Library Journal articles from November 2002

Library Journal archives from November 2002

Serve and starve? Not now: don't let association staff blunt the salary movement. (Editorial).(Editorial)
November 1, 2002... The well-paid editor of the official organ of the American Library Association (ALA) recently wrote, "So what's the use in squawking about salaries in times like these? None." Thus he undercuts the major initiative of the current president of...

Not mere dispensers. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2002... I am one of those "young people" who is seeking a library career "that might be able to support a family" (Joan Goddard, "Make it a groundswell," Letters, LJ 9/1/02, p. 14).... However, the cost of getting my MLS (my tuition went up over 30...

Select: censor. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2002... Select: Censor :: Choose : Ban Select: Censor :: Allow : Forbid Select: Censor :: Elect : Expurgate Select: Censor :: Nominate : Muzzle Select: Censor :: Choose : Gag Select: Censor :: Expand : Contract Select: Censor :: Open : Close Select:...

San Antonio PL gets $455K restored. (Late Bulletins).(public library)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Thanks to lobbying by library supporters, the San Antonio City Council restored $455,000 that the San Antonio Public Library had planned to cut in response to a city shortfall of $43 million. For FY03, which went into effect October 1, City...

New bills introduced to protect fair use. (Late Bulletins).(in digital world)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... In early October, two bills aimed at reaffirming traditional fair use rights in the digital world were introduced in the House of Representatives. Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and John Doolittle (R-CA) proposed the Digital Media Consumers' Rights...

UBC gains $20M (Cdn) donation for library. (Late Bulletins).(University of British Columbia)(Irving K. Barber gift)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Irving K. (Ike) Barber has donated a stunning $20 million (Cdn; $12.5M U.S.) to the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, for a state-of-the-art, "high-tech" library. Barber's donation builds on $30 million from UBC, plus $10 million...

ArXiv founder Ginsparg wins "genius award". (Late Bulletins).(Paul Ginsparg)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Paul Ginsparg, professor of physics and computing and information science at Cornell University--and the creator of the ArXiv (arxiv.org) repository--has been named a 2002 Fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. As a...

Public libraries cope with the crunch in financial resources: facing budget reductions, library administrators grapple with trimming expenses without sacrificing core services. (News).
November 1, 2002... With the financial boom of the Clinton years cold and dead, sealed by the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and the financial skullduggery of major business leaders, many library administrators again are facing daunting budget deficits. LJ...

Central changes in twin cities PLs: new design for Minneapolis; St. Paul's 1917 library is restored. (News).(public libraires)
November 1, 2002... Last month marked the reopening of a renovated central library in St. Paul, while the library system in next-door Minneapolis--where the central library is much newer--announced a different strategy: a plan for a new building. On October...

Libraries reap CDs from settlement: PLs to share $75M of product pledged in price fixing case. (News).(public libraries)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Libraries and other institutions will reap some auditory rewards now that the country's five largest music companies, as well as three retailers, have agreed to resolve longstanding allegations of price fixing. The record companies had agreed...

Canada to merge library/archives: questions remain over how and where to house the new institution. (News).(National Library of Canada)(National Archives of Canada)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Minister of Canadian Heritage Sheila Copps October 2 announced the creation of the Library and Archives of Canada, merging the National Library of Canada with the National Archives of Canada. "In addition to combining our collections, we will...

Editors seek nominations for LJ Librarian of the Year 2003: innovation and creativity to be recognized and honored. (News).
November 1, 2002... The LJ editors are seeking nominations for the 15th annual Library Journal Librarian of the Year Award to honor a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library...

Paperbacks by mail, for a fee: new company gains readers who will pay for borrowing convenience. (News).(Booksfree.com)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Washington Post recently termed Booksfree.com "The Bookmobile Reinvented." Not quite, given that the new mail-order membership service only sends members paperback fiction and true crime with a cover price under $10. But the company has...

Warnings presaged Atlanta PL deaths: murdered manager asked police to sit in on hearings three times. (News).(Atlanta-Fulton Public Library)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Though officials from the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library (A-FPL) aren't talking, an investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution into the murder-suicide at a branch July 29 (see Late Bulletins, LJ 9/1/02, p. 17) uncovered a pattern of...

