Library Journal articles from September 2002

Library Journal archives from September 2002

A message from Cerritos: there is no single model for the library of the future. (Editorial).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... The new Cerritos Library is simply the most exciting public library I've visited in years! You've undoubtedly read and heard about it, and if you're fortunate, you've done what City Librarian Waynn Pearson hoped you would do: gone to...

For library districts. (Letters).
September 15, 2002... Your recent editorial (John Berry, "More Successful Than Begging," LJ 6/15/02, p. 8)... cites independent library (taxing) districts as one viable funding alternative. I was pleased that it referred to my earlier LJ article, "The People's...

Don't smear Oprah. (Letters).
September 15, 2002... I am a librarian for the Alameda County Library System in California. Like my colleagues, I rely on LJ for news, information, and professional insight. Why would LJ, of all types of periodicals, smear one of America's most passionate and...

Correction.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
September 15, 2002... In What's Happening In... Academic Libraries (News, LJ 8/02, p. 22), the story about a prototype robot from Johns Hopkins contained an incorrect URL. The correct address is dkc.mse.jhu.edu/CAPM. In the "Graphic Novels" column in LJ...

DOE recommends closing PubSCIENCE. (Late Bulletins).(Department of Energy)
September 15, 2002... One year after cutting its funding for PubSCIENCE, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)--citing the existence of "private sector information products" that offer bibliographic records to patrons--has recommended the closing of the...

Bogota library network gets Gates award. (Late Bulletins).(Capital Network of Public Libraries)
September 15, 2002... During the annual conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) in Glasgow last month, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation presented BibloRed (Capital Network of Public Libraries) of Bogota,...

Library staffer charged with $200K theft. (Late Bulletins).(David Bennett , accused of taking kickbacks)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... The digital services manager of the Bucks County Free Library, PA, has been arrested and charged with stealing more than $200,000 from the library between November 1999 and March 2002. About three-quarters of the losses, or $144,000, relate...

Embassy library closed in Pakistan for security reasons. (Late Bulletins).
September 15, 2002... U.S. authorities in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, closed the embassy-sponsored library and information center August 13 owing to security concerns. Spokeswoman Linda Cheatham refused to elaborate on what kind of threat, if any, had been...

MN regroups somewhat, submits LSTA plan to IMLS; state library agency limps along; can new Minnesota Library Council influence agency or legislature? (News).(Institute of Museum and Library Services)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Two-and-a-half months after the state library agency in Minnesota was gutted (see News, LJ 7/02, p. 14), the Office of Library Development and Services (LDS) submitted its five-year Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) plan to the...

Patriot Act stats won't be revealed; Justice Dept. won't detail libraries visited; ACLU files FOIA request. (News).(American Civil Liberties Union)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... How many court orders have been issued to libraries under the USA Patriot Act? We don't know, as the Justice Department has refused to answer questions about the act posed by the House Judiciary Committee. Rather, the Justice Department...

Mystery lovers' treat. (News).(theater)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Staffers from the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, MA, ham it up for patrons during a presentation of Death by Chocolate: A Murder Mystery Program, an original skit written by Assistant Director Nancy Milone Hill. Following the play,...

Libraries mark September 11: words, images, sculpture, and song featured, though some prefer quiet. (News).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... The September 11,2001 terrorist attacks resonated throughout society, and libraries--especially those most intimately affected--marked the anniversary in a variety of ways, including words, images, song, and contemplation. Shirley Loh of...

Antitax protesters threaten WA lib.; campaign deceptive, says library; rural residents face November vote. (News).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... A few residents of Stevens County, WA, have campaigned to have the entire Stevens County Rural Library District disbanded and dissolved. Why? They claim the $38 per year that the average household pays in property taxes to support the library...

Czech floods damage books; how do you treat 30,000 soaked books? Find a company with freezers. (News).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... More than half a million books were damaged in libraries across the Czech Republic by disastrous floods in late August, according to the Czech News Agency CTK. Damage to the national library system is estimated at $11 million. Waters...

