Oct 30

--Grassroots fundraising campaign, Sep 40-42

--Internet use, Apr 90-91, Jn/Jl 46

--Library-naming dilemma, Apr 40, Sep 32

--Microsoft cofounder donates books, Apr 40

--Private-sector fundraising, Feb 43-46

--Waco (Tex.) Symphony Orchestra and Ray Charles event, Dec 16

Gallup Poll results, Aug 6

Garcia, June, Sep 28

Gates, Bill, Apr 16-18, Apr 45, Sep 60

Gates Library Foundation, Feb 24, Mar 31, Mar 56-58, Apr 16-19, Sep 31

Gawrusik, Laura (photo), Dec 60

General Federation of Women's Clubs, Sep 32

Gerhardt, Lillian, Aug 60-62

Gilreath, James W., Jan 28, Aug 20

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (photo), Oct 13

Glazer, Adam, Oct 41

Glazer, Fred, Jan 36, Feb 29, Mar 20-21

Glendale (Calif.) P.L. (photo), Nov 24

Glendening, Gov. Parris N. (photo), Jan 22

Global library community, Jn/Jl 60-65

Global programming, Jn/Jl insert

Global Reach, Jan 42, Feb 25 (response to Aug 38-39), Mar 29, Apr 37, May 33, Jn/Jl 44, Aug 36, Sep 29, Oct 29, Nov 35, Dec 28

Golrick, Michael, Jn/Jl 88-92, (photo) Aug 97

Gómez, Martín, Jan 7, Mar 70, Mar 77-82

Gordon, William, (photo) Jan 7, Feb 11, (photo) Mar 70, (photo) May 6, (photo) Jn/Jl 56

Gore, Vice-President Al, Jan 20-22, (photo) Mar 26, May 17, Jn/Jl 20, Nov 41

Gorman, Audrey

--"Toward a New Definition of Literacy," Dec 38

Government information, Feb 34, Apr 47

Government Printing Office, Apr 14, Apr 47

Grande Bibliothèque du Québec, Sep 28

Great Book Giveaway II Competition, Feb 7

Greenway, Jane

--"Access Denied: the Discarding of Library History," Apr 57-61

Groom, Frank (photo), Sep 76

Guadalajara Book Fair, Jan 44-46

Gunderson, Marion (photo), Aug 103

Hammer, Donald Price, Dec. 63

Hammond (Ind.) P.L., Aug 22

Handman, Gary

--Quick Vids: Videos on a Timeless Topic, Feb 69, May 101, Sep 84, Dec 69

Hannigan, Gale G.

--"Librarian as Patient: a View from the Other Side," Nov 48-50

Hansen, Walter, Feb 40-42

Harris, Patricia (photo), Apr 19

Harvard Law School Library (photo), Apr 70

Hathaway-Bell, Stacey

--"Satan's Shelving: Urban Library Legends," Aug 44-49, (response to Sep 34, Oct 32, Nov 37, Dec 32)

Havel, Vaclav (photo), Nov 24

Hawaii State P.L. System, Jan 35, Feb 23, Feb 31, Mar 21, Apr 20-22, Aug 19-20, Oct 20

Hayden, Carla (photo), Apr 33

Hayes, Suzi (photo), Aug 33

Health information, Nov 40-58

Health sciences information literacy program, Nov 56-58

Heaney, Seamus (photo), Jn/Jl 32

Hefner, Christie A. (photo), Jan 7

Henderson, Carol (photo), Dec 11

Hennepin County (Minn.) Library, Feb 21

Henry, Carol (photo), Mar 72

Henry County (Ga.) Library System, Jan 36

Hernon, Peter

--"Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction Do Matter," Aug 53-54

Herrin, Kathy, Apr 22-25

Hesse, Karen, Feb 12

Heston, Charlton (photo), Aug 26

Higashi, Chris

--"How to Plan a Movable Feast of Poetry," Feb 52-54

Hill, Grant (photo), Oct 6

Historic New Orleans Collection, Jan 86

Historically Black Universities of South Africa, Apr 38

Hoffman, Barbara (photo), Sep 72

Hofmann, Steven, Jan 9

Holman, Jill, Oct 41

Holt, Glen, Sep 29

Hormel, James C., Apr 25-26

Horne, Lena (photo), Jan 28

Horrocks, Norman (photo), Mar 89

Hoskisson, Tam

--"Reference Etiquette: a Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior," May 42-45

Hot Spring County (Ark.) Library, Jn/Jl 38, Aug 25

Howard University (D.C.) Library, Feb 56-58

Hoyniak, Barbara, Oct 44

Hoyt P.L. (Saginaw, Mich.) (photo), Apr 77

Hudson Valley Community College (N.Y.) (photo), Mar 20

Huff, Michael

--"Librarians in Robes: The Monks of Wat Muniransyarama," Jn/Jl 70-72

Hughes, Scott A., Oct 44

Huron Valley (Mich.) Library System, May 73-74

Illinois Library Association, Dec 12

Image (libraries and librarians), Mar 48-50, May 27, May 39, Jn/Jl 48, Aug 24, Sep 23, Nov 28, Dec 33

Indiana University/Bloomington Libraries, May 25

Indianapolis-Marion County (Ind.) P.L., May 27-28

Information Power, Aug 7, Dec 10

Information technology workers shortage, Mar 26

Information value, Aug 56-58

Infoshops, May 62-64

Ingram Library Services (photo), Sep 9

Institute of Museum and Library Services, Jan 19, Nov 36

Intellectual Freedom, see also Censorship

--ALA advisory group drafts statement, Apr 6

--ALA advocacy-training workshops available, Dec 11

--ALA Council votes priorities, Mar 83

--Best novels of the century, Sep 68-70

--Canadian librarian receives apology after 44 years, Dec 27

--IFLA Free Access to Information and Freedom of Information office, Oct 24, (photo) Dec 6