NY Times bestows Librarian Awards: second crop, now 15 public librarians, honored for excellent service. (News).
November 1, 2002... The New York Times announced October 8 the winners of the 2002 New York Times Librarian Awards. For its second year, the paper expanded the award beyond the boundaries of New York City's five boroughs to include librarians from areas of nearby...

GA PL sued for ban on Gay paper: library, reviewing policy, pulls free publications from shelves. (News).(Georgia Public Library)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Ohoopee Regional Library System, Vidalia, GA, has been sued by the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, which alleges that Vidalia-Toombs County Library staffers banned a gay newspaper from the free publications table because it...

Public libraries. (What's Happening In ...).(African-American Research Library and Cultural Center; news about select libraries)
November 1, 2002... The grand opening of the Broward County Library's new African-American Research Library and Cultural Center was to take place October 26 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The facility will house more than 75,000 books, manuscripts, artifacts, and...

Academic libraries. (What's Happening In ...).(news about select libraries)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The University of Washington's majestic Suzzallo Library is once again open after a two-year project to make it earthquake-resistant. The $47 million project was paid for by state funds. The university began to seek money for the upgrade after...

National/international news. (What's Happening In ...).(ProLiteracy Worldwide)(Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. have now merged into ProLiteracy Worldwide. The merged organization has programs in 45 developing countries as well as in the United States, where it represents some 1450...

Publishers and software firms show new interest in e-books: Gale enters the market with a 50-title deal with netLibrary; Adobe offers 500 free titles; CUP debuts Gutenberg-e. (Electronic Publishing).(Columbia University Press)
November 1, 2002... The fate of e-books seemed grim at the beginning of 2002, but the rides are turning and renewed interest by content providers and software developers may breathe new life into the format. E-books still have not found the foothold in the public...

Freeman takes on library strategy: epixtech veteran and librarian joins senior leadership team. (Infotech People).(Gretchen Freeman)(Epixtech Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... epixtech has promoted Gretchen Freeman to vice president of library strategy. According to the company, in this new role Freeman will be "working with [the] senior leadership team to create strategic direction for the company and its products...

Endeavor going down under: National Library of Australia latest contract for Voyager solution. (Installations).(software contract)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The National Library of Australia (NLA) is the latest facility in that country to contract for Endeavor Information's signature Voyager system. Voyager said the NLA will run its software on Sun hardware and will implement the geospatial search...

UK's ONS chooses Sirsi Corporation: Unicorn system plus iBistro and Hyperion Digital Media Archive. (Installations).(United Kingdom's Office for National Security)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) has contracted for the installation of Sirsi Corporation's Unicorn system to serve its approximately 3500 staffers. In addition to Unicorn, the deal includes a number of the vendor's other software...

Bill Easton joins Gaylord Systems: former epixtech/NOTIS exec named senior account manager. (Infotech People).(software development service)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Gaylord Information Systems appointed industry veteran Bill Easton as the Polaris senior account manager for the Midwest. In this office he will work with libraries in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas....

Clicking on the web ... (Web Watch).(Social Security Administration)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Every American will confront the Social Security system at some point in his or her lifetime, whether it is when applying for disability, retirement, or other benefits. Since its inception in 1935, the agency has issued over 400 million unique...

Social Security Online. (Web Watch).(www.ssa.gov)
November 1, 2002... [WEB SITE OF THE MONTH] www.ssa.gov Date Visited: 10/03/02 Developer/Provider: Social Security Administration Created in 1994, this site provides official government information about Social Security and offers online responses to...

AARP Social Security Center. (Web Watch).(American Association of Retired Persons)(www.aarp.org/socialsecurity)
November 1, 2002... www.aarp.org/socialsecurity Date Visited: 10/01/02 Developer/Provider: AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) As part of the official site of AARP, "a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to...

National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare. (Web Watch).(www.ncpssm.org)
November 1, 2002... www.ncpssm.org Date Visited: 10/03/02 Developer/Provider: National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare The National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM) is a grass-roots advocacy organization...

Oldies but goodies. (Online Databases).
November 1, 2002... COMMON WISDOM says that currency is what is valued in online databases. With the exception of genealogists and historians, it is assumed that readers don't want old materials. From the publisher's side, it just isn't cost effective to convert...

Arizona's new model: an academic library for the present and future. (Academic Libraries).(University of Arizona in Tucson)
November 1, 2002... THE NEWEST MODEL for the academic and research library of the future is up and running at the University of Arizona in Tucson. It combines the compelling vision and theories of Dean Carla Stoffle, one of America's most innovative research...

