Library Journal articles from June 2003

Library Journal archives from June 2003

We're going to Toronto: ALA was right to hold the conference, if "right" or "wrong" applies. (Editorial).(Editorial)
June 1, 2003... The American Library Association (ALA)/Canadian Library Association (CLA) joint conference is on track in Toronto. ALA worked through difficult issues with caution and care and came through with the right decision, if terms like "right" and...

Not the place for ALA. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2003... I am an American Library Association (ALA)--accredited librarian. It is important for librarians to have a professional organization to advocate for our rights as professionals. However, I do not feel ALA has the right to "make a stand" on a...

The point of free speech. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2003... Thank you for providing a voice for the many librarians who opposed the war in Iraq ("The War Is an ALA Issue," LJ 4/15/02, p. 8). At this writing, the United States is starting to "rebuild" what it so recently bombed out. We are just beginning...

Be neutral on war. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2003... You say "The War Is an ALA Issue" (Editorial, LJ 4/15/02, p. 8). Why and which side? The editorial beats out the old 1960s mantra of "hate war" therefore hate anyone involved in the "war you hate." While no rational person would say war is...

War is an ALA issue. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2003... War is a library issue. Let me count the ways. War...inexorably brings forth responses from the people who comprise any institution, libraries included. To argue that libraries are "neutral" and refrain from assuming any discernable position on...

Clarification. (Letters).(Correction Notice)
June 1, 2003... There is new price info for The United Nations Yearbook Collection 1946-1999 ("Another Casualty: Notable Government Documents 2002" LJ 5/15/03, p. 58): CD-ROM. Single user: Disc 1: 1946-1976; Disc 2: 1977-2000. United Nations. 2002. ISBN...

Librarians rally at ALA Legislative Day. (Late Bulletins).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... American Library Association (ALA) officials say they are pleased by the turnout for this year's Legislative Day, May 12-13, since more than 500 people journeyed to Washington--about the same as last year--despite tight travel budgets. ALA...

LSTA reauthorization to hit $250M? (Late Bulletins).(Library Services and Technology Act)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The reauthorization of the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003, which contains Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding, passed the House of Representatives with $215 million for libraries (see Late Bulletins, LJ 4/1/03, p. 13)....

"Prime chunk" of Iraq library saved. (Late Bulletins).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Relatively good news has surfaced about the fate of the contents of Iraq's National Library. The April 26 Wall Street Journal reported that "a prime chunk of the library" is sitting in a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad that lacks air conditioning or...

OCLC to freeze prices. (Late Bulletins).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... In a response to the global economic downturn, the giant nonprofit OCLC announced it will freeze prices during the 2003-04 fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004. The freeze will affect OCLC cataloging and metadata...

TIF may be renewed in Texas. (Late Bulletins).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Texas lawmakers would like to reauthorize the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (TIF), which has provided more than $1 billion in technology grants over the past seven years. However, members of the state House of Representatives want...

Will Toronto show be strong? Budget, SARS qualms linger: preregistration high, city woos ALA, as health threat abates; some vendors cut back, and ULC cancels activities. (News).
June 1, 2003... Ever since the American Library Association (ALA) made the tough decision to stick with the planned ALA/Canadian Library Association (CLA) joint annual conference in Toronto June 19-25, the library community has been wondering: How big will the...

NYC PLs to raise $36M for books: campaign starts with $6M in gifts; state to maintain stable funding.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Even as the New York City Council was considering a "doomsday budget" that could cut library service to four days in the city's three public library systems, Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced the launch of a new campaign aimed at raising $36...

Publishers told to know their buyers: leaders at PW Summit advise lower book prices, more research. (LJ News).
June 1, 2003... A slew of consultants and leaders from mass market and entertainment chains told publishers, agents, and other industry professionals that they must learn from the entertainment industry to attract more consumers. The occasion was the...

Brey-Casiano to be ALA President: Switzer wins treasurer post, councilors elected; turnout is only 15%. (News).
June 1, 2003... Carol A. Brey-Casiano, executive director of the El Paso Public Library, TX, has been elected president of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 2004-05 term, beginning in June 2004. Of a total of 9,844 votes cast--about 15 percent...

