Idaho LibrarianVolume 51 Number 1 February 1999 ILA DIVISION REPORTS ACADEMIC/SPECIAL LIBRARIES DIVISION I remember going to dinner with my parents in 1987 and telling them how excited I was about my job. We, the LCSC Library staff, were preparing to join together with public and school libraries to launch the VALNet system, which came up in April of 1988, and getting ready to build a new library building. It was a stimulating and challenging time. The time from then to now has been full of smaller, constant changes and has been satisfying in many ways, but I have not felt as much like I was on the cutting edge of what was going on in the profession. Rather, it has felt like a continual battle just to keep up with everything that was changing around me. Much of my day-to-day job involves things that will never be finished. Though I take pride in what I do, I am quite ready for some of the kinds of changes that will refresh me and give me a sense of completion and accomplishment. Luckily, they are on their way. We are once again on the brink of new and exciting things, but now the scope is much broader. Three major things are going to happen in our library in 1999, which will change the way we serve our students and faculty. Two of them, the merger of WLN and OCLC and the implementation of the statewide full-text databases, are happening, and will have impact throughout the state. The other is that we will once again be selecting and implementing a new online system. Whichever system we choose, we will be moving into the millenium with a vastly improved ability to access information in a format that will be more inviting to our patrons. Though many of you will not be looking at new systems in the next year, we will all be making changes in policies, instruction, and who knows what else to adapt to the full-text environment. And though some of the academic and special libraries have used OCLC or a combination of OCLC and WLN, the merger will bring changes in the way those services are provided to libraries. Hopefully, these new tools will give us an opportunity to analyze what we do and how we do it in such a way that our patrons will see us as refreshed and ready for whatever the future brings. Jennifer Baldwin Ashby REGIONAL CONFERENCES Regional conference planning committees have been meeting since late summer and early fall to set dates and programming for this Spring's regional conferences. Below is a list of regions, conference chairs (with phone and email addresses) and dates for each conference. Region 1, Northern Idaho, Cheri Breidt, 208-682-3483, pklib@cin.kcl.org Region 2, Moscow-Latah, Nancy Young, 208-885-2514, nyoung@uidaho.edu Region 3, Treasure Valley, Margaret Fujishin, 208-337-4228, mefujish@micron.net Region 4, Twin Falls, Jean Shawver, 208-733-2964, shaw3117@kimberly.edu Region 5, Pocatello, Larry Goold, 208-235-3222, gooldla@d25.k12.id.us Region 6, Idaho Falls, Kathy Nelson, 208-529-6077, library@eirmc.org In November, the six chairs held a teleconference with Gard Hanks, ILA treasurer Sandi Shropshire and myself to review budgets, programming and conference themes. After some discussion, it was decided that each region would come up with their own theme with a secondary theme or emphasis of library advocacy. It was exciting to see the hard work that had already gone into preparation for the conferences at that early date, so I think we can all look forward to very good programs in our regions. Larry Almeida Preliminary information about some of the regional conferences follows. Mailings will be going out to members in the various regions. More details will follow in the April issue of the Idaho Librarian. The Magic Valley Regional Conference will be held on March 19 in Twin Falls at Cavanaughs Canyon Springs Hotel, 1357 Blue Lakes Blvd. North. The theme is "Libraries are a garden of ideas: Sprinkle seeds of knowledge." The cost is $20.00 for ILA members and $30.00 for non-members. Anticipated topics are: Advocacy (Ann Abrahms), Alternate funding sources for public and school libraries, Better use of Electronic mediums, Round Table discussions on Elementary and H.S. library skills, How to Integrate Technology into the Curriculum for both elementary and H.S. levels, Book talks for elementary and Young Adult literature, and a presentation on Full-text databases. The Treasure Valley Regional Conference will be Sat., Apr. 10 at Vallivue High School in Caldwell. Flyers will be mailed in mid-February with more information. ILA members will be able to attend at a discount. The Moscow/Latah Regional Conference will be on April 22, 1999, at the Red Lion Hotel in Lewiston. The registration fee (which includes lunch) is $35 for ILA members; $45 for non-members. Those working in technical or public services in school, academic, public or special libraries will find something of interest in the broad range of workshops and programs being prepared for this conference. The Mountain River Regional Conference will be May 14, 1999 at Eastern Idaho
Technical College in Idaho Falls. A separate trustee meeting is planned on May 13th in the
evening, location to be announced.
