Library Journal articles from January 2003

Library Journal archives from January 2003

Is certification the answer? Why do public library directors need another credential? (Editorial).
January 1, 2003... The "increased demand and declining supply" of qualified applicants for library jobs is a major problem facing the profession. It is specified in the new Business Plan of the American Library Association's (ALA) Allied Professional Association...

Attack editorial. (Letters).
January 1, 2003... Your attack on fellow librarians... was an outstanding example of yellow journalism (John Berry, "Serve and Starve? Not Now" LJ 11/1/02, p. 8). It reflects the current wave of attack ads that we all suffered through in the recent election. ...

Salaries direct. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... "Serve and Starve? Not Now" (LJ 11/1/02, p. 8) was outstanding. I appreciated the case John Berry made and enjoyed (really, really enjoyed) the directness with which he made it. A masterpiece! --Ross A. Holt, Pres., North Carolina Lib....

Better pay: ALA's business. (Letters).
January 1, 2003... It has been noted frequently that in times of recession the general public comes to appreciate more the free services of the local public library. The argument that this is not a good time to pursue better salaries is bogus (John Berry, "Serve...

MARC: not dead yet. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... Roy Tennant's "MARC Must Die" (LJ 10/15/02, p. 26ff.) contains many inaccuracies, misconceptions, and faulty logic. It almost assumes that readers are ignorant of the subject. Contrary to Tennant's view, the use of MARC is expanding all over...

Don't forget. (Letters).
January 1, 2003... How soon we forget (Blaise Cronin, "What a Library Is Not," LJ 11/15/02, p. 46). Only ten years ago the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown/Morris Township, NJ, fought to keep its building from becoming a bus station in the lawsuit brought...

CA awards $130M in construction grants. (Late Bulletins).(libraries)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... On December 2, the California Public Library Construction and Renovation Board awarded 13 state matching grants, totaling more than $130 million, for public library construction projects. They include $20 million for the San Mateo Main Library,...

Minneapolis PL director salary increased. (Late Bulletins).(Minneapolis Public Library)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... After the top two candidates for the job as Minneapolis Public Library director withdrew from the search, citing the $120,000 salary limit (see News, LJ 11/15/02, p. 18ff.), the library finally got some good news. The Minnesota Department of...

ALA to sponsor support staff congress. (Late Bulletins).(American Library Association )
January 1, 2003... The American Library Association (ALA) has announced plans for the Third Congress on Professional Education (COPE III), with a focus on library support staff. It will take place at the College of Du Page in Glen Ellyn, IL, May 16-17, 2003. In...

Academics dominate nominees for ALA councilor slots. (Late Bulletins).(American Library Association)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... A list of 69 candidates for councilor-at-large of the American Library Association (ALA) is now posted on the ALA web site (www.ala.org/execoff/candidates/2003_Candidates.html). Nearly half of the candidates are in academic libraries. Four are...

Public Library of Science gains $9M grant. (Late Bulletins).(from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Public Library of Science (PLoS), the grass-roots movement of scientists who in 2001 announced they wouldn't support journals that did not make their research freely available within six months of publication, last month gained funding for...

California Universities face massive budget cuts: effect of midyear reductions unclear, but hiring, serials, and projects likely to be targeted, even as campuses grow. (News).
January 1, 2003... California Gov. Gray Davis has proposed a whopping $74M in midyear cuts to the University of California (UC) and another $59.6M in cuts to the California State University (CSU) system. Meanwhile, California's budget deficit is predicted to soar...

"I" school heads propose new group: would help with funders; ALISE stalwarts unenthusiastic. (News).(Association for Library and Information Science Education; proposal for library schools to expand information curriculum)
January 1, 2003... At the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) in Philadelphia in November, the leaders of library schools were urged to reorganize as schools in the broader discipline of "information," including...

RoweCom/Faxon going bankrupt? Parent divine junking subscription biz; library orders going unfilled. (News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... RoweCom announced December 20 that it is experiencing "financial difficulties" which could prove disastrous for libraries. The problem stems from its cash-poor parent company, divine, inc., which reportedly has siphoned all assets from RoweCom...

