Library Journal articles from April 2010

Library Journal archives from April 2010

RA Crossroads: The Lost City of Z.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Nothing beats a good adventure, as David Grann proves in his wonderful exploration of a core Amazonian legend. The Lost City of Z offers a fast pace, plenty of extraordinary detail, nonfiction that reads like the best...

Xpress Reviews: first look at new book.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2010... "Verdict: No other book to date is better at revealing the roots and personality of Barack Obama. Remnick has set a lofty bar for future biographers. Highly recommended for political biography readers."--Karl Helicher's starred review of David...

Save the date: Virtual Ebook conference.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)
April 15, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On Wednesday, September 29, LJ will host "Ebooks: Libraries at the Tipping Point," a one-day virtual conference addressing the concerns of school, public, and academic libraries. If you're interested in presenting,...

Another reason to read: Shelf Renewal.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Website overview)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Besides showing you how to resurrect dusties, our new bloggers Karen Kleckner and Rebecca Vnuk point out smart online resources for book coverage via their weekly web crush, from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books to library blogs.

From pole to pole at PLA: harsh realities of budget cuts juxtaposed with all that libraries deliver.(Public Library Association)(Editorial)(Conference notes)
April 15, 2010... WHAT A SPLIT PERSONALITY OF A PLA! THOSE OF US from LJ who attended the Public Library Association conference in late March in Portland, OR, ricocheted from news about budget cuts, layoffs, and shortened hours (while libraries remain busier than...

New hope for open access: STM publishers sounded like the health insurance companies.(blatant berry)
April 15, 2010... WE HAVE MADE "GOOD PROGRESS" TOWARD OPEN access to scholarly research, especially results of research funded by government with our tax dollars. That is a bit of good news in this time of library bummers. It was also the best I could get from...

Corrections.(feedback)(Correction notice)
April 15, 2010... The San Mateo Public Library, CA, was inadvertently referred to as the county library in "Voters Step Up" (LJ 3/15/10, p. 62-66). Owing to a data-gathering error, Wayne County PL, OH, was listed among the referenda losers for 2009 ("Voters...

OCLC divests e-content, to focus on WorldCat.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... In a strategic shift, OCLC announced the sale March 17 of its NetLibrary Division to EBSCO and the exit of H.W. Wilson databases from the FirstSearch service. In doing so, OCLC moves its business further along the road toward "new Webscale...

Charlotte library system cuts hours, pay.(newsdesk)(Charlotte Mecklenburg Library)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... A week after announcing that it had no choice but to close 12 of 24 branches in the wake of a $2 million budget cut for the last three months of the fiscal year, the board of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, NC, instead eliminated hours and...

SF fires, rehires workers.(newsdesk)(San Francisco, California)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom has decided to fire most city workers, including some 400 San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) staffers, then rehire them at reduced hours and pay. City employees paid for 40 hours a week are to be rehired and be...

Baltimore libraries serve as "Virtual Supermarkets".(newsdesk)(Baltimore, Maryland)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... In Baltimore, a city with much poverty and several "food deserts" lacking access to healthy options, the Baltimore City Health Department has launched the Virtual Supermarket Project, letting people order groceries online at two branches of the...

CLA faces budget crunch.(newsdesk)(Canadian Library Association)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Facing a budget crunch and a decline in membership, the Canadian Library Association (CLA) has begun an accelerated effort to examine structural changes necessary for its mission and its survival. Younger librarians, said President John...

NJ: 74% cut in library funds.(newsdesk)(New Jersey)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... For FY11, the state of New Jersey has proposed a drastic cut of 74 percent in library program funding from the FY10 appropriation, which State Librarian Norma Blake (the 2008 LJ Librarian of the Year) calls "unprecedented and disproportionate to...

PLA attendance drops, but enthusiasm high.(newsdesk)(Public Library Association)(Brief article)(Conference notes)
April 15, 2010... A total of 7,725 people attended the 2010 Public Library Association (PLA) National Conference March 23-27 in Portland, OR, a not insignificant dropoff from previous conferences but likely attributable to both tightened travel budgets and the...

CT public libraries help after power outages.(newsdesk)(Connecticut)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Severe rainstorms last month in the Northeast prompted public libraries to step up. The Darien Library, CT, remained open until 11 p.m. for three days. "People have said that the library is a godsend." reported Director Louise Berry. The New...

