Library Journal articles from November 2007

Library Journal archives from November 2007

Books are buzzing: librarians transform the book/library connection.(editorial)(Column)
November 1, 2007... FOR YEARS, LIBRARIANS RAN TOWARD THE HOLY grail of information. If libraries were information warehouses, then librarians were information gurus, purveyors, and guides to everything users needed or wanted to know both in print and online....

Terminology hang-up.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2007... John Berry's comments about I-Schools ("Why I-Schools Need Library," Blatant Berry, LJ 9/15/07, p. 10) miss a strategic point when he concentrates on whether the word library is included in the press release, names of the schools involved, etc....

Nova vs. Broward.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2007... I have been involved with the bargaining between Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Nova Southeastern University ("Revisions to Nova U.-Broward County Library Agreement Will Save County $1.7 Million," www....

Concerns ignored.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2007... Francine Fialkoff is correct in saying that "more is going on at Sacramento Public Library than just disgruntlement over the invasion of popular culture" ("Blockbuster Strikes Again," Editorial, LJ 6/15/07, p. 8). We are concerned that the...

A recording studio in a PL.(front desk)(Palmerston North City Library's Beatbooth)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Beatbooth is the first recording studio in a public library, or so claim librarians at New Zealand's Palmerston North City Library (PNCL). Housed in a previously underused piano practice room at the Sound and Vision Zone, the Central Library's...

A library assistant's wry memoir.(front desk)(Don Borchert's 'Free for all: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library')(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Don Borchert, a library assistant and 12-year employee of the Torrance Public Library, CA, has written a wry memoir of library life, Free for all: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library, to be published this month by Virgin Books....

Stat watch.(front desk)(full text books)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... What if? 100,000,000 Potential number of freely accessible full-text books on the web in 2023 From Gregg Silvis's presentation, "Library 2023: A Provoked Discussion on Future of Libraries," LITA Forum, Denver, October 6, 2007

Curling up on a good book.(front desk)(Bowling Green Public Library's Ferris's Chair)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... The Bowling Green Public Library, KY, recently debuted Ferris's Chair, named for Ferris Van Meter, a former board member who died in May 2006. Van Meter led the library through a major period of growth and helped establish and build a library...

"One NYPL," many questions: consolidation raises concerns about staff, buildings, identity.(lj news)(New York Public Library)
November 1, 2007... The New York Public Library (NYPL) is proceeding with a major reorganization, notably consolidating its long-divided Research Libraries and Branch Libraries under the merging training and planning for one integrated library system (see News, LJ...

Vancouver PL strike settled.(NEWS)(Vancouver Public Library)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Mediator helps library, union compromise after 12-week standoff After modifications were made to the deal they overwhelmingly disapproved in early October, more than 71 percent of 775 striking Vancouver Public Library (VPL), BC, staff voted...

Google book being drafted online.(if: book)(Siva Vaidhyanathan's 'The Googlization of Everything')(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... The Institute for the Future of the Book (IF:book) has launched its latest "networked book" venture, and this one is just crying out for librarian participation, Siva Vaidhyanathan, author, professor of media studies and law at the University...

Sacramento PL under fire.(NEWS)(Sacramento Public Library and Hagginwood Services Inc.'s overcharges investigation)
November 1, 2007... Library apparently overcharged by $650,000 by unlicensed contractor The Sacramento District Attorney's Office, the Internal Revenue Service's criminal division, and the FBI are examining allegations of systematic overcharges by an...

Did FBI track suspect's PL use?(NEWS)(public library)
November 1, 2007... A library angle has emerged in the case of a terrorism suspect indicted in July 2006 (along with another man) on charges of going through paramilitary training in Georgia and plotting to attack various targets in the region and elsewhere. The...

"Vent party" may beat burnout.(NEWS)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Feeling a little job stress in your library? In the October edition of the American Library Association-Allied Professional Organization (ALA-APA) newsletter, Library Worklife: HR E-News for Today's Leaders, Brooklyn College Library's James ...

Calendar.(NEWS)(Calendar)
November 1, 2007... FEBRUARY 2008 28-Mar. 2--Alaska Library Assn., Fairbanks www.akla.org MARCH 2008 4-6--Louisiana Library Assn., Shreveport www.llaonline.org APRIL 2008 9-11--Kansas Library Assn., Wichita skyways.lib.ks.us/KLA ...

