Library Journal articles from April 2009

Library Journal archives from April 2009

Fiction for national autism awareness month: 12 titles for adults and YAs.(ON THE WEB)(young adults)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... "These novels focus on the emotions of the parents as they discover that something is 'wrong' with their child, struggle to obtain an appropriate diagnosis, and work to determine the best therapies. All this while attempting to support their...

Xpress reviews: first look at new books.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2009... "Verdict: More than a mere biography, this comprehensive look at Fred Astaire's show business career is essential for performing arts libraries and a delightful addition to general collections."--from Diana Lawsky's starred review of Peter J....

Collection development: check out our updated online calendar.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... For Reader's Shelf columns, Short Takes, and feature articles covering hot topics like green business, baseball, zines, and graphics novels featuring African Americans, go to http://tinyuri.com/c3cgxn.

No content? No way! Ceding content delivery to the marketplace is not an option.(Editorial)
April 1, 2009... AARON SCHMIDT, DIGITAL INITIATIVES LIBRARIAN for the District of Columbia Public Library, may have expressed some of our worst fears in a March 4 post on his blog, Walking Paper, entitled "Libraries Might Not Provide Content in the Future &...

HALPR vs. LJ Index.(feedback)(Hennen's American Public Library Ratings, Library Journal Index)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... As the author of HAPLR (Hennen's American Public Library Ratings), I am flattered because some of my chief critics have finally agreed to the need to evaluate public libraries although they have embraced different methods. I am also perplexed...

World Bank feedback.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... We read Cheryl LaGuardia's review of The World Bank e-Library (eReviews, LJ2/1/09, p. 90). User feedback is extremely valuable and is proactively incorporated into The World Bank e-Library product development strategy. We are keen to... share...

State Library Agencies get requested fed funding.(newsdesk)(Grants to State Library Agencies program)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... After six years, federal funding for libraries has finally reached the level requested by library advocates. The FY09 Omnibus Appropriations bill contains $171.5 million for the Grants to State Library Agencies program within the Library...

NIH Policy made permanent.(newsdesk)(National Institutes of Health)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... With passage of the 2009 appropriations bill, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy mandate, enacted last April as part of the 2008 appropriations act, has become permanent. It had been subject to annual renewal. The...

Task force report slams Chattanooga Library.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... A blistering report portrays the Chattanooga--Hamilton County Bicentennial Library as deeply underfunded and poorly managed, with insufficient buildings and materials, lacking a strategic plan, and neglected by governmental patrons. The report...

NC State Library to train librarians in job search.(newsdesk)(North Carolina)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The North Carolina State Library has launched a program to train 300 librarians, at nine locations, to help patrons connect with employers and conduct job searches. State Librarian Mary Boone credits her boss, Linda Carlisle, secretary of the...

ALA: how to get broadband stimulus funds.(newsdesk)(American Library Association)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... How can libraries benefit from the $7.2 billion in federal stimulus funds for broadband? The American Library Association (ALA) notes that the relevant agencies are still organizing their programs but urges taking these steps: * Inventory...

Hotel backs out of plan for NYPL's Donnell site.(newsdesk)(New York Public Library)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... In November 2007, when the real estate market was hot, the New York Public Library (NYPL) agreed to sell the land and building housing the Donnell Library in Midtown Manhattan to a company constructing an 11-story hotel that was to include a...

Berry on the original readers' advisor.(newsdesk)(John Berry)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Reflecting on news about how librarians will be trained in job search skills to help patrons (see story this page), LJ Editor-at-Large John Berry, in his Blatant Berry Blog, offers some historical perspective: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

The New Jersey State Library has launched a web site (gethelp.njlibraries.org) to help residents connect to state programs, services, and agencies that can assist them during the current recession.(NEWSDESK)(gethelp.njlibraries.org)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The New Jersey State Library has launched a web site (gethelp.njlibraries.org) to help residents connect to state programs, services, and agencies that can assist them during the current recession. "Many New...

