Library Journal articles from December 2003

Library Journal archives from December 2003

High profile, strong image: if we didn't have Attorney General Ashcroft, we would have to invent him.(John Ashcroft's promotion of USA Patriot Act, accusations against librarians)(librarians' part in promoting, protecting civil rights)(Editorial)
December 1, 2003... No one has done more to raise the profile and enhance the image of librarians in America than U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. If he wasn't there to attack us and call us "hysterics," we would have to invent him. You must have seen or heard...

Diversity: a necessity.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... I'm appalled by Blaise Cronin's column "Can You 'Celebrate' Diversity?" (The Dean's List, LJ 9/15/03, p. 40). His message is so lacking in merit, so retrogressive, so uninformed, and, yes, so insensitive that I question why he believed he had...

Collections for all.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... Thanks for your profile of David Martel (Francine Fialkoff, "A Techie Takes Over," Inside Track, LJ 10/15/03, p. 56). It is important for the library profession to hear about someone who has the vision to build collections that are aimed at all...

Stalled salaries.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... I'm convinced that librarian salaries are indeed stalled, as your cover story (Stephanie Maatta, "Salaries Stalled, Jobs Tight," LJ 10/15/03, p. 28-33) claims--and probably no more so than in technical services. Today I looked up Introduction...

Perpetuating stereotypes.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... The illustration that goes with Lynne C. Lancaster's "The Click and Clash of Generations" (LJ 10/15/03, p. 36-39) is cute, but what a waste of four pages of print. The article does nothing but perpetuate and even enhance existing stereotypes...

Stop censoring LJ.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... Why am I not surprised that the liberal Library Journal would give an award to a socialist ("Politician of the Year 2003: Bernie, Sanders," LJ 9/15/03, cover, p. 30-31)? You do a disservice to librarians who do not subscribe to your liberal...

ALA names board candidates.(American Library Association)(Nann Blaine Hilyard, Ling Hwey Jeng, Melora Ranney Norman, Karen Schneider)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the names of the candidates vying for two seats on its executive board; the seats will become vacant following the 2004 annual conference in Orlando. The four nominees, all women, are Nann...

WI legislature OKs parent access to kids' records.(parental access to children's library records in Wisconsin)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Wisconsin legislature recently approved a bill that would require libraries to give parents and guardians access to all records relating to their children under the age of 16. The current law prohibits publicly supported libraries from...

OH Senator proposes library net filtering bill.(Steve Austria)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Ohio Senator Steve Austria (R-Beavercreek) has proposed a bill to institute mandatory filtering of library Internet workstations for minors. The bill, which had its first hearing November 12, also would forbid libraries to lend R-rated films to...

$4.5 million gift for Waldorf College library.(from John and Luise Hanson Foundation)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Waldorf College, Forest City, IA, received a $4.5 million gift from the John and Luise Hanson Foundation that will fund the construction of a new library. The announcement was made during the college's recent centennial celebration, where a...

Spanish-language budgets strong.(budgets for acquisition of Spanish-language library materials)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Despite hard times, Spanish-language materials budgets are healthy. This and other preliminary findings of an ongoing survey, conducted by LJ sister publication Criticas, were reported at "Publishing Latino Voices," a conference sponsored by...

Singapore's Ramachandran to head IFLA.(R. Ramachandran)(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... R. Ramachandran, deputy CEO of the National Library Board in Singapore, will become the new Secretary General of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). He will take over April 1, 2004, following the...

November elections eke out 50 percent "yes" for libraries; many bond issues and other library measures pass, but voters also slam needed fundraising proposals.
December 1, 2003... In the November elections, voters nationwide proved that while they are happy to use their public libraries in increasing numbers, many either are unwilling to ante up additional tax dollars to support these facilities or simply can't afford to...

Libraries survive California fires: school facility the lone casualty; PLs and academics unscathed.(effects of wildfires on libraries, school facilities)
December 1, 2003... Public and academic in harm's way miraculously escaped damage from the fires that ravaged Southern California, with only sporadic closings of these facilities reported. The library of Chabad Hebrew Academy in the Scripps Ranch neighborhood of...

