Library Journal articles from March 2003

Library Journal archives from March 2003

The protections unique to print: they can't pull the plug on ink on paper. (Editorial).(communications: the unique benefits of print)
March 1, 2003... Leaflets were the medium of choice when we went to the streets to protest the Vietnam War. Telephone and e-mail are faster, easier to distribute, and have that wonderful interactivity with the recipient that extends the argument. Ink on paper...

The dumping ground. (Letters).
March 1, 2003... It came as no surprise to me that the author of "What a Library Is Not" (Blaise Cronin, Dean's List, LJ 11/15/02, p. 46) is a [now former] dean and professor of information science. My sensibilities were offended by an ivory tower academic who...

Nonpartisan. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2003... I just read your excellent editorial "Beyond Party Politics" (LJ 12/02, p. 8). It is just the right message at just the right time. Thank you. Pam Nissler, Mgr., Highlands Ranch Lib., CO

Technology is too loaded. (Letters).
March 1, 2003... I agree wholeheartedly with John Berry ("Keep It Simple," LJ 10/15/02, p. 8), and I'm of the under-30 set. While on hold with an airline, I heard that I could check in from home, within six hours of departure, print out my boarding pass, or if...

For the rank and file, finally. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2003... American Library Association (ALA) President Mitch Freedman spoke at our state library association. We do not face some of the inhumane conditions under which some really poor librarians toil, nonetheless it was heartwarming to hear him. During...

Hating hatred. (Letters).
March 1, 2003... Ours is a great country, where democratic values like access to and freedom of information and expression are upheld and guaranteed. Librarians... are always on the front line, safeguarding those hard-earned constitutional rights. Cheryl...

Correction.
March 1, 2003... Due to an editorial error, the titles to be published by Salem Press (2003 Reference Announcement supplement, LJ 11/15/02) were listed under Magill's. Magill's is an imprint of Salem Press.

RoweCom saga: EBSCO replaces swets. (Late Bulletins).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... On January 24, subscription agent Swets Blackwell, which had been in intensive talks to acquire divine, inc.'s failed U.S. subscription operation (see Late Bulletins, LJ 2/15/03, p. 13), pulled out of negotiations. The next day, the...

RoweCom creditors sue divine, claim $74M lost. (Late Bulletins).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... A day after RoweCom's bankruptcy filing, its creditors filed suit against its parent company, divine, inc., alleging that divine siphoned $73.7 million from the subsidiary. The suit claims that even though divine determined last spring that it...

LSTA proposal in Senate is $350M. (Late Bulletins).(Library Services and Technology Act: reauthorization and funding being considered)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... While the proposed reauthorization of the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in the House is $215 million for libraries--a drop-off from sums proposed last year (see Late Bulletins, LJ 2/1/03, p. 13)--library advocates got more...

Texas Univ. libraries face budget cuts. (Late Bulletins).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Texas officials have asked state agencies for seven percent cuts in spending for the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends on August 31. The requested cuts are an effort to save $500-$700 million of a nearly $2 billion budget shortfall. Gov....

Cuts resonate in Philadelphia; ALA-APA finally moves ahead: council passes resolution criticizing Patriot Act, backs off on Iraq dispute, holds fast on Palestinian statement. (Conference Report).
March 1, 2003... In a different economic climate, the big news of the Midwinter Meeting held January 24-29 in Philadelphia would have been the progress made by the American Library Association's Allied Professional Association (now ALA-APA). It might have been...

The plan for ALA-APA. (Council & Exec Board).
March 1, 2003... If America's libraries are to be saved, one component may be ALAAPA, which has taken a year to get off the ground. At the Midwinter Meeting in New Orleans, Council approved bylaws for the new organization, which will conduct...

Amend Patriot Act 1. (Intellectual Freedom).
March 1, 2003... One burning issue at Midwinter was the appropriate response to the USA PATRIOT Act, and ALA units, including the Committee on Legislation and the Intellectual Freedom Committee, spent days in discussion, crafting resolutions. Sweeping...

