Library Journal articles from June 2008

Library Journal archives from June 2008

RA Crossroads: Neal Wyatt's Adventures in pulp culture.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... "Meyer only dabbles in alien v. human adrenaline--for more of that, plus the scary alien factor and the rocket fuel rush The Host conjures, you're going to have to head straight to the movies. Start with Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The...

Student affairs: library student blog.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... "On a more personal note, I got a haircut and grew a beard (I sort of like to think that my long hari just moved to my face). I also quit smoking, which made me pull out most of my beard. I also saved mankind from an asteroid impact by teaming...

The privatization threat: ALA and library leaders must step up.(Editorial)
June 1, 2008... FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I'VE BEEN CARRYING around an email from Sally Reed, FOLUSA's executive director, on the threat that privatization poses to America's libraries. She wrote that outsourcing library services to a private corporation,...

Alarmist!(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2008... Your cover story by Debra J. Slone ("After Oil," LJ 3/15/08, p. 28-31) was excessively alarmist with regard to the issue of peak oil. Slone wrote that "the Energy Watch Group states that the world's oil production peaked in 2006." That may be,...

Apocalyptic fantasy.(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2008... Reading Debra J. Slone's apocalyptic fantasy ("After Oil," LJ 3/15/08, p. 28-31) in which librarians save a collapsing society with superpowers like "social responsibility" (which apparently we currently lack) made me reflect on the needs of my...

Libraries for immigrants.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2008... I found your report "Welcome, Stranger: Public Libraries Build the Global Village" very encouraging (Norman Oder, "New ULC Report on Immigrants," News, LJ 3/15/08, p. 18). Libraries are certainly an extremely valuable resource for immigrants....

Closest to voters.(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2008... I wholeheartedly agree with John Berry that public libraries are "mandated by our society to deliver to Americans the best and broadest information they need to govern themselves" ("Correct the Din of the Spin," LJ 3/15/08, p. 10). Because...

Correction.(feedback)(Correction notice)
June 1, 2008... John C. Sandstrom's "U.S. Citizenship: The Long and Winding Road," LJ 5/1/08, p. 32-34) incorrectly notes that Lynne Weintraub's Citizenship: Ready for the Interview is relevant until October 2009. Since there are no changes on the horizon for...

Keeping the pressure on LCSH.(front desk)(Library of Congress Subject Heading)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... A Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH) Biog-a-Thon sponsored by Radical Reference (radicalreference.info) generated 24 subject headings, six cross references, and two subdivisions, some suggested by legendary LCSH gadfly Sandy Berman. The...

LIS faculty growth lags.(STAT WATCH)(Library & Information Science)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... 44.5% Enrollment increase in American Library Association-accredited master's degree programs, 1996-2005 38.9% Growth in full-time faculty over the same period Source: ALISE's Library & Information Science Education...

Sure, San Francisco Public Library has a perfectly serviceable library card, but why not draw on local creativity?(front desk)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Sure, San Francisco Public Library has a perfectly serviceable library card, but why not draw on local creativity? A contest for new designs, held in partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District, drew nearly 300 entries on the...

Heard.(front desk)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... "But having, their hand-stapled pages catalogued by academic librarians is certainly not the dream of every zinester, and being assigned an LCCN is probably pretty low on most comic artists' list. For some libraries lend comes at the cost of...

Students crowd British library reading rooms.(front desk)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... "STUDENTS CROWD BRITISH LIBRARY READING ROOMS It is absurd. It's access gone mad." --Historian Claire Tomalin, in the Times of London, April 21, 2008.

WA filtering case percolates: now at the state Supreme Court; could influence policies nationally.(lj news)(Washington)
June 1, 2008... The first legal challenge to a public library's practice of blanket filtering has been moving along since the case was filed in November 2006, with numerous legal volleys filed in federal court in Spokane and a trial date originally set for...

Alire elected ALA President.(lj news)(Camila Alire; Americal Library Association)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... In an election marked by a growing number of participants, Camila Alire, dean emeritus of the libraries of both the University of New Mexico and Colorado State University, won election as 2009-10 American Library Association (ALA) president,...

