Applying Machiavellian Ideas on Leadership to Libraries by Michael Lorenzen

January Articles (2008)

Michigan Go Local: Connecting Michigan Residents with Health Services by Annette M. Healy, Linda A. Draper, Jill A. Turner, Suzanne M. Van Pelt and Ellen B. Marks

Endowment Fundraising: Contributions Speak Volumes at the Northville District Library by Barbara Glover

Improving Availability of Print Collections: A Case Study at the College-Conservatory of Music Library by David Sandor

January Reviews (2008)

Sternberg, Eliezer J. Are You a Machine? : The Brain, the Mind, and What It Means to Be Human. Amherst, New York: Humanity Books, 2007. Reviewed by Pamela Grudzien

Decker, William A., M.D. Asylum for the Insane – A History of the Kalamazoo State Hospital. Arbutus Press: Traverse City, Michigan, 2008. Reviewed by Robin Sabo

Harris, Robert, Imperium. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007. Reviewed by Christina Szilagyi

April Review (2008)

Makovsky, Michael.  Churchill’s Promised Land: Zionism and Statecraft. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007. Reviewed by Todd J. Wiebe

December Reviews (2008)

Battles, Matthew. Library: An Unquiet History. New York: W. W. Norton, 2003. Reviewed by Lauren Reile.

Bell, Steven J. and John D. Shank. Academic Librarianship by Design: A Blended Librarian's Guide to the Tools and Techniques. Chicago: American Library Association, 2006. Reviewed by Matt Smith

Doucett, Elisabeth. Creating Your Library Brand: communicating your relevance and value to your patrons. Chicago: American Library Association, 2008. Reviewed by Tracy Carlton

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