Library Journal articles from November 2007

Library Journal archives from November 2007

And then they teach: the nominees for the new LJ Teaching Award inspire with their excellence.(editorial)(Library Journal)
November 15, 2007... THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT HOW GOOD THE teaching is at any institution is to rely on those who know it best: current students and recent graduates. That's what we did for our new LJ Teaching Award, given to University of Alberta associate...

The library in winter: how could they get through the dismal season without that library?(blatant berry)(Sarah Josepha Hale Award)
November 15, 2007... UP IN NEWPORT, NH, WHERE I GREW UP, THEY'RE hunkering down for winter. The maple leaves just gave their last blast of color and have fallen. The Massachusetts people and other tourists who brought new faces and money to town are gone. The...

Heard.(front desk)(quotes)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... "The rush to digitize the written record... will result not in the infotopia that the prophets conjure up but in one in a long series of new information ecologies, all of them challenging, in which readers, writers, and producers of text...

A library school booms.(STAT WATCH)(enrollment statistics)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... 700 in 2000 2000+ in 2007 Enrollment growth in the School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University, CA, which relies significantly on distance learning

A new logo in Darien.(front desk)(Darien Library in Connecticut)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... The Darien Library, CT, has unveiled its new logo, crafted by Steff Geissbuhier of C&G Partners, a firm that works with nationally known corporations and organizations. The design evokes books, motion, and elements of nature and growth,...

Its hard out there for a librarian.(front desk)(housing loan statistics for library workers)(Table)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... It's Hard Out There for a Librarian Income Needed To Quality for Metro Area Median a Mortgage Annual Salary (2006) NATIONWIDE ...

Report on cataloging sparks concerns: Library of Congress also faces questions about support for Law Library.(lj news)
November 15, 2007... For a year, the library world has been watching to see what the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, convened by the Library of Congress (LC), will say about the future of bibliographic description, given the increasing...

Alire, Williams ALA candidates.(lj news)(American Library Association)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... An academic librarian and a school librarian, both also library educators, have been named candidates for the 2009-10 presidency of the American Library Association (ALA). Camila Alire (pictured, l.), dean emerita at the University of New...

Do PLs overvalue privacy issues?(lj news)(public libraries)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... OCLC study suggests that public doesn't prize confidentiality OCLC has released an international research study, Sharing, Privacy, and Trust in Our Networked World (www.oclc.org/ reports/sharing/default.htm), which has some sobering news for...

ALA: warrantless searches wrong: library groups want revision of laws regarding surveillance of users.(lj news)(American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... The American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) are seeking language that would ensure that law enforcement requests for library patron records or the surveillance of library users through library...

OCA to scan orphan works: also, publishers float statement regarding use of such works.(lj news)(Open Content Alliance)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... The Open Content Alliance (OCA) said it would begin scanning some orphan works for distribution through a groundbreaking digital interlibrary loan (ILL) system. The Boston Public Library, Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, and...

LJ's Shank heads Publishing Group.(lj news)(Library Journal's Ron Shank)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ron Shank has been named vice president, group publisher, of Reed Business Information's Publishing Group, which includes Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Criticas. Shank, a 25-year...

Fires in So. Calif. spread concern: most libraries unscathed, but facilities closed, classes canceled.(lj news)(Southern California)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... Wildfires raging throughout Southern California during the third week of October took their toll on libraries and campuses in the region. Some facilities were closed briefly; others faced diminished service and lost materials at patrons'...

Springer vs. Max Planck Society: society says bundled deal would cost double the "reasonable" price.(lj news)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... In a dramatic sign of the tensions over bundled journal pricing, the Max Planck Society (MPS), a major German research organization, issued a strongly worded statement in canceling access to Springer's online collection of journals. The...

Background checks for volunteers? Fayetteville PL, AR, comes under fire; ten volunteers resign.(lj news)(public library in Arkansas)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... The possibility that library volunteers might be required to undergo background checks has enmeshed the 2005 Gale/ LJ Library of the Year in controversy. At northwest Arkansas's Fayetteville PL (FPL), ten volunteers have resigned after...

