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Library Journal archives from March 2004

Listen to the young: the next generation of librarians is already taking over.(Editorial)(Editorial)
March 15, 2004... "Listen to the young, they will win in the end." That sentence has haunted my career for the last 30 years or more. It has been attributed to poet Rainer Maria Rilke, although I am not sure he ever said it. When I was a young librarian, out...

Sivulich forced to retire in Jacksonville.(Late Bulletins)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... After Mayor John Peyton asked for a partial freeze on materials and hiring librarians at the Jacksonville Public Library System, FL (see News, LJ 3/1/04, p. 17ff.), library director Ken Sivulich was asked to retire by the board chair, who...

MIT chooses one-year STM deals.(Late Bulletins)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... Unlike some other institutions, which declined "big deals" for STM journals and decided to select individual titles, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has chosen a one-year access deal with major STM publishers Elsevier and...

E-rate efficacy questioned.(Late Bulletins)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... According to a federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) document, the E-rate program--more formally, the Schools and Libraries portion of the Universal Service Fund--is rated "results not demonstrated." While OMB acknowledges much...

ALA joins booksellers, writers to fight Patriot Act.(Late Bulletins)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... The American Library Association, along with the American Booksellers Association and PEN American Center, has launched a nationwide effort to get one million signatures to support legislation amending Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act,...

COA announces accreditation actions.(Late Bulletins)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... The Committee on Accreditation (COA) of the American Library Association (ALA) has announced accreditation actions taken at the 2004 ALA Midwinter Meeting. Released from conditional accreditation were the Master of Library Science (MLS) and...

CIPA deadline looms, large PLs in poorer areas squeezed: compliance varies; KS, WA offer statewide help; state versions proposed; filter implementation to be challenged?(News)
March 15, 2004... As the July I deadline approaches for implementing the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), an informal LJ survey suggests that the libraries with the most to lose--large libraries in poorer jurisdictions-are the most likely to comply....

Reversing vandalism.(News)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] REVERSING VANDALISM: The San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) has launched an exhibit featuring artwork created from the remains of books that were mutilated by a knife-wielding patron in 2001. By the time the...

BioMed Central changes tack: flat fee becomes "per article published"; can institutions shift?(News)
March 15, 2004... Although it initially offered institutional memberships on a flat fee basis, open access publisher BioMed Central (BMC) has told members and supporters that institutional renewals for 2005 will be calculated on an estimated "per article...

SLA to operate under acronym: after name change debate, "special libraries" seen as disadvantage.(News)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... At the Special Libraries Association's (SLA) Leadership Summit, held in Albuquerque, NM, on January 21-24, the SLA board voted to "brand" the association as SLA, keeping the full legal name but adopting the acronym under the "doing business...

Atlanta-Fulton PL director keeps job: sensitivity and management training prescribed; staffers critical.(News)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... Following the recommendation of a consultant (see News, LJ 3/1/04, p. 17), the board of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System (AFPLS) has ordered Director Mary Kaye Hooker to attend management and sensitivity training. In the equal...

Frampton comes alive in Ohio.(News)
March 15, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE IN OHIO: Rock star Peter Frampton may have lost some hair but not his appeal to fans. The 1970s icon drew a crowd of 550 when he visited the Green Township Branch of the Public Library of...

Budget roundup: cuts have impact: Santa Cruz furloughs, Minneapolis services suffer, Canadian PLs hit.(News)
March 15, 2004... To help balance the $10.7 million budget, California's Santa Cruz Public Library's nine-member oversight board approved closing the library April 6-10. The week-long furlough of workers in all ten branches will save $100,000 in personnel...

Bathroom attack in Philadelphia lib.: eight-year-old assaulted; assailant had been banned from Central.(News)
March 15, 2004... On February 7, an eight-year-old girl went to the ladies room in the Independence Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. A 23-year-old man followed her, beat her, and tried to rape her, leaving her unconscious. Brian McCutcheon later...

Brownwood Public Library.(Public Libraries)
March 15, 2004... At the Brownwood Public Library, TX, the Black History Month display included figurines of Little Black Sambo and Aunt Jemima, as well as antique dolls, African art, and books like Uncle Tom's Cabin. Exhibit organizer Carol Spratt, who is...

