Library Journal articles from July 2010

Library Journal archives from July 2010

Down with summer reading! 19 memoirs for the recovery crowd.(ON THE WEB)
July 1, 2010... This batch of late spring and early summer memoirs will make the anti-summer-reading crowd happy. Recovery--from all manner of diseases and addictions--is the operative word. Lauren Gilbert, Therese Purcell Nielsen, and Lynne Maxwell review Bill...

Xpress reviews: first look at new books.(ON THE WEB)('Edge of Midnight')(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Verdict: Marking the author's Brava hardcover debut, McKenna's sixth entry in her popular series reintroduces a lost sibling and blends an intensely terrifying psychic thriller with a mind-blowing erotic...

Save the date: for LJ's virtual ebook conference.(ON THE WEB)('Ebooks: Libraires at the Tipping Point')
July 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On September 29, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., LJ will host "Ebooks: Libraries at the Tipping Point," a virtual conference addressing the concerns of school, public, and academic libraries and featuring keynote speakers...

LosingLibraries.org: help us tell the whole story--help everyone do something about it.(Editorial)
July 1, 2010... IN THE UK, ACCORDING TO THE GUARDIAN (6/11/10), a government-commissioned report by KPMG consultants aimed at public sector reform proposes that libraries could be more effectively run by local volunteers rather than by "over-skilled paid...

A captain, not a figurehead: it makes no difference who wins an ALA election.(blatantberry)(American Library Association)
July 1, 2010... IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT ONLY 20 PERCENT OF THE members of the American Library Association (ALA) who are eligible to vote decided to use that privilege in the race for president in the recent ALA election. Intelligent voters make an important...

Advocacy succeeds in SC.(newsdesk)(South Carolina)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... In less than a week in June, South Carolina library advocates and their allies not only got Gov. Mark Sanford's veto of state aid to libraries overturned but did so at margins state library director David Goble said were greater than any other...

Temporary reprieves for Boston and Charlotte PLS.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Beleaguered library systems in Boston and Charlotte Mecklenburg County, NC, have received temporary infusions of funds that will allow more service than initially anticipated for FY11 but don't represent sustainable solutions. Rather, they buy...

IMLS: $22.6m in grants.(newsdesk)(Institute of Museum and Library Services)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded 38 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grants totaling $22,623,984. (There were 110 applications, with requests in the sum of $68,242,619.) The grants provide scholarships for...

Santa Cruz Library report emphasizes volunteers.(newsdesk)(Santa Cruz County, California)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... In California, grand juries often serve to investigate government agencies, and the Santa Cruz County grand jury criticized SantaCruz Public Libraries (SCPL), citing an outdated integrated library system (ILS) and other technologies and what it...

UC libraries, nature in dispute over pricing.(newsdesk)(University of California)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... In a pointed exchange, library directors and faculty leaders at the University of California (UC) and executives at Nature Publishing Group (NPG) are trading charges about NPG's proposed four-fold increase in licensing fees, the tenor of...

LAPL seeks Parcel Tax ballot.(newsdesk)(Los Angeles Public Library)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... While the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) has decreased its operating budget by nearly 15 percent, cut its staff by 28 percent, and reduced service systemwide to five days from six, the Board of Library Commissioners is already aiming to...

OCLC cuts 7% of HQ staff.(newsdesk)(Online Computer Library Center)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... In a sign of both the tough times facing the library market and OCLC's own business changes, the nonprofit behemoth has laid off 64 people, including 55 at its Dublin, OH, headquarters. The latter represents a little more than seven percent of...

BEA conference report.(NEWSDESK)(2010 BookExpo America)(Conference notes)
July 1, 2010... The current fervor over ebooks and the Google Books Settlement notwithstanding, the printed book held pride of place at BookExpo America (BEA), May 26-27, 2010, in New York City. The shortening of the show to two days, with a separate education...

Marin PLS win parcel taxes.(news desk)(Marin County, California)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Voters in three Marin County, CA, communities on June 8 approved annual library parcel taxes of $49. The Marin County Free Library, San Anselmo Public Library, and San Rafael Public Library needed two-thirds of the vote for passage.

