Library Journal articles from April 2005

Library Journal archives from April 2005

The power of blogs: the blogging hullabaloo was beneficial for us all.(editorial)
April 1, 2005... WHETHER VICIOUSLY FUNNY, OR JUST PLAIN vicious, Michael Gorman's scathing indictment of bloggers ("Revenge of the Blog People!" BackTalk, LJ 2/15/05, p. 44) unleashed an avalanche of outrage from librarians, the blogging community, and...

Is Herrera "a perfect fit"? San Francisco has been tough on its library directors.(blatant berry)
April 1, 2005... I DOUBT THAT ANYONE QUALIFIES AS A "PERFECT fit" to direct the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL), but Luis Herrera, who just took the job, comes very close. To direct a major urban library has been his "career objective." His experience and...

Bloggers vs. Gorman.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... We were inundated with responses to Michael Gorman's "Revenge of the Blog People!" (BackTalk, LJ 2/15/05, p. 44). We have room only for representative excerpts. For more on the blogging brouhaha, see News, p. 18.

Oh-so-self-important.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Good grief! The snarky, sarcastic, and oh-so-self-important Gorman really needs to crawl into the 21st century. Only recently aware of blogs and bloggers, he has no problem generalizing and stereotyping. He comes across as an out-of-touch...

Breakfast chuckle.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Gorman gave me a good chuckle over breakfast.... While the activity is similar, I don't feel the urge to cringe when someone stirs up bloggers the way I do when a child sticks his hand in an ant hill. Gorman's comment about using the money...

Cyberscape ignorance.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Michael Gorman demonstrates his ignorance of the cyberscape.... Bloggers and blogs are similar to the muckrakers and broadsheets of the time before our news media consolidated.... They don't have editors or news directors.... This is a good...

Defensive, unpleasant.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Gorman's piece is one of the most acerbic, defensive, and unpleasant bits of commentary I have read this century. The Blog People, as he dubs the millions who now publish their thoughts online without the benefit of editors, have a name for...

Bilious dismissal.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... The very term Blog People... is needlessly condescending and alarmingly prejudiced. It's obvious from Gorman's stylistically tortured definition of a blog... that he doesn't hold blogging in high esteem. It's inappropriate, at best, and...

Staggering variety.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Shame on Gorman for quoting Blog People without citing his sources... bloggers are not a monolithic entity with a single set of beliefs. The beauty of blogs is that they allow a staggering variety of opinions.... Many... are at least as well...

Rant at copyright laws.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Gorman's... castigation of bloggers includes many people who go to libraries and read modern and classic nonfiction literature.... Gorman lambastes Google, which is merely a tool to mine the Internet.... Due to the current Digital Millennium...

Blogs too insular.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... I don't agree... that "nonscholarly" writing, whether in blogs or wherever, is inherently of lesser value than scholarly writing.... Having said that, I don't agree that criticizing blogs and bloggers makes you a reactionary Luddite. I find...

Making LC call numbers visual.(front desk)(Library of Congress Classification)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Students at the Art Institute of Seattle think visually, so graphic design student Carley Moran--an employee of the library--designed a series of 22 posters, each reflecting Library of Congress Classification ranges or sections of the library....

Booking the iPod shuffle.(front desk)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The tiny iPod shuffle was developed so listeners could randomize their music collections, but the South Huntington Public Library (SHPL), Huntington Station, NY, has bought ten such devices for downloadable audiobooks. Titles come from the...

Enter the library toolbar.(front desk)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Google and Yahoo offer toolbars that users can download for one-stop searches--and Yahoo even offers a library search via the WorldCat database. But why shouldn't libraries offer their own toolbars? The Harris County Public Library (HCPL),...

On film, beyond the bun.(front desk)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Those onscreen librarian stereotypes really burn you up, right? Welcome Ann Seidl to the rescue. After five years of planning, librarian Seidl--a former voiceover actor and television host--has acquired seed money for The Hollywood Librarian, a...

Is this "Gormangate"? ALA president-elect draws fire: does rhetoric on blogging overshadow librarians' tech savvy?(lj news)
April 1, 2005... Three months before taking office, American Library Association (ALA) president-elect Michael Gorman has touched off a firestorm by taking on bloggers in the pages of Library Journal. At press time, Gorman's "Revenge of the Blog People"...

Around Memphis, dial 2-1-1.(lj news)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Memphis Shelby County Public Library & Information Center (MSCPLIC) has become the nation's only library to offer community information and referral (I&R) services via 2-1-1. The nationwide abbreviated dialing code (www.211.org) was...