Open access reuse statement.(NEWS)
November 1, 2007... UKPMC panel urges more ways to extend availability of articles The UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) Publishers Panel, a committee consisting of research funders and scientific, technical, and medical (STM) and scholarly publisher trade...

Nova U.-Broward deal saves $1.7m.(NEWS)(Nova Southeastern University, Broward County)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... University, county operate joint-use library; statistics at issue Nova Southeastern University (NSU), Fort Lauderdale, FL, will save Broward County more than $1.7 million a year now that university and county officials have negotiated a...

Jackson county, OR, PL reopens.(NEWS)(Oregon, public library)
November 1, 2007... Some former staffers apply to LSSI; will Medford gain more hours? As expected, Jackson County, OIL, has signed a contract with Library Systems & Services, LLC (LSSI) to reopen its closed library system. Branches in Medford and Ashland were...

Consortia: AAAS should rejoin JSTOR.(NEWS)(Association for the Advancement of Science)(Journal Storage, an online journal archive )(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Two major library consortia have passed a resolution urging the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to reconsider its recent decision to pull future issues of its flagship journal, Science, from the popular online journal...

Chesapeake Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Therese Bigelow is the new Assistant Director of Libraries and Research Services at the Chesapeake Public Library, VA. She most recently was Associate Director, Strategic and Community Planning,Kansas City Public Library, MO.

Frankfort Community Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Bill Caddell has retired from the Frankfort Community Public Library (FCPL), IN. Notably, in 1995, during Caddeil's 34-year tenure as Director, FCPL launched the Hubbard School of Living, which offers more than 100 arts-related programs...

Ursus Rare Books.(people)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Katherine Carr has joined the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries as Print Collections Librarian. Carr most recently served as a Rare Book Assistant with Ursus Rare Books, New York.

Oregon State University.(people)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Faye Chadwell has been appointed Associate University Librarian for Collections and Content Management at Oregon State University, Corvallis. Chadwell previously managed the collection development and acquisitions department as a full Professor...

University of California.(people)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Robin Dale has been named Associate Librarian for Collections and Library Information Systems at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Library. For the past decade, Dale worked for the Research Libraries Group (RLG), now RLG Programs, part...

Preston Northrup Memorial Library of the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research.(people)(appointments)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Jayson Felty has been appointed Information Services Librarian at the Preston Northrup Memorial Library of the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio. Felty previously worked at the Briscoe Library of the University of Texas...

Harford County Public Library.(people)(appointments)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Stephen Kirchner has been appointed Associate Director, Harford County Public Library, Belcamp, MD, overseeing financial, facilities, and technology areas. Kirchner, a certified public accountant, previously was Vice Chancellor for Finance and...

Sanibel Public Library.(people)(appointments)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Margaret Mohundro has been named Director of the Sanibel Public Library, FL. She most recently was Director of INSPIRE, the Indiana Virtual Library. Mohundro replaces Pat Allen, who retired after serving more than 16 years as Director.

Springfield-Greene County Library District.(people)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Jim Schmidt has been promoted to Associate Director of Public Services at the Springfield-Greene County Library District, MO. He has worked at the library system for 22 years, most recently serving as Manager of the Midtown Carnegie Branch.

Wythe-Grayson Regional Library.(people)(appointments)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Adam Webb, Reference Librarian at Tazewell County Public Library, VA, has been hired as the new Director of the Wythe-Grayson Regional Library, Independence, VA.

Obituary.(people)
November 1, 2007... Margaret "Peggy" Coppinger, retired Librarian, has died at the age of 87 in Olympia, WA. She was Director of the Olympia Timberland Regional Library for 15 years. Carol Boardman Myers, former Assistant Director of Libraries at the Public...

ProQuest adds UK titles to Historical Newspapers: Britain's Guardian The Observer offer over 200 years' of additional coverage.(infotech)
November 1, 2007... ProQuest is expanding its popular Historical Newspapers offerings, now adding the first overseas publications. The vendor October 15 announced Guardian covering years 1821-2003 and The Observer, 1791-2003, are being digitized by Olive Software...