Steven Hawk.(Public Libraries)(to head Newark Public Library System)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... After retiring as director of the Akron-Summit County Public Library (see Late Bulletins, LJ 2/15/04, p. 13), Steven Hawk, on July 1, will head the Newark Public Library System near Columbus, OH. According to the Beacon-Journal, while Hawk...

Escondido Public Library.(Public Libraries)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... A jury has rejected a lawsuit brought against the Escondido Public Library, CA, by a disabled man after his personal assistance dog was mauled by the facility's resident cat. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Richard Espinosa says he...

Hettie Pierce Public Library.(Public Libraries)(receives bequest)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... The one-room, 1200 square foot Hettie Pierce Public Library, Trempealeau, WI, gained a surprise $1 million bequest from Shirley Minkewitz Wright, who left the bulk of her estate to the library of her childhood. The town of 1300 had already...

Clermont County.(Public Libraries)
March 15, 2004... Officers of the Clermont County, OH, Sheriff's Department arrested Melissa Waybright after finding as much as $10,000 worth of VHS tapes and DVDs in her apartment, apparently stolen from area libraries. Waybright was able to amass such a...

University of Hawaii at Manoa.(Academic Libraries)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... The University of Hawaii at Manoa's Hamilton Library faces a reduction to its serials budget in excess of $500,000. The library will consider discontinuing either the print or online version of serials that are purchased in both formats.

University of South Carolina.(Academic Libraries)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... The University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia, has acquired for the Thomas Cooper Library the personal papers Boston-based novelist George V. Higgins, who died in 1999. The collection consists of drafts edited typescripts and proofs of...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.(Academic Libraries)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... A gift of nearly $1 million from the estate of Gladys Hall Coates will establish the Albert and Gladys Coates Endowment Fund to benefit the North Carolina Collection in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Wilson Library. Income...

Scotland.(National/International News)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... For the fifth straight year, circulation has declined in Scotland's libraries--all because local councils have cut funding by about 30 percent in five years, according to the Scottish Press Association. Less than 25 percent of Scots are...

Vaclav Havel.(National/International News)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... Dissident-turned-politician Vaclav Navel plans to establish a presidential library. According to the Associated Press, the library will collect Havel's papers and literary works--he is a well-known playwright--and also house exhibitions on...

EBSCO reflects on 60 years and a bright future: top executives discuss electronic delivery, subscription management, secondary databases, and book projects.(Industry Profile)
March 15, 2004... There's nary a library that doesn't use products or services--usually both--from EBSCO Information Services and EBSCO Publishing. In 2004, EBSCO will mark its 60th year of supplying libraries with everything from magazines to electronic...

HP releasing TIME archive: database will contain full 80-year run of venerable magazine.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... HP Digital Asset Management has cut a deal to produce a digital archive of the complete run of TIME magazine. According to HE "The archive, which will be designed, developed, and implemented using HP Digital Asset Management technology, will...

Brodart aiding small publishers: GEMS database gleans best offerings from 4000 book houses.(Industry News)
March 15, 2004... Libraries looking to build their collections beyond the offerings of the big publishing houses should investigate a new offering from Brodart Books Division. Called GEMS, the service includes a newsletter highlighting a small number of titles...

Bowker release targets patrons: PatronBooksInPrint.com offers many customizable searches.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2004... No doubt feeling the pinch from Amazon.com trespassing on its territory, R.R. Bowker is striking back with the release of PatronBooksInPrint.com, "a patron focused version" of booksinprint. com. Bowker said that the new release was designed...

Big ideas and small solutions.(Digital Libraries)
March 15, 2004... INNOVATIONS ARE SORELY needed for libraries to compete with Google and Amazon. Big ideas can sketch out the future, while small solutions can--in building block fashion--help develop that future. By "small solution" I don't mean trivial....

Calendar.(Calendar)
March 15, 2004... "Viva Lake Las Vegas" at NLA; WLA/PNLA Joint Conference begins "A New Season"; "Life, Libraries & the Pursuit of Happiness" at PaLA MAY 5-7--Maryland Library Association (MdLA) 2004 Conference, Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel,...

Conference planner.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
March 15, 2004... American Assn. of Law Libraries (AALL): Boston, Jul. 10-14. American Library Assn. (ALA): Orlando, Jun. 24-30; Midwinter Meeting: Boston, Jan. 14-19, 2005. American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST): Providence,...

