Public Libraries May/June 2001

Volume 40, No. 3

Renee Vaillancourt, Feature Editor
Kathleen Hughes, Managing Editor

Family Literacy in Action: The Prime Time Family Reading Time Program
Linda Parker Langley, Dianne Brady, and Michael Sartisky

Animal Crackers, Milk, and a Good Book: Creating a Successful Early Childhood Literacy Program
Susan Oakes with Diane E. Virbick

Who Wants to Know? Imposed Queries in the Public Library
Melissa Gross and Matthew L. Saxton

Meeting Performance Appraisal Head On
Donna L. Maloney

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

Verso—The Truth about Librarians
Sally Decker-Smith

Verso—Lifelong Learning for Libraries
Peter Lisker

Book Talk—Teen Author Creates a New World: An Interview with Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Amy Alessio

Index to Advertisers