Cornell bails on Elsevier deal: subscription to ScienceDirect nixed as "best business decision".(Cornell University Library to not renew contract with database provider Elsevier Science)
December 1, 2003... There will be no "big deal" at Cornell University in 2004. In a message sent to faculty and posted on its web site, the Cornell University library has announced that it will not renew its subscription to Elsevier's comprehensive ScienceDirect...

ASIST holds annual summit; digital libraries capture attention at conference, Prexy sets priorities.(American Society for Information Science and Technology)
December 1, 2003... Outgoing president Trudi Bellardo Hahn (Univ. of Maryland) declared 2003 a good year for ASIST (the American Society for Information Science and Technology), which perhaps was reflected in increased attendance at the annual conference in Long...

Report: Passaic PL can improve: state evaluation ignores privatization but will be part of LSSI debate.(Passaic Public Library)(possible management by company Library Systems and Services)
December 1, 2003... A long-awaited evaluation of the Passaic Public Library (PPL), NJ, by the state library points out several areas for improvement. Yet it remains a question whether those problems will be ad dressed by the city or cited as a reason to choose...

NSLA establishes Horrocks Award: prize presented for leadership in Nova Scotia's library community.(Nova Scotia Library Association)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Nova Scotia Library Association (NSLA) has established an award in honor of Norman Horrocks, Emeritus Professor at Dalhousie's School of Library and Information Studies in Halifax; editorial consultant for Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD; and...

FL State Library bars stack access: no public browsing allowed, but librarians "will retrieve materials".(Florida State Library)
December 1, 2003... Months after Gov. Jeb Bush's controversial and failed--attempt to transfer the Florida State Library's collection to either Florida State University of Nova Southeastern University (News, LJ 3/15/03), those stacks are now closed to public...

Indiana faculty say no to SLIS merger: majority votes against assessment of merger with School of Informatics.(Indiana University's School of Library and Information Science)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A possible merger of Indiana University's School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) into the fledgling School of Informatics (SI) has been stopped by a vote of the SLIS faculty. Last summer the university began to consider merging...

Santa Paula.(emergency funding of public library)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Santa Paula, CA, is offering a $7000 grant to help keep its financially strapped library afloat. The City Council voted November 10 to supply the funding as well as consider alternate management possibilities. The latter, according to the Los...

Shorewood Village.(audit of Shorewood Village Library's building project over allegations of unauthorized transfer of funds)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Shorewood Village, WI, board president Mark Kohlenberg called for an audit after word surfaced of a possible illegal transfer of unspecified funding to the Shorewood Village Library's building project fund drive by village manager Ed Madere....

Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.(author John Grisham's fee to appear as speaker in Novello Festival of Reading)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Though libraries nationwide are scraping just to make ends meet, the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, NC, anted up John Grisham's standard fee of $75,000 for the author to appear as the lead speaker at its November Novello...

Philadelphia stories.(architect Moshe Safdie selected to design addition to Philadelphia central library)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Architect Moshe Safdie, designer of popular central libraries in Salt Lake City and Vancouver, has been selected by the Free Library of Philadelphia to design a $100 million addition to the city's central library (see News, LJ 10/15/03, p....

Caribou Public Library.(donation for improvement program from foundation created by authors Stephen, Tabitha King)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A foundation created by Stephen King and his wife, Tabitha, herself a novelist, has bestowed an award of $50,000 on the Caribou Public Library, ME, to help with a capital improvement program to make the building compliant with the Americans...

Dan Bradbury, the former executive director of the Kansas City Public Library and LJ's 1991 Librarian of the Year, has won the Missouri State Library Association's Ronald G. Bohley Award.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Dan Bradbury, the former executive director of the Kansas City Public Library and LJ's 1991 Librarian of the Year, has won the Missouri State Library Association's Ronald G. Bohley Award. Bradbury was singled out for his paramount role in...

Enoch Pratt Free Library's.(annex to library building to house special collections)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A four-story annex to house Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library's special collections opened November 3. One of the highlights is an African American reading room that will hold the library's more than 13,000 items, many of which were...

Alliance Library System.(federal grant to offer library science education, training to future librarians)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Alliance Library System, Pekin, IL, has received a $435,456 federal grant to offer MLS training to 31 students in an effort to offset the shortage of librarians in Illinois. According to the Journal Star, classes are taught by professors...

