Library Journal articles from September 2009

Library Journal archives from September 2009

Parenting short takes "good" girls, "bad" boys, and left-brainers.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Death, divorce, curses, and a lack of sleep. One took at the titles below, and you would have to wonder if them is anything good going on in parenting. While the marketing technique of fear-mongering is alive and well,...

Xpress reviews: first look at new books.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)("Her Fearful Symmetry")(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2009... "Verdict: The plot is unrealistic but could have been much more believable; the writing seems touched by the naivete that radiates from the young twins. A puzzling book, like a Gorey drawing gone really icky. Fantasy lovers and lovers of The...

Book obsessed? Get LJ's BookSmack!(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)
September 15, 2009... For high-impact reviews of sweet lit and graphic novels, along with Prepub Exploded, Starred Reviews, and Short Takes, sign up for our bimonthly e-newsletter, BookSmack! under Newsletters/Subscribe on the homepage.

Political "winners": in a grim funding season, some politicians stood up for libraries.(Mike Fasano, Mary Murphy, Peter Buckley, Connie Green, Jonathan Watson, Max Wilson, and Amanda Knapp)(Editorial)
September 15, 2009... AS JOHN BERRY POINTS OUT IN "NO VILLAINS" (p. 24-25), politics doesn't produce clear-cut heroes and villains in library funding--nor in some other issues, as we've seen with the various versions of the health-care bill making its way through...

Michigan governor bends on library issues.(newsdesk)(Jennifer Granholm on her July 13 Executive Order )(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Vigorous advocacy by library supporters in Michigan pushed Gov. Jennifer Granholm to modify her July 13 Executive Order with a directive prioritizing continued support for the statewide library book and electronic material sharing programs,...

Criticism and support for Google settlement.(newsdesk)(Google Book Search Settlement)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... As the September 4 deadline approached for submissions to a federal court regarding the proposed Google Book Search Settlement, groups in the library world and beyond weighed in with criticism and support. Twenty-one leading University of...

Hawaii proposes closures.(newsdesk)(budget cut plans by the Hawaii Board of Education)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Rather than close five libraries to respond to a 20 percent budget cut, a plan rejected in July by the Hawaii Board of Education, the Hawaii State Public Library System (HSPLS) now proposes to maintain service at all 51 libraries but close each...

Can PL close, not on web?(newsdesk)(Seattle Public Library )(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... On the Seattle web site Crosscut, communications consultant Feliks Banel recently lamented that when the Seattle Public Library (SPL) closed for a week, the web site, as well as the physical buildings, was shuttered. He suggested that, as public...

PA budget threatens libraries.(newsdesk)(Pennsylvania )(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... A state budget impasse has put Pennsylvania libraries in turmoil, leading to at least one branch closing, preparations for more closures in the face of continued delays, and fears that the final budget will impose painful, potentially enormous...

Texas AG opens "big deals".(newsdesk)(contracts between Springer and Elsevier and the University of Texas system )(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... On August 5, the Texas Attorney General (AG) ordered contracts between both Springer and Elsevier and the University of Texas system be released to economists Paul Courant (also University of Michigan Library dean), Ted Bergstrom, and Preston...

LJ Academic Newswire adds Fister, Bell.(newsdesk)(Barbara Fister and Steven Bell )(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Columnists Barbara Fister (Peer to Peer Review) and Steven Bell (From the Bell Tower) have joined the weekly LJ Academic Newswire, weighing in each week on issues affecting publishing and academic libraries. Fister, a librarian at Gustavus...

Reprieve for PL in Robbins, IL.(newsdesk)(William Leonard Public Library District)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Thanks to donations totaling more than $21,000, the William Leonard Public Library District in impoverished Robbins, IL, has received a reprieve, staving off closure at least through the month of September. Property tax revenues have been...

Louisville library reopens.(newsdesk)(Louisville Free Public Library)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... While officials at the Louisville Free Public Library, KY, had said that the flood-damaged Main Library might not open until Labor Day, speedy work by staff and contractors got the building up and running August 27--but only on the first floor,...