Vote of confidence for GSLIS.(news desk)(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Though a University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, committee was charged with exploring structural or organizational changes regarding the top-rated Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) and three other departments, it...

CLA faces tough future.(news desk)(Canadian Library Association)(Brief article)(Conference notes)
July 1, 2010... At the Canadian Library Association (CLA) conference June 2-5 in Edmonton, Alta., the underlying issues were change and sustainability, both for the profession at large and for CLA in particular. CLA has run a deficit budget for ten of the past...

Hood River PL closes.(news desk)(Hood River, Oregon Public Library)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Hood River County, OR, a community of 21,000 residents, was to lose its three-branch Hood River County Library as of July 1. In May, voters defeated a special district ballot by 54 percent to 46 percent, a move that would have generated $1.2...

Siskiyou County Library gets six-month reprieve.(news desk)(Siskiyou County Library, Yreka, California)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Siskiyou County Library (SCL), Yreka, CA, was facing closure as of June 30 but got a six-month reprieve as the May 21 decision was temporarily reversed. While supervisors June 1 voted down by a 3-2 margin a measure that would have eliminated...

Innovation symposium: the future is mobile.(infotech)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Video chat, video voice mail, and real-time media sharing are destined for contextually aware smartphones, the device of choice for the next generation. But are libraries ready? To help libraries reach mobile users and keep track of mobile...

4G, and speedy services.(infotech)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Lindsay Notwell of Verizon Wireless described the service landscape library patrons will likely come to expect from a next-generation, or 4G, cellular network. (Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile have chosen LTE for their 4G infrastructure, while...

Converging access.(infotech)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... We're headed toward a paradigm shift, said consultant Sarah Allen of Blazing Cloud, thanks to ubiquitous access to powerful computing applications and vast stores of data. Contextually aware phones will change how people interact with technology...

"The Internet of Things".(infotech)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Delving deeper into the notion of interconnectedness, IBM's Jack Mason told the audience that a vast array "of everyday products, objects, and devices will be" talking to one another in the very near future. This Outernet, or "the Internet of...

Ebook sellers told library model is needed.(infotech)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On May 26, the same day during BookExpo America (BEA) that a representative of Google explained that the new cloud-based Google Editions ebook marketplace makes no provisions for libraries as customers, librarians in...

Will Blio & Copia platforms come to libraries?(infotech)
July 1, 2010... Reps from the new ebook platforms Copia and Blio joined two librarians-New York Public Library deputy director of collections and circulating operations Christopher Platt (pictured, top) and Toronto Public Library collection development manager...

OCLC record policy set to take effect August 1.(infotech)(Online Computer Library Center)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... After more than a year and a half of proposals, withdrawals, and revisions, OCLC's final updated policy governing the usage of WorldCat records is set to go "live" on August 1. The document, an update to the current "Guidelines for Use and...

NYPL joins HathiTrust, as repository brands.(infotech)(New York Public Library)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... New York Public Library (NYPL) is the latest research institution--and the first public library--to join the ranks of the HathiTrust repository, a 27-institution effort to preserve and make accessible digital texts. The library will add some...

Europeana paper suggests linked data solutions.(infotech)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... The collaborative digital library project Europeana refocuses energies in its first white paper, "Knowledge = Information in Context." The paper proposes linked data, and a semantic search engine, to make it easier to find a wide range of...

Services before content.(THE USER EXPERIENCE)
July 1, 2010... I LIKE P-BOOKS AND EBOOKS. I like movies. I like music. What's more, I think these things have a place in our libraries and have played a crucial role in their evolution. I'm afraid, though, that the pervasive concept of library as commercial...

Do-it-yourself libraries: with consistently high marks from patrons and librarians, self-service options are changing the way libraries do business.(STATE OF SELF-SERVICE 2010)(Report)
July 1, 2010... When Michigan's Novi Public Library had its grand opening for a long-awaited new building in this bedroom community outside of Detroit, local news crews barely looked at the library's stunning views of a newly landscaped sculpture garden and...

Bea beyond the buzz: LJ's review editors share their discoveries from the floor.(BEA DISCOVERIES 2010)(BookExpo America)
July 1, 2010... With the exhibits at New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center open just two days, the show floor at this year's BEA was a real free-for-all, with lots of traffic from the moment the doors opened on Wednesday, May 26. But for LJ's review...