William Kennedy, who created a literary legacy for New York's capital of Albany, has sold his papers to the city's branch of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, where he taught creative writing and journalism for eight years.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... William Kennedy, who created a literary legacy for New York's capital of Albany, has sold his papers to the city's branch of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, where he taught creative writing and journalism for eight years....

Nova Southeastern University.(real estate developer Alvin Sherman's donation to academic library)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Nova Southeastern University library, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, has received a $7 million gift from south Florida real estate developer Alvin Sherman. In appreciation, the library will be named the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information...

University of California-Berkeley School of Information Management and Systems.(study on information storage during past three years)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... University of California-Berkeley School of Information Management and Systems (SIMS) professors Peter Lyman and Hal Varian have completed a study claiming that the amount of new information stored on paper, film, optical, and magnetic media...

The Library of Congress.(philosopher Leszek Kolakowski is awarded Kluge Prize for contributions to the humanities)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Library of Congress (LC) has bestowed this year's $1 million Kluge Prize for lifetime contributions in the humanities to Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski. He was chosen by a five-member panel. Librarian of Congress James Billington said...

Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library.(possible creation of official presidential library)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The House of Representatives and Senate November 10 began the actions that could result in the creation of a federally funded Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library. Although there is a Nixon Library in his hometown of Yorba Linda, CA, it is a...

Montana State Library.(committee to oversee grant to provide training for Native American librarians)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Montana State Library has established a ten-member committee to oversee a three-year, $206,000 grant to fund library training for Native Americans wishing to enter the profession. According to the Associated Press, six Montana residents...

Seeking the next Paraprofessional of the Year.(Library Journal's Paraprofessional of the Year award)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Is there a paraprofessional who is key to the success of your library? Paraprofessionals, now the largest constituency of library workers, are the backbone of libraries. In recognition of their many contributions to library service, Library...

OpenURL, publishing models top the Agenda at Charleston; record-breaking conference devoted almost entirely to acquiring and managing electronic content; e-books remain a hot topic in libraries.(Charleston Library Conference)
December 1, 2003... This year's Charleston Conference, November 5-8, billed as an informal annual gathering for librarians, publishers, and vendors, attracted a record-breaking 700 participants to South Carolina for an ongoing conversation about book and serials...

OCLC Cataloging Partners Program: cooperative effort with other vendors provides full MARC records.(Online Computer Library Center)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... OCLC has launched the Cataloging Partners Program, which it claims will greatly decrease the costs and time incurred with cataloging new materials. According to OCLC, participating materials vendors collaborate with the organization to provide...

Sirsi allies with Moreover Tech: content to be supplied to Rooms[TM] Context Management Solutions.(real-time online news service)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Sirsi Corporation has formed an "alliance partnership" with Moreover Technologies, a provider of real-time information management solutions, to enhance its Rooms[TM] Context Management Solutions. "Content from Moreover Technologies will provide...

VTLS: RFID no threat to privacy: vendors assert that tags cannot be read at distances beyond 18".(radio frequency identification tags on library materials)
December 1, 2003... The recent jihad over the possible use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on the collection at the San Francisco Public Library (News, LJ 11/15/03, p. 19) has prompted vendors marketing RFID services to clarify the misconception that...

Dynix signs four Aussie libraries: public and special libraries contract for Horizon systems.(Australian Capital Territory Library and Information Service; Australian Government Solicitor Library; Marlborough District Council; SWAP Library)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Dynix has expanded its global presence with the addition of four new customer libraries in Australia and New Zealand. Australian Capital Territory Library & Information Service (ACTLIS), Canberra; Australian Government Solicitor Library, also...

KY seminaries sign Ex Libris: Southern Baptist and Louisville Presbyterian to install ALEPH.(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which share a joint online catalog, have signed with Ex Libris (USA) for the installation of the vendor's ALEPH 500 system to replace their aging...

Blauer heads OCLC CAPCON: former Gaylord Prexy to oversee new DC-area service center.(executive director Katherine Blauer)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Katherine Blauer, former president of Gaylord Information Systems, has been named the executive director of the OCLC CAPCON Service Center. The service is the result of the November purchase of CAPCON's business operation by OCLC. CAPCON offers...

The engine of interoperability.(the setting of standards for digital libraries, online searching)
December 1, 2003... WE DON'T THINK about standards when we replace a light bulb or use an electrical outlet. But we are surrounded by standards, and their invisibility is a testimony to their effectiveness. Without them we would be faced with an array of tools...

