Library Journal articles from April 2003

Library Journal archives from April 2003

The war is an ALA issue: Americans take a stand through their organizations. (Editorial).(American Library Association)(Editorial)
April 15, 2003... Librarians against the war in Iraq have very few places where they can express that point of view. It can be frustrating. Librarian Eileen Kramer described the problem on an American Library Association (ALA) list: "I am letting the world...

NYPL launches live reference in Spanish. (Late Bulletins).(New York Public Library)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... The New York Public Library has launched a live, online reference service in Spanish, !informacion en Vivo! (preguntas.nypl.org). The service, apparently the first Spanish-language chat service in the country, is offered from 9 a.m.-9 p.m.,...

E-rate program to be scrutinized. (Late Bulletins).(telecomm discounts )(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA), chair of the House Commerce Committee, will conduct oversight hearings on the E-rate program of telecomm discounts to focus on "waste, fraud and abuse." In letters to the Federal Communications Commission and the...

Bill would recast Atlanta library board. (Late Bulletins).(Atlanta-Fulton Public Library )(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Ongoing tensions between the suburban and urban constituencies of the troubled Atlanta-Fulton Public Library (AFPL) have again moved to the state legislature, where new Senate majority leader Tom Price (R-Roswell) has sponsored a bill that...

Minneapolis PL staffers sue over porn exposure. (Late Bulletins).(Minneapolis Public Library)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... After filing a "hostile environment" sexual harassment claim regarding exposure to patrons' porn surfing and seeing a solution proposed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) go nowhere, 12 staffers at the Minneapolis Public...

Scholastic Library Publishing names Reynolds, president. (Late Bulletins).(Joe Reynolds)
April 15, 2003... Barely a week after Scholastic Library Publishing president Neal Goff abruptly tendered his resignation after only a year in office, parent company Scholastic Inc. appointed Joe Reynolds his successor. Reynolds left his post as president and...

Florida Senate may stall state library collection move: "very encouraging," says library advocate; legislative budgets would cut fewer staffers than governor proposed. (News).
April 15, 2003... The lobbying efforts of Florida library advocates seem to have paid off: the State Senate budget does not provide any funding for the transfer of the state library's circulating collection--some 674,000 items--to Nova Southeastern University....

PA libraries face 50% funding cut: legislators and governor at odds; some money should be restored (News).(Pennsylvania )(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... The Pennsylvania General Assembly has passed a budget that includes a 50 percent cut in state funding for libraries--from $75 million to $37.5 million. But library advocates are hopeful that the cuts--which would be devastating to some...

Internet PL faces money crunch: how to support a "public good"? UMichigan to seek sponsors. (News).(Internet Public Library)(Company Profile)
April 15, 2003... The Internet Public Library (IPL) (www. ipl.org), which began as a University of Michigan (UM) School of Information project in 1995 yet now has a global audience, is facing a money crunch. Its private and foundation funding has run out, and...

Salt Lake's shining star.(new Main Library )(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Salt Lake City's magnificent new Main Library opened its doors to the public February 8. Artistically appealing and well stocked, the 240,000 square foot facility sports a collection of 500,000 books, videos/DVDs, and audio titles, as well as...

Massachusetts agency threatened: advocates fear that board would lose clout, state standards lowered. (News).(Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners )
April 15, 2003... Library advocates in Massachusetts are alarmed that Gov. Mitt Romney's budget would eliminate the independent Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and subsume the agency as part of a new Executive Office of Education. The agency,...

FOIA exemption may be fixed: Bill would limit records that could be tied to homeland security. (News).(Restore Freedom of Information Act )
April 15, 2003... Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and four others have introduced the Restore Freedom of Information Act (Restore FOIA), which they say would protect Americans' "right to know" while simultaneously contributing to the security of the nation's...

Blue Shield warns of Iraq damage: IFLA affiliate issues statements on Afghanistan and Israel/Palestine. (News).(International Committee of the Blue Shield )
April 15, 2003... The International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS), the cultural equivalent of the Red Cross, has expressed "its profound concern about the potential damage to, and destruction of, cultural heritage in the event of war in Iraq." The ICBS...

