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Reports on the impact that AIDS has had on the library profession. Attitudes within the profession toward AIDS, HIV-positive people, and ARC (AIDS Related Complex) disease; Losses within the library profession due to AIDS; View that there is inadequate information for library users and staff; Obstacles to overcoming AIDS in the workplace; Comments from library employees on AIDS. INSETS: A personal note;Resolution on Freedom from AIDS Screening for Library Employees.

Offers library science news in the United States. Speculation that Harvard University's Widener Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts will have to relocate; View of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on library Internet filters; Federal funds for the University of Southern California at Los Angeles to seismically retrofit its Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library; Others.

Presents readers' views on key issues relevant to libraries and library science in the U.S. Appropriate terms for library users; Proposed rules on access to library information on nuclear arms; Distribution of tax returns by libraries.

Provides answers by the editor and readers to questions concerning library and information services. Use of computer-aided design programs for library space planning; Acquisition of inexpensive titles on the martial arts; Use of closed-access systems to circulate compact discs; Other answers to questions.

Presents questions and answers concerning library science in the U.S. Publication of a guidebook for library users; Developments in library audiovisual materials; Use of library reference cards and list of library materials.

Presents readers' views regarding libraries and library science in the U.S. Interpretation of societal trends that suggest the needs of library users; Elimination of courtesy titles among library staff; Professional status of librarians.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Why Librarianship Endures," by Will Manley in the September 2010 issue.

The author examines whether providing computers and Internet access in libraries is librarianship. He observes that most library patrons are on computers. He suggests that librarians should not be concerned because people coming to the library to surf the Web is a good thing. He advises that librarians should take advantage of every opportunity to grab people's attention and have them notice and use their libraries.

Presents news briefs related to libraries as of September 2000. Details of a wedding broadcast via the internet at the Westminster, Colorado Public Library; Plans of a Texas library to provide instructive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) kits for its patrons; Details of Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey's National Public Radio (NPR) program; Others.

Offers news briefs pertaining to library science and from the American Library Association (ALA). Core Values Task Force seeking input for its mission statement; ALA President Sarah Ann Long debating the use of filters in public libraries on an MSNBC news report; Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) campaign to establish an endowment for potential leaders and managers; Scholarship to increase the number of disabled people in the library and information science profession.

Discusses ways that library users make inferences about the effectiveness of library collections, when entering a library for the first time. Methods that librarians often use; What the author looks for when entering academic libraries and public libraries; Views of librarians.

Answers readers' questions on key issues relevant to libraries and library science in the U.S. Development of instructional programs for adult library users; Establishment of a cooperative centralized technical services facility for school districts; Training programs for library staff.

Comments on the peak and limitations of library users' access to information in the U.S. Emergence of libraries as a component of a national system of communication; Limitations to the flow of information; Policy implications on libraries and library science.