May 23, 2013

Bette-Lee Fox

About Bette-Lee Fox

Bette-Lee Fox (blfox@mediasourceinc.com) is Managing Editor, Library Journal.

Celebrating her 40th year with Library Journal, Bette-Lee also edits LJ’s Video Reviews column, six times a year Romance column, and e-original Romance reviews, which post weekly as LJ Xpress Reviews.

Video Reviews | May 15, 2013

Reviews of Pina: Dance, Dance, Otherwise We Are Lost, Duke, and Copper, plus a full list of Video titles from the May 15 issue.

Economics on Disc | DVDs for Libraries

Economics on Disc | DVDs for Libraries

Tax season is over for most of us, but with extensions and delays and those few stragglers, we thought catching up on some economics-themed documentaries would be just the thing for the spring. Our chief economics reviewer, Lawrence R. Maxted, from Gannon University in Erie, PA, has his eye on the pulse of what’s been taxing all of us lately—plus with a lost interview with Steve Jobs.

Q&A: Jodi Picoult | On Being a Storyteller

Q&A: Jodi Picoult | On Being a Storyteller

Author Jodi Picoult talks with LJ about her new novel, The Storyteller, and each person’s place in preserving history

Spring Training in Motion | Baseball on DVD, February 19, 2013

Some hits, some misses for fans of our national pastime

2013 Oscar Docs | Video Reviews, February 15, 2013

Reviews of four of the Academy Award–nominated films for 2013 Best Documentary Feature: activism at the birth of the AIDS crisis, a Middle East conundrum, sexual abuse against women in the military, a musician and the overthrow of apartheid.

Library People News: Hires, Promotions, Retirements, and Obituaries 1/11/13

William Adamcyk is the new Director, Milton Public Library, MA. He previously was Circulation Manager and Reader’s Advisor, Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy, MA. [...]

Library Construction Update: New and Renovated Buildings, 01/11/13

On November 13, 2012 the Stanaker Neighborhood Library, Houston, TX, part of the Houston Public Library, reopened following a major renovation. Founded in 1950 and opened anew in 1985, the 9,265 square foot branch now features red and orange aluminum exterior panels and a fresh entry canopy with new pavers and a purple ceiling that will lead patrons toward the remodeled entryway. [...]

Library Construction Update: New and Renovated Buildings, 12/14/12

Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD, recently completed its renovation and expansion of the Andrew G. Truxal Library, an original 1968 campus structure. The 45,000 square foot building gained an additional 32,000 square feet in the $17.2 million project designed by architecture, engineering, and interior design firm EwingCole. [...]

Library People News: Hires, Promotions, Retirements, and Obituaries 12/07/12

Christine Flaherty, Director, Bigelow Free Public Library, Clinton, MA, will retire in January after 27 years in the position. Her replacement will be Assistant Librarian Erin Klemm. [...]

Library Construction Update: New and Renovated Buildings, 12/07/12

Hartford Public Library, CT, celebrated its renovated and expanded Dwight Branch (pictured) on December 3. The library was originally founded in 1907 and has now expanded twofold, from 1,100 square feet to 2,200 square feet, in its location connected to the Parkville Elementary School and the Parkville Senior Center. Designed by Tai Soon Kim Partners of Hartford, with general contractor Pioneer Builders of Newington, the renovation increases space for programs and services while updating the building for the modern user.