ACRL  Publications Current Issue

   Editorial: Back to the Future, by Irving Rockwood. Choice's editor and publisher reviews the history of the current discord between scholarly publishers and libraries, and urges a more civil tone.

   In Memoriam: Judith Douville. A tribute to Choice's longtime science editor, who died in September.

   Greening the Library: The Fundamentals and Future of Ecocriticism, by Loretta Johnson, adjunct professor of humanities at Lewis & Clark College.

Ecocriticism—an interdisciplinary field within literary studies—examines how humans relate to the environment in literature. As an interdisciplinary project, ecocriticism draws on environmental studies, the natural sciences, and cultural studies. However, Johnson focuses on works within the ambit of studies in English and American literature, and in literary theory. The author evaluates Internet as well as print resources.

   Forthcoming Art & Architecture Publications, 2009-2010. This annual feature highlights print and electronic reference titles scheduled for publication from December 2009 through mid-2010. Each of the titles on the list was suggested by the publisher and then selected by Choice for its relevance to undergraduate curricula.

   Significant European Scholarly Titles, 2008. This annual Choice feature, compiled by members of the College and Medium-Sized Libraries Discussion Group of ACRL's Western Europe Specialists Section, lists noteworthy nonliterary European titles published during 2008, in Italian, French, German, and Spanish. The list supplies standard Choice bibliographic information, plus prices in euros when available and a brief summary of contents. A list of vendors is included.

   About the Cover: M. P. Baker Library, Panola College, Carthage, TX. Zeny Jett, director of library services. Teresa Beasley, photographer.