Librarians in leather. (News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... LIBRARIANS IN LEATHER: Jenna Millar, library assistant at the Ocean County Library, Toms River, NJ, was one of a dozen staffers to pose for the library's 2003 "Easy Readers" calendar, part of an effort to raise $2 million for renovation. The...

Open proxy servers victimize JSTOR: unauthorized user downloads articles; campus networks vulnerable. (News).
January 1, 2003... Officials at JSTOR, the nonprofit aggregator of e-journals, said that they have recently uncovered an organized effort to exploit open proxy servers to access content from the JSTOR database illegally. In a letter distributed to the library...

Filter study: settings matter: filtering heavily blocks health sites but little more porn. (News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... A study of Internet filtering by the Kaiser Family Foundation offers grist for both critics and defenders of filtering. The study, stimulated by the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, included...

Meeting rooms at issue in 3 states: racist group settles, then battles with PL; another PL restricts room. (News).(public library)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Threatened by a lawsuit, the Martin Memorial Library, York, PA, has backed away from its requirement that the World Church of the Creator (WCOTC) obtain at least $1M in liability insurance before meeting (see News, LJ 10/15/02, p. 14ff.). ...

King County staffers unionize: though well paid, workers want voice in everyday operations. (News).(King County Library System, WA)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The 550 staffers at the 42-branch King County Library System, WA, voted 298-157 December 4 in favor of unionizing. Unions often are used by staffers to bargain for better wages, but King County is one of the nation's top-paying libraries, so...

CIPA case set for March 5 argument: ALA expects to raise final components of $1.7M litigation cost. (News).(Children's Internet Protection Act )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The oral arguments in the Justice Department's Supreme Court appeal of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) litigation will be heard on March 5. The American Library Association (ALA) and other library plaintiffs won the first round...

Ralph Nader helps DC Public Library: consumer advocate launches 18-month fundraising project. (News).(District of Columbia Public Library)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Ralph Nader, who found fame in the 1960s as a consumer advocate, is stepping back into his role as public watchdog, this time as a paladin of the financially strapped District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL). Nader, a longtime citizen of...

Public libraries. (What's Happening In...).
January 1, 2003... Sixty additional staff positions were funded recently for the Jacksonville Public Library, FL. The positions will prepare the system for the Better Jacksonville Plan, which includes $150M for library construction that will more than double the...

Academic libraries. (What's Happening In...).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Harold Billings, director of general libraries at the University of Texas at Austin since 1977, will retire August 31, 2003. He joined the libraries' catalog department in 1954 while still in library school. During his tenure, collections have...

National/international news. (What's Happening In ...).(libraries)
January 1, 2003... After much controversy, President Bush signed into law a new ".kids.us" domain, which is meant to provide kids with an online safe zone. The Dot-Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002 will let libraries, schools, companies, and other...

EBSCO Publishing releases LinkSource open URL tool; "vendor-neutral solution" will work with company's products and, sold alone, compete with SFX and O[L.sup.2]. (Industry News).
January 1, 2003... EBSCO Publishing is greatly widening its offerings to the library market with the release of LinkSource, which Oliver Pesch, EBSCO's chief architect on the product, described to LJ as an "open URL--compliant link resolver, or link server."...

Innovative enters school market; web-based Via system designed specifically for school districts. (Industry News).(Innovative Interfaces Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Innovative Interfaces Inc. is taking the plunge into the school market with the release of a new automation system called Via. The web-based system was designed specifically for school districts and offers the standard features of OPAC,...

WilsonWeb adds expanded BRD; fiction/nonfiction info for kid's and adult titles reaches back to 1983. (Industry News).(Book Review Digest; database products from H.W. Wilson)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... H.W. Wilson has increased the coverage on its recently revamped WilsonWeb with the addition of an expanded version of Book Review Digest, which now includes more than one million reviews. According to Wilson, the Book Review Digest Plus...

Endeavor releases LinkFinderPlus 3.0; batch activation and maintenenace plus over 13,000 full-text links. (Industry News).(product from Endeavor Information Systems)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Endeavor Information Systems is now marketing LinkFinderPlus 3.0, featuring several enhancements over previous editions. LinkFinderPlus 3.0 provides library users with links to full-text articles from a web site citation, using the open URL...

