ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 1018 / C&RL News ■ November 2001 N e w P u b l i c a t i o n s George M. Eberhart An Annotated Bibliography o f Inuit Art, by R ic h a rd C. C ra n d a ll and S u san M. Crandall (458 pages, Ju n e 2001), provides m ore than 4,000 entries on Canadian Inuit art in English, arranged alphabetically by author. Works o f art include com puter an i­ m ation, music, photography, and videos, as w ell as more traditional carvings and graphics. Sources are articles, books, ex­ hibition catalogs, and gov­ ernm ent docum ents; Web sites are excluded. M ost entries are post-1975, but th e re are a s ig n ific a n t num ber o f earlier dates. $85.00. M cFarland. ISBN 0-7864-1007-8. The G re a t Irish P o ta to F a m in e , b y Ja m e s S. D onnelly Jr. (292 pages, M ay 2001), offers a com ­ prehensive history o f the potato b light that struck Ir e la n d in 1 8 4 5 - 1 8 5 1 , c a u s in g th e d e a th s o f about one m illion people and resulting in the mass exodus o f som e tw o m il­ lio n o th e rs, m o stly to N o rth A m e rica. D onnelly review s the natio nalist and revi­ s io n is t in te r p re ta tio n s o f th e fa m in e , En glan d ’s inadequate attem pts to provide relief, the forced eviction o f thousands o f Irish tenant farm ers from th eir homes, the diseases that ravaged the countryside as a result o f poverty and starvation, and the com plex reasons w hy the B ritish govern­ m ent could allow such a tragedy to occur in its backyard. $29-95. Sutton. ISBN 0- 7509-2632-5. The Holy Grail: The Legend, th e History, th e Evidence, by Ju stin E. G riffin (157 G eorge M. E b e rh a rt is se n io r e d ito r o f A m e ric a n L ib ra rie s ; e-mail: geberhart@ ala.org pages, Ju ly 2001), looks at the evidence for the G rail as a physical relic instead o f a m ythic sym bol. A lleged ly the cup used by Jesu s at the Last Supper, the Grail has been the focal point o f legends involving King A rth ur and the m ysterious visit o f Jo sep h o f A rim athea to G lastonbury after the cru­ cifixion. Griffin covers considerable ground in a short tim e as he exam ines relevant in fo r m a tio n a b o u t th e New Testam ent, m edieval G ra il r o m a n c e s , G la s ­ to n b u r y A b b e y , th e Knights Templar, the Tarot d e c k , th e S p e a r o f Longinus, and all the cred­ ible contenders for the sa­ cred vessel. He concludes that several artifacts are in­ volved, am ong them the San to C áliz o f V alen cia a n d th e N a n te o s C up. $29-95. M cFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0999-1. L ib ra rie s a n d L ib rar- ia n s h ip in In d ia , by Ja sh u Patel and K rishan Kum ar (270 pages, M arch 2001), provides a detailed description of the developm ent o f libraries and the state o f librarianship in India. Especially relevant are the two chapters on academ ic libraries and bibliographic control and services. The authors contend that Indian university li­ braries have not succeeded in setting up sound co lle ctio n develo p m en t p o licies, establishing a w ide range o f services, or installing autom ated system s. The history o f the co u n try’s professional associations and library schools is also interesting as a com parison to developm ents in the United States and elsew here. $74.95. Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-29423-2. M e x ic a n P h o en ix, by D avid A. Brading (444 pages, Ju ly 2001), exam ines the sig­ nificance o f the devotion to O ur Lady of mailto:geberhart@ala.org C&RL News ■ November 2001 / 1079 G uadalupe in the history o f the M exican church from 1531 to the present. Brading details how the G uadalupe traditio n has survived and gained strength in the face o f p o litical and theological setbacks— not the least o f w hich are m odern doubts about the histo ricity o f the app arition narrative and the au then ticity o f the im age on Ju an D iego ’s t i l m a . The real m iracle is how one religious icon has been transform ed into a cem ent that has unified M exico both sp iri­ tu ally and politically. $39-95. Cam bridge U niversity. ISBN 0-521-80131-1. Microbes and People: An A -Z o f M icro­ o rg a n is m s in O u r Lives, by N eeraja Sankaran (297 pages, M arch 2001), co n­ tains m ore than 750 entries explaining in plain language the viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and cells that are relevan t to public health. Infectious diseases are cer­ tain ly a focus, but the role o f m icro bio l­ ogy in industry, food technology, and the environm ent are also considered. Supple­ m ented w ith m any ph oto s, tab les, and maps, this book provides a good first stop for looking up m icrobes from A c e t o b a c t e r to zygotes. $55.00. Oryx. ISBN 1-57356-217- 3. N etw orking Neighborhoods, by Erik Van Hove (148 pages, Ju ly 2001), exam ines the links betw een the concept o f neighbor­ hoods w ithin large urban centers and the persistence o f urban poverty. The founder o f the N eighborhood D evelopm ent Agency in A ntw erp, Belgium , that has succeeded w ith som e unconventional