August 10, 2010

NEWS

The Dallas PL will take a major hits to its budget, forcing reduced hours at its Central Library, but branch operations will remain intact, although staff cuts will require DPL to "create a new service model," interim director Corinne Hill told LJ. > > >

Unlike Dallas, budget reductions will allow Stamford, CT's, Ferguson Library branches to be open only once a week, while the main facility also trims its operating hours. A new state law, however, will allow the library to seek additional funding from the municipality's Board of Representatives, so hope remains. > > >

OCLC Dubbs Skyriver Suit a "Regretable Action" That Is "Without Merit"
OCLC has come out swinging, calling the recent antitrust suit filed against it by SkyRiver Technology Solutions and ILS vendot Innovative Interfaces a "regrettable action"... "without merit," and wants to "assure the OCLC membership and all 72,000 libraries that use one or more OCLC services that these spurious allegations will not divert us from our current plans and activities." > > >

Libraries Score in Michigan Elections
Michigan voters showed the library love August, passing 29 out of 32 referenda for library millages. > > >

COSLA Releases Ebook Feasability Report
The report, Ebook Feasaiblity Study for Public Libraries, released recently by COSLA calls for a national buying pool for ebook purchasing and for librarians to "create our own destiny," and an end to "allowing others to decide these things for public libraries." > > >


Wyatt's World

Wyatt's World: Poems For a Hot Summer Day—Five Places To Start and Collections To Ponder

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Review

Hughes, Adam. Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes.

DC Comics. 2010. 205p. illus. ISBN 9781401227821. $47.99. ART

This handsome volume collects more than 150 of the illustrations Hughes produced in his 20+ years as DC's cover specialist. Although launching his DC career with the Justice League of America, his forte has been female heroes/villains, most notably Wonder Woman/Catwoman, respectively, with Power Girl and some others added for ballast. Hughes melds athletic with voluptuous—his Wonder Woman especially is a knockout combination of buff and bountiful (there's a humorous cover of the current steely sinewed glamazon bulging out of her American flag undies thrust face to shocked face with her 1940s bloomered and butter-muscled counterpart). Rough sketches and alternate takes accompany each completed illustration along with a caption by the artist providing background on how he approached the project, including his sometimes use of Photoshop in several works, his often customized color schemes, etc. A fun bonus is the jacket illustration of Catwoman stealing comics sporting Hughes's covers and blurbs from his subjects' alternate identities praising the book. VERDICT Hughes's fans and comics heads who like their supers smoking hot are the first-string readers for this, but those generally interested in comics art and even digital art also will enjoy it.

—Mike Rogers, Library Journal



Xpress Reviews

Xpress Reviews—First Look at New Books
Justin Peacock's Blind Man's Alley, Sean Wilentz's Bob Dylan in America, Coltrane on Coltrane, and more reviews just in! > > >

HIGHLIGHTS

Music for the Masses: Q&A with MLA Prez McTyre
LJ columnist Matthew Moyer talks to Ruthann B. McTyre, MLS, head of Rita Benton Music Library (RBML), Iowa City, and president of the Music Library Association (MLA) about the evolution of music librarianship, building a music collection on any budget, and more. > > >

Job of the Week

White Tank Branch Library Manager
Manages the Maricopa County Library District's (Phoenix, Arizona) newest branch (opening November 2010) LEED Certified building located on spectacular west-side site with White Tank Regional Park Nature Center. Deweyless branch with 75,000 item collection, 68 public computers, dedicated "Teen Oasis" and children's area; state of the art technology and on-site café. Responsible for daily supervision and planning of library operations, including professional, paraprofessional and clerical staff; plans public programming, provides reference and reader's advisory services, participates in developing budgets and strategic goals, and initiates community contact and involvement. Master's Degree in Library Science, 4 years of professional library experience and 2 years of supervisory experience required.> > >

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