September / October 2012

 Features

Rocking the Joint
By Laurie D. Borman

Joint Libraries: Models That Work
By Claire B. Gunnels, Susan E. Green, and Patricia M. Butler

Forbes Folly
By John Carlo Bertot, Paul T. Jaeger, and Lindsay C. Sarin

2012 ALA Award Winners
By Stephanie Kuenn

Geek Out
By Greg Landgraf
 

Departments

Editor's Letter: Our Roller-Coaster Summer
By Laurie D. Borman

Outside/In: Community Connections
By David Lee King and Michael Porter
 

Rousing Reads: Gregorian Chants Meet Thelonious Monk
By Bill Ott
 

Dispatches from the Field: The RFID Opportunity
By Lori Bowen Ayre
 

In Practice: Let’s #makeithappen
By Meredith Farkas
 

Internet Librarian: The March of Time
By Joe Janes
 

President's Message: The Year Ahead
By Maureen Sullivan

Youth Matters: Space: The New Frontier
By Linda W. Braun

Will's World: Is God Really a Librarian?
By Will Manley
 

Librarian's Library: The Library Is the Real School
By Karen Muller

On My Mind: An Old Friend in the Library
By Jennifer Burek Pierce
 

News Stories

Library Heroes Shelter Evacuees from the Summer of 2012
Brian Cook

Louisiana Denied State Aid; Support Varies Elsewhere