Volume 26, Number 2

“Now Hear This!”: Communication in Libraries

Alki Editor: Julie Miller

Alki Editorial Committee: Susan Anderson, committee chair; Matthew Berube; Michael Cook; Lynne King; Bo Kinney; Erin Krake; Rayette Sterling

Alki was designed by Tammy Reniche, Director of Publications for Melby Cameron & Anderson.

Cover photo: Students at Eastern Washington University make prints by hand in the lobby of John F. Kennedy Memorial Library for the “Think It Ink It” program. Photo courtesy of Eastern Washington University Libraries.

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Table of Contents

Up Front

“Can you hear me now? Well, why not?”

by Tim Mallory

From the Editor

Top Five Reasons to Be the Alki Editor

by Julie Miller

Who's on First?

An Update on Bradburn v. North Central Regional Library District

by Julie Miller

Features

King County Library System Wins 2010 John Cotton Dana Public Relations Awards

by Diane Cowles

Innovative Partnerships between Libraries and Local Governments Can Help to Improve Communities

by Erin Krake

Off the Page: A Report on the Downloadable Audiobooks for Washington Project

by Will Stuivenga

“Think It, Ink It”: Reevaluating the Printed Page in the Age of Google

by James Greene

Producing Library Podcasts (When It Makes Sense)

by Kara Fox

NEWSBridge: A Novel Way to Get Your News

by Laura Connolly, Beverly Hayes, and Mary Frances Lembo

Answering the Right Questions: The Virtual Reference Interview

by Bo Kinney

Legislative Update

Library Advocates Storm the U.S. Capitol!

by Kristie Kirkpatrick

Library Legislative Day in Olympia 2010

by Jennifer Wiseman

WLA Communiqué:

WLA People and Places

Georgette Rogers Receives Fisrt ALA-APA Support Staff Certification.

by Pamela A. Mogen

The Learning Curve

Feasting on Professional Development

by Kate Laughlin

I’d Rather Be Reading

 Libraries: A Survival Story

by David Wright