Other important dates.(Calendar)
March 15, 2004... Lesbian & Gay Book Month: Jun. Library Card Sign-Up Month: Sept. Library Legislative Day: May 3-4. National Book Month: Jan. National Library Week: Apr. 18-24. National Poetry Month: Apr.

What's the difference? Gorman vs. Stripling: LJ compares candidates for president of the American Library Association.(Cover Story)
March 15, 2004... THERE IS A PROBLEM with the elections of the American Library Association (ALA). Voter "turnout" is so low that only 4,221 votes decided the incoming ALA president, and only 9,844 members cast ballots. ALA's enfranchised membership is getting...

Subtle tactics win votes: libraries across the country get support in spite of tough times and voter fatigue.(Public library 2003: referenda)
March 15, 2004... DOES SANTA CLAUS like libraries? In Arapahoe County, CO, he does and even campaigned for the successful holiday season operating levy for the library. The stories that come out of this year's referenda reinforce the political nature of...

Weighing in with first fiction.(First novels: fall/winter 2003/04)
March 15, 2004... LOOKING FOR A good novel? Hoping to find something by someone just breaking into print? Then look no further: LJ's retrospective of last season's best fiction debuts is here. True, Jhumpa Lahiri and Tobias Wolff, two of the first novelists...

The jobless recovery.(2003 Best Business Books)
March 15, 2004... WE MAY REMEMBER 2003 as file third year of the postbubble economy and the year of the jobless recovery. While the economy is growing at a rate of about 2.5 percent, economists estimate we need four to five percent to begin hiring people...

Find your image between the extremes.(Nextgen)
March 15, 2004... IS THERE ANOTHER profession that spends as much time worrying about its outward image as ours? Perhaps, but of all of the professional issues librarians face, image seems to elicit opinions front everyone. This may be owing to its personal...

When firing someone is the only choice.(Your Money's Worth)
March 15, 2004... THOSE OF US WHO have moved around in the library world know about this problem: at your new job you inherit a staff your predecessor hired, and there is a legacy manager who you know is not going work out. Alas, however, this person has been...

Prepub alert.
March 15, 2004... COMING IN JULY 2004... big names like Deaver, Erdrich, and Mosley, strong second efforts from D'Erasmo and O'Dell, and hardcover opportunities for Dodd and McBride. Nonfiction is surprisingly serious for the summer months, ranging from the...

Prepub best sellers: week ending February 21, 2004.
March 15, 2004... 1 3rd Degree [F] James Patterson & Andrew Gross. Little, Brown. Mar. ISBN 0-316-60357-0. $26.95. 2 Bad Business [F] Robert B. Parker. Putnam. Mar. ISBN 0-399-15145-1. $24.95. 3 Firestorm [F] Iris Johansen. Bantam. Mar. ISBN...

Kudos to "legitimate" review(er)s: there's more to those anonymous customer reviews than you think.(Inside Track)
March 15, 2004... The Valentine's Day news that an "Amazon Glitch..." (New York Times) on the company's Canadian site had "outed" thousands of anonymous consumers, presumably readers, who posted reviews there gave me a certain smug satisfaction. After all,...

Carlson, Karen J., M.D. & others. The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... * Carlson, Karen J., M.D. & others. The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health. Belknap: Harvard Univ. Apr. 2004. c.704p. illus. index. ISBN 0-674-01282-8. $55; pap. ISBN 0-674-01343-3. $24.95. REF First published in 1996, this guide has...

The Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... The Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality. Continuum. 2003. c. 1440p. ed. by Robert T. Francoeur & Raymond J. Noonan. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8264-1488-5. $195. REF Francoeur (The Complete Dictionary of Sexology) and...

The Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... * The Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America. 3 vols. Scribner Reference: Gale Group. (American Civilization). 2003. 1423p. ed. by Mare Stein. illus. index. ISBN 0-684-31261-1. $380. REF This...

Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... * Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850. 2 vols. Fitzroy Dearborn: Taylor & Francis. 2003. c.1328p, ed. by Christopher John Murray. illus. index. ISBN 1-57958-361-X. $250. REF This two-volume set is a masterly accomplishment. Its...

