<b>Tomas A. Lipinski</b>. <i>The Librarian’s Legal Companion for Licensing Information Resources and Services</i>. Chicago: Neal-Schuman, 2013. 734p. paper, $130.00 (ISBN: 978-1-55570-610-4). LCCN: 2012-18173.

Tomas A. Lipinski. The Librarian's Legal Companion for Licensing Information Resources and Services. Chicago: Neal-Schuman, 2013, 734p. paper, $130.00 (ISBN: 978-1-55570-610-4). LCCN: 2012-18173

a variety of reasons, did not come under federal law until the Sound Recording Act of 1972. Though certainly a milestone in the record industry’s efforts to quash piracy, Cummings notes that this new law was a harbinger of more changes to come, and it “marked a turning point in American thought about culture, technology, and property” of all types. As the Copyright Act of 1976 and subsequent la...

Gail Munde. Everyday HR: A Human Resources Handbook for Academic Library Staff. Chicago: Neil-Schuman, 2013. 182p. paper, $65.00 (ISBN 978-1-55570-798-9). LCCN: 2012-18146

incorporating additional research trials using quantitative methods and include more narrowly focused survey questions of the faculty—which would not only provide findings more applicable to other institutions but would also provide a needs assessment model that more institutions could implement.—Anders Selhorst, Guil-ford Technical Community College. There are many human resources handbooks av...

Lesley S. J. Farmer. Instructional Design for Librarians and Information Professionals. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2011. 229p. alk. paper, $80.00 (ISBN 9781555707361). LC 2011-31233

challenges of preserving digital objects, metadata about these objects, user experiences with these digital objects, and information about the dynamic relationship between these technologies and culture, will find this book useful.—Anders Selhorst, Guilford Technical Community College. Intended as a handbook for working librarians as well as a textbook for library and information science course...

Jeannette Woodward. The Transformed Library: E-books, Expertise, and Evolution. Chicago: ALA Editions, America Library Association, 2013. 131p. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1164-8. LCCN: 2012-23767

I feel ambivalent about this book. On the one hand, I think it worthwhile to read Woodward's ruminations, as a seasoned librarian—she was previously a senior library administrator at Wayne State University, then director of the Fremont County Library System in Wyoming. On the other, I frequently found that the pacing and style of this book interfered with its purpose. Nevertheless, I think it v...

What Is Sociolinguistics?, G. Van Herk (2012), Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-1-405-19318-4