The Hollywood Librarian follow-up.(lj news)(Banned Books Week)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... The Hollywood Librarian screened during Banned Books Week, September 29-October 6, at 92 locations in the United States and Canada. Reports suggest that while director Ann Seidl hoped it might be a breakout documentary (see "The Hollywood...

Calendar.(lj news)(Calendar)
November 15, 2007... FEBRUARY 2008 28-Mar. 2--Alaska Library Assn., Fairbanks www.akla.org MARCH 2008 4-6--Louisiana Library Assn., Shreveport www.llaontine.org APRIL 2008 9-11--Kansas Library Assn., Wichita skyways.lib.ks.us/KLA ...

NBC, RBI present Quill awards: program supports literacy-based initiatives.(lj news)(NBC Universal Television Stations, Reed Business Information, 2007 Quill Book Awards)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... Nora Roberts's Angels Fall (Putnam) was named Book of the Year by readers (as well as winner in the Romance category) at the 2007 Quill Book Awards, held October 22 in New York City at the spectacular Jazz at Lincoln Center theater. Quills...

Salem State closes library for inquiry.(lj news)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... The library at Salem State College (SSC), MA, was ordered closed by the college's president October 15 for at least four weeks after state officials said they could not guarantee the structural integrity of the building. SSC president...

University of California.(people)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... John D. Berry, Native American Studies Librarian, has been promoted to full Librarian at the Ethnic Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley. Berry previously was Associate Librarian.

Huntington Woods Library.(people)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... Shelley Gach-Droz, Director of the Huntington Woods Library, MI, since 1983, has retired. Anne Hage, who spent the last 17 of her 19 years at the library as Youth Librarian, succeeds Gach-Droz as Director.

San Diego Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... Bruce Johnson has been named Deputy Director for the central library and technical services division at the San Diego Public Library (SDPL). He most recently was Head of the Main Library at Cleveland Public Library. Before that, Johnson...

Cupertino Library.(people)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... Ja-Lih Lee is the new Community Librarian at the Cupertino Library, part of the Santa Clara County Library System, Los Gatos, CA. She replaces Mary Ann Wallace, who retired. Lee most recently was Supervising Librarian in children's services...

Nylink consortium.(people)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... David Penniman, former Dean of the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) School of Informatics, is the new Executive Director of the Nylink consortium, Albany, NY. Upon the dissolution of UB's School of Informatics last summer,...

Central Library of Education City.(people)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... Edward Warro has been named Director of the Central Library of Education City in Doha, Qatar. He will head a new library, currently under construction. Warro previously was Dean and Director of Northeastern University Libraries, Boston....

Obituary.(people)
November 15, 2007... Amy Hunter, a former Reference Librarian at the West Hartford Public Library, CT, for many years, has died at the age of 87. Leo Meirose died on August 30. His career began with the Cincinnati Public Library as Director of Branch...

OCLC and OCLC Pica merge: although nonprofit status is questioned by some, company says its mission hasn't changed.(infotech)(Online Computer Library Center)
November 15, 2007... OCLC October 22 announced that it and its European for-profit OCLC PICA division have merged into a single "global organization under me OCLC brand. The company said that by "bringing together all offices under one name and identity,...

Facts on file adding video clips.([check] Facts On File)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... Reference publisher Facts On File is now including video content in its history databases American History Online, Modern World History Online, American Women's History Online, and African American History Online. The videos are a mixture of...

Serials Solutions updates Ulrich's.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... Serials Solutions has undertaken "major enhancements" to Ulrichsweb.com and Ulrich's Serials Analysis System. The service updates, said the vendor, are designed functionality and increase usability." Enhancements include the addition of the...

Credo adds ALA editions titles.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... Credo Reference has cut a deal with ALA Editions to integrate LIS titles into its General Reference collection. Credo customers now have access to James H. Sweetland's Fundamental Reference Sources and Jack O'Gorman's Reference Sources for...

BioMed debuts bio Image Library.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... BioMed Central is now marketing Biology Image Library, a subscription-based online album of more than 11,000 high-quality biological images, movies, illustrations, and animations. "Subscribers may make royalty-free use of images in the...