Running with the Amazons.(online searching features for digital libraries, as applied by Internet services Amazon and Google)
December 1, 2003... WHY HAVEN'T LIBRARY SYSTEM and information database designers included as many user-friendly features as Amazon and Google? This question, posed at the recent annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST),...

These joints are jumpin'.(library construction projects)(statistics and cost)(architects and architectural services)
December 1, 2003... CLOSURES, CUTBACKS, furloughs, and downsizing are the buzzwords now bandied about in the library community. Money is tight, with libraries confronting funding fallout from a tenuous national economy. One might think libraries would be looking...

The new green standard: with the LEED[TM] rating system in place it is easier to make sure your new library saves money as it treads lightly on natural resources.(U.S. Green Building Council's program Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
December 1, 2003... LIBRARIES ARE ON the cutting edge of green design. Long the lonely mission of environmentally responsible architects. green architecture grew out of a desire to lessen the negative environmental impacts of conventional buildings, which use...

Public input yields greener library design.(architecture of Fayetteville Public Library's Blair Library)(program Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
December 1, 2003... WHEN FAYETTEVILLE Public Library's (FPL) $23.3 million Blair Library opens in fall 2004 it will be the first building project in Arkansas to be registered with U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design...

Privacy, porn, and public access in 2004.(future of libraries)(policies, academic freedom, financing)
December 1, 2003... From funding and library education to intellectual freedom and copyright, the library world faces a host of challenges as 2004 dawns. Librarians have gained new public support and a much higher profile as they grapple with these issues. Their...

After Ashcroft: ALA's midwinter meeting promises movement on the key issues facing librarianship.(American Library Association)
December 1, 2003... OFTEN UNEASY WITH PUBLICITY, librarians have handled their new celebrity status with dignity. They stuck to their guns, opposing the USA PATRIOT Act in programs and meetings nationwide--they are much more active in that opposition than they...

Everything's coming up Roses!(acquisition of library resources about growing roses)(Bibliography)
December 1, 2003... THE ROSE, long called the "queen of flowers." is perhaps the most revered flower in the world. For centuries its beauty has been celebrated in art and literature and symbolized in religion, romance, and even politics (England's War of the...

Beware the E-vanishing Act.(deletion and censorship of electronic resources)(digital library management guidelines)
December 1, 2003... THE BIGGEST PROBLEM with electronic information is the delete key. It's what makes the web an unpredictable, here-today-gone-tomorrow resource. Federal and state governments have deleted documents they believed aided terrorists, invaded...

Prepub Alert.(upcoming books, audibooks and reference works)
December 1, 2003... COMING IN APRIL 2004... Clark, Cornwell, Johansen, Peters, Siddons, Stephenson, ,and a slew of first novelists. Harcourt is even launching its first-ever "debut fiction" campaign, which includes the strong group of contenders listed here....

Art book best sellers.
December 1, 2003... 1 Art in the Making: Underdrawings in Renaissance Paintings [P] David Bomford, ed. Yale Univ. 2002. ISBN 0-300-09225-3. $30. 2 Art: A New History [HC] Paul Johnson. HarperCollins. 2003. ISBN 0-06-053075-8. $39.95. 3 Widowhood and...

King holds court at the NBAs: retiring director Neil Baldwin has moved the foundation toward inclusion.(author Stephen King receives Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from National Book Foundation)
December 1, 2003... This year's National Book Awards (NBA) have come and gone, and the debate about giving the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Stephen King has died down. King joins a pantheon of previous recipients of that award, among...

Aberjhani & Sandra L. West. Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Facts On File. 2003. 448p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8160-4539-9. $65. REF This nicely illustrated collection of about 370 entries opens with Robert Abbott (1870-1940), who edited and published the Chicago Defender, one of the...

* The American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... rev. ed. DK. 2003. 752p. ed. by Christopher Brickell & Ray Rogers. illus. index. ISBN 0-7894-9653-4. $60. REF Compiled by British editor in chief Brickell, the prestigious former director general of the Royal Horticultural Society, and...

Encyclopedia of Murder & Violent Crime.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Sage. 2003. 603p. ed. by Eric Hickey. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7619-2437-X. $125. REF In a seemingly endless parade of specialized encyclopedias, editor Hickey (California State Univ., Fresno) has compiled a valuable and comprehensive work...