Hendrickson, Robert. The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Hendrickson, Robert. The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins. 3d ed. Facts On File. 2003. 822p. index. ISBN 0-8160-4813 4. $82.50. REF This reference work on the history, origin, and current meaning of common words and...

A History of Women in the United States: A State-by-State Reference.(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... A History of Women in the United States: A State-by-State Reference. 4 vols. Grolier. 2003. 1625p. ed. by Doris Weatherford, illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7172-5805-X. $349. REF This four-volume encyclopedia of state-specific...

Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia. 2 vols. ABC-CLIO. 2003. 1032p. ed, by Leslie Houlden. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-57607-856-6. $185. REF This encyclopedia contains nearly 200 entries, unfolds from the scholarly...

Latino and Latina Writers.(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... * Latino and Latina Writers. 2 vols. Scribner. 2003. 1072p. ed. by Alan West-Durzin. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-684-31293-X. $265. REF Blending is a facet of Latino identity. In fact, Latinos are the latest amalgam in a series of...

Lewis, James R. The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Lewis, James R. The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences. 2d ed. Omnigraphics. 2003. 889p. illus. index. ISBN 0-7808-0719-7. $52. REF Lewis (religious studies, Univ. of Wisconsin, Stevens Point; The Dream Encyclopedia)...

The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... * The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio. 3 vols. Fitzroy Dearborn: Taylor & Francis. 2003. 1696p. ed. by Christopher H. Sterling. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-57958-249-4. $375. REF Sterling (media & public...

The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases. Oxford Univ. 2004. 357p. ed. by Anna Farkas. index. ISBN 0-19-866280-7. $25. REF The introduction to this delightful volume explains that the word catchphrase originally was less than complimentary...

The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations. 2d ed. Oxford Univ. 2004. 544p. ed. by Peter Kemp. index. ISBN 0 19-866281-5. $30. REF Celebrating over 3000 years of writing, this expanded edition is chock full of literary gems. Open it...

The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods. 3 vols. Sage. 2004. 1305p. ed. by Michael S. Lewis-Beck & others. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7619-2363-2. $550. REF The entry under "Cohort Perspectives" in Macmillan's 1992...

Blumer, Thomas John. Catawba Indian Pottery: The Survival of a Folk Tradition.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Blumer, Thomas John. Catawba Indian Pottery: The Survival of a Folk Tradition. Univ. of Alabama. Mar. 2004. c.232p. illus. index. ISBN 0 8173-1383-4. $65; pap. ISBN 0-8173-5061-6. $34.95. DEC ARTS At last, here's a book on Native American...

Boskovits, Miklos & David Alan Brown. Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century: the Collection of the National Gallery of Art; Systematic Catalogue.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Boskovits, Miklos & David Alan Brown. Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century: The Collection of the National Gallery of Art; Systematic Catalogue. Oxford Univ. 2004. 800p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0 89468 305 5. $85. FINE ARTS ...

De Long, David G. Auldbrass: Frank Lloyd Wright's Southern Plantation.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... De Long, David G. Auldbrass: Frank Lloyd Wright's Southern Plantation. Rizzoli, dist. by St. Martin's. 2004. 276p. illus. index. ISBN 0-8478-2536-1. $45. ARCHITECTURE A privately owned plantation estate in Yemassee, SC, Auldbrass is...

Friedman, Marilyn F. Selling Good Design: Promoting the Early Modern Interior.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Friedman, Marilyn F. Selling Good Design: Promoting the Early Modern Interior. Rizzoli, dist. by St. Martin's. 2003. 160p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8478-2585-X. $50; pap. ISBN 0-8478-2545-0. $35. INTERIOR DESIGN Before the advent...

Garner, Gretchen. Disappearing Witness: Change in Twentieth-Century American Photography.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Garner, Gretchen. Disappearing Witness: Change in Twentieth-Century American Photography. Johns Hopkins Univ. 2003. 306p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8018-7167-0. $34.95. PHOTOG A photographer; independent scholar, editor, and curator,...

Greene, Stanley. Open Wound: Chechnya 1994 to 2003.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Greene, Stanley. Open Wound: Chechnya 1994 to 2003. Trolley, dist. by Phaidon. 2003. 230p. photogs. ISBN 1-904563-01-5. $59.95. PHOTOG Chechnya is a distant but persistent horror. It is also an enigma: a remnant of the Soviet Union...