Orphan works bills reemerge.(lj news)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... House, Senate versions differ; ALA warns against "dark archive" Two years after initial attempts at legislation stalled in committee, Congress is facing competing bills that address the problem of orphan works. The Shawn Bentley Orphan...

Tulane library hails recovery.(lj news)
June 1, 2008... Post-Katrina efforts involve return of materials, forum for peer libraries Tulane University and vendor Library Associates Company (LAC) hosted an open house on April 16 to mark the first materials to be returned to the Howard Tilton...

Internet Archieve resists NSL.(lj news)(National Security Letter)
June 1, 2008... The Internet Archive--a vast collection of web sites and other born-digital files, including the Wayback Machine--may be an unusual library, but it is a library nonetheless, and its adherence to library principles helped lead it to fight...

Rural Library Project opens in GA.(LJ NEWS)(Georgia)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... The small town of Whitesburg, GA, now has a public library, thanks in part to the Rural Library Project (RIP) (www.rurallibraryproject.org), which provided advice and an affordable, sustainable building plan. RIP founder and executive director...

LAPL kills $1 holds proposal.(LJ NEWS)(Los Angeles Public Library)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... The key: a web site and email campaign called "save LAPL" After the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) proposed reinstating a $1 charge to reserve or place a hold on books, citizen resistance has killed the plan. While the Library Commission...

ALA issues brief targets Bandwidth.(LJ NEWS)(American Library Association)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Report: federal regulatory framework bypasses needs of libraries A new issues brief from the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Research & Statistics (ORS), "Internet Connectivity in U.S. Public Libraries," points not only to the...

California PL to lay off 34 FTEs.(LJ NEWS)(Stanislaus County Library to cut Full-time Equivalent)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Revenue plunge cuts hours, materials; can volunteers step in to help? Faced with a budget cut of nearly 17 percent, from $12.4 million to $10.6 million, the administrators at Stanislaus County Library (SCL), Modesto, CA, decided not only...

UM's Lowry named ARL exec director.(LJ NEWS)(University of Maryland Charles B. Lowry , Association of Research Libraries )(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors has appointed Charles B. Lowry as the next executive director of the association, effective July 1. Since 1996, Lowry has been the dean of libraries at the University of Maryland...

Tacoma, Pierce Cty. try reciprocation.(NEWS)(Tacoma Public Library and Pierce County Library System )(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Tacoma Public Library (TPL) will enter into a 15-month trial reciprocal borrowing agreement with the Pierce County Library System (PCLS), also headquartered in Tacoma, beginning July 1. TPL serves a community of just under 200,000, TPL...

Nashville's Puppet Festival debuts at PL.(NEWS)(Nashville Public Library, International Puppet Festival)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Nashville Public Library (NPL) this month will host the city's inaugural International Puppet Festival: World on a String (nashvillepuppetfestival.com). NPL says it's the first library to host such a festival. The free three-day event, held...

Three libraries vow RDA review: Library of Congress, National Agricultural Library, and National Library of Medicine issue joint statement.(infotech)(Resource Description and Access)
June 1, 2008... When the Library of Congress's (LC) Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control released its "On the Record" report January 2008, it had a number of concerning the Resource Description and Access (RDA) cataloging code being proposed as...

CrossRef adds antiplagiarism.(infotech)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... CrossRef has signed an agreement with iParadigms, LLC, creators of the Turnitin and iThenticate online services, to bring its antiplagiarism powers to a new tool called CrossCheck. The CrossCheck database "will include the full-text journals...

RefWorks gets upgrade.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... RefWorks has made several improvements to its recently launched RefAware online personal research assistant and its web-based research management and writing tool, also called RefWorks. The company said that RefAware now includes a new feature...

Academics add federated search.(INFOTECH)(Oxford University, Cambridge University and Stanford University to adopt federated search products)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Broad access to research materials is crucial to the mission of major research universities, so it comes as no surprise that three leading institutions have recently announced the adoption of federated search products. In the hopes of improving...

Sirsi releases Web Reporter 1.5.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... SirsiDynix has released Web Reporter 1.5 for its Horizon 7.4.1 integrated library system. The vendor said Web Reporter is designed to work with Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL, and DB2 SQL databases and can "run predefined reports" as well as...

