SILS Collection

Anderson, Dee. Reading is funny!: motivating kids to read with riddles. Chicago: American Library Association, 2009.

Baltzan, Paige; Amy Phillips; & Stephen Haag. Business driven technology. Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2009.

Business Driven Technology discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this unique approach is that business initiatives should drive technology choices. Every discussion first addresses the business needs and then addresses the technology that supports those needs.

Baxter, Kathleen A. & Marcia Agness Kochel. Gotcha good!: nonfiction books to get kids excited about reading. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2008.

This reference for teachers and librarians presents book talks for nonfiction titles for third through eighth grade readers. Most were published between 2005 and 2007, with a few older titles added. Titles are in sections on American journeys, people, history, animals, science, playing with words, and monsters and mysteries. Also provided are profiles and interviews with contemporary nonfiction authors and illustrators. B&w photos of book jackets and authors are included. Baxter is former coordinator of children's services in the Anoka County Library. Kochel is media director at Olson Middle School in Minnesota.

Cook, Niall. Enterprise 2.0: how social software will change the future of work. Hants, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub., 2008.

Enterprise 2.0 is one of the first books to explain the impact that social software will have inside the corporate firewall, and ultimately how staff will work together in the future. Niall Cook helps you to navigate this emerging landscape and introduces the key concepts that make up 'Enterprise 2.0'. The 4Cs model at the heart of the book uses practical examples from well known companies in a range of industry sectors to illustrate how to apply Enterprise 2.0 to encourage communication, cooperation, collaboration and connection between employees and customers in your own company.

Cronenwett, Philip N.; Kevin Osborn; Samuel A. Streit; & Nicolas Barker. Celebrating research: rare and special collections from the membership of the Association of Research Libraries. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 2007.

Fujishin, Randy. Creating communication: exploring and expanding your fundamental communication skills. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009.

Giorgis, Cyndi & Joan I. Glazer. Literature for young children : supporting emergent literacy, ages 0-8. Boston: Allyn and Bacon/Pearson, 2009.

Grant, August E. & Jennifer H. Meadows. Communication technology update and fundamentals. Amsterdam; Boston: Focal Press/Elsevier, 2008.

Harriman, Joy H. P. Creating your library's business plan: a how-to-do-it manual with samples on CD-ROM. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2008.

Martinez, Lucia & Carla Gomez. Telemedicine in the 21st century. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2008.

Parker, Robert Nash & Emily K. Asencio. GIS and spatial analysis for the social sciences: coding, mapping and modeling. New York: Routledge, 2008.

Parsons, David. Dynamic web application development using XML and Java. London: Cengage Learning EMES, 2008.

Pearce, John A., II & Richard B. Robinson, Jr. Formulation, implementation, and control of competitive strategy. Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2009.

Temple, Charles; Alan Crawford; & Jean Gillet. Developmental literacy inventory. Boston: Pearson, 2009.

Ungson, Gerardo R. & Yim-Yu Wong. Global strategic management. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2008.

Juvenile Collection

Base, Graeme. Enigma: a magical mystery. New York, NY: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2008.

Dessen, Sarah. That summer. New York: Viking, 2006.

For fifteen-years-old Haven, life is changing too quickly. She's nearly six feet tall, her father is getting remarried, and her sister--the always perfect Ashley--is planning a wedding of her own. Haven wishes things could just go back to the way they were. Then an old boyfriend of Ashley's reenters the picture, and through him, Haven sees the past for what it really was, and comes to grips with the future.

Graphic Novels

Yoshinaga, Fumi. The moon and the sandals. Gardena, CA: Digital Manga Publishing, 2007.

SILS Collection

Beard, Roger. Primary literacy: research and practice: an inaugural lecture. London: Institute of Education, University of London, 2008.

Carr, Jo Ann. Leadership for excellence: insights of National School Library Media Program of the Year Award winners. Chicago: American Library Association, 2008.