OverDrive offering PBS/Janson videos.(infotech)(Public Broadcasting Service; Janson Media)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Ebooks and downloadable audio are making progress with library patrons and but downloadable video has also been making strides. OverDrive, which recently initiated a Download Standing Order Plan (see InfoTech, OverDriveLJ10/15/07, p. 21),...

MyiLibrary adds 21 publishers.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... On the heels of its announcement of being tapped by Britain's Joint Information Systems Committee to provide that nation's higher-ed students with ebook access for a two-year study (see InfoTech, LJ 10/15/07, p. 22), online content provider...

Five live on Ex Libris's Primo.(INFOTECH)(www.exlibrisgroup.com)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Ex Libris (www.exlibrisgroup.com) had a busy summer: the vendor announced that five institutions went live with its Primo discovery and delivery solution during August and September. They are Vanderbilt University, Nashville; Royal Library of...

Duke Univ. Pr. on ebrary platform.(INFOTECH)(Duke University Press)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Duke University Press (DUP) is the latest to license ebrary's platform. The vendor said that Duke will use its platform "to host and deliver a new ebook product, the e-Duke University Press." The product will be beta tested by a number of...

Swets buys ScholarlyStats.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Swets has purchased the exclusive rights to MPS Technologies' (MPST) ScholarlyStats, a web-based portal that aids in "collecting, consolidating, and analyzing e-journal usage statistics from multiple resources." Supplied in COUNTER-compliant...

Correction.(INFOTECH)(Correction notice)
November 1, 2007... Correction: LJ inaccurately stated that Pearl's Picks is included as part of EBSCO's NoveList (see InfoTech, LJ 9/15/07, p. 22). NoveList's Duncan Smith told LJ that Pearl's Picks is available as a separate subscription through EBSCO, and...

Celebrating A&I longevity.(ONLINE DATABASES)(abstracting and indexing)
November 1, 2007... CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE (CAS) is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Only the H.W. Wilson Co., at 108, has created an older abstracting and indexing tool. Despite the phenomenal developments in technology in the 20th century,...

Know your students: Rochester's two-year enthnographic study reveals what students do on campus and how the library fits in.(Report)
November 1, 2007... On a cold Monday afternoon in December, undergraduates study silently in the ornate reading room of a mid-sized university library. One floor down in the reference area, groups of four or five students work together, speaking in muffled voices....

2.0 for readers: online innovations reinvent how we use a classic RA tool--annotations.(LJ SERIES: REDEFINING RA)(readers' advisory)
November 1, 2007... Imagine facing a reader who asks for book suggestions based on the newest cutting-edge slipstream novel by an author you have never heard of. You don't even know if your library owns the title, but you gamely look it up in the catalog... only...

The Filth and the Fury 101.(Collection Development: Punk Music)(books and other references on punk culture)(Bibliography)
November 1, 2007... Many a bar fight has broken out over punk rock's birth. Fans tend to split into two camps: those who credit the Ramones' first appearance at CBGB in New York City circa 1974 and those who point to the early galvanizing Sex Pistols shows in...

Killer Diller.(CASE STUDY)(Arlene Diller)(Case study)
November 1, 2007... "CAN YOU BELIEVE THE NERVE?" librarian Elsie Caliendo asked Lorraine Rosen, who sat staring in equal disbelief at the email sent to select members of the staff of Frazer University Library. "Killer Diller strikes again," Rosen said. ...

Rechannel the energy.(ANALYSIS I)(problems in the work environment)(Case study)
November 1, 2007... First of all, I wonder just a bit how this went on for an entire year without Snyder knowing about it. It is possible that she has so many direct reports that she has trouble staying in touch; however, as a manager she needs a certain level of...

Say it out loud.(ANALYSIS II)(policy change and grievance procedures)
November 1, 2007... Snyder can start to remedy the situation by evaluating the emails from Diller, separating the ones that target indirectly) specific individuals and the ones relating to workflow issues. Snyder needs to consult the university's harassment policy...

Walking the library system.(BACKTALK)
November 1, 2007... I'M A LIBRARIAN ON A RATHER unique mission: I'm walking across the United States to find out what Americans think of the current world situation. After nearly five years immersing myself in topics such as the digital divide, Internet...