Police vs. library over child porn; judge orders police to return computers seized without warrant. (News).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... A federal judge has ordered local police to return two computers seized from Washington's King County Library System's Kent branch after a patron was seen looking at child pornography and printouts of some images were left behind. Why?...

Editors seek nominations for LJ Librarian of the Year 2003; innovation and creativity to be recognized and honored. (News).(library journal)(Brief Article)
September 15, 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...

M'pls. director won't need MLS; board also stretches pay ceiling; design for main library due in Oct. (News).(Minneapolis Library System)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... As the search for a new director of the Minneapolis Public Library proceeds, the Board of Trustees sought to broaden the pool of potential candidates and increase the pay scale by requesting two accommodations from state and local...

Dallas Public Library. (Public Libraries).(services and hours might cut due to the lack of city revenues)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... With the city of Dallas facing revenue shortfalls of $95 million, most city departments will suffer. The budget proposal released by the City Manager recommends reducing Dallas Public Library hours and cutting ten full-time positions to save...

North Canton Public Library. (Public Libraries).(library allowed to stay open until the end of the year)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Patron outcry will keep the Greentown branch of the North Canton Public Library, OH, open at least until the end of the year. According to the Akron Beacon Journal, open hours weekly will be cut nearly in half, from 48 to 25. Still, library...

Monroe County Library System. (Public Libraries).(hacking case)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... A hacker who made four attacks on the web site of the Monroe County Library System, Rochester, NY, has been sentenced to one to three years in prison. The site had to be shut down for more than three weeks last December, costing the library...

Edmonton Public Library. (Public Libraries).(2002 Edmonton International Fringe Festival)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... At the Edmonton International Fringe Festival, AB, it's a good bet that attendees will stop at the book sale tent run by the Edmonton Public Library. According to the Edmonton Journal, last year 68,000 volumes were sold onsite. The tent is...

Florida State University. (Academic Libraries).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... The Florida State University (FSU) School of Information Studies, Tallahassee, has been awarded a three-year, $482,780 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop a model for recruiting and teaching future library and...

Ohio State University Libraries. (Academic Libraries).(serial subscriptions to be cancelled due to budget cuts)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... After more than a decade without a serials cancellation, the Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, has been forced to slash 242 journal subscriptions because of a state budget shortfall. But library officials say that the lost serials...

As the soft economy lingers and state tax coffers remain low, Montana's Commissioner of Higher Education Dick Crofts said that university budgets would take an additional 4.9 percent hit on top of a 3.5 percent cut meted out earlier this summer. (Academic Libraries).
September 15, 2002... As the soft economy lingers and state tax coffers remain low, Montana's Commissioner of Higher Education Dick Crofts said that university budgets would take an additional 4.9 percent hit on top of a 3.5 percent cut meted out earlier this...

Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace. (National/International News).(daughters of the late President settled their differences)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Richard Nixon's daughters, Tricia Cox find Julie Eisenhower, have settled their dispute over the $19 million bequeathed to the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, Yorba Linda, CA, by Nixon advisor Bebe Rebozo. The library had been sparring...

National Library Board. (National/International News).(dating among books)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... In Singapore, the Social Development Unit (SDU)--the government matchmaking agency--and the National Library Board have launched Library Date. According to the Straits Times, eight men and eight women go to the library@orchard, in Orchard...

Scorecard: vendors revamp executive landscape: EOSi and Lightning Source get new bosses, while epixtech and OCLC expand their management teams. (Infotech People).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Several of the major players in the library automation market have reshuffled their executive teams, with a few placing new CEOs and presidents at the helm. epixtech hired Jack Blount last June as president and CEO, succeeding Lana Porter,...

EBSCOhost adds MLA databases; International Bibliography and Directory of Periodicals in full text. (Industry News).(Modern Language Association )(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... The MLA International Bibliography is now available on EBSCOhost. The Modern Language Association (MLA) database will be accessible by linking from the citation to the corresponding full-text resource in EBSCOhost or to other electronic...