Facebook's March on privacy: it's too useful to quit, despite concerns, so how can librarians make the best of a bad situation?(TOOLS AT WORK)
July 1, 2010... May 31, 2010, was Quit Facebook Day. But although only around 35,000 of the 500 million Facebook users pledged to quit Facebook on Memorial Day, there's clearly a sense of unease stirring with the social network's strategy. Congress has called...

Eye of the beholder: follow the stars for top art books titles and best bargains.(ART BOOKS FALL 2010)
July 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Art, like beauty, as the adage goes, is in the eye of the beholder. Art also is a living, breathing thing that evolves over time, so what is considered "art" is ever...

The new golden years.(Collection Development: The New Retirement)(Bibliography)
July 1, 2010... If shuffleboard and "early bird specials" are your idea of retirement, you're out of touch. For today's older adults, retirement means adventure, travel, volunteering, and second careers, options that our parents and grandparents never had even...

Allen, Sarah Addison. The Girl Who Chased the Moon.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... * Allen, Sarah Addison. The Girl Who Chased the Moon. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4159-6219-0. $90; 6 CDs. retail ed. Random Audio; digital download. F New York Times best-selling author Allen follows...

The Audiobook Publishers Association's coveted 2010 Audiobook of the Year Award (pictured) went to an LJ Editors' Fall Pick, Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (Hachette Audio), which also won in the category of Multi-voiced Performance.(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... The Audiobook Publishers Association's coveted 2010 Audiobook of the Year Award (pictured) went to an LJ Editors' Fall Pick, Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (Hachette Audio), which also won in the category of Multi-voiced...

Mango Languages, a leading provider of language-learning products to libraries, now offers an interactive online version of Little Pim, the animated foreign-language series for young children.(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Mango Languages, a leading provider of language-learning products to libraries, now offers an interactive online version of Little Pim, the animated foreign-language series for young children. Mango recently signed contracts with the County of...

Recorded Books (RB) continues to grow its K-12 digital offerings.(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Recorded Books (RB) continues to grow its K-12 digital offerings. The company's recent partnership with Transparent Language (see Publisher Spotlight, LJ 4/1/10) marked its entrance into the arena of digital products for foreign-language...

In May, TidBITS (www.tidbits.com) revealed that Apple's iPad Camera Connection Kit has undocumented USB audio capabilities.(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... In May, TidBITS (www.tidbits.com) revealed that Apple's iPad Camera Connection Kit has undocumented USB audio capabilities. Now, reports Digital Journal (www.digitaljournal.com), a Miami-based research scientist is relying on those capabilities,...

Amazon audiobook company Audible has released a beta app for the Android platform through which users can download, play, and maintain their audiobook collections.(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Amazon audiobook company Audible has released a beta app for the Android platform through which users can download, play, and maintain their audiobook collections. Free testing of the software requires Audible for Android Google Group membership...

Top-selling Books on Tape audios for the month of May.(TOP AUDIO)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 The Gift Who Kicked the Hornet s Nest, Stieg Larsson. 16 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 20 1/4 hrs. Books on Tape. ISBN 978-0-307-73501-0. $40; 16 CDs. retail ed. Random Audio; digital download. F The final...

Cussler, Clive with Jack Du Brul. The Silent Sea.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... Cussler, Clive with Jack Du Brul. The Silent Sea. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 1/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 978-0-307-71413-8. $100; 9 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; digital download, e A sunken treasure in a remote Washington State...

Earls, Nick. The True Story of Butterfish.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... Earls, Nick. The True Story of Butterfish. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Bolinda Audio. 2010. ISBN 978-1-7421-4655-3. $87.95; digital download, e Curtis Holland, a former rock star with the now-disbanded band Butterfish, retreats to a...

Foden, Giles. Turbulence.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... Foden, Giles. Turbulence. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. Clipper Audio, dist. by Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4498-1292-8. $102.75; digital download, e In his fifth novel, Foden, who won a Whitbread First Novel Award for The Last...

Grahame-Smith, Seth. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... Grahame-Smith, Seth. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Hachette Audio from BBC Audiobooks America. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60788-354-8. $69.99; 9 CDs. retail ed. Hachette Audio; Playaway digital; digital download, e...

