American Libraries articles from September 2005

American Libraries archives from September 2005

Why Library Education Matters-Part Two
September 1, 2005... Last month I discussed the need for the American Library Association to assert itself by using its accreditation standards and forthcoming core competencies statement to ensure that ALA-accredited library and information science programs provide...

Needed: courses for librarian certification.(ALA News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The ALA-APA is seeking educators to provide courses for the Certified Public Library Administrator (CPLA) designation, the certification program for public librarians that will be launched in 2006. The first of its kind to be offered in...

ACRL receives $93,000 IMLS grant.(ALA News)(Association of College & Research Libraries)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... ACRL's Rare Book and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) has received a $93,106 Institute of Museum and Library Services grant to explore the cultural missions of museums, libraries, and archives. Funded through the IMLS "Librarians for the 21st...

PLA offers "Grow Your Own" grants.(ALA News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... PLA is offering grants of $8,000 each to five public libraries to distribute to staff members working toward obtaining an MLS, in a program called "Grow Your Own @ your library." The application deadline is December 1. Under the terms of...

COA announces accreditation actions.(ALA News)
September 1, 2005... ALA's COA has announced accreditation actions taken during the 2005 Annual Conference in Chicago under the 1992 Standards for Accreditation of Master's Programs in Library and Information Studies. Conditional accreditation has been...

ALA committee volunteers sought.(ALA News)
September 1, 2005... ALA President-Elect Leslie Burger is seeking applications and nominations for members to serve on the 2006-2007 ALA and Council committees, with the appointments to be effective at the conclusion of the 2006 Annual Conference. The deadline...

Williamsburg, Va., to host Arbuthnot.(ALA News)
September 1, 2005... Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, has been selected as the site of the 2006 ALSC May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture to be held April 28 in the Kimball Theatre. Russell Freedman, renowned author of nonfiction for children and young adults, will deliver...

We the People "freedom" awardees.(ALA News)
September 1, 2005... The second round of school and public libraries to receive free books from the We the People Bookshelf project, based on the theme "freedom," have been announced by ALA's PPO and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). A total...

Bracelet sales support OIF.(ALA News)
September 1, 2005... ALA's OIF has added bracelets to its Banned Books Week (BBW) materials just in time for this year's annual celebration, which will take place September 24-October 1. The bracelets, which debuted at the recent ALA Annual Conference in...

"Forever Free" to tour 60 more libraries.(ALA News)(traveling exhibition about how President Lincoln )
September 1, 2005... A new tour of "Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation," a traveling exhibition about how President Lincoln arrived at his decision to give slaves their freedom and the effects of that decision on the United States, has been...

Teen Read Week rewards offered.(ALA News)
September 1, 2005... YALSA is offering a number of member benefits in connection with Teen Reed Week (TRW), to be celebrated October 16-22. Free copies of the Orca Soundings series of teen novels for reluctant readers, including Darlene Ryan's Rules for Life,...

ALA Washington Office relocates.(ALA News)
September 1, 2005... ALA's Washington Office, including the Office for Information Technology Policy and the Office of Government Relations, has moved to its new home as of August 15 (AL, Mar., p. 62). The new address is 1615 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., First...

Get it. Use it.(ALA News)
September 1, 2005... GET IT. USE IT. Des Plaines (Ill.) Public Library officials deliver a giant library card to the August 1 city council meeting in an effort to get local support for September's Library Card Sign-Up Month observance. Mayor Anthony Arredia...

LITA Thrives in Hi-Tech World
September 1, 2005... LITA educates, serves, and reaches out to its members, other ALA members and divisions, and the entire library and information community through its publications, programs, and other activities designed to promote, develop, and aid in the...

Read with friends.(ALA News)
September 1, 2005... READ WITH FRIENDS. Maisy, the lovable mouse, who is the star of more than 100 books, an animated television series, and a video collection, joins her animal colleagues on a new poster and bookmark available from ALA Graphics. The...

Library of Congress 12-State Workshop: Partnerships Help Reading Power the Mind
September 1, 2005... Partnerships fuel the family literacy projects represented at an August 3-5 "Reading Powers the Mind" workshop sponsored by the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Some 75 librarians and their community partners traveled to...

Senate passes Patriot Act reauthorization.(NEWS FRONTS WASHINGTON)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Minutes before adjourning for its month-long recess July 29, the Senate unanimously passed a USA Patriot Act reauthorization bill (S. 1389) that would make permanent 14 of the 16 provisions set to expire at the end of the year, extend...