Lexington, KY, wants to dip into library funding.(newsdesk)(Kentucky)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Over the years, library advocates have often advised that to ensure a dedicated funding stream, libraries should form independent taxing districts, thus insulating them from municipal finance. Now, a library with such a taxing district, the...

FL again targets library aid.(newsdesk)(Florida)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Less than one year after library advocates staved off a $21 million cut in crucial Florida library aid, some legislators see the library allocation--which has existed since 1962--as ripe for elimination. The Florida Library Association warns...

In UK, academic libraries seek solutions.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... A new guide from the Research Information Network--established by the higher education funding councils, the research councils, and the UK national libraries--focuses on how academic librarians are experiencing and responding to financial...

San Jose PL could lose 35%.(newsdesk)(San Jose Public Library, California)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... San Jose Public Library (SJPL), CA, may have to lay off between 88 and 110 FTE staffers out of 360, branches would be open only three days a week, and programming would be reduced by 50 percent. The Dr. Martin Luther King Library, a much-lauded...

Wellesley College prepares for journal cancellations.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Like a lot of academic libraries, Wellesley College Library, MA, is conducting a journal cancellation review, and in this effort--compared with the last systematic one in 2003--the library is much more empowered, thanks to usage data and several...

Madison drops plan for a new Central Library.(newsdesk)(Madison, Wisconsin)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Last November, the city of Madison, WI, began moving ahead on a $37 million new Central Library for the Madison Public Library. However, the plan, part of a larger real estate project proposed by the Fiore Companies and Irgens Development...

When libraries rack up Twitter followers.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Among NFIResearch's list of Top Public Libraries on Twitter, some facilities have tons of followers and follow fewer than 100 Twitterers; other institutions follow as many Twitterers as are following them. Can a library realistically pay...

DRM-free downloadable music, free freegal.(newsdesk)(digital rights management)(Library Ideas LLC)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... In a significant step toward offering public library patrons digital rights management (DRM)-free downloadable music, Library Ideas LLC, a new company that has previously hooked up libraries with Redbox video dispensers, has joined with Sony...

Focusing on WorldCat, OCLC thins FirstSearch.(infotech)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... In addition to OCLC's sale of its NetLibrary division to EBSCO (see News, p. 14), the membership cooperative is further distancing itself from the content business by selling EBSCO the rights to license 15 vendor-owned databases currently...

After false start, PTFS finally acquires LibLime.(infotech)(Progressive Technology Federal Systems)
April 15, 2010... After some delay, the acquisition of Koha ILS support vendor LibLime by Progressive Technology Federal Systems (PTFS) is now "signed and completed," according to John Yokley, PTFS cofounder and CEO. In January, just before the American...

MARC horrors.(infotech)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... On his Digital Libraries blog, Roy Tennant describes the downright terrifying presentation given by Simon Spero of iBiblio.org during the recent Code4Lib conference in Asheville, NC: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "In a poetic, sarcastic, literary...

Next-Gen materials vending options hit the market.(infotech)(Evanced )(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... After entering the automated materials vending market less than a year ago, Evanced has already worked up a second-generation prototype. The new system, called BranchAnywhere, centers on "a multi-axis robot typically used in manufacturing...

Brooklyn PL, Mosio test SMS donation initiatives.(infotech)(Brooklyn Public Library, short messaging service)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is seeking $10 donations from those willing to text BOOKS to 50555 as part of its Support Our Shelves (SOS) campaign to raise $500,000 in three months, aiming to blunt the expected impact of budget cuts. "Since...

Summon Database Recommender debuts.(infotech)(Serials Solutions )(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... An increasing focus on article-level indexing and relevancy ranking has pushed discovery services toward more and more granularity in search results, delivering article-level results. With a feature called Database Recommender, however, Serials...

Passport to mystery: global crime fiction tackles dark social issues, mystery backlists go digital.(GENRE SPOTLIGHT: MYSTERY)
April 15, 2010... Mystery and suspense fiction remain as popular as ever for as many reasons as there are readers. "Those who wish for escape or respite read cozies, historicals, or romance crossovers," says Poisoned Pen editor Barbara Peters. "Those who want to...

