Face-to-face library instruction sessions for academic courses usually have a captive audience because of required attendance, while online sessions for distance learners are often optional. Is it possible to provide such a great online learning encounter that students (both on campus and distance) will choose to attend even an optional session?…

This article gives the details of the the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting, held January 14-17 in Boston. The meeting showed a bounce back in attendance. The total count was 13,232, including 10,028 registrants and 3,204 exhibitors, an increase from 2004 San Diego totals of 10,788, 7,944, and 2,844, respectively. Still, the…

The most notable events affecting the status of the blind within this biennium are: The arousing of the attention of society to the existence and needs of the handicapped; the labor shortage, which created many and new openings for their employment; and the Federal law providing, under certain conditions, for the rehabilitation of people injured…

Just 60 years ago the State of Alabama made its first formal essay toward a State-supported and State-administered public-school system. During this period there have been many ups and downs of educational fortune, but there has been progress. This bulletin describes the main characteristics of the educational experience of Alabama over the last…