SERU: a licensing advance.(ONLINE DATABASES)(Shared E-Resources Understanding)
June 1, 2008... WHAT IF ALL PUBLISHERS AND LIBRARIANS reached a mutual understanding about e-resources rather than constantly haggling over terms and conditions in contractual licenses? What if copyright law were the bottom line for e-journal rights, just as...

The real libraries of the OC: a diverse urban/ suburban county sees that reflected in its libraries.(ANAHEIM ALA 2008)(Orange County)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sandwiched between Los Angeles and San Diego counties, nudging up to Riverside and San Bernardino to the east, Orange County, CA, may be defined by beach communities and The O.C., the Crystal Cathedral megachurch,...

Shifting with the paradigm: LJ's Picks & Pans for Ala in Disneyland.(ANAHEIM ALA 2008)(Library Journal, American Library Association )(Calendar)
June 1, 2008... The feelings of librarians planning for the American Library Association (ALA) conference at Disneyland (aka Anaheim, CA, June 26--July 2) range from moderate pleasure to dread. Some remember the joys and difficulties of Orlando, especially the...

OC eats: a longtime Anaheim resident and librarian gives the inside scoop on Orange County's coolest culinary offerings.(ANAHEIM ALA 2008)(Orange County)(Directory)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Think of a meal, any meal, and you'll find an establishment cooking up an authentic dish of it on the cheap in Orange County. But, while known for its diversity of culinary fare, Orange County is less reliable when...

The city fantastic.(Collection Development: Urban Fantasy)(Recommended readings)
June 1, 2008... Since ancient times, the supernatural has captivated storytellers and their audiences. Some of the earliest surviving literary forms--myths and folktales--feature such preternatural beings as gods, ghosts, fairies, witches, or vampires living...

Sicko.(CASE STUDY)(sick leaves)
June 1, 2008... "ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST," Kathleen Dexter, librarian at the Kensington Public Library, said as Anna Coffey hung up the phone. "Yikes," said Coffey. "How many does that make?" "Three today, plus two who were also out yesterday." ...

Policies prevent plagues.(ANALYSIS I)
June 1, 2008... If Cooper's "presenteeism" is such that she works even while at "death's door" and may be infecting others, Maguire should tactfully ascertain what Cooper's motivation is for not using her accumulated sick days. In spite of Coffey and Dexter's...

Gesundheit!(employee attitudes and health)
June 1, 2008... There's nothing pleasant about a colleague handing you a file folder three seconds after she has sneezed into that same hand. The next day you feel a bit off and you wonder, "Am I getting her cold?" Now you are faced with the question of going...

Prepub alert.
June 1, 2008... FICTION Barclay, Linwood. Too Close to Home. Bantam. Oct. 2008. 400p. ISBN 978-0-553-60556-7. $22. Best friend Adam Langley is vacationing with his parents, so Derek sneaks into Adam's empty house--and sees the Langleys murdered when...

Digital downloads on the rise: but high-definition DVDs still waig-and-see.(VB + LIBRARY JOURNAL: DVD + HIGH-DEF + DOWNLOADS)
June 1, 2008... Though digital downloads are catching on at libraries, the high-definition disc format is still a long way behind standard DVD. Patrons are increasingly requesting downloads of movies and TV programs, says Mary Getchell, communications...

What's on the shelf: whether interested in French cinema, westerns or Snoop Dogg patrons will soon have access to a variety of upcoming titles.(VB + LIBRARY JOURNAL: DVD + HIGH-DEF + DOWNLOADS)(List)
June 1, 2008... COMEDY Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Universal) A middle-age governess (Frances McDormand) is employed by an American actress (Amy Adams) with a glamorous life in this limited-release movie. Street Aug. 19, prebook July 15; DVD $29.98...

RFID taqs increase efficiency.(VB + LIBRARY JOURNAL: DVD + HIGH-DEF + DOWNLOADS)(Radio frequency identification)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Radio frequency identification tags increasingly provide a cost-effective way for libraries to get a grasp on sprawling inventories. But plain old barcoding isn't ready for the history books just yet. "RFID's two biggest benefits for...