Hedgecoe, John. The New Manual of Photography.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Hedgecoe, John. The New Manual of Photography. DK. 2003. 416p. illus. index. ISBN 0-7894-9637-2. $40. PHOTOG This fine book provides a thorough, up-to-the-moment overview of virtually all aspects of photography. The author of numerous...

Kuspit, Donald. The End of Art.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Kuspit, Donald. The End of Art. Cambridge Univ. Apr. 2004. c.201p. illus. index. ISBN 0-521-83252-7. $25. FINE ARTS Renowned art critic Kuspit's proclamation in the title of his latest book seems to come a bit after the fact. Haven't we...

Levitt, Helen. Here and There.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Levitt, Helen. Here and There. powerHouse. Mar. 2004. 119p. photogs. ISBN 1-57687-165-7. $40. PHOTOG Levitt is one of the best-known documentary photographers of the 20th century, yet 90 of the 110 memorable photographs in this book have...

Lyons, Tryna. The Artists of Nathadwara: The Practice of Painting in Rajasthan.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Lyons, Tryna. The Artists of Nathadwara: The Practice of Painting in Rajasthan. Indiana Univ. Apr. 2004. c.360p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-253-34417-4. $60. FINE ARTS Independent scholar Lyons here presents the results of extensive...

Myerson, Jeremy & Philip Ross. The 21st Century Office: Architecture and Design for the New Millennium.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Myerson, Jeremy & Philip Ross. The 21st Century Office: Architecture and Design for the New Millennium. Rizzoli, dist. by St. Martin's. 2003. 240p. illus. index. ISBN 0-8478-2571 X. $50; pap. ISBN 0-8478-2552-3. $35. ARCHITECTURE What...

Nickel, Douglas R. Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine: A Victorian Photographer Abroad.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Nickel, Douglas R. Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine: A Victorian Photographer Abroad. Princeton Univ. 2004. 240p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-691-11515-X. $65. PHOTOG The director of the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson,...

Oguibe, Olu. The Culture Game.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Oguibe, Olu. The Culture Game. Univ. of Minnesota. 2004. c.364p. illus. index. ISBN 0-8166-4130-7. $68.95; pap. ISBN 0-8166-4131-5. $24.95. FINE ARTS A Nigerian-born artist, curator, and scholar, Oguibe (art & art history, Univ. of...

St. Mark's: The Art and Architecture of Church and State in Venice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... St. Mark's: The Art and Architecture of Church and State in Venice. Riverside. 2003. 319p. ed. by Ettore Vio. tr. from Italian by Huw Evans. illus. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 1 878351-583. $85. FINE ARTS An expanded deluxe version of...

Weigert, Laura. Weaving Sacred Stories: French Choir Tapestries and the Performance of Clerical Identity.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Weigert, Laura. Weaving Sacred Stories: French Choir Tapestries and the Performance of Clerical Identity. Cornell Univ. Mar. 2004. c.224p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8014-4008-4. $49.95. FINE ARTS As the house of God, medieval...

Atkin, Jacqui. Handbuilt Pottery Techniques Revealed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Atkin, Jacqui. Handbuilt Pottery Techniques Revealed. Barron's. 2004. 160p. ISBN 0-7641-2666-0. pap. $23.95. ART INSTRUCTION This is a fun, innovative, but incomplete book on the art of handbuilding pottery. An experienced teacher and...

Boynton, Lee & Linda Gottlieb. Painting the Impressionist Watercolor.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Boynton, Lee & Linda Gottlieb. Painting the Impressionist Watercolor. Watson-Guptill. 2004. 144p. ISBN 0-8230-2501-2. pap. $24.95. ART INSTRUCTION Several books teach impressionist oil painting, but this is the first comprehensive volume...

Garcia, Claire Watson. Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Garcia, Claire Watson. Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner. Watson-Guptill. 2003. 160p. ISBN 0-8230-1395-2. pap. $19.95. ART INSTRUCTION This is simply the best beginners' drawing book available. Garcia gently teaches how to...