Back off on Iraq. (Votes in Council).
March 1, 2003... A "Resolution on the Iraq Crisis" lamented the cost of a war, arguing it would cut into programs that would benefit libraries, and would have had ALA urge President Bush to "allow the inspections process to continue towards a peaceful solution...

Library of the year nominations sought. (News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The Library Journal/Gale Library of the Year Award honors the library that most profoundly demonstrates outstanding community service. Members of the editorial board of LJ, representatives from Gale's Executive Committee, and a select group of...

Candidates air views. (ALA Presidency).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Carol Brey (www.carolbrey.com) and Herman Totten (www.unt.edu/totten/index.html), candidates for president-elect on the spring 2003 ballot, presented their philosophies and platforms during a candidates' forum sponsored by the ALA Chapter...

The serials question. (Academic Libraries).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Librarians were buzzing during the first two days of the conference about the fate of divine, inc.'s RoweCom/Faxon subsidiary; on Friday, Swets Blackwell backed out of an acquisition deal, while the next day EBSCO stepped in (see Late...

ALISE meeting focuses on technology: task force to explore broader group than may embrace "I schools".(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... ALISE, the Association for Library and Information Science Education, held its annual conference January 21-24 in Philadelphia. Approximately 350 library and information science (LIS) educators and graduate students were in attendance. The...

Lackluster days. (On The Floor).
March 1, 2003... Bad weather generally is a plus for the show floor at ALA conferences, as attendees will gladly pass time indoors browsing books and testing automation toys while picking up giveaways. However, the subfreezing temperatures gripping Philadelphia...

Vendors holding steady at ALA Midwinter meeting: though automation vendors haven't yet felt the economic pinch, dwindling budgets have many moving cautiously. (Conference Report).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The fiscal dystrophy plaguing libraries hasn't yet impacted the automation firms serving the field. Most vendors report 2002 was a good year, with Ex Libris (USA) claiming it expanded 30 percent. However, the millions spent by libraries on...

Dynix investing in future growth: Blount claims interoperability and more vendor partnerships are key. (Conference Report).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Just prior to the ALA gathering, the vendor most recently known as epixtech again played the name game and reverted to its original handle, Dynix (see Late Bulletins, LJ 2/15/03, p. 13). President Jack Blount told LJ that the name change was a...

TLC online selection assistant: vendor-neutral acquisitions module covers books to databases. (Conference Report).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The Library Corporation (TLC) debuted one of the most exciting products at Midwinter and certainly one that will make the hearts of acquisitions librarians beat faster. Called the Online Selection Assistant (OSA), the product is described by...

Vernon Express check out: slick and quick, RFID self-check system loads on circulation module. (Conference Report).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Vernon Library Supplies came to ALA with VECO: Vernon's Express Check-Out. VECO employs the company's RFID technology in a scanner setup that can be housed in a small standalone cabinet or in a countertop model. Quick and slick, the system...

ENCompass gets new search engine: endeavor adds FAST for quick response and expanded searching. (Conference Report).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Endeavor Information Systems is feeling the need for speed. The company announced that it is working with Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), which specializes in search and real-time alerting technologies, to integrate FAST Data Search into its...

Polaris provides patron privacy: forthcoming release allows patrons option of dumping records. (Conference Report).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... With the profession grappling with government intrusion into library use, it may fall to the automation vendors to provide solutions. Perhaps the first step comes from Gaylord Information Systems. Among the improvements being offering in the...

Brodart introduces DartClix 4 Kids: school version of system catalogs appropriate web sites. (Conference Report).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Brodart Automation is the latest vendor to push into the school library market. The company is now marketing DartClix 4 Kids, a junior version of its DartClix subscription service for preselected web sites. According to the company, subscribers...

Webwatch.(Directory)
March 1, 2003... CLICKING ON THE WEB... Americans have historically valued volunteerism, and according to media reports citizen outreach has increased since September 11, 2001. Recent federal government initiatives, including both the new Volunteer.gov and USA...

Farewell to metaphors. (Online Databases).
March 1, 2003... I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED metaphoric interfaces. When the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Engineering Information Village (Ei Village) first came out in the mid-1990s, they both made good use of metaphors. IPL used the metaphor of a small...