Citywide book clubs innovate: Nashville features a book a month; Philadelphia will recycle copies. (News).(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Nashville and Philadelphia are the two newest cities to jump on the citywide book club bandwagon, both with a twist. The Nashville Public Library's effort will feature one book per month. Titles in the "Big, Big Book Club" will be chosen by...

Major publishers sign EBSCO deal: number of participants still unknown; divine now off NASDAQ. (News).
April 15, 2003... The American Institute of Physics, an umbrella organization of scientific societies, including numerous scientific journal publishers, and Elsevier, one of file leading global STM publishers, announced they have an agreement with EBSCO that...

Database access from MS Office: Word, Excel to provide content from Gale, Factiva, Alacritudes. (News).(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Librarians take note: proprietary databases are finding new outlets. The Microsoft Office 2003 suite includes a research function that allows users to highlight a term--like a company name--then search a commercial service via the Internet,...

Minneapolis Library. (Public Libraries).(layoffs, other cuts)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Despite new director Kit Hadley's recommendation, the Minneapolis Library board's Finance Committee rejected a plan to close four branches. Instead it approved a mix of one-rime cuts to save $2 million, including a loss of 48 positions (of...

Washington. (Public Libraries).(state requires Internet filters)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... The Washington State Senate has passed a bill that would require filters on all public library Internet terminals. Now in the House, the bill states that public Internet-access computers should be equipped with "filtering software that...

Brooklyn Public Library. (Public Libraries).($1.5 million donation)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Native Brooklynite S. Stevan Dweck has donated $1.5 million to the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) Foundation's Plaza and Auditorium Project at BPL's Central Library. The funds were donated in memory of his late brother Harry. The project will...

Boca Raton Public Library. (Public Libraries).(wins bond election)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... By a 70 percent margin, Boca Raton, FL, residents March 11 embraced a measure that will result in $19.8 million in bonds issued for the expansion of the Boca Raton Public Library's main library as well as the construction of a new branch. A...

Boston Public Library. (Public Libraries).(ends shut-in delivery)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... With finances getting tighter, the Boston Public Library (BPL) has shuttered its shut-in service, which offered personal delivery of books to elderly and infirm homebound patrons. Closing the 32-year-old program reportedly will save BPL...

New York Public Library. (Public Libraries).(acquires Texaco, Arthur Andersen libraries)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... The New York Public Library's (NYPL) Science, Industry, and Business Library has acquired the contents of the defunct business libraries of Texaco and Arthur Andersen. According to NYPL, the Texaco archive includes "a complete set of research...

The Association of College and Research Libraries' Excellence in Academic Libraries awards have been presented to the City College of San Francisco in the community college category. (Academic Libraries).(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... The Association of College and Research Libraries' Excellence in Academic Libraries awards have been presented to the City College of San Francisco in the community college category; Baruch College of the City University of New York in the...

San Jose State University. (Academic Libraries).($2 million grant received)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... San Jose State University (SJSU) has received a $2 million grant from the Koret Foundation, the largest single private gift to the new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, which is a joint facility with the city system. The grant is the Koret...

Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. (Academic Libraries).(conference cancelled)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) had to cancel its April 10 preconference on Open Access at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference. SPARC Enterprise director Rick Johnson said that...

Smithsonian Institution Libraries. (National/International News).(reorganization)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... The executive staff of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) has been reorganized, and a new structure to support digital initiatives has been implemented. Nancy Gwinn, SIL's director, said the move was sparked by SIL's changing role...

Asia Foundation. (National/International News).(Community Information Centers (CIC) in Cambodia)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... The Asia Foundation has launched a network of 22 Community Information Centers (CIC) across Cambodia. Each CIC will be an information and communications technology unit providing Internet access, e-mail, and other computer-based services to...