Dunnie changes ProQuest role.(INFOTECH)(Matt Dunnie)(Brief article)
November 15, 2007... ProQuest CSA president Matt Dunnie is leaving that post after a dozen years with CSA and then ProQuest after the two recently merged. He is not severing ties, however; effective January 1, 2008, Dunnie will join the company's Advisory Board...

The technology storm.(THE TRANSPARENT LIBRARY)
November 15, 2007... WE'RE A FAR CRY FROM THE DAYS when technology was solely the domain of the IT folks at the library. Now, much of what we do is linked to using, planning for, implementing, and evaluating all manner of technologies--from web site...

Why we blog: the only limits on what your blog covers are those imposed by your bloggers' imaginations.(INFOTECH FEATURE)
November 15, 2007... Theresa Stoner almost gave up on blogging before she even started. Her library system, the Saint Joseph County Public Library (SJCPL), IN, offered comprehensive blog software training, but it didn't inspire her to write much. An assistant...

Toni Samek: the winner of the first annual LJ Teaching Award, sponsored by ProQuest, is a light for human rights and core values.(LJ TEACHING AWARD 2007)(Library Journal)(Interview)(Cover story)
November 15, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Her work goes far beyond the three standard measures of academic performance: teaching, research, and service. Her teaching "is deeply informed her commitment to, and scholarship in, human rights and the core...

Latinas in need: adult and youth services must work together to help this at-risk population.(LJ SERIES: PATRONSPEAK)
November 15, 2007... In the summer of 2006, the New York City-based Spanish-language newspaper La Prensa ran a series of articles on the surprisingly stressful life of the young Latina in America. The series brought to light grim statistics uncovered in the...

A formula for success.(NEXTGEN)
November 15, 2007... BY NOW, YOU KNOW: THERE ARE lots of jobs out there in libraryland. The challenge is that you just need one. While library job ads pop up every day, if you are about to graduate or have 'just graduated from library school and are looking for a...

What's still wrong with reference.(BACKTALK)
November 15, 2007... IN MAY 1984, WILLIAM MILLER published a comprehensive critique of reference service entitled "What's Wrong with Reference: Coping with Success and Failure at the Reference Desk" (American Libraries). Some 24 years later, I wish I could say...

Prepub alert.
November 15, 2007... FICTION Andrews, Mary Kay. Deep Dish, HarperCollins. Mar. 2008. 384p. ISBN 978-0-06-0837365. $24.95. lrg. prnt. CD: HarperAudio. Ambitious young Gina Foxton is poised to take a hot job on a national cooking channel, but her boyfriend...

Glyphs glamour.(graphic novels)(Glyph Awards)
November 15, 2007... GLYPHS GLAMOUR "So that's what Rich was up to," mused comics journalist Cheryl Lynn Eaton in her 2006 entry in her blog--Digital Femme--announcing the inaugural Glyph Awards. The Glyphs recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about...

Allen, Preston L. All or Nothing.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Allen, Preston L. All or Nothing. Akashic. Nov. 2007. c.280p. ISBN 978-1-933354-41-5. pap. $14.95. F Allen's (Hoochie Mama; Churchboys & Other Sinners) new novel poignantly depicts the life of P, a likable guy who drives a school bus and...

Barker, Pat. Life Class.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Barker, Pat. Life Class. Doubleday. Jan. 2008. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-385-52435-3. $23.95. F Barker returns to the World War I setting of her award-winning Regeneration trilogy (Regeneration; The Eye in the Door; and The Ghost Road). It's the...

Browne, Hester. The Little Lady Agency and the Prince.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Browne, Hester. The Little Lady Agency and the Prince. Pocket Bks: S. & S. Feb. 2008. c.384p. ISBN 978-1-4165-3906-3. $24. F This reader was overcome with happiness after tearing open the package to reveal a most coveted item, a new novel...

Cline, Rachel. My Liar.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Cline, Rachel. My Liar. Random. Feb. 2008. c.274p. ISBN 978-1-4000-6227-0. $22.95. F Cline (What To Keep) takes on the nature of friendship, female identity, betrayal, and love, when young dreamer Annabeth Jensen is drawn to Hollywood...