DVDs, books cross-promoted.
June 1, 2008... The pen just may be mightier than the sword, but DVDs--not books--are killing at library checkout counters. "DVDs are a small percentage of the entire collection, but they circulate more than anything else," says Ellen Druda, media and...

Mystery.(Recommended readings)
June 1, 2008... SUMMER DEBUTS June is busting out with an excellent selection of intriguing first novels and new series. In Nicola Upson's audacious debut, An Expert in Murder, her protagonist is none other than classic crime author Josephine Tey. The Streets...

Prepub mystery.(Recommended readings)
June 1, 2008... Barclay, Linwood. Too Close to Home. Bantam. Oct. 2008. 400p. ISBN 978-0-553-80556-7. $22. High schooler Derek Cutter plans to use his friend Adam Langley's empty house for some privacy with his girlfriend, but the Langleys are murdered...

Christian fiction.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... SUMMER READING Several of this season's Christian fiction offerings feature stories about tormented pasts and childhood secrets and how they affect our adult lives. The protagonists in these tales (Chris Fabry's Dogwood, Kristen Heitzmann's The...

Auster, Paul. Man in the Dark.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... * Auster, Paul. Man in the Dark. Holt. Aug. 2008. c.192p. ISBN 978-0-8050-8839-7. $23. F Darker and more impactful than The Brooklyn Follies and with broader appeal than Travels in the Scriptorium, Auster's latest introduces August Brill,...

Boyden, Amanda. Babylon Rolling.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Boyden, Amanda. Babylon Rolling. Pantheon. Aug. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-375-42533-2. $23.95. F Threats of natural disaster bracket this novel of New Orleans, which opens just prior to Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 and ends with the...

Chaviano, Daina. The Island of Eternal Love.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chaviano, Daina. The Island of Eternal Love. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Jun. 2008. c.336p. tr. from Spanish by Andrea Labinger. ISBN 978-1-59448-992-1. $25.95. F Cecilia, a lonely Cuban American journalist,...

Clark, Nancy. July and August.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Clark, Nancy. July and August. Pantheon. Jun. 2008. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-375-42329-1. $25. F Set in a small western Massachusetts town, this tale explores the relationships, intrigue, and everyday interactions of a single extended family...

Cole, Martina. Close.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Cole, Martina. Close. Grand Central. Jul. 2008. c.493p. ISBN 978-0-446-17996-6. $24.99. F Cole is the top best-selling adult fiction author in the United Kingdom, and this is her first novel to be published in the United States. Some in...

Craze, Galaxy. Tiger, Tiger.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Craze, Galaxy. Tiger, Tiger. Grove. Jul. 2008. c.240p. ISBN 978-0-8021-7054-5. $24. F Craze's sequel to her debut novel, By the Shore, outlines with mixed results the further adventures of flighty Lucy and her befuddled children, May and...

Davidson, Andrew. The Gargoyle.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Davidson, Andrew. The Gargoyle. Doubleday. Aug. 2008. c.480p. ISBN 978-0-385-52494-0. $25.95. F High on drugs and alcohol, the narrator of this first novel by a Canadian teacher/ writer crashes his car, which results in burns over most of...

Deans, David. The Defenestration of Bob T. Hash III.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Deans, David. The Defenestration of Bob T. Hash III. Random. Aug. 2008. c.256p. ISBN 978-1-4000-6700-8. $22. F Bob T. Hash; his lovely wife, Matilda; and their children live inside the pages of the grammar book Forward with...

Fuller, Jack. Abbeville.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Fuller, Jack. Abbeville. Unbridled. Jun. 2008. c.272p. ISBN 978-1-932961-47-8. $24.95. F Drawing loosely on the life of his grandfather, Fuller--a Pulitzer Prize--winning editorial writer who has authored several novels--traces the story...

Gagnon, Michelle. Boneyard.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Gagnon, Michelle. Boneyard. Mira: Harlequin. Jul. 2008. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-7783-2539-0. pap. $6.99. F In this follow-up to her debut, Tunnels, Gagnon delivers another psychological crime thriller again featuring FBI special agent Kelly...

