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Offers library news for March 2002. Sentencing of a former librarian at the University of Alabama/Tuscaloosa to pay replacement costs for the destruction of books; Literacy program of the Chicago Public Library in Illinois; Complaint of black staffers at the District of Columbia Public Library about the decreased prominence of Black History Month; Charges against an 84-year-old man for stealing materials from libraries in California; Delinquent patrons at North Babylon Public Library in New York taken to court.

Presents the results of a survey conducted by the Library Research Center of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign about access control of the Internet in public libraries. Prevalence of Internet-management strategies in libraries, including written policies, parental permission for children's use of the Internet, and filtering tools; Questions raised by the survey.

Discusses how restraints on children's library access have created controversy in Illinois and Massachusetts. Proposal by the Oak Lawn, Illinois, Public Library Board to restrict the access of children ages 13 and under from adult library material; Decision to rescind the proposal; Protest in Andover, Massachusetts by youngsters demanding freedom to use the entire library, not just the children's room.

The article reports that presenters at the second annual American Library Association (ALA) TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium think that modern games aren't trivial, and librarians who dismiss them as such do their patrons a disservice. Held on November 2-4, 2008 in Oak Brook, Illinois, the event showcased examples of how the complexity of modern games prepares young people for their futures. The "Pokémon" series, for example, requires players to track more than 500 characters, each falling into one of 17 types.

The article reports that photojournalist Todd Mizener recently took 156 black-and-white images of library patrons holding their favorite books to celebrate the opening of Moline, Illinois Public Library's new facility. The results were put on display at the library and are viewable online at qconline.com/multimedia/MyFavoriteBook/.

Reports on the contract approved by Illinois' Naperville Public Library board on May 18, 2005 with a local technology firm to install biometric scanners on its public Internet computers. Information on how the U.S. Biometrics AccessQ fingerprint-identification technology works; Findings of the Naperville police on how library patrons use of their library cards.

Reports on the free wireless Internet access launched by Chicago Public Library in Chicago, Illinois on December 6, 2004. Advantages of wireless Internet access according to Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mark Dempsey; Estimated costs for installation and maintenance; Library systems in the U.S. that also offer wireless Internet access.

Presents statistics regarding library related issues. Percentage of people who hold library cards for the Denver Public Library; Final registration numbers for the 1989 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Washington; Amount of books borrowed by University of Illinois and Boston University; Other statistics.