Going global: a member of the Bertelsmann Foundation's international network of public libraries reports on the hotbed of new ideas she's found.
November 1, 2002... MY BRONX-BORN MOTHER IS irrationally proud of New York City. The first time she visited me in Los Angeles five years ago, she couldn't refrain from the nonstop rankings--on everything from bagels to baseball. When I showed her Los Angeles's...

Robot dreams: build your own R2D2. (Electronics How-To).(suggested books and web sites on robotics)
November 1, 2002... DON'T EXPECT THE International Olympic Committee to recognize it as a sport just yet, but robotics competitions are increasingly more popular these days. On Comedy Central's BattleBots, robots created by teams of enthusiasts try to incapacitate...

How do you manage?(library human resource management)
November 1, 2002... Do Clothes Make the Librarian? "IT MUST BE 100[degrees] out there," Margaret "Raz" Razzabo, children's librarian at the Wutz Public Library, said, parking herself in front of the air conditioning duct while moderately cool air blew through...

Prepub alert.(March 2003)
November 1, 2002... COMING IN MARCH 2003... big genre fiction from the likes of Parker, Roberts, and Steel and surprisingly few first novels for this time of year, though Liss's second novel should generate excitement. Nonfiction ranges from Shakespeare to Enron...

Personal finance best sellers.
November 1, 2002... 1 Rich Dad, Poor Dad, What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money... [P] Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter. Warner. 2002. ISBN 0-446-67745-0. $15.95. 2 The Money-Making Guide to Bonds [HC] Hildy & Stan Richelson. Bloomberg. 2002....

Graphic novels.
November 1, 2002... As graphic novels are relatively new to many libraries, librarians may have questions about how to handle them. In the next several installments, this column will address library-specific issues relating to comics in an attempt to make the...

Avery, Fiona Kai & others. Witchblade: Obakemono.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Top Cow. 2002. c.80p. ISBN 1-58240-259-0. pap. $9.95. F In the original Witchblade comic, which spawned a live-action TV series that ran on TNT for two seasons, a New York City police detective uses the power of an ancient artifact to fight...

Barry, Lynda. One Hundred Demons.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Sasquatch. 2002. c.224p. ISBN 1-57061-337-0. $24.95. F Cartoonist and novelist Barry (The Good Times Are Killing Me) has published several books of comics, notably those featuring the lively young Marlys, the self-proclaimed "#1 groover on...

Cooke, Darwyn with Matt Hollingsworth. Catwoman: Selina's Big Score.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... DC Comics: Warner Bros. 2002. c.96p. ISBN 1-56389-922-1. $24.95. F DC's new Catwoman series, featuring a revamp of this Batman villain by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Cooke, has drawn a lot of favorable attention from comics fans. Here,...

Fujishima, Kosuke. Oh My Goddess! Wrong Number.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Dark Horse. 2002. c. 160p. tr. from Japanese by Dana Lewis & others. ISBN 1-56971-669-2. pap. $13.95. F This volume is the first of a set of three (to be followed by Leader of the Pack and Final Exam) that will replace Dark Horse's first...

Gaiman, Neil & others. Neil Gaiman's Murder Mysteries.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Dark Horse. 2002. c.64p. ISBN 1-56971-634-X. $13.95. F This is a masterful adaptation by P. Craig Russell of a deep and dark prose short story by Gaiman, known for his wonderful, multiple award-winning Sandman and his recent novel American...

Gonick, Larry. The Cartoon History of the Universe III: from the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Norton. 2002. c.304p. ISBN 0-393-05184-6. $35; pap. ISBN 0-393-32403-6. $21.95. HIST Gonick is a veritable industry, having produced cartoon guides to such wide-ranging subjects as physics, sex, U.S. history, and two previous collections...

Herriman, George. Krazy & Ignatz, 1927-1928: "Love Letters in Ancient Brick.".(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Fantagraphics. 2002. c.120p. ISBN 1-56097-507-5. pap. $14.95. F Herriman's comic strip "Krazy Kat," which ran in newspapers from 1913 until Herriman's death in 1944, is widely regarded as one of the greatest examples of the comics as art....

