Library Journal articles from February 2004

Library Journal archives from February 2004

Library users should govern: the frustrations of local control are worth the trust it builds.(Editorial)(Industry Overview)
February 1, 2004... No change in governance structure will build citizen trust in libraries. Yes, the American system, as Saul Amdursky asserts (see "The Case for Consolidation," p. 38-40), is old and inefficient. In the hands of the wrong leaders and politicians,...

Ph.D.'s not always scholars.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... Just a quibble with your cover title "Scholars: The New Librarians?" (LJ 11/1/03). It implies the old librarians are not or were not scholars. Just adding Ph.D. to your name doesn't necessarily make you any more of a scholar than you were...

AALL's lobby.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... I read with interest your excellent issue on library advocacy and appreciate very much that I was quoted, as president of the Louisiana Library Association, in Rebecca Miller's "Eleven Keys to Your Statehouse" (LJ 11/15/03, p. 36-37). Much as I...

Service measures.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... As a manager responsible for employee performance planning and appraisals, I've been stymied, just like Anne Turner ("How To Push Public Service Skills," Your Money's Worth, LJ 11/15/03, p. 43), by the vexing issue of appraising performance at...

Avid readers.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... I take exception to Mary K. Chelton's "Readers' Advisory 101" (LJ 11/1/03, p. 38-39). Chelton seems to have taken the examples from a few students who may have received less than perfect readers' advisory (RA) service and overgeneralized to see...

A clearer picture.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... The photo of the Grand Rapids Public Library ("These Joints Are Jumpin'," LJ 12/03, p. 42) credits Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber (FTC&H) as the architect. FTC&H was the prime design contract holder on the Main Library, but subconsultant...

Rodger to leave ULC.(Late Bulletins)(Urban Libraries Council)(Eleanor Jo "Joey" Rodger)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Eleanor Jo "Joey" Rodger, for 11 years the first full-time president of the Urban Libraries Council, will leave this summer to be the founding director of a new national interfaith peace network, based in Philadelphia. The visionary Rodger...

New York City PLs gaining gifts.(Late Bulletins)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... As libraries in New York City have sought emergency support (see Late Bulletins, LJ 1/04, p. 13), two systems--the Queens Borough Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)--received a happy surprise: a check for $1 million from an...

Atlanta-Fulton PL settles suit for $18m.(Late Bulletins)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Fulton County, GA, has agreed to settle the reverse discrimination lawsuit won by eight white librarians at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System for $18 million, the value of the verdict plus attorney's fees. Previously, the county had...

Jenner & Block backed after CIPA "victory".(Late Bulletins)(American Library Association)(Children's Internet Protection Act case)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... The American Library Association (ALA) has affirmed its relationship with law firm Jenner & Block, noting that the firm has stringent procedures to prevent any conflicts of interest. (It has represented the Recording Industry Association of...

ALA shortens URLs at web site.(Late Bulletins)(American Library Association)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... The American Library Association's (ALA) new web site, criticized for unwieldy URLs and "lost" content, among other problems (see News, LJ 7/03, p. 20), was to be upgraded again in mid-January. Notably, the site was to feature shorter URLs,...

Willard departs NCLIS.(Late Bulletins)(Bob Willard)(National Commission on Libraries and Information Science)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Bob Willard, for six years executive director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), was to depart by the end of January. Willard noted that he had helped rebuff a recommendation to eliminate the agency, which...

Bad news in PA: only some state library aid restored: legislators put back only $10m of $37.5m cut; public library service to go backwards after years of improvement.(News)
February 1, 2004... After months of hoping that legislators would restore the 50 percent cut ($37.5 million) in state library funding (see News, LJ 9/15/03, p. 20ff.), librarians in Pennsylvania in late December got some bad news: only $10 million would be saved....

Report: protect library records: commission suggests higher threshold for Patriot Act searches.(News)
February 1, 2004... The federally chartered commission set up to advise on homeland security has told the President and Congress that library records deserve greater protection than currently allowed under the USA PATRIOT Act. The Advisory Panel to Assess...

