Library Journal articles from July 2011

Library Journal archives from July 2011

Steampunk: update your collections.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)
July 1, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "In March 2010, I wrote 'Steampunk: 20 Core Titles' for : Since then, more quality steampunk fiction has been published, so it was time for a catch-up article. All 13 of these books will make fine additions to your...

Xpress reviews: first look at new books.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Mister Wonderful: A Love Story)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2011... "Verdict: By turns snarky and sweet, Marshall becomes increasingly less of a misfit and more of a hero as the story goes on, and all we wish, for both him and Natalie, is the very best. Dryly funny but buoyed by hopefulness, Clowes's latest is a...

Karin Slaughter: our first guest book blogger!(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Save the Libraries fundraising campaign)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At LJ's 14th annual Day of Dialog on May 23, bestselling author Slaughter introduced her Save the Libraries fundraising campaign and announced that the stops on the tour for her latest thriller, Fallen, would be...

What numbers can't tell us: support for our profession has to come from all of us.(editorial)(Editorial)
July 1, 2011... FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS, MY HEAD HAS BEEN spinning with numbers. As Andrew Beveridge, who started it all on the Oxford University Press (OUP) blog, said, I might have done better to listen to Mark Twain: "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damn...

Untethered in Paris: how did we survive with such sparse communication?(blatant berry)(Editorial)
July 1, 2011... THE EXPERIENCE WAS EXHILARATING AND ALSO rejuvenating. I was alone, sipping Pernod at the cafe Les Deux Magots. My sidewalk table faced the Boulevard Saint-Germain and an intersection named for Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. My...

WiscNet to stay in place for two more years.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... WiscNet, the nonprofit cooperative that provides low-cost Internet service for libraries and schools throughout Wisconsin, will continue for at least two more years under a last-minute budget compromise brokered June 15 by the state assembly. ...

California Assembly Targets Library Outsourcing
July 1, 2011... The California State Assembly passed a bill (AB 438) June 3 that would make it more difficult for cities to outsource library services. The vote, on a mostly party line, was 41-25. The League of California Cities and Library Systems &...

Kansas state librarian challenges OverDrive.(newsdesk)(Jo Budler)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Jo Budler, the state librarian of Kansas, with the backing of the state attorney general's office, is planning to terminate the Kansas Digital Library Consortium's contract with ebook vendor OverDrive and is asserting the bold argument that the...

EBSCO's acquisition of H.W. Wilson part of a consolidation trend.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... EBSCO Publishing's recent acquisition of H.W. Wilson for an undisclosed sum was driven in part by the desire of Wilson shareholders to cash in at a good time and also by a trend toward consolidation--needed for companies to compete effectively...

British Library, Google plan digitization project.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... The British Library and Google announced a partnership today to digitize 250,000 out-of-copyright books from the library's collections that will be available to anyone who wants to do research. Over the coming years, the content will be...

Publishers, ARL stake out positions on ILL.(newsdesk)(Association of Research Libraries and the international interlibrary loan)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... A battle is brewing between research libraries and an association of academic publishers over the right to engage in international interlibrary loan (ILL) and document delivery, both well-established library practices that are increasingly...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg PL gets a budget boost.(newsdesk)(public library)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners approved on June 7 an FY12 budget of $24 million for the struggling Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, NC. This is an increase from the $21.2 million the library received in FY11 from the county, and it...

Survey: undergraduates prefer print over ebooks.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... The University of California Libraries has released an ebook usage survey as part of its Springer ebook pilot project. The survey contains a lot of interesting information, but there is one point that was a bit striking as the rush toward ebooks...

OverDrive to streamline platform.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... OverDrive, the dominant ebook vendor for public libraries, is promising major revisions to its platform and a significant expansion of its collections as competition within the burgeoning library ebook market increases with new and revamped...

ALA publication starts with digitization projects.(newsdesk)(American Library Association)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... The American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) has begun a new, primarily digital series of publications called "OITP Perspectives," which will provide an outlet for more specialized topics than those...

Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.(people)(retirement of chief executive officer Laura Bramble)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Laura Bramble, CEO, Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, for the past four years, preceded by a year as Interim CEO, has announced her retirement. She has been with the library system for 19 years. A national search is under way to hire...

Baltimore County Public Library.(people)(Director for Public Services Irene Briggs)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Irene Briggs has joined the Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, MD, as Director for Public Services. She previously was Associate Director of Public Services, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Hyattsville, MD.

Metadata Applications.(people)(retirement of vice president Karen Calhoun)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Karen Calhoun, Vice President of Metadata Applications, OCLC, has retired. She worked at OCLC from 1986 to 1997 and again from 2007 to the present after being at Cornell University Library for ten years as Senior Associate University Librarian...