Groups file amicus in national security letters challenge.(NEWS FRONTS WASHINGTON)(American Library Association, Freedom to Read Foundation)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The American Library Association, the Freedom to Read Foundation, and four other groups representing authors, bookstores, publishers, and professors filed an amicus brief August 1 supporting a 2004 federal court decision that declared...

Three nominated to NCLIS.(NEWS FRONTS WASHINGTON)(National Commission on Libraries and Information Science)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science announced three presidential nominees August 11 to serve as members of NCLIS for terms expiring July 19, 2009: * Sandra Frances Ashworth, director of the Boundary County...

Federal Communications Commission.(Washington Briefs)(broadband network providers)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The Federal Communications Commission announced August 5 that it will investigate whether small and rural providers of broadband networks for educational and research institutions should be exempt from the Communications Assistance for Law...

Library of Congress.(Washington Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The Library of Congress has received a $40,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a comprehensive assessment of its collection of approximately 14 million photographs.

J. Edgar Hoover's official and confidential files.(Washington Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Nearly 210 cubic feet of historic FBI records, including the entire collection of J. Edgar Hoover's official and confidential files, were transferred to the National Archives in a July 11 ceremony.

U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.(Washington Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... August 10 Neal K. Kaske was named director of statistics and surveys for the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.

Librarian Education Development Act.(Washington Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... As part of its reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce July 21 approved the Librarian Education Development Act, which would provide up to $5,000 in loan forgiveness to qualified...

Denver Reconsiders Fotonovela Collection
September 1, 2005... In reaction to complaints from the anti-immigration group Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform (CAIR), the Denver Public Library in August reviewed the content of its collection of fotonovelas--Spanish-language fiction serials that tell...

Buffalo Plans to Close 20 of Its 52 Branches
September 1, 2005... In the face of an ongoing budget crisis, the Buffalo and Erie County (N.Y.) Public Library expects to close some 20 of its 52 branches next year, and to cut the budgets of those that remain open. At a July 26 meeting, the planning committee...

Accused Rare Map Thief Pleads Innocent
September 1, 2005... A well-known collector and dealer in antique maps pleaded not guilty August 9 in New Haven (Conn.) Superior Court to three counts of first-degree larceny, the New Haven Register reported August 10. E. Forbes Smiley III, a resident of Martha's...

Director: move nude behind book stacks.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... After receiving complaints from two patrons in mid-July, Chesapeake (Va.) Public Library moved a painting of a nude from an area near the building's main entrance to a wall on the opposite side of the facility, behind a row of stacks. Local...

Niagara Falls PL Gets New Funding
September 1, 2005... The Niagara Falls (N.Y.) City Council approved a proposal July 25 by Mayor Vince Anello to use some $500,000 in surplus funds from the 2004 budget to keep the city's two libraries open. However, the library board has threatened to close one of...

Google temporarily halts library project.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Google has announced that it will suspend until November its scanning of copyrighted materials in its project to digitize books from the collections of several major research libraries and make them searchable online. Publishers groups have...

Hillsborough County Keeps Gay Pride Ban
September 1, 2005... With minimal discussion, county commissioners voted July 20 to "receive and file" a request from the Tampa-Hillsborough County (Fla.) Public Library Friends group to rescind its policy prohibiting the promotion of gay pride events (AL, Aug., p....

British firm proposes national library agency.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... A consulting firm commissioned by the U.K. Museums, Libraries, and Archives Council and the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport issued a report in July recommending that the British government set up a national library agency to...

Library records seizure revealed in Arizona.(NEWS FRONTS)(Scottsdale Public Library)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... City officials in Scottsdale, Arizona, have revealed that the Scottsdale Public Library shared patron records with a federal grand jury on three occasions in the spring of 2004. The library complied after receiving subpoenas from a federal...

Libraries win autographed Harry Potter books.(NEWS FRONTS)(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The first author-signed American copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was ceremoniously awarded Saturday, July 16, at 12:01 a.m. to the West Asheville branch of the Asheville-Buncombe (N.C.) Library System, the grand-prize winner in...

Muscogee backs off from sculpture.(NEWS FRONTS)(Columbus Public Library)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The Muscogee County (Ga.) Library Board voted July 28 to back out of its contract to purchase a $250,000 metal sculpture for the new Columbus Public Library, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported July 29. Board member Jimmy Elder proposed the...

Texas Digital Library debuts.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Five Texas universities have agreed to collaborate on a Texas Digital Library that will offer teaching aids, dissertations, research papers, and other online resources free to the public. The University of Texas at Austin Library, which will...