DeBerry, Virginia & Donna Grant. Gotta Keep on Tryin'.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... DeBerry, Virginia & Donna Grant. Getta Keep on Tryin'. Touchstone: S. & S. Jan. 2008. c.368p. ISBN 978-1-4165-3167-8. $24. F DeBerry and Grant, Essence best-selling coauthors and self-described best friends for 25 years, have written a...

Floyd, Bill. The Killer's Wife.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... * Floyd, Bill. The Killer's Wife. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Mar. 2008. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-312-37339-9. $23.95. F After Leigh Wren's ex-husband, Randy, is convicted and sentenced to death for killing a dozen people in a ten-year spree, she...

Freud, Esther. Love Falls.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Freud, Esther. Love Falls. Ecco: HarperPerennial. Dec. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-06-134961-4. pap. $13.95. F Freud (Hideous Kinky; Peerless Flats) introduces 17-year-old Lara, who, on the eve of the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, is...

Garigliano, Jeff. Dogface.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Garigliano, Jeff. Dogface. MacAdam/Cage. Jan. 2008. c.325p. ISBN 978-1-59692-258-7. $23. F Welcome to Camp Ascend! Situated just downstream from an EPA-condemned site (markers with skulls take the guesswork out of finding the place),...

Goldberg, Amanda & Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper. Celebutantes.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Goldberg, Amanda & Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper. Celebutantes. St. Martin's. Jan. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-312-36229-4. $23.95. F The authors, Hollywood kids themselves (Goldberg is the daughter of television producer Leonard Goldberg;...

Grunberg, Arnon. The Jewish Messiah.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Grunberg, Arnon. The Jewish Messiah. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). Jan. 2008. c.160p, tr. from Dutch by Sam Garrett. ISBN 978-1-59420-149-3. $26.95. F Xavier Radek of Basel, Switzerland, is the son of lapsed Jews, with a grandfather...

Hershon, Joanna. The German Bride.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Hershon, Joanna. The German Bride. Ballantine. Mar. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-345-46845-1. $24.95. F Eva Frank is a young Jewish girl living in 1860s Berlin who has an illicit affair, and the ensuing consequences are devastating. Driven by...

Jackson, Joshilyn. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Jackson, Joshilyn. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming. Grand Central. Mar. 2008. c.311p. ISBN 978-0-446-57965-0. $23.99. F On the heels of the successful Gods in Alabama and Between, Georgia--both #1 Book-Sense picks--Jackson again reinvents...

Johnson, Deborah. The Air between Us.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Johnson, Deborah. The Air Between Us. Amistad: HarperCollins. Jan. 2008. c.336p. ISDN 978-0-06-125557-1. $23.95. F Johnson's novel introduces the small Southern city of Revere, MS, during the civil rights era. Most whites are outraged...

Jones, Cynan. The Long Dry.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Jones, Cynan. The Long Dry. Parthian, dist. by Dufour. 2007. 119p. ISBN 978-1-902638-93-5. pap. $16.95. F Jones's first novel takes place over the course of a hot summer day on a cattle farm somewhere in rural Wales. From a simple...

Kunstler, James Howard. World Made by Hand.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Kunstler, James Howard. World Made by Hand. Atlantic Monthly. Mar. 2008. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-87113-978-8. $22. F This vision of life in upstate New York after the fall of civilization is poignant and personal compared with the main themes...

Leshem, Ron. Beaufort.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... * Leshem, Ron. Beaufort. Delacorte. Jan. 2008. c.359p. ISBN 978-0-553-80682-3. $24. F In order to limit Hezbollah's attacks on Israeli settlements, Israel maintained a security force in southern Lebanon for close to 20 years. Leshem's...

Preston, Douglas. Blasphemy.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Preston, Douglas. Blasphemy. Forge: Tor. Jan. 2008. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1105-4. $25.95. F Religion and science clash in the middle of the New Mexico desert in Preston's latest page-turner. A gigantic supercollider designed to study...

Richman, Jana. The Last Cowgirl.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Richman, Jana. The Last Cowgirl. Morrow. Jan. 2008. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-08-125718-6. $24.95. F At age 52, Dickie Sinfield is a Salt Lake City-area journalist who has turned her back on the Utah desert ranch lands of her childhood. Her...