Ginsberg, Debra. The Grift.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Ginsberg, Debra. The Grift. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. Aug. 2008. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-307-38272-6. $23.95. F Marina Marks is a psychic who doesn't believe in what she does. She doesn't mind taking people's money to tell them what they want to...

Gutcheon, Beth. Good-Bye and Amen.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Gutcheon, Beth. Good-Bye and Amen. Morrow. Aug. 2008. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-06-053907-8. $24.95. F Sydney and Laurus Moss, whose lives were the subject of Gutcheon's Leeway Cottage, have passed away. When their three adult children gather at...

Guterson, David. The Other.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Guterson, David. The Other. Knopf. Jun. 2008. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-307-26315-5. $24.95. F In his fourth novel, PEN/Faulkner Award winner Guterson (Snow Falling on Cedars) constructs a sensationalistic story that in other hands might have...

Jouvet, Michel. The Castle of Dreams.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Jouvet, Michel. The Castle of Dreams. MIT. Sept. 2008. c.325p. tr. from French by Laurence Garey. ISBN 978-0-262-10127-1. $24.95. F French sleep researcher Jouvet (Univ. of Lyon, France) is evidently quite interested in his field. In his...

Low, Robert. The Wolf at Sea.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Low, Robert. The Wolf at Sea. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Jun. 2008. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-312-36195-2. $24.95. F Following the events in Low's The Whale Road, young Orm Ruriksson and the remaining survivors of a pack of Viking raiders...

Lustbader, Victoria. Stone Creek.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Lustbader, Victoria. Stone Creek. Harper: HarperCollins. Jun. 2008. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-06-136921-6. pap. $13.95. F Lustbader's second novel (after Hidden) is a story of troubled lives and misunderstandings in which everyone is looking for...

O'Flynn, Catherine. What Was Lost.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... O'Flynn, Catherine. What Was Lost. Holt. Jul. 2008. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-8050-8833-5. pap. $14. F O'Flynn's debut begins with self-made detective and ten-year-old orphan Kate Meaney as she buses her way to the Green Oaks Shopping Mall, where...

Pupek, Jayne. Tomato Girl.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Pupek, Jayne. Tomato Girl. Algonquin. Aug. 2008. c.304p. ISBN 978-1-56512-472-1. $23.95. F The wonder of it all is that Ellie Sanders was able to maintain her charming, tenderhearted outlook for the first 11 years of her life. She and...

Radulescu, Domnica. Train to Trieste.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Radulescu, Domnica. Train to Trieste. Knopf. Aug. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-307-26823-5. $23.95. F True love is hard to find, but it's priceless--a lesson it takes feisty and vivacious Mona Manoliu decades to learn. A 17-year-old student in...

Rash, Ron. Serena.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Rash, Ron. Serena. Ecco: HarperCollins. Oct. 2008. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-06-147085-1. $24.95. F This is a violent story about ambition, privilege, and ruthlessness played out in an Appalachian timber camp in North Carolina during the...

Robinson, Patrick. To the Death.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Robinson, Patrick. To the Death. Vanguard. Jun. 2008. c.356p. ISBN 978-1-59315-476-9. $25.95. F This final entry could have been an exciting and timely conclusion to Robinson's (Hunter Killer) series involving retired U.S. Adm. Arnold...

Strohmeyer, Sarah. Sweet Love.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Strohmeyer, Sarah. Sweet Love. Dutton. Jun. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-525-95064-6. $24.95. F Julie Mueller, an over-40 TV reporter, is finally up for a promotion to the national news, but because youth is favored...

The 1st Word on Street Lit.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... www.libraryjournal.com Desperate for reviews of urban fiction and nonfiction? Look to LJ's new online monthly column The Word on Street Lit, in which Vanessa Morris and Rollie Welch alternate tackling this phenomenally popular genre in all...

Wittenborn, Dirk. Pharmakon.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Wittenborn, Dirk. Pharmakon. Viking. Aug. 2008. c.406p. ISBN 978-0-670-01942-7. $25.95. F The jacket copy for Wittenborn's latest novel proclaims the contents within to be "an epic novel about family secrets and the consequences of...

Xiaolu Guo. Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Xiaolu Guo. Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Aug. 2008. c.176p. ISBN 978-0-385-52592-3. $22.95. F Originally published in China and later translated into English, Xiaolu Guo, whose A Concise Chinese-English...