After apartheid: Roger Smith.(Q&A)(Interview)
April 15, 2010... Why do you think there is now such an outpouring of new crime fiction writing from South Africa? In South Africa, authors from all cultural backgrounds are increasingly drawn to crime fiction, writing in English, Afrikaans, and Zulu, and new...

Reference: the year in reference: quality over quantity.(BEST OF 2009)
April 15, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Somehow, the lyrics from the Ervin Drake song made famous by Frank Sinatra, "It Was a Very Good Year," kept coming to mind in 2010, despite the economy. While the quantity of works produced declined, and publishers...

Best of free reference.(BEST REFERENCE 2009)(Website overview)
April 15, 2010... A February 2010 PEW Internet report revealed a significant increase in the use of social networks and wireless and mobile devices among teens and young adults. Information providers are going where the users are. This year's best free reference...

Seeking the new normal: budget strains force radical change.(PERIODICALS PRICE SURVEY 2010)(Survey)
April 15, 2010... The year 2009 will be remembered as one of angst, with the economy dominating news around the world. Few libraries were immune to the extraordinary financial pressures. The library marketplace by year's end was in a weakened position, with...

Checking in: location services for libraries.(PRODUCT PIPELINE)
April 15, 2010... AS ALWAYS IN REAL ESTATE, everything in technology these days seems to be about location, location, location. From Google's recent addition of a "nearby" location limit to its suite of search options to the spate of location-based mobile apps...

A vending library is no library.(BACKTALK)
April 15, 2010... "A NEW WASHINGTON COUNTY Library location is scheduled to open in Hugo [MN] in February with no books and no librarians," the Pioneer Press reported. This plan for a library kiosk with an adjoined book locker is not as comprehensive as the...

Chevalier, Tracy. Remarkable Creatures.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2010... Chevalier, Tracy. Remarkable Creatures. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4407-7174-3. $92.75; 8 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. F New York Times best-selling author...

Donati, Sara. The Endless Forest.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2010... Donati, Sara. The Endless Forest. 18 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 22 3/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4159-6615-0. $100; digital download. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The sixth and final book in pseudonymous author Donati's...

Garwood, Julie. Sizzle.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2010... Garwood, Julie. Sizzle. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 3/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 978-0-307-57784-9. $80; 8 CDs. retail ed. Random Audio; digital download. F Those who have been following the lives and loves of No. 1 New York. Times...

Kostova, Elizabeth. The Swan Thieves.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2010... * Kostova, Elizabeth. The Swan Thieves. 17 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 18 hrs. Hachette Audio from BBC Audiobooks America. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60788-332-6. $124.99; 2 MP3-CDs. library ed.; 17 CDs. retail ed. Hachette Audio; Playaway digital;...

Rankin, Ian. Doors Open.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2010... Rankin, Ian. Doors Open. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. Hachette Audio from BBC Audiobooks America. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60788-334-0. $89.99; Playaway digital; digital download. F Rankin's (www.ianrankin.net) follow-up to his 17th and...

Bartlett, Allison Hoover. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2010... * Bartlett, Allison Hoover. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4001-4343-6. $59.99; 5 CDs. retail ed.;...

Darwin, Charles. The Voyage of the Beagle.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2010... * Darwin, Charles. The Voyage of the Beagle. 5 CDs. retail ed. abridged. 6 hrs. CSA Word. 2010. ISBN 978-1-934997-58-1. $29.95. SCI This precursor to On the Origin of Species is a fascinating work on its own merits. Originally published in...

Farrell, Chris. The New Frugality: How To Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2010... Farrell, Chris. The New Frugality: How To Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better. 6 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 7 hrs. HighBridge Audio. 2010. ISBN 978-1-61573-034-6. $26.95; digital download. BUS Here, Farrell (On the Money) merges his...

Playaways have a new look and sound: Findaway World's preloaded digital audio players now come in lockable packaging with molded inner compartments housing the unit, battery, and accessories; enhanced features include high-definition audio, two slower narration speeds, new keypad functionality, and extended battery life.(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Playaways have a new look and sound: Findaway World's preloaded digital audio players now come in lockable packaging with molded inner compartments housing the unit, battery, and accessories; enhanced features include high-definition audio, two...

When Apple's iPad releases this month, it will feature the same text-to-speech functionality that so riled the Authors Guild (AG) last year with regard to Amazon's Kindle 2 (see Audio NewsBriefs, LJ 4/1/09).(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... When Apple's iPad releases this month, it will feature the same text-to-speech functionality that so riled the Authors Guild (AG) last year with regard to Amazon's Kindle 2 (see Audio NewsBriefs, LJ 4/1/09). At the time, AG specifically took...