UK approves open access; SPARC pushes for more.(newsdesk)(Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... In June, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, was the first public university in the United States to adopt an open access policy regarding scholarly research. Now, SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is offering...

LJ Directors' Summit on fundraising.(newsdesk)(Conference news)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... The LJ Directors' Summit, "Successful Fundraising in a Tough Economy," to be held November 9-10 at Chicago Public Library (CPL), is designed to provide library directors with direct access to some of the most respected leaders in the library...

Proposed closure of UCLA Arts Library spurs protest.(NEWSDESK)(University of California, Los Angeles )(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Following a furlough program approved in July to contend with massive budget shortfalls throughout the University of California system, the library administration of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has appointed study teams to...

Dallas library may merge with cultural affairs.(NEWSDESK)(Dallas Public Library)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Dallas Public Library, like many others, is facing a substantial budget cut--31 percent. But a proposed partial remedy to its strained resources involves a merger with the Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA), a somewhat unusual move given that...

BC cuts PL support 22%.(NEWSDESK)(British Columbia, public library)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... After weeks in which library supporters feared a complete loss of provincial funding--which historically accounts for about ten percent of public library money--officials in British Columbia announced a 22 percent cut, to $13.7 million CAD...

Flint's director to Detroit.(NEWSDESK)(Jo Anne Mondowney as director of Detroit Public Library)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... With rumors about a leadership change persisting since June, Detroit Public Library named Jo Anne Mondowney as its new director. Mondowney was director of the Flint Public Library, MI, since 2005 and worked there for seven years. Before that,...

GA branch closure protest.(NEWSDESK)(Gwinnett County Public Library )(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Major protests are causing the board of the Gwinnett County Public Library (GCPL), Lawrenceville, GA, to reconsider its surprise decision to close the three-year-old Dacula branch and transfer its staff, collections, and funding to a new...

The discovery experience.(WEBCAST ALERT)(Defining Web-Scale Discovery: The Promise of a Unified Search Index for Libraries)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Some 400 attendees last month joined library technology pundits Marshall Breeding and Eric Lease Morgan for the Serials Solutions-sponsored webcast "Defining Web-Scale Discovery: The Promise of a Unified Search Index for Libraries." Breeding...

University of Michigan.(people)(librarian Judith Avery retires)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Librarian Judith Avery, University Library, University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor, retired effective August 31, after 41 years of service.

Poudre River Public Library.(people)(Holly Carroll as executive director)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... The Poudre River Public Library, Fort Collins, CO, Board of Trustees announced July 13 that Holly Carroll, current Deputy Director, Cleveland Public Library, has been selected as the library district's next Executive Director.

North Suffolk Library.(people)(Sara Grajek as children's librarian )(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Sara Grajek is now Children's Librarian at the North Suffolk Library, part of the Suffolk Public Library system, VA. Grajek writes The Magazine Rack column for SLJTeen.

EBSCO.(people)(Kittie Henderson as director of Academic and Law divisions)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... EBSCO has appointed Kittie Henderson Director of its Academic and Law divisions. Henderson was formerly the academic sales manager for the company's Los Angeles office.

Blackwater Regional Library.(people)(Yvonne Hilliard-Bradley as director)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Yvonne Hilliard-Bradley has been named Director of the Blackwater Regional Library (BRL) system, Courtland, VA. She served as BRL's Assistant Director for the past three years after 34 years with the Norfolk Public Library, VA.

Golden Library.(people)(Peg Hooper as manager )(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Peg Hooper is now Manager of the Golden Library, Jefferson County, CO. She was Manager of Colorado's Douglas County Libraries' Neighborhood Library at Lone Tree, the bookmobile, and the Castle Pines Library.

Morris County Library.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Joanne Kares has retired as Director of the Morris County Library, NJ, a post she held since 2005. She is being succeeded by Lynne Oliver.

Christopher J. Prom.(people)(U.S. Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Awardee)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Christopher J. Prom, Assistant University Archivist and Associate Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has received a 2009-10 U.S. Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award and will be a research...