Kesel, Barbara & others. Meridian: Vol. 3: Taking the Skies.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... CrossGen. 2002. c.160p. ISBN 1-931484-21-X. pap. $15.95. F From its beginning in 2000, this fantasy has been the best of CrossGen's four initial series. Writer Kesel, artists Steve McNiven and Tom Simmons, and colorist Morry Hollowell have...

Kovalic, John. Heart of Dorkness: the Collected Dork Tower, Vol. 3.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Dork Storm. 2002. c.160p. ISBN 1-930964-43-9. pap. $15.95. F Kovalic started Dork Tower, a hilarious, cartoony, black-and-white comic book series about a group of role-playing gamers, in 1998. This volume collects issues 13-17 of the comic...

Murphy, Mark. House of Java.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... NBM: Nantier Beall Minoustchine. 2002. c.96p. ISBN 1-56163-328-3. $15.95. F This collection of tree-to-life short stories rendered in black and white explores the complexities of human emotion, imperfection, and relationships with sympathy...

Tezuka, Osamu. Phoenix: A Tale of the Future.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Viz Comics. 2002. c.298p. tr. from Japanese by Dadakai. ISBN 1-59116-026-X. pap. $22.95. F Tezuka (1928-89) was Japan's "God of Manga." The incredibly prolific artist created manga's cinematic and cartoony style, pioneered many manga...

Thomas, Roy & others. Star Wars: a Long Time Ago ...: Vol. 1: Doomworld.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Dark Horse. 2002. c.376p. ISBN 1-56971-754-0. pap. $29.95. F In a seven-volume set, Dark Horse, which has had the license to publish Star Wars comic books since 1991, is reprinting the original Star Wars series, which was published by...

Waid, Mark & others. Crux: Vol. 1: Atlantis Rising.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... CrossGen. 2002. c.160p. ISBN 1-931484-14-7. pap. $15.95. F When the ancient Atlanteans ascended to a higher plane, a thousand of them stayed behind on Earth to guide the human race. But the shock wave caused by the ascension sunk Atlantis...

Miller, John Jackson & others. The Standard Catalog[R] of Comic Books.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Krause. 2002. c. 1240p. ISBN 0-83741-916-2. pap. $34.95. REF The publisher of the weekly Comics Buyers Guide, Krause releases an annual CBG Checklist and Price Guide as a competitor to the long-running standard, The Official Overstreet...

Eisner, Will. The Name of the Game.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... DC Comics: Warner Bros. 2001. c.172p. ISBN 1-56389-865-9. $29.95. F The legendary Eisner (b. 1917) created one of the most celebrated and enduring series of comics' Golden Age, The Spirit (1940-52); wrote an important analysis of the...

Jemas, Bill & others. Ultimate Spider-Man: Vol. 1: Power and Responsibility.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Marvel. 2001. c.192p. ISBN 0-7851-0786-X. pap. $14.95. F Spider-Man has been a perpetual favorite of comics fans since his introduction in 1962, and judging by the recent blockbuster film, he's still hot. This excellent series re-boots the...

Not for Adults Only.(Christian fiction suitable for teenagers)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... As an adult services librarian, I often have had many parents ask me to recommend Christian fiction titles for their teenagers. Likewise, church librarians and young adult librarians in our system have referred parents to me when they find our...

Alexander, Hannah. Necessary Measures.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Bethany. (Healing Touch, Bk. 2). Nov. 2002. c.352p. ISBN 0-7642-2529-4. pap. $11.99. CF In this sequel to Second Opinion, the stress of the Emergency Room combined with the pressure of parenting two teenagers keep widowed Dr. Grant Sheldon...

Austin, Lynn. Candle in the Darkness.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Bethany. (Refiner's Fire, Bk. 1). Nov. 2002. c.432p. ISBN 1-55661-436-5. pap. $12.99. CF From the time she was 12, Caroline Fletcher, daughter of a wealthy Richmond, VA, slave-holding family, knew she was different, for she knew that the...

Bell, James Scott. Deadlock.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Zondervan. 2002. c.352p. ISBN 0-310-24388-2. pap. $12.99. CF Often the swing vote on the U.S. Supreme Court, liberal (and atheist) Millicent Manning Hollander is on the verge of becoming the first female chief justice with the backing of a...