Calendar.(Calendar)
March 1, 2003... KLA/KASL/KAECT Tri-Conference in Salina; ILF "Building Library Partnerships" in Indianapolis; 34th Annual ILL Conference in Denver MARCH 12-14--18th Annual Computers in Libraries 2003, Washington Hilton & Towers, Washington, DC....

Queens Library Foundation. (People).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Diana Chapin has been named Executive Director, Queens Library Foundation, Jamaica, NY. She was First Deputy Commissioner/Executive Director of the Water Board for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection from 1996 through 2002....

Siouxland Libraries. (People).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Sally Felix was appointed Director, Siouxland Libraries, Sioux Falls, SD. She was Administrator, Lackawanna County Library System, Scranton, PA.

Kansas City Public Library. (People).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Joseph H. Green has been selected as Library Director, Kansas City Public Library, MO. He succeeds Dan Bradbury, who retired after 19 years with the library. Green was Director, Richmond Public Library, CA, as well as City Librarian there for 6...

American Library Association (ALA). (People).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Tracie Hall has joined the American Library Association (ALA) as Director, Office for Diversity, Chicago. She was Community Librarian, Albany Branch, Hartford Public Library, CT She was among ALA's first class of Spectrum Scholars.

Cuyahoga County Public Library. (People).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Vickie Hartzell has been named Interim Executive Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, OH. She has been with the library since 1976.

Fresno County Public Library. (People).(John Kallenberg retires)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... John Kallenberg has retired as County Librarian, Fresno County Public Library, CA, after a 27-year tenure there.

Eastern Monroe Public Library. (People).(Barbara Keiser appointed)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Barbara Keiser was appointed to the newly created position of Assistant Director, Community Services, Eastern Monroe Public Library, PA.

University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). (People).(Annette Morris named)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Annette Morris has been appointed Brittle Books Coordinator, University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). She was Program Manager, ATLIS Systems, Silver Spring, MD. Miranda Beaven Remnek has joined UIUC as Head of the Slavic and...

C.V. Starr Asian Library. (People).(Hee-sook Shin named Korean Studies Librarian at Columbia Univerity Libraries; Matthew Selsky named)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Hee-sook Shin is now Korean Studies Librarian, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University Libraries, New York. She was Non-Roman Languages Coordinator, Ohio State University Library, Columbus. Matthew Selsky was appointed Systems...

Obituaries. (People).(library science professors Barbara Coburn, John J. Farley)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
March 1, 2003... Barbara Coburn, Assistant Professor Emerita at the University of Illinois Library, Urbana-Champaign, died on January 14 at the age of 85. She had retired as Acquisitions Bibliographer and Assistant Professor of Library Administration in 1981....

Susan Knoche: James H. Quillen College of Medicine Library, TN. (Para Professional of the Year 2003).
March 1, 2003... "SHE ALWAYS GIVES her very best effort." That tribute to Susan Knoche, LJ's 2003 Paraprofessional of the Year, comes from her supervisor, Martha Whaley, technical services/history of medicine librarian at the library of the James H. Quillen...

Three who made a difference. (Para Professional of the Year 2003).
March 1, 2003... In their deliberations to select froth a full slate of strong nominations for LJ's Paraprofessional of the Year, the judges all noted these three candidates: Brian Kamens is the library associate in the Special Collections Department of...

The Gates legacy: what's changed and what's next as librarians work to sustain public access to computers.(survey results of benefits enjoyed by libraries as a result of the Gates Program are examined)
March 1, 2003... IN LIBRARIES WITH NEWLY INSTALLED public access computers, patron numbers grew by nearly 25 percent in 2000 and 2002, with many of them new to libraries. They include home schoolers, travelers, and people from low-income families, who are much...

OCLC's Gates Portal Project.(OCLC Inc. )
March 1, 2003... SET TO LAUNCH IN MAY, the Gates Portal Project, currently under development by OCLC, Inc., will be a public access computing portal for public libraries and other organizations. The portal will be a resource center for librarians and patrons...

Asking the big questions: 36 top books address science's most complex puzzles. (Best SciTech 2002 Books).(Bibliography)
March 1, 2003... WHO? WHAT? WHEN? Where? Why? How? Addressing these questions--the basic elements of good exposition--is as necessary in popular science writing as it is in a seventh-grade book review. The following titles, selected as the best in science and...