The Encyclopedia of Sculpture.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... 3 vols. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. 2003. c.1921p. ed. by Antonia Bostrom. illus. index. ISBN 1-57958-248-6. $375. REF For this extensive, alphabetically arranged overview of the history of sculpture, Bostrom (curator, Detroit Inst....

Encyclopedia of World Environmental History.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... 3 vols. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. 2003. 1488p. ed. by Shepard Krech & others. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-415-93732-9. $395: until December 31, 2003. $345 REF Editors Krech (anthropology, Brown Univ.; The Ecological...

Hall, Manly P. The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... reader's ed. Tarcher: Penguin Putnam. 2003. c.768p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 1-58542-2509. pap. $24.95. REF Originally published in 1928, this encyclopedia of ancient mythology, symbolism, and arcane mysteries was written when Hall...

* Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... 3 vols. Fitzroy Dearborn: Taylor & Francis. 2003. 1480p. ed. by Jennifer Speake. ISBN 1-57958 247-8. $375. REF If reference books were precious stones, then this encyclopedia would rank among the very finest of gems. This extensive...

Mendez Mendez, Serafin & Gail Cueto. Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Greenwood. 2003. c.488p. photogs. index. ISBN 0-313-31443-8. $74.95. REF This new biographical dictionary covers over 160 historical and contemporary Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans hailing from a wide range of geographic areas,...

More Weird and Wonderful Words.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Oxford Univ. Dec. 2003. 129p. ed. by Erin McKean. Illus. bibliog. ISBN 0-19-517057-1. $16.95. REF This follow-up to Weird and Wonderful Words (2002), also edited by McKean, includes 400 "more weird and wonderful words" that are all...

The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... 4 vols. Oxford Univ. 2003. c.2400p. index. ISBN 0-19-515653-6. $495. REF This multivolume reference aims to provide a comprehensive overview of American literature, from Colonial times to the present, and is geared toward high school and...

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... 5 vols. Oxford Univ. 2003. c.2800p. ed. by Joel Mokyr. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-19-510507-9. $695. REF This five-volume set comprises 875 signed, alphabetically arranged articles by some 800 academic contributors. As stated by...

Parker, Steve. Dinosaurus: The Complete Guide to Dinosaurs.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Children's Review)
December 1, 2003... Firefly. Dec. 2003. c.448p. illus. maps. index. ISBN 1-55297 772-2. $49.95. REF Why buy yet another book about dinosaurs? In this case, for the pictures. The dinosaurs in this encyclopedia are remarkably lifelike creatures. Their...

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs 2003/4 Edition: The Key Classical Recordings on CD, DVD & SACD.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... 4th ed. Penguin. 2003. 1566p. ed. by Ivan March & others. ISBN 0-141-01384-2. pap. $25. REF This fourth edition of a trusted reference surveys recordings and performances of classical music issued and reissued during the last 20 years. Yet...

* Psychiatry.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... 2d ed. 2 vols. Wiley. 2003. 2552p. ed. by Allan Tasman, M.D. & others. illus. index. ISBN 0-471-52177-9. $299.95. REF This remarkable two-volume reference appears in an updated edition only six years after it first appeared to much acclaim....

Total NHL: The Ultimate Source on the National Hockey League.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Triumph Bks. 2003. c.928p. ed. by Dan Diamond & others. photogs. ISBN 157243-604-2. pap. $29.95. REF This comprehensive, all-inclusive volume was created by Diamond and the editorial team that produces two similar titles: the annual NHL...

Webster's New Explorer College Dictionary.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Federal Street: Merriam-Webster. 2003. 1097p. illus. ISBN 1-892859-42-4. $14.98. REF This is by far the least expensive of the hardcover collegiate desktop dictionaries, but much has been lost in the cost cutting. The quality of the paper...

Woodger, Elin & Brandon Toropov. Encyclopedia of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Facts On File. Jan. 2004. c.464p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-81604781-2. $65; pap. ISBN 0-8160-4782-0. $21.95. REF Woodger and Toropov (Encyclopedia of Cold War Politics) have created an encyclopedia that captures both the intimate...