ROUNDTABLE? WHAT'S A ROUNDTABLE? Have you ever heard ILA members talk about roundtables and wondered what they are? Or do you remember roundtables and wonder whatever happened to them? Well, here is your chance to find out. Roundtables are interest groups that get together at the annual conference to discuss
the subject upon which they are based. For instance, roundtables could be about Reference,
Youth Services, Cataloging, or any other topic related to libraries. They can be very
loosely or more formally structured, depending on the wishes of the people involved. If
you would like to facilitate a roundtable in a particular subject area, please contact one
of the division chairs to request sponsorship. If you do not wish to facilitate, but would
like to see a roundtable developed, check with others who might be interested in
facilitating or contact a division chair for help. The division chair will take the
request to the conference planning committee and see that the roundtable is included in
the conference program and that an appropriate meeting space is available. Division chairs
are Max Leek/Public Libraries, Marlene Earnest/Ed. Media, Jennifer Ashby/Academic-Special
Libraries, and Jennifer O'Laughlin/Trustees-Friends. For phone numbers and email
addresses, see the ILA Executive Board Roster in this issue (p. 15-16). ABOUT IDAHO: 1996 BIBLIOGRAPHY December 30, 1998 Available online at: http://libacq.boisestate.edu/idaho_bibliography.htm Adler, David Gray, ed. The Constitution and the conduct of American foreign policy. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1996. xiii, 396 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0700607552. 96-5057. Faculty, ISU. Alexander, Karen. A gift from Daniel. New York: Berkeley Pub. Group, 1996. vi, 275 p.; 21 cm. ISBN 0399522441. 96-15438. Idaho author. Alexie, Sherman. Water flowing home: poems. Boise, Idaho: Limberlost Press, 1996. 1 v. (unpaged); 24 cm. ISBN 0931659256. wln97-11981. Idaho press. Altork, Kathleen Mary. Land running through the bones: an ethnography of place. Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Dissertation Services, 1996. 2 v. (759 leaves). wln96-142186. Idaho related material. Anderson, William C. How to survive hospital care: or "Why they keep bedpans in the freezer". Boise, Idaho: Legendary Pub. Co., 1996. 103 p.: ill.; 18 cm. ISBN 1887747001. wln96-197922. Idaho author. Armentrout, Douglas. Canvas in the mirror. Boise, Idaho: The Creative Lure, 1996. 64 p.; 21 cm. ISBN 0965511308. 96-97033. Idaho author. Bamonte, Tony and Suzanne Schaeffer Bamonte. History of Pend Oreille County. Spokane, WA: Tornado Creek Publications, 1996. xv, 271 p.: ill.; 29 cm. ISBN 0965221911. 96-60610. Idaho related material. Bean, Douglas E. The girl with magic in her voice. Boise, Idaho: D.E. Bean, 1996. xii, 89 p.; 23 cm. ISBN 0965360903. wln98-133979. Idaho author. Bickford-Swarthout, Doris. Mary Hallock Foote : pioneer woman illustrator. Deansboro, N.Y.: Berry Hill Press, 1996. x, 119 p.: ill.; 26 cm. ISBN 0964690020. 96-95072. Idaho related material. Bixby, Michael B. The legal environment of business: a practical approach. Cincinnati, Ohio: South-Western College Pub., 1996. xxiv, 758 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm. ISBN 0538844841. 95-16691. Faculty, BSU. Bowers, Norman A. Hidatsa suprasegmentals: a phonological analysis of a Siouan Native North American language. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1996. 265 p.: ill., map; 29 cm. ISBN 0893011916. 95-52026. Idaho press. Brady, Clark A. The Burroughs cyclopaedia: characters, places, fauna, flora, technologies, languages, ideas and terminologies found in the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1996. v, 402 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0899508960. 96-32787. Edgar Rice Burroughs is an Idaho author. Burrow, T. J. Wild fish recipes and fishing tips. Boise, Idaho: G.W. Teal Pub. Co., 1996. 63 p.: ill.; 22 cm. ISBN 0964165430. wln97-328879. Idaho related material. Church, F. Forrester. Life lines: holding on (and letting go). Boston: Beacon Press, c1996. xviii, 171 p.; 21 cm. ISBN 0807027227. 96-12620. Idaho author. Dahlgren, Dorothy and Simone Carbonneau Kincaid. In all the West, no place like this: a pictorial history of the Coeur d'Alene region. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: Museum of North Idaho, c1996. xiv, 254 p.: ill., map; 29 cm. ISBN 0964364700. wln98-97727. Idaho authors. Derig, Betty B. Roadside history of Idaho. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Pub. Co., 1996. xx, 362 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm. ISBN 0878423273. 95-42565. Idaho related material. Dutcher, Jim. The Sawtooth wolves. Bearsville, N.Y.: Rufus Publications, 1996. 191 p.: col. ill.; 32 cm. ISBN 0964991500. 96-83437. Idaho photographer. Elizabeth, Martha. The return of pleasure: poems. Lewiston, Idaho: Confluence Press, 1996. 50 p.; 23 cm. ISBN 1881090213. wln96-219821. Idaho press. Emmert, Scott. Loaded fictions: social critique in the twentieth-century western. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1996. 212 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0893011940. 96-18607. Idaho press. Fish, Marie Buckley. Best of Mensa: newsletter exchange, book one. Post Falls, Idaho: Ramalo Publications, c1996. 94 p.: ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 0944794106. wln97-19898. Idaho press. Fisher, David. Tube: the invention of television. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1996. xvii, 427 p.: ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 1887178171. 