U. of Toronto adds ScienceServer 5; articles available in HTML/XML as well as standard PDF. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... The University of Toronto (UT) is now running Version 5 of Endeavor's ScienceServer, operating on a new server funded by the Ontario Information Infrastructure Scholarly Information Resources project. Articles will be available in HTML/XML in...

VTLS embraces IFLA standard; vendor using Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. (Industry News).(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... VTLS has implemented the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions' (IFLA) new Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) standard in its signature Virtua system. According to VTLS, it is the first vendor...

Library Edition from Morningstar: Morningstar.com offers stock analysis and screening tools. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Morningstar, Inc., a global investment research firm, has introduced a new online service exclusively for libraries. Dubbed Morningstar.com[R] Library Edition, the product is based on Morningstar's investment web site, www. morningstar.com,...

TLC snags three Michigan libraries; public facilities lining up for Library*Solution installations. (Installations).(The Library Corporation)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Three Michigan libraries have contracted for The Library Corporation's (TLC) Library*Solution product. Monroe County Library; Branch District Library, Coldwater; and Van Buren District Library, Decatur, will all implement the YouSeeMore...

Ex Libris expands across the globe; vendor reaching into academic territory with multiple contracts. (Installations).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Ex Libris continues to increase its customer base with the signing of multiple new contracts worldwide. Curtin University, Australia; the University of Delaware; Harvard University; Lancaster University, England; and the University of...

CSU Northridge picks Millennium: innovative system attracts another California University customer. (Installations).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... The California State University (CSU)--Northridge has inked a deal with Innovative Interfaces Inc. for the installation of the vendor's signature Millennium system. With the addition of Northridge, Innovative now counts 14 of the 23 CSU...

Institutional repositories. (Digital Libraries).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS at universities worldwide gather and interpret data, advocate new ideas, and extend human knowledge. This work is sometimes shared with other scholars and researchers as working papers, technical reports, and other...

Calendar.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... MPIA/NDLA/SDLA 2002 Tri-Conference in Fargo; NLA/NEMA converges in Lincoln, NE; WLA & U.S. Senator Russell Feingold on "Libraries... A Basic Freedom" OCTOBER 2-5 -- Idaho Library Association (ILA), Grove Hotel, Boise. Contact:...

Anne Arundel County Public Library. (People).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Marion W. Francis is now Library Administrator, Anne Arundel County Public Library, Annapolis, MD, effective October 14. She was Executive Director, Jackson/Hinds Library System, MI, since 1994.

Washburn University. (People).(new hiring)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Anne Liebst has been appointed Assistant Director, Technical Services, Washburn University, Topeka, KS. She was Government Documents and Periodicals Librarian, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS.

Cuyahoga County Public Library. (People).(director to resign)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... John A. Lonsak, Executive Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library, OH, since 1995, will retire in January 2003, after 34 years of library service. In 2001 the Ohio Library Council had named him one of two Librarians of the Year.

University of Texas at Austin General Libraries. (People).(hiring)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Janelle Hestrom and Adrian N. (AJ) Johnson are new Information Literacy Librarians, Library Instruction and Information Literacy Services, University of Texas at Austin General Libraries (UTGL). Hestrom was Reference and Adult Services...

Crandall Public Library. (People).(new assistant director for the Glen Falls library)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Natalie McDonough has been appointed Assistant Director, Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, NY. She was Coordinator of Adult Services, Queens Borough Public Library, Jamaica, NY.

Queens Borough Public Library. (People).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Peter Magnani is now Director, Capitol Program Management, Queens Borough Public Library, Jamaica, NY. He was Deputy Borough President in Queens, 1986-2001.

San Diego State University Library and Information Access. (People).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Linda Salem has been appointed Education Librarian, Reference Services, San Diego State University Library and Information Access. She was the Electronic Resources, Web Development, and Education Librarian, University of Redlands, CA.

C. Berger Group, Inc. (People).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Ria Snider is now Manager, Marketing and Recruitment, C. Berger Group, Inc. (CBG), IL. She joined CBG in 2001 as Marketing Specialist.

University of Missouri. (People).(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Teresa Welsh is the first Library School Clinical Instructor as a result of a collaboration between the University of Missouri-Kansas City Libraries and the University of Missouri--Columbia School of Information Science and Learning...