Buckeye Library, Medina County District Library.(people)(Branch Manager Holly Camino)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Holly Camino is the new Branch Manager, Buckeye Library, Medina County District Library, OH. She previously was Adult Acquisitions Librarian.

Larchmont Public Library.(people)(retirement of director Diane Courtney)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Diane Courtney, Director, Larchmont Public Library, NY, since 1995, is retiring this month. During her tenure, some 36 building projects were completed, including a $3.2 million children's room renovation.

Homer Public Library.(people)(Homer Public Librarian Ann Dixon)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Ann Dixon is the new Homer Public Librarian, directing the Homer Public Library, AK. She replaces the retiring Helen Hill. The author of several children's books, Dixon most recently was Librarian, Willow Public Library, AK.

Manatee County Public Library System.(people)(promotion of Ava Ehde to manager)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Ava Ehde has been promoted to Manager, Manatee County Public Library System (MCPLS), Bradenton, FL, with responsibility for five libraries. Ehde previously was Supervisor, Island Branch Library, Holmes Beach, at MCPLS.

Lima Public Library.(people)(library director Gary Fraser)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Gary Fraser is the new Director, Lima Public Library, OH, replacing the retiring Scott Sharer. He previously was the library's System Administrator.

Chicago Public Library.(people)(West Lawn Branch manager Elizabeth Garcia)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Elizabeth Garcia is the new Manager, West Lawn Branch, Chicago Public Library (CPL). Garcia began her CPL career as a page in 1998 and received her MLS in 2005. She most recently was Adult Librarian, Garfield Ridge Branch.

Agoura Hills Library.(people)(Community Library Manager Nina Hull)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Nina Hull has been named Community Library Manager, Agoura Hills Library, County of Los Angeles Public Library. She previously worked at the system's Westlake Village Library.

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.(people)(library director Mary Jean Jakubowski)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Mary Jean Jakubowski will be the new Director, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. She currently is the library system's Chief Operating Officer (COO) and has held a variety of positions since 1992. She also is President of the Western New...

University of Colorado Law School.(people)(William A. Wise Law Library director Susan Nevelow Mart)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Susan Nevelow Mart has been named Director, William A. Wise Law Library, University of Colorado Law School, Boulder. Mart was Faculty Services Librarian, University of California Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, where she was also an...

Jacksonville Public Library.(people)(promotion of Richard Mott to Manager of Strategic Initiatives)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Richard Mott is now Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Jacksonville Public Library, FL. He was Training Manager.

Bangor Public Library.(people)(retirement of Children's Department Head Anne Mundy)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Anne Mundy, Head of the Children's Department, Bangor Public Library, ME, retired June 1 after 30 years of service.

Fresno County Public Library.(people)(retirement of librarian Anne Neal)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Anne Neal, Librarian, Auberry Branch Library, Fresno County Public Library, CA, has announced her retirement. She started her career at the branch in 1973.

Internet archive unveils new physical archive.(infotech)(Physical Archive of the Internet Archive)
July 1, 2011... The founder of the Internet Archive (IA), Brewster Kahle (r.), announced in a June blog post that IA had officially launched what he called "the Physical Archive of the Internet Archive." As Kahle told LJ, it could spawn forward-thinking...

LYRASIS program aims for open source education.(infotech)(LYRASIS Technology Services)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... LYRASIS, the largest U.S. regional nonprofit library membership organization, announced in June a new program, LYRASIS Technology Services (LTS), aimed at providing education and training for open source library software. It will also provide...

FCC report touts "central role" of libraries.(infotech)(Federal Communications Commission Working Group on the Information Needs of Communities)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... The FCC Working Group on the Information Needs of Communities in June delivered a report on the media landscape in a broadband age. Although the report's section on libraries contains nothing startling to those in the library community, the...

RFID companies bibliotheca and Intellident merge.(infotech)(radio-frequency identification)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... Library radio-frequency identification (RFID) equipment makers Switzerlandbased Bibliotheca and UK-based Intellident announced in June a merger, creating the "largest specialized RFID company in Europe." The deal will also include Intellident's...

Innovation goes POW: Paperless Online Weeding.(infotech)
July 1, 2011... Guy Dobson, now a systems librarian at Drew University Library, Madison, NJ, created an easy-to-use weeding program for library staffers last year, when he worked for the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS), NJ, a group of 74...