96-15480. An inventor of television, Philo T. Farnsworth, lived in Rigby, Idaho. Idaho related material. Furey-Werhan, Carol. Haven in the wilderness: the story of Frances Zaunmiller Wisner of Campbell's Ferry, Idaho. Parks, Ariz.: C. Furey-Werhan, 1996. 226 p.: ill., maps; 23 cm. ISBN 0933269048. 94-96327. Idaho related material. Grant, Johnny. Very close to trouble: the Johnny Grant memoir. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1996. xii, 223 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., maps; 24 cm. ISBN 0874221404. 96-34898. Idaho related material. Harris, Richard. Hidden Idaho : the adventurer's guide. Berkeley, CA : Ulysses Press, 1996. 289 p.: ill., maps; 22 cm. ISBN 1569750386. 95-60706. Idaho related material. Hebard, Grace Raymond. Washakie: chief of the Shoshones. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. xxii, 337 p.: ill., maps; 23 cm. ISBN 0803272782. 95-33119. Idaho author. Hepworth, James R. and Gregory McNamee, editors. Resist much, obey little: remembering Ed Abbey. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1996. xiii, 254 p.; 21 cm. ISBN 0871568799. 96-17160. James R. Hepworth is an Idaho author. Holley, Tim. Le Poulet Rouge restaurant cookbook. Boise, ID: Legendary Pub., 1996. 166 p.; 23 cm. ISBN 1887747028. wln97-12006. Idaho press. Hower, Ward. Quanta: a manifesto for the third millennium. London: Minerva Press, 1996. 225 p.; 21 cm. ISBN 1858635837. wln97-328937. Idaho author. Hsu, Madeleine. Olivier Messiaen, the musical mediator: a study of the influence of Liszt, Debussy, and Bartok. Madison [N.J.]: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996. 183 p.; music; 24 cm. ISBN 0838635954. 95-9598. Faculty, BSU. James, Caroline. Nez Perce women in transition, 1877-1990. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1996. xxix, 245 p.: ill., maps; 26 cm. ISBN 0893011886. 95-049234. Idaho press. James-Duguid, Charlene. Work as art: Idaho logging as an aesthetic moment. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1996. 148 p.: ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 0893011908. 95-48839. Idaho press. Janzen, John. A mystical journey through Papua, New Guinea and the Indonesian Islands. [Boise, Idaho?]: J. Janzen, c1996. 191 p.: ill., maps; 23 cm. ISBN 0965455505. 97-112191. Idaho author. Just, Rick. Keeping private Idaho. Boise, ID: Ceder Creek Press, 1996. 245 p.: 22 cm. ISBN 0965353931. 96-226079. Idaho author. Kienholz, Edward. Kienholz, a retrospective. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, in association with the D.A.P. /Distributed Art Publishers, 1996. 300 p.: ill. (some col.); 30 cm. ISBN 0874270995. 95-46400. Idaho artist. Kituku, Vincent Muli wa. Wasya wa Mukamba = The voice of Mukamba: African motivational folktales for all ages. [Boise, Idaho?]: V. Muli Kituku, [1996]. xix, 84 p.: ill.; 22 cm. ISBN 0965078000. 95-95361. Idaho author. Kulchak, Craig. The creeks: an upland adventure. Boise: Walkabout Press Co., 1996. i, 120 p.: ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 0965583309. 96-90968. Idaho related material. Laurance, B. F. Desperate trail. Bend, Oregon: Maverick Publications, 1996. 63 p.; 22 cm. ISBN 0965066002. wln96-213453. Idaho author. LaRocco, Christine and Jim Coughlin. The art of work: an anthology of workplace literature. Cincinnati, Ohio: SouthWestern Educational Publishing, 1996. vii, 280 p.; 23 cm. + teacher's guide (94 p.; 28m.) wln96198421. Idaho authors. Link, Paul Karl and E. Chilton Phoenix. Rocks, rails, and trails. 2nd ed. Pocatello, Idaho: Idaho Museum of Natural History, 1996. 194 p.: ill.; 22 cm. ISBN 0937834602. wln9811257. Paul Karl Link is an Idaho author. Madsen, Brigham D. Bannock of Idaho. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1996. 382 p.: ill., map; 21 cm. ISBN 0893011894. 96-214885. Idaho press. Markel, Michael H. Technical communication: situations and strategies. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. xviii, 697, 4 p.: ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 0312115199. 95-67058. Faculty, BSU. Milowski, Carol Porterfield. Revisioning the American frontier: Mary Hallock Foote, Mary Austin, Willa Cather, and the western narrative. Thesis (Ph.D.)—Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1996. vii, 361 leaves. wln97-171904. Idaho related material. Moore, Bud. The Lochsa story: land ethics in the Bitterroot Mountains. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Pub., 1996. xii, 461 p.: ill., maps; 23 cm. ISBN 0878423419. 96-27228. Idaho related material. Morrissey, Katherine Goggin. Mental territories: environment and the creation of the Inland Empire, 1870-1920. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1996. x, 311 leaves: maps. wln96-214822. Idaho related material. Olmsted, Kathryn. Challenging the secret government: the post-Watergate investigations of the CIA and FBI. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. xiii, 255 p.: ill.; 25 cm. ISBN 080782254X. 95-23354. Idaho related material. (Frank Church) Peters, Arthur King. Seven trails West. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, c1996. 252 p.: ill. (some col.); 20 x 26 cm. ISBN 1558597824. 95-39095. Idaho related material. Phillips, Jeanne. Monkey mountain madness. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho, 1996. 168 p.; 19 cm. ISBN 0893011924. 95-49114. Idaho press. Plew, Mark G., editor. Prehistoric hunter-gatherer fishing strategies. Boise, Idaho: Dept. of Anthropology, Boise State University, 1996. 