--Librarian values, Mar 56-61, May 66-70

--Rushdie threats repudiated, Nov 34-35

Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (photo), Nov 34

Interlibrary loan, May 32, Oct 78

International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC), May 32

International cooperation, May 32, Jn/Jl 58-65

--Vietnamese librarian freed after 23 years, Dec 27-28

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

--Amsterdam Conference, Oct 24-28

--Amsterdam lodgings, Mar 6

--Conferences, Jn/Jl 60-65

--Human rights, Mar 34, (responses to Apr 45-46)

--Represented at ALA Midwinter, Mar 72

--President's interview, Aug 91

International Network of Public Libraries, Sep 28-29

Internet, see also Universal Service Telecommunications discounts

--Access to, Aug 39

--Access to government information, Feb 34-35, Apr 14

----FCC hearings on, Sep 13-15

--Acronyms, Jn/Jl 122

--Adult usage, Oct 23

--ALA Web site, Jan 11

--Alabama libraries get wired, Apr 16-19

--British Prime Minister's Web site, Jn/Jl 45

--Cable TV offers high-speed hook-ups to public libraries, Nov 20

--Child Online Protection Law, Dec 13

--Chinese restrictions, Feb 26

--Communications Decency Act II, Jan 19, Apr 13

--Continuing education, Mar 90

--Developing countries, Sep 55-58

--Directors resign over filtering, Aug 16, Dec. 19-21

--Education for parents, children and others, Aug 7-8, Nov 12

--Filtering, Jan 52, Feb 32, Mar 13, Mar 17, Apr 13, Apr 25, May 17, May 25, Aug 16-18, Sep 19, Sep 37, Oct 15, Oct 32, Dec 17, Dec 30

--Filtering lawsuit, May 26

--Fundraising usage, Apr 90-91

--Hazards examined at NCLIS hearing, Dec 13

--HTML tagging, Aug 104

--Legislation requiring filtering, Mar 13, Mar 17, Apr 13, May 17, Aug 13, Sep 13

--Library education, Feb 64-66, Mar 52-55, Oct 62-65

--Links for Kids, Jan 11, Aug 7

--Links for Teens, Feb 6

--Literacy resources on, Dec 51

--Medical resources, Nov 42, Nov 44, Nov 55, Nov 71

--Minors protection, Jan 19, May 21, Jn/Jl 20

--Multimedia, Apr 94

--Patron confidentiality and sign-up sheets, Dec 64

--Plagiarism, Sep 48-50

--Predictions for the future, Jan 96

--Public library, Jan 11-15, 38, 91-92

--Public library as virtual university, Aug 66-68

--Public library policies, Jan 52

--Public library usage, Jn/Jl 32, Oct 6

--Rural libraries not connected, May 96

--School library grants, Apr 6, Jn/Jl 20

--Sixth-graders downloading nude photos, May 30

--Subject classification, Jn/Jl 54

--Teach-in toolkits, Dec 10

--Universal service telecommunication discounts, Feb 15-16, Mar 13, Apr 13, May 17, Jn/Jl 20, Aug 11, Sep 13-15

--Use, Jn/Jl 32

--White House meeting, Jan 20-22

Internet Librarian, see contents each issue

Internet/Online Summit: Focus on Children, Jan 20-22, Dec 10

Intner, Sheila S.

--"The Good Professional: a New Vision," Mar 48-50, (response to May 37-38)

Investment, socially responsible, Nov 60-64

Israeli Presidential Library founded, Feb 26

Jackson, Reuben (photo), Aug 88

Jackson (Mich.) District Library, May 26-27

Jacksonville (Fla.) P.L., Jan 24, (photo) Apr 74

Jaeger, Lowell (photo), Jan 89

Jaques, Tom (photo), Dec 11

Jefferson County (Colo.) P.L. (photo), May 23

Jefferson Davis Presidential Library (Miss.), Aug 25

Jennings, Peter (photo), Aug 26

Jersey City (N.J.) P.L., Aug 14-15

Johnson, Dave (photo), Aug 88

Jones, James Earl (photo), Aug 24

Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Oct 9

Kalamazoo (Mich.) P.L. (photo), Apr 72

Kane, Bart, Apr 20-22, Nov 28-29

Kansas City (Mo.) P.L., (photo), Mar 22

Keller (Tex.) P.L. (photo), Sep 31

Kelley, Gloria

--"Employee Rights Versus the First Amendment," May 60-61

Kennedy, D. James, Aug 16-18

Khmer monks, Jn/Jl 70-72

King, Stephen (photo), Nov 21

Klauber, Julie

--"Living Well with a Disability: How Libraries Can Help," Nov 52-55

Knight, Brevin (photo), Aug 18

Kniffel, Leonard (photo), May 9

--"Backing Up the Gates Millions: TRI Life in the Fast Lane," Mar 56-58

--"The Changing Face of Youth Services in China," Dec 58-61

--Editorial, Jan 56, Feb 32, Mar 36, Apr 38, May 38, Jn/Jl 52 (response to Sep 35-36), Aug 40, Sep 36, Oct 36, Nov 39, Dec 33

--"Guadalajara Book Fair Offers Peerless Spanish-Language Collection," Jan 44-46 (response to Dec 33)

Kranich, Nancy, Nov 6

Kresh, Diane Nester

--"Saving Family Heirlooms and Treasures," Mar 64-66

Krug, Judith (photo), Jan 7

LL Cool J (photo), Jan 31

Lafferty, Kim, Aug 102

Lamolinara, Guy

--"LC Plans New ILS to Serve Nation's Libraries," Nov 75

Lang, Bill (photo), Feb 17

Las Vegas-Clark County (Nev.) Library District, Jan 28-31, Mar 21-22

Lawrence, John R. M.