HighBridge Audio is commemorating Mother's Day (May 9th, 2010; you've been warned!) with Motherhood: A Radio Collection.(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... HighBridge Audio is commemorating Mother's Day (May 9th, 2010; you've been warned!) with Motherhood: A Radio Collection. The two-hour recording, available on CD and as a digital download, collects live 1996-2008 radio broadcasts of the Garrison...

In late April, Blackstone Audio and Tantor Audio will both be releasing audiobook tie-ins to Ridley Scott's forthcoming (May 14) Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... In late April, Blackstone Audio and Tantor Audio will both be releasing audiobook tie-ins to Ridley Scott's forthcoming (May 14) Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. The Blackstone audio, read by Robin Sachs, is a recording of...

Flynn, Nick. The Ticking is the Bomb.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2010... * Flynn, Nick. The Ticking is the Bomb. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 5V2 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4417-1579-1. $76; 5 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. LIT Poet/playwright Flynn...

Vitale, Joe. The Secret to Attracting Money.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2010... Vitale, Joe. The Secret to Attracting Money. 2 CDs. library ed. abridged. 2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4423-0063-7. $28.75; 2 CDs. retail ed. S. & S. Audio. SELF-HELP Self-help author Vitale (www.mrfire.com), a lead contributor...

Major audio releases.(List)
April 15, 2010... Audiobooks coming next month that are sure to top the charts Bush, Laura. Spoken from the Heart. 7 CDs. retail ed. abridged. 8 hrs. S. & S. Audio. ISBN 978-1-4423-0520-5. $29.99; digital download. AUTOBIOG The former First Lady speaks...

Carnera: The Walking Mountain.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... Carnera: The Walking Mountain. colon 125 min. Renzo Martinelli, Epic Pictures Group, Dominio Film & Martinelli Film Co., dist. by Monarch Home Video, www.monarchvideo. com. 2010. DVD UPC 7-23952-07835-3. $24.95. F/SPORTS More Rocky than...

The Helen West Casebook.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... The Helen West Casebook. 3 discs, colon 289 min. Arrowhead Prods., dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-82469-4. $49.99. F This set of films based on the mystery novels of Frances Fyfield stars Amanda...

The Memory Thief.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... The Memory Thief. color. 94 min. Gil Kofman, Jane Doe Films in assoc, with Stark Raving Films for Walking Shadows, dist. by 7th Art Releasing, www.7thart.com; Victory Multimedia, sales@victorymultimedia.com. 2010. DVD UPC 7-98304-04112-5....

Maria Tallchief.(The New Dance Group Gala Historical Concert: Retrospective 1930s-1970s)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... Maria Tallchief. color & b/w. 57 min. Upstream Prods., 206-526-7122; www.upstreamvideos. com. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-930065-13-0. $250 + $5 s/h. Public performance. The New Dance Group Gala Historical Concert: Retrospective 1930s-1970s....

Newly available from New Day Films on DVD: Susanne Mason's 2009 Silver Gavel Award-winning documentary Writ Writer (ISBN 978-1-57448-233-1), about the historic 1960s conflict that arose when Texas inmates petitioned the courts for relief from inhumane prison conditions.(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Newly available from New Day Films on DVD: Susanne Mason's 2009 Silver Gavel Award-winning documentary Writ Writer (ISBN 978-1-57448-233-1), about the historic 1960s conflict that arose when Texas inmates petitioned the courts for relief from...

Producer/distributor Janson Media has partnered with Google to make its library of 300 film titles available for rent through Google's You Tube Rentals venture.(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Producer/distributor Janson Media has partnered with Google to make its library of 300 film titles available for rent through Google's You Tube Rentals venture, launched earlier this year with five offerings from the 2010 and 2009 Sundance Film...

On April 20, Palm Pictures will release a digitally remastered, 15th-anniversary Blu-ray edition of Scott Kalvert's The Basketball Diaries (UPC 6-60200-31682-2) starring Leonarde DiCaprio and adapted from the late poet/punk rocker Jim Carroll's autobiographical book of the same name.(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... On April 20, Palm Pictures will release a digitally remastered, 15th-anniversary Blu-ray edition of Scott Kalvert's The Basketball Diaries (UPC 6-60200-31682-2), starring Leonarde DiCaprio and adapted from the late poet/punk rocker Jim Carroll's...