Connell, Andrew. Professional SharePoint 2007 Web content management development: building publishing sites with Office SharePoint server 2007. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Pub., 2008.

Farley, Todd. The mastery of mimodrame: an in-depth study of mime techniques: featuring Todd & Marilyn Farley. Pasadena, CA: Mimeistry Inc.; Colorado Springs, CO: Meriwether Pub., 1991.

Fujita, Hamido & Domenico Pisanelli. New trends in software methodologies, tools and techniques. Amsterdam; Washington, DC: IOS Press, 2007.

Gibbs, William J. & Patricia J. Fewell.Microsoft office for teachers. Boston: Allyn & Bacon/Pearson, 2009.

Hawks, Melanie. Life-work balance. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008.

Howard, Philip. The British Library: a treasure house of knowledge. London: Scala; London: British Library, 2008.

Kern, M. Kathleen. Virtual reference best practices: tailoring services to your library. Chicago: American Library Association, 2009.

Levinson, Stephen, MD. Practical EHR: electronic record solutions for compliance and quality care. Chicago: American Medical Association, 2008.

Library use of e-books. New York, N.Y.: Primary Research Group Inc., 2008.

Loranger, Hoa & Jakob Nielsen. Usability of Flash applications and tools: design guidelines for Flash-based functionality on the Web. Fremont, CA: Nielsen Norman Group, 2004.

McGilvray, Danette. Executing data quality projects: ten steps to quality data and trusted information. Amsterdam; Boston: Morgan Kaufmann/Elsevier, 2008.

Morris, Tee. Podcasting for dummies. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley; Chichester: John Wiley, 2008.

Randolph, Nick & David Gardner. Professional Visual Studio 2008. Indianapolis, Ind.: Wrox; Chichester: John Wiley, 2008.

Riley, Julie. Microsoft Expression Web: illustrated: complete. Boston, MA: Course Technology: Cengage Learning, 2009.

Roughley, Ian. Practical Apache Struts2 Web 2.0 projects. Berkeley, Calif.: Apress; New York: Springer-Verlag New York, 2007.

Russell, Matthew. Dojo: the definitive guide. Farnham: O'Reilly, 2008.

Russell, an independent computer scientist, explores the capabilities of the Dojo toolkit for JavaScript and Ajax web-based software applications. Written for both independent web developers and corporate IT personnel, this guide reviews the 1.x version of Dojo as a starting point, and then explains how this toolkit can be used to browse DojoX sub-projects, build additional tools and test any Dojo framework. A section is devoted to the use of Dijits, Dojo's proprietary set of "widgets."

Sidek, Azizah et al. The people's library: 50 years of national and public library services. Singapore: National Library Board Singapore, 2007.

Snyder, Ilana. The literacy wars: why teaching children to read and write is a battleground in Australia. Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2008.

Tapscott, Don. Grown up digital: how the net generation is changing the world. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Wittenkeller, Tracy. DotNetNuke websites: problem, design, solution. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley, 2008.

Juvenile Collection

Beach, Vincent & Anni Beach. Don't throw away your stick till you cross the river: the journey of an ordinary man. Chandler, AZ: Five Star Publications, 2007.

Chamberlain, Shannin. My ABC book of cancer. San Francisco: Synergistic Press, 1990.

Ten-year-old Shannon Chamberlain describes, in ABC format, her bout with cancer. Concludes with a discussion of childhood cancer, suggested reading list, glossary, and resource guide.

Florian, Douglas. Vegetable garden. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1991.

Gagnon, Elisa; Brenda Smith Myles; & Sachi Tahara. This is Asperger Syndrome. Shawnee Mission, Kan.: Autism Asperger Pub. Co., 1999.

Gold, Susan Dudley. United States v. Amistad: slave ship mutiny. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2006.

Gutman, Dan. The kid who became President. New York: Scholastic, 1999.

Henson, Heather. That Book Woman. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008.