Cleveland PL wins $31.5M tax hike: OH state funding has lagged, so more libraries ask voters for levies. (News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... When LJ asked Cleveland Public Library Director Andrew Venable about the chances that voters would embrace a 5.8 mill tax hike to aid the library, he answered, "Damn good" (see News, LJ 4/1/03, p. 24). He was right. Despite the lagging...

LJ seeks nominees for politician of the year. (News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Library Journal seeks nominees for its seventh annual Politician of the Year award, which honors an elected official who has expressed significant support for and attention to libraries. Past winners include Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed...

Dallasites endorse $55.5M for PL: bonds to support new branches, replacements, repairs for central. (News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Dallas Public Library will receive a hefty $55.5 million cut of a gargantuan $555 million in bonds approved by citizens May 3. All 17 propositions in the city's Build with Bonds program passed, including Proposition 3, which will replace...

Budget roundup: cuts hit home: fewer hours and books considered; California PLs suffer. (News).
June 1, 2003... Libraries nationwide are grappling---often quite publicly--with the effects of budget cuts and are seeking the least onerous way to cope. The Denver Public Library, facing a $3.2 million cut from the projected $31.7 million 2004 budget, is...

FCC public forum takes on E-rate: ALA: issue isn't waste and fraud but how to ensure PL funding. (News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held a public forum May 8 in Washington aimed at improving the administration of the E-rate program of telecomm discounts. Charles E. Parker, chair of the American Library Association's (ALA) E-rate...

Libraries damaged in May Tornado: smaller public libraries in MO, TN hit hardest; rebuilding begins. (News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Some small-town libraries in Missouri and Tennessee suffered damage from tornadoes on May 4 and 5. The Cedar County Library in Stockton, MO, sustained extensive damage, both from the storm and from debris from other buildings: Local volunteer...

Pueblo, CO, board chair resigns: DA finds wrongdoing but unable to prosecute; director search on. (News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Glenn Ballantyne, board chair of the Pueblo City-County Library District, CO (see News, LJ 5/15/03, p. 20), resigned April 29 while under investigation by city District Attorney Gus Sanstrom for possible wrongdoing after it became public that...

Ottawa Public Library. (Public Libraries).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The board of the Ottawa Public Library, ON, has decided that all minors 16 and under must use filtered Internet workstations, which means all 280 computers-rather than the current 39 meant for children's use only--will be filtered. The project,...

Hawaii State Public Library System. (Public Libraries).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Hawaii state legislature finally has agreed to offer funding to open the Kapolei branch of the Hawaii State Public Library System. The $6.5 million facility has been empty since it was mostly completed last June. House and Senate members,...

Moss Point City Library. (Public Libraries).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Moss Point City Library of the Jackson-George Regional Library System; MS, will name its new building, scheduled to open in early 2004, for Ina Thompson, thanks to a $500,000 gift from her foundation. Thompson died more than 30 years ago,...

Woodland Public Library. (Public Libraries).
June 1, 2003... The Woodland Public Library, CA, has begun "Shop for the Library," a public library fundraising campaign featuring multiple online merchants, including Amazon.com and eBay. The library gets a commission of between two percent and 55 percent of...

University of Maryland Libraries. (Academic Libraries).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The University of Maryland Libraries, College Park, will become the institutional curator and depository for the National Public Radio (NPR) News Tape Collection. The collection of some 21,500 audiotape reels chronicles all of the major world...

University of Iowa. (Academic Libraries).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... A $1 million donation was made by an alumnus to the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop to fund a library, reading room, offices, and classrooms. Mandalay Resort Group President and CEO Glenn Schaeffer contributed the funds for a $2.3 million...

New York University. (National/International News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... New York University's (NYU) Afghanistan Digital Library seeks to recover and begin to preserve Afghanistan's literary heritage, re-creating much of the bibliography of Afghanistan digitally. Afghanistan's libraries were decimated by war and...

Kluge Center for Scholars. (National/International News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Nearly three years in the making, the new Kluge Center for Scholars at the Library of Congress (LC), supported by $60 million from businessman John W. Kluge, was inaugurated May 6 with a dinner honoring the benefactor. Now that the center is...

