Library Journal articles from June 2009

Library Journal archives from June 2009

Xpress reviews: www.libraryjournal.com.(Bibliography)
June 1, 2009... LJ's free weekly web evaluations for the weeks of May 8 and May 15, 2009. Go to Reviews on our homepage, then click on Xpress Reviews. FICTION Abidi, Azhar. The House of Bilqis. Viking. Adelaide, Debra. The Household Guide to...

The library don't have a closet: 19 graphic novels for gay pride month.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Alpha Flight team member Northstar was the first superhero to come out in 1992. Coming up, the recently revamped Batwoman is scheduled to take the lead this month in Detective Comics, a long-running DC Comics series...

Xpress reviews: keep up with our listing!(ON THE WEB)
June 15, 2009... In every issue of the Book Review, you can look up hot fiction and nonfiction that's recently been reviewed online in our Xpress Reviews section. For this issue, go to p. 76, where you'll find citations of new nonfiction from Frank O'Connor,...

ALA 2009: read LJ/SLI's combined coverage.(ON THE WEB)
June 15, 2009... Visit www.libraryjournal.com/ALA2009 for round-the-clock coverage of this year's conference, to be held in Chicago from July 9-15, and check back often for updates via bookmark or RSS feed.

New webcast: tune in, tune in, wherever you are!(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Tuesday, June 16, 2-3 p.m. EDT: Considering the Source: Integrating Library Systems, sponsored by Polaris Library Systems, moderated by LJ Tech Editor Josh Hadro, and featuring three librarian panelists. Register now and/or access our webcast...

The book is not dead: the content, not the container, resonates at BEA.(BookExpo America )(Editorial)
June 15, 2009... FOR A SO-CALLED DYING INDUSTRY, PUBLISHING looked pretty healthy at this year's BookExpo America (BEA) in New York City. Somebody must have forgotten to tell the attendees who often crowded the aisles and booths--and packed LJ/SLJ's Librarians'...

Taking sides on the MLIS.(blatant berry)(Master of Library and Information Science)(Editorial)
June 15, 2009... THE POLICE CALLED TO TELL THE LIBRARY director they were coming to interview the staff. A suspect had told them he was at the library when the crime was committed. Steeped in the policies and pronunciamento of the profession on patron privacy,...

Libraries & animals.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
June 15, 2009... I am grateful for Francine Fialkoff's editorial about the exclusion of libraries from the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ("FEMA Fails Again," L I 5/15/09, p. 8). It would be difficult to overemphasize the...

Cell phone solution.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
June 15, 2009... I enjoyed Leah White's "The Cell Phone Police" (BackTalk, LJ 5/1/09, p. 38). I'd like to add an approach to the problem that avoids the issue of interrupting the cell phone user's conversation. We have business card-sized handouts that we give...

What's in an SLA?(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
June 15, 2009... In Lynn Blumenstein's "SLA at 100" (LJ 5/15/09, p. 31-32), you feature information on the upcoming SLA conference. However, you neglect to tell us what SLA stands for! What a waste and such an embarrassing oversight for such a quality...

Games, by all means!(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
June 15, 2009... Yes, by all means, gaming should have its place in the library, if gaming is of interest to its users and staff, or volunteers are available to make the program viable (Liz Danforth, "Why Games?" Games, Gamers, and Gaming, LJ 5/15/09, p. 50)....

Doody's reviews.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
June 15, 2009... I was disappointed that Barbara Fister ("Publishers & Librarians: Two Cultures, One Goal," LJ 5/1/09, p. 22-25) did not mention Doody's Review Service[TM], which since 1993 has been the most timely, comprehensive, and authoritative source of...

CA ballot failures = cuts.(newsdesk)(California )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... California public libraries are about to suffer more cutbacks, as voters May 19 rejected ballot propositions that would have provided $6 billion in partial relief for the state's $21 billion budget deficit. County, municipal, and...

