Public Libraries Sept/Oct 2001

Volume 40, No. 5

Renee Vaillancourt, Feature Editor
Kathleen Hughes, Managing Editor

Features

Public Libraries and Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Youth Development
Kathleen de la Peña McCook and Rachel Meyer

Filling the Verdi Vacuum
Clyde T. McCants

Fast and Slow Lanes of the Information Highway: Librarian Decision Making about Electronic Information Services
Susan Staples

Going for the Green: How Public Libraries Get State Money
Steve W. Schaefer

In Every Issue

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

Plus...

Readers Respond

Verso—One Happy Library User
Michael Sullivan

Verso—Collection Development: Getting the Point
Edwin S. Clay III

Book Talk—Sitting in a Room and Hating Yourself: An Interview with David Sedaris
Brendan Dowling

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