Hunt, Angela Elwell & Tim Jonke. The tale of three trees: a traditional folktale. Colorado Springs, CO: Lion Pub., 1989.

Moore-Mallinos, Jennifer. I have asthma. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2007.

Scheer, Julian & Marvin Bileck. Rain makes applesauce. New York: Holiday House, 1964.

Spicer, Maggee; Richard Thompson; & Barbara Hartmann. Fishes in the ocean. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2000.

Womack, Philip. The other book. London: Bloomsbury, 2008.

Wood, Jane Roberts & Mary Haverfield. Mocha: the real doctor. Albany, Tex.: Bright Sky Press, 2003.

Woodruff, Elvira. George Washington's socks. New York: Scholastic, 1991.

Graphic Novels

Ames, Jonathan. The alcoholic. New York: Vertigo, 2008.

Acclaimed novelist Jonathan Ames writes his first comics work with the original graphic novel THE ALCOHOLIC, illustrated by THE QUITTER artist Dean Haspiel. This touching, compassionate, ultimately humorous story explores the heart of a failing writer who's coming off a doomed romance and searching for hope. Unfortunately, the first place his search takes him is the bottom of a bottle as he careens from one off-kilter encounter to another in search of himself.

Baker, Kyle. The Bakers: babies and kittens. Berkeley, Calif.: Image Comics, 2007.

Dawson, Mike. Freddie & me: a coming-of-age (Bohemian) rhapsody. New York: Bloomsbury, 2008.

Gipi. Garage band. New York: First Second, 2007.

Graham, Brandon. Brandon Graham's King City. Hamburg; Los Angeles: Tokyopop, 2007.

Hanakuma, Yusaku. Tokyo Zombie. San Francisco, Calif.: Last Gasp; London: Turnaround, 2008.

Hernandez, Jaime. Love and rockets: new stories. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2008.

Hickman, Jonathan. The nightly news. Berkeley, Calif.: Image; London: Diamond, 2007.

Lee, Stan & Steve Ditko. The amazing Spider-Man omnibus. New York, N.Y.: Marvel Publishing; London: Diamond, distributor, 2007.

He was a teenage web-slinger, and he carved a career few heroes have equaled since! Witness the origins of Doctor Octopus, the Sandman, the Lizard, Electro and more of Spider-Man's original rogues gallery - most of whom remain in the spotlight forty years later! Plus: Spider-Man's identity is exposed for the first time! His first fights with the Green Goblin, the villain who would defeat him more disastrously than any other! Spidey's first effort to join a super-team, and his first effort to fight a super-team - all before his high-school graduation (and we've got that, too)! Guest-starring Doctor Strange, Daredevil, the Human Torch, the Hulk and more! Collects Amazing Fantasy #15, and Amazing Spider-Man #1-38 and Annual #1-2 -- plus the Spider-Man stories from Fantastic Four Annual #1 and Strange Tales Annual #2, and the covers to Marvel Tales #3-28 and Annual #1-2.

Matsumoto, Taiyo. Tekkon Kinkreet = Black & White. San Francisco, Calif.: Viz Media, 2007.

Miller, Frank. All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder. New York: DC Comics; 2008.

Powell, Eric. The Goon. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2004.

Silady, Matt. The Homeless Channel. San Francisco: AiT/Planet Lar, 2007.

When Darcy Shaw starts a 24-hour cable network called The Homeless Channel, she thinks she's got everything figured out. But confronted with an unexpected romance, a sibling out on the streets and corporate sponsors who think they know what's best for her network, Darcy starts to wonder which is more important: saving the world or saving herself. Check out Matt Silady's intriguing debut graphic novel from AiT.

Spears, Rick & Chuck BB. Black metal. Portland, OR: Oni, 2007.

Star wars: knights of the old republic. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Comics, 2006.