Partial challenge to Google book search pricing.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... The University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor, which in 2004 launched Google's vast project to digitize library collections, has signed an expanded agreement with Google that provides UM with a subsidized subscription to Google Book Search and...

NJ legislature drops tax bill.(newsdesk)(New Jersey )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Some vigorous advocacy by library supporters has helped beat back a resolution pushed by the New Jersey League of Municipalities that would have required payment for library funding to be reduced from one-third to one-sixth of a mill for each...

Rivkah Sass to Sacramento.(newsdesk)(Sacramento Public Library)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Omaha Public Library director Rivkah Sass, LJ's 2006 Librarian of the Year, has been named director of the Sacramento Public Library, CA, replacing Anne Marie Gold, who retired last year in the wake of controversy. Sass had been a finalist for...

E-card flap at Boston, SF PLS.(newsdesk)(San Francisco Public Library )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Disputes over contract terms with database vendors have recently caused the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) to suspend its e-card service, while the Boston Public Library (BPL) has had remote access to some databases cut off altogether as...

UC libraries seek relief.(newsdesk)(University of California)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Facing an extraordinary statewide budget shortfall, exacerbated by voter rejection of ballot measures for relief, the University of California (UC) libraries have written an Open Letter to Licensed Content Providers seeking understanding from...

LJ's Design Institute: going green.(newsdesk)(Conference news)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Library Journal's latest Design Institute drew some 90 librarians, architects, vendors, and board members on May 8 to the spacious, light-filled Central Library of the Arlington Public Library (APL), VA, for a daylong seminar on green design....

Recommendations for LIS accreditation criticized.(newsdesk)(library and information science )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... The American Library Association (ALA) Task Force on Library Education, which in January issued a set of eight "competences" for LIS graduates, also issued a set of recommendations for accreditation of LIS programs, under consideration by...

MN libs. gain $4.25m for arts.(NEWSDESK)(Minnesota's public libraries )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Thanks to some savvy lobbying and enlightened legislators, public libraries in Minnesota will get $4.25 million for arts and cultural programs in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, as well as the fiscal year that follows. The sum, which...

In NJ, Netflix-like project.(NEWSDESK)(Princeton Public Library )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Last year, two New Jersey library systems-Burlington County Library System and Gloucester County Library System--instituted mail delivery. Now Princeton Public Library (PPL) is launching a delivery program based on the earlier models, plus the...

MA Colleges Fund Library.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... In Worcester, MA, where several tax-exempt colleges are beneficiaries of municipal services, two of those institutions have begun supporting the Worcester Public Library (WPL) via payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT). This year, $280,000, part of...

Outreach helps Kalamazoo.(NEWSDESK)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... In a state with greater than average economic challenges, voters May 5 approved a 20-year millage rate renewal for Kalamazoo Public Library (KPL), MI. The millage raises about $8.5 million, or 65 percent of KPL's operating revenue. That's the...

BEA conference report.(NEWSDESK)(BookExpo America )(Conference news)
June 15, 2009... This year's BookExpo America (BEA) in New York, May 29-31, drew fewer librarians--about 2100--than the blockbuster show in New York in 2007, but it was hard to tell from the crowds who thronged the LIISLI Librarians' Lounge set up in the Jacob...

The Urban Libraries Council's Executive Board.(people)(Susan Benton )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... The Urban Libraries Council's Executive Board has appointed Susan Benton President and CEO. She was a Research, Development, and Strategic Partners Executive at ICMA, an international professional association of more than 9000 city and county...

Old Dominion University Libraries.(people)(Lori Ostapowicz Critz )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Lori Ostapowicz Critz will join Old Dominion University Libraries, VA, as Head of Reference and Research Services on July 10. She comes to Old Dominion from Georgia Institute of Technology Library and Information Center.

Elmont Public Library.(people)(Maggie Gough )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Maggie Gough is the new Director, Elmont Public Library, NY, following a yearlong search to replace John Bosco, who left the library in May 2008.

Doris Small Heifer.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Doris Small Heifer, Librarian and Chair, Oviatt Library's Technical Services Department, California State University, Northridge, has won the school's Distinguished Teaching, Counseling, or Librarianship Award.