New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Stephen Shorb is Director of the Library at New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi, effective August 1. He comes to NYU from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

University of Maryland.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Patricia Steele is leaving her four-year post as Dean of Indiana University's Libraries, Bloomington, for an identical job at the University of Maryland, College Park. Steele came to Indiana in 1975.

Stephanie Baker Yeager.(people)(Bibliotheca Inc.)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Stephanie Baker Yeager has joined Bibliotheca Inc. as North American Project and Operations Manager, managing customer projects and leading efforts to enhance overall operations.

Sony/OverDrive deal, library access indirect.(infotech)
September 15, 2009... On August 25, Sony announced a new ebook device and an expanded library partnership with vendor OverDrive. With this announcement, Sony aims to position the new Sony Reader Daily Edition as a superior option for library users, in contrast to...

OCLC releases top levels of Dewey as linked data.(infotech)(Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Dewey is getting new life as linked data. OCLC has released the top three levels (including 1100 classes) of the Dewey Decimal Summaries (DDS) as part of an interlinked scheme of uniform resource identifiers (URI). This release is the latest...

OCLC expanding WorldCat's European records.(infotech)(Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... OCLC recently announced deals with a number of European national libraries and other institutions to broaden WorldCat's access to international metadata. Included in the statement: Denmark: OCLC will get access to the holdings in the Danish...

EBSCO delivers open source usage stats software kit.(INFOTECH)(Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative )(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... EBSCO has developed an open source software development kit (SDK) for creating clients and servers for the Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI). The SDK will assist content providers in implementing SUSHI--a key...

Swets offering new options for electronic renewal.(INFOTECH)(eDeal Renewal Service)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Swets is now marketing eDeal Renewal Service, which is integrated into Swets-Wise Subscriptions. The service, the company said, was "developed to assist both publishers and customers in the complicated process involved in renewing eDeals." The...

Auto-Graphics partners with Amigos Consortium.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Auto-Graphics, Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with Amigos Library Services that provides Amigos with distribution rights to Auto-Graphics' AGent suite of library automation solutions, which includes AGent Resource Sharing, an...

Serials Solutions improves reporting for 360 Counter.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Serials Solutions has enhanced reporting for its 360 Counter e-resource assessment service, which allows libraries to report better on cost-per-use and showcase collection development decisions. Reports from 360 Counter now feature "an improved...

Cambridge University Press and library ally on scans.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Cambridge University Press (CUP) has partnered with its parent institution for the Cambridge Library Collection project, which will see thousands of books from the prestigious university's libraries scanned for reprinting. The press said the...

ebrary adds InfoSci-Books titles from IGI Global.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... ebrary is offering InfoSci-Books, an award-winning selection of all books and reference works published since the year 2000 by 161 Global, an industry-leading publisher of advanced computer science and information technology research....

The road ahead.(THE TRANSPARENT LIBRARY)(library administration)(Column)
September 15, 2009... WE'VE BEEN WRITING THIS COLUMN for more than two years, and though it's been a wonderful experience, it's time to move on to other projects and topics. We appreciate the feedback we've received on the LJ site, via emails, and in...

The e-memory revolution: the rise of digital records of daily life means unmatched access to our pasts, presenting both challenge and opportunity to libraries.
September 15, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Stanford University obtained the Buckminster Fuller archive, it heralded it as "one of the most extensive known personal archives in existence." Taking up 2000 linear feet of shelf space, including hundreds of...

No villains: threatened cuts and partial restorations point out the ambiguous politics of library funding.
September 15, 2009... Hard times bring out the ambiguity in politics. Except for fiscal extremists, most politicians in North America want to support their libraries. When LJ planned to name the heroes and villains in the politics of library funding, we rediscovered...

Veterans speak out: Millennials know how to get themselves heard, but nothing speaks as loudly as experience.
September 15, 2009... "There's just no substitute for experience---logging the years to see it all, gaining knowledge through surviving mistakes--and the confidence experience gives." So wrote Jenna Freedman in her introduction to a four-part online series for LJ's...