New Biotech Center in San Mateo.(lj news)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... San Mateo, CA, is in the heart of the biotechnology industry, so it makes sense that the new San Mateo Public Library, scheduled to open in July 2006, will contain a Biotechnology Learning Center, the first in any library. In February, the San...

Overruns Plague Charlotte Project.(lj news)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Children's library and theater, planned at $31M, to cost $41M The ImaginOn children's library and theater, an innovative hybrid planned by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, NC, and the private Children's Theatre of...

Blackwell offers Open access plan.(LJ News)
April 1, 2005... Charge is $2500; also, Public Lib. of Science adds three journals Blackwell Publishing, the leading publisher of society journals, has announced an open access publishing experiment, Online Open, to operate through 2006. Like Springer's...

Self-check lifts Columbus Circ.(LJ News)(Columbus Metropolitan Library)
April 1, 2005... It's bar code, not RFID, but some patrons miss the human touch The 100 percent self-check system at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, OH, has helped the library boost circulation during tight budget times. Circulation between 2002 and 2003...

NCLIS: big goals, but little money.(LJ News)(National Commission on Libraries and Information Science)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Aims at statements on emergency preparedness, other topics The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) was revived in October 2003 when President Bush nominated 12 people to fill vacancies in the agency (see News,...

UK libraries called a "scandal".(LJ News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Report cites old buildings, trend toward internet fees Libraries in the UK are in bad physical shape--a "scandal that must be rectified," according to a report issued in March by Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. It...

CLIR reports on "library as place".(LJ News)(Council on Library and Information Resources)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The "library as place" has been a hot topic in recent years. In a new report, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) presents essays from six experts--an architect, four librarians, and a humanities professor. The authors...

San Diego main gets $80m boost.(LJ News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Though the ten-year plan for the renovation of the San Diego Public Library system may have hit a roadblock (see News, LJ 3/1/05, p. 20), the $149.5 million new main library is on schedule--boosted by the downtown redevelopment agency. The...

Director moves in San Diego, St. Paul.(LJ News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Jose Aponte, who directed the library in Oceanside, CA, and then became deputy city manager before moving to Colorado Springs to head the Pikes Peak Library District, will return to California to direct the San Diego County Library. Aponte, a...

UW Professorship for YA/Kids Service.(LJ News)(University of Washington)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Information School at the University of Washington (UW) has completed fundraising for the Beverly Cleary Professorship in Children's and Youth Services. According to I-School dean Michael Eisenberg, it is the first endowed professorship in...

"Branching Out" for Poetry Month.(LJ News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Branching Out: Poetry for the 21st Century is a program designed to supplement the many local public library activities celebrating National Poetry Month in April. Ten talks are scheduled at libraries in Fresno, CA; Houston, TX; Kansas City,...

U.S. Archivist is confirmed.(LJ News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Allen Weinstein, whose nomination process generated opposition from a number of groups (see News, LJ 9/1/04, p. 22ff.), including library organizations, became the ninth Archivist of the United States on February 16. Among his responsibilities...

Calendar.(LJ News)(Calendar)
April 1, 2005... MAY 4-6--Maryland Library Assn., Ocean City www.mdlib.org 9-11--Massachusetts Library Assn., North Falmouth www.masslib.org 11-13--Utah Library Assn., Ogden www.ula.org 12-13--New Hampshire Library Assn., Manchester...

ALA/BISG-sponsored RFID Working Group holds Berkeley Meeting vendors, printers, publishers, students, and ALA reps ponder the technology's future in libraries.(infotech)
April 1, 2005... The radio frequency identification (RFID) in libraries debate was the subject of the seventh meeting of the RFID Working Group, jointly sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), which convened...

Mandarin M3 now free.(infotech)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Mandarin Library Automation February 14 began offering its M3 library management package as a free download (www.mlasolutions.com). Art Graham, VP of tech services, told LJ the company is "adjusting [its] sales and business model to be more...

Nashville hosts Sirsi users.(Industry News)
April 1, 2005... Normative Data Project takes center stage at annual gathering CEO Patrick Sommers kicked off Sirsi's users' group conference on Sunday, February 27, by characterizing Sirsi as not merely a software company but as "a long-term technology...

EBSCO beefs up history wares.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... World History Collection database has full text of 145 top journals EBSCO is marketing World History Collection, a database providing full-text, cover-to-cover records from more than 145 leading journals, some dating back to 1964. Available...

ProQuest buys ExploreLearning.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Company is largest producer of math and science simulations ProQuest Information and Learning announced in March that it had acquired ExploreLearning, producers of the world's largest online simulation library for math and science...