OverDrive unveiled a downloadable Windows Phone version of its OverDrive Media Console app in June, the latest of several mobile apps released by the company in recent months that let library patrons check out OverDrive EPUB ebooks and MP3 audiobooks wirelessly.(INFOTECH BRIEFS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... OverDrive unveiled a downloadable Windows Phone version of its OverDrive Media Console app in June, the latest of several mobile apps released by the company in recent months that let library patrons check out OverDrive EPUB ebooks and MP3...

The WolfWalk app from North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries, which combines GPS data with photos and content from NCSU's Special Collections Research Center to help provide a historical tour of the campus, was released in June in a free, expanded iPad version.(INFOTECH BRIEFS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... The WolfWalk app from North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries, which combines GPS data with photos and content from NCSU's Special Collections Research Center to help provide a historical tour of the campus, was released in June in a...

ProQuest business unit Serials Solutions announced an agreement with Bridgeman Education to make Bridgeman's digital collection of fine art images (including content from some 29,000 artists) discoverable via the Summon service.(INFOTECH BRIEFS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... ProQuest business unit Serials Solutions announced an agreement with Bridgeman Education to make Bridgeman's digital collection of fine art images (including content from some 29,000 artists) discoverable via the Summon service. Terms were not...

Putting the UX in education.(THE USER EXPERIENCE + OFFICE HOURS)
July 1, 2011... User experience (UX) thinking was born at information schools but hasn't found a home in many libraries. Why not? The answer is simple. Many LIS programs haven't integrated UX coursework into their curricula, and libraries suffer as a result. ...

Finding the future: inside the New York Public Library's all-night scavenger hunt.
July 1, 2011... They came wearing bowties and fancy hats, skinny jeans and peasant blouses. They came armed with smartphones, tablets, and laptops. On the evening of Friday, May 20, 500 young adults gathered at the New York Public Library (NYPL) to do what no...

Booked solid: LJ editors and a handful of librarians mined fall finds on the BEA show floor.(BOOKEXPO AMERICA 2011)
July 1, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Coming full circle If you read the fine print in this editor's Spring Pick (LJ 2/15/11, p. 32), you would know that among my favorite books is "anything written by romance author Jo Goodman." How exciting, then, to...

Unlocking HathiTrust: what every librarian should know about this huge "digital library by libraries for libraries".(LJ Q & A)(Char Booth, Heather Christenson and , Paul Fogel)(Interview)
July 1, 2011... I had a great lesson in misperception correction not long ago as I was writing an LJ post called "A Rising Tide: The Academic User and the Ebook Experience" (see ow.ly/5hDSw), which examined academic ebooks from a (critical) user perspective....

Library scanners: LJ looks at how scanners are being used in libraries big and small.(PRODUCT WATCH)
July 1, 2011... Think of library scanning, and massive digitization initiatives such as the controversial Google Books project spring to mind. But the varieties of library scanners run the gamut: although some libraries do indeed make use of scanners for...

Back on the home front.(Collection Development: Veterans' Issues)(Bibliography)
July 1, 2011... With troops returning from Iraq and promised upcoming withdrawals from Afghanistan, there has been an uptick in the development of materials on the "Wounded Warrior"--a term that seems to be used for returning veterans who exhibit behavioral...

Atkinson, Kate. Started Early, Took My Dog.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... * Atkinson, Kate. Started Early, Took My Dog. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 1/2 hrs. Hachette Audio from AudioGO. 2011. ISBN 9781609416485. $79.99; 11 CDs. retail ed. Hachette Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. F This is English...

Boyle, T.C.:[summation] When the Killing's Done.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... Boyle, T.C. When the Killing's Done. 13 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 16 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781441775238. $105; 13 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F The Channel Islands off the coast...

Cussler, Clive & Jack Du Brul. The Jungle.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... Cussler, Clive & Jack Du Brul. The Jungle. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 3/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2011. ISBN 9781456121129. $123.75; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 11 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; 5 CDs. retail ed. abridged. 7 hrs.; Playaway...

Iggulden, Conn. The Death of Kings.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... Iggulden, Conn. The Death of Kings. 14 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 17 1/2 hrs. AudioGO. 2011. ISBN 9780792775085. $89.95; digital download. F This second installment in No. 1 New York Times best-selling author Iggulden's...

McCall Smith, Alexander. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... * McCall Smith, Alexander. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2011. ISBN 9781456116224. $77.75; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F A marvelous feature of...

Wong, Alison. As the Earth Turns Silver.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... * Wong, Alison. As the Earth Turns Silver. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 4 1/2 hrs. Bolinda Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781742149080. $77.95; Playaway digital; digital download. F Author Wong brings a poetic touch to this deeply affecting debut...