Lynds, Gayle. The Book of Spies.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... * Lynds, Gayle. The Book of Spies. 12 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 14 1/2 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4417-2689-6. $54.50; 12 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital download, r In New York Times...

Mina, Denise. Still Midnight.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... Mina, Denise. Still Midnight. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 hrs. BBC Audiobooks America. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7927-6307-9. $89.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F This is John Creasey Dagger Award winner Mina's...

Murakami, Haruki. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... Murakami, Haruki. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. 11 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 14 hrs. Naxos AudioBooks. 2010. ISBN 978-962-634-338-8. $62.98; digital download. F Murakami's demanding 1991 novel, newly available on audio,...

Porter, Henry. The Bell Ringers.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... Porter, Henry. The Bell Ringers. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 13 hrs. Tanter Audio. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4001-4658-1. $79.99; 11 CDs. retail ed.; 2 MP3-CDs. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F When New York lawyer Kate Lockhart...

Trussoni, Danielle. Angelology.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... Trussoni, Danielle. Angelology. 17 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 21 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 978-0-307-57749-8. $100; 17 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; digital download. F Trussoni's (www.danielletrussoni.com) memoir, Falling Through...

Burden, Wendy. Dead End Gene Pool: A Memoir.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... Burden, Wendy. Dead End Gene Pool: A Memoir. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4001-4589-O. $69.99; 7 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; digital download. AUTOBIOG In her first book, Burden, the...

Deutschendorf, Harvey. The Other Kind of Smart: Simple Ways To Boost Your Emotional Intelligence for Greater Personal Effectiveness and Success.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... Deutschendorf, Harvey. The Other Kind of Smart: Simple Ways To Boost Your Emotional Intelligence for Greater Personal Effectiveness and Success. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4233-9115-9. $82.97; 5 CDs....

Fox, Michael, J. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future ... Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... * Fox, Michael, J. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future... Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned. 1 CD. library ed. unabridged. 2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4013-9518-6. $30.75; 2 CDs. retail ed. Hyperion Audio; digital...

James, P.D. Talking About Detective Fiction.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2010... * James, P.D. Talking About Detective Fiction. 4 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 4 1/4 hrs. BBC Audiobooks America. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7927-6904-0. $49.95; digital download. LIT James, who turns 90 in August, wrote this Edgar Award-winning book on...

Kirkpatrick, Sidney. Hitler's Holy Relics: A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race To Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2010... * Kirkpatrick, Sidney. Hitler's Holy Relics: A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race To Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire. 9 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 10 3/4 hrs. HighBridge Audio. 2010. ISBN 978-1-61573-043-8. $34.95;...

Lundin, Stephen & Bob Nelson. Ubuntu! An Inspiring Story About an African Tradition of Teamwork and Collaboration.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2010... * Lundin, Stephen & Bob Nelson. Ubuntu! An Inspiring Story About an African Tradition of Teamwork and Collaboration. 3 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 3 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 978-0-307-70763-5. $40; 3 CDs. retail ed. Random Audio;...

Rove, Karl. Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2010... Rove, Karl. Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight. 7 CDs. library ed. abridged. 8 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4423-3406-9. $38.75; 7 CDs. retail ed. S. & S. Audio; digital download. AUTOBIOG It's doubtful...

Liz Danforth.(Liz Danforth's Games, Gamers, & Gaming blog receives recognition)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Congrats to U gaming columnist Liz Danforth (pictured), whose Games, Gamers, & Gaming blog (www.libraryjournal.com) made Salem Press's listing of 80 "notable" library blogs and was among the 45 to receive a gold star (indicating those blogs...

Bonekickers: Digging into Mysteries of the Past.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... Bonekickers: Digging into Mysteries of the Past. 3 discs, color. 344+ min. James Strong & others, Mammoth Screen/Monastic Prods. for BBC in assoc, with Granada & ITV Global Entertainment, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047;...

Murphy's Law. Series 2.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... Murphy's Law. Series 2. 2 discs, color. 302+ min. Brian Kirk, BBC & Tiger Aspect Prods., dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www. acornonline.com. 2010. DVD UPC 0-54961-83759-5. $39.99. SDH subtitles. F Det. Sgt. Tommy Murphy returns for...