Amigos agrees to distribute AGent; Auto-Graphics portal system included in Library of California. (Industry News).(Amigos Library Services)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Auto-Graphics has scored another distributor for its AGent system: Amigos Library Services has come aboard as distributor for the portal software to the Library of California network. AGent allows host libraries to search multiple databases...

Fretwell joins CrossRef group; membership group will boost accuracy of O[L.sup.2] linking. (Industry News).(Fretwell-Downing joins organizaiton)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Fretwell-Downing has become an affiliate member of the CrossRef organization, which the vendor claims will "improve the accuracy of [its] O[L.sup.2] reference linking product by cross-checking citation and digital content information to ensure...

Dynix/Horizon users meeting; more than 700 joint epixtech customers meet execs and swap info. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... epixtech's first joint users group meeting for customers of both its Dynix and Horizon systems brought in excess of 700 customers to Orlando, FL. Attendees were able to swap information on subjects ranging from cataloging to standards and could...

UOP signs Ex Libris (USA); academic signs for ALEPH 500, MetaLib, and SFX. (Installations).(University of the Pacific buys library management system from El Libris)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... University of the Pacific (UOP) has selected the ALEPH 500 library management system from Ex Libris (USA) for its three California campuses. The university also will implement MetaLib and SFX to manage its collection of electronic resources....

Gale signs TN Electronic Library; citizens across the state get access to 13 databases. (Installations).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The state of Tennessee has signed a contract with Gale to give its citizens desktop access to 13 databases through the Tennessee Electronic Library. The three-year contract became effective October 1. Tennesseans can connect for free at their...

Web watch. (Infotech).(car infomation sites)
January 1, 2003... CLICKING ON THE WEB... Cars provide different functions in people's lives. For many, cars are their primary means of transportation. Since consumers invest so heavily in cars, they have a serious need to research their choices and determine if...

Revisiting digital reference. (Digital Libraries).
January 1, 2003... NEARLY THREE-AND-A-HALF years ago I wrote about digital reference in these pages (LJ 6/15/99, p. 30ff.). Clearly, we have come a long way. Back then computer-based chat was nearly the only option for providing that service. Today, we can choose...

Calendar.(library conferences)
January 1, 2003... CONFERENCE PLANNER American Assn. of Law Libraries (AALL): Seattle, Jul. 12-16. American Library Assn. (ALA): Toronto, Jun. 19-25. Midwinter Meeting: Philadelphia, Jan. 24-29. American Society for Information Science &...

Columbia College Chicago Library. (People).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Jessica Alverson has been appointed Electronic Resources Librarian, Columbia College Chicago Library, IL.

Sampson-Livermore Library, University of North Carolina at Pembroke. (People).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Robert Arndt is now Reference/Instructional Services Librarian, Sampson-Livermore Library, University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He was Library Technical Assistant, Interlibrary Loan Lending, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South...

George Mason University Libraries. (People).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Mario Ascencio has been appointed Head Acquisitions and Gifts Librarian, George Mason University Libraries, Fairfax, VA. He was Adult Librarian, West End Neighborhood Library Center, District of Columbia Public Library System, Washington, DC.

Texas Lutheran University. (People).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Linda Robinson Barr has been appointed Systems and Electronic Resources Librarian, Blumberg Memorial Library, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin. She was Campus Librarian, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas.

Columbia University Libraries. (People).(appoints several people to positions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Columbia University Libraries has appointed Jeff Barton Stacks Renovation Librarian, Butler Library. Fadi Dagher is now Social Science Reference and Collection Development Librarian, Lehman Library. Andrew Larrick is now Reference Librarian,...

Academic Information Systems (AcIS). (People).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Academic Information Systems (AcIS) division at Columbia has appointed Mark Crawford as Computer Operations Coordinator, Academic Technologies Division. Stephen McGrath is now Systems Programmer, Research and Development Division. Masaru...

Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia (EPIC). (People).(Columbia University project appointees)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Electronic Publishing Initiative at Colombia (EPIC) has appointed Roberto Falck as Web Developer. Michael Luby is now Manager of Publisher Relations. Patricia A. Moran has been appointed Director of Development, Information Services...