Booking a passage to China. (Travel to China).(Bibliography)
March 1, 2003... THROUGHOUT MUCH OF China's history, from the construction of the Great Wall to the Cultural Revolution, foreign travelers have been forbidden. Although Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972 played an important role in opening up China to the...

The decorations debate. (Case Study).
March 1, 2003... "NOW WHAT is she doing?," puzzled Willie Byrne, a staffer at the Hallmark Public Library, nodding toward colleague Ann Falk. "Must be decorating day again," answered Mary Vitagliano. Both watched quietly as Falk removed several tissue...

Appoint a decorator. (Analysis I).(library interior decoration)
March 1, 2003... MOST LIBRARIES have at least one employee who wants to brighten their surroundings--and properly channeled, that desire can help make the library a welcoming, friendly place for its patrons and staff instead of the sometimes sterile-seeming box...

Criticas February bestsellers.(Illustration)
March 1, 2003... Vivir para contarla. Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. (Living to Tell the Tale) U.S.: Knopf: Random House. 2002. ISBN 0-4000-4106-6. $25. 1 In less than a month Knopf sold all of the 50,000 copies of the Spanish-language hardcover edition of Gabo's...

Decoration or dud? (Analysis II).(addressing issue of library decorations)
March 1, 2003... IT IS TRUE that corny decorations can reflect poorly on a library. And "papiermache items" taped to a wall in the circulation area sound unprofessional at best. Falk needs to remember that her decorative objects send a message to her...

Prepub alert.(books to be published in July 2003)
March 1, 2003... COMING IN JULY 2003... lots of beach reading, from Cook to Reichs to Steel. Interestingly, the only first novelists (Foley and Holmes) are already well established in other genres. Nonfiction is a little less lighthearted, though Notaro's...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2003... In LJ 1/03, the publisher of Gail Evans's She Wins, You Win was incorrectly listed. It is Gotham Books, a Penguin Putnam imprint. CORRECTION: In the review of Voices & Views: A History of the Holocaust (LJ 2/1/03), the full name of the...

Small press best sellers.(Illustration)
March 1, 2003... 1 Work-at-Home Sourcebook [P] Lynie Arden. Live Oak Pubs. 2002. ISBN 0-9117811-17-X. $19.95. 2 Diane Warner's Great Parties on Small Budgets [P] Diane Warner. Career Pr. 2002. ISBN 1-56414-613-8. $12.99. 3 Games To Play with...

Graphic novels.(why libraries should collect graphic novels, not comic books)
March 1, 2003... For public libraries just getting into graphic novels, one important question is whether to begin collecting monthly comic books as well. Despite being a long-term comic-book collector myself, I believe that for the most part libraries would be...

Atangan, Patrick. The Yellow Jar: Two Tales from Japanese Tradition.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Vol. 1. NBM: Nantier Beall Minoustchine. 2003. 48p. ISBN 1-56163-331-3. $12.95. F First-time creator Atangan adapts two traditional Japanese tales in this excellent fullcolor volume. In the title story, a fisherman finds a princess of the...

Campbell, Eddie. After the Snooter.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Eddie Campbell Bks., dist. by Top Shelf Productions. 2002. 160p. ISBN 0-9577896-6-1. pap. $14.95. AUTOBIOG In his previous autobiographical comics, Campbell (cocreator with Alan Moore of the Eisner and Harvey award-winning From Hell) has...

Dini, Paul & Alex Ross. JLA: Secret Origins.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... DC Comics: Warner Bros. 2002. 48p. ISBN 1-4012-0021-4. pap. $7.95. F For the past several years, writer Dini (Batman: Mad Love) and artist Ross (Kingdom Come; Marvels) have been collaborating on a wonderful annual series of tabloid-sized...

Eisner, Will. Sundiata: A Legend of Africa.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... NBM: Nantier Beall Minoustchine. 2003. 32p. ISBN 1-56163-332-1. $15.95. F In addition to the graphic novels for adults that make up "The Will Eisner Library" (DC), comics legend Eisner has in the past several years been producing a series...