Md. Book thieves sentenced.(NEWS FRONTS)(Crystina J. Stephens, Larry L. Miller, Jr.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... A woman and her boyfriend, who stole nearly 500 books from the Prince George's County (Md.) Memorial Library System last year, were sentenced to pay $20,000 jointly in restitution to the system. Crystina J. Stephens, 20, used fake...

Muslim's reading probed.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... A Muslim doctoral candidate at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, was questioned July 21 about his reading material by an Australian Federal Police officer who came to the student's home. The officer asked why the student, identified...

R-rating rankles Wisconsin.(NEWS FRONTS)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... A bill introduced July 12 in the Wisconsin Senate would prohibit public libraries from loaning R-rated movies to a minor "unless the public library is provided with proof that the minor's parent or guardian consents to the loan or rental."...

Family makes Memorial gift.(NEWS FRONTS)(to Scottdale Public Library)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The parents of 21-year-old Beth Ann Johnson, who was killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, announced July 11 a $100,000 donation for the Scott-dale (Pa.) Public Library to use for a new library building....

Canada continues postal rate.(NEWS FRONTS)(interlibrary loan rate)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Canada Post will retain a special shipping rate that allows libraries to mail interlibrary loan books at a discount, usually for less than a dollar a book, National Revenue Minister John McCallum announced July 22. "The library book rate is a...

Multnomah thief banned.(NEWS FRONTS)(Multnomah County (Oreg.) Library)(Binh Huu Hoang)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... A man who stole $3,000 worth of CDs and DVDs from the Multnomah County (Oreg.) Library, prompting a complete review of the library's security system (AL, Aug., p. 23-24), was sentenced July 28 to three days in jail, three years of probation,...

Arrest delays bookmobile.(NEWS FRONTS)(William Knapp)(Steele Memorial Library)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Officials in Chemung County, New York, suspended operations of the Steele Memorial Library's bookmobile after the arrest July 28 of driver William Knapp for allegedly loitering with the intent to solicit sex. Knapp, 53, who has driven the...

Supremacist guts videos.(NEWS FRONTS)(Richard Mayers)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... An avowed white supremacist told Riverside, Illinois, police that he ruined five videotapes in the city library collection because he believed the films are full of lies. Richard Mayers, 33, was arrested July 12 and charged with one count...

A fabulous skyline.(NEWS FRONTS)("Tales of Chicago" mural)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... A FABULOUS SKYLINE. Characters from Aesop's fables and other classic children's literature populate a mural visible to thousands of drivers on Chicago's Kennedy Expressway this past summer. LaSalle Bank commissioned "Tales of Chicago" mural...

Potter-palooza.(NEWS FRONTS)(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince celebrations)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... POTTER-PALOOZA. Library Assistant Deborah Sachs dons the sorting hat at a Boca Raton (Fla.) Public Library event to mark the July 16 release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Other libraries across the country organized parties,...

Moving in Miami.(NEWS FRONTS)
September 1, 2005... MOVING IN MIAMI. Miami Heat Dancers Maisha (left) and Valerie visit the North Miami (Fla.) Public Library July 13 to lead youth in a workout as part of the national "Get Real, Get Fit" teen fitness program sponsored by the MetLife Foundation...

Library Retirements: What We Can Expect
September 1, 2005... In 2004, the American Library Association commissioned a study on librarian retirements and the issues of library workforce recruitment using the 2000 census data ("Retirement and Recruitment: A Deeper Look," AL, Jan., p. 28). The...

World harvest quilt.(NEWS FRONTS)(Broward County Public Library)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... WORLD HARVEST QUILT. Broward County (Fla.) Public Library's new Northwest branch unveils the History Quilt July 19, at the library's grand opening and dedication. The sculptured image, designed by Vermont artist Leslie Fry, is designed to...

Tappers on the roof.(NEWS FRONTS)(Fringe Festival, Kansas City, Missouri)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... TAPPERS ON THE ROOF. Ten Foot Five--a group of musicians, percussionists, and rhythm tap dancers--kicks off activities on the roof terrace of the Kansas City (Mo.) Public Library during the city's first Fringe Festival July 29-31. Cosponsored...

iHola marinero!(NEWS FRONTS)(Mexican sailors visit Monterey Public Library)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... iHOLA MARINERO! Sailors from the Mexican Navy's 19th-century replica tall ship Cuauhtemoc visit Monterey (Calif.) Public Library August 5 while in town for a training and ambassadorship program. Library staff greeted the crewmen with...

Henderson District PL Reads for 100-Hour World Record
September 1, 2005... Six intrepid librarians from the Henderson District (Nev.) Public Libraries read aloud for 100 hours June 13 to 17 at the Paseo Verde branch in an attempt to break the standing world record of 81 hours. Led by Gibson Library Branch Manager Mae...