3M introduces new SelfCheck.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... V series workstation system available in three models 3M has launched an upgraded SelfCheck system called the V series. Available in three models, V1 combines self-service with 3M's Tattle Tape Security Strip technology to prevent theft....

The world in a database.(E-Views And Reviews)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... GOOGLE TWINGE? I've been an avid Google fan since reading a 1999 Forbes article about the company. However, I feel uneasy about publishing enterprises like Project Torch coming to a dead halt because Google announced its library book...

World History Collection.(E-Views And Reviews)
April 1, 2005... World History Collection EBSCO Publishing www.epnet.com/academic/worldhistory.asp EBSCO's World History Collection (WHC) provides full text, indexing, and abstracts for 145 titles dealing with the history of Africa, Asia, Europe, the...

Duplication is ubiquitous.(Online Databases)
April 1, 2005... PHIL DAVIS, LIFE SCIENCES BIBLIOGRAPHER at Cornell University and a 2004 LJ Mover & Shaker, is shaking up the scholarly community with his discovery of duplicate articles in Emerald/MCB University Press journals. According to Davis, he has...

IM me: instant messaging may be controversial, but remember, we also debated telephone reference.(Infotech Feature)
April 1, 2005... Maybe your library isn't using instant messaging (IM), but you can be certain that a good number of your users are. According to the September 2004 study "How Americans Use Instant Messaging," by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 53...

Mystery goes global: international thrillers are back in style, and foreign mysteries migrate to our shores.(Genre Spotlight)
April 1, 2005... Genre purists may disagree with the trend, but walk into any mystery bookstore today and you will find side by side on the shelves: a hard-boiled detective story by Raymond Chandler, a traditional Miss Marple cozy by Agatha Christie, a paranoid...

Anatomy of a mystery convention.(Genre Spotlight)
April 1, 2005... It was a dark and stormy night in 1999. In truth, it was a lull in a conference, and the idea for Mayhem in the Midlands was hatched by Ronald Heezen, then the Omaha Public Library (OPL) director, and Jennifer Kirchmann, manager of the...

Gradual evolution: migrations take off while the pressures to innovate mount.(Automated System Marketplace 2005)
April 1, 2005... The integrated library system (ILS) is changing--not dramatically but steadily. Forces at work include an improving economy, pressures to innovate, new products that manage electronic content (see "Trojan Horse," p. 46), and, most of all,...

Auto-Graphics, Inc.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Auto-Graphics, Inc. Pomona, CA; 800-776-6939; www.auto-graphics.com Auto-Graphics is a publicly owned company that offers a variety of products, including the Impact/VERSO ILS and the AGent family of products for resource sharing and...

Book Systems, Inc.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Book Systems, Inc. Huntsville, AL; 800-219-6571; www.booksys.com Book Systems specializes in software for smaller libraries, with 95% of new sales to school and special libraries. Sales numbers have undergone a steady decline as the...

CASPR Library Systems, Inc.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... CASPR Library Systems, Inc. Saratoga, CA; 800-852-2777; www.caspr.com CASPR provides software for small libraries, offering two automation solutions: LibraryWorld and the LibraryCom service. LibraryWorld Desktop Software is available for...

Civica.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Civica Collingwood, Victoria, Australia; +61 3 9411 3300; www.civica.com.au Australia-based Civica Library Solutions offers the Spydus library automation system. All sales were in Australia and New Zealand. In 2004, Civica delivered Spydus...

COMPanion Corp.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... COMPanion Corp. Salt Lake City; 801-943-7277; www.goalexandria.com Companion Corporation offers the Alexandria automation system, with 91% of sales to school libraries. In 2004, COMpanion made 1,085 sales of Alexandria, down 29% from 2003....

Dynix.(Company Profiles)
April 1, 2005... Dynix Provo, UT; 801-223-5200; www.dynix.com Dynix stands as one of the two largest companies in the library automation industry and the one with the largest installed base of libraries by far, with at least 3,602 library organizations...

Endeavor Information Systems.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Endeavor Information Systems Des Haines, IL; 847-296-2200; www.endinfosys.com After a decade in business, Endeavor sales reflect strong product and service development related to digital content. The company signed 22 new contracts for...

EOS International.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... EOS International Carlsbad, CA; 800-876-5484; wwv.eosintl.com EOS International offers two library automation products for special libraries: EOS. Web Express for smaller libraries and EOS. Web Enterprise for larger libraries. Both products...

Ex Libris.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Ex Libris Chicago; 773-404-5527; www.exlibrisgroup.com Ex Libris, specializing in automation systems for large academic libraries and consortia, continues to see steady sales of its ALEPH 500 system worldwide. Ex Libris entered the U.S....