Low attendance and lively sessions at InfoToday 2003: economy impacts trade show; searching, e-books, privacy issues, and government surveillance in libraries get their due. (Conference Report).
June 1, 2003... InfoToday 2003, a combination of the annual National Online, KnowledgeNets, and E-Libraries meetings, drew low attendance to its traditional digs at New York City's Hilton Hotel, May 7-9: Though no attendance numbers were available at press...

VA Tech group crowns VTLS: library automation vendor named high-tech company of the year. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The New Century Technology Council, a Virginia-based nonprofit group that supports technology businesses in the state, has selected VTLS as its High-Tech Company of the Year. Awards committee chair Gary Atkinson of Virginia's Center for...

Web watch. (LJ Infotech).(Directory)
June 1, 2003... CLICKING ON THE WEB... Technology has dramatically changed the retrieval of sports information. Sports fans have moved from reading scores and analysis in the next day's newspaper to viewing replays on the evening news, following the 24-hour...

Predicting the future of databases. (Online Databases).(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... FORETELLING THE FUTURE has never been easy, but even the smartest futurist could not have foreseen the recent economic woes. Each year for the annual Database Marketplace feature (see LJ 5/15/03, p. 38ff.), we ask companies what are the most...

Roberta Depp is the new Director of Library Services, Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library. (People).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Roberta Depp is the new Director of Library Services, Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library, Broomfield, CO, following the retirement of Helen Martin. Depp was Director, Berthoud Public Library, CO.

Cuyahoga County Public Library System. (People).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Sari Feldman has been named the new Executive Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library System, Parma, OH. She was Deputy Director, Cleveland Public Library.

Jane Gorjevsky is now Curator of the Carnegie Collections, Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML), Columbia University Libraries and Information Services, New York. (People).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Jane Gorjevsky is now Curator of the Carnegie Collections, Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML), Columbia University Libraries and Information Services, New York. She was PriceWaterhouseCoopers Processing Archivist at RBML. Matt Hampel has...

South Carolina State Library, Columbia. (People).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Deborah Hotchkiss has been appointed Continuing Education Coordinator, South Carolina State Library, Columbia. She has been with the library for 24 years and most recently served as Assistant Director of Information Services. Curtis R. Rogers...

Branch Services, Ocean County Library. (People).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Mary Ellen Pellington has been appointed Chief Librarian for Branch Services, Ocean County Library, Toms River, NJ, following the retirement of Liz Scott. Pellington was Executive Director, Library System of Lancaster County, PA.

Florida Library Association. (People).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Derrie Perez, Interim Dean, University of South Florida Library System, Tampa, has been elected Vice President/President-elect, Florida Library Association. Her term will last through 2005.

University of Michigan Library. (People).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Stephen Savage is now Head of Monographs Cataloging, San Diego State University Library and Information Access. He was Head of Monograph Acquisitions, University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor.

Calendar.(Calendar)
June 1, 2003... PNLA is "Bringing Culture, Ideas, and Services Together"; Libraries are "Enriching, Inclusive, Essential" in North Carolina; "It an Information Jungle!" at NDLA JUNE 9-1--Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries, Inc. (CBHL)...

Growing into a changing city: the Toronto Public Library, North America's busiest, must support traditional users and many newcomers. (Toronto ALA 2003).
June 1, 2003... OF THE TOP 100 top circulating titles at the Toronto Public Library (TPL) last year, the leading authors are predictably named Grisham, Rowling, Graf-ton, and Cornwell--plus Carol Shields for some local flavor. Sprinkled throughout the list,...

Program picks & pans. (Toronto ALA 2003).
June 1, 2003... DESPITE CONCERNS both physical and fiscal, the American Library Association (ALA) is going to Toronto to hold its annual conference jointly with the Canadian Library Association (CLA). While some librarians and vendors will stay home, fearing...

The international tastes of Toronto. (Toronto ALA 2003).
June 1, 2003... WITH 49 PERCENT of its population born outside of Canada, Toronto is considered to be one of the world's most multicultural cities. Over 100 major languages are spoken here, and approximately one-third of Toronto's 2.5 million people speak a...