Prepub alert.(upcoming books)(List)
November 1, 2007... FICTION Barron, Stephanie. A Flaw in the Blood. Bantam. Mar. 2008. 320p. ISBN 978-0-553-80524-6. $24. As Prince Albert lies dying, Queen Victoria contacts crusty Irish barrister Patrick Fitzgerald. And then all manner of violence rains...

Mystery.(mystery books)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... POLICE SQUAD Procedurals remain staples of the crime fiction genre because they detail the solid investigative skills detectives apply in solving crimes and bringing the guilty to justice. In Down into Darkness, David Lawrence's London crime...

Q&A: Cara Black.(MYSTERY)(Interview)
November 1, 2007... Once more to Paris! Murder in the Rue de Paradis, Cara Black's latest Aimee Leduc mystery (see review, p. 49), offers our intrepid heroine yet another chance at love and then sets her on an investigation that highlights current fracture lines...

Crime in short: eight collections of abbreviated murder and mayhem.(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Short mystery fiction, anyone? There's a bumper crop of anthologies this fall, so readers can sample favorite authors or discover new ones. SPOTLIGHT ON CITIES * Chicago Blues. Bleak House: Big Earth. 2007. c.456p, ed. by Libby...

Prepub mystery.(List)
November 1, 2007... Barren, Stephanie. A Flaw in the Blood. Bantam. Mar. 2008. 320p. ISBN 978-0-553-80524-6. $24. Summoned by Queen Victoria to 1861 Windsor Castle, clever Irish barrister Patrick Fitzgerald gets caught in a courtly web of intrigue in this...

Christian fiction.(Book review)
November 1, 2007... FAMILY TIES With the Christmas season upon us, one theme that remains strong in the CF genre is family. While frontier family tales have given way to contemporary stories about modern families dealing with complex issues, the idea of keeping...

Breen, Susan. The Fiction Class.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Breen, Susan. The Fiction Class. Plume: Penguin Group (USA). Feb. 2008. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-452-28910-9. pap. $14. e Arabella Hicks was named after the main character in a romance novel, and this seems to lead her life in the trajectory of...

Brooks, Geraldine. People of the Book.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Brooks, Geraldine. People of the Book. Viking. Jan. 2008. 372p. ISBN 978-0-67001821-5. $25.95. When Australian rare-books author Hanna Heath travels to Sarajevo to restore the legendary Sarajevo Haggadah, she gets a lot more than she...

Carlson, Steve. Almost Graceland.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Carlson, Steve. Almost Graceland. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Nov. 2007. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-312-37398-6. $23.95. e In this debut novel by Carlson, a film actor and author (The Commercial Actor's Guide), Gladys Presley gives birth to...

Curtis, P.J. The Lightning Tree.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Curtis, P.J. The Lightning Tree. Brandon, dist. by Dufour. Dec. 2007. c.275p. ISBN 978-086322-347-1. pap. $22.95. e Irish writer and musicologist Curtis interweaves personal reminiscence, local and national history, and storytelling into a...

Fallenberg, Evan. Light Fell.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Fallenberg, Evan. Light Fell. Soho, dist. by Consortium. Jan. 2008. c.240p. ISBN 978-156947-467-9. $22. e Fallenberg (creative writing, Bar-Ilan Univ., Israel), who has translated the works of several' renowned Israeli authors, presents...

Fowler, Therese. Souvenir.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... * Fowler, Therese. Souvenir. Ballantine. Mar. 2008. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-345-499684. $21.95. F Fowler's debut is the heartbreaking story of a woman who made what she thought was a responsible decision, only to have to live with the...

Freeman, Brian. Stalked.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... * Freeman, Brian. Stalked. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Feb. 2008. c.368p. ISBN 978-0312-36327-7. $24.95. F When Maggie Sorenson, a cop in Duluth, MN, finds her husband murdered in their home, she knows the spouse is always the prime suspect....

Graff, Keir. My Fellow Americans.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Graft, Keir. My Fellow Americans. Severn House. Dec. 2007. c.252p. ISBN 978-0-72786522-9. $27.95. F In the very near future, the U.S. president has invaded Iran, declared martial law at home, and is now serving a third term. Enter bumbling...