--"Outstanding Reference Sources: The 1997 Selection of New Titles," May 46-54

Lawsuits (library-related)

--Baker & Taylor sued, Sep 18-20

--Filtering lawsuit, May 26

--Nolo Press, May 28, Dec 22-23

Lawyers for Libraries training institute, Mar 6

Layoffs, Jan 27

Lebrenz, Jody (photo), Feb 33

LEEP3, Feb 64-66 (response to Apr 46)

Legislation (library-related)

--ALA and others file Amicus briefs, May 6

--Child Online Protection Act, Jn/Jl 20, Nov 16, Dec 13

--Collection of Information Antipiracy Act, Aug 13

--Communications Decency Act, Jan 19, Jan 20

--Copyright bills, Mar 71, Aug 11-13, Sep 13

--Database collection Act, Aug 13

--Digital Copyright Clarification and Technology Act, Feb 15

--Digital Copyright Enhancement Act of 1997, Jan 19, Feb 15

--Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, Sep 13, Nov 16

--Digital Treaties Implementation Act of 1998, Aug 11-13

--FY99 boosts educational programs, Mar 13

--Internet filtering bills, see Internet legislation requiring filtering

--"Son of CDA," Apr 13-14

--State librarian requirements change, Apr 35

--Universal-service funds, Mar 13, Apr 13, Aug 11, Sep 13-15

Lenin State Library (Russia) (photo), Feb 25

Lennox (Mass.) Library Association, Aug 37

Leno, Jay (photo), Aug 21

LeRoy Collins Leon (Fla.) County P.L., Feb 17-19, Feb 24

Lester, June, Mar 59-63

Levinson, Melanie

--"Creating a Muniversity: Palm Springs Goes Virtual," Aug 66-68

Lewinsky, Monica, May 17

Lewis, Valerie, Nov 52-53

Lexington (S.C.) P.L. (photo), Apr 73

Librarian's Library, see contents each issue

Librarians' Mutual Aid Society, Feb 24

Libraries: an American Value, May 58

Libraries and librarians

--Administration, Feb 8

--Alternative reading rooms, May 62-64

--Branch libraries, Feb 20

--Branch reuse, Jan 38

--Budget cuts, Feb 24-25

--Business partnerships, Feb 43-46 (response to Apr 44-45, May 39)

--Cancer patients, Nov 48-50

--Collective bargaining, Nov 39

----Strikers settle in France, Dec 27

----Strike hits Glasgow (Scotland) libraries, Dec 28

--Community control, Feb 22-23

--Director resigns over filtering, Dec 19-21

--Dismissals, Feb 29, Mar 17, Jn/Jl 26-28

--Diversity in the workplace, Feb 16-17

--Employee rights, May 60-61

--Extended hours introduced, May 20-23, Dec 21

--Grande Bibliothèque du Québec, nonlibrarian appointed to head, Sep 28

--History, Apr 57-61

--Insider crime, May 72-75

--International partnerships, Feb 30

--Internet access pitfalls, May 40-41

--Internships, Nov 39

--Job burnout, Oct 59-61

--Job cuts, Mar 21

--Language lapses, Aug 43

--Leadership, Oct 36, Oct 66-67

--Mudslinging, Jan 52

--"Need for," Jan 62-64

--Palestine, Jan 40-42

--Part-time employment, Feb 31 (response to Apr 46)

--Platitudes, May 79-81

--Playboy debate, Oct 32, Nov 37

--Professional development, Oct 66-67

--Professionalism, Mar 48-50, May 56-58, Aug 56-58, Oct 59-61, Oct 68-71

--Programming grants, Jan 50

--Quotations, May 79-81

--Racial discrimination, Feb 17-19

--Salaries, Nov 66-70

--Selection policies, Feb 19, Feb 29, Dec 17

--Services for the poor, Mar 38

--Sick building, Jan 32, Feb 19-20

--Staff morale, Jan 28-31

--United Kingdom library service audited, Dec 27

--Urban legends, Aug 44-49

--Young professionals, Oct 36-45

Library Administration and Management Association (ALA)

--Customer service institute, Jn/Jl 11

--Electronic discussion list, Nov 8

--Institute, Apr 7-9

--"LAMA focuses on Continuing Education," Aug 7

--Preconferences set, Feb 8, Apr 9

Library and Information Technology Association (ALA)

--Hosts first national forum, Sep 7-9

--"LITA in Changing Times," Sep 7

--Metadata institute, Apr 9

--Preconferences set, May 9

--Regional institutes given, Aug 9

Library assistants, Aug 10, Nov 37

Library Association (U.K.), Apr 37-38

Library Company of Philadelphia, Nov 25-26

Library Disaster Fund, Jan 13

Library education, Mar 59-63, May25, Jn/Jl 52, Oct 6-7, Oct 37, Oct 46-48, Dec 54-57, Dec 67