214 p.: ill., maps; 28 cm. ISBN 0963974912. wln97-130332. Faculty, BSU. Remmerden, Hendrik van (George). In the shadow of the swastika / as told to J. H. Netten. Boise, Idaho: Lithcraft, Inc., 1996. vi, 113 p.: ill.; 22 cm. wln9871633. J. H. Netten lives in Garden Valley, Idaho. Retallic, Ken and Rocky Barker. Fly fisher's guide to Idaho. Gallatin Gateway, MT: Wilderness Adventures Press, 1996. 368 p.: ill., maps; 23 cm. ISBN 1885106300. 9562176. Idaho related material. Rozmajzl, Michon. Music fundamentals, methods, and materials for the elementary classroom teacher. New York: Longman, 1996. xii, 370 p.: ill.; 28 cm. ISBN 0801315808. 95-9934. Faculty, BSU. Rutan, Douglas E. The history of the Meridian school district. Thesis (Ph.D.)—University of Idaho, 1996. xi, 206 leaves: map; 29 cm. wln96-143988. Idaho related material. Sanborn Map Company. Fire insurance maps from the Sanborn Map Company Archives, late 19th century to 1900. Idaho. Bethesda, Md.: University Publications of America, c1996. 2 microfilm reels: maps; 35 mm. ISBN 1556553579. wln96140336. Idaho related material. Schamschula, Eleonore. Pioneer of American Folklore: Karl Knortz and his collections. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1996. 326 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0893011851. 96-3879. Idaho press. Schow, Ronald L. Idaho hearing survey. Pocatello, ID: Idaho State University Press, 1996. 128 p.; 28 cm. ISBN 0937834548. wln97-29753. Idaho press. Schwantes, Carlos A. So incredibly Idaho!: seven landscapes that define the gem state. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, c1996. xxxi, 146 p.: col. ill., col. maps; 24 cm. ISBN 0893011932. 95-026340. Idaho author. Seagraves, Anne. Daughters of the West. Hayden, Idaho: Wesanne Publications, c1996. 176 p.: ill., ports.; 23 cm. ISBN 0961908858. 9561859. Idaho author. Sermon, Suzanne. "Beyond simple domesticity": organizing Boise women, 1866-1920. Boise State University thesis, 1996. ix, 124 leaves; 29 cm. wln97-61605. Idaho related material. Spanbauer, Tom. The man who fell in love with the moon. Seattle, WA: Hall Closet Book Co., 1996. 10 sound cassettes (13 hrs., 30 min.): analog. ISBN 1888348038. wln9748353. Idaho author. St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. A taste of Boise: exclusive recipes from Boise's finest restaurants. Boise, Idaho: St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, 1996. 127 p.; 22 cm. wln97328936. Idaho related material. Schullery, Paul, ed. The Yellowstone wolf: a guide and sourcebook. Worland, Wyo.: High Plains Pub. Co., 1996. xiv, 354 p.: ill., maps; 25 cm. ISBN 1881019136. 96-75052. Idaho related material. Stapilus, Randy, editor. Snake River Basin adjudication: the first 10 years. Boise, ID: Ridenbaugh Press, c1996. 198 p.; 28 cm. wln97-182369. Idaho author. Steiner, Joy. Polka dots on Crow Mountain: tall tales and true stories inspired by a southern childhood. Boise, ID: Pickle Juice Productions, 1996. 1 sound cassette: analog. ISBN 0965415503. wln98-92299. Idaho press. Welsh, C. W. Cee Dub's Dutch oven and other camp cookin' : a back country guide to outdoor cooking spiced with tall tales. Twin Falls, Idaho: Table Top Publishing, 1996. 207 p.: ill., ports.; 23 cm. ISBN 0965554902. 98149900. Idaho author. Wertan, Lawrence. The lost champion. Sewanee, Tennessee: Boxer Books, 1996. 155 p.: 22 cm. 96-85021. Idaho related material. Zeuschner, Robert B. Edgar Rice Burroughs: the exhaustive scholar's and collector's
descriptive bibliography of American periodical, hardcover, paperback, and reprint
editions. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, c1996. xi, 287 p.: ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 0786401834.
96-273311. Idaho related material. ABOUT IDAHO: 1997 BIBLIOGRAPHY December 28, 1998 Available online at: http://libacq.boisestate.edu/idaho_bibliography.htm Allen, Pokey and Bob Evancho. Pokey: the good fight. Boise, Idaho: Bootleg Books, c1997. xvi, 238 p.: ill., ports.; 23 cm. ISBN 0965891100. 97-071515. Pokey Allen and Robert Evancho are Idaho authors. Baker, Vernon J. Lasting valor. Columbus, Miss.: Genesis Press, c1997. xv, 294 p., [8] p. of plates: ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 1885478305. 97-075283. Idaho author. Barkdull, Larry. Mourning dove: a story of love. New York: Golden Books, c1997. 84 p.; 19 cm. ISBN 0307440117. 97-6792. Idaho author. Barr, Robert and William Parrett. How to create alternative, charter, and magnet schools that work. Bloomington, Ind.: National Educational Service, 1997. xiv, 231 p.; 23 cm. ISBN 1879639483. 97-193228. Robert Barr and William Parrett are both Faculty, BSU. Barth, Richard C. Pioneers of the Colorado Parks. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1997. xii, 276 p.: ill., maps; 23 cm. ISBN 0870043811. 97-36878. Idaho publisher. Brackenbury, Wade. Yak butter & black tea: a journey into forbidden China. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997. xxi, 224 p.: map; 23 cm. ISBN 1565121481. 96-30756. Idaho author. Brinton, Alan, editor. Historical foundations of informal logic. Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, Vt.: Ashgate, 1997. x, 180 p.: ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 1859725880. 97-72075. Faculty, BSU. Churchwell, Mary Jo. The cabin on Sawmill Creek: a western Walden. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1997. xii, 228 p.: ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 0870043803. 97-20584. Idaho related material. Clark, Dave. Silver Creek: Idaho's fly fishing paradise. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1997. xiv, 210 p.: ill. (some col.), maps; 23 cm. ISBN 087004382X. 97-33288. Idaho related material. Cox, Emma. Idaho Mountains, our home: the life story of Lafe and Emma Cox. Yellow Pine, Idaho: V.O. Ranch Books, 1997. 248 p.: ill., maps, ports.; 23 cm. ISBN 0965863506. 97-199912. Idaho author. Crutchfield, James Andrew. Mountain men of the American West. Boise, ID: Tamarack Books, 1997. viii, 188 p.; ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 1886609071. 97-185712. Idaho author. Curnutt, Kirk. Wise economies: brevity and storytelling in American short stories. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, c1997. xii, 315 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0893012025. 96-050297. Idaho press. Davis, Belinda. The national register of historic places in Idaho / Idaho State Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office; compiled by Belinda Davis and Ann Swanson; designed by Fred Fritchman. Boise: Idaho State Historical Society, 1997. 59 p.: ill.; 28 cm. 98-137096. Idaho related material. Dutcher, Jim. Wolves at our door. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Channel Video, c1997. 1 videocassette (53 min.): sd., col.; ½ inch. ISBN 156331603X. pms00-124429. Idaho related material. Elkins, Andrew. Great poem of the Earth: a study of the poetry of Thomas Hornsby Ferril. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1997. 230 p.: ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 0893011967. 96-024138. Idaho press. Evancho, Joe. Fishing Idaho: an angler's guide. Boise, Idaho: Cutthroat Press, 1997. 201, [6] p.: ill., maps; 23 cm. ISBN 0964915804. wln98-699555. Idaho related material. Ferguson, Michael. GPS land navigation: a complete guidebook for the backcountry users of the NAVSTAR Satellite System. Boise, Idaho: Glassford Pub., 1997. xv, 255 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm. ISBN 0965220257. 96-78541. Idaho author. Gold, Carolyn J. Dragonfly secret. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997. 133 p.; 20 cm. ISBN 068931938X. 96-10183. Idaho author. Haarsager, Sandra L. Organized womanhood: cultural politics in the Pacific Northwest, 1840-1920. Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, 1997. xiii, 427p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0806129743. 97-012710. Idaho author. Hamilton, Ladd. Snowbound. Pullman, Wash.: Washington State University Press, c1997. xii, 228 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., map; 24 cm. ISBN 0874221536. 97-018694. Idaho related material. Hanks, Gardner C. Against the death penalty: Christian and secular arguments against capital punishment. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1997. 208 p.; 23 cm. ISBN 0836190750. 97-18825. Idaho author. Harris, Gene. In His hands. Concord, CA: Concord Jazz, 1997. 1 sound disc: digital; 4 3/4 in. UPC 013431475828. pms00-438564. Idaho artist/composer. Gene Harris's musicians are Idaho natives or residents. Hart, Arthur A. Western Idaho Fair: a centennial history, 1897-1997. Boise, Idaho: printed by Joslyn and Morris Co., 1997. 76 p.: ill., map, ports.; 21 cm. ISBN 0931659493. wln97-329953. Idaho author. Himmelwright, Abraham Lincoln Artman. In the heart of the Bitterroot Mountains: the story of the Carlin Hunting Party, September-December, 1893. [Wrangell, Ark.?]: Mountain Meadow Press, 1997. 132 p.: ill., 1 map; 22 cm. ISBN 0945519168. 93-78127. Idaho related material. Holl, Jack M. Argonne National Laboratory, 1946-1996. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. xxii, 644 p.: ill., map; 24 cm. ISBN 0252023412. 96-50031. Idaho related material. Holly, Pete. The wizard of garage. Boise, ID: Look's Music, 1997. 1 sound disc: digital; 4 3/4 in. wln98-2931. Idaho songwriter. Idaho Center for the Book. Idaho biblio treasures: rare, beautiful and curious volumes in Idaho libraries, archives and private collections. Boise, Idaho: Idaho Center for the Book, c1997. 15, [2] p.: col. ill.; 27 cm. wln97-121400. Idaho author. Johnson, Stanley W. Milwaukee road revisited. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1997. 239 p.: ill., map; 24 cm. ISBN 0893011983. 96-31786. Idaho press. Junior League of Boise. Beyond burlap: Idaho's famous potato recipes. Boise, ID: Junior League of Boise, 1997. 223 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0913743976. 97-72093. Idaho author. Kelley, Lorrie L. Sectional anatomy for imaging professionals. St. Louis: Mosby, c1997. xiii, 303 p.: ill.; 29 cm. ISBN 0815186657. 96-41242. Faculty, BSU. Lied, Kate. Potato: a tale from the Great Depression. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society: distributed by Publishers Group West, c1997. 1 v. (unpaged): col. ill.; 26 cm. ISBN 0792235215. 96-11926. Idaho related material. Lisk , Mark W. Idaho impressions / photography by Mark W. Lisk; essays by Stephen Stuebner; foreword by Cecil D. Andrus. Portland, Or.: Graphic Arts Center Pub., 1997. 144 p.: chiefly col. ill., col. map; 35 cm. ISBN 1558683143. 97-70194. Idaho photographer, author. Lukas, J. Anthony. Big trouble: a murder in a small western town sets off a struggle for the soul of America. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, c1997. 875 p.: ill., map; 25 cm. ISBN 0684808587. 97-21359. Idaho related material. MacGregor, Carol Lynn, editor and annotator. Journals of Patrick Gass: member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Pub. Co., 1997. ISBN 0878423508. 97-15350. Idaho author. Martinez, Reynel. Six silent men: 101st LRP/Rangers. Book 1. New York: Ivy Books, c1997. xviii, 362 p.: ill.; 18 cm. ISBN 0804115664. 96-94868. Idaho author. McFarland, Ronald E. World of David Wagoner. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1997. 222 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0893012009. 96-44322. Idaho author. Miller, Nicholas John. Between nation and state: Serbian politics in Croatia before the First World War. Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997. xiv, 223 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm. ISBN 0822939894. 97-4821. Faculty, BSU. Morrison, John. Mavericks: the lives and battles of Montana's political legends. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1997. xi, 329 p.: ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 0893011991. 96-52420. Idaho press. Mueller, Marge. Fire, faults, & floods: a road and trail guide exploring the origins of the Columbia River Basin. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1997. 288 p.: ill., maps; 22 cm. ISBN 0893012068. 96-46352. Idaho press. Pearson, Ridley. Beyond recognition. New York: Hyperion, 1997. 480 p.; 25 cm. ISBN 0786862408. 96-21125. Idaho author. Perrault, Mark. Cowboy memories of Montana. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1997. xvii, 182 p.: ill., 1 map; 24 cm. ISBN 0893012076. 96-51484. Idaho press. Rast, Ella Marie. I remember that good yet—: Edward Rast, a Russian immigrant to Idaho. Pocatello, Idaho: Gateway Printers, 1997. 249 p.: ill. (some col.), maps; 23 cm. 97-70222. Idaho press. Reid, Agnes Just. Letters of long ago. 4th ed. Boise, ID: Cedar Creek Press, 1997. xviii, 117 p.: ill., map, ports.; 22 cm. ISBN 096535394X. wln98-23176. Idaho author. Riebsame, William E., general editor. Atlas of the new West: portrait of a changing region. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1997. 1 atlas (192 p.): ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 31 cm. ISBN 0393045501. 97-18780. Idaho related material. Rivers, Kathie. Idaho's scenic highways: a mile-by-mile road guide. Ketchum, Idaho: Great Vacations, Inc., 1997. 158 p.: col. ill., col. maps; 27 cm. ISBN 0965890139. 97-73991. Idaho press. Seely, Kevin L. Can you hear the monkey . . . Boise, Idaho: The Silent Monkey Press, 1997. viii, 85 p.; 22 cm. ISBN 0965871703. wln97-307701. Idaho author. Stewart, Chris. Shattered bone. New York: M. Evans & Co., 1997. 384 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0871318318. 97-20580. Idaho author Stoecklein, David R. and Tom B. Saunders. The Texas cowboys: cowboys of the Lone Star State. Ketchum, Idaho: Stoecklein Pub., 1997. 249 p.: col. ill.; 28 x 31 cm. ISBN 0922029601. 97-65948 . Idaho photographer. Studebaker, William. Travelers in an antique land: poems by William Studebaker. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1997. ix, 80 p.: ill.; 26 cm. ISBN 0893012033. 96-38996. Idaho press. Stuebner, Stephen and Robert Phillips. Mountain biking in McCall. Boise, Idaho: Boise Front Adventures, 1997. 88 p.: ill., maps; 22 cm. ISBN 0964434326. wln 97-251057. Idaho author. Svingen, Dan and Kas Dumroese, editors. A birder's guide to Idaho. Colorado Springs, Colo.: American Birding Association, 1997. xii, 339 p.: ill., maps (some col.); 22 cm. ISBN 1878788140. 97-72889. Idaho related material. Takehara, John. The diversity of Australian ceramics. Boise, Idaho: Mesa Productions International, 1997. 1 videocassette (VHS): sd., col.; 1/2 in. wln98-717957. Faculty, BSU. Topping, Gary. Glen Canyon & the San Juan country. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1997. xv, 404 p.: ill., map; 24 cm. ISBN 0893012041. 96-50298. Idaho press. Tunnell, Michael O. Mailing May. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1997. 1 v. (unpaged): col. ill.; 24 x 29 cm. ISBN 0688128793. 96-35259. Idaho related material. Vinz, Ruth. On writing qualitative research: living by words. London; Washington, D.C.: Falmer Press, 1997. ix, 411 p.: ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 0750706023. 97-158531. Idaho author. Vinz, Warren Lang. Pulpit politics: faces of American Protestant nationalism in the twentieth century. Albany: State University of New York Press, c1997. xii, 267 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0791431754. 96-10703. Faculty, BSU. Waite, Thornton. Yellowstone Branch of the Union Pacific: route of the Yellowstone Special. Columbia, Mo.: Brueggenjohann/Reese; Idaho Falls, Idaho: T. Waite, [between 1996 and 1997]. 98 p.: ill., map; 28 cm. ISBN 096577290X. 97-72294. Idaho press. Walsh, Anthony. Correctional assessment, casework, and counseling. Lanham, Md.: American Correctional Association, 1997. xiii, 446 p.: ill.; 26 cm. ISBN 1569910634. 97-3906. Faculty, BSU. Western Literature Association. Updating the literary West. Fort Worth, Tex.: Texas Christian University Press, 1997. xxiii, 1031 p.: maps; 26 cm. ISBN 0875651755. 97-9120. Idaho contributors. Williamson, Darcy. River tales of Idaho. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers,1997.
xi, 342 p.: ill., maps; 23 cm. ISBN 0870043781. 97-12072 . Idaho press. NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Pool resigns as Trustees/Friends Division Chair John Pool has resigned as chair of the Trustees/Friends Division of ILA. He has begun
to pursue a Ph.D. and will not be able to commit the time necessary to attend board
meetings and conferences. "I have enjoyed immensely my association with the members
of the executive board over the last two years," Pool said in his resignation letter,
"and I look forward to continuing to be a productive member of the Idaho library
community." The division's chair-elect, Jennifer O'Laughlin, has agreed to fill the
remainder of Pool's term.
