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Federal Arbitrator Slams EPA Over Library Closings
A federal arbitrator investigating the Environmental Protections Agency’s library closures said the group violated provisions of its collective bargaining agreement with its union members.
Ingram Digital and ALPSP Strike Ebook Partnership
Ingram Digital and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers are partnering “to establish a new co-operative eBook service” for the academic community.
Rowling: Harry Potter Lexicon a “Rip Off”
J.K. Rowling seethed that RDR Books’ Harry Potter Lexicon is a “rip off of the type I have spent years trying to prevent” in court papers filed to block the book’s publication. The case will be tried March 13. (For more on Rowling, see In the Bookroom blog.) |
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Wyatt’s World: Five Looks at the World of Oil
Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil by John Ghazvinian (Harcourt)
Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline by Lisa Margonelli (Nan A. Talese)
The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World by Paul Roberts (Mariner)
The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea by Steve LeVine (Random)
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin (Free Pr.)
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Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900–1934.
4 vols. color & b/w. 739 min. with book. National Film Preservation Fdn.,
dist. by Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Suite 200,
Chatsworth, CA 91311-6104; 818-407-9100;
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DVDISBN 978-0-9747099-4-9. $89.99. film
“If you want to send a message, call Western Union,” movie-studio honcho Jack Warner used to tell directors. But even before Hollywood’s heyday, filmmakers dealt with social themes—a trend on display in this sweeping collection of 48 films ranging from shorts to features. Loan sharking, racism, infectious diseases, immigration, poverty, prohibition, and unionism are just a smattering of the subjects addressed in these early films—both silent and sound—which are accompanied by new musical scores and expert commentaries. Ninety years before Knocked Up barely referenced abortion in a comedy, Where Are My Children? tackled the topic head-on in a drama. In the biggest-name entry, Christians take on atheists in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Godless Girl, which shines a light on reform schools. Although some films are blatantly propagandistic, others couch their points in reasonably entertaining stories. Whether they “telegraphed” them or not, early filmmakers weren’t afraid to send a message. Supplemented by a booklet of program notes, this scrupulously restored compilation serves as a historical chronicle and a real treat for serious cinema fans. For most collections.
—Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA
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| FICTION |
10. Dark of the Moon
John Sandford
11. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
12. The Almost Moon
Alice Sebold
• Full List
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10. 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life
Don Piper
11. Power to the People
Laura Ingraham
12. It's All About Him
Denise Jackson with Ellen Vaughn
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• Paraprofessional of the Year 2008
Multnomah County Library’s Steve Roskoski is the parapro on the go, mastering reader’s advisory, ILL, and reference—and he loves working with people.
• Job Satisfaction Survey: I Love Librarianship
The third leg of LJ’s survey shows librarians hearts are in their work, but salary, gender, bureaucracy, bad budgets, and other serious issues make it a love/hate relationship.
• DVD Resource
DVDs are hot, hot, hot, so get the inside line from Video Business magazine and LJ on more than 160 new DVD titles being released in coming months, and sign up for a trial subscription.
• Tag Team Review No. 2: Campaigning for President
Reference librarian Dennis Seese and director Gloria Creed-Dikeogu square off over Jordan M. Wright’s recent Campaigning for President: Memorabilia from the Nation’s Finest Private Collection.
• ALA/IIDA Interior Design Award Nominations Wanted
Any library completing an interior design project between October 1, 2005 and October 1, 2007 should submit project information for the American Library Association/International Interior Design Association awards. Click for full information |
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