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Item Cover(H.W. Wilson Company, 2002) Indiana LibrariesItem Table of Contents(H.W. Wilson Company, 2002) Indiana LibrariesItem Indiana Libraries Instructions to Authors(H.W. Wilson Company, 2002) Indiana LibrariesItem Indiana Libraries: It's Your Journal(H.W. Wilson Company, 2002) Indiana LibrariesItem Intellectual Freedom Since 9/11: The USA Patriot Act, Etc. and Indiana Libraries(H.W. Wilson Company, 2002) Archer, J. DouglasWithin six weeks of the horrendous events of September 11, 2001, a mere blink of the eye in the usual legislative process, Congress passed and the President signed into law, Public Law 107-56, the “Uniting and Protecting America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act” also know as the “USA PATRIOT Act” or the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001.” It received bi-partisan support and near unanimous approval in both the United States House and Senate. It is 132 pages long and amends approximately fifteen sections of the United States Code.Item Myths About Libraries & Library Research(H.W. Wilson Company, 2002) Vornberger, DarlaWith all the technology pouring into libraries over the last ten years, bibliographic instruction has been virtually transformed into database instruction. We no longer teach students how to find books in the card catalog or use Humanities Index to find journal articles. Instead we show them how do keyword searches with Boolean operators in the OPAC, and we introduce them to general and specialized databases to find articles. So when I was asked to talk about the library to a first year study skills class in a classroom that had no computer access, I momentarily found myself at a loss. I certainly didn’t want to bore them with statistics, floor plans, and a detailed explanation of the Dewey Decimal System. Instead, I asked myself what kind of basic information might benefit students coming to the library to do research for the first time? And perhaps more importantly, what misinformation might be damaging their efforts and increasing their frustration? In answer to these questions, I came up with five myths about libraries and library services which can cause students to form attitudes and expectations that sabotage their library experiences.Item A Room With a View(H.W. Wilson Company, 2002) Tieben, SharonMy first words to my sister were “Middle School! I must be crazy.” And I wasn’t sure but what I was. I had left a high school media center where I had lived and worked for 15 years, where I had added family pictures, flowers, and curiosities with swinging dolphins and with curved metal bars that went in circles just missing each other every time they went around. I had spent so much time there that I had wanted to personalize this area to make it seem like home. Then came the feeling that I needed a change—and maybe some windows.Item Tilting at Evansville(H.W. Wilson Company, 2002) Atwater-Singer, MargaretLibrary instruction tutorials have become standard in delivering information literacy (IL) skills to patrons over the Internet. If you explore the library’s homepage at most universities, you will find a collection of tutorials teaching students a variety of skills, such as how to evaluate resources and how to access information from aggregate databases. Building a creative, interactive, entertaining and informational tutorial can be a time-consuming, resource-draining project. However, if your library is in the market for an information literacy tutorial and is not interested in reinventing the wheel, do what the University of Evansville Libraries (UEL) did – download TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial, http:// tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/).Item Indiana Library Federation Publication Subscription Information(H.W. Wilson Company, 2002) Indiana LibrariesItem Open Book: A Celebration of Words(H.W. Wilson Company, 2002) Gutschenritter, Victoria; Sigety, Lori CaskeyAn open book … words on a page … lyrics … poetry … drama …plays … novels … nonfiction … dialogue … movies. These are all different forms that words take on. In these various forms words affect our thoughts, imaginations, and our lives. Libraries are receptacles for words in whichever shapes the creators choose to use. The Saint Joseph County Public Library’s Open Book Festival reaches out to the Michiana community to celebrate words with a day of activities.