Dominican University. (People).(Martin Dillon appointed)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Martin Dillon has been appointed first Follett Chair, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Dominican University, River Forest, IL. He had served as a Consultant and Editor at Libraries Unlimited as well as served in various...

International Publishers Marketing. (People).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Sam Dorrance has been appointed National Key Accounts Director, International Publishers Marketing, Dulles, VA. He has over 25 years of trade and academic publishing experience, most recently at Island Press.

University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). (People).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has appointed Barbara J. Ford as Director and Distinguished Professor, C. Walter and Gerda B. Mortenson Center for International Library Programs. Ford was President of the American...

Sacramento Public Library (SPL). (People).(Alison Landers and Mark Parker appointed)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Alison Landers has been appointed Deputy Director of Public Services, Sacramento Public Library (SPL), CA. She was Deputy Director of Library Operations, Houston Public Library, TX. Also, Mark Parker has been appointed Director of...

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. (People).(Michael C. Mahaney appointed)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Michael C. Mahaney has been appointed Director, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, NY, succeeding Diane J. Chrisman, who retired December 31. Mahaney was Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer at the library.

Santa Maria Public Library. (People).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Francisco Pinneli has been appointed City Librarian, Santa Maria Public Library, CA, Succeeding Jack Buchanan. Pinneli was County Librarian, Nevada County Library, CA.

University of Nevada. (People).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Dani Porter has been appointed Director of Development, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She was Community Relations Officer, Orange County Public Library System, Santa Ana, CA.

San Diego State University Library and Information Access. (People).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Margaret Theall has been appointed Director of Development, San Diego State University Library and Information Access. She was Associate Director, Library Advancement and Public Affairs, University of Toronto Libraries.

Chief Officers of Library Agencies (COSLA). (People).(State Librarian of Georgia, Lamar Veatch, elected)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Lamar Veatch has been elected to the Board of Directors, Chief Officers of Library Agencies (COSLA). He is the State Librarian of Georgia.

Obituaries.(Jean Houston Baldwin Daniel)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
January 1, 2003... Jean Houston Baldwin Daniel, former first lady of Texas (1943) and appointee to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission from 1988 to 1992, died on December 14, 2002 at the age of 86.

Raymond Santiago: Miami-Dade Public Library System. (Librarian of the Year 2003)(Cover Story).
January 1, 2003... "THE KEY IS being aware of the political realities. If you don't capture and understand the politics of your situation and organization you won't go far" says Raymond Santiago, director of the Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS), FL. That...

Best books of 2002.
January 1, 2003... ANOTHER YEAR, another best books list? Trust us, it's not as routine as it sounds. Each year brings a new set of books and hence a new sort of reading pleasure; who could have imagined floating on a skiff with Yann Martel's hungry tiger,...

Best genre fiction of 2002.
January 1, 2003... LJ's seventh annual list, selected by columnists Rex Klett (mystery), Jackie Cassada (sf/fantasy), and Kristin Ramsdell (romance) MYSTERY Champion, David. She Died for Her Sins: A Bomber Hanson Mystery. Knoll Pubs. ISBN 0-888310-51-0....

A precarious holding pattern: PL budgets nudge ahead, but materials spending dips and fundraising slows, even as more people use libraries. (Budget Report).(public library management and finances)
January 1, 2003... LIBRARY USAGE rises in economic hard times, and that raises a paradox: the more libraries are needed, the less money there is to support them. Last year we reported a decline in the rate of growth for library budgets (see "The New Wariness" LJ...

Why I Am in Love with Librarians.(Poem)
January 1, 2003... Why I Am in Love with Librarians I love how they know things only to pass them on, how they fade into the faux-wood-paneled walls of the reference room, their faces hidden between the covers of books, how they...

Shaking up life: Parkinson's Disease. (Collection Development).(Bibliography)
January 1, 2003... ALTHOUGH PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD) is one of the most common neurological disorders, many Americans were unaware of the condition until actor Michael J. Fox revealed his diagnosis to the public in 1998. An estimated 1.5 million people in North...