Law librarians call for open access journals.(NEWSDESK)(Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... In a broad call to action, more than 30 of the nation's law schools and law librarians have signed the Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship. The signatories urged "every U.S. law school" to commit to ending print publication of...

Want to hire a senior? Stimulus funds may help.(NEWSDESK)(Senior Community Service Employment Program)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Tucked into the federal stimulus package is an additional $120 million to fund part-time jobs for up to 24,000 senior citizens, some of whom could be working at a library. The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) provides...

NY governor proposes 18% cut to libraries.(NEWSDESK)(David Paterson)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... New York governor David Paterson has proposed reducing state funding for library services by $18 million, or 18 percent, a far greater percentage than for any other educational institution. "We have become a de facto part of society's safety...

Harvard Library faces streamlining of operations.(NEWSDESK)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Facing budget concerns that library officials have acknowledged could lead to departmental consolidations and job cuts, Harvard University provost Steven Hyman announced the formation of a task force charged with developing recommendations to...

MA PL, after rejecting LSSI, lays off director.(NEWSDESK)(Dartmouth Public Libraries' Denise Medeiros)(Library Systems & Services, LLC)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The director of Dartmouth Public Libraries, MA, will be laid off June 30 as the library board, which earlier rejected a plan to outsource management to Library Systems & Services, LLC (LSSI), scrambles to save money. Board chair Kathy...

Arizona State Library closes archives.(NEWSDESK)(Polly Rosenbaum State Archives and History Building)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... In a decision that has drawn deep public concern, the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records has closed regular public access to the $38 million Polly Rosenbaum State Archives and History Building, which opened last fall and was...

Las Vegas head is former consultant Goodrich.(NEWSDESK)(Las Vegas-Clark County Library District's Jeanne Goodrich)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The Las Vegas--Clark County Library District (LVCCLD), NV, board has selected library consultant Jeanne Goodrich, based in Portland, OR, to succeed Dan Wakers, who is retiring this spring, as executive director. Goodrich has worked as a library...

Outsell reports on "Big Three" STM publishers.(NEWSDESK)(Reed Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, and Thomson Reuters)(science, technical, medical)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... With the economic crisis now in full swing, Outsell, Inc., has examined the health of the Big Three STM (science, technical, medical) publishers. Reed Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, and Thomson Reuters had strong years in 2008, Outsell says,...

Safety issues, UNC budget threaten Wilson Library.(NEWSDESK)(University of North Carolina)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... With the state facing a major fiscal crisis, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may have to close most of its famed Wilson Library. UNC librarian Sarah Michalak told the Raleigh News- Observer that the university lacked the funds...

Tasini case goes back to the Supreme Court.(NEWSDESK)(Tasini v. New York Times)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... In yet another twist to what may turn out to be the digital era's defining legal drama, the Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the Second Circuit Court of New York erred in rejecting a controversial settlement to the landmark Tasini v....

Austin, TX, library hours hold steady.(NEWSDESK)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Austin, TX, city manager Marc Ott had proposed closing libraries an additional 9.5 hours per week as part of an effort to bridge a $20 million budget shortfall (branches are already closed one day a week), but his office was "inundated with...

UConn Law Library lawsuit dismissed.(NEWSDESK)(University of Connecticut Law Library's case on botched construction job)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... In what could stand as one final blunder regarding a botched construction job at the University of Connecticut Law Library, a Superior Court judge has dismissed the state's lawsuit against a group of contractors, saying state s attorneys erred...

Providence Library, mayor at odds over closings.(NEWSDESK)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The private, nonprofit Providence Public Library (PPL), which has proposed turning five of nine branches over to the city as Neighborhood Learning Centers, and Mayor David Cicilline, who wants no branches to close, are at odds, with each...

UCLA gets Huxley papers.(NEWSDESK)(University of California, Los Angeles)(Aldous Huxley)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The UCLA Library has acquired the literary archive of novelist and essayist Aldous Huxley (1894-1963). The collection contains literary materials, including correspondence, photographs, and audiotapes, as well as typescripts and galley proofs...