Santa Monica Public Library.(people)(Roger Kelly, Stephanie Archer, Susan Lamb and Shana Johnson )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... The Santa Monica Public Library, CA, has four staff announcements. Roger Kelly is Librarian III, Youth Services; Stephanie Archer is an Information Management Division Librarian II-Acquisitions; Susan Lamb has been promoted to Reference...

University of North Carolina.(people)(Barbara Moran )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Barbara Moran is now Interim Dean, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science. A search for a new dean continues.

University of South Florida.(people)(Gerald A. Notaro)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Gerald A. Notaro, University Librarian and Head of Media Services, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, has been appointed Interim Dean of the library.

Los Angeles Public Library.(people)(Georgette Todd )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Georgette Todd has retired from the Los Angeles Public Library after 45 years of service. The library credited Todd with creating "many innovative youth programs that are widely copied by libraries across the nation and around the world."

Garden City Public Library.(people)(Carolyn Voegler)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Carolyn Voegler, formerly Director, Floral Park Public Library, NY, has been tapped as the new Director of the Garden City Public Library, NY. A 17-year library veteran, Voegler previously served as President of the Nassau County Library...

International ISBN Agency.(people)(Andy Weissberg)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Andy Weissberg has joined the Board of Directors for the International ISBN Agency. Weissberg is VP of Identifier Services and Corporate Marketing for R.R. Bowker. He succeeds Annie Callanan.

OCLC Review Board: withdraw WorldCat policy.(infotech)(Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)
June 15, 2009... According to a presentation given May 18 to the OCLC Members Council by Jennifer Younger, director of Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame, IN, the Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship has officially recommended that...

Text a librarian at ALA annual.(infotech)(American Library Association's )(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Those attending the American Library Association's (ALA) annual conference in Chicago this July will have a new service to help them navigate their way around--Text a Librarian. ALA has partnered with Mosio to maximize the conference...

Google wave: just how social do you want to be?(infotech)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... On May 28, Google announced its latest play to reinvent "communication and collaboration on the web" by integrating email, social networking, instant messaging, and document collaboration into a single threaded message interface called a Wave....

NoveList select puts readers' advisory in OPACS.(INFOTECH)
June 15, 2009... In order to grab the attention of library patrons more effectively, EBSCO Publishing's NoveList has introduced NoveList Select, a product that embeds the NoveList readers' advisory tool's recommendations directly into the OPAC. The service...

SirsiDynix updates Resource Sharing App to version 4.2.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... SirsiDynix has released the URSA[R] 4.2 (Universal Resource Sharing Application) automated interlibrary loan system. It "communicates with local circulation systems to provide self-service requests that save staff time and speed the delivery of...

QuickView Reader updates.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Ebook platform provider ebrary has updated its QuickView Reader with a number of new features. First, the company has added citation management software integration for RefWorks and EndNote to the InfoTools menu in the reader, giving users...

OCLC releases museum data software suite.(INFOTECH)(Online Computer Library Center Inc.)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... OCLC Research has released a software suite to help museums exchange object descriptions and share data, the result of a cooperative effort made possible by a Mellon Foundation grant to develop further infrastructure for museum data exchange....

Springer Exemplar puts keywords in context.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Journal publisher Springer, in conjunction with the Australia-based Centre for Biomedical and Health Linguistics, has released Exemplar, a new "free linguistic tool" to give researchers insight into context surrounding keywords of interest....

Be selfish, promote service.(THE TRANSPARENT LIBRARY)
June 15, 2009... NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED to deliver our best customer service. No library users should walk away feeling that their questions or needs were not fully addressed. No teen should come to the reference desk only to be met by a sarcastic answer...

Working the social: Twitter and FriendFeed: let these social networking services do the filtering for you.(INFOTECH FEATURE)
June 15, 2009... Information overload is so five years ago, but the problem it describes is all too real. Fortunately, there's hope yet for the savvy librarian: Twitter and FriendFeed turn information dissemination on its head, using friends and subscribers as...

