ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL N ew s • D e c e m b e r 2001 / 1 1 2 9 N e w P u b l i c a t i o n s G eorge M. Eberhart The Atom s of Language: The Mind's Hid­ den Rules of Gram m ar, b y M ark C. B aker (276 p a g e s , S e p te m b e r 2001), d e m o n s tra te s th a t u n d e r ly in g all la n g u a g e s is a b a s ic se t o f u n iv e rs a l p a ra m e te rs ( a m o n g th e m w o rd o r d e r a n d v e r b c o m p le x ity ) c o m p a r a b le to th e a to m s in th e p e r io d ic ta b le o f e le m e n ts u s e d b y c h em ists. Starting w ith th e e x a m p le o f th e N a v a jo C o d e T alk e rs , w h o s e tr a n s ­ m is s io n s d u r in g W o rld W ar II o f A llie d m e s s a g e s in th e i r n a tiv e la n g u a g e s ty m ie d J a p a n e s e c ry p to g ra p h e rs , B a k e r s h o w s h o w th e s e b u ild in g b lo c k s in te ra c t to c re a te th e in tric a c ie s o f E n g lish , M o h a w k , T u rk is h , W elsh, S w ah ili, a n d m a n y o t h e r fo rm s. A u n iq u e a n d lu c id t r e a tm e n t o f th e s tr u c ­ tu re a n d div ersity o f la n g u a g e . $28.00. Basic B o o k s. ISBN 0-465-00521-7. A ustralia: The Com plete Encyclopedia (9 1 2 p a g e s , S e p t e m b e r 2001) f e a tu r e s m o r e th a n 2,000 c o lo r p h o to g r a p h s , d e ta ile d m a p s , a n d e x t e n ­ s iv e d e s c r i p t i o n s o f t h e h is t o r y , n a t u r a l h is t o r y , g o v e r n m e n t, c u ltu re , a n d g e o g r a p h y o f th e A u s tra ­ lia n c o n tin e n t. W ritte n by a te a m o f 24 w rite rs , s c h o l­ ars, a n d sc ie n tists, th is v o l­ u m e o f f e r s a n i n - d e p t h lo o k a t e v e ry r e g io n in th e c o u n try , fro m th e S y d n e y O p e r a H o u s e t o t h e K im b e r le y in th e n o r t h , A u s tra lia ’s la s t fro n tie r. I n ­ f o r m a tio n o n m o s t m a jo r to w n s a n d c itie s , p a r k s , w in e r e g io n s , a n d n a tu r a l f e a t u r e s w ill p r o v e u s e fu l to a rm c h a ir tra v e le rs a s w e ll a s s tu d e n ts a n d s c h o la rs . A n a c c o m p a n y ­ in g CD-ROM c o n ta in s all th e te x t a n d im ­ a g e s fro m th e b o o k as w e ll as s o m e e x ­ tras. $60.00. F irefly B o o k s. ISBN 1-55297- 543-6. G eorge M. E b e rh a rt is se nio r e d ito r o f A m e rica n Libraries; e-m ail: geberhart@ ala.org L e e a n d His A rm y in C o n f e d e r a te H istory, b y G ary W. G a lla g h e r (295 p a g e s , S e p te m b e r 2 001), d o c u m e n ts th e r e m a r k ­ a b le fa ith th a t S o u th e rn s o ld ie rs a n d c iv il­ ia n s h a d in R o b e rt E. Lee, e v e n a fte r th e f o r tu n e s o f th e A rm y o f N o r th e rn V irginia t u r n e d a fte r G e tty s b u rg . All b u t o n e o f th e e ig h t e s s a y s in th is v o lu m e a re r e p rin te d fro m G a lla g h e r ’s o t h e r b o o k s , b u t th e y all e x p lo r e th e c o m p le x re la tio n s h ip b e tw e e n L ee ’s c a m p a ig n s a n d S o u th e rn m o ra le . T h e e s s a y w r itte n s p e c ia lly fo r th is b o o k e x ­ a m in e s h o w th e L ost C a u s e w r itin g s o f J u b a l E arly a n d D o u g la s S o u th a ll F re e m a n p r e s e n t e d th e m ilita ry d e fe a t o f th e b r il­ lia n t L ee a g a in s t o v e rw h e lm in g o d d s as th e e s s e n c e o f C o n fe d e ra te h isto ry , ra th e r th a n th e o f te n m e s s y p o litic a l a n d so c ia l tu r b u ­ le n c e o f th e s la v e h o ld in g r e p u b lic a n d its p e c u l ia r in s titu tio n . $29-95. U n iv e rsity o f N o r t h C a r o l i n a . IS B N 0- 8078-2631-6. M e d ie v a l Y o r k s h i r e Tow ns, b y G e o rg e S h e e ra n (212 p a g e s , O c t o b e r 2001), l o o k s a t a r c h i t e c t u r e a n d to w n p la n n i n g in th e m e d i­ e v a l to w n s o f Y o rk s h ire in th e n o r th o f E n g la n d a n d h o w it re fle c te d th e c h a n g ­ in g so c ia l s tru c tu re s in th e 12th to th e 1 5th c e n tu rie s . P r o f u s e l y i l l u s t r a t e d w ith b o t h m o d e r n p h o t o s a n d h is to r ic a l p r in ts , th e b o o k s h o u ld m a k e a n in s tru c tiv e g u id e b o o k fo r a rc h ite c tu r e s t u d e n t s p l a n n i n g a v is it. $20.00. E d in b u rg h U n iv e rsity (d is tr ib u te d b y C o lu m b ia U n iv e rsity ). ISBN 1-85331- 242-8. R em arkable Lum ino us Phenom ena in N atu re, c o m p ile d b y W illiam R. C orliss (4 1 9 p a g e s , O c t o b e r 2001), is a c a ta lo g o f g e o p h y sic a l d a ta a n d o b se rv a tio n s th a t c a n ­ n o t b e e x p la in e d re a d ily b y p re v a ilin g s c i­ e n tific th e o r ie s . T h e la te s t in th e a u th o r ’s mailto:geberhart@aia.org 1130 / C&RL News ■ D ecem ber 2001 se ries o f c atalo g s o f sc ie n ­ tific an o m a lie s, this vo lu m e c o v e r s o d d a tm o s p h e r ic a n d m arin e lights. In c lu d e d are a u ro ra -lik e p h e n o m e n a (auroral odors, transient sky b rightenings, black auroras, a n d a u ro ra l d isp lay s c o rre ­ la te d w ith th u n d e rs to rm s, e a rth q u a k e s, a n d m eteors); b all lig h tn in g (ro d -s h a p e d b all lightning, m ate ria liz a ­ t i o n w i t h in e n c l o s u r e s , g lo b e s w ith sp ik e s o r d i­ v e rg in g rays); diffuse e le c ­ trical d ischarge p h e n o m e n a ( u n u s u a l St. E lm o ’s fire, e arth q u a k e lights, lum inous a e ria l b u b b le s , a n d lu m i­ n o u s p a tc h e s o n clo u d s); lig h tn in g ano m a lie s (crow n f la s h , l ig h t n i n g f ig u r e s , sha d o w g ra p h s, a n d n e u tro n g e n e r a t i o n in l i g h t n i n g b o lts ); lo w -le v e l m e t e o r ­ like lu m in o u s p h e n o m e n a ; lo w - le v e l a n d h ig h - le v e l n o cturnal lights; a n d m arine p h o s p h o r e s c e n t d is p la y s (m arine light w heels, u n d e r­ w ater lightning, m oving a nd sta tio n a ry p h o s p h o re s c e n t bands, a n d milky sea). Each anomaly is rated for the qual­ ity of data supporting it and the degree to w hich it can or c annot be explained by cur­ rent scientific laws. $24.95. T he Sourcebook Project, P.O. B ox 107, G le n A rm , MD 21057. ISBN 0-915554-44-5. N eustadt, Germany, 1960s. Ball lightning hits a tree and fragments in to m any s m a lle r balls. From W illia m Corliss, Remarkable Luminous Phenomena in Nature. ( “Honoring faculty” continued from page 1067) faculty and their families, as well as their deans and d epartm ent heads, atte n d ed the recep­ tion. The reception w as held o n a Friday from 4 :3 0 -6 :3 0 , a n d in c lu d e d w in e a n d h o rs d ’oeuvres in the Grainger Engineering Library, an elegant cam pus setting. The provost a nd the university librarian gave brief presentations, and the rem aining tim e w as spent review ing the selections and talking to faculty a bout their choices, their academ ic careers, a n d their aspirations. This p ro v e d to be the only event o n cam ­ pu s w here the prom otion a n d /o r tenure of all faculty mem bers was recognized in a public way. Both the library a nd the provost’s office received an overw helm ing n um ber o f p osi­ tive com m ents a b o u t the process. The books, statements, and photographs of many of the faculty were displayed in bookcases for a month in the main hallway of the library. The cards w ith the statem ents w ere then p laced in a b o u n d volum e into w hich suc­ ceeding years o f statem ents will b e placed a n d w hich will be h o u se d in the University Archives. Faculty response T he faculty w h o to o k part in this cerem ony w e re routinely enthusiastic a bout the event. O ne faculty m em ber noted, “My initial im­ pression w as that it w o u ld be a nice, but largely empty, gesture, b ut students a nd fac­ ulty alike m entioned that they h ad seen ‘m y’ b o o k w h e n the lot of them w ere o n display in the library. Their remarks w ere usually the beginning o f a larger conversation about w hy that b oo k a n d n ot som ething else, a bout how it related to others in the display, a n d so on. So I was wrong; the program clearly did strike a chord. Given the chance to pick only o ne book, m any o f us find it interesting to see w hat is chosen, to m atch it against the p e r­ so n or the field, a n d to w onder, Are they like us, wildly different, not w hat they a p p e a r to be, a n d why?” Some o f the colleges have indicated that they are discussing adopting a version of the event w ithin the college, with books going di­ rectly to the appropriate departmental library. In this coming year, the event will continue with most of the sam e features as before. It has b een refined so that there will be a p h o ­ tographer available to obtain photographs of the honorees for later use in the library ex­ hibit. The library and provost’s office is con­ sidering how a keepsake boo k plate can be created for each faculty m em ber participating. Based on the response to this program, the UIUC Library expects to sustain this tradition for m any years to come. ■ C&RL N ew s ■ D e c e m b e r 2001 / 1131 D iversity in Libraries The Role and Im pact Academic Residency Programs of the Internet on Library E d ited b y R a q u e l V. C ogell and Inform ation Servicesa n d C in d y A. G ru w e ll F o r e w o rd b y E.J. 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