Mesa County Libraries.(people)(Maxine Curley)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Maxine Curley, Head of Children's Services for Mesa County Libraries (MCL), CO, has retired as of February. Curley served MCL for 34 years and was the first recipient of the CAL (Colorado Association of Libraries) Children's Services Award....

Onondaga County Public Library.(people)(Elizabeth J. Daly)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Elizabeth J. Daly has been named Executive Director, Onondaga County Public Library (OCPL) system, Syracuse, NY. She previously served as director of the Liverpool Public Library, NY, and has a long history with OCPL.

Carol Mahoney is the Greenwich Public Library's, CT, new Director, succeeding Mario Gonzalez, who retired last August.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Carol Mahoney is the Greenwich Public Library's, CT, new Director, succeeding Mario Gonzalez, who retired last August. Mahoney comes to the job from the Boston Public Library, where she served as Neighborhood Services Director. She previously...

Donna Nicely.(people)(Public Library Association's 2009 Charlie Robinson Award)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Donna Nicely, Director of the Nashville Public Library, has won the Public Library Association's 2009 Charlie Robinson Award, which honors a director who has been "a risk taker, innovator, and change agent in a public library." Nashville PL has...

Multnomah County Library.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Molly Raphael, Director of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR, announced her retirement, effective May 1. The library will be conducting a national search for her successor.

Michael Stephens.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Dominican University, River Forest, IL, and coauthor of LJ's The Transparent Library column, has received the ALISE/Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award...

Obituary.(people)
April 1, 2009... Evan Farber, Library Director Emeritus of Earlham College, Richmond, IN, died February 12. He was Earlham's Library Director from 1962 to 1994 and a national figure in librarianship, helping create the model for the modern college library. He...

Baker & Taylor, ebrary Ally on Ebooks.(infotech)(Baker & Taylor Inc. and Ebrary Inc.'s licensing partnership)
April 1, 2009... In an alliance driven by academic librarians' desire to acquire ebooks within the same workflow as print titles, distributor Baker & Taylor (B&T) has formed what it calls "a strategic worldwide licensing partnership" with ebrary to offer some...

Tutor.com to offer services for job hunt help.(infotech)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... As the economic downturn persists and layoffs continue nationwide, patrons are flocking to their local libraries, seeking help with the job search. To serve those needs, Tutor.com will go beyond its traditional role of serving mostly high...

Scriblio 2.7 expands data model.(infotech)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Scriblio, the open source catalog interface designed as an extension to the extremely popular WordPress blogging software, has once again upped the ante on catalog independence with its latest release. In initial versions, much of...

Polaris revamps customer relations.(INFOTECH)(Polaris Library Systems)
April 1, 2009... On March 4, Polaris Library Systems announced a new Customer Relations Department to be managed by ten-year company veteran Jodi Bellinger, along with Connie Wilson, with the firm for 25 years, as customer relations coordinator. According to...

VTLS releases VITAL 4.0 for digital collections.(INFOTECH)(information management software)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... VTLS has released VITAL 4.0, its digital and institutional repository solution, which allows these facilities "to ingest, create, maintain, validate, uniquely identify, secure, preserve, and export the contents of institutional collections."...

Career Resources from Bowker and Choice.(INFOTECH)(R.R. Bowker)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... R.R. Bowker and Choice have launched Resources for College Libraries (RCL): Career Resources. Available in print and online with Bowker's Book Analysis System, RCL: Career Resources is a collection development tool featuring 5000 carefully...

Paratext's effort to unlock reference.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... In a certain sense, much of the most valuable information in a library's reference collection is locked away in resources at a remove from end users. Broad subject headings covered by reference works may be available in catalog records, but...

Red Room: Facebook for authors and fans.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... For librarians seeking to check out what their patrons' favorite authors are doing, heading right to the source may be a great way to keep up. One option is through Red Room, a new start-up that aims to connect authors to their fans. ...