It's not generational.(NEXTGEN)(being a librarian)
September 15, 2009... THOSE OF US BORN ROUGHLY between 1980 and 2000 are known by several names: Millennials, Generation Y, Generation Next. Much has been written about our learning habits and our use of technology in all aspects of our lives. Less attention is given...

Asimov, Isaac. The Currents of Space.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Asimov, Isaac. The Currents of Space. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 71/2 hrs. BBC Audiobooks America. 2009. ISBN 979-0-7927-6057-3. $74.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; digital download. SF This second title in Asimov's three-book "Galactic...

Barbery, Muriel. The Elegance of the Hedgehog.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Barbery, Muriel. The Elegance of the Hedgehog. tr. from French by Alison Anderson. 8 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 9 1/2 hrs. HighBridge Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-59887-925-1. $29.95; digital download. F This late addition to HighBridge Audio's...

Cain, Tom. No Survivors.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Cain, Tom. No Survivors. 9 CDs. library ed. 11 hrs. Books on Tape. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4159-6113-1. $110; 9 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; digital download. F Pseudonymous British author Cain's second Samuel Carver thriller--following The...

Coelho, Paulo. The Winner Stands Alone.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Coelho, Paulo. The Winner Stands Alone. tr. from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 3/4 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4332-8808-1. $70; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 11 CDs. retail ed. HarperAudio; Playaway...

Davis, Lindsey. Alexandria.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... * Davis, Lindsey. Alexandria. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 1/2 hrs. BBC Audiobooks America. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7927-5959-1. $89.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F In Alexandria to view the wonders of Egypt,...

Donohue, Keith. Angels of Destruction.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... * Donohue, Keith. Angels of Destruction. 12 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 14 1/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4159-6017-2. $100; 12 CDs. retail ed. Random House Audio; digital download. F Donohue follows his New York Times best-selling...

Easter Smith, Anne. The King's Grace.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Easter Smith, Anne. The King's Grace. 20 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 24 3/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4159-6804-8. $129; digital download. F Easter Smith (www.AnneEasterSmith.com) returns to the same turbulent late 15th-century...

Fowler, Christopher. The Victoria Vanishes.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Fowler, Christopher. The Victoria Vanishes. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 1/4 hrs. Clipper Audio: Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4407-2055-0. $102.75; Playaway digital; digital download. F In British author Fowler's...

London, Jack. The Call of the Wild.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... * London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. 3 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 3 3/4 hrs. Naxos AudioBooks. 2009. ISBN 978-962-634-923-6. $22.98; digital download. CLASSIC London's classic tale of survival, about a gentle California dog's gradual...

BBC Audiobooks America partners this month with Hachette Audio to become the exclusive library distributor of its catalog of unabridged fiction and nonfiction audios on CD and MP3-CD and as digital downloads.(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... BBC Audiobooks America partners this month with Hachette Audio to become the exclusive library distributor of its catalog of unabridged fiction and nonfiction audios on CD and MP3-CD and as digital downloads. Hachette titles can be purchased...

Sylvan Dell.(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Picture-book publisher Sylvan Dell's new next-generation multilingual ebook includes an auto-read feature (in English or Spanish, with more languages to come). Sylvan Dell publisher/cofounder Lee German sees the ebooks' target audience as...

Thomas Nelson completes its dramatization of the New King James Version[R] of the Bible this month with the simultaneous release in multiple audio formats of The Word of Promise[R] Old Testament (70 hrs.) and The Complete Audio Bible (97 hrs.), which combines the latter production with The Word of Promise[R] New Testament, named Book of the Year by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association in 2008.(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Thomas Nelson completes its dramatization of the New King James Version[R] of the Bible this month with the simultaneous release in multiple audio formats of The Word of Promise[R] Old Testament (70 hrs.) and The Complete Audio Bible (97 hrs.),...