Denver PL now seeking members: a year after Friends Foundation reorganizes, some tensions remain.(News)
February 1, 2004... The Denver Public Library (DPL) Friends Foundation web site (www. dplfriends.org) explains that the group no longer offers memberships or sponsors events, as those go through DPL itself. Behind that statement is an uneasy transition and some...

Akron to ask for new library levy: also, plans to close PL branches in Regina, SK, are decried.(News)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... It was a surprise when the Akron-Summit County Public Library lost its levy election, costing roughly 20 percent of its 2004 budget (see News, LJ 12/03, p. 14). So the library will go back to the voters on March 2. "We're working...

"Go Ask Alice" link questioned: PLs in Houston & Harris Cty. to review access after pols complain.(News)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... In a reprise of the criticism launched in 1999 by radio talk show host "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger against a link posted by the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), local officials around Houston, TX,...

Beaumont grants to some libraries: Alabama project to place wireless computers in variety of PLs.(News)(Beaumont Foundation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... The Beaumont Foundation, with $350 million to give away "to support digital inclusion for underserved individuals" (see News, LJ 2/15/03, p. 16), has counted a few libraries and library systems among its first round of award winners. After...

FCC revises E-rate rules.(News)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted new roles that modify the E-rate program of telecommunications discounts to schools and libraries. To protect against waste, fraud, and abuse, the roles ban the transfer of equipment...

Guadalajara Fair welcomes librarians: ALA says free pass program now extended through 2008.(News)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... About 170 U.S. librarians--including a large number of first-timers--attended the 17th Guadalajara International Book Fair (Feria Internacional del Libro or FIL) held November 29-December 7, 2003, in Guadalajara, Mexico, the largest...

Public libraries.(What's Happening In ...)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... After banning some religious art in a public display area, the Meriden Public Library, CT, has agreed to let artist Mary Morley exhibit all of her submitted paintings. The library Board of Directors unanimously overturned Director2 Marcia...

Academic libraries.(What's Happening In ...)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... California State University, Monterey Bay, has received $4 million for a future joint-use library, to be named the Tanimura & Antle Family Memorial Library after the families behind the world's largest independent lettuce grower and...

National/international news.(What's Happening In ...)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Baylor University is grooming itself to be the site of the future George W. Bush Presidential Library. According to press reports, the Waco, TX-based university has formed a 50-member steering committee and hired three consultants, including...

St. Michael's College.(People)(appointed Jonathan Bengston)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Jonathan Bengston has resigned as Director, Providence Athenaeum, RI. He has accepted the position of Chief Librarian, University of Toronto's St. Michael's College, beginning March 1.

Charles Brown has named Director, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, NC, succeeding Bob Cannon, who is now Director of Broward County Library, FL.(People)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Charles Brown has been named Director, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, NC, succeeding Bob Cannon, who is now Director of Broward County Library, FL. Brown was Director, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, MN, for a decade.

Margo Crist has retired as Director of Libraries, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, after seven years of service.(People)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Margo Crist has retired as Director of Libraries, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, after seven years of service. Associate Director Jay Schaffer is now Interim Director.

Columbia University Libraries and Information Services.(People)(Kathleen Dreyer)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Kathleen Dreyer was appointed Business Electronic Services & Reference Librarian, Watson Business & Economics Library, Columbia University Libraries and Information Services, New York. She was Business Electronic Resources & Reference...

Ela Area Public Library.(People)(Frank Novak )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Frank Novak has been appointed Director, Ela Area Public Library, Lake Zurich, IL. He was Director, Freeport Public Library, IL, for the past five years. He succeeds Carol Larson, who retired after 16 years of service.

Robert H. Rohlf Associates.(People)(appointed Jan Feye-Stukas)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Jan Feye-Stukas has joined the library consulting service of Robert H. Rohlf Associates, Minneapolis. She was formerly Interim Director, Minneapolis Public Library.

United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY).(People)(elected Barbara Genco)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Barbara Genco, Director of Collection Development, Brooklyn Public Library, NY, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY).

