Library Journal RSS Feed Library Jounral en_us Fri, 17 May 2013 17:29:19 http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.rss.XMLServer.cls Crime fiction is a genre dedicated to exploring the underside of both human psychology and life itself. This year’s crop of summer and fall mysteries and thrillers—and in particular those by debut writers and established authors launching new series—pr... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889722-291/genre_spotlight__mystery_dispatches.html.csp Maude Adjarian CollectionDev 742712@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:24:23 Illustrations Copyright Sam R. Kennedy In this Article SF/Fantasy on the Web Epic Fantasy: 20 Core Titles Map to the SF/Fantasy Galaxy There’s an important difference between setting trends and chasing them, and a look at 2011’s crop of ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891346-291/epic_journeys_fantasy_makes_a.html.csp Neil Holland CollectionDev 796720@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:24:15 It has been said that animation is one of two wholly American art forms. As with jazz, it was conceived of and truly developed in the United States and does not rely on Old World traditions for definition or direction. But the thing that really makes ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889809-291/collection_development__an_american.html.csp CollectionDev 746049@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:22:05   What does Eiji Tsuburaya, the special effects creator of Godzilla, have in common with Perry Mason, Sookie Stackhouse, and William Wegman’s Weimaraners? They all inhabit outstanding collections of short works tailor-made for the audio format. It can... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891904-291/listening_to_short_takes_short.html.csp CollectionDev 817026@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 In this Article Random House HarperCollins Melville House The reading ecosystem is evolving fast, even as you read this. Facing the rapid transition to ebooks together, rather than in isolated camps, librarians, publishers, authors, and reade... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891898-291/our_ebook_future__the.html.csp CollectionDev 816961@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 You’ve already heard plenty about Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus and Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding, poised to become big best sellers this fall. But they aren’t the only forthcoming first novels that promise good reading. Check out the follow... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891953-291/first_novels__fall_fundamentals.html.csp CollectionDev 818371@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 There’s an important difference between setting trends and chasing them, and a look at 2011’s crop of fantasy and sf finds publishers on the healthy side of the line. Proud of cases where they’ve been ahead of the curve in expanding readership in spec... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891589-291/sffantasys_epic_journey.html.csp Neil Holland CollectionDev 806315@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Bewere the Night. Prime. Aug. 2011. c.352p. ed. by Ekaterina Sedia. ISBN 9781607012528. pap. $14.95. FANTASY   A fox-girl battles the Crow Lords over the spoils of a postapocalyptic world in A.C. Wise’s “The Thief of Precious Things,” while a young wo... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890960-291/sffantasy_reviews_july_2011.html.csp CollectionDev 785336@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Digital projects continued to improve online access to U.S. government information during the past year as the Government Printing Office (GPO) implemented a federated search of a wide range of government information resources, and its repository of on... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890105-291/notable_government_documents_2011_.html.csp CollectionDev 755972@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Eat local. That’s the idea behind the growing locavore movement. The word itself has become more commonplace, especially since it was named the Oxford American Dictionary’s word of the year in 2007. Locavores typically eat food grown or produced within ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889579-291/collection_development__the_rise.html.csp CollectionDev 738125@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Mystery and history. Romance and horror. Literary efforts and fun reads that just plain pop. Fiction comes in many different types, which explains why this list of nearly 300 forthcoming first novels (February 1, 2011–August 31, 2011) is divided into... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889314-291/spring_fling__first_novels.html.csp CollectionDev 727712@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Welcome to a new series that aims to open your eyes to unique, cutting-edge book and author coverage in BookSmack!, LJ’s free semimonthly e-newsletter. Our avid readers tell us it’s both entertaining and informative, especially for its core audience of... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889247-291/best_of_booksmack__the.html.csp Steve Black CollectionDev 726391@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Let’s not panic. We knew the news would be bad. Respondents to LJ’s annual book buying survey of public libraries nationwide reported that adult book budgets were down eight percent overall, the largest plunge recorded since the survey began in 1998. W... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888879-291/ljs_book_buying_survey_2011.html.csp CollectionDev 713428@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 FICTION Abbott, Megan. The End of Everything. Reagan Arthur Bks: Little, Brown. Jul. 2011. 