To mark its formation in 1909, the Pacific Northwest Library Association will open its 1999 Conference, August 11-13 in Calgary, with birthday cake, "bubbly" and Ben Wicks. Ben is a humorist, author and artist who is one of Canada's strongest voices for literacy. He is well known for his series of Born to Read books, given to more than two million young school children. The theme of the 1999 PNLA Conference is Common Ground, chosen to focus on topics, trends and issues that Canadian and American librarians and information workers share. There will be workshops and speakers on literacy, intellectual freedom, advocacy, management issues, and children's/YA literature and services. Upholding intellectual freedom is one of the core values of librarianship. Alan MacDonald (University of Calgary) will speak on intellectual freedom at the Exhibitors Lunch on Thursday. Beth Barlow (Calgary Public Library) will moderate a panel, "The Internet and the Individual" with a member of the Calgary Police Service's Technological Crime Unit and an investigative reporter who specializes in consumer issues as panelists. Toni Samek (SLIS, University of Alberta) will present "Library Leadership and Moral Persuasion: A Session on Intellectual Freedom" which examines the basic tension between an ideal vision of democracy and the day-to-day workings of libraries. There are sessions on the future of the profession, developing library websites for targeted audiences, fundraising, graphic novels and comic books for reluctant readers, readers theatre, information entrapreneurship, handling reporters, lobbying, ethics, trends in children's literature, early childhood literacy, conservation and disaster planning, managing and marketing outreach services, Y2K and — maybe — feng shui. The Executive Directors of ALA and CLA, Bill Gordon and Vicki Whimell, will present two sessions and speak at the Associations Lunch on Friday. Early bird registration, by June 25th, is $75 for PNLA members, payable in the currency of the country of residency. And with the exchange rate, Americans will, in effect, enjoy a discount of about 35% on hotel rooms, shopping and tourist activities. Early birds will also receive a book of value-laden coupons, good for discounts at museums, restaurants and stores in Calgary and Banff. For information on Calgary, check WWW.visitor.calgary.ab.ca.
Karen Labuik, Assistant Director OCLC and WLN Agree to Merge OCLC and WLN announced that they have agreed to merge effective Jan. 1, 1999. "We are very excited about the possibilities for WLN customers and staff as we join with OCLC in this merger," said Paul McCarthy, WLN president and CEO. "WLN libraries will share in the strengths of OCLC, and the new OCLC/WLN Pacific Northwest Service Center will benefit by having several of its products and services marketed nationally and internationally through OCLC's strong sales force. The benefits of these same products and services will now be more directly available to OCLC's many libraries." "We believe this merger will benefit member libraries of both organizations," said Jay Jordan, OCLC president and CEO. "WLN libraries will join OCLC's digital, global community for cataloging, resource sharing and reference services, and OCLC member libraries will benefit from the inclusion of libraries in the Pacific Northwest in the OCLC network. OCLC brings strong financial, technical, marketing and networking resources to WLN's expertise in authority control and collection analysis. Working together, WLN and OCLC will eliminate duplicate services, introduce new and better products and lower costs for member libraries." More information is available on the WLN/OCLC merger page on OCLC's Web site <http://www.oclc.org/wln/>. BOOK REVIEWS Travelers in an Antique Land. Poems by William Studebaker and photographs by Russell Hepworth. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1997. 80 p. ISBN: 0-89301-203-3. $49.95. Poet Christopher Merrill said, "As we attend to our surroundings, we must not fool ourselves into believing that we own anything beyond our capacity for love and awe." I feel, however, that artists may transcend "our capacity for love and awe" by capturing and sharing the spiritus loci, the breath and soul of their surroundings or place. This ownership seems possible when artists enter into a symbiotic relationship with place and not only describe it and their "love and awe" of it, but also what the essence and feeling of the place really are. When the artists draw the audience into the spiritus loci, the audience gains a true understanding of place and what it provides. And the audience with the artists experiences the place. By opening Travelers in an Antique Land, the audience becomes part of the American High Desert. William Studebaker and Russell Hepworth are long-time residents and students of the High Mountain Desert of Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Nevada. Studebaker's poetry and Hepworth's photographs provide the spiritus loci of this place that most people comprehend no more than from a view behind automobile windows speeding along I-84. Every place considered, from Bliss, Idaho, to Death, Nevada, to the Owyhees to Jukebox Cave is real. And from each place in Travelers in an Antique Land, like in "The Space Closest to Our Bodies": We learn to hear a voice The symbiotic relationship of the poet and the photographer with the high desert is gentle and mystical. They indeed feel "love and awe" for their subjects, but they go one step further. The words and the pictures ease the readers into their own relationships with the place and its dimensions. The collection of poems and photos is divided into three general sections. The first, "Desert Passage," carries the audience beyond the stereotypical flat images of the High Desert. Each poem provides specific details of place and then moves from what the place is to what the place gives. These are places as spoken of in "The Space Closest to Our Bodies" where one may Imagine some tan grass and sage, Often, as in "Walking the High Desert in Winter," The landscape is like a piece of your mind And the reader finds solace from the immense sweep of the sky as in "The Skies Over Nevada" so that When we lay our dreams The first section of the book is indeed about the "Antique Land" spoken of in the book's title, the land that was, is, and will be. The second and third sections of the book, "Remains of Time" and "Practice Range," deal with segments of history of the High Desert. Both sections give credence to the book's epigraph, Shelly's "Ozymadias," as the poems and photos consider what people leave behind as they pass through the High Desert. Only reminders of the people are left, and the places remain and grow beyond the human indifference or are scarred and suffer. "Remains of Time" illustrates what people dragged through the High Desert, such as plows, cattle, fast cars, air force jets, and religion. Evidence of people exists only by what they leave behind. The people are but shadows, and as seen in "Another Time," they have not destroyed the spiritus loci with their passing: The fence posts were This is where But beyond And despite human interference, the center holds such High Desert wonders as Hell's Canyon, camas bulbs, ritual mating grounds of upland birds, and the patterns and reach