Ayckbourn, Alan. Henceforward....(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... Ayckbourn, Alan. Henceforward.... 2 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 2 1/2 hrs. L.A. Theatre Works. 2011. ISBN 9781580818025. $25.95; digital download. DRAMA Convinced that the only way to overcome his creative block is to regain custody of his...

Boyle, Gregory. Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... * Boyle, Gregory. Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 1/2 hrs. HigbBridge Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781611744361. $66; 7 CDs. retail ed.; digital download. SOC SCI [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New...

Breslin, Jimmy. Branch Rickey: A Life.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... Breslin, Jimmy. Branch Rickey: A Life. 4 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 4 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781400149599. $59.99; 4 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; digital download. SPORTS Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Breslin provides...

Carroll, James. Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... Carroll, James. Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World. 14 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 17 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781452830809. $90.99; 14 CDs. retail ed. unabridged; 2 MP3-CDs. library ed.; digital download....

Foer, Joshua. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... Foer, Joshua. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2011. ISBN 9780307881601. $40; digital download. Penguin Audio. PSYCH Can you memorize multiple...

Gleick, James. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... * Gleick, James. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood. 14 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 16 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2011. ISBN 9780307914989. $50; 14 CDs. retail ed.; digital download. SCI Science and technology author Gleick...

Hamilton, Gabrielle. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... Hamilton, Gabrielle. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 1/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2011. ISBN 9781415943731. $40; 8 CDs. retail ed. Random Audio; digital download....

Mrazek, Robert J.: To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War over Germany.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... * Mrazek, Robert J. To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War over Germany. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 1/2 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781452630908. $83.99; 9 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital;...

Rubens, Stan with Ronny Rubens. A Boy in Hiding: Surviving the Nazis, Amsterdam 1940-1945.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... Rubens, Stan with Ronny Rubens. A Boy in Hiding: Surviving the Nazis, Amsterdam 1940-1945. 3 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 3 hrs. Books in Motion. 2011. ISBN 9781605488820. $19.99; 3 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; digital download....

Vowell, Sarah Jane. Unfamiliar Fishes.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
July 1, 2011... Vowell, Sarah Jane. Unfamiliar Fishes. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 3/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2011. ISBN 9781449847944. $77.75; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 7 CDs. retail ed. S. & S. Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. HIST Displaying...

Fly Away: When Love Means Letting Go.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Fly Away: When Love Means Letting Go. color. 80+ min. Janet Grillo, Cricket Films, dist. by Flatiron Films c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781422921173. $24.95. F The life of single mother Jeanne revolves around...

Garrow's Law: Series 1.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Garrow's Law: Series 1. 2 discs, color. 240+ min. Twenty Twenty Prods. & BBC, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781598284577. $39.99. SDH subtitles. F This original BBC drama series is based on the...

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child. color & b/w. 93+ min. Tamra Davis, Art House Films, Curiously Bright Entertainment, & LM Media, dist. by New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781422988220. $29.95....

Fun Ideas for Cardmaking and Scrapbooking.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Fun Ideas for Cardmaking and Scrapbooking. color. 53 min. Memory Lane Videos, 541-688-0298; gmarullo@comcast.net. 2010. DVD ISBN 9780970139368. $19.95 + $5 s/h. CRAFTS Those who are ready to graduate from simple stamped or handmade cards and...

Breath Made Visible.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... * Breath Made Visible. color. 80 min. Ruedi Gerber, dist. by Argot Pictures, 718-369-1180; www.argotpictures.bigcartel. com. 2011. $150; acad. libs. $250. Public performance; home version $24.95. DANCE [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This life of...

How To Club Dance #1.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... How To Club Dance #1. 63 min. DVD UPC 885007173359. Old School Hip Hop Dance #1.76 min. DVD UPC 885007177746. ea. vol: color. CypherStyles.com, www. cypherstyles.com/category/1.cypherstylesdvd-series. 2010. $19.95. DANCE INSTRUCTION These...

See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... * See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary. color. 90+ min. Hilari Scarl, Worldplay, Inc., dist. by Docurama c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781422910474. $29.95. Open-captioned. Rated: PG-13....

The Modern Horseman's Countdown to Broke: The Complete Training Program.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... * The Modern Horseman's Countdown to Broke: The Complete Training Program. 4 discs. color. 6+ hrs. Trafalgar Square Bks., 800-423-4525; www.horseandriderbooks.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781570764776. $79.95. SPORTS This set is a follow-up to Sean...

Baseball's Greatest Games: 1960 World Series Games 7.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... * Baseball's Greatest Games: 1960 World Series Games 7. 2 discs, color & b/w. 244+ min. Major League Baseball Properties, dist. by A&E Television Networks c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781422916537....