--Continuing education on the Internet, Mar 90

--Education Summit, Jn/Jl 6, Nov 6

----Renamed Congress on Professional Education, Dec 10

Library of Congress

--Appropriations, Mar 14

--Coin to mark bicentennial, Dec 13

--Curator indicted, Jan 28

--Curator sentenced, Aug 20-21

--"Cybersculpture" donated to (photo), Dec 18

--Defends church and state exhibit, Oct 19-20

--Endeavor chosen as computer system, Aug 106, Nov 75

--Freud exhibit opening, May 27

--Havel speaks at opening of Czech exhibit (photo), Nov 24

--Hosts ALA Conference Inaugural banquet and other activities, Aug 70

--LC/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, Jn/Jl 36

--LC-Soros Foundation's Visiting Fellows Program, May 32-33

--LC Subject Headings celebrate birthday (photo), Aug 78

--Metal detectors turned off, Sep 25

--Pinyin romanization of Chinese, Jan 38

--Poet laureate, Apr 48-56

--Preservation workshop, Mar 64-66

--Proposes National Music Museum, Aug 21-22

--Technician investigated, Aug 19 (response to Sep 38)

--Web site packed with Starr report readers, Nov 31

Library programs, events, and services

--Global Awareness Project, Feb 6

--International Programming, Feb 6

--"Let's Talk about It" series revamped, Dec 11

--Movie exhibits (photo), May 23, May 28

--Poetry programming, Feb 52-54, Apr 51

--Programming grants, Jan 50

--Radio book discussions, Jan 88-90

--Soapbox oratory contest (photo), Sep 18

--Summer reading programs (photos), Sep 24

--World War II Exhibit, Oct 19

Library rate (postage), Mar 28, Jn/Jl 20, Aug 13

Library school graduates, gifts for, Dec 10-11

Licensing agreements, Jan 15

Lincoln Presidential Library project, Apr 34

Lisbon (Me.) High School, Feb 7-8

Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences (photo), Apr 68

Literacy, Mar 87, Aug 7, Dec. 36-53, Dec 72

--"National Connections" launched, Dec 11

Literacy programs find funding, Dec 29

Literacy survey, Dec 42-43

Little Rock (Ark.), Feb 17

Livermore (Calif.) Public Library, Aug 17, Dec 17

"Lives Worth Knowing" project selectees, Jn/Jl 11

"Local Libraries: Global Awareness," Jn/Jl insert

Long, Sarah, Jan 7, (photo) Mar 70, Mar 79-82, Jn/Jl 8, Aug 8, Oct 6, Dec 67

Long Branch (N.J.) P.L., Apr 54-56

Lopato, Esther W. (photo), Mar 89

Lorain County (Ohio) public libraries (photo), Sep 22

Los Angeles (Calif.) P.L., Jan 48-50, (photo) May 25, (photo) Sep16, Sep 25-26, (photo) Dec 14

--Extends hours, Dec 21

Loudoun County (Va.) Library, Feb 18, Mar 20

Low, Kathleen

--"Transition into Management Develops Library Leaders," Oct 66-67

Lowell, Virginia, Aug 19-20, Oct 20, Nov 28-29

Lynch, Mary Jo

--"Librarians' Salaries: Smaller Increases This Year," Nov 66-70

--"Who Are These People?" Aug 100-101

MacLeish, Archibald (photo), Apr 49

Madison (Wis.) P.L. branch, Apr 35, (photo) Nov 25

Mailer, Norman (photo), Aug 25

Majewski-Wiederkehr, Lisa, Oct 45

Makoare, Bernard (photo), Aug 98

Malinconico, S. Michael, Nov 60-64

Manley, Will

--(response to Feb 31-32)

--"Are You a Good Communicator?" Nov 104

--"Can't We All Get Along?" Dec 104

--"First Amendment Rights--You Make the Call," Apr 216 (response to Aug 38)

--"Is 'Bad Boss' a Redundancy?" Sep 128

--"The Most Important People in the Library Profession," Feb 108

--"A New Pragmatism," Aug 136 (response to Oct 32-33)

--"Second Annual Willie Award," Jn/Jl 160

--"Theories on the Disappearance of Children's Librarians," Mar 128 (response to May 38-39, Jn/Jl 48)

--"Workplace Terrorism," Oct 128

--"The Worldwide Vanity Press," Jan 136 (response to Mar 34-36)

--"Worst of Times," May 128

Mann, Charles (photo), Sep 73

Mapplethorpe, Robert, Apr 36

Maribelle Davis Library (Plano, Tex.) (photo), Dec 22

Marin County (Calif.) Free Library, Sep 22

Marks, Ellen

--"Rx for Learning : Information Tools 2000," Nov 56-58

Marlborough (U.K.) P.L., Apr 38

Marshall, John, Dec 27

Martinez, Elizabeth, May 28

Mason, Marilyn Gell, Sep 26

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (photo), Apr 79

Massachusetts libraries and schools, Feb 16

May, Eloise

--"How I Got a Life," Oct 59-61

May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture (photo), Aug 9

Mayer, Chris (photo), Dec 60

McCook, Kathleen de la Peña, Mar 59-63

--"National Leadership Grants Fund Innovative Institutes," Dec 54-57

McDaniels, Pellom (photo), Mar 22

McDiarmid, Errett, Oct 56-57

McQuown, Eloise

--"Looking Back: 30 Years Later," Oct 46-48

Meadors, Helen, Jn/Jl 26-28

Medical information, see Health Information

"Medical Librarians Return to Philadelphia for Centennial," Aug 30-31

Medical Library Association, Aug 30-31

Medina County (Ohio) District Library, Aug 16

Medline, Nov 40-42

Mekkawi, Mohamed (photo), Feb 57

Melton, Emily (photo), Dec 10

Mendrinos, Roxanne Baxter

--"Inside Russian Libraries: An Information Technology Perspective," Jn/Jl 78-80

Mentors, Oct 56-58

Mexico librarians, May 31

Mexico-Audrain County (Mo.) Library District, Apr 22-25

Miami-Dade (Fla.) P.L. (photo), Mar 6, May 19, Aug 23-24

Michigan Library Association, Dec 12

Middle Country P.L. (N.Y.), Aug 50-52

Middleton, William (photo), Jn/Jl 40

Mielke, Linda, Feb 43-46 (response to May 39)