Fingerman, Bob. Beg the Question.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Fantagraphics. 2002. 230p. ISBN 156097-502-4. $24.95. F This is an expanded and heavily revised version of Fingerman's comic book series "Minimum Wage." At 27, Sylvia Fanucci wants to write and play guitar, but she's currently managing a...

Groening, Matt & others. Futurama-O-Rama.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... HarperPerennial: HarperCollins. 2002. 118p. ISBN 0-06-050598-2. pap. $12.95. F Groening is the author of the "Life in Hell" series of cartoon collections and creator of The Simpsons, the longest-running prime-time animated show in American...

Marz, Ron & others. The Path. Vol. 1: Crisis of Faith.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... CrossGeneration Comics. 2002. 192p. ISBN 1-931484-32-5. pap. $19.95. F Nayado, the setting for this excellent series, resembles feudal Japan, with inhabitants whose skin tone and features are largely African American. Marz, writer for...

Matt, Joe. Fair Weather.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Drawn & Quarterly. 2002. 120p. ISBN 1-896597-56-4. $26.95. AUTOBIOG This book was originally presented in four issues of Matt's autobiographical black-and-white comic book series "Peepshow" and tells the story of Matt's 1970s childhood,...

Miller, Frank & Lynn Varley. Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... DC Comics: Warner Bros. 2002. 256p. ISBN 1-56389-844-6. $29.95. F Miller and Varley's classic Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (cocreated with Klaus Janson) is one of a handful of works that brought a more mature tone to superhero comics in...

Moore, Alan & others. Supreme: The Story of the Year.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Checkerboard. 2002. 332p. ISBN 0-9710249-5-2. pap. $26.95. F Multiple-award-winner Moore (Watchmen; Swamp Thing) is one of the most respected writers in comics. In a wonderful parody of the "retroactive continuity" that DC applied to change...

Moore, Richard. Boneyard.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Vol. 1. NBM: Nantier Beall Minoustchine. 2002. 96p. ISBN 1-56163-316-X. pap. $12.95. F Michael Paris thinks he's visiting the town of Raven Hollow to sell the land that he inherited from his grandfather to the town council. But when he...

Morse, C. Scott. Ancient Joe: el bizarron.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Dark Horse. 2002. 120p. ISBN 1-56971-795-8. pap. $12.95. F This black-and-white book introduces Ancient Joe, a good-hearted but mysterious masked man who never ages. Joe can remember nothing of his life before he was found in the sea by...

Robbins, Trina & Anne Timmons. Go Girl!(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Dark Horse. 2002. 136p. ISBN 1-56971-798-2. pap. $15.95. F Robbins's career stretches from 1960s underground comics to Marvel's "Barbie" series. While celebrating and promoting comics for and by girls and women in such books as The Great...

Tezuka, Osamu. Astro Boy.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Vol. 8. Dark Horse. 2002. 200p. tr. from Japanese by Frederik L Schodt. ISBN 1-56971-791-5. pap. $9.95. F Dark Horse is doing manga fans a great service by making this series, the most famous work by Japan's most famous master of comics...

Vachss, Andrew & others. Hard Looks: Adapted Stories.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Dark Horse. 2002. 208p. ISBN 1-56971-829-6. pap. $19.95. F Lawyer, crusader for child protection, and novelist Vachss (e.g., Only Child; Dead and Gone) has a longstanding connection to the comics world. He wrote the prose novel Batman: The...

Wang Du Lu & Andy Seto. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Vol. 1. ComicsOne. 2002. 112p. tr. from Chinese by Wayne Moyung & Stephen Ip. ISBN 1-58899-999-8. pap. $13.95. F The Ang Lee film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) was based on the fourth novel in a five-book series known as the...

Watase, Yu. Ceres: Celestial Legend.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Vol. 2: Yuhi. Viz Comics. 2002. 192p. tr. from Japanese by Lillian Olsen. ISBN 1-59116-040-5. pap. $15.95. F Watase's previous series "Fushigi Yugi" (still being serialized by Viz) has been a big hit among American anime and manga fans....