Obituaries.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 15, 2002... Donald D. Foos, retired Director, Center for Library and Information Science Education and Research, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, from 1981 to 1994, died in March at the age of 73. He represented the American Library Association at...

Jack Reed: the Senator from Rhode Island takes his place as the leading advocate in Congress for library funding. (Politician of the Year 2002).
September 15, 2002... IT TAKES CONSISTENCY and tenacity to support library funding in Congress. When the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)--a major revision of the expiring Library Services and Construction Act--was passed in 1996, a crucial supporter was...

The advent of portals: the search for a way to offer the ease of Google backed by authoritative results may just revolutionize library web sites.
September 15, 2002... THE INTERNET, digital electronic resources, and database technology have transformed the way people search for information. Today many people rely on keyword searches in single-step search engines--e.g., Google or AltaVista--that retrieve...

Culture keepers: ALA's Black Caucus continues to make a critical difference in library services. (BCALA Conference Report).
September 15, 2002... FOCUSED ON A brighter future and keen on preserving the past, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) held its fifth national conference in sunny Fort Lauderdale, FL, August 13-16. With the conference theme of "access,"...

Interviewing: beware blogging blunders. (Backtalk).
September 15, 2002... WE'VE INTERVIEWED lots of job candidates recently, and we've seen plenty of the usual application missteps: cover letters with typos, impenetrable slang, and odd boiler-plate salutations. We've waded through resumes so complicated they...

Welcome to my web world. (The Dean's List).(Web sites of library and information science programs)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... YOU WOULD EXPECT library and information science (LIS) programs to have a significant and compelling web presence. Pretending to be the proverbial (and politically incorrect) man from Mars, I took an impressionistic tour of the web sites of...

Prepub alert.
September 15, 2002... COMING IN JANUARY 2003... fun from Bradbury, Ferrigno, Haig, and whose readers might also enjoy Stephen J. Cannell's new Shane Scully thriller, Hollywood Tough (St. Martin's. ISBN 0-312-29102-7. $24.95). And despite some serious nonfiction...

Prepub best sellers: week ending August 24, 2002.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 15, 2002... 1 Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11 [NF] Thomas L. Friedman. Farrar. Sept. ISBN 0-374-19066-6. $26. 2 From a Buick 8 [F] Stephen King. Scribner. Sept. ISBN 0-7432-1137-5. $28....

The Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Oryx. 2002. 312p. permanent paper, ed. by Diana Kapiszewski. photogs. index. LC 2001036182. ISBN 1-53756-306-4. $74.95. REF Edited by Kapiszewski, former director of Academic Programs at Georgetown University's Center for Latin American...

Famous First Facts[TM] About the Environment.
September 15, 2002... H.W. Wilson. 2002. 573p. ed. by Ronald J. Formica. index. LC 2001017704. ISBN 0-8242-0974-5. $140. REF Similar to Famous First Facts About Sports, this is another Wilson spin-off of Joseph Nathan Kane's classic Famous First Facts (FFF)....

Prison-ese: a Survivor's Guide to Speaking Prison Slang.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Loompanics Unlimited. 2002. c.96p. ISBN 1-55950-228-2. pap. $12.95. REF Aimed at offering "insight into the criminal mind and the subculture of the nation's penal system," this dictionary-style guide to prison slang should certainly make...

The Custer Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Life of George Armstrong Custer and the Plains Indian Wars.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Stackpole. 2002. c.288p. photogs. maps. bibliog. LC 2002018907. ISBN 0-8117-0477-7. pap. $29.95. REF This book does exactly what its title claims: it assists both readers and researchers in sorting through the mass of material on Custer....

Hitler and His Generals: Military Conferences 1942-1945.
September 15, 2002... 2 vols. Enigma. Jan. 2003. c.1100p, ed. by Helmut Heiber & David M. Glantz. tr. from German by Roland Winter & others. maps. index. ISBN 1-929631-09-X. $42. REF In 1942, as Germany's military fortunes began to wane, an angry Hitler,...