Minder, Thomas Leo, Jn/Jl 121

Minnesota flood relief, Jan 13

Minnesota Library Association Foundation, Jan 13

Minority librarians, Jan 9-11

Mirror Lake Library (Fla.) (photo), Apr 77

Moak, Thomas (photo), Jan 94

Modlin, Melanie

--"Medical Questions? Medline Has Answers," Nov 40-42

Money Matters, see contents each issue

Monroe County (Ind.) P.L., Apr 73

Moore, Arthur (photo), Jan 85

Morocco libraries, Sep 57

Morrison, Toni (photo), May 20

Mubarak P.L. (Cairo, Egypt) (photo), Jn/Jl 75

"Multicultural Cuisine in the Capital: Global Reach with a Lo-Cal Touch," Jn/Jl 105-111

Multimedia, Apr 94

Multnomah County (Ore.) Library, May 26

Murillo, Lisa M., Oct 42

Musial, Stan (photo), Nov 29

Nagler, Richard

--"Home-front Horror Tales for Would-Be Public Internet Access Providers," May 40-41

Nassman, Sana (photo), Jan 40

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Mar 13, Apr 13, Sep 25, Dec 13

National Education Association, Jan 11

National Endowment for the Humanities, Aug 25, Sep 44-47

National First Ladies' Library, Apr 35, (photo) Aug 16

National Information Infrastructure, see Internet

National Library for Women (U.K.), Aug 35

National Library Legislative Day, Jn/Jl 22

National Library of China, Feb 25, (photo) Mar 29

National Library of Medicine, Nov 40-42

National Library of Vietnam, Jn/Jl 45

National Library Week, Apr 6, Jn/Jl 30, Aug 6

National Music Museum, Aug 21-22

National Poetry Month, Feb insert, Apr 48-56

Neal, James, Sep 51-54, Dec 27

Nebraska Library Association, Sep 20-22

Nemerov, Howard (photo), Apr 48

New Albany (Ohio) High School Information Center (photo), Apr 20, Apr 76

New Hampshire libraries, Mar 18

New, Jane (photo), Dec 61

New Jersey Association of Library Assistants, Aug 10

New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped, Feb 21

New Orleans, Jan 84-87

New York (N.Y.) P.L., (photo) Mar 19, Mar 21-22, Mar 24-25, Apr 51, Jn/Jl 24-25 (response to Aug 40-41), Aug 20, Aug 25, Nov 32

Newark (N.J.) P.L., May 20-23

Newberry Library (Ill.) (photo), Sep18, Sept 32

Newburgh (N.Y.) Free Library, Jan 24

Newlen, Robert R.

--"Fifty Years of Silent Service: A Peek Inside the CIA Library," Apr 62-64

Newport (R.I.) Library, Jn/Jl 36-38

Ney, Neil (photo), Aug 84

Nigerian librarians arrested, Aug 35-36

Niles, Virginia (photo), Sep 76

Nioga County (N.Y.) Library System, Feb 24

Nolo Press lawsuit, May 28

North Dakota flood relief, Jan 13

North Suburban Library System computer crash, Jn/Jl 24

Northland Library (Pa.), Jan 26-27, Aug 21

Oakland (Calif.) P.L., Dec 29

Oberlin (Ohio) College Library (photo), Jn/Jl 46

Obituaries, see Currents each issue

OCLC, Aug 64-65, Dec 66

"The OCLC Connection," Aug 64-65

O'Connor, William, Jan 35

Oeur, U Sam (photo), Jn/Jl 34

Office for Intellectual Freedom (ALA)

--Celebrates anniversary, Nov 7

--Starr Report guidance, Oct 6

Office of Information Technology Policy (ALA)

--ITP Outlook, Mar 7

--Receives Gates Foundation money, Jn/Jl 11

Old Town (Me.) Library, Jn/Jl 38

Olesh, Elizabeth

--"Reforming Library Education: A Student's Proposal," Oct 37 (response to Dec 31)

Olson, Renée, Aug 22

On My Mind, see contents some issues

Oprah Book Club (photo), Sep 9

Ott, Bill

--(response to Feb 33)

--"Quick Bibs: Books on a Timeless Topic," Jan 102, Mar 93, Jn/Jl 128, Aug 109, Oct 84

Outsourcing (library)

--Cuts into heart of librarianship, Jan 66-70

--History, Jan 76-78

--Jersey City (N.J.) library board contract with LSSI voided, Dec 16

--Management firms, Apr 33-34

--Public library enjoys outsourcing, Mar 19-20 (response to May 36)

--Readers react to outsourcing, Mar 32-34

--Task Force met, Jan 9

--Valuable option, Jan 72-74

Owens, Rep. Major (photo), Aug 96

Palm Springs (Calif.) P.L. (photo), Mar 18, Aug 66-68

Palm Springs (Calif.) Virtual University, Aug 66-68 (response to Oct 34)

Palo Alto (Calif.) P.L., May 28-30

Palos Verdes (Calif.) Library District, Mar 19-20, (response to Jn/Jl 48-51)

Pamunkey (Va.) Regional Library (photo), Jan 26-27

Parks, Rosa (photo), Jn/Jl 24

Partnerships, Feb 36-54 (response to Apr 44-45)

Partridge, James C., Aug 103

Patterson, Brenda (photo), Aug 88

Pennsauken (N.J.) Free P.L., May 23-24

Pennsylvania Library Association, Apr 32-33

People for the American Way, Feb 18

People to People Citizen Ambassador Program

--To Eastern Europe, Jn/Jl 42-44, (photo) Jn/Jl 80, (response to Aug 41)

--To China, Dec 58-61

Peoria (Ill.) P.L., Mar 31

Periodical pricing, May 6, May 82-92

Peters, Margaret (photo), Sep 23

Philippine libraries, Apr 36-37

Phoenix Public Library (photo), Dec 15

--Mesquite Branch Library, Jan 38

Piette, Mary I.

