ALAIssueALA 1 CognotesNew Orleans Saturday, June 24, 2006 Albright to Keynote Today's Opening General Session he American Library Highlights Association is thrilled Tto welcome former Sec- retary of State, Madeleine Auditorium Speaker Albright, bestselling author of Series Session - Madam Secretary, as the key- John Wood: by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Portrait note speaker for the Opening Room to Read General Session today from 8:30-10:00 a.m. 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. in the Morial Morial Convention Center Convention Center Hall F. Auditorium With her new book, The Mighty And The Almighty: Re- Exhibit Ribbon flections on America, God, and Cutting and Opening Mary Frances Burns, Painesville, Ohio, helps put a fresh coat of World Affairs, Albright offers a 8:45 a.m. paint on the Childrens Resource Center during 'Librarians Build provocative and personal look at Morial Convention Center Communities' on Friday as hundreds of ALA volunteers pitched in the role of religion in America’ s Madeleine Albright Exhibit Hall to help rebuild libraries and communities around New Orleans. foreign policy. In this illuminat- includes positions in the Na- ing first-hand account, one of tional Security Council, as a Auditorium Speaker the most renowned figures in U.S. Ambassador to the United Series Session - Journalist Cokie Roberts to American politics argues that Nations, and on Capitol Hill. Tom Sancton: understanding the place and She is currently the founder of Song for My Fathers Appear at Closing Session power of religion - and knowing The Albright Group LLC, chair- 1:30-3:30 p.m. ake plans to stay for how best to respond to it - is man of the National Democratic Morial Convention Center the Closing Session essential if America is to lead Institute for International Af- Auditorium on Tuesday, from 8:00- M successfully around the world. fairs, and the Mortara Endowed 9:00 a.m in the Morial Conven- Albright served as U.S. Sec- Distinguished Professor at the Opening General tion Center Auditorium. ALA retary of State from 1997 to Georgetown School of Foreign Session featuring welcomes Cokie Roberts, author 2001, the first woman ever to Service. She lives in Washing- Madeleine Albright of the national best-seller, We hold the position. Her distin- ton, D.C., and Virginia. 5:30-7:00 p.m. Are Our Mothers’ Daughters, guished career in government Sponsored by HarperCollins Morial Convention Center which reveals the often surpris- Hall F ing stories of the fascinating women of the American Revo- ALA/ProQuest lution. Drawing upon personal Scholarship and correspondence, private jour- Library Relief Event nals, and even favored recipes, 8:00-11:00 p.m. Continued on page 2 Cokie Roberts Morial Convention Center Auditorium Auditorium Speaker Exhibit Hours Series Begins Today Today-Monday, John Wood: Room to Read 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The Auditorium Speaker Series takes place at each 8:30-10:00 am Annual Conference, and fea- John Wood’s career at Mi- Tuesday, crosoft spanned 1991 to 1999, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. tures several special speak- ers. Today’s sessions feature where he ran significant parts John Wood, founder of Room of Microsoft’s international busi- to Read, and Tom Sancton ness including overseeing the and his jazz ensemble. worldwide launch of Office ’95, serving as Director of Marketing All Auditorium Speaker Geraldine Harris, assistant director New Orleans Public Library, is all Sessions take place in the for Microsoft Australia, and Di- rector of Business Development smiles yesterday as she is handed her copy of a ALA Graphics READ Morial Convention Center poster of herself and her grandchildren at the READ Studio in the Auditorium on Level 2. for the Greater China region. Continued on page 4 ALA Store. See page 12 to learn how to create your own. AquaBrowser Library can be used with any integrated automation system. Booth #3030 Join TLC at the Vendor Product Spotlight presentation: Sunday, June 25 10:00-10:30 a.m. Royal St. Theater- (on the exhibit floor) Solutions that Deliver 1.800.325.7759 • www.TLCdelivers.com Page 2 • Cognotes Saturday, June 24, 2006 NEW ORLEANS First Lady to Keynote at Town Hall Meeting Addressing The Role Of School Libraries In Gulf Coast Recovery n response to the destruction of the Gulf Coast.” discussion, which will conclude with Librarians and local recipients of the school libraries in Gulf Coast The town hall, School Libraries a call-to-action from national corpo- Laura Bush Foundation grants. Icommunities, local and national Work!: Rebuilding for Learning, will rations and foundations for increased government officials, educators, and be hosted by the American Associa- funding and support of school library The auditorium opens for business leaders will join tion of School Librarians, recovery. seating at 11:30 a.m., and thousands of concerned a division of the American Panelists include Norman