The city at your fingertips. (Toronto 2003).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... LJ's city map is keyed to the listing in "The International Tastes of Toronto" (p. 66) and sidebars on city highlights throughout the "Program Picks & Pans" (p. 44). For more on what to do in the city, look for hints on great walks and gardens...

ILL: sacred cow or vital service? Three Michigan library leaders debate whether interlibrary loan is the best way to get patrons what they need.
June 1, 2003... INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL) is one of those services that librarians and their patrons have embraced for decades. Unfortunately, in a public library setting, this has proven to be an expensive mistake. The public library community directs too many...

Purchase on demand: a better customer service model.
June 1, 2003... IT OCCURRED TO ME several years ago, after 20 years at a public library, that we might be able to improve service and increase user satisfaction if we purchased what patrons requested (usually popular materials) instead of bringing each rifle...

Patron-initiated: this ain't your grandfather's ILL!(Interlibrary loan)
June 1, 2003... COMPARING INTERLIBRARY loan (ILL) of the 1980s with today's system is simply not fair. It's like comparing shag carpeting with a polished wood floor. ILL in the 21st century is neither staff-dependent nor expensive, and, most importantly, it...

Styling your grooming resources. (Personal Grooming).
June 1, 2003... PERSONAL GROOMING is one of those subjects that drives collection development librarians crazy. The basics--hair styling, skin care, and makeup--remain the same, but the skills and trends behind them are changing constantly. Looks originate on...

How do you manage.
June 1, 2003... CASE STUDY Jackie of All Trades THE AXEMAN COMETH to the Thatcher Library. Despite numerous pleas to city officials, Director Mary Ricca had been told that her budget was being slashed, which translates into staff reductions and...

Prepub alert.
June 1, 2003... COMING IN OCTOBER 2003... sleuthing types from standbys Cornwell, Paretsky, Parker, and Woods; cross-cultural excursions from Chase-Riboud, Phillips, and Sa; and Nobel prize winner Morrison. In nonfiction, you'll find plenty of serious...

Travel guide best sellers.(Illustration)(Bibliography)
June 1, 2003... 1 Fodor's the South. 27th ed. [P] Fodor's Eds. Fodor's Travel Pubns. 2003. ISBN 1-4000-1098-5. $20. 2 Fodor's Eastern and Central Europe. 20th ed. [P] Fodor's Eds. Fodor's Travel Pubns. 2003. ISBN 1-4000-1094-2. $21.95. 3 Fodor's...

Christian fiction.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... When I started my library career, the "Left Behind" craze had already begun. At my rural public library, where I received many requests for both the adult and children's series of these books, I soon discovered that a number of patrons wanted...

New beginnings.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The theme of new beginnings is prominent in many inspirational novels. Whether centuries ago or today, men and women leave familiarity and security behind to experience adventure, romance, and danger, culminating in a deeper understanding of...

Blackston, Ray. Flabbergasted.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Revell. 2003. c.333p. ISBN 0-8007-6569-9. $22.99. CF Jay Jarvis, a 27-year-old stockbroker recently transplanted to South Carolina, sets off to find out where he can meet single women. His real estate agent suggests that he try churches...

Copeland, Lori. A Case of Bad Taste: A Morning Shade Mystery.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Tyndale. Jul. 2003. c.215p. ISBN 0-8423-7115-X. pap. $12.99. CF With her publisher's deadline looming, seasoned novelist Maude Diamond cannot come up with a good plot to save her life. Maude's quest for literary inspiration, already...

Hatcher, Robin Lee. Promised to Me.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Zondervan. (Coming to America, Bk. 4). 2003. c.288p. ISBN 0-310-23555-3. $10.99. CF Hatcher scores again with the latest entry in her "Coming to America" series (after Dear Lady, Patterns of Love, and In His Arms). Karola Breit has waited...

Moore, Stephanie Perry. A Lova' Like No Otha'.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Warner. Jun. 2003. c.245p. ISBN 0-446-6796-4. pap. $13.95. CF Zoe Clarke is an attractive young African American woman who just wants a perfect life with a perfect man. She talks to God regularly about this, but she has a hard time waiting...