--"A Pageant of Cultures: The Libraries of Cairo," Jn/Jl 74-76

Pinsky, Robert

--"Shared Memory: Libraries and the Poems We Love," Apr 54-56

Pinyin conversion, Jan 38

Plagiarism, Sep 48-50

Platitudes, May 79-81

Police-library partnership, Feb 48-50

Pollastro, Mike

--"Reference Etiquette: A Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior," May 42-45

Poor, library services for, Mar 38

Port Washington (NY.) P.L., Oct 17-18

Porter, Cynthia

--"Access Denied: The Discarding of Library History," Apr 57-61

Postage, Mar 28, Jn/Jl 20, Aug 13

Preservation of buildings, Apr 82-88

Preservation of materials, Mar 64-66

Presidential libraries, Feb 17, Mar 24, May 26, Jn/Jl 34-36, Aug 24-25

"Presidential Tidings," Mar 24

Principles for Licensing Electronic Resources, Jan 15

Public libraries and librarians

--Administration, Aug 18-19

--Branches set to close, May 28-30, Aug 22

--Budget cuts, May 19, Jn/Jl 24-25

--Budget cuts restored, Aug 20

--Cable companies offer high-speed hookup, Nov 20

--Circulation statistics, Oct 74-75

--Community support, May 34-35

--Comparison to bookstores, Mar 40-46, Nov 28

--County against pricey referendum, Sep 16-17

--Customer service, Jn/Jl 82-86, Aug 53-54

--Director resigns, Apr 28-32, Aug 16, Sep 22, Sep 26, Dec 19-21

--Director retires, Aug 23

--Eastern European librarians visit, Sep 27, (photo) Nov 26

--Educational cable channel, May 23

--Egret rookery destroyed for new library building, Sep 22-23

--Employee reinstated, Sep 25

--Family-friendly, Aug 50-52

--Fight amendment to abolish property taxes, Nov 21-22

--Financial mismanagement, Aug 21

--Grants to buy children's books, Aug 25

--Insider crime, May 72-75

--Internal controls, May 75

--International network, Sep 28-29

--Management firms, Aug 14-15, Aug 20

--Overdue fines, May 30, Jn/Jl 38

--Pages, Jn/Jl 160

--Partnerships, Feb 48-50, (photo) Aug 18

--Poetry programming, Feb 52-54, Apr 51

--Robbery, May 30

--Rural libraries not connected to Internet, May 96

--Salaries made public, Apr 35

--Shortage of children's librarians, Oct 50-54

--Strike, Sep 22

--Trustees, May 26-27, Aug 100-101

--Unions, Aug 24

--Virtual university, Aug 66-68

Public Library Association (ALA)

--Annual conference (1998), Feb 60-61, May 12-14 (response to Jn/Jl 56-57)

--Creates electronic newsletter, Nov 8

--"PLA Is True to Its Mission," Oct 7

Public relations (library), Apr 28

Punxsutawney (Pa.) Memorial Library, Mar 25

Queens Borough (N.Y.) Library, Feb 16-17, (photo) Mar 29, (photo) May 32

Quiang, Zhu (photo), Dec 26

Quick Bibs: Books on a Timeless Topic, Jan 102, Mar 93, Apr 100, Jn/Jl 128, Aug 109, Oct 84, Nov 77

Quick Takes, Jan 38, Mar 25, Apr 35, May 3, Sep 25

Quick Vids: Videos on a Timeless Topic, Feb 69, May 101, Sep 84

"Quotable Facts about America's Libraries," Dec 10

Rabin, Leah, Feb 26

Rare books and special collections, Apr 62-64

Rather, Dan (photo), Jn/Jl 17

Reaching Forward conference, Aug 10

Read Across America campaign, Jan 11, (photo) Apr 34

Reading Is Fundamental (photo), Apr 22

Reading lists, Sep 68-70

Reading programs, see Library programs, events, and services

Reader Forum, see contents each issue

Redwood Library and Athenaeum (Newport, R.I.) (photo), Apr 76, (photo) Sep 20

Reference and User Services Association (ALA)

--Evaluates Web sites, Sep 6

--"Outstanding Reference Sources: The 1997 Selection of New Titles," May 46-54

--Reference Sources Committee (photo), May 54

--"RUSA keeps You Up-to-Date," Oct 7

--Supports Spectrum interns, Sep 7

Reference books, May 46-54

Reference services, May 42-45

Referenda roundup, Dec 14-16

Rice University (Tex.), Feb 22

Richmond (Va.) P.L., Jan 24

Riggs, Donald (photo), Dec 26

Ristarp, Jan (photo), Dec 6

Rivera, Christy, Oct 39

Riverside County (Calif.), Aug 20

Robinson, Charlie, May 66-70 (response to Aug 39-40)

