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New Orleans PL Releases $650M Rebuilding Plan
The underfunded, Katrina-ravaged New Orleans PL has presented a $650 million master plan to create a “world class library system” by 2030.
RefWorks Marketing RefAware Alert Service
RefWorks has debuted RefAware, an “online personal research assistant and monitoring service.”
Rowling’s Potter Finale Splitting into Two Films
Citing story length and complicated plotting, author J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. execs will film series finale Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in two parts. |
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Wyatt’s World: Mysteries Not to Miss
Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie (Bloomsbury)
Die with Me by Elena Forbes (MacAdam/Cage)
The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang (S&S)
They Did It with Love by Kate Morgenroth (Plume)
The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte by Laura Joh Rowland (Overlook)
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Library of the Year Deadline Extended
LJ seeks role-model libraries to vie for the honor of being the Library Journal/Gale Cengage Learning Library of the Year 2008. The $10,000 prize celebrates the library that most profoundly demonstrates service to the community, creativity and innovation in developing specific community programs or a dramatic increase in library usage, and leadership in creating programs that can be emulated by other libraries. Deadline has been extended to April 1, so get your nominations in!
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Gillon, Steven M.
The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry That Defined a Generation.
Oxford Univ. Pr. Jun. 2008. 384p. index. ISBN: 978-0-19-532278-1. $24.95. HIST
It’s difficult to imagine how two men, so apparently different, could find themselves in a symbiotic relationship that ended with both their political careers in shambles. Gillon, widely published author, U. of Oklahoma history professor, and resident historian at the History Channel, explains that the two shared a personal chemistry despite their ideological differences, which was based, in no small measure, on their common formative experiences, from difficult childhoods through political maturation in the turbulent Sixties. Drawing on personal interviews with the two principals as well as many of their key aides, e.g., Erskine Bowles and Arne Christenson, chiefs of staff to Clinton and Gingrich, respectively, and Gingrich’s personal papers, Gillon sheds more light on the political instincts of both men than any other book yet written about either. Surely to be most discussed is the revelation that Clinton and Gingrich were working on an agreement to bring Social Security and Medicare to solvency, perhaps forever. But, with the news of Clinton’s sexual improprieties, the deal fell through, and following Republican losses in the House in the 1998 elections, and under investigation himself, Gingrich resigned as Speaker. This excellent book should be an essential acquisition for all libraries.
—Thomas J. Baldino, Wilkes Univ., Wilkes-Barre, PA
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1. Double Cross
James Patterson
2. T Is for Trespass
Sue Grafton
3. Book of the Dead
Patricia Cornwell
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1. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert
2. You: Staying Young
Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D
3. Deceptively Delicious
Jessica Seinfeld
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• After Oil
The diminishing stock of the world’s crude supply will affect all facets of life. Libraries need to plan ahead and prepare for the inevitable changes now to become a part of the sustainable societal infrastructure later.
• Rising Tides: Best Business Books
Beyond your standard economics and finance manuals, these 40 titles offer biographies and histories, too.
• Editorial: The Borders Concept
Border’s new “concept store” takes its cues from libraries sans the public service ethos.
• The Transparent Library: Cheers and Jeers
The Michaels celebrate their one-year anniversary with thumbs up and down for the heroes and the zeros.
• Design Institute West
LJ’s “Going Green” team is heading west! LJ’s third Design Institute stops at the San Francisco Public Library May 9. This full-day seminar (9 am–6 pm, including breakfast, lunch, and cocktails) features architects, librarians, and planners sharing the latest solutions and options in eco-friendly building and renovation, addressing concerns about costs, and working together in breakout sessions on design problems submitted by attendees. Registration is free, but limited to 100 attendees who are considering a project or in the early stages. Sign up now! |
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