Reaching the net gen.(ONLINE DATABASES)(Conference notes)
April 1, 2009... IT'S TEMPTING TO CHARACTERIZE all young people as wired digital masters who use technology in mysterious ways. But broad generalization can be dangerous, and I was especially glad to see caution urged by several speakers at the 2009 annual...

Survivor: the library edition: director-to-director guidance on how to cope with more budget shortfalls.
April 1, 2009... Six years ago, I shared some strategies on managing a cutback ("Budget Shortfalls," LJ 5/15/03, p. 34-35). Now, here we are in an even more severe economic downturn. We must have viable libraries through these tough times, so we need to keep...

Investing in the future: pressing onward in an uncertain economy, many industry players are adding staff and expanding development.(AUTOMATION MARKETPLACE 2009)
April 1, 2009... In a year where the general economy presented enormous challenges, libraries continued to make investments in automation, especially in products that help improve what and how they deliver to their end users. Access to electronic content...

Running in hard times: the economy challenges candidates for ALA president.(LJ Q&A: ALA CANDIDATES)
April 1, 2009... Roberta Stevens and Kent Oliver are campaigning hard for the presidency of the American Library Association (ALA). Stevens is outreach projects and partnerships officer at the Library of Congress. Oliver is executive director of the Stark...

Stepfamily ties.(Collection Development: Stepparenting & Divorce)(Recommended readings)
April 1, 2009... In the late 1960s, the American nuclear family of Mom, Pop, and Kids began imploding. While the divorce rate among couples with children has stabilized over the last decade, statistics show no signs of a reversion to that long-idealized unit....

Cut off?(CASE STUDY)(Bacchus Public Library's patron behavior)
April 1, 2009... "GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, MR. Brophy," said Edith Turkel, librarian at the Bacchus Public Library. "Hello, ladies," the elderly man said back with a slight slur, a bright smile, and a wave. Turkel and Connie Felbinger, who also was behind...

The welfare check.(ANALYSIS I)(Bacchus Public Library's patron behavior)
April 1, 2009... Where is the line where one patron's behavior infringes on another patron's enjoyment of the library? Mr. Brophy must be approached as soon as possible. Other patrons are demonstrating discomfort around him. The Bacchus Public Library staff...

See for yourself.(ANALYSIS II)(Bacchus Public Library's patron behavior)
April 1, 2009... Director Pulese should not formulate a plan of action until she has observed the situation firsthand. It is hard to tell how much alcohol a person has consumed just by the way he or she smells. Is Brophy frequently stumbling or falling down, or...

On the same screen.(BACKTALK)(Viewpoint essay)
April 1, 2009... "ARE WE ON THE SAME PAGE?" Not too long from now this metaphor will be as anachronistic as icebox is for refrigerator. We all know the metaphor in this phrase figuratively means "Are we focusing on the same subject?" But the literal image,...

Archer, Jeffrey. Shall We Tell the President?(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... * Archer, Jeffrey. Shall We Tell the President? 3 CDs. retail ed. abridged. 3 1/2 hrs. Macmillan Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-59397-529-6. $14.95. F The FBI has six days to stop a plot to assassinate the President in this title originally...

Carroll, Jonathan. The Ghost in Love.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Carroll, Jonathan. The Ghost in Love. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4332-4869-6. $80; 8 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Ben Gould was supposed to die,...

Elliott, Elissa. Eve: A Novel of the First Woman.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Elliott, Elissa. Eve: A Novel of the First Woman. 13 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 16 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-14233-7849-5. $117.97; 13 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail/library ed.; digital download. F This ambitious and...

Hesse, Hermann. The Glass Bead Game.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... * Hesse, Hermann. The Glass Bead Game. 17 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 17 hrs. Sound Library: BBC Audiobooks America. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7927-5608-9. $124.95; 2 MP3CDs. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Nobel prize winner...