Rodger, Eleanor Jo, May 66-70 (response to Aug 39-40)

--"Core Values: Our Common Ground," Oct 68-71

Roger Milliken Textile Library (Va.) (photo), Apr 74

Rogoff, Caryn

--"Diversity Takes Children to a Friendly Family Place," Aug 50-52

Rolling Meadows (Ill.) City Council, Feb 24

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library (Simi Valley, Calif.), Aug 24

Ross-University Hill Library (Colo.), Apr 70

Ruhaak, Tracy, Oct 43

Russell Library (Middletown, Conn.), Sep 30

Russian libraries, Apr 38, Jn/Jl 78-80, Sep 27

Rustin, Jane, Dec 19-21

Rutgers School of Library Services, Oct 46-48

Sabre Foundation, Apr 38, Jn/Jl 44

Sacramento (Calif.) P.L., Apr 28

Saint Peter (Minn.) P.L., May 18-19

Saint Petersburg State Technical University (photo), Jn/Jl 78-79

Salt Lake City (Utah) P.L., Sep 16

San Antonio (Tex.) P.L. (photo), Aug 19

San Diego (Calif.) P.L., Mar 18-19, Jn/Jl 36

San Francisco (Calif.) P.L., Apr 25-26, Apr 32, (photo) May 34, Oct 17

San Jose (Calif.) P.L. merger with San Jose State State Univ., Aug 21, Oct 21, Dec 21-22

San Mateo County (Calif.), Aug 18-19

Sarah Scott Middle School (Terre Haute, Ind.), May 21

SBC Communications, Aug 25

Schaumburg (Ill.) Township Central Library (photo), Nov 22

Schmidt, C. James, Nov 6

Schneider, Karen

--Internet Librarian, see contents each issue

--"The McLibrary Syndrome," Jan 66-70, (response to Mar 32)

School and public library cooperation (photo), Apr 20

School libraries and librarians

--"AASL Sets the Pace in School Libraries," Jan 9

--After-hours services used by community, Apr 26-28

--Book crisis in L.A. schools, Nov 24-25

--Budget problems, Oct 16

--D.C. school librarians spared during budget cuts, Sep 25

--Goal set for new materials at Chicago Public Schools, Oct 22-23, Nov 22-24

--Internet grants, Apr 6

--Internet logs of school filters, Nov 23

--School libraries trashed, Mar 25, Apr 34-35

--School quality, Apr 7

--Sixth-graders downloading nude photos, May 30

School Library Journal, Aug 22, Aug 60-62

Schroeder, Patricia (photo), Feb 61, Sep 51-54

Seaman, Donna

--"Quick Bibs: Books on a Timeless Topic," Apr 100, Nov 77

Seattle (Wash.) P.L., Apr 35, Apr 40, May 19-20, Aug 21, Sep 40-42

Seavey, Charles

--"Accessible Government Information: A Three-Step Proposal," Feb 34, (response to May 36-37)

Security and crime (library)

--Art theft, Mar 22-24

--Bomb hoax, Oct 23

--Bombs in New Hampshire libraries, Dec 18

--Book mutilator, Dec 24

--Computer thief captured, May 28

--Document thief sentenced, Jn/Jl 34

--Embezzlement and fraud, May 72-75

--Employee crime, May 72-75

--Former director indicted, Mar 14-15, Aug 19, Nov 26-28

--Homeless men scuffle, Sep 16

--Internal controls, May 75

--John Adams books recovered, May 30

--Kidnapping suspect shoots himself, Sep 16

--Logan diary found, Nov 25-26

--Material thefts, Feb 20-21, Feb 23, Mar 18

--Miniatures returned, Aug 35

--Music theft, Mar 22

--Public library robbery, May 30

--Rare atlas recovered, Aug 36

--Rare Audubon book returned to Russia, May 32

--Rowdy teens, May 23-24

--School libraries trashed, Mar 25, Apr 34-35

--Sixth-graders downloading nude photos, May 30

--Stolen library books hoarded, Dec 25

--Woman arrested on sexual abuse charges, Jn/Jl 32-34

Serial services, May 91-92

Service quality, Aug 53-54

Shanghai Library (China) (photo), Nov 35

Sharma, Ravi (photo), Jan 41

Sharpenburg, Carleen (photo), Aug 93

Shatner, William (photo), Feb 61

Simon, Jeanne Hurley, Sep 15

Smith, K. Wayne, Aug 64-65

Smith, Patricia (photo), Jn/Jl 17

Smithsonian Institution, Aug 21-22

Somerville, Mary R., Aug 23-24

--"Facing the Shortage of Children's Librarians: Updating the Challenge," Oct 50-54

"Son of CDA," Mar 13-14

Sone, Kru (photo), Jn/Jl 70-71

Soros, George, Apr 38

Soufrine, Denise (photo), May 94

Southwestern University School of Law (photo), Apr 79

Spang, Lothar

--"Rx for Learning: Information Tools 2000," Nov 56-58

Spartanburg (S.C.) P.L. (photo), Apr 81

Special collections, see Rare books and special collections

"Special Librarians Do It Knowledgeably in Indianapolis," Aug 32-33

Special Libraries Association annual conference, Aug 32-33

Springfield (Mass.) Library and Museums (photo), Mar 24

Square, Brenda (photo), Jan 85

Stanford University, Feb 22, Mar 14

Star Trek exhibit, May 28

Starbucks Foundation Literacy Grant Program, Dec 29

Starr Report, Oct 6, Nov 31-32, Nov 39

State library associations, May 11, Jn/Jl 15, Sep 10-11, see Chapter Report each issue

State revenue surpluses, Mar 15

Stebelman, Scott

--"Cybercheating: Dishonesty Goes Digital," Sep 48-50

Stevens, Norman D.