Aid to Struggling Libraries in the South Caucasus
September 1, 2005... Imagine if the University of Michigan libraries had no budget to buy resources for 15 years--no new books, no journal subscriptions, no databases. How would faculty, students, and researchers keep up in the new global economy if the latest...

Global Reach
September 1, 2005... IRELAND Bowing to pressure from the European Commission, the government agreed August 2 to pay authors royalties for books borrowed from public libraries, a common practice on the continent. The EC had threatened legal action as long ago as...

Extra credit for renovation.(IDEAS)(East High School, Denver, Colorado)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... To cut costs in a library renovation at East High School in Denver, the school turned to nine woodshop students, who earned $1,000 each plus school credit for their help over the summer restoring the library to its 1925 look. The project...

Saved from the trash bin.(IDEAS)(greeting cards from old books)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Even damaged donations can raise money for the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library: Before worn-out books hit the recycling bin, volunteer Rosemary Mans salvages many of their faded illustrations, which she assembles with other free...

Xbox marks the spot.(IDEAS)(Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County buys Xboxes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... "I think we are the first library to ever buy Xboxes; I'm pretty sure of that," said Martin House, manager of information services at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. The library turned to video games...

Carnivals, Dragons, Villains ... medieval castles, floats, and ice cream highlighted summer reading activities at public libraries nationwide.(NEWS FRONTS)
September 1, 2005... Two youngsters join 670 other participants June 13 during a carnival kickoff of "Dragons, Dreams, and Daring Deeds" at Fargo (N.Dak.) Public Library. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Brookfield (Conn.) Public Library staffers promote the...

Straight Answers From: Margaret Spellings
September 1, 2005... Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has expressed understandable pride in the improved student test scores reported for the past academic year, taking the rise as proof that the 2001 No Child Left Behind initiative is bearing educational...

Thus Said ... How the World Sees Us
September 1, 2005... "My biggest complaint is that some libraries' websites don't detail the amazing range they offer online until you cough up a card number. Memo to those insular institutions: Put the info in the shop windows out front and I bet you'll see a lot...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
September 1, 2005... Peter W. Evans, the editor of Biblio Tech Review, is part of the Ringgold team, despite our suggestion otherwise (Aug., p. 72). Emma Cohn's name was misspelled in her obituary (Aug., p. 81).

From Cradle to Grave: A Lifetime in Libraries
September 1, 2005... It's a battle we've been fighting for 50 years," said library advocate extraordinaire Virginia Mathews at the "Reading Powers the Mind" workshop she organized last month for the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress (see p. 10). The...

On My Mind: Support the Cultural Communities Fund
September 1, 2005... When then--ALA President Carol Brey-Casiano appointed me to the newly established ALA Public and Cultural Programs Advisory Committee, I quickly learned about the many nationwide programs and exhibits available to libraries through the ALA...

Why School Libraries Won't Be Left Behind; Librarians Are Teaching Budget Makers a Lesson: Students Can't Make the Grade without Strong School Libraries
September 1, 2005... School's back in session across the nation, but regrettably, there wasn't a school librarian at every media center doorway to welcome students back from their summer vacations. In fact, some locales didn't even have a functioning media center in...

A New Look at Lifelong Access: Innovative Projects Tap the Interests and Skills of a Growing Population of Active, Older Adults
September 1, 2005... Tempe (Ariz.) Public Library plans a Connections Cafe, where baby boomers can meet neighbors, attend lectures, assess plans for retirement, and take part in other projects devised by a citizen advisory board, involving more than two dozen...

Digital Library Services for All: Innovative Technology Opens Doors to Print-Impaired Patrons
September 1, 2005... Brick-and-mortar libraries can be intimidating places for print-impaired people, including those who are blind or visually impaired, or who have reading disabilities. Throughout most of the 20th century this population depended heavily on the...

Online Book-Clubbing Made Easy: Technology Allows Libraries to Capitalize on the Citywide Book Craze Sweeping the Nation
September 1, 2005... Since 1999, the Tippecanoe County (Ind.) Public Library has operated a successful online book club called Book Clique (www.tcpl.lib.in.us/ref/bookgroup.html), where one book is selected each month and participants exchange comments through an...

Learning from Experience: 2005 ALA Award Winners
September 1, 2005... Awards are one measure of success, and this annual roundup of American Library Association winners reveals how success is achieved. The individuals and institutions represented are ALA's "Academy Award-winning stars" recognized by their peers...

Currents: Professionals on the Move
September 1, 2005... Laura Akerman has been appointed technology and metadata librarian and Malisa Anderson has been named business librarian at Emory University in Atlanta. * Mario Ascencio is now visual arts librarian at George Mason University in Fairfax,...