Atkins, Stephen E. Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Greenwood. 2002.40Op. permanent paper. photogs, bibliog, index. LC 2001057729. ISBN 0-313-31502-7. $74.95. REF The terrorists who struck on September 11 were not the first to try to bring down America, and, regrettably, they won't be the...

Encyclopedia of New Media: An Essential Reference Guide to Communication and Technology.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Sage. Mar. 2003. c.531p, ed. by Steve Jones. bibliog, index. LC 2002013229. ISBN 0-7619-22[82-9. $125. REF This accessible and easy-to-navigate one-volume encyclopedia covers the everchanging world of "new media," which includes...

* Facts On File Encyclopedia of American History.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... 11 vols. Facts On File. 2003. 3500p. ed. by Gary B. Nash. illus, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 0-8160-4371-X. $935. REF This 11-volume set is designed to engage the history student by expanding the margins of the subject without trimming any...

The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... 2 vols. Greenwood. 2002. 1048p. permanent paper. ed. by Janet Perez & Maureen Ihrie. bibliog, index. LC 2002019922. ISBN 0-313-29346-5. $175. REF The fourth installment in Greenwood's "Feminist Encyclopedia" series, this two-volume set...

Financial Times World Desk Reference.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... DK. 2003. c.736p, ed. by Andrew Heritage, illus, maps. index. ISBN 0-78949374-8. pap. $30. REF Originally published in 1994 as The Dorling Kindersley World Reference Atlas, this heavily illustrated fact book has been completely updated to...

Modern British Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Greenwood. 2003. c.428p, permanent paper, ed. by Vicki K. & Del Ivan Janik. bibliog, index. ISBN 0-313-31030-0. $94.95. REF Although suspiciously undersized at first glance, this A-to-Z guide to modern British women writers is packed with...

The Tosefta.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... 2 vols. Hendrickson. 2002. 1984p. tr. from Hebrew by Jacob Neusner. index. LC 2002032936. ISBN 1-56563-642-2. $119.95. REF This essential two-volume set offers the only full English-language translation of the Tosefta, a core text in Jewish...

Abalos, Inaki & Juan Herreros. Tower and Office: From Modernist Theory to Contemporary Practice.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... MIT. Apr. 2003. c.294p. tr. from Spanish by Megan McFarland with Stephanie Salomon. illus. index. ISBN 0-262-01191-3. $45. ARCHITECTURE Two Spanish architects examine architectural technology as it relates to the skyscraper. Although the...

Big & Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Princeton Architectural, dist. by Chronicle. 2003. 192p. ed. by David Gissen. illus. bibliog, index. ISBN 1-56898-361-1. $40. ARCHITECTURE The National Building Museum in Washington, DC, mounts a major exhibition promoting the idea that...

Carr, Carolyn. Alice Neel: Women.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Rizzoli, dist. by St. Martin's. 2002. 160p. illus, bibliog. ISBN 0-8478-2434-9. $45; pap. ISBN 0-8478-2480-2. $35. FINE ARTS The deputy director of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, Carr presents 176 color reproductions of...

Cassanelli, Roberto & others. Houses and Monuments of Pompeii: The Works of Fausto and Felice Niccolini.(and 'Ruins of Ancient Rome: Drawing of the French Architects Who Won the Prix de Rome')(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... ed. by Massimiliano David. ISBN 0-89236-684-2. Cassanelli, Roberto & others. Ruins of Ancient Rome: Drawings of the French Architects Who Won the Prix de Rome, 1786-1924. LC 2002003248. ISBN 0-89236-680-X. ea. vol: Getty Museum. 2002....

Clayton, Virginia Tuttle & others. Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Univ. of North Carolina. 2003. 253p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8078-2794-0. $45. FINE ARTS The National Gallery of Art celebrates the 60th anniversary of its acquisition of the Index of American Design with this book and exhibit of...

Crookshank, Anne & Knight of Glin. Ireland's Painters, 1600-1940.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Yale Univ. 2002. 352p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 2002004497. ISBN 0-300-09765-4. $60. FINE ARTS This beautifully produced and illustrated volume traces the beginnings of Irish painting in the Middle Ages through 1940. In addition to...