Barnes & Noble.com launches library bookstore service: customized homepages facilitate ordering of books, audio, and video/DVD while offering quick turnaround. (Industry News).(Industry Overview)
April 15, 2003... The recent American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia (InfoTech, LJ 3/1/03, p. 25) rounded up many of the usual vendors. But among those at the show for the first time was one very familiar name. Barnes & Noble.com...

Serials Solutions Journal Linker: toggles from citation to full text; customizing LinkFinder Plus. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Serials Solutions, which has made great strides in the library market in recent years, is now marketing Journal Linker, a product that bridges the gap between a citation and its full text. When librarians or patrons perform a search in a...

Carl grant exits Ex Libris for VTLS: industry vet jumps to new firm; Vinod Chachra named chair and CEO. (Industry News).(Carl Grant)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... More musical chairs among library system vendors: Carl Grant announced March 10 that he is vacating his office as president of Ex Libris (USA) to become president and COO of VTLS. Oren Beit-Arie, currently Ex Libris's managing director of...

Gale and OCLC linking products: libraries can now access WorldCat and FirstSearch via Info Trac. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Gale and OCLC are working together to form a link that will allow librarians and patrons to search the latter's WorldCat and FirstSearch cataloging products though the former's InfoTrac. The maneuver is in keeping with Gale's strategy to...

ProQuest names new president: Dun & Bradstreet veteran Ron Klausner succeeds Joe Reynolds. (Infotech People).(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... ProQuest Company named Run Klausner the new president of its Information and Learning division March 18. He succeeds Joe Reynolds, who vacated the post in November 2002 after a restructuring and recently became president of Scholastic Library...

Kentucky publics contract with TLC: numerous county facilities sign for Library.Solution and YouSeeMore. (Installations).(The Library Corporation)
April 15, 2003... The Library Corporation (TLC) has signed contracts with eight Kentucky public libraries for the installation of its Library.Solution integrated automation system. The additions bring the number of TLC libraries in the state to roughly 28. The...

Not your mother's union catalog. (Infotech Digital Libraries).(OCLC's WorldCat and RLG's Eureka)(Industry Overview)(Column)
April 15, 2003... FOR YEARS THE largest bibliographic databases in the world, OCLC's WorldCat and RLG's Eureka, have remained nearly unchanged from the user's perspective--except for new records. That will change, dramatically altering how librarians think...

Calendar.(Calendar)
April 15, 2003... MAY 7-9--Maryland Library Association (MLA) 2003 Conference, Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel, Ocean City. Theme: "Oceans of Possibilities @ Your Library." Contact: MLA, 1401 Hollins St., Baltimore, MD; 410-947-5090; FAX 410-947-5089;...

Chesapeake Public Library System. (People).(Paula K. Alston)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Paula K. Alston has been selected as Assistant Director of Libraries and Research Services, Chesapeake Public Library System, VA. She has been with the library since 1990.

Jennifer Barager has joined the Libraries/Academic Information Systems (AcIS) Development Team, Columbia University Libraries, New York. (People).(includes other Columbia appointments)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Jennifer Barager has joined the Libraries/Academic Information Systems (AcIS) Development Team, Columbia University Libraries, New York. Terry Catapano is now the Special Collections Analyst/Librarian of the Digital Program Division at...

Arapahoe Library District. (People).(Carson Block )(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Carson Block has resigned as Technology Consultant, High Plains Regional Library Service Systems, Greeley, CO, to assume the position of Director of Information Technology, Arapahoe Library District, Denver.

Tripler Army Medical Center Library. (People).(Tscernich Boshikaya)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Tscernich Boshikaya is now Community Librarian, Triplet Army Medical Center Library, Honolulu. She was Slavic Bibliographer, Sgt. Rodney Library, Schofield Barracks, Wahiawa, HI.

Montclair State University Library. (People).(Nicole Cooke appointed Reference Librarian)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Nicole Cooke has been appointed Reference Librarian in charge of evening services, Montclair State University Library, Upper Montclair, NJ. She was Reference Librarian, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark campus.