Allan Kaprow: Art as Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Allan Kaprow: Art as Life. Getty Research, dist. by Oxford. 2008. 360p. ed. by Eva Meyer-Hermann & others. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-89236-890-7. $55. FINE ARTS Fascinating, dynamic, and edgy best describe this captivating work about the...

Beardsley, John & David Campany (text) & Edgar Martins (photogs.). Edgar Martins: Topologies.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Beardsley, John & David Campany (text) & Edgar Martins (photogs.). Edgar Martins: Topologies. Aperture, dist. by Farrar. 2008. 128p. photogs. ISBN 978-1-59711-057-0. $50. PHOTOG This fascinating book offers a broad selection of landscapes...

Bloom, Jonathan M. Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Bloom, Jonathan M. Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt. Yale Univ. 2008. 236p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-300-13542-8. $75. FINE ARTS The study of Islamic art, particularly...

Chelbin, Michal (photogs.) & Leah OIIman (text). Strangely Familiar: Acrobats, Athletes, and Other Traveling Troupes.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Chelbin, Michal (photogs.) & Leah Ollman (text). Strangely Familiar: Acrobats, Athletes, and Other Traveling Troupes. Aperture, dist. by Farrar. 2008. 108p. photogs. ISBN 978-1-59711-056-3. $45. PHOTOG This is one photography book you...

Detail in Process.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Detail in Process. Princeton Architectural, dist. by Chronicle. (AsBuilt, Vol. 2). 2008. 208p. ed. by Christine Killory & Rene Davids. photogs. ISBN 978-1-56898-718-7. $65. ARCHITECTURE This second installment of Princeton Architectural...

Gonzalez, Rita & others. Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Gonzalez, Rite & others. Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement. Univ. of California. 2008. 240p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-520-25563-0. $39.95. FINE ARTS This catalog accompanies an eponymous exhibition that opened at the Los Angeles...

Messager, Annette. Annette Messager: The Messengers.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Messager, Annette. Annette Messager: The Messengers. Prestel. 2008. 608p. illus. filmog. bibliog. ISBN 978-3-7913-3922-1. $85. FINE ARTS With this beautiful book, published in conjunction with a recent exhibition at the Centre Pompidou,...

Morioka, Michiyo. An American Artist in Tokyo: Frances Blakemore, 1906-1997.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Morioka, Michiyo. An American Artist in Tokyo: Frances Blakemore, 1906-1997. Univ. of Washington. 2008. 200p. illus. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-295-98773-6. $35. FINE ARTS Known mostly for her publications devoted to Japanese art (e.g.,...

Olson, Rosanne. This Is Who I Am.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Olson, Rosanne. This Is Who I Am. Artisan: Workman. 2008. 115p. photogs. ISBN 978-1-57965-363-7. $25.95. PHOTOG This book of photographs celebrates the female body in all of its shapes, sizes, and ages (19-95). A collaborative project...

Perry, Gill. Spectacular Flirtations: Viewing the Actress in British Art and Theatre, 1768-1820.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Perry, Gill. Spectacular Flirtations: Viewing the Actress in British Art and Theatre 1768-1820. Yale Univ. 2008. 248p. illus. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-300-13544-2. $75. FINE ARTS Perry (art history, Open Univ.)...

Robson, David (text) & Richard Powers (photogs.). Beyond Bawa: Modern Masterworks of Monsoon Asia.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Robson, David (text) & Richard Powers (photogs.). Beyond Bawa: Modern Masterworks of Monsoon Asia. Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2008. 264p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-500-34238-1. $80. ARCHITECTURE Geoffrey Bawa (1919-2003)...

Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam. Soft Skull. 2008. c.288p. illus. ISBN 978-1-933368-82-5. pap. $17.95. LIT Years of research and interviews led to the...

Ephron, Hallie. 1001 Books for Every Mood.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Ephron, Hallie. 1001 Books for Every Mood. Adams Media. 2008. 400p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-59869-585-4. pap. $14.95. LIT A perusal of author (Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel) and critic (the Boston Globe) Ephron's latest creation...