Holden, Craig. Matala: A Novel of Deceit.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Holden, Craig. Matala: A Novel of Deceit. S. & S. Jan. 2008. c.192p. ISBN 978-0-74327499-9. $22. F Darcy, a rich, world-weary teenager on a European tour, meets Will, a boy she thinks she recognizes from her high school. Will, world weary...

Lescroart, John. Betrayal.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Lescroart, John. Betrayal. Dutton. Jan. 2008. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-525-95039-4. $26.95. F In his 12th legal drama (after The Suspect), San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy takes on the open cases of missing attorney Charlie Bowen....

McCullough, Colleen. Antony and Cleopatra.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... McCullough, Colleen. Antony and Cleopatra. S. & S. Dec. 2007. c.768p. ISBN 978-1-41655294-9. $28. F McCullough's seventh book in her best-selling "Masters of Rome" series begins immediately following the assassination of Julius Caesar (as...

Paretsky, Sara. Bleeding Kansas.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... * Paretsky, Sara. Bleeding Kansas. Putnam. Jan. 2008. c.448p. ISBN 978-0-399-154058. $25.95. F Paretsky, best known for her acclaimed V.I. Warshawski mystery series (Blacklist), turns to her roots in rural Kansas for this standalone novel...

Pressfield, Steven. Killing Rommel.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... * Pressfield, Steven. Killing Rommel. Doubleday. Apr. 2008. c.368p. ISBN 978-0385-51970-0. $24.95. F Pressfield, author of five war novels set in antiquity (most recently The Afghan Campaign), turns to desert warfare in late 1942. Lt. R.L....

Reilly, Matthew. The 6 Sacred Stones.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Reilly, Matthew. The 6 Sacred Stones: S. & S. Jan. 2008. c.352p. ISBN 976-0-74327054-0. $25. F In this sequel to Seven Deadly Wonders, Reilly increases the tension and the threat to produce another winner. Jack West Jr. and his team...

Robertson, Deborah. Careless.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Robertson, Deborah. Careless. MacAdam/ Cage. Feb. 2008. c.300p. ISBN 978-1-59692275-4. $23; pap. ISBN 978-1-59692-276-1. $13.50. F In Robertson's first novel (following the story collection Proudflesh), three narrative strands slowly unite...

Sakey, Marcus. At the City's Edge.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... * Sakey, Marcus. At the City's Edge. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Jan. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-312-36032-0. $24.95. F Iraq War veteran Jason Palmer finds his own personal Baghdad when he returns home to Chicago. Whatever peace he hoped for as a...

Smith, Ali. Girl Meets Boy.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Smith, Ali. Girl Meets Boy. Canongate, dist. by Grove/Atlantic. Jan. 2008. c.176p. ISBN 978-1-84767-019-9. $18. F In Ovid's myth about Iphis, the tide, female character is raised as a boy, falls in love with another girl, and then is...

Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Bad Girl.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Bad Girl. Farrar. 2007. c.304p, tr. from Spanish by Edith Grossman. ISBN 978-0-374-18243-4. $25. F The titular bad girl of Vargas Llosa's (The Feast of the Goat) latest effort possesses the beguiling ability to...

Verhaeghen, Paul. Omega Minor.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Verhaeghen, Paul. Omega Minor. Dalkey Archive. Nov. 2007. c.696p. ISBN 978-156478-477-3. pap. $16. F Verhaeghen's debut novel, which has some of the intrigue of Robert Stone's Damascus Gate, deals with arguably the most important and...

Wright, Deborah. The History of Lucy's Love Life in Ten and a Half Chapters.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Wright, Deborah. The History of Lucy's Love Life in Ten and a Half Chapters. Plume: Penguin Group (USA). Jan. 2009. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-452-28914-7. pap. $14. F When commitment phobe Lucy Lyon finds a time machine, she takes the opportunity...

Arnoldi, Katherine. All Things Are Labor: Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Arnoldi, Katherine. All Things Are Labor: Stories. Univ. of Massachusetts. 2007. 160p. ISBN 978-1-55649-603-3. pap. $19.95. F Arnoldi's (The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom) collection, winner of this year's Juniper Prize for...