At ALA.(PEOPLE)
September 1, 2005... Sharon Brown has been promoted to library technician in the ALA library. * Tina Coleman has been promoted to marketing coordinator for ALA Editions and ALA Graphics. * Melissa Faubel, Public Library Association meeting and special events...

Obituaries.
September 1, 2005... James Cook, young adult specialist at Dayton (Ohio) Metro Library, died August 1. He was a member of the ALA Young Adult Library Services Association's 2006 Michael L. Printz Award Committee, chair of YALSA's Intellectual Freedom Committee...

Cited.(PEOPLE)
September 1, 2005... Denver's mayor declared July 20 "Rick J. Ashton Day" in honor of the city librarian's 20 years of service to the city. * Rajwant S. Chilana, associate professor of library administration and South Asian studies librarian at the University of...

Grassroots Report; A Manager's Motto: Be Prepared
September 1, 2005... Sharon Grover knows youth literature. For 12 years she has been the youth services collection specialist for Arlington County (Va.) Public Library. During that time, she has served on national awards committees for ALA's Newbery and Caldecott...

Internet Librarian: What Does Google Know That We Don't?
September 1, 2005... I'm not sure I've ever asked a question at a panel session that led to a 30-minute answer. This is my ALA conference story for the year. Those of you who didn't make the trek to Chicago missed out on the spectacle of 20,000 glistening...

Technically Speaking: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
September 1, 2005... One of the things I love about librarianship is our tendency to hedge our bets. That's the nicer way of saying that we look after the lowest common denominator or try to be all things to all people. Our professional ethos makes this mandate...

Working Knowledge: Banishing Boredom on the Job
September 1, 2005... Q I received my MLS in 1990 and hoped to work in an academic environment, either in special collections or as a cataloger in technical services, but because I didn't have advanced foreign-language skills or a second master's, I ultimately chose...

Books for boys.(Resources for Continuing Education)(Boys and Literacy: Practical Strategies for Librarians, Teachers, and Parents)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... All children need good literacy skills, but helping boys to become enthusiastic readers requires a specialized approach. Educators Elizabeth Knowles and Martha Smith explore the facts and research on this topic in Boys and Literacy: Practical...

Copyright times two.(Resources for Continuing Education)(Copyright for Schools: A Practical Guide, 4th ed.)(Carmack's Guide to Copyright and Contracts: A Primer for Genealogists, Writers, and Researchers)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Two helpful resources examine in detail some of the special areas of copyright. * In Copyright for Schools: A Practical Guide, Carol Simpson provides a completely updated fourth edition of her useful manual. Simpson focuses on copyright...

Patriot act polemic.(Resources for Continuing Education)(Patriot Debates: Experts Debate the USA Patriot Act)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Seventeen legal authorities discuss the contentious provisions of the Patriot Act in Patriot Debates: Experts Debate the USA Patriot Act. Editors Stewart A. Baker and John Kavanagh have assembled a cadre of experts to examine the provisions...

Practical PR pointers.(Resources for Continuing Education)(Library Public Relations, Promotions and Communications: A How-to-Do-It Manual, 2d ed.)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Public relations expert Lisa A. Wolfe is back with the second edition of Library Public Relations, Promotions and Communications: A How-to-Do-It Manual. In this completely updated version, Wolfe includes five new chapters on positioning...

Digital duo.(Resources for Continuing Education)(Collection Management and Strategic Access to Digital Resources: The New Challenges for Research Libraries)(Guide to Licensing and Acquiring Electronic Information)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Two new books help shed light on some of the issues associated with the selection and management of digital resources. * The proceedings from a 2004 conference at the University of Oklahoma are now available in Collection Management and...

Marketing to tots and teens.(NEW FROM ALA)(Going Places with Youth Outreach: Smart Marketing Strategies for Your Library)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Standard operating procedure is to market youth library programming to parents, but Angela B. Pfeil recommends targeting a different audience: the kids themselves. In Going Places with Youth Outreach: Smart Marketing Strategies for Your...

Academic adaptations.(NEW FROM ALA)(The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Culture, Environments)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Higher education is evolving, and academic library services must adapt to the changing needs of students and faculty. John M. Budd examines the current situation in The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Culture, Environments, which is a...

Better business stats.(NEW FROM ALA)(Success by the Numbers: Statistics for Business Development)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... In Success by the Numbers: Statistics for Business Development, editor Ryan Womack and his team of writers provide guidance for librarians and information professionals in finding statistical information relevant to business needs. Included...