Peterson, Tracie. Beneath a Harvest Sky.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Bethany. (Desert Roses, Bk. 3). Jun. 2003. c.368p. ISBN 0-7642-2519-7. pap. $12.99. CF Forced to resign her position as a research assistant at the university after she is suspected of theft, Rainy Gordon tries to start over in 1930s New...

Dekker, Ted. Three.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Dekker, Ted. Three. W. Jun. 2003. c.336p. ISBN 0-8499-4372-8. $19.99. CF The best-selling author of Blink follows up with this psychological thriller that examines the nature of evil in human beings. Kevin Parson, a seminary student with a...

Lliteras, D.S. Jerusalem's Rain.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Hampton Roads. Jun. 2003. c.223p. ISBN 1-57174-340-5. $19.95. CF It is the night of Jesus' crucifixion, and his apostles have scattered, their hopes shattered. Simon Peter agonizes over denying his Master three times, which drives him into...

Morris, Gilbert. No Woman So Fair.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Bethany. (Lions of Judah, Bk. 2). 2003. c.320p. ISBN 0-7642-2682-7. pap. $11.99. CF Retelling the Old Testament story of Abraham and Sarah with appealing, interesting characterizations and historical accuracy makes this second volume...

Myers, Bill. The Bloodstone Chronicles: A Journey of Faith.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Zondervan. 2003. c.432p. ISBN 0-310-24684-9. $16.99. CF With the new Harry Potter adventure coming this month and the renewed popularity of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Myers's skillful allegory will make a good companion. Three...

Palmer, Catherine. Love's Proof.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Tyndale. Jun. 2003. c.400p. ISBN 0-8423-7032-3. pap. $9.99. CF In 1819, Jane Fellowes's father has been falsely accused of betraying the British crown. Jane knows that he is innocent but does not know how to save him. To distract her from...

Tatlock, Ann. I'll Watch the Moon.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Bethany. Jun. 2003. c.400p. ISBN 0-7642-2764-5. pap. $12.99. CF In post-World War II America, nine-year-old Nova Tierney worries about Russian bombs, but mostly she wants to find a suitable candidate to marry her mother and give her a new...

The American Tally: Statistics and Comparative Rankings for U.S. Cities with Populations over 10,000.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... 2d ed. Grey House. 2003. 807p. ed. by David Garoogian. ISBN 1-930956-29-0. pap. $125. REF First published in 1993, this work provides census data on 3,761 U.S. cities and towns with populations over 10,000. Updated with information from...

* Bradley, Carol June. Index to Poetry in Music: A Guide to the Poetry Set as Solo Songs by 125 Major Song Composers.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Routledge. 2003. 900p. ISBN 0-415-94302-7. $150. REF Bradley, a music librarian at SUNY at Buffalo, has put together an invaluable reference tool about poetry in music. A 40-year project that resulted from a reference question that the...

Emery, Carla (text) & Cindy Davis & David Berger (illus.). The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... 9th ed. Sasquatch. 2003. 885p. illus. index. ISBN 1-57061-377-X. pap. $29.95. REF Inspired by the "back to the land" movement and written in the spirit of the "Whole Earth" catalogs and "Foxfire" series, this encyclopedia helps preserve an...

Fugh-Berman, Adriane, M.D. The 5-Minute Herb and Dietary Supplement Consult.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2003. 475p. index. LC 2002030018. ISBN 0-683-30273-6. $59.95. REF While there are many excellent print and electronic sources on herbs and dietary substances (e.g., Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database;...

Kipfer, Barbara Ann. Roget's Descriptive Word Finder: A Dictionary/Thesaurus of Adjectives and Adverbs.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Writer's Digest: F&W Pbns. 2003. c.464p. ISBN 1-58297-170-6. $24.99. REF Wordsmiths will welcome this intriguing new desk reference, designed for anyone (e.g., novelists, teachers, journalists) who needs to describe something with...