Currently among the UK Audiobook Publishing Association's listing of 20 Best Audiobook of the Year nominees--determined by public online vote--is Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book (Recorded Books/ HarperAudio), winner of the Audiobook of the Year Award from the U.S. Audio Publishers Association.(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Currently among the UK Audiobook Publishing Association's listing of 20 Best Audiobook of the Year nominees--determined by public online vote--is Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book (Recorded Books/ HarperAudio), winner of the Audiobook of the Year...

Modesitt, L.E., Jr.: Imager.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... * Modesitt, L.E., Jr. Imager. 14 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 18 hrs. Tantor Media. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4001-4180-7. $99.99; 14 CDs. retail ed.; 2 MP3-CDs. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. FANTASY The author of the New York Times...

Morrissey, Di. Heart of the Dreaming.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Morrissey, Di. Heart of the Dreaming. 13 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 16 1/4 hrs. Bolinda Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-7423-3283-3. $34.95. F This 1996 debut novel established one-time actress Morrissey (www.dimorrissey.com) as one of Australia's...

Picoult, Jodi. Handle with Care.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... * Picoult, Jodi. Handle with Care. 15 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 18 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4361-9827-1. $123.75; Playaway digital; digital download. F No. 1 New York Times best-selling author and book-club favorite Picoult...

Silva, Daniel. The Unlikely Spy.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Silva, Daniel. The Unlikely Spy. 15 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 16 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4233-6933-5. $107.97; 15 CDs. retail ed.; 2 MP3-CDs. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Available for the...

Barker, Bob with Digby Diehl. Priceless Memories.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Barker, Bob with Digby Diehl. Priceless Memories. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-60024-553.4. $43.75; 6 CDs. retail ed. Hachette Audio; digital download. AUTOBIOG In his first audiobook, the veteran TV...

Bentley, Peter J.: Why Sh*t Happens: The Science of a Really Bad Day.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Bentley, Peter J. Why Sh*t Happens: The Science of a Really Bad Day. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1.4233-7683-5. $92.97; 7 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; digital download. SCI British...

Gitomer, Jeffrey. Little Red Book of Sales Answers.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Gitomer, Jeffrey. Little Red Book of Sales Answers. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 4 3/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 976-1-4407-1117-6. $56.75; 5 CDs. retail ed. S. & S. Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. BUS Originally...

Peters, Tom. Re-Imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Peters, Tom. Re-Imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age. 7 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 8 1/2 hrs. Phoenix Audio. 2009. ISBN 979-1-59777-240.4. $24.95; digital download. BUS In this audio edition of Peters's (www.tompeters.com) book,...

Pond, Jonathan. Safe Money in Tough Times.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Pond, Jonathan. Safe Money in Tough Times. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 1/2 hrs. Tantor Media. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4001-4165-4. $49.99; 6 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD; retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. ECON [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Simon, Neil. Broadway Bound.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... * Simon, Neil. Broadway Bound. 2 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 2 hrs. L.A. Theatre Works. 2009. ISBN 978-1-58081-391-4. $25.95; Playaway digital; digital download. DRAMA This third and final installment in Simon's semiautobiographical trilogy...

Spelling, Tori. Mommywood.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Spelling, Tori. Mommywood. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7435-8237-7. $43.75; 6 CDs. retail ed. S. & S. Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. AUTOBIOG The somewhat disjointed anecdotes that...

Tuchman, Barbara W.: The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Tuchman, Barbara W. The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 3/4 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4332-1822-4. $99; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. HIST Two-time...

Woodruff, Lee. Perfectly Imperfect.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... Woodruff, Lee. Perfectly Imperfect. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4159-6198-8. $80; 5 CDs. retail ed. Random House Audio; digital download. AUTOBIOG In this follow-up to In an Instant, by Good...

Top-selling BBC Audiobooks America titles, June 2009.(TOP AUDIO)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
September 15, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 Finger Lickin' Fifteen. Janet Evanovich. 7 CDs. Janet Evanovich. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 hrs. ISBN 978-0-7927-6377-2. $74.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F See Major Audio...