Jance, J.A.: Cruel Intent.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... * Jance, J.A. Cruel Intent. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4361-7823-5. $39.99; 9 CDs. retail ed. S. & S. Audio; digital download. F American Mystery Award winner Jance's (www.jajance.com) fourth...

McCall Smith, Alexander. The World According to Bertie.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... McCall Smith, Alexander. The World According to Bertie. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 14 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4361-4134-5. $123.75; Playaway digital. F This fourth installment--following Love over Scotland--in New York...

Morris, R.N.: A Vengeful Longing.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Morris, R.N. A Vengeful Longing. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 3/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4361-5585-4. $102.75; Playaway digital. F Morris's second novel--following The Golden Axe--to feature Det. Porfiry Petrovich, a...

Weldon, Fay. The Spa Decameron.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Weldon, Fay. The Spa Decameron. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 3/4 hrs. Sound Library: BBC Audiobooks America. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7927-5791-7. $99.95; 2 MP3CDs. library ed. F English author Weldon's deliciously written 2007 tale, a nod...

Woods, Stuart. Mounting Fears.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Woods, Stuart. Mounting Fears. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 hrs. Books on Tape. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4159-5951-0. $90; 6 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; digital download. F In Edgar Award winner Woods's (www. stuartwoods.com) seventh entry...

Cashman, Kevin. Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... * Cashman, Kevin. Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life. 2d ed. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 hrs. Sound Library: 99C Audiobooks America. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7927-5778-8. $74.95; digital download. BUS Cashman (founder...

Thomas Nelson's new NelsonFree program makes available a book's content in multiple formats at no extra charge.(Thomas Nelson Inc.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Thomas Nelson's new NelsonFree program makes available a book's content in multiple formats at no extra charge. Readers purchasing a physical book with the NelsonFree logo can, after registering online, download the select hardcover title as...

Amazon's Kindle 2.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... When news leaked out that Amazon's Kindle 2 would include a text-to-speech function, Authors Guild president Roy Blount Jr. aired his grievances in a February 25 New York Times op-ed. When writer Neil Gaiman's publicist, too, voiced concern...

Sound Library: BBC Audiobooks America.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Available this month on CD and as a digital download from Sound Library: BBC Audiobooks America: Slumdog Millionaire. Vikas Swarup's 2005 Boeke Prize-winning book, originally titled Q&A, was adapted by Simon Beufoy into a 2008 film that won...

Naxos AudioBooks'.(From Shakespeare - With Love: The Best of the Sonnets)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Doctor Who star David Tennant lends his voice to Naxos AudioBooks' new collection of eight Shakespearean sonnets, From Shakespeare--with Love: The Best of the Sonnets (1 CD. retail ed. unabridged. 1 1/4 hrs. ISBN 978-962-634-956-4. $14.98),...

GraphicAudio.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Available from GraphicAudio (www. graphicaudio.net) this month is a new series on CD: R.A. Salvatore's "The Demon War Saga," which kicks off with The Demon Awakens (6 hrs. ISBN 9781-59950-551-0). More info and an audio clip at...

Tantor Media: the elephant in the room.(BEHIND THE MIKE: AUDIO PUBLISHER SPOTLIGHT)
April 1, 2009... You'd have to be trying hard to miss Tantor Media (www.tantor. com) these days. From its scrappy start above a San Clemente, CA, garage to its 2004 move to its current Old Saybrook, CT, location, where it's grown from five to 60 employees in...

Coulter, Ann. Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Coulter, Ann. Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4159-840-7. $90; NA CDs. retail ed. abridged. Random House Audio; digital download. POL SCI ...

Davis, Michael. Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... * Davis, Michael. Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street. 7 CDs. library ed. abridged. 9 hrs. Listen & Live Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-59316-140-8. $44.95; 7 CDs. retail ed.; digital download. TV/BIOG Caroll Spinney...