Francis, the event concludes at librarians from across the Library Association (ALA), Ph.D., President, Xavier University; United States for a national and Scholastic, the global Keith Curry Lance, Ph.D., Director, 2:30 p.m. There will be town hall meeting address- children’s publishing, edu- Library Research Service-Colorado no admittance to the ing the critical role school cation, and media company. State Library; Wayne V. Rodolfich, auditorium after 12:30 p.m. libraries play in restoring Nearly one year after cata- Ph.D., Superintendent, Pascagoula This is a time change from learning and reuniting com- strophic events in the Gulf Schools, MS; J. Linda Williams, Presi- the printed Program Guide. munities in times of crisis. Coast destroyed schools and dent, American Association of School Mrs. Laura Bush will de- devastated neighborhoods, liver the keynote address, many school libraries are and Lester Holt, NBC News without vital resources, Roberts Roberts is currently the chief con- Weekend TODAY Anchor, Laura Bush including books and peri- gressional analyst for ABC News; will moderate. odicals, technology and, in Continued from page 1 formerly she served as the co-anchor “School Libraries Work!: Rebuilding many cases, basic infrastructure. In Roberts brings to life the everyday of This Week With Sam Donaldson & for Learning” will take place Monday, communities that have successfully trials and extraordinary triumphs of Cokie Roberts for eight years. Roberts in the Morial Convention Center Au- rebuilt or welcomed displaced students individuals like Abigail Adams, Eliza also serves as a news analyst for Na- ditorium. The auditorium opens for and their families, school libraries are Pinckney, Catherine Littlefield Green tional Public Radio, and along with seating at 11:30 a.m., and the event proving to be a critical resource in re- and Martha Washington, proving her husband, writes a weekly column concludes at 2:30 p.m. There will be establishing both the educational and that without our exemplary women, syndicated by United Media in major no admittance to the auditorium after social fabric of these areas. the new country might have never newspapers around the country. Her 12:30 p.m. This is a time change from The event will include compelling survived. Op-Ed columns have appeared in the the printed Program Guide. video of school library destruction in Along with her husband, Steven V. New York Times and the Washington “We welcome Mrs. Bush back to the Gulf Coast and powerful testimo- Roberts, she is also the author of the Post; she has also written for the New Orleans,” said Leslie Burger, nials from children, parents, teachers bestselling title From This Day For- New York Times Magazine and the President-elect of ALA. “We look and administrators impacted by the ward, an account of their more than Atlantic. forward to hearing more about her storms. Audience members will have 30-year marriage, as well as other efforts to rebuild school libraries in the opportunity to participate in the marriages in American history. Sponsored by HarperCollins Written by MTV’s Chris Beckman, Clean is the real thing: an honest, non-judgmental, peer-to-peer lifeline for young addicts and their friends and family who want to understand. 1-59285-182-7, TP, $12.95 Bowker Booth #1716 Daily Booth Presentations Include: 9:30 am & 1:30 pm π FICTION CONNECTION Bowker’s New Readers’ Advisory Tool complimentary with all BooksInPrint.com subscriptions. E-mail functionality now available! 10:00 am & 2:00 pm π RESOURCES FOR COLLEGE LIBRARIES ACRL’s Choice & Bowker’s collaborative efforts result in a core list of more than 60,000 titles essential for your academic library. JUST 10:30 am & 2:30 pm π BOOKSINPRINT.COM & PATRONBOOKSINPRINT.COM ADDED! Learn how to create lists, find bestsellers, link to your holdings, and all about the patron focused version. Presented by R.R. Bowker himself!!!! 11:00 am & 3:00 pm π BOWKER’S BOOK ANALYSIS SYSTEM Instantly analyze the titles in your current collection and those you wish to purchase in the future. Compares your holdings against H.W. Wilson’s Standard Catalogs or Resources for College Libraries. 11:30 am & 3:00 pm π SYNDETIC SOLUTIONS OPAC Enrichment including brand new Spanish content! Annotations and review excerpts in Spanish for Spanish titles. Free trial for all Syndetics customers. An R.R. Bowker bobblehead will be raffled off at each presentation. Write to [email protected] for more information about the above topics. Page 4 • Cognotes Saturday, June 24, 2006 NEW ORLEANS Song for My Fathers: A New Speaker Series Orleans Story in Black and White Scholarship Event Tonight Featuring Continued from page 1 Featuring Tom Sancton 1:30 - 3:30 pm Concert by Mary Chapin Carpenter Since leaving Microsoft in 1999, he ver the course of a 10-album Bash Cash will be available again has been devoted to starting up and Join author/musician Tom Sancton recording career to date, Mary and sponsored by exhibitors at the running Room to Read.