Earl Gregg Swem Library. (People).(Catherine Fraser named Director of Development)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Catherine Fraser is now Director of Development, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. She was Director of Major Gifts and the Annual Fund, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA.

Fremont Public Library. (People).(Kelly Krieg-Sigman named Public Library Director)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Kelly Krieg-Sigman is the new Public Library Director, City of La Crosse, WI, replacing Tom Strange. Krieg-Sigman was Public Library Director, Fremont Public Library, Mundelein, IL.

Temple University Libraries. (People).(Jonathan LeBreton appointed Head of Administrative Services)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Jonathan LeBreton has been appointed Head of Administrative Services, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, succeeding Ivy Bayard. LeBreton was formerly Associate Director, Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery at the University of Maryland,...

Indiana State Library. (People).(Barbara R. Maxwell named State Librarian)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Barbara R. Maxwell has been named State Librarian, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis. Maxwell previously served as Library Director at USA Today.

Bloomingdale Public Library. (People).(Mary Rodne resigns as Director)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Mary Rodne has resigned as Director, Bloomingdale Public Library, IL, to oversee the startup of a library in Colleyville, TX.

Obituaries. (People).(Louis Shub)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
April 15, 2003... Louis Shub, formerly Director of the Jack and Bel Ostrow Library for the University of Judaism, Los Angeles, died in March at the age of 89. Shub was with the library from 1954 to 1987.

Deserted no more: after years of declining usage statistics, the campus library rebounds.
April 15, 2003... FEW ARTICLES CAUSED as much of a stir among academic librarians as Scott Carlson s November 2001 Chronicle of Higher Education piece, "The Deserted Library." But for Tjalda Nauta, Carlson's piece caused more than a stir. It helped end her...

Best reference sources 2002.(includes guides to reference websites)(Directory)
April 15, 2003... ALTHOUGH PRINT REFERENCE was hit hard by 2002 library budget cuts, many librarians, along with reference publishers, still hold thru online resources will continue to complement print rather than replace it entirely. "While electronic...

American Musical Traditions.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... 5 vols. Schirmer. 1064p. ed. by Jeff Todd Titon & Bob Carlin. illus, maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-02-864624-X. $460. Using the term traditional in lieu of folk to avoid the cultural baggage associated with the latter, this collection of...

Avakian, Monique. Atlas of Asian-American History.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Facts On File. 214p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8160-3699-3. $85. This attractive overview of the political, social, and cultural history of Asian Americans opens with a discussion of me Asian heritage and ends with comments on...

Canon, David T. & others. Committees in the U.S. Congress 1789-1946.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... 4 vols. CQ Pr. 2988p. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-56802-171-2. $840. This magnum opus took three decades to complete. Documenting the approximately 100,000 appointments made over the last 150 years, this outstanding reference chronicles the...

Carlin, Richard. Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Routledge. 497p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-415-93802-3. $95. Be still my "achy breaky heart": an illustrated reference that is both informative and a hoot to read. Carlin, a prolific chronicler of American music, presents an...

Cold War America: 1946 to 1990.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Facts On File. 670p. ed. by Ross Gregory & others. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8160-3868-6. $105. Edited by prize-winning historian Gregory, the work chronicles the transformation of America during the Cold War through hundreds of...

The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Louisiana State Univ. 1054p. ed. by Joseph M. Flora & others. index. ISBN 0-8071-2692-6. $69.95. Promoted as the first of its kind, this first-rate compilation brings together explorations of the myriad elements that make Southern...

Corbeil, Jean-Claude & Ariane Archambault. The Firefly Visual Dictionary.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Firefly. 952p. illus. index. ISBN 1-55297-585-1. $49.95. This hefty update to The Macmillan Visual Dictionary contains an impressive inventory of 35,000 terms and 6000 illustrations. Organized into 17 color-coded chapters and according to...

Davidson, Linda Kay & David M. Gitlitz. Pilgrimage from the Ganges to Graceland: an Encyclopedia.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... 2 vols. ABCCLIO. 769p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-57607-004-2. $185. Defining a pilgrimage site by "its ability to attract a transient population of devotees," this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia surveys the world's major destinations,...