Prepub alert.
January 1, 2003... COMING IN MAY 2003... blockbusters from the likes of McMurtry and Quick, new works from literary lights Atwood and Garcia, and exciting debuts from Hart and Ullman. In nonfiction, plenty of sports action, plus reports on the Peleponnesian,...

Prepub best sellers: week ending December 21, 2002.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... 1 The Bone Vault [F] Linda Fairstein. Scribner. Jan. ISBN 0-7432-2354-3. $25. 2 A Place Called Rainwater [F] Dorothy Garlock. Warner. Jan. ISBN 0-446-52950-8. $22.95. 4 This Time Love [F] Elizabeth Lowell. Morrow. Jan. ISBN...

Advocating friends: friends in high--and low--places can help boost book and other materials budgets. (Inside Track).(libraries)
January 1, 2003... There's good news and bad news for libraries across the country. According to the annual LJ Budget Report (p. 55-57), library use is on the rise. Budgets, as many librarians have told us, are not. Even where libraries have held the line on...

Graphic novels.(shelving graphic novels)
January 1, 2003... Where to shelve graphic novels continues to vex librarians who are looking to reach new readers and graphic novel (GN) fans alike. Some libraries prefer to shelve them all--whether superhero stories, realistic fiction, satire, of history--in...

Aragones, Sergio & others. The Groo Nursery.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Dark Horse. 2002. 96p. ISBN 1-56971-794-X. pap. $11.95. F Veteran cartoonist Aragones, famous for his wordless gag strips and marginal illustrations in MAD magazine, created Groo the Wanderer in the early 1980s as a spoof of barbarian...

Bendis, Brian Michael & others. Powers. Vol. 3: Little Deaths.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Image Comics. 2002. 192p. ISBN 1-58240-269-8. pap. $19.95. F In a world where superheroes are media celebrities, police detective Christian Walker (a superhero who's lost his special abilities) and partner Deena Pilgrim investigate crimes...

Cha, Louis & Wing Shing Ma. Heaven Sword & Dragon Sabre.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Vol. 1. ComicsOne. 2002. 128p. tr. from Chinese by Stuart Young. ISBN 1-58899-183-0. pap. $13.95. F Wuxia fiction (Chinese martial arts fantasies) can be traced back hundreds of years; the tradition has inspired countless Hong Kong...

Cho, Frank. Liberty Meadows. Vol. 1: Eden.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Image Comics. 2002. 128p. ISBN 1-58240-260-4. pap. $14.95. F Liberty Meadows is an animal sanctuary where a variety of talking animals keep the human staff on its toes. Frank the veterinarian loves Brandy, the statuesque animal...

Clowes, Daniel. Twentieth Century Eightball.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Fantagraphics. 2002. 100p. ISBN 1-56097-436-2. pap. $19. F This book of short stories and short-shorts (some in color, some in black-and-white) is collected from the 1988-96 issues of Clowes's Harvey Award-winning Eightball. In it, Clowes...

Drooker, Eric. Blood Song: a Silent Ballad.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Harvest: Harcourt. 2002. 304p. ISBN 0-15-600884-X. pap. $20. F Franz Masereel's Passionate Journey (1919) and Lynd Ward's God's Man (1929), wordless books of sequential woodcuts, are two of the earliest books described with the term graphic...

Giardino, Vittorio. No Pasaran!(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Vol. 2. ComicsLit: NBM. 2002. 56p. tr. from Italian by Andrea Gaudiano. ISBN 1-56163-313-5. pap. $11.95. F Italian writer and artist Giardino, best known in America for his Harvey Award-winning coming-of-age series, "A Jew in Communist...

Kobayashi, Makoto. What's Michael? Vol. 6: A Hard Day's Life.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Dark Horse. 2002.88p. tr. from Japanese by Dana Lewis & Lea Hernandez. ISBN 1-56971-744-3. pap. $8.95. F To answer the question posed by the title, Michael is an orange striped house cat. This collection of short stories is a comical take...