Thousands of years before Luke Skywalker would destroy the Death Star in that fateful battle above Yavin 4, one lone Padawan would become a fugitive hunted by his own Masters, charged with murdering every one of his fellow Jedi-in-training! From criminals hiding out in the treacherous under-city of the planet Taris, to a burly, mysterious droid recovered from the desolate landscape of a cratered moon, Padawan Zayne Carrick will find unexpected allies in his desperate race to clear his name before the unmerciful authorities enact swift retribution upon him!

Star wars: legacy. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2007.

The Jedi Temple is attacked, an Emperor is betrayed, and the Sith are born anew! A lot can happen in a hundred years, but that's just the beginning of the story! Not since Luke Skywalker first stepped aboard the Millennium Falcon has the galaxy seemed like such a vast, exciting, dangerous place! Readers will meet a host of new characters, see fleets of new spaceships, and visit scores of exotic locations - some new and some familiar. This is a perfect jumping-on point for any reader - an epic beginning to an untold chapter of the greatest adventure in the universe!

Stokoe, James. Wonton soup: space trucker opera. Portland, Or.: Oni; London: Diamond, 2007.

Tanner, Jamie. The aviary. Richmond, Va.: AdHouse, 2007.

Tezuka, Osamu. Dororo. New York: Vertical, 2008.

Way, Gerard. The Umbrella Academy. Milwaukie, Or.: Dark Horse Books, 2008.

Whedon, Joss. Buffy the vampire slayer: season eight. Milwaukie, Or.: Dark Horse, 2007.

Yanagisawa, Kazuaki. The seven magi. New York: Vertical, Inc., 2007.

SILS Collection

Alley, Kathleen M. Teaching integrated reading strategies in the middle school library media center. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2008.

Cater-Steel, Ailee. Information technology governance and service management: frameworks and adaptations. Hershey: Information Science Reference, 2009.

Coombs, Karen A. & Jason Griffey. Library blogging. Columbus, Ohio: Linworth Pub., 2008.

Cutter, Charles A. Rules for a printed dictionary catalogue. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1875.

Grenby, M.O. Children's literature. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008.

Hochuli, Jost. Detail in typography: letters, letterspacing, words, wordspacing, lines, linespacing, columns. London: Hyphen Press, 2008.

Laurent-Maknavicius, Maryline & Hakima Chaouchi. Mobile and wireless networks security: proceedings of the MWNS 2008 Workshop, Singapore, 9 April 2008. Singapore; Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific, 2008.

Leise, Fred; Kate Mertes; & Nan Badgett.Indexing for editors and authors: a practical guide to understanding indexes. Meford, NJ: Information Today Inc, 2008.

Mallison, Jane. Book smart: your essential reading list for becoming a literary genius in 365 days. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Reinhard, Erik et al. Color imaging: fundamentals and applications. Wellesley, Mass: A.K. Peters, 2008.

Samuelson, Todd; Christopher L. Morrow; & Michael Jackson. Fruits of a gentle madness: the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive. College Station, Tex.: Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, Texas A&M University Libraries, 2008.

Sayre, Cotter W. Complete wireless design. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Stanley, Mary J. Managing library employees: a how-to-do-it manual. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2008.

Street, Brian V. & Adam Lefstein. Literacy: an advanced resource book. London; New York: Routledge, 2007.

Thomas, Rebecca L. & Catherine Barr. Popular series fiction for middle school and teen readers: a reading and selection guide. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

Zmuda, Allison & Violet H. Harada. Librarians as learning specialists: meeting the learning imperative for the 21st century. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2008.

Juvenile Collection

Bunting, Eve & Karen Barbour. I have an olive tree. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.

Christelow, Eileen. Five little monkeys jumping on the bed. New York: Clarion Books, 2006.

Corrigan, Eireann. You remind me of you: a poetry memoir. New York: Push, 2002.

Dessen, Sarah. How to deal. New York, N.Y.: Speak, 2003.

Dessen, Sarah. Lock and key: a novel. New York, N.Y.: Viking, 2008.