Beginning April 21 and in conjunction with the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, the new distribution entity Tribeca Film will make available 12 titles on VOD.(video on demand)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Beginning April 21 and in conjunction with the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, the new distribution entity Tribeca Film will make available 12 titles on VOD. Seven of those films will premiere at Tribeca; the remaining five are from other festivals....

Of Time and the City: A Love Song & a Eulogy.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... Of Time and the City: A Love Song & a Eulogy. color & b/w. 72 min. Terence Davies, dist. by Strand Releasing Home Entertainment, 310-836-7500; www.strandreleasing.com. 2009. DVD UPC 7-12267-28132-9. $28.99. FILM In this visually...

Bird by Bird with Annie: A Portrait of Writer Annie Lamott.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... Bird by Bird with Annie: A Portrait of Writer Annie Lamott. colon 54+ min. Freida Lee Mock, Sanders & Mock/American Film Fdn. for Ocean Releasing, dist. by Docurama c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2009. DVD ISBN...

David Goodis ... To a Pulp: Noir Doesn't Get Any Darker!(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... David Goodis... To a Pulp: Noir Doesn't Get Any Darker! color & b/w. 76+ min. Larry Withers, On Air Video, 215-885-2828; www.onairvideo.com. 2010. DVD UPC 8-81303-00017-7. $19.95. LIT [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Although lesser known than...

Howard Goodalt's Choir Works; Choirs Perform.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... Howard Goodalt's Choir Works; Choirs Perform. colon 145+ min. Anthony Palmer, Tiger Aspect Prod., dist. by Kultur, 732-229-2343; www.kultur.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-0-7697-8801-2. $29.99. MUSIC Writer/host Howard Goodall takes us around the...

3 Mo' Divas.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... 3 Mo' Divas. colon 58+ min. Marion J. Caffey & William Cosel, Maryland Public Television, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www. acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-81889-1. $24.99; Blu-ray UPC 0-54961-82449-6. $29.99; audio CD Smashing...

Stock Shock: The Short Selling of the American Dream.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... Stock Shock: The Short Selling of the American Dream. color. 72 min. Sandra Mohr, Mohr Prods., dist. by Passion River, 732-321-0711; info@passionriver.com. 2010. DVD UPC 7-53182-21570-9. $24.95. BUS This documentary scrutinizes the stock of...

Heart of Stone.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... Heart of Stone. color. 84 min. Beth Toni Kruvant, Good Footage Prods., 973-744-8900; www.heartofstonethemovie.com; Transit Media, www.transitmedia.net. 2009. DVD $150; acad. libs. $295. Public performance. ED Until 1960, Weequahic High School...

Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story. color & b/w. 53 rain. w/online tchr's, guide. Bill Kavanaugh, dist. by California Newsreel, 877-811-7495; www.newsreel.org. 2008. DVD $49.95; acad. libs. $195. Public performance. LAW In documenting...

Fastscans: top foreign & indie picks.('As It Is in Heaven,' 'Lola Months,' 'Revanche,' and 'Woodpecker')(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... As It Is in Heaven. color. 132 min. In Swedish w/English subtitles. Lorber Films. 2005. DVD UPC 7-05105-26821-7. $29.95. A renowned conductor retires to his bucolic hometown after a heart attack only to find himself accepting the position of...

Hurricanes and Our Future: Missing Link in Earth's Climate System?(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... Hurricanes and Our Future: Missing Link in Earth's Climate System? color. 100 min. Rita Chang, Classroom Encounters, LLC, 800-914-4710; www.classroomencounters.org, dist. by Midwest Tape, www.midwesttapes.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-0-9801729-6-6....

The End of the Line: Where Have All the Fish Gone?(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... The End of the Line: Where Have All the Fish Gone? deluxe ed. color. 83+ min. Rupert Murray, Arcane Pictures, Calm Prods., & Dartmouth Films for OceanNow, dist. by Docurama, www.docurama.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 978-1-4229-4973-3. $26.95; public...

