New Orleans columnist Chris Rose, of the Times-Picayune, wrote a book about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He was asked to appear on a segment of the Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss the disaster, but with one caveat: “We’re not going to talk about the book.” Read more here.
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Yahoo Files Motion to Dismiss Human Rights Lawsuit
Joe Hodnicki writes “The Company argues U.S. courts have no jurisdiction over Chinese government actions against its own citizens. Includes links to legal analysis and relevant documents. Details on Law Librarian Blog“
A publisher by any other name
rteeter writes “Does the publisher’s name on a book matter to you or your users? A Publisher by Any Other Name.”
Top 100 Undiscovered Websites
PC Magazine has published a list of The Top 100 Undiscovered Websites. Check out their list of undiscovered websites for Info, Reference, and Search.
Ideas to Shake Up Publishing
InsideHigherEd writes about a report from Ithaka, a non-profit company, about the relationship between presses, libraries and their universities.
University of Minnesota Library Creates Page on Bridge Info
The University of Minnesota’s Government Publications library has created a webpage of state and federal information relating to the I-35W bridge.
The Politics of Presidential Libraries
Minnesota Public Radio hosted a call-in show on the politics of presidential libraries. The directors of the Nixon and Hoover presidential libraries appeared on the show to discuss the relationship between politics and history.
Sage Anthropology Book Seeking Writers
I am passing along this message from Debbie Lucas, a colleague of mine:
I am involved in a new project with the editor of the Encyclopedia of Time. We are putting out a call for authors for our next project, the Handbook of 21st Century Anthropology, also published by Sage.
The editor is seeking anthropologists and librarians with undergrad or grad degrees in anthropology. The work involves writing book chapters of 7,000 words. For those interested, I can provide more information on the guidelines Sage provides for construction of the chapter.
I am passing along this message from Debbie Lucas, a colleague of mine:
I am involved in a new project with the editor of the Encyclopedia of Time. We are putting out a call for authors for our next project, the Handbook of 21st Century Anthropology, also published by Sage.
The editor is seeking anthropologists and librarians with undergrad or grad degrees in anthropology. The work involves writing book chapters of 7,000 words. For those interested, I can provide more information on the guidelines Sage provides for construction of the chapter.
Sage’s description of the handbook reads:
Via 100 entries or “mini-chapters,” the SAGE 21st Century Reference Series volumes on Anthropology will highlight the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of anthropology ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st Century. The purpose is to provide undergraduate majors with an authoritative reference source that will serve their research needs with more detailed information than encyclopedia entries but not so much jargon, detail or density as a journal article or a research handbook chapter.
If you are interested, and are a librarian with an anthropology background, or know of anthropology scholars, please contact me via email at [email protected]. I can provide further details on the chapters available and the guidelines all authors adhere to.
Doing Without Dewey
At ALA TechSource, Karen Schneider gives more details about the two Arizona libraries who aren’t using the Dewey Decimal System, and about what they are using in its place.
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