Hedgpeth, Kevin & Stephen Missal. Exploring Drawing for Animation.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Hedgpeth, Kevin & Stephen Missal. Exploring Drawing for Animation. Delmar: Internat. Thomson. 2004. 238p. ISBN 1-4018-2419-6. pap. $34.95. ART INSTRUCTION As the animation field moves toward the advertising, television entertainment, and...

Lindstrand, Doug. Bear: the Ultimate Artist's Reference.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Lindstrand, Doug. Bear: The Ultimate Artist's Reference. Fox Chapel. 2004. 111p. ISBN 1-56523-214-3. pap. $19.95. Lindstrand, Doug. Deer: The Ultimate Artist's Reference. Fox Chapel. 2003. 111p. ISBN 1-56523-195-3. pap. $19.95. ...

Petterson, Melvyn & Colin Gale. The Instant Printmaker: Printing Methods to Try at Home and in the Studio.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Petterson, Melvyn & Colin Gale. The Instant Printmaker: Printing Methods To Try at Home and in the Studio. Watson-Guptill. 2003. 128p. ISBN 0-8230-2526-8. pap. $24.95. ART INSTRUCTION Petterson and Gale, who previously collaborated on...

Scotchie, Virginia. Setting Up Your Ceramic Studio: Ideas & Plans from Working Artists.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Scotchie, Virginia. Setting Up Your Ceramic Studio: Ideas & Plans from Working Artists. Lark: Sterling. 2003. 128p. ISBN 1-57990-422-X. $24.95. ART INSTRUCTION Professional ceramic artist and head of ceramics at the University of South...

Soan, Hazel. Hazel Soan's African Watercolors.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Soan, Hazel. Hazel Soan's African Watercolor. HarperCollins UK, dist. by Trafalgar Square. 2004. 128p. ISBN 0-00-714384-2. $29.95. ART INSTRUCTION This is a superb book for any watercolor artist, beginner or pro. Whether or not one is...

Terayama, Tanchu. Zen Brushwork: Focusing the Mind with Calligraphy and Painting.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Terayama, Tanchu. Zen Brushwork: Focusing the Mind with Calligraphy and Painting. Kodansha, dist. by Oxford Univ. 2004. 96p. tr. from Japanese by Thomas F. Judge & John Stevens. ISBN 4-7700-2944-6. pap. $28. ART INSTRUCTION Instructional...

Cassady, Neal. Collected Letters (1944-1967).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Cassady, Neal. Collected Letters (1944-1967). Penguin. Apr. 2004. c.476p. ed. by Dave Moore. index. ISBN 0-14-200217-8. pap. $17. LIT Neal Cassady (1926-68), whose life ended prematurely alongside a railroad track in Mexico after a night...

Farr, Judith with Louise Carter. The Gardens of Emily Dickinson.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Farr, Judith with Louise Carter. The Gardens of Emily Dickinson. Harvard Univ. Apr. 2004. c.352p. illus. index. ISBN 0-674-01293-3. $26.95. LIT In this first major study of our beloved poet Dickinson's devotion to gardening, Farr (The...

Grassian, Daniel. Hybrid Fictions: American Literature and Generation X.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Grassian, Daniel. Hybrid Fictions: American Literature and Generation X. McFarland. Mar. 2004. 201p. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7864-1632-7. pap. $35. LIT In this study of the current state of American literature, Grassian (English, Temple...

Heflin, Wilson. Herman Melville's Whaling Years.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Heflin, Wilson. Herman Melville's Whaling Years. Vanderbilt Univ. Mar. 2004. c.384p. ed. by Mary K. B. Edwards & Thomas F. Heffernan. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8265-1382-4. $45. LIT This meticulous study of the four years Melville...

Le Guin, Ursula K. The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Le Guin, Ursula K. The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination. Shambhala, dist. by Random. 2004. 336p. ISBN 1-59030 006-8. pap. $16.95. LIT Le Guin enjoys an honored reputation as a winner of the...

Pickering, Sam. The Best of Pickering.(Waltzing the Magpies: A Year in Australia)(Book Review)
March 15, 2004... Pickering, Sam. The Best of Pickering. c.320p. ISBN 0-472-11378-X. $27. Pickering, Sam. Waltzing the Magpies: A Year in Australia. c.304p. ISBN 0-472-11377-1. $26. ea. vol: Univ. of Michigan. May 2004. LIT Pickering (English, Univ....

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