St. Mary's County Memorial Library.(People)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Kathleen Reif is the new Director, St. Mary's County Memorial Library, Leonardtown, MD, replacing Mary Wood, who retired last summer. Reif was Director, Wicomico County Free Library, Salisbury, MD, for over eight years.

Valerie J. Wilford has retired as Executive Director, Alliance Library System, Pekin, IL, after a 40-year career in librarianship.(People)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Valerie J. Wilford has retired as Executive Director, Alliance Library System, Pekin, IL, after a 40-year career in librarianship. Wilford is succeeded by Kitty Pope, who was Assistant Director and Manager of Customer Services, Calgary Public...

Kitchener Public Library.(People)(appointed Anne Wood)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Anne Wood has been appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer, Kitchener Public Library, Ont., following the retirement of Peggy Walshe. Wood has been with the library for 25 years, most recently as Senior Manager of Public Services.

Obituaries.(Obituary)
February 1, 2004... Antoinette L. Walder, Director, Wright Memorial Public Library (WMPL), Dayton, died December 27 at the age of 53. She had been Director at WMPL since 1989.

New Jersey libraries team up for statewide Digital Highway: Rutgers University and state library jointly oversee Internet project to preserve history collections electronically.(Library Corner)
February 1, 2004... New Jersey is a state known for its roadways, and now an electronic highway is about to he added to the state's resources. The New Jersey State Library has joined with Rutgers University Libraries "to create a web site that will contain...

Crawford joins Endeavor team; former academic librarian named curriculum development manager.(Infotech People)(Josephine Crawford)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Endeavor Information Systems has named Josephine Crawford manager of curriculum development. In this role, she will manage expanded training opportunities for Endeavor's 1200-plus library customers worldwide. Crawford will "spearhead efforts to...

Belgium Royal Lib. adds DigiTool: national library will have digital asset management system by May.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... To manage and share its electronic publications, the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels, will implement Ex Libris's DigiTool digital asset management system. The Royal Library of Belgium is the country's national library responsible for...

GIS Information working with 3m: NISO circulation protocol added to Polaris system in early 2004.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... GIS Information Systems, Inc. and 3M have successfully tested the implementation of the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) capability between the Polaris integrated library system and 3M Library Systems. According to GIS, "This...

VTLS ends 2003 with partnerships: becomes Sun iForce Application provider, adds LINCPlus to Virtua.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... VTLS announced in the waning days of 2003 that it has become a Sun iForce Application provider, which means it can resell Sun systems directly to its library customers. VTLS said it will "work closely with Sun to help ensure that VTLS solutions...

Sirsi pairs with Blackwell's Books: libraries place orders and download bibliographic data via Unicorn.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Sirsi Corporation has announced a partnership with Blackwell's Book Services "to improve workflow in the acquisitions and cataloging processes by integrating Sirsi's Unicorn Library Management System with Blackwell through Sirsi 9XX Loader."...

Online scholarly journals: how many?(Online Databases)(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 1, 2004... IT SHOULD BE EASY to determine the exact number of scholarly journals that are available online. Surprisingly, it is a challenge. Even how many scholarly journals are published in print isn't easy to calculate. Coming up with these numbers is a...

Dismantling integrated library system.(Infotech Feature)(Industry Overview)
February 1, 2004... NO ONE INTENDED to dismantle the integrated library system (ILS). For 25 years, the ILS proved a trusty tool for solving everyday library problems. First loosely integrated, then more fully so, it finally arrived at a plateau of innovation,...

The case for consolidation: our 19th-century model of governance is a formula for mediocrity.(Industry Overview)
February 1, 2004... WE NEED FEWER PUBLIC LIBRARIES with greater dependence. Here at the beginning of the 21st century, public libraries are still saddled with a 19th-century model of government. They are far too beholden to governing authorities, usually municipal...

Ambitious meets audacious: with political backing and an inventive spirit, Singapore's public libraries have vaulted forwrd.(A day in the life: international libraries)(Industry Overview)
February 1, 2004... IN THE SHOPPING-MAD, tropical city-state of Singapore, neon-clad malls line Orchard Road, the downtown retail center. The Ngee Ann City mall boasts stores like Cartier and Chanel; on the fifth floor, the top shopping level, the library@orchard...