* Koike, Kazuo & Goseki Kojima. Lone Wolf and Cub. Vol. 22: Heaven and Earth.(and other volumes)(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... * Koike, Kazuo & Goseki Kojima. Lone Wolf and Cub. Vol. 22: Heaven and Earth. 288p. ISBN 1-56971-594-7. * Lone Wolf and Cub. Vol. 23: Tears of Ice. 312p. ISBN 1-56971-595-5. * Lone Wolf and Cub. Vol. 24: In These Small Hands. 312p....

Marz, Ron & others. Scion. Vol. 3: Divided Loyalties.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... CrossGeneration Comics. 2002. 196p. ISBN 1-931484-26-0. pap. $15.95. F Combining a medieval setting with high technology, this series tells the story of Prince Ethan of the Heron Dynasty, who accidentally disfigured Prince Bron of the...

Mills, Scott. Trenches.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Top Shelf Productions. 2002. 176p. ISBN 1-891830-28-7. pap. $14.95. F This World War I story focuses on the strained relationship between two British brothers, Davey and Lloyd Allenby, who enlist together and find themselves on the front...

Soryo, Fuyumi. Mars.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Vol. 4. Tokyopop. (Authentic Manga). 2002. 184p. tr. from Japanese by Shirley Kobo. ISBN 1-59182-055-3. pap. $9.99. F This black-and-white manga series in Tokyopop's "authentic manga" format (read right-to-left as in the original...

TenNapel, Doug. Creature Tech.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Top Shelf Productions. 2002. 208p. ISBN 1-891830-34-1. pap. $14.95. F In the small town of Turlock, the bizarre and the supernatural are commonplace. The city is home to the Research Technical Institute--"Creature Tech" to the...

Tomine, Adrian. Summer Blonde.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Drawn & Quarterly. 2002. 136p. ISBN 1-896597-49-1. $24.95. F As with his previous book, Sleepwalk and Other Stories, Tomine (winner of the 1996 Harvey Award for best new talent) here tells true-to-life short stories in a realistic...

Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Special Collector's Edition.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Vol. 6. Viz Comics. 2002. 192p. tr. from Japanese by Lillian Olsen. ISBN 1-59116-010-3. pap. $15.95. F Fifteen years after a huge disaster has changed the world, 14-year-old Shinji Ikari works for his estranged father at NERV, a...

Congdon, Kristin G. & Kara Kelley Hallmark. Artists from Latin American Cultures: a Biographical Dictionary.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Greenwood. 2002. 344p. permanent paper. photogs. index. LC 2001058345. ISBN 0-313-31544-2. $59.95. REF Containing profiles of 75 artists from the United States, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, this work offers a general...

Darling, David. The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Wiley. 2002. c.576p. permanent paper. illus. index. ISBN 0-471-05649-9. $35. REF This one-volume encyclopedia divides its coverage of space flight into three areas: biographies of astronauts, rocket scientists, etc.; histories of manned...

Directory of State Court Clerks & County Courthouses, 2003 Edition.(and 'Want's Federal-State Court Directory, 2003 Edition')(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Directory of State Court Clerks & County Courthouses, 2003 Edition. 340p. ISBN 0-9701229-3-4. pap. $75. Want's Federal-State Court Directory, 2003 Edition. 240p. ISBN 0-9701229-2-6. pap. $45. ea. vol: Want. 2002. ed. by Robert S. Want....

Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures: Cities and Cultures Around the World.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... 4 vols. Grolier Educational. 2002. 2112p. ed. by Melvin & Carol R. Ember. photogs. maps. index. ISBN 0-7172-5698-7. $399. REF The Embers, who also edited Countries and Their Cultures, have produced an exceptional reference work. Along...

Epstein, Ronald. Buddhism A to Z.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Buddhist Text Translation Soc. Mar. 2003. c.360p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 2002001964. ISBN 0-88139-353-3. pap. $21.95. REF In collaboration with the editorial committee of the Buddhist Text Translation Society (BTTS), Epstein intends this...

Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders. ed. by Christopher O'Toole. ISBN 1-55297-612-2. Firefly Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. ed. by Tim Halliday & Kraig Adler. ISBN 1-55297-613-0. ea. vol: Firefly. 2002. 240p. photogs....