Dirr, Michael A. Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates: an Illustrated Encyclopedia.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Timber Pr. 446p. illus. index. ISBN 0-88192-525-X. $69.95. A respected garden authority, Dirr has garnered international acclaim for his works on and with "woodies." This volume, in conjunction with Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shurbs (1997),...

Encyclopedia of Aging.(Book Review)
April 15, 2003... 4 vols. Macmillan. 1591p. ed. by David J. Ekerdt. illus. index. ISBN 0-02-865472-2. $495. Aimed at the educated lay reader, this comprehensive work presents the most recent findings in all areas of gerontology. The signed articles cover...

The future of reference still uncertain.(library reference books and services)
April 15, 2003... ALMOST EVERYONE agrees: in the public library, online databases will not soon replace print reference. But do libraries have space and budgets to offer their patrons a choice? Rivkah Sass, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR, says, "If I...

Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... 6 vols. Academic Pr. 2780p. ed. by James R. Holton & others. illus. index. ISBN 0-12-227090-8. $1199. Fifty years ago, the state of knowledge of the atmosphere could adequately be summarized in a single-volume reference. Today, it easily...

Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... 4 vols. Sage. 1876p. ed. by David Levinson. illus. ISBN 0-7619-2258-X. $600. At a time when terms like forensic and criminal profiling have entered the vernacular, this excellent encyclopedia of criminal justice is providential. The 425...

Encyclopedia of Evolution.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... 2 vols. Oxford Univ. 1205p. ed. by Mark Pagel. illus. index. ISBN 0-19-512200-3. $325. No recent reference on evolution offers as much inclusive scope and impeccable authority as this one. The nine "Overview Essays" by such authors as...

Encyclopedia of Information Systems.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... 4 vols. Academic Pr. 2969p. ed. by Hossein Bidgoli. illus. index. ISBN 0-12-227240-4. $1200. In order to compile this unique resource--the first to examine comprehensively the core topics in the field--the editors reviewed current...

Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Univ. of Toronto. 1347p. ed. by William H. New. index. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9. $75. This outstanding and all-encompassing guide to the national literature of our neighbor to the north contains 1350 double-column pages' worth of entries--2500...

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... 6 vols. Scribner. 3266p. ed. by David Levinson & Karen Christensen. illus. maps. index. ISBN 0-684-31245-X. $695. This extraordinarily rich reference profiling 33 Asian nations took more than four years to complete and involved more than...

Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures: Cities and Cultures Around the World.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... 4 vols. Grolier. 2073p. ed. by Melvin & Carol R. Ember. illus. maps. index. ISBN 0-7172-5698-7. $399. This is one of the first comprehensive references to provide a broad range of cultural and historical information on cities in all...

Handbook of Psychology.(Book Review)
April 15, 2003... 12 vols. Wiley. 7897p. ed. by Irving B. Weiner. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-471-17669-9. $1800. This exhaustively researched work fills a visible gap in the literature of psychology by providing a cross-disciplined approach that allows...

Huddleston, Rodney & Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Cambridge Univ. 1842p. index. ISBN 0-521-43146-8. $150. The most comprehensive study of English grammar in the past 15 years, this reference is written for users with some linguistic background and aims at upgrading the rules of the...

Kellogg, Ann T. & others. In An Influential Fashion: an Encyclopedia of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Fashion Designers and Retailers Who Transformed Dress.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Greenwood. 371 p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-313-31220-6. $49.95. Anyone seeking information on the designers and retailers most responsible for the "American look" would do well to start here. The 164 alphabetically arranged listings...

Kushner, Harvey W. Encyclopedia of Terrorism.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Sage. 523p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7619-2408-6. $99.95. This reference reminds us that terrorist acts committed in the United States or against U.S. interests have been with us throughout history and across a wide variety of...