The politics of excellence: Queens Library, NY.(GALE/LJ LIBRARY OF THE YEAR 2009)(Organization overview)
June 15, 2009... "Let there be no mistake. Public library service is a critical service that must be preserved. People need us, and we must continue to be there for them. We will fight every day to save the Queens Library this year, so that when this economy...

The house brand: how giving up many brands in exchange for one created a marketing plan with big impact.
June 15, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How do libraries have relevance in a world where people prefer speed over accuracy--by a whopping 98 percent? How do we counter the threat laid down by Slate that libraries will be extinct in 20197 How does...

Libraries & the inspiration business.(BACKTALK)(Viewpoint essay)
June 15, 2009... WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND county budgets drying up as record numbers of users flock to libraries, now is an excellent time for introspection about our profession. What exactly is our line of work? Librarians, keepers of those great cultural...

Archer, Jeffrey. Paths of Glory.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Archer, Jeffrey. Paths of Glory. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 hrs. Macmillan Audio from Sound Library: BBC Audiobooks America. ISBN 978-0-7927-6009-2. $89.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 10 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. Macmillan Audio; 5 CDs....

Berenson, Alex. The Silent Man.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Berenson, Alex. The Silent Man. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 1/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4361-7502-9. $123.75; 10 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; Playaway digital. F Edgar Award winner Berenson's third John Wells...

This month, digital media distributor OverDrive upgrades its Media Console software (overdrive.com/software/omc).(OverDrive Inc.)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... This month, digital media distributor OverDrive upgrades its Media Console software (overdrive.com/software/omc) to enable Windows PC users to transfer "the vast majority" of its Windows Media Audio (WMA) files from OverDrive-powered libraries...

Last month, Ingram Digital launched MyiLibrary Audio.(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Last month, Ingram Digital launched MyiLibrary Audio, an audiobook service for library patrons that is fully iPod/ iPhone--compatible. More info at www.ingramdigital.com.

Baker & Taylor has partnered with OverDrive to expand its digital media distribution platform.(Baker and Taylor Retail and OverDrive Inc.)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Baker & Taylor has partnered with OverDrive to expand its digital media distribution platform. Over the coming months, via a new Digital Media Library label, library customers worldwide will be able to access the wholesaler's collection of...

Barnes & Noble, too, has collaborated with OverDrive to launch an Audiobook MP3 Store offering over 10,000 iPod/iPhone--compatible titles ranging from $10-$20 per download.(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Barnes & Noble, too, has collaborated with OverDrive to launch an Audiobook MP3 Store offering over 10,000 iPod/ iPhone-compatible titles ranging from $10-$20 per download. More info at www.bn.com.

In May, BBC Audiobooks America began making titles from its Sound Library catalog available as digital downloads through OCLC NetLibrary (www.oclc.org/netlibrary).(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... In May, BBC Audiobooks America began making titles from its Sound Library catalog available as digital downloads through OCLC NetLibrary (www.oclc.org/netlibrary). More info at www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/library.

Members of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) can now download any of 50,000-plus recorded texts in the national nonprofit's DAISY-format AudioPlus collection.(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Members of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) can now download any of 50,000-plus recorded texts in the national nonprofit's DAISY-format AudioPlus collection. Technical requirements include a Windows-compatible computer with DAISY...

Be sure to read King County, WA, librarian Angelina Benedetti's list of favorite adult/YA crossover audiobooks, including John Marsden's Tomorrow, When the War Began (Bolinda Audio), read by Suzi Dougherty, and Kate Thompson's The New Policeman (Recorded Bks.), read by Marcella Riordan, from her web-exclusive column 35 Going on 13 (www.library journal.com/article/CA6659229.html).(Washington)(Brief article)(Recommended readings)
June 15, 2009... Be sure to read King County, WA, librarian Angelina Benedetti's list of favorite adult/YA crossover audiobooks, including John Marsden's Tomorrow, When the War Began (Bolinda Audio), read by Suzi Dougherty, and Kate Thompson's The New...