Baez, Annecy. My Daughter's Eyes and Other Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Baez, Annecy. My Daughter's Eyes and Other Stories. Curbstone, dist. by Consortium. Nov. 2007. c.176p. ISBN 978-1-931896-38-2. pap. $15. F The 14 stories in this 2007 winner of the Miguel Marmol Prize span three decades in the lives of...

Doyle, Roddy. The Deportees: And Other Stories!(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... * Doyle, Roddy. The Deportees: And Other Stories! Viking. Jan. 2009. ISBN 978-0-67001945-1. $24.95. F This first short fiction collection by Booker Prize winner Doyle spotlights the street-level impacts of Ireland's recent transformation...

Butler, Roger. Printed Images in Colonial Australia 1801-1901.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Butler, Roger. Printed Images in Colonial Australia 1801-1901. National Gallery of Australia, dist. by Univ. of Washington. 2007. 312p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-64254180-2. $80. FINE ARTS Both the dust jacket and the cover of this...

Catalog L.A.: Birth of an Art Capital 1955-1985.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Catalog L.A.: Birth of an Art Capital 1955-1985. Chronicle. 2007. 384p. ed. by Catherine Grenier. photogs, bibliog. ISBN 9780-8118-5934-9. pap. $50. FINE ARTS This unusual catalog, pendant to an ambitious exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in...

Cattermole, Paul. Buildings for Tomorrow: Architecture That Changed Our World.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Cattermole, Paul. Buildings for Tomorrow: Architecture That Changed Our World. Overlook, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). 2007. 191p. photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-158567:990-4. $45. ARCHITECTURE Forty of the most innovative and visually...

Cooper, Martha. New York State of Mind.(Goings on about Town: Photographs for The New Yorker)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Cooper, Martha. New York State of Mind. Miss Rosen Editions: powerHouse. Nov. 2007. 96p. photogs. ISBN 978-1-57687-408-0. $29.95. Plachy, Sylvia. Goings on About Town: Photographs for The New Yorker. Aperture in assoc, with The New Yorker,...

Favretti, Rudy J. Jacob Weidenmann: Pioneer Landscape Architect.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Favretti, Rudy J. Jacob Weidenmann: Pioneer Landscape Architect. Wesleyan Univ. 2007. 192p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-81956847-2. $49.95. ARCHITECTURE Swiss-born landscape architect Jacob Weidenmann (1829-93) was not well known...

500 Handmade Dolls: Modern Explorations of the Human Form.(500 Metal Vessels: Contemporary Explorations of Containment)(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... 500 Handmade Dolls: Modern Explorations of the Human Form. Lark, dist. by Sterling. Nov. 2007. 396p. ed. by Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader. photogs. ISBN 978-1-57990-867-6. pap. $24.95. 500 Metal Vessels: Contemporary Explorations of...

Laine, Daniel (photogs.) & Tobie Nathan & others (text). African Gods: Contemporary Rituals and Beliefs.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Laine, Daniel (photogs.) & Tobie Nathan & others (text). African Gods: Contemporary Rituals and Beliefs. Flammarion, dist. by Rizzoli. 2007. 191p. photogs, bibliog. ISBN 978-2-0803-0019-5. $50. PHOTOG To page through these 130 sumptuous...

Lenain, Thierry & others. Bernar Venet.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Lenain, Thierry & others. Bernar Venet. Flammarion, dist. by Rizzoli. 2007. c.320p. illus. ISBN 978-2-0803-0014-0. $75. FINE ARTS This is the most extensive monograph (300 color illustrations) of the French-born Bernat Venet, who has been...

Martin, Bruce T. (photogs.) & Allen J. Christenson & others (text). Look Close, See Far: A Cultural Portrait of the Maya.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Martin, Bruce T. (photogs.) & Allen J. Christenson & others (text). Look Close, See Far: A Cultural Portrait of the Maya. Braziller. Nov. 2007. 148p. photogs, bibliog. ISBN 978-0-8076-1589-8. $34.95. PHOTOG Martin has studied and taken...

Perry, Michael. Hand Job: A Catalog of Type.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2007... Perry, Michael. Hand Job: A Catalog of Type. Princeton Architectural, dist. by Chronicle. 2007. c.256p, illus. ISBN 978-1-56898-6265. pap. $35. GRAPHIC ARTS Maybe the title says it all. Graphic designer and typographer Perry's book...