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Kuzyk, Raya – Library Journal, 2010
The past year's best audiobooks, all recipients of starred "LJ" reviews, are more varied than ever--they include a posthumously published novel ("The Girl Who Played with Fire"), two debut works of hard-boiled fiction ("The Manual of Detection" and "Bad Things Happen"), a meditation on the wonders of nature ("Summer World"), and a joint…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Audio Books
Fox, Bette-Lee; Heilbrun, Margaret; Hoffert, Barbara; Katterjohn, Anna; Kuzyk, Raya; McCormack, Heather; Rogers, Michael; Williams, Wilda – Library Journal, 2010
With the exhibits at New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center open just two days, the show floor at this year's BEA was a real free-for-all, with lots of traffic from the moment the doors opened on Wednesday, May 26. But for LJ's review editors, it was worth enduring stubbed toes and rattled nerves to find fresh and interesting titles. In this…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Exhibits, Reading, Book Reviews
Kuzyk, Raya – Library Journal, 2009
This article presents a list of the best audiobooks of 2008, selected by intrepid band of audio reviewers, range from tales of Bengali and Haitian immigrants to political autobiographies. There's "cake" from Sloane Crosley and emotional pyromania from David Sedaris; a biographical tribute to Maya Angelou and debut novels laced with the…
Descriptors: Novels, Audio Books, Nonprint Media, Libraries
Kuzyk, Raya – Library Journal, 2007
Disaster planning focuses on future function and recovery, on helping libraries expeditiously return to their original states of operation. It all but ignores the concept of continuous function throughout a disaster. This is not true in the private and government sectors, however, which have managed to cover a wider load of disaster response…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Library Administration, Library Services, Institutional Cooperation
Kuzyk, Raya – Library Journal, 2008
On May 10, 1968, the Cannes Film Festival shuddered to a stop when filmmakers including Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut rushed the stage at the Palais des Festivals to protest French New Waver Henri Langlois's removal from his post as president of the National Cinematheque Francaise. Also that month, in that same spirit of film lovers'…
Descriptors: Films, Documentaries, Libraries, Vendors
Kuzyk, Raya – Library Journal, 2006
In this article, the author revisits 11 graduates who were profiled as part of LJ's annual Placements & Salaries issue. Armed with a library science degree from various institutions, they had just secured jobs in librarianship and were off to a good start forging their careers. Since then, they have worked at elementary school, college, and…
Descriptors: Graduates, Library Science, Libraries, Library Schools