2004 sales to U.S. public libraries by contract.(Company Profiles)(Illustration)
April 1, 2005... CHART 1 2004 SALES TO U.S. PUBLIC LIBRARIES BY CONTRACT Auto- Graphics 18 Dynix 57 Geac 2 GIS Information Systems 33 Innovative Interfaces 25 ISACSOFT 2 The Library...

Follett Software Company.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Follett Software Company McHenry, IL; 815-344-8700; www.fsc.follett.com Follett Software Co. (FSC) offers a variety of automation products for school libraries. Its parent company, Follett Corp., is one of the two major forces in the...

Fretwell-Downing, Inc.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Fretwell-Downing, Inc. Overland Park, KS; 913-239-1200; www.fdusa.com Fretwell-Downing Inc. (FDI), a UK-based company with a U.S. subsidiary, offers library automation, portal, and resource sharing systems. OLIB7, the company's ILS,...

Geac Software Solutions--Libraries Division.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Geac Software Solutions--Libraries Division Studley, Warwickshire, UK; +44 (0) 870 909 5152; www.library.geac.com Geac is a large multinational company that produces enterprise software for different industries. The Libraries Division...

GIS Information Systems.(Company Profiles)
April 1, 2005... GIS Information Systems Syracuse, NY; 800-272-3414; www.gisinfosystems.com GIS Information Systems specializes in systems for public libraries, and in 2004 89% of Polaris sales went to public libraries. This year, the company saw an...

InfoVision.(Company Profiles)
April 1, 2005... InfoVision Williamsport, PA; 800-849-1655; www.infovisionsoftware.com Australia-based InfoVision develops and markets the Amlib Library Management System, now in its tenth year of development. WHAT'S NEW? The company expanded its...

Inmagic, Inc.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Inmagic, Inc. Woburn, MA; 800-229-8398; www.inmagic.com Inmagic offers automation products primarily for special libraries. This year the company launched Inmagic Genie, its new flagship library automation system. DB/ Text for...

Innovative Interfaces, Inc.(Company Profiles)
April 1, 2005... Innovative Interfaces, Inc. Emeryville, CA; 510-655-6200; www.iii.com In its 25th year, Innovative led the industry in new-name sales, with 76 contracts signed to new clients, representing 568 individual libraries. Forty-three INNOPAC...

ISACSOFT Inc.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... ISACSOFT Inc. Montreal; 514-282-7073; www.isacsoft.com ISACSOFT, a new name to the library automation arena, entered the fray through its acquisition of BiblioMondo (see p. 44). The two library automation systems held by BiblioMondo,...

Keystone Systems, Inc.(Company Profiles)
April 1, 2005... Keystone Systems, Inc. Raleigh, NC; 919-782-1143; www.klas.com Keystone Systems, celebrating its 25th anniversary, offers the KLAS library automation system--widely adopted by libraries for the blind and other special libraries. Still...

The Library Corporation.(Company Profiles)
April 1, 2005... The Library Corporation Inwood, WV; 800-325-7759; www.tlcdelivers.com The Library Corporation (TLC) experienced strong sales for Library.Solution, aimed at small to medium libraries, and mixed results for Carl.Solution and Carl.X,...

Mandarin Library Automation, Inc.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Mandarin Library Automation, Inc. Boca Raton, FL; 800-426-7477; www.mlasolutions.com Mandarin Library Automation offers the Mandarin M3 and the Mandarin Oasis for centralized automation. In 2004, 77% of sales were to schools, the rest...

Open Text, Inc.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Open Text, Inc. Dublin, OH; 800-328-2648; www.opentext.com Open Text grew through the acquisition of IXOS AG, a company that produces content management and archiving products, and Artesia Technologies, known for its TEAMS digital...

Sagebrush Corporation.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Sagebrush Corporation Minneapolis; 800-533-5430; www.sagebrushcorp.com Sagebrush is one of the largest automation companies in the school library arena. With three major products, Sagebrush appeals to a broad range of library...

Sirsi Corporation.(Company Profiles)
April 1, 2005... Sirsi Corporation Huntsville, AL; 256-704-7000; www.sirsi.com In its 25th year, Sirsi completed 134 sales, the second highest in the industry. Seventy-six sales went to new clients, also a second place showing. The company did...

Softlink America Inc.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Softlink America Inc. Los Angeles; 877-454-2725; www.softlinkamerica.com Softlink America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian-based Softlink International, Ltd. Softlink America focuses primarily on special libraries, with about...

Surpass Software.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Surpass Software Calhoun, CA; 706-625-5399; www.SurpassSoftware.com Surpass Software offers the Surpass Select library automation system. While the company generally targets the K-12 school market, its Surpass SL product has been...

SydneyPLUS International.(Company Profiles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... SydneyPLUS International Richmond, BC; 604-278-6717; www.sydneyplus.com SydneyPLUS provides library automation and KM systems for large libraries in corporations, law firms, and other special libraries. This year marks the 25th year of...

VTLS Inc.(Company Profiles)
April 1, 2005... VTLS Inc. Blacksburg, VA; 540-557-1200; www.vtls.com In 2004, VTLS saw a total of 35 sales for Virtua, 28 to new clients. VTLS made five sales to U.S. libraries. Four were to relatively small libraries, but the fifth went to the...

Ranganathan online: do digital libraries violate the Third Law?(Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan)
April 1, 2005... An ideology of librarianship was created by Shiyali Ramamrita (SR) Ranganathan in his classic The Five Laws of Library Science (Bombay: Asia Pub. House, 1963). He formulated objectives and principles for the organization of, access to, and use...

Out of the closet?(Collection Development / Gay and Lesbian Studies)
April 1, 2005... Will & Grace, Ellen, and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Judging from current representations in the mainstream media, it would seem that gays and lesbians have been accepted finally by society at large. Yet as the recent uproar over Spongebob...

Curry, Hayden & others. A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Curry, Hayden & others. A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. 12th ed. Nolo. 2004. 375p. ISBN 0-87337-998-5. pap. $29.99. As the debate on legalizing same-sex unions continues, patrons will want to know their current legal rights...

Day, Frances Ann. Lesbian and Gay Voices: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Literature for Children and Young Adults.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Day, Frances Ann. Lesbian and Gay Voices: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Literature for Children and Young Adults. Greenwood. 2000. 296p. index. ISBN 0-313-31162-5. $38.95. Detailed, critical annotations for more than 275...

Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender History in America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender History in America. 3 vols. Scribner. 2003. 1200p. ed. by Marc Stein. ISBN 0-684-31262-X. $400. Stein has compiled more than 500 topical and biographical entries on the major events,...

Hunter, Nan D. & others. The Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender People: The Authoritative ACLU Guide to a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender Person's Rights.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... * Hunter, Nan D. & others. The Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender People: The Authoritative ACLU Guide to a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender Person's Rights. 4th ed. New York Univ. 2004. 218p. ISBN 0-8147-3679-3. pap....

Newman, Felice. The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... * Newman, Felice. The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us. 2d ed. Cleis. 2005. 376p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-57344-199-6. pap. $24.95. Drawing on her extensive knowledge as well as on questionnaires returned by...

Silverstein, Charles & Felice Picano. The Joy of Gay Sex.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... * Silverstein, Charles & Felice Picano. The Joy of Gay Sex. 3d ed. HarperResource. 2004. 332p. illus. index. ISBN 0-06-001274-9. pap. $17.95. Psychologist Silverstein and novelist and poet Picano have "fully revised and expanded" this 1977...

Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context. Harrington Park: Haworth. 2002. 467p. ed. by Vern L. Bullough. photogs. index. ISBN 1-56023-193-9. $29.95. These profiles of 49 leaders in the struggle for GLBT...

Carter, David. Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... * Carter, David. Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution. St. Martin's. 2004. 336p. ISBN 0-312-20025-0. $24.95. On June 27, 1969, what began as a routine police raid on the Mafia-owned Stonewall Inn, a seedy but popular gay...

Olson, Jenni. The Queer Movie Poster Book.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Olson, Jenni. The Queer Movie Poster Book. Chronicle. 2004. 128p. illus. index. ISBN 0-8118-4261-4. pap. $19.95. Inspired by Vito Russo's pioneering Celluloid Closet (later a star-studded documentary by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman),...

Tent, Pam. Midnight at the Palace: My Fabulous Life as a Cockette.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Tent, Pam. Midnight at the Palace: My Fabulous Life as a Cockette. Alyson. 2004. 274p. ISBN 1-55583-874-X. pap. $17.95. This well-researched and richly detailed collective memoir could be considered a companion volume to David Weisman and...

Berzon, Betty. Permanent Partners: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships That Last.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... * Berzon, Betty. Permanent Partners: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships That Last. Plume: NAL. 2004. 350p. ISBN 0-452-28821-2. pap. $16. In this revision of her 1988 classic, longtime psychotherapist, activist, and author Berzon offers...