Home.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 15, 2009... Home. color. 84 min. Mary Haverstick, The Home Project, dist. by Monterey Media, 800-424-2593; www.montereymedia.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-56994-663-3. $26.95. Rated: PG-13. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Beautiful, touching, yet sometimes...

Pie in the Sky. Series 1.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 15, 2009... Pie in the Sky. Series 1. 3 vols. color. 488+ min. color. Colin Gregg & others, SelectTV/ WitzEnd Prod., dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-82729-9. $49.99. SDH subtitles. F Viewers who enjoyed...

Three Monkeys.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 15, 2009... Three Monkeys. color. 109 min. In Turkish w/English subtitles. Nuri Bilge Ceylan, dist. by Zeitgeist Films, 800-509-0448; www.zeitgeistfilms.com. Nov. 2009. DVD UPC 7-95975-11213-0. $29.99; public performance $195. F In his fifth...

Sylvia Hyman: Eternal Wonder.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 15, 2009... Sylvia Hyman: Eternal Wonder. color & b/w. 70 min. Curt Hahn, Film House, 615-255-4000; results@filmhouse.com. 2008. DVD $39.95; public performance $149.95 + $3.95 s/h. ART-GENERAL This striking documentary illuminates the remarkable...

Lionel[R] Nation 2.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 15, 2009... Lionel[R] Nation 2. colon 60 min. McComas/ Stachler Prods., TM Books & Video, 219-879-2822; www.tmbv.com. 2006. DVD ISBN 976-1-932291-73-5. $19.95. HORRORS This second installment in McComas/ Stachler's "Lionel[R] Nation" series brings...

Great American Bestsellers: The Books That Shaped America.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 15, 2009... Great American Bestsellers: The Books That Shaped America. (Great Courses). 2 vols. 4 discs. 12 hrs. with transcripts. Teaching Co., 800-TEACH-12; www.libraryteach12.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-59802-535-3. $109.95. Public performance. LIT ...

Dominick Dunne: After the Party.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 15, 2009... Dominick Dunne: After the Party. colon 85+ min. Kirsty de Garis & Timothy Jolley, Road Trip Film & Film Art Doco, dist. by IndiePix, indiepixfilms.com. 2009. DVD UPC 8-99556-00110-0. $24.95; digital download $14.95. BIOG The debut...

The Ride of Their Lives.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 15, 2009... The Ride of Their Lives. color & b/w. 93+ min. Rory Karpf, NASCAR Media Group & CMT Films, dist. by Paramount Home Entertainment, www.paramount.com/ homeentertainment. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-4157-1731-8. $24.99. SPORTS As popular as...

The Madoff Affair.(Ripped Off: Madoff and the Scamming of America)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 15, 2009... The Madoff Affair. colon 60 min., Marcela Gaviria & Martin Smith, Frontline & RAINMedia, WGBH-Boston, dist. by PBS Home Video, shoppbs.org/educatiun. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-0-7936-7073-4. $24.99. Closed-captioned. Ripped Off: Madoff and...

Two nonprofits--the media arts organization Third World Newsreel (www.twn.org) and the "community-building" Hip-Hop Association (www.hiphopassociation.org) have launched H2ONewsreel, a new film distribution label offering "a global view of the hip-hop cultural movement.".(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... Two nonprofits--the media arts organization Third World Newsreel (www.twn.org) and the "community-building" Hip-Hop Association (www.hiphopassociation. org) have launched H2ONewsreel, a new film distribution label offering "a global view of the...

In August, E1 Entertainment became the sole U.S. distributor of DVD/Blu-ray titles for both PorchLight Entertainment, whose home entertainment division closed in April, and The Disinformation Company (www.disinfo.com), whose titles had previously been distributed through Ryko.(Brief article)
September 15, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In August, E1 Entertainment became the sole U.S. distributor of DVD/Blu-ray titles for both PorchLight Entertainment (see News Briefs, LJ 9/1/09), whose home entertainment division closed in April, and The...