The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... ABC-CLIO. 2002. c.515p. permanent paper, ed. by Junius P. Rodriguez. illus. bibliog. index. LC 2002003228. ISBN 1-57607-188-X. $95. REF Containing nearly 300 entries by some 85 contributors, this large, authoritative volume offers much...

A Concise Encyclopedia of Islam.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Oneworld, dist. by National Bk. Network. Oct. 2002. c.288p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-85168-295-3. pap. $16.95. REF This is the sixth in Oneworld's concise, helpful encyclopedias on the world's religions, following volumes on the...

The American Cowboy: A Photographic History.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Lyons: Globe Pequot. 2002. 128p. ed. by Richard Collins. photogs. ISBN 1-58574-491-3. $24.95. PHOTOG This collection of more than 100 black-and-white photographs from the American West illustrates the work of cowboys at the turn of the...

* An Anthology of African Art: The Twentieth Century.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... D.A.P. 2002. 407p. ed. by N'Gone Fall & Jean Loup Pivin. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-891024-38-8. $80. FINE ARTS Editors with the Paris-based publisher Revue Noire, Fall and Pivin have put together a volume that will inspire and inform...

Wiel Arets: Works, Projects, Writings.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Princeton Architectural, dist. by Chronicle. 2002. 325p. ed. by Xavier Costa. photogs. LC 2002000529. ISBN 1-56898-335-2. $75. ARCHITECTURE This first full-length monograph devoted to the talented 47-year-old Dutch architect Arets...

Art/Women/California, 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Univ. of California. 2002. 386p. permanent paper, ed. by Diana B. Fuller & Daniela Salvioni. illus. index. LC 2001027674. ISBN 0-520-23065-5. $65; pap. ISBN 0-520-23066-3. $35. FINE ARTS Featuring over 100 splendid color plates and...

Collective Willeto: The Visionary Carvings of a Navajo Artist.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Museum of New Mexico. 2002. c.115p. photogs. bibliog. ISBN 0-89013-397-2. $45. FINE ARTS Navajo medicine man Charlie Willeto spent the last years of his life prodigiously carving figures of wood, becoming a well-known personage in Navajo...

9/11 in art.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Goodman, Robin F. & Andrea Henderson Fahnestock. The Day Our World Changed: Children's Art of 9/11. Abrams. Sept. 2002. 128p. illus. ISBN 0-8109-3544-9. $19.95. Do Not Be Sad: A Chronicle of Healing. Welcome, dist. by Andrews McMeel....

Desert Works.
September 15, 2002... Princeton Architectural, dist. by Chronicle. (New Voices in Architecture). 2002. 170p. LC 2002000853. ISBN 1-56898-336-0. pap. $40. ARCHITECTURE This beautiful visual tour of nine of Joy's projects in the Sonoran Desert shows how natural...

The Paintings of Joan Mitchell.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Univ. of California. 2002. 237p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 2001058514. ISBN 0-520-23568-1. $65; pap. ISBN 0-520-23570-3. $35. FINE ARTS This catalog accompanies the first solo exhibition of the paintings of Joan Mitchell (1926-92) in New...

A Book of Books.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Bulfinch: Little, Brown. Oct. 2002. 107p. photogs. LC 2002019819. ISBN 0-8212-2769-6. $60. PHOTOG In a superb display of talent, renowned photographer Morell provides a magical experience for the bibliophile and soothing engagement for...

Photography's Antiquarian Avant-Garde: The New Wave in Old Processes.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Abrams. 2002. 160p. photogs. bibliog. index. LC 2001005354. ISBN 0-8109-0402-0. $49.95. PHOTOG Some fear that the photographic community's widespread and controversial adoption of digital processes will lead to technical standardization...

Designing the World's Best Public Art.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Antique Collectors' Club. 2002. 192p. photogs. index. ISBN 1-8647008-2-3. $65. FINE ARTS Roots (fine art, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder) has assembled a fine collection of public art works, all completed within the last ten years in the...