Dreyer, Danny. Chi Running: A Training Program for Effortless, Injury-Free Running.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Dreyer, Danny. Chi Running: A Training Program for Effortless, Injury-Free Running. 3 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 3 3/4 hrs. Sounds True. 2009. ISBN 978-1-59179-653-4. $24.95; digital download. HEALTH Running coach/ultramarathon runner...

Ifill, Gwen. The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Ifill, Gwen. The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. 7 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 8 3/4 hrs. HighBridge Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-59887-872-1. $34.95. POL SCI Former New York Times reporter Ifill explores the role of race,...

Maddox, Eric with Davin Seay. Mission: Black List #1; The Inside Story of the Search for Saddam Hussein.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Maddox, Eric with Davin Seay. Mission: Black List #1; The Inside Story of the Search for Saddam Hussein. 6 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 7 1/2 hrs. HarperAudio. 2009. ISBN 978-0-06-171907-3. $34.95; digital download. POL SCI In 2003,...

Tammet, Daniel. Embracing the Wide Sky.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Tammet, Daniel. Embracing the Wide Sky. 5 CDs. retail ed. abridged. 6 hrs. Sound Ideas: S. & S. Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-7435-7244-6. $29.99; digital download, abridged. SCI Autistic savant Tammet's follow-up to his 2007 New York Times...

Taylor, Timothy. America and the New Global Economy.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... *Taylor, Timothy. America and the New Global Economy. 18 CDs; 6 DVDs. library ed. unabridged. 18 hrs. Teaching Co. (Great Courses). 2008. CD ISBN 978-1-59803-480-6; DVD ISBN 978-1-59803-481-3. CD $99.95; DVD $149.95. BUS/ECON This superb...

Wolff, Michael. The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2009... Wolff, Michael. The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch. 13 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 15 3/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4159-6030-1. $129; NA CDs. retail ed. abridged. Random House Audio; digital...

San Bernardino Public Library, CA: top-circulating media for 2008.(TOP CIRCULATORS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... STATS four branches; 250,000 served AUDIOBOOK CDs FICTION 1 Simple Genius David Baidacci [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 To Darkness and to Death Julia Spencer-Fleming [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3 The Watchman Robert ...

Sunday School Musical.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 1, 2009... Sunday School Musical. color. 85 min. Rachel Lee Goldenberg, Faith Films, dist. by Arts Alliance America, www. artsallianceamerica.com. 2008. DVD UPC 8-29567-05622-6. $19.95. F/MUSICAL A takeoff on the popular High School Musical franchise,...

When I Find the Ocean.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 1, 2009... When I Find the Ocean. color. 104 min. Tonya S. Holly, Moon Prods., dist. by Monterey Video, 800-424-2593; www.montereymedia. com. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-56994-424-0. $24.95. Closed-captioned. Rated: PG. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Writer,...

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 1, 2009... Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History. 2 discs, color. 228 min. Mark McLaughlin, Great Musical Treasures LLC, dist. by KOCH Entertainment, 516-484-1000; www.kochdistribution.com; www. hollywoodsinginganddancing.com. 2008. DVD UPC...

2009 collection development calendar.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Visit www.libraryjournal.com for LJ's 2009 collection development calendar, which links to video, audio, print, gaming, and music resources useful to collection development and readers' advisory librarians.

At the Jefferies fifth annual Internet and Media conference in New York this February, Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy said the company would "in the foreseeable future" be offering its online streaming service on a stand-alone basis.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... At the Jefferies fifth annual Internet and Media conference in New York this February, Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy said the company would "in the foreseeable future" be offering its online streaming service on a stand-alone basis; this, in...

Film Movement.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Through its unique DVD subscription program available to libraries, universities, and individuals, the independent and foreign film distribution company Film Movement sends one film festival favorite--from Cannes, Sundance. Berlin, and...

Media Training Worldwide.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Newly available from Media Training Worldwide: TJ Walker's Secret to Speaking Like Obama (75 min. $29.95), in which the media and presentation training expert, whose clients include Microsoft and Bank of America, breaks down 32 of President...