Black, Michael A.: Random Victim.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Black, Michael A. Random Victim. 11 CDs. library/retail eds. unabridged. 11 1/2 hrs. Books in Motion. 2009. ISBN 978-1-60548-216-3. $57.95/$34.99; 1 MP3-CD; digital download. F With a difficult election looming, Cook County sheriff O'Hara...

Boyle, T.C.: The Women.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... * Boyle, T.C. The Women. 15 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 18 1/2 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4332-6061-2. $110; 15 CDs. retail ed.; 2 MP3-CDs. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In his...

Mankell, Henning. Firewall.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... * Mankell, Henning. Firewall. tr. from Swedish by Ebba Segerberg. 13 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 18 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4332-2582-6. $99; 13 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F ...

Rees, Celia. The Stone Testament.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Rees, Celia. The Stone Testament. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 1/2 hrs. Bolinda Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-7421-4130-5. $98.95. F The end of the world is near, and only three teenagers can save it from destruction: Zillah, survivor of a cult...

Stockett, Kathryn. The Help.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... * Stockett, Kathryn. The Help. 15 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 18 hrs. Books on Tape. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4159-6125-4. $120; 15 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; digital download. F Stockett's (www.kathrynstockett.com) deep and complex debut...

A Dickens duo.(The Last Dickens)(Drood)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... * Pearl, Matthew. The Last Dickens. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 13 hrs. Books on Tape. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4159-6285-5. $80; 11 CDs. retail ed. Random House Audio; digital download. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When a young clerk...

Tremain, Rose. The Road Home.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... * Tremain, Rose. The Road Home. 6 CDs. abridged, retail ed. 8 hrs. Naxos AudioBooks. 2009. ISBN 978-962-634-946-5. $34.98; digital download. F Winner of the 2008 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, this latest book by Tremain (The Colour)...

Bourke, Anthony & John Rendall. A Lion Called Christian.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Bourke, Anthony & John Rendall. A Lion Called Christian. 3 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 3 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4159-6455-2. $40; 3 CDs. retail ed. Random House Audio; digital download. Stag Originally published in 1971, this...

Denby, David. Snark: It's Mean, It's Personal, and it's Ruining Our Conversation.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Denby, David. Snark: It's Mean, It's Personal, and it's Ruining Our Conversation. 4 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 4 hrs. Tantor Media. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4001-4160-9. $39.99; 4 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital...

Fox, Michael J.: Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Fox, Michael J. Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an incurable Optimist. 6 CDs. library ed. abridged. 6 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4013-9147-8. $36.75; 6 CDs. retail ed. Hyperion Audio; digital download. AUTOBIOG Fox...

Holmes, Hannah. The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Holmes, Hannah. The Well-Dressed Ape. A Natural History of Myself. 12 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 14 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4233-7617-0. $107.97; 12 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital...

Top-selling Recorded Books audio titles for 2009.(TOP AUDIO)(Brief article)(List)
June 15, 2009... 1 Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. ISBN 978-1-4407-0364-5. $92.75; Playaway digital; digital download. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Entry No. 9 in this series tying into the HBO show True Blood; the...

Lawrence, T.E.: Seven Pillars of Wisdom.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. 6 CDs. retail ed. abridged. 7 1/2 hrs. CSA Word, dist. by PGW. 2009. ISBN 978-1-934997-20-8. $31.95; Playaway digital. AUTOBIOG Join Lawrence (1888-1935) in his 1917-18 campaigns against the forces...

Lehrer, Jonah. How We Decide.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Lehrer, Jonah. How We Decide. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4233-7647-7. $87.97; 8 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; digital download. SCI Rhodes scholar Lehrer (Proust Was a...

Renfrew, Colin. Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Renfrew, Colin. Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 1/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4361-9223-1. $123.75. ARCHAEOL/HIST Renfrew (archaeology, Cambridge Univ.) here gives a broad overview of...