of rock formations—the DNA of the High Mountain Desert. The third section, "Practice Range," considers past and present. It gets its name from the large area of High Desert set aside for air force bombing practice. It considers how humans indifferently poisoned the place with their flotsam, their abandoned cars, asphalt, nuclear waste, hydroelectric power plants, and grazing sheep, and what the results of the poisoning are. Although the place is poisoned, the spiritus loci is not crushed, as seen in "For Your Part": Let's say you parked for a long time Pack rats built nests Yes, the aura of place survives despite the nuclear detritus of "The town, a wide spot / the highway doesn't slow down for / anymore" ("Butte city, Idaho National Laboratory, Acceleration, Half-Lives") and the man made river in "Altering the Flow." And no matter what humans do to poison the places there is "something of how time was / of how the world is the same: / earth, fire, wind, and water." ("Trace Elements Around the Saylor Creek Bombing Range"). Each page of Studebaker's poetry is opposite one of Hepworth's crisp, black and white photographs. Clearly the poems and photographs are born of the "love and awe" the artists feel toward their surroundings. Their emotional responses to the land transcend politics or economics or ethnicity. Studebaker gently draws readers into and through his poetry by clarity of images, his use of first and second persons, wry humor, and concern for his subjects, which most often grow from personal experiences. The clarity, speed, and weight of what Studebaker crafts are authentic. Each of Hepworth's photos visually clarifies the poem on the opposite pages. The poetic and photographic craftsmanship leads readers into a relationship with the High Desert, and they emerge with an understanding and vision of the place and its spiritus loci, and perhaps a little different view of themselves. Travelers in an Antique Land is for those who wish to hold a part of the world in their hands and minds and to comprehend and become a part of that place. John Sollers William Studebaker and Russell Hepworth are indigenous to the American High Mountain Desert. Studebaker, a fourth-generation Idahonian, lives near Twin Falls, Idaho. After teaching English for twenty-three years at the College of Southern Idaho, he now teaches part time at Idaho State University, manages the College of Southern Idaho museum and planetarium, writes for the local newspaper, and endeavors to preserve the High Mountain Desert that he spends his free time in from human mistreatment. His essays, short stories, and poetry are widely published. Russell Hepworth taught photography and the history of photography at Boise State University, and currently teaches photography and design at the College of Southern Idaho. His photographs have been exhibited throughout Idaho and other states. John Sollers, born and raised in Idaho, now lives on the Oregon Coast. He is in his
thirty-fourth year of teaching high school English, two years in Troy, Idaho, eighteen
years in Vallivue High School outside Caldwell, Idaho, and is into his fourteenth year at
Taft High School, Lincoln City, Oregon. His poetry appears in journals and two
anthologies. BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW The following is a list of books available for review in the Idaho Librarian. If you would like to review one of these titles, please e-mail Christine DeZelar-Tiedman (chrisd@belle.lib.uidaho.edu). Postal address: University of Idaho Library, Rayburn Street, Moscow, Idaho 83844-2363 USA. Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Western Historian. Brigham D. Madsen. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1998. Building with Logs: Western Log Construction in Context. Jennifer Eastman Attebery. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1998. Fly Free as Easy as 1-2-3. David Crandall. Boise: Legendary Publishing, c1998. From Earth to Herbalist: an Earth-conscious guide to medicinal plants. Gregory L. Tilford. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Pub. Co., 1998. The Gift: Four Seasons of Haiku and Senyru. Adelaide McLeod. Boise: Coffee Table Books, c1998. The Great Poem of the Earth: A Study of the Poetry of Thomas Hornsby Ferril. Andrew Elkins. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1997. Green Cultural Studies: Nature in Film, Novel and Theory. Jhan Hochman. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1998. Green Ink: an introduction to environmental journalism. Michael Frome. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1999. A Guide to the Trees of Utah and the Intermountain West. Michael Kuhns. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1998. The Journals of Patrick Gass: Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Edited and annotated by Carol Lynn MacGregor. Missoula: Mountain Press Pub. Co., 1997. Living in Chaos, Walking in Peace: A Matter of Ascension. Barbara Knudson. Boise: Legendary Publishing, c1998. Mavericks: the Lives and Battles of Montana's Political Legends. John Morrison and Catherine Wright Morrison. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1997. More Rip-Roaring Reads for Reluctant Teen Readers. Bette D. Ammon and Gale W. Sherman. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1999. Reading the Earth: New Directions in the Study of Literature and the Environment. Ed. by Michael P. Branch, Rochelle Johnson, Daniel Patterson, and Scott Slovic. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1998. Rock Burst. Bert and Marie Russell. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1998. Shoshone Tales. Collected by Anne M. Smith. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1998, c1993. Spotted Bear: A Rocky Mountain Folktale. Hanneke Ippisch, ill. by Hedvig Rappe-Flowers. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Pub. Co., 1998. Tales of Two Canines: the adventures of a wolf and a dog. Koani and Indy, with
help from Bruce Weide and Pat Tucker. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Pub. Co., 1998. IDAHO BOOK AWARD ACCEPTANCE Below is the speech given by Judy Austin, Historian/Coordinator of Publications at the Idaho State Historical Society, who accepted the 1998 Idaho Book Award at the ILA Annual Conference on behalf of the late J. Anthony Lukas, for his book Big Trouble: a Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America. I wish to thank the Idaho Library Association for this award on behalf of Linda Healey, Tony Lukas' widow; Simon & Schuster, publishers of Big Trouble; and the Idaho State Historical Society, which long ago came to think of Tony as one of us. From the very beginning of the project, Tony was concerned about how Idahoans would take to an easterner coming out to do their history. Once the book was nearly completed, he worried as well about our reaction to what he had to say. These concerns make the award all the more meaningful. And there is particular symbolism about the medal, crafted as it is of silver mined where the labor troubles of the 1890s were a major part of the story Tony told. Finally, I want to thank Linda Healey. I am deeply honored that she asked me to receive this award on her behalf. I only wish that Tony could be here himself to accept it. |
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