256p. ISBN 9780316097796. $23.99. Download: Hachette Audio.   Thirteen-year-old Lizzie’s best friend has disappeared, and as family and police hunt for her, Li... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888834-291/prepub_alert_february_15_2011.html.csp Barbara Hoffert CollectionDev 712576@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Music stands as a language that speaks to everyone in different yet meaningful ways, despite varying interpretations and personal histories. Be it Beethoven, Bob Dylan, or Lady Gaga, musicians have long shared the inner workings of their minds through... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888647-291/the_readers_shelf_like_a.html.csp Neal Wyatt CollectionDev 706328@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 fiction Abbott, Jeff. Adrenaline. Grand Central. Jul. 2011. 416p. ISBN 9780446575171. $24.99. CD: Hachette Audio.   Things could not be worse for CIA agent Sam Capra: his pregnant wife has been kidnapped, and he’s been branded a traitor. Now he’s on ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888630-291/prepub_alert_february_1_2011.html.csp Barbara Hoffert CollectionDev 705756@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 A hundred years after Marie Curie received her Nobel Prize in Chemistry, this arm of science is pointing the way to a more sustainable future. Growing movements like green chemistry, which strives to create alternative and new chemical reactions that ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888546-291/collection_development_celebrating_chemistry_february.html.csp CollectionDev 703265@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Many current investors involuntarily entered the realm of investments for the first time when 401(k) retirement and other market-tied savings plans became the norm. Homeowners thought their homes were safe, appreciating ­investments. Yet the last decad... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888252-291/collection_development_after_the_meltdown.html.csp CollectionDev 692087@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 FICTION Baldacci, David. One Summer. Grand Central. Jun. 2011. 288p. ISBN 9780446583145. $25.99. lrg. prnt. CD: Hachette Audio.   A change of pace for Baldacci: tear-jerking inspiration. Lizzie is tending her terminally ill husband, Jack, when she is... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888389-291/prepub_alert_january_2011.html.csp Barbara Hoffert CollectionDev 697148@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Baking can be intimidating. Just ask all those contestants on Top Chef who would rather prepare Beef Wellington than bake a cake. But libraries can take the fear factor out of baking by putting together a solid collection of cookbooks that can help anyo... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/887164-291/collection_development_hitting_the_sweet.html.csp CollectionDev 663137@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/887406-291/prepub_alert_november_15_2010.html.csp Barbara Hoffert CollectionDev 671487@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 ’TIS THE SEASON This season’s holiday romances are tempting readers with a delectable assortment of tasty treats in a range of styles: lively or low-key, side-splitting or sober, magical or mundane, sexy or sweet. As is usually the case, home- and fami... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/886905-291/romance_october_15_2010.html.csp CollectionDev 654473@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Charming, Poignant. Insightful. The first novels listed here, forthcoming this fall and winter, are all this and more—just check what our reviewers are saying. Where available, we have quoted from the LJ review and indicated which ones we starred. Wha... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/886708-291/first_novels_fall_firsts.html.csp CollectionDev 646697@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 FICTION  Binchy, Maeve. Minding Frankie. Knopf. Mar. 2011. 384p. ISBN 9780307273567. $26.95. CD: Random Audio.   Bless her heart, Binchy tells folks, "Don't expect me to write about my dismal Irish childhood, because I didn't have one!" In her latest, ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/886682-291/prepub_alert_october_1_2010.html.csp Barbara Hoffert CollectionDev 646267@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25   One of the first books to document the relationship between stress and physical and emotional health was The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson, M.D., with Miriam Z. Klipper. Originally published in 1975, the book grew out of Benson's observation... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/886088-291/collection_development_relaxation__meditation.html.csp CollectionDev 626605@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 November 2011 brings 57 starred reviews from our two issues and recent Xpress Reviews. Perhaps because I'm headed for the shores of Albion again, I couldn't help but notice a streak of Anglophilia. Many long awaited the centennial edition of J.M. Barrie's... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892648-291/starred_reviews_november_2011anglophilia_.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 841690@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:19:58 Is the old adage in fact true? Are we really what we eat? The authors featured here are likely to say "yes," and their books serve up heartwarming, edifying, delectable, and occasionally steamy insights into the multitude of ways that food informs our... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892219-291/the_readers_shelf_food_and.html.csp CollectionDev 828536@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:19:55 Fed up with all the end-of-paper-publishing rhetoric, workers from Atomic Books and Quimby's Bookstore declared the Revenge of Print 2011 (RoP). The Facebook page (I know, I know) has 473 posts as of August 2, 2011, so clearly the movement has attracted p... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891662-291/revenge_of_print_retired_zinesters.html.csp Anna Katterjohn CollectionDev 808739@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:19:52 Moon prism power, make up! Kodansha's Sailor Moon and Sailor V manga reissues beat out Naruto for top graphic novel sales on September's bookstore scoresheet from Nielsen BookScan. Will the Sailor Scouts—called Sailor Senshi in the new translation—bring t... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892455-291/graphic_novels_prepub_alert_bendiss.html.csp Heather McCormack CollectionDev 836021@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:19:44 Street lit established its roots when writers hand-sold books out of car trunks, in beauty salons, and on street corners. Now librarians can learn all about street lit in an authoritative professional work titled The Readers' Advisory Guide to Street Lite... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892423-291/the_word_on_street_lit.html.csp Wilda Williams CollectionDev 835029@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:19:44 Just in time for Halloween, here are eight recent titles to celebrate the season. Featuring ghosts, witches, monsters, and the occasional zombie, they carry enough thrills and chills to satisfy even the most jaded adult reader. Curl up with a bowl of bite... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892456-291/35_going_on_13_ghosts.html.csp Heather McCormack CollectionDev 836029@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:19:43 This month, we see several titles advising parents to back off—or risk getting in the way of healthy development. Yet with books like Kerry Cohen's Dirty Little Secrets making headlines, it's difficult to see how less intervention is appropriate. David. H... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892446-291/parenting_short_takes_entitlement_teen.html.csp Heather McCormack CollectionDev 835757@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:19:43 October 2011 brings 63 starred reviews from our two magazine issues and recent Xpress Reviews. First things first: it's impossible not to note the wealth of literary and popular fiction. Fall is the season to showcase award contenders and push holiday gif... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892284-291/starred_reviews_october_2011.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 830419@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:19:41 Finding books to suit a holiday mood is always a great pleasure, and Halloween offers plenty of moody fiction. Here are six titles—from the mysterious and lyrical (just right for reading via jack-o'-lantern light) to the dark and dreadful—that bring n... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892055-291/the_readers_shelf_no_tricks.html.csp CollectionDev 822444@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:19:38 As Lewis Carroll's Alice so aptly points out, "What is the use of a book...without pictures or conversations?" Welcome to RA Crossroads, where books, movies, music, and other media converge, and whole-collection reader's advisory service goes where it may... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892222-291/ra_crossroads_what_to_read.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 828838@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:19:30 Summer is over, thankfully. We survived the usual heat and humidity in New York, plus an earthquake, a hurricane, and flooding. Nature really is a mother, but books can get you through anything, so here are some goodies to help you through the next di... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892225-291/classic_returns_hunter_s._thompsons.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 828885@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:19:30 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892146-291/the_magazine_rack_farewell_.html.csp Anna Katterjohn CollectionDev 825393@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:19:30 A summer hiatus spent studying Victorian fiction has made it a little tougher to get back into the memoir swing of things, but a few of these titles reminded me why this is such a sweet gig. I want to hang out with Jeanne Darst and Peter Smith and tell th... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892224-291/memoir_short_takes_jeanne_darsts.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 828871@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:19:30 I love a challenge like Ethel Merman loves a parade. I did an Ironman this summer, and while that was difficult enough, I threw in an extra Ironman. Why? For the challenge. I pick up that theme here. It's not easy to encapsulate 700-plus pages about the p... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/892223-291/books_for_dudes_seven_protean.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 828856@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:19:30 Although you may not yet be thinking about Thanksgiving, a slew of Christmas and other holiday books are coming. This year's select titles run the gamut from down-home to sophisticated, narrow to broad, and sentimental to downright snarky. Crafters and co... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891740-291/holiday_cooking__crafting_20.html.csp Anna Katterjohn CollectionDev 810729@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:19:29 From the Amish to the undead, everybody wants a happy ending for the holidays. Three unconventional Dickensian homages hit the shelves this season—Marley dispatches from the Other Side, Scrooge proves immune to zombieism, and Bob Cratchit carries a sta... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891887-291/here_comes_santas_reading_list.html.csp CollectionDev 816788@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:19:24 "It was a dark and stormy night." This hackneyed literary line may seem as trite as talking about the weather to fill awkward social silences, but, hidden under the folds of its banality, weather can become a densely complex and nuanced writing tool. ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891910-291/the_readers_shelf_lets_talk.html.csp CollectionDev 817095@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:19:24 In the past few months—since December 25, 2010, to be specific—­ebook circulation and the number of ­ebook users has been skyrocketing in many libraries. Chicago Public Library doubled its ­ebook circulation, as did Siouxland Libraries, SD, Akron-Summ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891747-291/secrets_of_ebook_success_.html.csp CollectionDev 810804@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:19:20 They’re everywhere, the zombies. They permeate our popular culture. They’re on our TVs, most notably on AMC’s The Walking Dead, and our movie screens. Next year alone should see the releases of Infected, Night of the Living Dead: Origins, Resident Evil 5 ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891689-291/zombie_fiction_reviews_september_15.html.csp CollectionDev 809495@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:19:09 Adventures in Reading: Bibliomemoirs The quest for all readers is dual purpose: to uncover the treasures of the book about to be read and to find the next link in their personal reading chain. In searching for new titles, readers discover books... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891757-291/the_readers_shelf_adventures_in.html.csp CollectionDev 811061@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:19:08 In this Article Classic Films Core Collection by Decade A solid selection of classic films should be the anchor of any well-rounded library collection. Of course, it should include popular movies like Transformers (2007) and The Hangover (2009), sinc... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891504-291/timeless_reels_classic_films_on.html.csp CollectionDev 803217@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:19:08 Based in Portland, OR, graphic novelist Craig Thompson made his name among librarians with Blankets, his deeply personal, widely celebrated look at growing up and falling in love for the first time. This month he returns with the even more ambitious Habib... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891805-291/qa_craig_thompson_on_habibi.html.csp Heather McCormack CollectionDev 813057@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:19:07 September 2011 brings 29 starred reviews from our Sept. 1 issue and recent Xpress Reviews. (This number is smaller than usual owing to our production schedule; the Sept. 15 issue was still closing as this column was being compiled, so we couldn't include ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891819-291/starred_reviews_september_2011.html.csp Heather McCormack CollectionDev 813878@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:18:55 This month brings reviews of two new magazines from Great Britain and one from Canada, along with a Western-themed literary magazine and a new offering from McSweeney's. Delayed Gratification. 2010. q. £55. ISSN 2046-1933. Aud: GA (Subject: Cur... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891770-291/the_magazine_rack_new_reviews.html.csp Anna Katterjohn CollectionDev 811395@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:18:55 Atmosphere, or lack thereof, can be deadly. Just ask any Star Trek redshirt unfortunate enough to beam down to an uncharted planet sans helmet—or see the evidence in books. Looking for quality murder 'n' mayhem led me on quite the wild-goose chase. While ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891814-291/books_for_dudes_atmospheric_murder.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 813722@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:18:55 Audiobook narration, as the performances of such top readers as Simon Prebble and Katherine Kellgren attest, is difficult, creative, and specialized work. But then so is writing. Sometimes, with the right mix of book and author, writers can be the bes... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891506-291/the_readers_shelf_story_hour.html.csp CollectionDev 803239@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:18:55 What's the point of memoir? It's an old question, but one this month's memoirists answer through their stories: to deal with one life's darkness can illuminate another's. September's memoirs shed light on some bleak situations and make light of others. Wh... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891809-291/memoir_short_takes_david_finchs.html.csp Heather McCormack CollectionDev 813404@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:18:54 As Lewis Carroll's Alice so aptly points out, "What is the use of a book...without pictures or conversations?" Welcome to RA Crossroads, where books, movies, music, and other media converge, and whole-collection reader's advisory service goes where it may... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891808-291/ra_crossroads_marisa_de_los.html.csp Heather McCormack CollectionDev 813347@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:18:54 While the American Library Association (ALA) appoints task forces on ebooks that get mired in bureaucracy, the real worlds of book publishing and libraries move ahead rapidly, both struggling with budgets, changing mission, even survival. The demise of ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891232-291/publisherlibrarian_dialog__editorial.html.csp CollectionDev 793422@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:18:35 As the season slowly begins to slip away, grab your lounge chair and claim a few more weeks of summer pleasure. Novels of friendship make for fine beach reading, offering as they do captivating tales of forming, and breaking, ties. Here, six well-known... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891255-291/the_readers_shelf__the.html.csp CollectionDev 793791@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:18:34 Photo by Mike Rogers Coming full circle If you read the fine print in this editor’s Spring Pick (LJ 2/15/11, p. 32), you would know that among my favorite books is “anything written by romance author Jo Goodman.” How exciting, then, to discover not... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890974-291/booked_solid__fall_finds.html.csp CollectionDev 785573@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:18:19 With troops returning from Iraq and promised upcoming withdrawals from Afghanistan, there has been an uptick in the development of materials on the “Wounded Warrior”—a term that seems to be used for returning veterans who exhibit behavioral issues seem... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890883-291/collection_development__back_on.html.csp CollectionDev 782607@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:18:07 In Kitsap County, WA—a semirural county just across Puget Sound from Seattle that includes two Navy bases with active-duty sailors and a large population of retired military personnel—thrillers share space with two World War II histories and McLain's post... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890884-291/top_20_holds_from_kitsap.html.csp Anna Katterjohn CollectionDev 782616@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 A pair of memoirs—don’t think of them as street lit per se—are highlighted below. Yet both authors grew up living a street-lit life filled with crime, hip-hop music, sex, familial dysfunction, and more. Ice-T on the West Coast and Flavor Flav on the East ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890981-291/the_word_on_street_lit.html.csp Wilda Williams CollectionDev 785765@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 A fantastic month for comics, this October! Look for Jane Austen, CLAMP, Jim Henson, MetaMaus, and a Tezuka fave. Meanwhile, classics just keep moving into comics. In January this year, a new line was released in the United States: Graphic Dickens, from U... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890994-291/graphic_novels_prepub_alert_jane.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 786148@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 Most of this month's memoirists had to give something up—alcohol, anger, food, or dreams of the way life should be. Their stories range over topics like fear of life-threatening disease to how to refine oneself without alcohol. The mere absence of somethi... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890995-291/memoir_short_takes_the_art.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 786164@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 In March 2010, I wrote "Steampunk: 20 Core Titles" for BookSmack! Since then, more quality steampunk fiction has been published, so it was time for a catch-up article. All 13 of these books will make fine additions to your collections, whether you know yo... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890996-291/steampunk_13_titles_to_update.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 786178@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 Summertime, and the reading is easy. Which is to say that that there are so many great books to choose from. In the selections below, the protagonists are asked to do extraordinary things in the name of love. On this list you will find four sequels, one P... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891013-291/35_going_on_13_what.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 786814@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 June 2011 brings 82 starred reviews from our two issues and Xpress Reviews (online-only). If you're not one for outdoor summer pursuits, you'll be in good company with the many DIY books featured here. Superlative fiction won't stop; fall is around a few ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891016-291/starred_reviews_june_2011.html.csp Heather McCormack CollectionDev 786996@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 Conflict between rising subscription rates and academic libraries' limited budgets has generated lively discussion since the early 1980s. The emergence of the Internet as a medium capable of easily providing journal content for free has changed the dynami... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891158-291/the_magazine_rack_commercial_publishers.html.csp Anna Katterjohn CollectionDev 791074@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 What does July mean to you? Vacation? School's out? Bastille Day? All July means to me is Ironman Lake Placid. It's no big deal, just a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike segment, and then a full marathon. You're bumping shoulders with about 2500 of your clos... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891193-291/books_for_dudes_a_triathalon.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 792334@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 As Lewis Carroll's Alice so aptly points out, "What is the use of a book...without pictures or conversations?" Welcome to RA Crossroads, where books, movies, music, and other media converge, and whole-collection reader's advisory service goes where it may... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891194-291/ra_crossroads_david_mcculloughs_the.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 792346@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 July 2011 brings 46 starred reviews from our solo issue and recent Xpress Reviews (online only). We're happy to announce that going forward we will be including multimedia in this column, audiobooks for starters, but then videos as well. Among notable pri... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891195-291/starred_reviews_july_2011.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 792359@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 At this year's BookExpo America, I had the distinct pleasure of hearing Wendy Bartlett, collection development coordinator of Cuyahoga County Public Library, hold forth on the art and science of buying for demand. That is, giving the people what they want... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/891218-291/qa_wendy_bartlett_collection_development.html.csp Heather McCormack CollectionDev 792799@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:18:00 It is closing time at the library. Do you know where your teen collection is? Ten years ago, the answer would be easy—in the lockers, bedrooms, and backpacks of the teens who use your library. More recently, the answer may be on the bedside tables and e... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890765-291/not_just_for_teens_.html.csp Angela Benedetti CollectionDev 777909@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:17:36 The labyrinth—best known as the elaborate maze that imprisoned the bloodthirsty half-man, half-bull Minotaur—has a long history. It was designed to permit no escape—the Minotaur would simply wander its twisting, turning corridors forever, or until slai... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890677-291/the_readers_shelf_get_lost.html.csp CollectionDev 775049@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:17:36 The thrill of the chase, a feeling of tension, and a protagonist in danger: these are the elements that readers seeking excitement and exhilaration demand in their fiction. Thrillers or suspense novels, now often referred to categorically as the adrenali... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890893-291/thrillers_20_core_classic_and.html.csp Michael Rogers CollectionDev 782959@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:17:36 Life lessons are valuable, but they rarely come without unpleasant side effects such as self-doubt, regret, worry, and the potential for huge amounts of embarrassment. Wouldn’t it be nice to learn the lesson while avoiding the pitfalls? The heroines o... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890515-291/the_readers_shelf_lessons_learned.html.csp CollectionDev 769324@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:17:25 Rereading the classics and experiencing their time-tested pleasures is a perfect way to spend rainy spring days. But discovering fresh, imaginative facets of beloved characters and authors is perhaps an even better fit to the newness of this time of ye... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/890138-291/the_readers_shelf_after_the.html.csp CollectionDev 756553@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 17 May 2011 17:17:08 The most interesting travel stories are usually not about the destination but about the journey and therefore can be either real or imagined. As all travelers know, be they those who walk out the door or those who pick up a book, even the most exotic v... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889863-291/the_readers_shelf_epic_journeys.html.csp CollectionDev 747448@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:16:50 I’ve been reading the buzz in the lit-crit world about whether most memoirs should be written or published at all. Apparently, some people don’t like reading about ordinary lives—as if any of them are. Disdain for memoirs where nothing much is uncovere... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889751-291/the_best_of_booksmack_memoir.html.csp Therese Neilson CollectionDev 743259@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:16:42 The Seductive Pleasures of Audio Memoirs Memoirs offer readers rich evocations of time and place, personal memories made universal, and the pleasures of eavesdropping on another’s life. When memoirs are translated into audiobooks, those pleasures... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889057-291/the_readers_shelf_the_seductive.html.csp CollectionDev 719511@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:16:41 The 34 days between March 13 and April 15 contain historic milestones for the deaf community and are distinguished as Deaf History Month. In honor of this annual celebration, why not spend time with a few fictional deaf characters. From classics to my... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889885-291/the_readers_shelf_read_my.html.csp CollectionDev 747739@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:16:34 Language is what separates us from other animals. Not only do we declare “official” languages, but we then break them down even further. There is formal, informal, descriptive, and emotive language. There are parts of speech such as nouns, verbs, adjec... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889560-291/the_readers_shelf_make_pun.html.csp CollectionDev 737449@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:16:20 Welcome to a new series that aims to open your eyes to unique, cutting-edge book and author coverage in BookSmack!, LJ’s free semimonthly e-newsletter. Our avid readers tell us it’s both entertaining and informative, especially for its core audience of... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888882-291/the_best_of_booksmack_.html.csp D. Thomas CollectionDev 713586@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:16:06 Although pundits point to the healthier holiday retail season in 2010 as evidence of a recovering economy, slower-than-expected rates of job creation indicate an economic picture that is still affected by the financial crises of 2007–08. Readers hopin... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888413-291/best_business_books.html.csp CollectionDev 697490@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:16:05 The Reading List Council, RUSA’s committee to select the best genre titles of the year, identifies books that will please fans and introduce new readers to the pleasures of genre fiction. You can see the 2011 list at bit.ly/e8EGxS. Increasingly, however... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889268-291/the_readers_shelf_crossing_boundaries.html.csp CollectionDev 726944@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:16:04 Big science is the term given to those global, high-tech, multi­laboratory, billion-dollar research enterprises that tackle the very frontiers of scientific knowledge. Two of the largest Big Science initiatives ever undertaken are the Human Genome Pro... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888394-291/best_sci-tech_books_2010.html.csp CollectionDev 697222@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:15:58 You don’t want me to tell you that jobs are hard to come by these days. Those who do find employment often end up being “underemployed”—working fewer hours than they would like, or working in a job that does not make use of a talent, skill, or hard-ea... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/889053-291/collection_development__part-time_businesses.html.csp CollectionDev 719422@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:15:52 FICTION Barnes, Julian. Pulse: Stories. Knopf. May 2011. 240p. ISBN 9780307595263. $25; eISBN 9780307595997.  Apparently, there’s a lot of good, sharp conversation in this third collection from the witty and incisive Barnes (he’s done 14 books in all... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/887680-291/prepub_alert_december_2010.html.csp Barbara Hoffert CollectionDev 680156@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:15:36 The open road holds unlimited possibilities—for danger, excitement, romance, reflection, and, if you’re lucky, really good food. Travelers have the chance to interact with people from all walks of life and from all over the country. Of course, not all... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888858-291/readershelf_road_trip_february_15.html.csp CollectionDev 713018@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:15:36 The new year is certain to bring more great reading as January alone offers us Colm Toíbín and Brian Greene. As you make your to-be-read lists, take a moment to consider the future as projected by fiction and nonfiction of the past—be that past a centu... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/888259-291/the_readers_shelf_future_shock.html.csp CollectionDev 692233@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:15:29 If shuffleboard and “early bird specials” are your idea of retirement, you’re out of touch. For today’s older adults, retirement means adventure, travel, volunteering, and second careers, options that our parents and grandparents never had even considered... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/885338-291/collection_development_the_new_golden.html.csp CollectionDev 604068@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:14:34 From the Stacks of Downers Grove: Favorite 2010 Titles In 1983, Joyce Saricks and Nancy Brown established a new department at the Downers Grove Public Library, IL, to focus on readers’ advisory. Although staff members have changed over the years, they all... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/887676-291/the_readers_shelf_from_the.html.csp CollectionDev 680142@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:14:26 Memoirs and autobiographies have been a wildly popular nonfiction genre for the past 20 years, ever since Frank McCourt and Mary Karr set the craze in motion with Angela's Ashes and The Liar's Club, respectively. Memoirs have drawn fiction readers to ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/886699-291/collection_development_listen_to_my.html.csp CollectionDev 646569@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:14:05 There’s a certain comfortable feeling in a thick slice of homemade cake or a warm peanut butter cookie fresh off of the cooling rack, and that feeling carries over to books centered on baking. Many writers have discovered the magic of bakers and baking... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/887150-291/the_readers_shelf_a_bread.html.csp CollectionDev 662856@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:13:52 fiction Allen, Sarah Addison. The Peach Keeper. Bantam. Mar. 2011. 288p. ISBN 9780553807226. $25; eISBN 9780553908138.  Her marriage a shambles, Willa Jackson returns home to Walls of Water, the town where she grew up, and tries to fit in. There she... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/887207-291/prepub_alert_november_1_2010.html.csp Barbara Hoffert CollectionDev 664058@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:13:46 Fiction Bass, Jefferson. The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Novel. Morrow. Mar. 2011. 352p. ISBN 9780061806780. $24.99. lrg. prnt.   When a skull is found in the Florida woods and shallow graves then discovered on the grounds of a nearby reform school, since... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/886930-291/prepub_alert_october_15_2010.html.csp Barbara Hoffert CollectionDev 654936@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Learning for Pleasure: Narrative Nonfiction's Appeal    As fall settles in and the nights grow longer, books that teach us something about the history and wonders of the world make for good reading. Popular nonfiction such as social and cultural histo... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/886683-291/the_readers_shelf_learning_for.html.csp CollectionDev 646274@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 As any publisher or filmmaker can attest, Jane Austen is a hot literary commodity. Every week seems to bring a new continuation, reimagining, mashup, or modernization of her novels. There is more than one book where Mr. Darcy turns out to be a vampire,... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/886507-291/the_readers_shelf_no_persuasion.html.csp CollectionDev 639030@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Fiction  Ahern, Cecelia. The Book of Tomorrow. Harper: HarperCollins. Feb. 2011. 320p. ISBN 9780061706301. $21.99. lrg. prnt.  Forced by her father's death to move with her mother to her aunt and uncle's home in a remote Irish village, 16-year-old Tama... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/886441-291/prepub_alert_september_15_2010.html.csp Barbara Hoffert CollectionDev 637113@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Illustration ©Michael Byers, LevyCreative.com Since Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was published in 2008, it has received 1,561 consumer reviews on Amazon, averaging four of five stars. Library­Thing has registered 682 reviews, putt... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/886292-291/every_reader_a_reviewer_the.html.csp Barbara Hoffert CollectionDev 632752@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 As comic books and graphic novels (GN) find more mainstream success, readers tempted to check out the adventures of their favorite superpowered characters are often frustrated by the sheer volume of stories available, while others view superhero comic... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/885864-291/the_readers_shelf_superheroes_super.html.csp CollectionDev 618260@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45   Western fiction is unique among the major fiction genres recognized by public libraries (which would include romance, mystery, and sf) in that it is defined principally by its physical setting—the American West (usually anywhere west of the Mississ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/885858-291/collection_development_not_ready_for.html.csp CollectionDev 618147@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Last word in the dictionary? Every dude knows it's zymurgy, the study of fermentation, though most dudes know it as 'beer science.'; Is there any product dearer to a dude's heart? Beer takes precedence over dogs, er, even wives and girlfriends with time (... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/883694-291/books_for_dudes_brew_your.html.csp Douglas Lord, Connecticut State CollectionDev 551498@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Librarians have repeatedly voiced their concern that street lit's characters too often fall into stereotypes. Women are portrayed as ultra-sexy gold diggers; men, ruthless perpetrators of violence concerned only with stacking cash and using women for sex.... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/883684-291/the_word_on_street_lit.html.csp Rollie Welch, Cleveland P.L. CollectionDev 551407@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Full disclosure: in the late 1980s, this Book Review editor read a slew of bodice rippers for her young adult amusement. Oh, how the romance genre has evolved since those days of simpler titillation. In the 21st century, readers can get milky-white thighs... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/883683-291/tag_team_review_no._7.csp Jeanne Bogino and Julianne J. S CollectionDev 551405@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 So I'm on this century ride, and a dude pulls up next to me, and we start chatting about the headwind (strong) and the temperature (brisk), and, as conversations among cyclists seemingly always do, we get around to Iceland. I know what you're thinking-the... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/883682-291/books_for_dudes_surviving_this.html.csp Douglas Lord, Connecticut State CollectionDev 551404@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Behind every best seller you're likely to find alibrary hold.See what patrons are lining up to read at the Sno-Isle Library System (WA). 1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. Ecco: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-137422-72. Damage Control by J... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/883679-291/top_ten_holds_from_the.html.csp Compiled by Anna Katterjohn CollectionDev 551386@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 We live in a world where you have a better chance of spying a dodo in a library than a dude. A dude isn't retired, after all. A dude has a job, maybe more than one. A dude is a professional at doing something, and a dude usually has a significant other or... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/883677-291/books_for_dudes_soldiersapos_memoirs.html.csp Douglas C. Lord, Connecticut St CollectionDev 551376@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 It's time for match two in our new Tag Team Review series, and if you're a glutton for book punishment, you've come to the right place because Jordan M. Wright's recent Campaigning for President: Memorabilia from the Nation's Finest Private Collection (Sm... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/883625-291/tag_team_review_no._2.csp CollectionDev 551150@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Appropriately for Women's History Month, the following titles in this second installment of our new column-click here to read the first by Rollie Welch-focus on women's stories, depicting the realities of inner-city life as experienced by African American... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopment/collectiondev/883626-291/the_word_on_street_lit.html.csp Vanessa J. Morris, Clarion Univ CollectionDev 551158@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45