Roby, Kimberla Lawson. Sin No More.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Ruby, Kimberla Lawson. Sin No More. Morrow. Jan. 2008. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-06-089250-0. $23.95. F New York Times and Essence best-selling author Roby returns with her fifth entry (after Love & Lies) in the saga of the "good" Rev. Curtis...

Royal, Anastasia. Undoing I Do.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Royal, Anastasia. Undoing I Do. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Nov. 2007. c.416p. ISDN 978-0-312-36965-1. $29.95. F Broken into hundreds of snapshot sections with titles like "Wrong of Passage" and "How Things Disappear," Royal's...

Sallis, James. Salt River.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Sallis, James. Salt River. Bloomsbury, dist. by Macmillan. Jan. 2008. c.160p. ISBN 978-0-8027-1617-0. $21.95. F The third in a series of novels (after Cypress Grove and Cripple Creek) focusing on Turner--Vietnam veteran, former cop,...

Schwartz, John Burnham. The Commoner.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... * Schwartz, John Burnham. The Commoner. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Jan. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-385-51571-9. $24.95. F Inspired by real stories of the Japanese imperial family, Schwartz's (Reservation Road; Bicycle Days) intimate and...

Sewell, Kitty. Ice Trap.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Sewell, Kitty. Ice Trap. Touchstone: S. & S. Feb. 2008. c.352p. ISBN 978-1-4165-3997-1. $24.95. F Sewell's first novel is an unusual tale of suspense set in the Canadian subarctic. Early in his career, Dr. Dafydd Woodruff spent a year in...

Bergey, Michael. Coyote Season.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Bergey, Michael. Coyote Season. Five star: Gale. Nov. 2007. c.307p. ISBN 978-1-59414-610-7. $25.95. FANTASY The trickster spirit Coyote decides that his powers need updating and that to be effective in the modern world he must master the...

Bledsoe, Alex. The Sword-Edged Blonde.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Bledsoe, Alex. The Sword-Edged Blonde. Night Shade. Nov. 2007. c.233p. ISBN 978-1-59780-112-6. $24.95. FANTASY A princess is missing, and her father, King Felix of Balaton, wants her back; when his wizards fail to find her, King Felix...

Britain, Kristen. The High King's Tomb.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Britain, Kristen. The High King's Tomb. DAW, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). (Green Rider, Bk. 3). Nov. 2007. c.688p. ISBN 978-0-7564-0266-2. $25.95. FANTASY Long ago, the Arcosian Empire had failed to conquer the neighboring realm of...

Coe, David B. The Sorcerers' Plague.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Coe, David B. The Sorcerers' Plague. Tor. (Blood of the Southlands, Bk. 1). Dec. 2007. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1638-7. $25.95. FANTASY Grinsa, hero of the "Winds of the Forelands" series (Rules of Ascension; Seeds of Betrayal; Bonds of...

Easson, Shayne. The Wrath of Zar.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Easson, Shayne. The Wrath of Zar. Westbank Pub. (Demons of Destiny, Bk. 1). Nov. 2007. c.290p. ISBN 978-0-9789840-1-4. $24.99. FANTASY Village-raised Adan Caynne discovers, through a series of unexpected disasters, that a larger destiny...

Eclipse One: New Science Fiction and Fantasy.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Eclipse One: New Science Fiction and Fantasy. Night Shade. Nov. 2007. c.263p, ed. by Jonathan Strahan. ISBN 978-1-59780-117-1. pap. $14.95. SF From Andy Duncan's opening tale of a parish priest's encounter with a precocious little girl...

Frost, Gregory. Shadowbridge.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Frost, Gregory. Shadowbridge. Del Rey: Ballantine. Dec. 2007. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-345-49758-1. pap. $13.95. FANTASY Born on a world of bright seas crossed by glittering spans that provide homes for the planet's population, the girl called...

Gibson, Jayel. Damselfies: An Ancient Mirrors Tale.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Gibson, Jayel. Damselfies: An Ancient Mirrors Tale. Synergy. Nov. 2007. c.413p. ISBN 978-1-933538-64-8. pap. $14.95. FANTASY In the Seven Kingdoms, only one Damselfly remains; the rest of her kind have been butchered by evil men who fear...