Hunt, Angela Elwell. The Shadow Women.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Warner, Nov. 2002. c.422p. ISBN 0-446-53011-5. $19.95. CF The three main women in Moses's life narrate his dramatic story from their perspectives. Miryam, his seven-year-old sister, and Merytamon, his 14-year-old adoptive mother, cover his...

Kingsbury, Karen. A Time to Embrace.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... W. 2002. c.320p. ISBN 0-8499-4347-7. pap. $13.99. CF In this sequel to A Time To Dance, high school football coach John Reynolds and his wife, Abby, are behaving like newlyweds after their reconciliation following a near-divorce. Their...

Rempel, Mark A. The Waiting.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Destiny Image. Nov. 2002. c.272p. ISBN 0-7684-2158-6. pap. $11.99. CF Suffering from guilt and anger after his mother's death, 18-year-old John Michael demands his portion of her life insurance payment. Realizing the inevitability of his...

Bacon, Margaret Hope. Year of Grace.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Quaker Pr. of Friends General Conference, dist. by QuakerBooks. Nov. 2002. 196p.h ISBN 1-888305-73-8. pap. $12.95. CF Faith Smedley is dying of cancer. Over the course of 15 months spanning 1968-69, the elderly but still active woman...

Collins, Brandilyn. Dread Champion.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Zondervan. 2002. c.416p. ISBN 0-310-23827-7. pap. $12.99. CF Fans of Collins's Eyes of Elisha will cheer the return of psychic Chelsea Adams, although this time out, she's not the one in danger. A juror on a sensational murder trial,...

Gulley, Philip. Christmas in Harmony.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... HarperSanFrancisco: HarperCollins. Nov. 2002. c.96p. ISBN 0-06-052012-4. $12.95. CF Quaker author Gulley returns to the quaint town of Harmony, IN (Home to Harmony; Just Shy of Harmony), and the eccentric members of Pastor Sam Gardner's...

Kemp, Kenny. The Welcoming Door: Parables of the Carpenter.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... HarperSanFrancisco: HarperCollins. 2002. c.160p. ISBN 0-06-008264-X. $18.95. CF Jesus is a participant in this fresh, artful retelling of three of His parables, "The Prodigal. Son," "The Talents," and "The Good Samaritan." Jeshua bar...

Kingsbury, Karen. Gideon's Gift.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Warner. 2002. c.160p. ISBN 0-446-53124-3. $13.95. CF Gideon Mercer, an eight-year-old leukemia patient, is hoping for a huge Christmas miracle. She does not wish that her parents will scrape together $50,000 for a life-saving bone marrow...

North, Oliver with Joe Musser. Mission Compromised.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Broadman & Holman. 2002. c.605p. ISBN 0-8054-2550-0. $24.99. CF North's debut thriller, the first of a three-novel series, is set in the mid-1990s and revolves around Maj. Peter J. Newman, a U.S. Marine assigned to a top-secret National...

Thoene, Bodie & Brock Thoene. Jerusalem's Hope.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Viking. (Zion Legacy, Bk. 6). Nov. 2002. c.261p. ISBN 0-670-03084-8. $24.95. CF The Thoenes conclude their epic "Zion Legacy" series with another story-in-a-story, much like the previous The Jerusalem Scrolls and Stones of Jerusalem. Moshe...

Bunn, T Davis. Riders of the Pale Horse.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Bethany. 2002. c.352p. ISBN 0-7642-2759-9. pap. $12.99. CF In this reissue of a 1994 novel by the bestselling author of Drummer in the Dark, two Americans cross paths near the Afghanistan border on very different assignments but with a...

Allaby, Michael. Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... 2 vols. Facts On File. 2002. 690p. permanent paper. illus. index. LC 2001023103. ISBN 0-8160-4071-0. $150. REF Science author Allaby (Illustrated Dictionary of Science; A Dictionary of Earth Sciences) has compiled more of a dictionary than...

A Chronology of American Musical Theater.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... 3 vols. Oxford Univ. 2002. 2400p. permanent paper. ed. by Richard C. Norton. photogs. index. ISBN 0-19-508888-3. $395. REF Theatrical producer and theater historian Norton offers a "comprehensive picture of the popular American Musical...

* Classical Music: the Listener's Companion.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Backbeat: Music Player Network. (Third Ear). 2002. 1201p. ed. by Alexander J. Morin. index. LC 2001052702. ISBN 0-87930-638-6. pap. $29.95. REF This excellent guide to classical music discography ranges over the entire history of recorded...