Sleeves in Seattle: public librarians will leave the PLA conference armed with strategies to take care of the big and small problems facing libraries today.(Conference preview: Seattle February 24-28)(Calendar)
February 1, 2004... EVERY TOOL MATTERS, and the Public Library Association (PLA) meeting will share plenty of them at its tenth national biennial conference at Seattle's Washington State Convention and Trade Center, February 24-28. The more than 150 programs are...

Diagnose before you dispose.(Collection development: electronics repair)(Bibliography)
February 1, 2004... THE DAYS of replacing vacuum tubes in the family television set have long passed into our cultural memory. Modern appliances, toys, and gadgets now have microprocessors, memory chips, transistors, surface-mount devices, and a host of other...

How do you manage?
February 1, 2004... CASE STUDY Who Speaks for the Library? "AND WHEN WILL this appear?" asked Laura Curto, librarian in charge of audio and video services at the Cooper Public Library. "Tomorrow. That will be great. Looking forward to seeing it. Thanks...

Prepub alert.(Bibliography)
February 1, 2004... COMING IN JUNE 2004... big names like Mayle, Patterson, and Reichs but also a host of promising first novelists--and second novelists like Burke and Kunzru, who set a good example by triumphing the first time around. There's no fluff in...

Health best sellers.(Bibliography)
February 1, 2004... 1 South Beach Diet Good Fats/Good Carbs Counter [P] Arthur Agatson. Rodale. 2004. ISBN 1-57954-958-6. $7.99. 2 South Beach Diet [HC] Arthur Agatson. Rodale. 2003. ISBN 1-57954-646-3. $24.95. 3 Ultraprevention: The 6-Week Plan That Will...

Chick lit sees the light.(Christian Fiction)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... The new year brings novels in which Christian women are no longer content to just "love, honor, and obey" their husbands, gaining satisfaction primarily by supporting their men's ministries or callings. These ladies are hungry to know what God...

Botelho, Richard. Leah's Way.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Windstream. 2004. c.264p. ISBN 0-9643926-8-2. $19.95. CF This promising first novel is a cautionary tale revolving around the adventures and disappointments in a woman's life. Leah's troubles begin with a harsh mother who is so determined...

Dorrell, Linda. The Trees of Eden.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Revell. Feb. 2004. c.240p. ISBN 0-8007-5920-6. pap. $12.99. CF Facing the harsh realities of the devastating 1918 influenza epidemic is hard enough, but when a predator forcibly takes away Wren Birdsong's innocence on the same day that her...

Gunn, Robin Jones. Sisterchicks Do the Hula!(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Multnomah. 2004. c.352p. ISBN 1-59052-226-5. pap. $12.99. CF Best friends from their college days, Hope and Laurie once planned a trip to Hawaii until adult life and responsibilities got in the way. Reconnecting after almost 20 years, they...

Hatcher, Robin Lee. Catching Katie.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... HeartQuest: Tyndale. 2004. c.368p. ISBN 0-8423-6099-9. pap. $9.99. CF It is 1916, and Katie Jones is on her way back to Homestead, ID, after attending college in the East. But are her conservative friends and family ready for Katie's...

Heitzmann, Kristen. Halos.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Bethany. 2004. c.288p. ISBN 0-7642-9106-8. pap. $12.99. CF Determined to find a place where she can start a new life, 21-year-old Alessi Moore arrives in the New England town of Charity. The halo glow she sees around the sun convinces her...

Hunt, Angela. The Debt.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... W Publishing. Feb. 2004. c.400p. ISBN 0-8499-4319-1. pap. $14.99. CF When the son Emma Howard gave up for adoption almost 30 years ago calls her out of the blue, her life is changed forever. Emma grew up on the streets working as a teen...

Oliver, Susan. Once Upon a Gulf Coast Summer.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Broadman & Holman. 2004. c.368p. ISBN 0-8054-2777-5. pap. $14.99. CF This taut first novel examines the complexities of the mother-daughter bond. Katy Green has always found her mother, Josephine, rigid and inscrutable. But when she...