Hunter, Faith. Host.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Hunter, Faith. Host. ROC: NAL. (Enclave, Bk. 3). Nov. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-451-46173-5. pap. $14. FANTASY In Hunter's third postapocalyptic fantasy (after Bloodring and Seraphs), seraphs and demons now inhabit Earth along with the few...

McCaffrey, Anne & Todd McCaffrey. Dragon Harper.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... * McCaffrey, Anne & Todd McCaffrey. Dragon Harper. Del Rey: Ballantine. Dec. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-345-48030-9. $25.95. SF Nearly 500 years have passed since humans landed on Pern, and, according to their records, another fall of...

McDevitt, Jack. Cauldron.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... McDevitt, Jack. Cauldron. Ace. Nov. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-441-01525-2. $24.95. SF By the middle of the 23rd century, starflight has become a thing of the past, relegated to private eccentrics as inefficient and fiscally unjustifiable,...

Sakers, Don. A Rose from Old Terra: A Novel of the Scattered Worlds.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Sakers, Don. A Rose from Old Terra: A Novel of the Scattered Worlds. Speed-of-C. Nov. 2007. c.263p. ISBN 978-0-9716147-9-6. pap. $17.50. SF When former librarian Jedrek nor Talin, now attempting to recover failing technology from the...

Shinn, Sharon. Reader and Raelynx: A Novel of the Twelve Houses.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Shinn, Sharon. Reader and Raelynx: A Novel of the Twelve Houses. Ace. (Twelve Houses). Nov. 2007. c.432p. ISBN 978-0-441-01469-9, $24.95. FANTASY Summoned to the palace to use his "reading" skills to see into the hearts of the suitors...

Zahn, Timothy. The Third Lynx.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Zahn, Timothy. The Third Lynx. Tor. Nov. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1732-2. $24.95. SF In the future, intragalactic transit is carried out by Quadrail, a transportation system maintained by robotic, spiderlike creatures that answer to...

West, Michael Lee. Mermaids in the Basement.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... * West, Michael Lee. Mermaids in the Basement. HarperCollins. Jan. 2008. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-06-018405-6. $23.95. F Screenwriter Renata comes from a true Southern family, complete with a formidable grand-dame grandmother. When Renata's...

Barthelme, Donald. Flying to America: 45 More Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Barthelme, Donald. Flying to America: 45 More Stories. Shoemaker & Hoard: Avalon, dist. by Publishers Group West. Nov. 2007. c.344p. ed. by Kim Herzinger. ISBN 978-1-59376-172-1. $26. F Barthelme's collection arrives like a wondrous jewel...

Pattison, Eliot. Bone Rattler.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... * Pattison, Eliot. Bone Rattier. Counterpoint: Perseus. Jan. 2008. c.464p. ISBN 978-1-59376-185-1. $26. M Pattison has won numerous awards for his Inspector Shan series (e.g., the Edgar Award-winning The Skull Mantra), set in Tibet. Here,...

Rowland, Laura Joh. The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Rowland, Laura Joh. The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte. Overlook, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). Mar. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-1-59020-033-9. $24.95. M Who knew that Charlotte Bronte, celebrated author of Jane Eyre, was once a spy...

Edward Weston's Book of Nudes.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Edward Weston's Book of Nudes. Getty in assoc, with the Ctr. of Creative Photography, Univ. of Arizona. 2007. 96p. ed. by Brett Abbott. photogs. ISBN 978-0-89236-903-4. $39.95. PHOTOG In 1953, Weston and his biographer, Nancy Newhall,...

Greenough, Sarah & others. The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Greenough, Sarah & others. The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson. Princeton Univ. in assoc, with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Nov. 2007. 288p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN...

Guariglia, Justin. Shaolin: Temple of Zen.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2007... Guariglia, Justin. Shaolin: Temple of Zen. Aperture, dist. by Farrar. 2007. 152p. photogs. ISBN 978-1-59711-080-8. $40. PHOTOG Guariglia, a talented young photographer who spent a decade in Asia, took his camera into the 1500--year--old...