Compact Peters World Atlas: the Earth in True Proportion.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Hammond. 2002. ISBN 0-8437-1832-3. $19.95. REF The philosophy behind this unique atlas is clearly stated in the introduction: "We have come to accept as `natural' a representation of the world that devotes disproportionate space to...

Craig, Steve. Sports and Games of the Ancients.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Greenwood. (Sports & Games Through History). 2002. c.288p. permanent paper. bibliog. index. LC 2001050101. ISBN 0-313-31600-7. $49.95. REF Many of today's sports are linked to those of the distant past. The study of the sports and games of...

Encyclopedia of Aging.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... 4 vols. Gale/Macmillan Reference: Gale. 2002. 1591p. ed. by David J. Ekerdt. illus. bibliog. index. LC 2002002596. ISBN 0-02-865472-2. $495; until Nov. 30, $450. REF This four-volume set makes the latest professional research on...

Hirsch, E.D., Jr., & others. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Houghton. Nov. 2002. c.672p. illus. index. ISBN 0-618-22647-8. $29.95. REF Initially published in 1988 and revised in 1993, this book is given an exciting update whose 6900 entries include 1000 revised entries and 500 new ones, 200 of...

* Oxford Composer Companion: Haydn.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Oxford Univ. Nov. 2002. c.544p. ed. by David W. Jones. ISBN 0-19-866216-5. $70. REF This encyclopedia on Haydn's life, works, and influence could provide the basis for a Hollywood biopic on the composer, whose music--along with Mozart's...

The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus: Second American Edition.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Oxford Univ. Nov. 2002. 1008p. ed. by Elizabeth Jewell. ISBN 0-19-515934-9. $17.95. REF Originally published in 1997, this desk reference draws on the Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus and is designed specifically for American readers. The...

* Palmer, Louis J., Jr. Encyclopedia of Abortion in the United States.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... McFarland. Jan. 2003. 420p. permanent paper. bibliog. index. LC 2002006091. ISBN 0-7864-1386-7. $75. REF Abortion was one of those topics reserved for private conversations until 1973. After the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, it became...

* Powell, Mark Allan. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Hendrickson. 2002. 1088p. discog. bibliog. ISBN 1-56563-679-1. pap. $29.95 with CD-ROM. REF A prominent theologian whose work usually focuses on the historical Jesus, Powell (New Testament, Trinity Lutheran Seminary) has compiled an...

Westbrook, Alonzo. Hip Hoptionary: the Dictionary of Hip-Hop Terminology.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Harlem Moon: Broadway. 2002. c.240p. ISBN 0-7679-0924-0. pap. $12.95. REF Aiming to create a work that "capture[s] the language and preserve[s] the culture of hip-hop, [while also serving] as a tool for education," New York City-based...

World of Computer Science.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... 2 vols. Gale. 2002. 668p. permanent paper. ed. by Brigham Narins. photogs. index. ISBN 0-7876-4960-01 $150. REF A solid introductory reference on computer science, this two-volume set boasts an impressive list of advisors and contributions...

Baer, Morley. California Plain: Remembering Barns.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Stanford Univ. 2002. 120p. photogs. LC 2002022138. ISBN 0-8047-4270-7. $60. FINE ARTS In his lifetime, Baer (1916-95) was considered the leading architectural photographer in Northern California. These 65 fine-quality black-and-white...

Czech Photographic Avant-Garde 1918-1948.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... MIT. 2002. 325p. ed. by Vladimir Birgus. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-262-02516-7. $50. PHOTOG Beginning in the 1920s, art photographers of Eastern Europe were influenced by such avant-garde movements as Constructivism, Dadaism, and...

Friedlander, Lee (photog.) & Richard Benson (text). Lee Friedlander at Work.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... D.A.P. 2002. c.96p. photogs. ISBN 1-891024-48-5. $55. PHOTOG In the six photo essays compiled in this well-designed volume, widely admired American photographer Friedlander (e.g., The American Monument) presents images of factory,...

Gooding, Mel & William Furlong. Artists, Land, Nature.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Abrams. Nov. 2002. 168p. photogs. LC 200134031. ISBN 0-8109-4189-9. $49.95. FINE ARTS The use of nature as palette and canvas has a long history, and this volume documents the contemporary use of natural processes and materials in the work...