It's Time: The Incredible Season of the 2010 American League Champion Texas Rangers.(The Magic inside: The 2010 Season of the World Champion San Francisco Giants)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... It's Time: The Incredible Season of the 2010 American League Champion Texas Rangers. 2 discs, color. 60+ min. DVD ISBN 9781422916605. The Magic inside: The 2010 Season of the World Champion San Francisco Giants. 66+ min. DVD ISBN...

Yankeeography: The Core Four Collection.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Yankeeography: The Core Four Collection. 2 discs, color. 3 1/2+ hrs. Major League Baseball & YES Network, dist. by A&E Television Networks c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www. newvideo.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781422996102. $19.95. SPORTS ...

Famous in 31 Days.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Famous in 31 Days. color. 77 min. John Gerard, Creative 4orce Films, dist. by Victory Multimedia, 310-590-1388; sales@victorymultimedia.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781981914978. $24.99. BIOG This muddled and mediocre documentary chronicles...

The Secret of Oz: Solutions for a Broken Economy!(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... The Secret of Oz: Solutions for a Broken Economy! color. 101 min. Bill Still, Still Prods., dist. by AV Cafe, 877-228-2233; www.theavcafe.com. 2010. DVD UPC 728028003864. $19.95. Public performance. ECON Author/filmmaker Still (The Money...

Sit Down and Fight: Walter Reuther and the Rise of the Auto Workers Union.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Sit Down and Fight: Walter Reuther and the Rise of the Auto Workers Union. color & b/w. 60 min. Charlotte Zwerin, American Experience, PBS Home Video, shoppbs.org/ education. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781608831807. $44.95; limited public performance....

Countdown to Zero.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Countdown to Zero. color & b/w. 91+ min. Lucy Walker, Lawrence Bender Prod., dist. by Magnolia Pictures & Participant Media, www.magpictures.com. 2010. DVD UPC 876984003544. $26.98; Blu-ray UPC 876964003551. $29.98. Rated: PG. POL SCi ...

What's coming on DVD/Blu-ray.(TRAILERS)(Brief article)(List)
July 1, 2011... The Battle of Algiers. b/w. 121+ min. In French & Arabic w/ English subtitles. Gille Pontecorvo, dist. by Criterion Collection. Aug. 2011. Blu-ray ISBN 9781604654608. $49.95. HIST Independence on the line. Bittersweet. color. 97+ min....

Carancho.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Carancho. color. 107 min. in Spanish w/ English subtitles. Strand Releasing. 2010. UPC 712267301225. $27.99. An ambulance-chasing personal-injury lawyer (Ricardo Darin, The Secret in Their Eyes), who is in over his head scamming victims out...

Pale Flower.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Pale Flower. b/w. 96+ min. In Japanese w/ English subtitles. Criterion Collection. 1964. DVD ISBN 9781604654257. $29.95; Blu-ray ISBN 9781604654240. $39.95. A yakuza member just released from prison for murdering a rival gangster meets a...

Shoeshine.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Shoeshine. b/w. 91+ min. In Italian w/ English subtitles. Entertainment One. 1946. DVD ISBN 9781417234516. $29.98. In destitute postwar Italy, two boys (a preteen and a 15-year-old) who are close friends get lured into selling stolen goods...

Solaris.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Solaris. 2 discs, color. 167+ min. In Russian w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection. 1972. DVD ISBN 9781604654479. $29.95; Blu-ray 9781604653854. $39.95. Based on the classic Stanislaw Lem sf novel about a sentient planet that creates...

Sophia Loren Award Collection.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Sophia Loren Award Collection. 4-disc boxed set. colon 326+ min. In Italian w/ English subtitles. Lorber Films. 1963-70. DVD UPC 738329074524. $49.95. Three diverse films from Vittorio De Sica (available separately on Blu-ray) featuring the...

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. color. 88+ min. Julien Nitzberg, Dickhouse Entertainment in assoc, with Transition Prods., dist. by New Video, 800314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781422995204. $24.95. SOC SCl The...

Pet Emergency First Aid: Dogs; Working Dog Edition.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2011... Pet Emergency First Aid: Dogs; Working Dog Edition. color. 103 min. Apogee Communications, www.apogeevideo.com. 2011. DVD UPC 783557044498. $39.95 + $5.95 s/h. PETS This program seeks to provide the viewer with the skills and awareness to...

Cash flow.(price of the book Papa: The Man, the Myth, the Legend - A Tribute to Ernest Hemingway)(Brief article)
July 1, 2011... The price of Papa: "The Man, the Myth, the Legend"; A Tribute to Ernest Hemingway (LJ 5/1/11) has been raised to $29.95.