Pride and Prejudice.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... Pride and Prejudice. 2 discs, colon 323+ min. Simon Langton, BBC TV in assoc, with A&E Network, dist. by New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 978-1-4229-6930-4. $39.95; Blu-ray ISBN 978-1-4229-8886-2. $49.95. F The...

The Necktie.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... The Necktie. colon 23 1/2 min. Jean-Francois Levesque, dist. by National Film Bd. of Canada, 800-542-2164; www.nlb.ca. DVD UPC 6-98193-21866-3. $129. Public performance. ANIMATION Cleverly mixing cartoon and puppet animation, first-time...

Thomas Comma.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... Thomas Comma. colon 24 min. Ken Kimmelman, Imagery Film, 212-243-5579; wwwimageryfilm. com; thomascomma.com. 2010. DVD $18.95; public performance $89.95. LIT [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Filmmaker Kimmelman takes a break from somber...

Pew Internet Project.(online video usage survey)(Survey)(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... According to a survey of 753 Internet-using adults conducted by the Pew Internet Project during a thee-day period in June 2009, 69 percent of adult Internet users watch streaming or downloaded videos online. Since 2007, the study reports,...

The DreamWorks film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's debut novel, The Help (2009), directed by Tate Taylor and starring Emma Stone as Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, Viola Davis as Abileen, and Octavia Spencer as Mimi, is currently in production in Greenwood, MS.
July 1, 2010... The DreamWorks film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's debut novel, The Help (2009), directed by Tate Taylor and starring Emma Stone as Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, Viola Davis as Abileen, and Octavia Spencer as Mimi, is currently in production in...

Fangoria magazine has launched, together with film producer/distributor Lightning Media, a multitiered distribution program featuring eight horror titles to be collectively marketed as part of Fangoria FrightFest, a "mini" film festival competition.(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... Fangoria magazine has launched, together with film producer/distributor Lightning Media, a multitiered distribution program featuring eight horror titles to be collectively marketed as part of Fangoria FrightFest, a "mini" film festival...

At the Wall Street Journals 2010 D: All Things Digital conference (aka D8), Avatar director James Cameron revealed plans for a 3-D version of Titanic (1997).(Brief article)
July 1, 2010... At the Wall Street Journals 2010 D: All Things Digital conference (aka D8), Avatar director James Cameron revealed plans for a 3-D version of Titanic (1997). titanic won 11 Academy Awards and was the first film ever to rake in more than $1...

What's coming on DVD.(TRAILERS)(Brief article)(List)
July 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Children of Invention. color. 86+ min. Tze Chun, dist. by Indie Blitz c/o E1 Entertainment. Aug. 2010. DVD UPC 6-34479-99765-5. $24.98. DRAMA Two young children manage on their own when their single mum goes missing....

A Good Life: The Joe Grushecky Story.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... A Good Life: The Joe Grushecky Story. 2 discs. color. 90+ min. Steve Caniff & Jim Justice, Flat Broke Prods. & Justice Bros. Film, dist. by Virgil Films, www.virgilfilmsent.com. 2009. DVD UPC 8-29567-06532-7. $24.99. MUSIC He's making...

Your Life, Your Money: Empowering Young Adults To Get Their Money Right.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... Your Life, Your Money: Empowering Young Adults To Get Their Money Right. color. 60 min. Tom Simon, WNED-TV Buffalo & Walking Dog Prods., dist. by PBS Home Video, shoppbs.org/education. DVD ISBN 978-0-7936-7079-6. $24.99. Closed-captioned....

An Island Calling: A Coup, a Murder, the Pacific.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... An Island Calling: A Coup, a Murder, the Pacific. color. 75 min. Annie Goldson, dist. by Icarus Films, 800-876-1710; www.icarusfilms.com. 2009. $398. GAY STUDIES An Island Calling examines the murders of John Scott and his life partner, Greg...

African American Culture Series.(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... African American Culture Series. 10 vols. color & b/w. Antonio Smith, Smith Show Entertainment, www.africanamericandvds.com, dist. by Midwest Tape, Instructional Video, AV Cafe. 2010. ea. vol: $24.97; series $220. Includes: African Amerian...