Kurian, George Thomas. Timetables of World Literature.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Facts On File. 2003. 457p. permanent paper, bibliog. index. LC 2002003891. ISBN 0-8160-4197-0. $65. REF Edited by the indefatigable Kurian, the name behind such reference standards as The Book of World Rankings and The Datapedia of the...

Marten, James. Civil War America: Voices from the Home Front.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... ABC-CLIO. 2003. 300p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-57607-237-1. $85. REF The Civil War's bloody engagements are commemorated through preserved battlefields, but no such monuments remind Americans of what those on the home front endured...

Otfinoski, Steven. African Americans in the Performing Arts.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Facts On File. (A to Z of African Americans). 2003. 276p. permanent paper. photogs, index. LC 2002005007. ISBN 0-8160-4807-X. $44. REF For this inaugural volume in Facts On File's "A to Z of African Americans" series, writer Otfinoski...

The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Oxford Univ. Jun. 2003. 941p. permanent paper, ed. by J.L. Heilbron. illus. index. ISBN 0-19-511229-6. $110. REF Science historian Heilbron (The Sun in the Church) gathered over 200 international scholars, primarily historians, to produce...

Paddock, Lisa & Carl Rollyson. The Brontes A to Z: The Essential Reference to Their Lives and Work.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Facts On File. 2003. 252p. permanent paper. illus. bibliog. index. LC 2002075446. ISBN 0-8160-4302-7. $65. REF This handsome A-to-Z provides an accessible reference to the lives and works of one of English literature's most famous families....

Trefil, James. The Nature of Science: An A-Z Guide to the Laws and Principles Governing Our Universe.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Houghton. 2003. 433p. illus. index. ISBN 0-618-31938-7. $35. REF A physics professor (George Mason Univ.) and science popularizer (The Edge of the Unknown: 101 Things You Don't Know About Science and No One Else Does Either), Trefil has...

Web Site Source Book, 2003.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... 8th ed. Omnigraphics. 2003. 2392p. index. ISBN 0-7808-0623-9. pap. $135. REF Containing more than 84,000 individual entries, this updated web site directory lists businesses; nonprofit organizations; U.S. government, state, and local...

* Auping, Michael. Philip Guston Retrospective.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2003. 272p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 0-500-09308-3. $50. FINE ARTS Philip Guston (1913-80) turned his back on Abstract Expressionism in the late 1960s in favor of a cartoonish, Robert Crumb-like figuration....

Belker, H. & others. Concept Design: Works from Seven Los Angeles Entertainment Designers.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Design Studio. 2003. 192p. illus. index. LC 2002096016. ISBN 0-9726676-1-X. $65; pap. ISBN 0-9726676-0-1. $55. FINE ARTS This volume features about 350 sketches, paintings, and renderings from the artists behind the imaginary worlds seen in...

Belsey, Hugh. Gainsborough at Gainsborough's House.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Belsey, Hugh. Gainsborough at Gainsborough's House. Paul Holberton Publishing, dist. by Univ. of Washington. 2003. 144p. illus. index. ISBN 1-903470-06-4. $60. Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788. Abrams. 2003. 294p. ed. by Michael Rosenthal &...

Dijkstra, Bram. American Expressionism: Art and Social Change 1920-1950.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Abrams. 2003. 272p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 2002151721. ISBN 0-8109-4231-3. $60. FINE ARTS In this landmark study, which accompanies a traveling exhibition that debuted at the Columbus Museum of Art this May, cultural historian Dijkstra...

Feminine Persuasion: Art and Essays on Sexuality.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Indiana Univ. Pr. 2003. 144p. ed. by Betsy Stirratt & Catherine Johnson. illus. bibliog. LC 2002012844. ISBN 0-253-21589-7. pap. $35. FINE ARTS This illustrated volume of erotic, often sexually explicit art doubles as an exhibition catalog...

Glass Throughout Time: History and Technique of Glassmaking from the Ancient World to the Present.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Skira, dist. by Rizzoli. 2003. 285p. ed. by Rosa Barovier Mentasti & others. photogs, bibliog. ISBN 88-8491-345-4. $60. DEC ARTS Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museo Archeologico Regionale in Aosta in northern Italy,...