Public Libraries Jan/Feb 2001

Volume 40, No. 1

SPECIAL ISSUE: Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities

Renee Vaillancourt, Feature Editor
Kathleen Hughes, Managing Editor

Building Libraries, Building Community: The Wilmington Experience
David M. Paynter

For The Public Good: Sustainability Demonstration in Public Library Building Projects
Lynne Boyden and James Weiner

Voluntary Simplicity and the Public Library
Kathleen Evans Daley

Editor’s Note
From the President
On the Agenda
Tales from the Front
Perspectives
Internet Spotlight
News from PLA
By the Book
New Product News

Readers Respond

Introduction to This Special Issue
Sarah Long

Verso—Whatever Happened to the Chicken Who Crossed the Road?
Abe Anhang

Verso—Urban Design and the Civic Process: A New Model
Kathleen Evans Daley

Verso—Entering the Age of Relationships
Terry Link

Verso—Envisioning Tomorrow: One Particpant’s Reflection on ALA’s Libraries Build Sustainable Communities Preconference
Anne C. Raymer

Book Talk—The Power of Language to Promote Change: An Interview with Rick Bass
Renee J. Vaillancourt

InterViews—An International Perspective: An Interview with Ellis Beteck
Paula Gotsch

Tech Notes—Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Mapping the Territory
GraceAnne A. DeCandido

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