Sam Taylor-Wood.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Steidl, dist. by D.A.P. Oct. 2002. 256p. photogs. ISBN 3-88243-830-4. $35. PHOTOG As one of London's Young British Artists (YBAs), Taylor-Wood gained international notoriety for her participation in the Sensation show in 1997, which...

Preston Bailey's Design for Entertaining: Inspiration for Creating the Party of Your Dreams.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Bulfinch: Little, Brown. Nov. 2002. illus. ISBN 0-8212-2765-3. $45. INTERIOR DESIGN A New York City party and event designer whose clients include Joan Rivers, Oprah Winfrey, and fashion designer John Galliano, Bailey here shares his...

Vintage Victorian Textiles.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Schiffer. 2002. c.192p. photogs. LC 2001004849. ISBN 0-7643-1504-8. $49.95. INTERIOR DESIGN The West Coast editor for OM House Interiors magazine, Coleman here reviews the use of vintage textiles from the 19th and early 20th centuries in...

Caribbean Elegance.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Connors, Michael. Caribbean Elegance. Abrams. 2002. c.176p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 2001007496. ISBN 0-8109-1009-8. $39.95. Kemp, Jim. Island Style. Friedman/Fairfax, dist. by Sterling. 2002. c.96p. illus. index. LC 2001050148. ISBN...

Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Rodale. 2002. c.384p. ed. by Lori Baird. ISBN 1-57954-512-2. pap. $16.95. INTERIOR DESIGN Whether one is a tosser, an accumulator, or a concealer, this book contains a wealth of advice on how to control household clutter. Beginning with...

Creative Spaces for Kids.(includes Great Gardens for Kids)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Floodgate, Lauren & others. Creative Spaces for kids. c. 144p. ISBN 0-600-60507-8. Matthews, Clare. Great Gardens for Kids. c. 160p. ISBN 0-600-60516-7. ea. vol: Hamlyn, dist. by Sterling. 2002. illus. index. $24.95. INTERIOR DESIGN ...

California Colonial: The Spanish and Rancho Revival Styles.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Schiffer. 2002. c.240p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 2001005112. ISBN 0-7643-1460-2. $49.95. INTERIOR DESIGN Art and architecture historian McMillian delineates the domestic and foreign influences that inspired the California colonial style,...

Kitchens.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Sterling. 2002. c. 144p. illus. index. ISBN 0-8069-8569-0.$27.95. INTERIOR DESIGN Mee (Design Is in the Details) has compiled photographs of kitchens to give both amateur and professional designers a variety of styles and ideas for...

Wallpaper in Interior Decoration.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Watson-Guptill. 2002. c. 160p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 2001096618. ISBN 08230-5622-8. $40. INTERIOR DESIGN Deputy curator in the department of prints, drawing, and painting at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Saunders looks at...

Shakespeare's Tragic Skepticism.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Yale Univ. Nov. 2002. c.256p. permanent paper, index. ISBN 0-300-09255-5. $26. LIT Although chiefly a specialist in American literature who has authored books on J.P. Marquand and Henry James and has edited the Library of America edition...

Bloom, Harold. Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Warner. Oct. 2002. c.832p. photogs. LC 2002016808. ISBN 0-446-52717-3. $35.95. LIT Bloom, a distinguished and often controversial literary critic and best-selling author of numerous books about literature (e.g., How To Read and Why),...

Glancy, Diane. American Gypsy: Six Native American Plays.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... Univ. of Oklahoma. (American Indian Literature & Critical Studies, Vol. 45). Nov. 2002. c.224p. permanent paper. ISBN 0-8061-3456-9. $34.95. DRAMA The prolific author of novels, short stories, and poems as well as plays, Glancy (English,...

Hughes-Hallett, Penelope. The Immortal Dinner: A Famous Evening of Genius & Laughter in Literary London, 1817.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2002... New Amsterdam: Ivan R. Dee. Sept. 2002. c.360p. illus, bibliog. index. ISBN 1-56131-071-9. $27.50. LIT Early in December 1817, the avant-garde painter Benjamin Robert Haydon moved into new lodgings in London that included a luxurious new...