Good Food: Sustainable Food and Farming in the Pacific Northwest.(Weather the Storm: The Fight To Stay Local in the Global Fishery)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... Good Food: Sustainable Food and Farming in the Pacific Northwest. 73 min. Melissa Young & Mark Dworkin, Moving Images Video Project. DVD ISBN 978-1-59458-786-3. $275 (Rental: $95). Weather the Storm: The Fight To Stay Local in the Global...

All in This Tea.(The Meaning of Tea)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2010... All in This Tea. color. 70 min. Les Blank & Gina Leibrecht, Flower Films, dist. by Bullfrog Films, 800-543-3764; www.bullfrogfilms. com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-59458-895-2. $275 (Rental: $95). Public performance; closed-captioned. Public...

Gaming resources galore. (GAMES, GAMERS, & GAMING).(List)
April 15, 2010... There's no shortage of e-resources for garners and the librarians serving them. But where to start, and what's right for you? Below is a selection of web sites and blogs I frequent as well as those I'd recommend to any librarians supporting...

Prepub alert.(Buyers guide)
April 15, 2010... Franzen, Jonathan. Freedom. Farrar. Sept. 2010. 576p. ISBN 978-0-374-15846-0. $28. CD: Macmillan Audio. What's happened to environmental lawyer and dedicated family man Walter Berglund and his wife, Patty--the perfect wife and mother and...

Romance.(Recommended readings)
April 15, 2010... THE LURE OF THE BEST The numerous rumors about the demise of the historical romance no longer seem relevant, considering the quality and number of the current offerings in this subgenre. In fact, historical romance is doing better than ever and...

Librarians' day at RWA.(Romance Writers of America)(Conference news)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Grab your boots, cowboy hats, and laptops and get set for some fun and romance at Librarians' Day at the annual Romance Writers of America[R] (RWA[R]) conference at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. This...

RWA librarian of the year.(Romance Writers of America, Jennifer Lohmann)(Brief article)
April 15, 2010... Each year, RWA[R] confers its Librarian of the Year Award on a librarian who has shown outstanding support of the romance genre. The 2010 RWA[R] Librarian of the Year is JENNIFER LOHMANN, Reference Services, Durham County Library, NC.

Christian fiction.(Recommended readings)
April 15, 2010... IN MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN'S Necessary Heartbreak, a single father and his teenage daughter pass through a magic door and are transported back to Jerusalem during the time of Jesus. In Jill Williamson's To Darkness Fled, a young woman uses her...

Allen, Preston L. Jesus Boy.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2010... Allen, Preston L. Jesus Boy. Akashic. Apr. 2010. c.364p. ISBN 978-1-936070-04-6. pap. $15.95. F African American teenager Elwyn Parker, who's smart, studious, and gifted at the piano, learns to play for the Church of Our Blessed Redeemer Who...

Allende, Isabel. Island Beneath the Sea.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2010... * Allende, Isabel. Island Beneath the Sea. Harper: HarperCollins. May 2010. c.464p. ISBN 978-0-06-198824-0. $26.99. F Zariete, known as Tete, is born a slave in Haiti, then called Saint-Domingue, in 1700. She is bought by Toulouse Valmorain,...

Amis, Martin. The Pregnant Widow.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2010... Amis, Martin. The Pregnant Widow. Knopf. May 2010. c.400p. ISBN 978-1-4000-44528. $27.95. F The summer of 1970 leaves its mark on a young man trying to cope with the whirlwind changes brought on by the sexual revolution. Amis's latest tour de...

Blum, Jenna. The Stormchasers.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2010... Blum, Jenna. The Stormchasers. Dutton. May 2010. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-525-951551. $25.95. F Thirtysomething Minnesota newspaper reporter Karena Jorge is on a mission to Tornado Alley, ostensibly on assignment to cover a storm-chasing tour group...

Clinch, Jon. Kings of the Earth.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2010... * Clinch, Jon. Kings of the Earth. Random. Jul. 2010. c.416p. ISBN 978-1-4000-6901-9. $26. F This is a gritty but nonetheless warmhearted and beautifully realized novel about three old unmarried brothers who live together on a rundown dairy...

de Blasi, Marlena. Amandine.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2010... * de Blasi, Marlena. Amandine. Ballantine. May 2010. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-345-507341. $25. F The best-selling author of such culinary treasures as A Thousand Days in Tuscany and A Thousand Days in Venice makes her fiction debut with this...