Ehlert, Lois. Feathers for lunch. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1990.

Fowler, Allan. Africa. New York: Children's Press, 2001.

Graff, Lisa. The thing about Georgie: a novel. New York: Laura Geringer Books, 2006.

Hunter, Erin. The darkest hour. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.

Killeen, Debra. A prince in need. Victoria, B.C.: Trafford, 2006.

Obiols, Anna & Joan Subirana. Dali and the path of dreams. London: Frances Lincoln Children's, 2007.

Once upon a time there was a little boy whose name was Salvador, though everyone called him Salvi. What Salvi liked most of all was to run barefoot along the beach with his hoop. One afternoon, as he was playing in the waves, he noticed something gleaming under the water. Looking closer, he saw it was a key that the sea had left there. Without thinking twice, Salvi popped it in his pocket. Then, wondering what the key might be for, Salvi hopped up on to his long-legged elephant and let his imagination lead the way. This charming new story takes Salvador Dali's most famous motifs, including melting clocks, long-legged elephants and magical chests of drawers, and weaves them into a fantastical story introducing the work of the artist to the youngest child.

Schaefer, Lola M. Some kids wear leg braces. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2008.

Valverde, Mikel. Paula en Nueva York. New York: Lectorum, 2006.

Graphic Novels

Briggs, Raymond. Gentleman Jim. Montréal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2008.

Carlin, John; Paul Karasik; & Brian Walker. Masters of American comics. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2005.

Comic strips and comic books were among the most popular and influential forms of mass media in 20thcentury America. This fascinating book focuses on fifteen pioneering cartoonists?ranging from Winsor McCay to Chris Ware?who brought this genre to the highest level of artistic expression and who had the greatest impact on the development of the form. Organized chronologically, Masters of American Comics explores the rise of newspaper comic strips and comic books and considers their artistic development throughout the century. Presenting a wide selection of original drawings as well as progressive proofs, vintage printed Sunday pages, and comic books themselves, the authors also look at how the art of comics was transformed by artistic innovation as well as by changes in popular taste, economics, and printing conventions. First appearing in newspaper Sunday supplements, the comic strip became immediately successful and created the largest audience of any medium of its time. The comic book first began as a way to print existing newspaper comics, then subsequently established the mass popularity of superheroes in the 1940s and 1950s before it matured as a vehicle for independent personal expression in the underground comic books and graphic novels of the 1960s. Included in the book are insightful and entertaining essays on individual artists written by major figures in the fields of comics, narrative illustration, literature, popular culture, and art history. Masters of American Comics convincingly positions the genre of comics into the history of art and is destined to become a classic text for years to come.

Casey, Joe & Tom Scioli. Gødland. Berkeley, Calif.: Image Comics, 2007

Hayashi, Seiichi. Red colored elegy. Montréal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2008.

Jason. Pocket full of rain: and other stories. Seattle, Wash.: Fantagraphics; London: Turnaround, 2008.

Kapur, Shekhar. Shekhar Kapur's Devi. New York, N.Y.: Virgin Comics; London: Diamond, 2007.

McCloud, Scott. Zot!: 1987-1991: the complete black-and-white collection. New York: Harper, 2008.

Niles, Steve. 30 days of night. San Diego, CA: IDW Publishing, 2007.

In a sleepy, secluded Alaska town called Barrow, the sun sets and doesn't rise for over thirty consecutive days and nights. From the darkness, across the frozen wasteland, an evil will come that will bring the residents of Barrow to their knees. The only hope for the town is the Sheriff and Deputy, husband and wife who are torn between their own survival and saving the town they love. For the first time, a regular hardcover edition is available.

Powell, Eric. The Goon noir. Milwaukie, Or.: Dark Horse; London: Diamond, 2007.

Star wars: clone wars adventures. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2004.

Urasawa, Naoki. Naoki Urasawa's monster. San Francisco, CA: VIZ Media, 2006.