Rushford, Patricia H. Deadly Aim.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Revell. Feb. 2004. c.320p. ISBN 0-8007-5847-1. pap. $12.99. CF In a small hamlet on the Oregon coast, twentysomething police officer Angel Delaney is forced to shoot a 12-year-old boy in the line of duty. Traumatized by the incident, Angel...

Wales, Susan & Robin Shope. The Chase.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Revell. Feb. 2004. c.368p. ISBN 0-8007-5934-6. pap. $12.99. CF Jill Lewis, an investigative reporter for the Washington Gazette, thinks that she has uncovered the biggest political scandal since Watergate, but once the story is published,...

Copeland, Lori. Patience.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... HeartQuest: Tyndale. (Brides in the West). Feb. 2004. c.328p. ISBN 0-8423-1938-7. pap. $9.99. CF Modeling a friend's wedding gown, feisty Patience Smith is abducted in a case of mistaken identity. It doesn't take her long to ditch her...

Nehring, Radine Trees. Music To Die For.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... St. Kitts. (Something To Die For, Bk. 2). Feb. 2004. c.273p. ISBN 0-9661879-8-9. pap. $14. CF After stumbling onto the apparent kidnapping of a famous country-and-western singing duo's four-year-old daughter, Arkansas tourist information...

Peterson, Tracie. Land of My Heart.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Bethany. (Heirs of Montana, Bk. 1). Feb. 2004. c.400p. ISBN 0-7642-2769-6. pap. $12.99. CF With over 50 novels to her credit, Peterson embarks on a now series set in the 19th-century American West. After their father is killed, Dianne...

Phillips, Michael. The Color of Your Skin Ain't the Color of Your Heart.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Bethany. (Shenandoah Sisters, Bk. 3). 2004. c.320p. ISBN 0-7642-2702-5. pap. $12.99. CF The third installment in the "Shenandoah Sisters" series (after Angels Watching Over Me and A Day To Pick Your Own Cotton) follows the tribulations of...

Smith, James Bryan. Room of Marvels.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Broadman & Holman. 2004, c.160p. ISBN 0-8054-2784-8. pap. $9.99. CF Tim Hudson, a religious book author, thinks that his faith is slipping away as he tries to deal with the recent deaths of three prominent people in his life--his best...

African Folklore: an Encyclopedia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. 2003. c.599p, ed. by Philip M. Peek & Kwesi Yankah. photogs. filmog. maps. index. ISBN 0-415-93933-X. $175. REF This one-volume reference provides in-depth coverage of the folklore and customs practiced...

Armitage, Allan M. Armitage's Garden Annuals: a Color Encyclopedia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Timber. Feb. 2004. c.372p, photogs. index. ISBN 0-88192-617-5. $49.95. REF Armitage (horticulture, Univ. of Georgia, Athens) has written a companion volume to his Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials. This new...

Bierce, Ambrose (text) & Ralph Steadman (illus.). The Devil's Dictionary.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. 2004. 171p. illus. ISBN 1-58234-380-2. $15.95. REF This enjoyable abridgment is an updated version of a classic lexicon by one of the 19th century's most famous satirists. Originally published between...

Colonialism: an International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... 3 vols. ABC CLIO. 2003. 1200p. ed. by Melvin E. Page. illus. maps. index. ISBN 1-57607-335-1. $285. REF This thematic reference, with an extensive chronology, examines the events, people, places, and ideas that have shaped the world we live...

The Complete Directory for People with Disabilities: a Comprehensive Source Book for Individuals and Professionals.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... 12th ed. HeartQuest: Sedgwick: Grey House. 2003. 1025p. index. ISBN 1-59237-007-1. pap. $206.25. REF This new edition of a well-known directory of organizations, resources, products, and services for people with disabilities has been...

Critical Survey of Drama.(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... 2d rev. ed. 8 vols. Salem. 2003.4552p. ed. by Carl Rollyson. index. ISBN 1-58765-102-5.$499. REF Combining two previously published reference works--Critical Survey of Drama: English Language Series and Critical Survey, of Drama: Foreign...

* Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... 3 vols. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. 2003. 1568p. ed. by R. Stephen Sennott. illus. index. ISBN 1-57958-243-5. $495. REF This encyclopedia is quite an achievement. It contains hundreds of scholarly entries, chiefly on key 20th-century...

Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... 3 vols. Macmillan Reference: Gale. 2003. 1053p. ed. by Paula S. Fass. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-02-865714-4. $406.25. REF Purporting to cover all aspects of children and childhood worldwide, from ancient through contemporary times, this...

Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Sage. 2003. 549p. ed. by Anna DiStefano & others, index. ISBN 0-7619-2451-5. $125. REF Educational technology has brought distance education (or distributed learning) light years from its homely correspondence course beginnings. It is an...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2004... CORRECTION: Nature Encyclopedia of the Human Genome, reviewed in LJ 1/04, is not distributed by Grove's Dictionaries but by its publisher, the Nature Publishing Group, and is priced at $950, not $675, as the review stated.

Halliwell, Leslie. Halliwell's Film Guide 2004.(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Halliwell, Leslie. Halliwell's Film Guide 2004. 19th ed. HarperResource: HarperCollins. 1012p. ed. by John Walker. ISBN 0-06-055408-8. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2004: The Complete Guide to Movies on Videocassette and DVD. Gale....

The Harvard Dictionary of Music.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... 4th ed. Belknap: Harvard Univ. 2003. 978p. ed. by Don Michael Randel. illus. bibliog. ISBN 0-674-01163-5. $39.95. REF As the preface explains, this fourth edition of a classic music reference "proceed[s] directly from its [1986]...

Nelson, Lyle Emerson. American Presidents: Year by Year.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... 3 vols. Sharpe Reference: M.E. Sharpe. 2003. 744p. illus. index. ISBN 0-7656-8046-7. $225. REF Historian Nelson presents an interesting time line, 1732 to 2000, of the lives of American Presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush....

Ostler, Rosemarie. Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: a Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Oxford Univ. 2003.239p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-19-516146-7. $25. REF As the title indicates, this reference work is not simply a slang dictionary. Along with definitions, linguist and librarian Ostler includes in each decade's...

* Pollution A to Z. Vols.1-2 (Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... 2 vols. Macmillan Reference: Gale. 2003. 756p. ed. by Richard M. Stapleton. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-02-865700-4. $195. REF An eye-catching picture of a landfill superimposed on a satellite image of the earth engages us from the...

Botticelli: from Lorenzo the Magnificent to Savonarola.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Skira, dist. by Rizzoli. 2003. 246p. ed. by Daniel Arasse & Pier Luigi De Vecchi. illus. bibliog. ISBN 88-8491-565-1. $65. FINE ARTS Published for an exhibition at the Musee Luxembourg in Paris, this catalog focuses on Botticelli's...

Chagall, Marc. Ceramic Masterpieces.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Prestel. 2003. 176p. ed. by Roland Doschka. illus. bibliog. ISBN 3-7913-2941-3. $65. FINE ARTS Many are familiar with the paintings of Marc Chagall, who transformed color and space into a dream world full of vitality and modern styles of...

Cresti, Carlo (text) & Massimo Listri (photogs.). Villas of Tuscany.(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Cresti, Carlo (text) & Massimo Listri (photogs.). Villas of Tuscany. Vendome, dist. by Abrams. 2003. 318p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-86565-243-0. $50. Minchilli, Elizabeth Helman (text) & Simon McBride (photogs.). Villas on the...

Davies, David & John H. Elliott. El Greco.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Yale Univ. 2003. 320p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-85709-933 8. $65. FINE ARTS As is the exhibition, this catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's El Greco show in New York is both inclusive and intelligently selective. In providing a...

de Saint Phalle, Niki. My Art--My Dreams.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Prestel. 2003. 160p. ed. by Carla Schulz-Hoffmann. photogs. ISBN 3-7913-2876-X. $39.95. FINE ARTS Not many monographs have been published in English on de Saint Phalle (1930-2002), as this French artist is hard to categorize. This volume...