print email comment close Bound to the Word URL: http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/resources/selectedarticles/obama05.cfm Description: "Barack Obama keynoted the opening general session at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, June 23–29, 2005, while a U.S. senator from Illinois. This article, published in the August 2005 issue of American Libraries, is an adaptation of that speech, which drew record crowds and garnered a standing ovation." From the American Library Association (ALA). Author: Obama, Barack Publisher: American Library Association (ALA) LII Database Information: Record 27812 created by Maria Brandt on 01/20/2009 Last modification on 03/26/2009 Published: 04/09/2009   LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27812