--"Two Hundred and Twenty Thousand Platitudes," May 79- 81 (response to Aug 38)

Stoffle, Carla J.

--"When Values Conflict," May 56-58 (response to Jn/Jl 56, Aug 38)

--"Literacy 101 for the Digital Age," Dec 46-48

Stonesifer, Patty (photo), Jan 28, Apr 19

StoryLines America, Jan 88-90

Storytelling, Mar 72-73

Strong, Gary E.

--"A Life in Literacy," Dec 36-39, (photo) Aug 22

Sullivan, Peggy

--"Errett McDiarmid Saw the Big Picture," Oct 56-58

--"Global Reach Is Complicated Only by Human Relations," Jn/Jl 58-59

--"A Hole in the Top: The AMA Endorsement Debacle," Jan 36-38

Sundell, Jon (photo), Jan 44

Symons, Ann K. (photo), Dec 6

--"Inaugural Address, Library of Congress, June 30, 1998," Aug 72-73

--"Open Letter from the ALA President," Aug 39, Sep 35, Oct 34, Nov 38, Dec 31

--"When Values Conflict," May 56-58 (response to Jn/Jl 56, Aug 38)

Sywetz, Elizabeth, Jan 19

Takenaga, Elinor Ibáñez (photo), Jan 44

Takoma Park (Md.) P.L. (photo), Aug 23

Talan, Carole

--"Real-Life Empowerment through Family-Centered Literacy," Dec 49-51

Tampa/Hillsborough County (Fla.) P.L. System, Feb 19

Tan, Amy (photo), Aug 76

Teaster, Gale

--"Employee Rights Versus the First Amendment," May 60-61

Technically Speaking, see contents each issue

Technology, see also Automation, Mar 56-58

Technology Resource Institute, Mar 56-58

Teen Read Week, Aug 7, Sep 7, Nov 8, (photo) Dec 23

Telecommunications companies merge, Aug 25

Telecommuting, Aug 106, Nov 74

Teplitskaia, Helen, Jn/Jl 120

Terkel, Studs (photo), May 6

Texas Library Association, Jn/Jl 17

Thomas Ford Memorial Library (Western Springs, Ill.) (photo), Apr 69

Thomas Hughes Free Library (Rugby, Tenn.), Apr 86-87 (response to Jn/Jl 52)

Thompson, Ruth (photo), Dec 60

Titanic exhibits (photo), May 23, May 27, Nov 25

Trail Hiker's Library, Feb 33

Trillin, Calvin (photo), Feb 61

Troy State (Ala.) University (photo), Jn/Jl 24

Tulsa (Okla.) Library (photo), Mar 20

Udo, Pius, Aug 35-36

Unabomber, Mar 27-28

Underwood, Bob (photo), Aug 97

Unger, David (photo), Jan 4

United Nations International Children's Fund, Feb 6

United Nations Library, Jn/Jl 66-68

United States Information Service Chennai American Center Library (photo), May 33

Universal-service telecommunications discounts, Feb 15-16, Mar 13, Apr 13, May 17, Aug 11, Sep 13-15, Nov 16-17

University of Alabama/Birmingham (photo), Apr 68

University of California/Berkeley Library, Jn/Jl 25-26

University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign, Aug 22

University of Iowa Library (Iowa City), Aug 22

University of Kentucky (Lexington) (photo), Apr 79

University of Nevada/Reno campus, Apr 84-85

University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill SILS (photo), Sep 29

University of Notre Dame (Ind.) School of Architecture Library (photo), Apr 66-67

University of Southern Maine (Portland) (photo), Jn/Jl 38

University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville) Preston Medical Library, Nov 44-46

University of Virginia/Charlottesville, Feb 22

Values, May 56-58, May 66-70, Oct 56-58

Van, Vo Thi, Dec 27-28

Vanderburgh (Ind.) P.L. (photo), Oct 22

Vang, Vang, Oct 45

VanHemert, Shannon, Mar 88

Vatican Archives, Mar 29

Velez, Sara (photo), Aug 86

Ventura County (Calif.), Feb 22, May 21, May 26

Vietnam libraries, Jn/Jl 70-72

Voices of Youth Web site, Feb 6

Volunteering, Apr 43, Jn/Jl 102-104, Sep 23

Vreeland, Robert C., Oct 40

Wadsworth Library (Wis.), Aug 25

Walesa, Lech (photo), Jn/Jl 28

Walker, Lois

--"Employee Rights Versus the First Amendment," May 60-61

Washington, D.C., favorite restaurants, Jn/Jl 105-111

Washington-Centerville (Ohio) P.L., Sep 27

Wassertzug, Deborah Y., Oct 44

Wat Muniransyaram (Vietnam) Library, Jn/Jl 70-72

Watkins, Christine

--Chapter Report, see contents each issue

--"Looking Ahead: 20 in their 20s," Oct 38-45 (response to Dec 31)

Wayne County (Ohio) P.L., Aug 24

Wayne State University, Feb 22, May 9, Nov 56-58

Wedgeworth, Robert, Aug 22-23

--"A Global Perspective on the Library and Information Agenda," Jn/Jl 60-65

Weeding of library collections, see also Collection Development

--Book withdrawals, Jan 36

Weeks, Ann Carlson (photo), Nov 22-24, Dec 58

Weiss, Henry (photo), Aug 68

Wells, Rosemary (photo), Feb 61

West Virginia Library Commission, Jn/Jl 36

White, L