city planning, Van H ove proposes a more efficien t glo­ bal netw ork o f urban centers to replace the cu rren t system o f sovereign n atio n ­ states. A n interesting, alternative take on urban sociology. $9-95- U niversity o f South Carolina. ISBN 1-57003-385-4. Parallax: The Race to M easure th e Cos­ mos, by Alan W. Hirshfeld (314 pages, May 2001), tells the fascinating story o f astrono­ m ers’ attem pts over 2,000 years to m ea­ sure the distance from the earth to the stars by detecting stellar parallax— the apparent shift in a star’s position w hen view ed from 1020 / C&RL News ■ Novem ber 2001 o p p osite ends o f the e a rth ’s orbit. B ut this is no t a static tale o f in stru m en ts and dry calcu latio n s; H irsh feld brin gs the pioneers o f p arallax to life, p o rtrayin g them as en­ th usiastic innovators w ith hum an flaw s and aspirations. Today w e take fo r g ranted that the stars are m illio ns o f m iles aw ay, but reaching that conclusion and proving it was no sim ple task. $23.95. W. H. Freeman. ISBN 0-7167-3711-6. A Question o f M anhood, Volum e 2: The 19th Century, fro m Emancipation to Jim C row , edited by Earnestine Je n k in s and Darlene Clark Hine (482 pages, May 2001), continues the analysis o f black masculinity begun in volume 1 for the pre-Civil War pe­ riod. Culled from various history journals, the 20 essays focus on w hat it was like to be an African-American man during Reconstruction and the years im m ediately following. Topics include black politicians in Reconstruction South Carolina, black policem en in New Or­ leans, black cowboys and convicts, black law­ yers and physicians in the New South, black soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and the real m an behind the legendary Stagger Lee. A w e ll-re fe re n c e d , fin e -tu n e d sele ctio n . $59-95- In d ian a U n iv e rsity . ISB N 0-253- 33924-3. W om en o f th e Book: Jewish Artists, Jew­ ish Themes, by Judith A. Hoffberg (96 pages, M arch 2001), is the catalog o f a traveling ex­ hibition o f works o f art in book form created by 90 Jew ish women artists. Curated by art­ ist-book expert Hoffberg, the exhibition fea­ tured themes on family rituals, traditions, and liturgy; the Holocaust; the integration o f Je w ­ ish culture into art; humorous takes on being “Jew ish ”; cultural memory; and the celebra­ tion o f festivals. $23-95. Florida Atlantic Uni­ versity Libraries, P.O. Box 3092, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0992. ISBN 0-9706189-0-5. ■ ( “P h o t o m i c r o g r a p h s . . c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1 0 0 6 ) th ey illu strate a few w ays th at tru st can be b u ilt betw een lib rarian s and d ep artm en ts (here, bo th facu lty and stu dents). It is cru ­ cial th at lib rarian s fin d creative w ays to keep the lib rary relevan t to cam p us life. C o n fe re n c e p re s e n ta tio n s in d ic a te a gro u n d sw ell o f in terest on the to p ic o f li­ aisons and cam p us p artn e rsh ip s.2 C reative ideas for collaboration are all around us; we sim ply need to find new w ays o f telling our library stories across campus. Librarians at Gettysburg don’t just visit the departments and send out new book lists. Librarians attend classes, go on field trips, serve as research assistants, vote on com m it­ tees, sing in choirs, and participate in labs. As a result, our liaison program is becoming more vital every year. The stories we have shared are replicable. Show some interest! Get out, get active, and get involved. For many o f us, it’s the best and m ost rewarding part o f being a college ibrarian. otes 1. Visit http://www.npr.org/programs/spe- ials/vote/listlOO.html for N PR’s list. 2. ACRL’s 10th National Conference, Cross­ ng the Divide (Denver, M arch 15-18, 2001), ncluded several programs on this topic, in­ luding: Susan Sykes Berry, Trisha Mileham, nd Jo an Ruelle, “Playing Well w ith Others: deas to Increase Your Campus Libraiy Part­ erships,” panel presentation (Denver, ACRL 10th National Conference, March 16, 2001); usan Ariew et al., “Creating Successful Li­ rarian-Faculty Collaborations: The State o f he A rt,” panel presentation (Denver, ACRL 10th National Conference, March 17, 2001); nd Terri Holtze, “50 Ways to Reach Your aculty,” poster session, (Denver, ACRL 10th ational Conference, March 17, 2001). ■ l N c i i c a I n S b t a F N ( “P r e s e r v a t i o n N e w s ” c o n t . f r o m p a g e 1 0 1 4 ) guide to choosing easy and relatively inex­ pensive storage enclosures and locations that w ill preserve this type o f art. Copies are available for $8, plus shipping, from the GSLIS Publication Office, UIUC, 501 E. Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820; phone: (217) 333-1359; fax: (217) 244-7329; e-mail: p u b o ff@ a le x ia .lis .u iu c .e d u ; U RL: h ttp :// w w w .lis.uiuc.edu/puboff. Prepaym ent is re­ quired. ■ http://www.npr.org/programs/spe-cials/vote/listlOO.html http://www.npr.org/programs/spe-cials/vote/listlOO.html mailto:puboff@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff