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Presents an interview with the developers of the Integrated Tool for Selection and Ordering (ITSO), Cornell University librarians Adam Chandler, Scott Wicks, and Peter Hoyt. Purpose of ITSO, which organizes new title information into a single interface, replacing paper systems; Description of how ITSO works; Consideration of the capital needed to take ITSO beyond Cornell.

Presents a list of the most borrowed books in U.S. libraries as of May 1, 2005. "The Broker," by John Grisham; "Trace," by Patricia Cornwell; "The Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini; "Echoes," by Danielle Steel; "Northern Lights," by Nora Roberts; "Blink," by Malcolm Gladwell; "My Life," by Bill Clinton; "The South Beach Diet," by Arthur Agatston; "The Purpose Driven Life," by Rick Warren; "A Paper Life," by Tatum O'Neal.

Offers advice to librarians for building a chemistry collection. How to determine the scope and nature of the collection; Role of the cost of chemistry titles in collection development; Several books and resources to consider purchasing.

Offers a bibliography of core purchases for an alternative energy collection for most libraries. Books and other media listed under topics such as Reference; Energy Basics; Energy Policy; Solar Energy; Solar Living; Water Power; Wind Power; Community Projects; Home Energy; Periodicals; Videos; Web sites.

Highlights several facts about library market in the U.S. Significant factor in a decision not to buy certain books; Important element in the alerting/selection process; Percentage of librarians and publishers that expect more money to be spent in the future on audiovisuals, software, online databases and CD-ROM products.

Discusses issues pertaining to the need for libraries to assure the quality of procedures for book selection. Importance of determining the usefulness of a book; Problems regarding the selection of books that are listed in various best-seller lists; Issue of circulation.

Presents 'Library Journal' magazine's list of best books on science and technology for public library collections. Book titled 'The Dog: Its Domestication and Behavior,' by Michael W. Fox; 'To the Red Planet,' by Eric Burgess; 'Overcoming Math Anxiety,' by Sheila Tobias.

The article examines library collection development related to chemistry. The need for general chemistry reference books and a chemistry encyclopedia in library collections is noted. Considering the preferences of library users when selecting chemistry titles is stressed. The necessity of reviewing books in the chemistry collection at least every five years to account for advances in research is cited. A bibliography of recommended books for school and university libraries is presented.

The article focuses on the Best Books for Young Adults Committee of the American Library Association which is in the process of selecting the best books for teenagers in June 2001. The challenges of being a member of the committee are examined including the time commitment. Details are given for the process of selecting the most influential books to teenagers.

Editorial. Shows two tables comparing 1990 and 1991 average publishers' list prices for new books for young readers. The prices, however, do not dictate the additional sums wholesalers, jobbers or dealers may charge their library customers for books. Need for at least five to six percent more in the library's book budgets; The hardest hit book budgets.

The article focuses on the book publishing business in Australia, noting that the fusing and unfusing of publishers has become practically a way of life. It is said that the children's book industry has remained comparatively unharmed. A discussion of several independent children's book publishing companies is included, and some of their books are recommended.

Presents a list of 1998 notable books for children by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Members of the notable children's book committee; Choices for the picture books category; Choices for the fiction category; Choices for the nonfiction category.

This article provides information on the formation of the National Book Collectors Society in New York City. The goal of the group is to promote interest in book collecting and furnish reform information for its advocates. Plans to establish reference library on the subject are also underway.

In the article the author, the owner of Westwinds Bookshop in Duxbury, Massachusetts, describes several interactions with children who come into his shop on Saturdays. The author states that Saturdays are his favorite day because that's the day children come in, mostly unaccompanied by adults, where they can look as long as they want and make choices unfettered by parental approval or suggestion. According to the author, no censorship is more potent than peer pressure.

Focuses on issues related to selection of Christian books for libraries. Purchase of critically-acclaimed Christian books; Non-religious look at birth; Need for quality children's books dealing with religion as a natural part of a child's everyday life.

Lists the titles of books chosen as Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association's Young Adults Services Division for the year 1976. Titles of books; Names of authors, illustrators and publishers.

Discusses the importance of the re-evaluation of picture books by librarians in the United States. Difficulty faced by librarians in selecting books for a generation of readers who are highly saturated with visual stimuli; Need for librarians to determine non-essential purchases; Importance of analyzing the didacticism in books that are poorly produced with heavy-handed messages.

Editorial. Comments on the quality of library selection in the U.S. as of 1985. Selection work during overtime or at home; Need for librarians to have time to read reviews, read books and preview audio-visual materials; Importance of selection.

Discusses the focus on multicultural diversity as a goal in primary education. Consideration of the importance of library book selection; Selection of books that deal with patriotism, Americanism, and nationalism; How librarians must work with limited budgets.