Smiley, Tavis with Stephanie Robinson. Accountable: Making America as Good as Its Promise.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... * Smiley, Tavis with Stephanie Robinson. Accountable: Making America as Good as Its Promise. 5 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 6 hrs. S. & S. Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7435-8208-7. $29.99; Playaway digital; digital download. POL SCI Radio/TV...

Woods, Thomas E., Jr.: Meltdown.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2009... Woods, Thomas E., Jr. Meltdown. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 1/2 hrs. Tantor Media. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4001-4209-5. $49.99.; 5 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. ECON Here, Woods...

Charlestown--Clark County Public Library, IN: top-circulating media, March 2009.(TOP CIRCULATORS)(List)
June 15, 2009... STATS 5 branches, 39,777 served AUDIOBOOK CD [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Silent Assassin Lori Andrews The 6th Target James Patterson & Maxine Paetro DOWNLOADABLE AUDIO [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All Together...

Rain Shadow. Series 1.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2009... Rain Shadow. Series 1. 2 discs. color. 324 min. Australian Broadcasting Corp., dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www. acornonline.com. 2008. DVD UPC 0-54961-81309-4. $39.99. F This 2007 Australian miniseries stars Rachel Ward as a...

The Collected Films of Takahiko Iimura. No. 1.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2009... The Collected Films of Takahiko Iimura. No. 1. color & b/w. 71 min. Art of the Moving Image, dist. by Microcinema, 415-447-9750; www.microcinema.com; orders@ microcinema.com. 2008. DVD UPC 8-80198-08479-8. $29.99; public performance $74. FILM...

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Collector's Edition.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2009... Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Collector's Edition. color. 2 hrs. Alex Gibney, Magnolia Home Entertainment, 212-924-6701; www.magpictures.com. 2008. DVD UPC 8-76964-00144-1. $29.98. Closed-captioned. Rated: R. LIT ...

Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita.(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Maria Finitzo's 2007 documentary, Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita (Kartemquin Educational Films), is one of 36 films that recently won the Peabody Award. The documentary centers on Jack Kessler, the current chair of the Department...

The Sarasota Film Festival now features an online DVD store hosted by distributor IndiePix that makes available for purchase official selections from past Sarasota Film Festivals.(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... The Sarasota Film Festival now features an online DVD store hosted by distributor IndiePix that makes available for purchase official selections from past Sarasota Film Festivals. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the festival's...

Newly available from electronic publisher Alexander Street Press and A&E Television Networks: American History in Video (AHV), an online streaming video collection that gives researchers, instructors, and students access to cross-searchable titles including hundreds of documentaries from the History Channel.(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Newly available from electronic publisher Alexander Street Press and A&E Television Networks: American History in Video (AHV), an online streaming video collection that gives researchers, instructors, and students access to cross-searchable...

Northeastern University, MA, recently implemented Advanced Media Design's MediaPOINTE Ensemble Server (www.mediapointe.com) to manage the video content on its news web site, www. northeastern.edu/news, allowing students, faculty, and alumni to watch news items, special events, or lectures on their PCs or iPods.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Northeastern University, MA, recently implemented Advanced Media Design's MediaPOINTE Ensemble Server (www.mediapointe.com) to manage the video content on its news web site, www. northeastern.edu/news, allowing students, faculty, and alumni to...

Walt Disney Company is now an equity partner--along with News Corporation and NBC Universal--in the video streaming site Hulu.com.(Brief article)
June 15, 2009... Walt Disney Company is now an equity partner--along with News Corporation and NBC Universal--in the video streaming site Hulu.com. The partnership enables Hulu users to watch full-length ABC and Disney Channel TV shows as well as select Walt...

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun.(Zora's Roots: The Life of Zorn Neale Hurston)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2009... Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun. color & b/w. 84 min. Sam Pollard, Bay Bottom News & American Masters, dist. by California Newsreel; www.newsreel.org. 2008. DVD $49.95; acad. libs. $195. Public performance; closed-captioned. Zora's...