Art Deco 1910-1939.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Bulfinch: AOL Time Warner Book Group. 2003.464p. ed. by Charlotte Benton & others. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8212-2834-X. $65. FINE ARTS In this catalog to an exhibition originating at London's Victoria and Albert Museum and...

Bell, Adrienne Baxter. George Inness and the Visionary Landscape.(Hudson River School: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art)(Book Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Bell, Adrienne Baxter. George Inness and the Visionary Landscape. Braziller. 2003. 174p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 0-8076-1525-0. $35. Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin. Hudson River School: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Yale...

Berthoud, Roger. The Life of Henry Moore.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... rev. ed. Giles de la Mar, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Dec. 2003. 560p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-900357-22-4. pap. $35. FINE ARTS Though it is dangerous to call any artist "the greatest," certain figures cry out for such appellations....

Booker. Margaret M. & Others (text) & Jordi Cabre (photogs.). Sea-Captains' Houses and Rose-Covered Cottages: The Architectural Heritage of Nantucket Island.(Windmills of New England: Their Genius, Madness, History and Future)(Book Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Booker. Margaret M. & others (text) & Jordi Cabre (photogs.). Sea-Captains' Houses and Rose-Covered Cottages: The Architectural Heritage of Nantucket Island. Universe: Rizzoli. 2003. 213p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7893-0880-0. $45. ...

* Brenner, Frederic. Diaspora: Homelands in Exile.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... 2 vols. HarperCollins. 2003. 508p. photogs. ISBN 0-06-008778-1. $100. PHOTOG Born in Paris in 1959, photographer Brenner spent nearly 25 years traveling on five continents to document the Jews in Diaspora. Earlier books include...

Busquet, Carisse & Gerard Busquet (text) & Bruno Morandi (photogs.) Impressions of Rajasthan.(Rajasthan)(Book Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Busquet, Carisse & Gerard Busquet (text) & Bruno Morandi (photogs.) Impressions of Rajasthan Flammarion, dist. by Rizzoli. 2003. 193p. photogs, bibliog. ISBN 2-0801-1171-X. $55. van Lynden, Pauline. Rajasthan. Assouline. 2003. 320p....

* Campbell, James W.P. (text) & Will Pryce (photogs.). Brick: A World History.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2003. 320p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-500-34195-8. $70. ARCHITECTURE This tome should generate new" respect for the lowly unit of fired clay. As we are reminded by Campbell (architecture, Cambridge...

Chace, Reeve. The Complete Book of Oscar Fashion: Variety's 75 Years of Glamour on the Red Carpet.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Reed. 2003. 192p. photogs. index. ISBN 1-59429-001-6. $29.95. DECARTS Fun and enjoyable are the words that best describe this trivia book featuring the fashion trends, as well as fashion faux pas, of Oscar presenters, winners, and nominees...

Chuvin, Pierre (text) & Gerard Degeorge (photogs.). Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Flammarion, dist. by Rizzoli. 2003. 231p. tr. from French by David Radzinowicz, photogs, bibliog. ISBN 2-0801-1169-8. $60. ARCHITECTURE The great Islamic khanates of Bukhara, Samarkand, and Khiva were in the middle of the Silk Route that...

Coe, Ralph T. The Responsive Eye: Ralph T. Coe and the Collecting of American Indian Art.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Metropolitan Museum of Art, dist. by Yale Univ. 2003. 328p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-300-10187-2. $65. FINE ARTS With New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art mounting an exhibit of the Ralph T. Coe collection, a question buzzing in art...

Cruel and Tender: The Real in the Twentieth-Century Photograph.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Tate, dist. by Abrams. 2003. 288p. ed. by Emma Dexter & Thomas Weski. illus. index. ISBN 1-85437-454-0. $50. PHOTOG In summer 2003, London's Tate Modern Gallery broke with its traditional views of art by staging its first exhibition...

del Moral, Jean-Marie. Barcelo.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2003. 256p. photogs. ISBN 0-500-238103. $75. PHOTOG The work of prominent Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo is expansive, spanning genres, media, and style. He has exhibited nationally and participated in the...

Donnelly, Marian C. Architecture in Colonial America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Univ. of Oregon. 2003. 202p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-87114-304-6. pap. $39.95. ARCHITECTURE This final work by Donnelly (1923-99; New England Meeting Houses), former professor of art history at the University of Oregon, covers the...