First Comes Saturday, Then Comes Sunday.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... First Comes Saturday, Then Comes Sunday. color. 43+ min. Pierre Rehov, dist. by SISU Home Entertainment, 212-947-7888; www. sisuent.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-56086-657-8. $24.95. INT AFFAIRS Israeli documentary filmmaker Rehov offers the...

The Exiles.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... The Exiles. 2 discs, b/w. 72+ min. Kent Mackenzie, dist. by Milestone Film & Video, 201-767-3117; www.milestonefilms.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-933920-08-5. $29.95. SOC SCI The Exiles chronicles a day in the late 1950s in the lives of a...

Top foreign & Indie picks.(FAST SCANS)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... By Brakhage: An Anthology. Vol. 2.3 discs. color & b/w. 454 min. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 1955-2003. DVD ISBN 978-1-60465-280-2. $39.95; Blu-ray (Vols. 1 & 2:3 discs. 697 min.) ISBN 978-1-60465-300-7. $79.95....

Numen: The Nature of Plants.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... Numen: The Nature of Plants. colon 95 min. Terrence Youk, Brook Hollow Prods., 802-229-4446; www.numenfilm.com. 2009. DVD UPC 7-07541-14189-5. $249. Public performance. AGRI The term numen is defined as "the presiding divinity or spirit of a...

Food Matters[R]: You Are What You Eat.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... Food Matters[R]: You Are What You Eat. color. 80 min. Anto Skene, Permacology Prods., dist. by Passion River, 732-321-0711; www.passionriver.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-94922-97102-9. $24.95. HEALTH This important film focuses on the lack of...

The Story of Math.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2010... The Story of Math. 4 vols. color. Ha. vol: 58 min. Karen McGann & others, Open University, dist. by Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 800-257-5126; www.films.com. 2009. DVD series ISBN 978-1-60825-360-9. $679.80. Public performance;...

Q&A with MLA Prez McTyre.(MUSIC FOR THE MASSES)(Music Library Association President Ruthann B. McTyre)(Interview)
July 1, 2010... Ruthann B. McTyre, MLS, head of Rita Benton Music Library (RBML), Iowa City, and president of the Music Library Association (MLA;www.musiclibraryassoc. org), talks to LJ columnist Matthew Moyer about the evolution of music librarianship,...

Prepub alert.
July 1, 2010... FICTION Baldacci, David. Hell's Corner. Grand Central. Nov. 2010. 432p. ISBN 978-0-446-19552-2. $27.99. Irg. prnt. CD: Hachette Audio. England's prime minister is visiting, a bomb explodes, and MI-5 agent Mary Chapman is sent over to help...

Mystery.
July 1, 2010... MURDER IN MAYBERRY Small towns or villages continue to serve as popular settings for mysteries, especially cozies. Chris Cavender's Pepperoni Pizza Can Be Murder is set in Timber Ridge, NC, where everyone is on a first-name basis. The town of...

Prepub mystery.
July 1, 2010... Cooper, Susan Rogers. Full Circle. Severn House. Dec. 2010. 224p. ISBN 978-0-72786955-5. $28.95. In this follow-up to 2008's Romanced to Death, which reintroduced the E.J. Pugh series, teenaged Bessie is being stalked. Is the killer who got...

Spiritual living.(Book review)
July 1, 2010... BUMPER CROPS ON THE WAY! Look for titles in Buddhism and Eastern traditions, along with help in using the power of faith for new directions, including harnessing humor to a Christian outlook and finding a gospel of social justice in the Book of...

Graphic novels.(Young adult review)(Book review)
July 1, 2010... "I WAS HONORED to be nominated," Alex Simmons said, nearly jumping up and down, "but now I'm really damn happy!" Simmons was accepting a Glyph Award for The Cartoon Life of Chuck Clayton miniseries from Archie & Friends. The Glyphs honor...

Ashworth, Jenn. A Kind of Intimacy.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2010... Ashworth, Jenn. A Kind of Intimacy. Europa, dist. by Penguin. 2010. c.352p. ISBN 978-1-933372-86-0. pap. $15. F British writer Ashworth conjures the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe in this tale of murder and delusion. Like Montresor in "The Cask of...