The Louisiana Purchase: a Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... ABC-CLIO. 513p. ed. by Junius P. Rodriguez. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-57607-188-X. $95. Published to coincide with the bicentennial of the purchase, this volume offers a much needed perspective. The reasons for as well as the...

Naval Warfare: an International Encyclopedia.(Book Review)
April 15, 2003... 3 vols. ABC-CLIO. 1231p. ed. by Spencer C. Tucker & others. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-57607-219-3. $295. Tucker, a scholar of history, along with a cast of international specialists, explores the history of combat at sea, from ancient...

The New Encyclopedia of Judaism.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... NYU. 856p. ed. by Geoffrey Wigoder & others. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8147-9388-6. $99.95. The original 1989 edition of this scholarly but highly accessible reference was named an Outstanding Reference Book by the American Library...

Norton, O. Richard. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... Cambridge Univ. 354p. illus. index. ISBN 0-521-62143-7. $50. Anyone wishing to know what meteorites are, where they come from, and what they reveal about the history of the universe need look no further. This thorough and accessible...

Olsen, Kirstin. All Things Shakespeare: an Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World.(Book Review)
April 15, 2003... 2 vols. Greenwood. 804p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-313-31503-5. $150. While many reference works cover "all things Shakespeare," none really focuses exclusively on the physical surroundings of Shakespeare's world. Some 200...

Smith, Myron J., Jr. The Airline Encyclopedia: 1909-2000.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... 3 vols. Scarecrow. 3305p. index. ISBN 0-8108-3790-0. $695. What began as an experimental dream almost a century ago has blossomed into one of the dominant industries of our time. This superior reference source provides operational and...

Space Sciences.(Book Review)
April 15, 2003... 4 vols. Thomson/Gale. 1057p. ed. by Pat Dasch & others. illus. index. ISBN 0-02-865546-X. $395. A comprehensive and usable survey of space exploration, this marvelous encyclopedia works equally well as a multivolume set and as four...

St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists: Profiles of Latino and Latin American Artists.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... St. James. 681p. ed. by Thomas Riggs. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-55826-470-8. $195. The fascination with the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (a major motion picture in 2002, the November 2002 Smithsonian front cover, and a U.S....

Women and Music in America Since 1900.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
April 15, 2003... 2 vols. Greenwood. 747p. ed. by Kristine H. Burns. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-57356-267-X. $150. While many books and articles explore the major role of women in American music, this is the first reference on the subject. Encompassing...

The suicide of the public librarian: management efforts to look good in the short term are leading to the demise of the MLS.
April 15, 2003... THERE IS A PUBLIC LIBRARY that I know of, a system that has become a "must stop" for library managers from around the nation who hope to learn its secrets to achieving public recognition for service effectiveness. Well supported by local...

Big chill on the big deal. (Periodicals Price Survey 2003).(EBSCO acquring pieces of RoweCom/Faxon serials vendor business)(Illustration)
April 15, 2003... IN A YEAR FILLED WITH financial scandals of worldwide proportions, the serials market experienced its own outrage. Late in December, library customers of RoweCom/Faxon, an old and established serials vendor, woke up to find that the money...

Follow the money. (The Dean's List).(American Library Association )
April 15, 2003... WHETHER WE ARE discussing al-Qaeda or Enron, the advice remains the same: follow the money. Of course, that is sometimes easier said than done. Both these organizations have good reason to want to kick over the traces, and both have shown...

Prepub alert.
April 15, 2003... COMING IN AUGUST 2003... thrillers from Hefferman, Jance and Robinson but lots more exciting new writers than last issue's column could boast. Hariharan and Leroy break into the U.S. market; writers who've already shown promise, like Croft,...

Prepub best sellers: week ending March 22, 2003.
April 15, 2003... 1 Birthright [F] Nora Roberts. Putnam. Apr. ISBN 0-399-14984-8. $25.95. 2 The Second Time Around [F] Mary Higgins Clark. S. & S. Apr. ISBN 0-7432-0606-1. $26. 3 The Guardian [F] Nicholas Sparks. Warner. Apr. ISBN 0-446-52779-3....