GATHERING STEAM IN CHICAGO.

Highlights the American Library Association (ALA) convention in Chicago, Illinois. The high energy of this show; Overview of the sessions; Focus on the future; Inauguration of ALA's new president, Michael Gorman; Speakers, including Richard M. Daley, mayor of Chicago, and Illinois Senator Barack Obama, both of whom criticized the USA Patriot Act; How the five libraries involved in Google's library digitization plans expressed their visions; Resolutions; Financial report; Role of paraprofessionals, who held a conference aimed at this majority of library employees; Panel on unions; Concerns about library information science education.