On July 15, 1955, Dr. Eugene Garfield Revolutionized Research with His Concept of Citation Indexing and Searching
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Sunday, July 12, 2009 • CHICAGO ON JULY 15, 1955, DR. EUGENE GARFIELD REVOLUTIONIZED RESEARCH WITH HIS CONCEPT OF CITATION INDEXING AND SEARCHING. With the publication of his ground-breaking paper “Citation Indexes for Science: A New Dimension in Documentation through Association of Ideas,” Dr. Garfi eld laid the foundation for what is now, Web of Science®. To this day, only Web of Science® offers a true cited reference index which is still the best tool for discovery and the only method of retrieving accurate citation counts. FOR REAL KNOWLEDGE : VISIT : BOOTH #3616 isiwebofknowledge.com/realfacts REAL FACTS : REAL NUMBERS : REAL KNOWLEDGE Page 16 • Cognotes Sunday, July 12, 2009 • CHICAGO Patricia Martin to Speak Celebrate the Coretta Scott King Awards Anniversary at LLAMA President’s ALA’s Coretta Scott King Book imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc. partners who work with youth. Program Awards Committee invites you to Three Illustrator Honor Books were • Creative opportunities for commu- celebrate their 40th anniversary. Be- also selected: We Are the Ship: The Story nity involvement: Intergenerational Author and consultant Patricia ginning with a special program “Lift of Negro League Baseball, written and il- book discussions, community-wide Martin will speak at the LLAMA Every Voice and Read: Everything you lustrated by Kadir Nelson and published reading programs, and more. President’s Program today, 1:30 – wanted to know about the Coretta Scott by Disney-Jump at the Sun, an imprint Registration for this special event is 3:00 pm at the Fairmont Hotel In- King Book Award titles, and more,” and of Disney Book Group; The Moon Over $100 and includes a copy of The Coretta ternational Ballroom. Martin is one immediately followed by Bloomsbury Star, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney and Scott King Book Awards 1971-2009 of the nation’s foremost authorities Children’s Books “Our Children can published by Dial Books for Young Read- (40th Anniversary edition), Henrietta on the emerging marketplace created Soar Original Art Exhibit.” Celebration ers, a division of Penguin Young Read- M. Smith, editor, and a ticket to the by the convergence of art, entertain- events will culminate with the 40th An- ers Group; and Before John Was a Jazz 2009 Coretta Scott King Awards Break- ment, education, and technology. She nual Coretta Scott King Book Awards Giant, illustrated by Sean Qualls and fast the next day. is president of LitLamp Communi- Breakfast on Tuesday, 7:00 – 9:00 am published by Henry Holt and Company. “Our Children Can Soar Original cations Group, an award-winning at the Hyatt Regency Chicago in the In attendance will be honored guest Art Exhibit” by Bloomsbury Children’s communications firm she founded Grand Ballroom. Sylvia Drew Ivie, who presented the Books and the Coretta Scott King Book in 1995. She was the Chicago Public The recipients of the 2009 Coretta first Coretta Scott King Book Award in Awards 40th Anniversary Committee is Library’s Charlotte Kim Scholar in Scott King Book Awards are Kadir 1979. Famed gospel singer Shari Addi- an original art show and cocktail recep- Residence, 2008. Nelson, author winner for We Are the son will lead attendees in the song “Lift tion on Monday from 5:30 pm – 7:30 Martin is the author of RenGen: Ship, published by Disney-Jump at the Every Voice and Read.” Tickets for the pm at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Renaissance Generation—The Rise Sun, an imprint of Disney Book Group, breakfast are $60. Place Conference Center 22. The exhibit of the Cultural Consumer and What and Floyd Cooper, illustrator winner In honor of the 40th Anniversary, a features “Our Children Can Soar: A It Means to Your Business. The book for The Blacker the Berry, published special program, “Lift Every Voice and Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the is based on a two-year research ef- by Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of Read: Everything you wanted to know Pioneers of Change.” Artists include fort by Patricia and her team who HarperCollins Publishers. The 2009 about the Coretta Scott King Book Cozbi A. Cabrera, R. Gregory Christie, gathered insights from a diverse John Steptoe New Talent Award Win- Award titles, and more,” kicks off the cel- Pat Cummings, Bryan Collier, Leo and array of experts. Her analysis draws ner is Shadra Strickland, illustrator of ebration on Monday, 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm Diane Dillion, AG Ford, E. B. Lewis, on her 20-plus years working with Bird, published by Lee & Low Books. at McCormick Place West W180. Three Frank Morrison, James Ransome, this artists and corporate executives Three Author Honor Books were 50-minute sessions on the Coretta Scott year’s John Steptoe winner, Shadra alike who are anxious to understand selected: Keeping the Night Watch, by King Book Awards will be presented on Strickland and Eric Velasquez. the cultural consumer. Her thinking Hope Anita Smith, published by Henry using award-winning titles to engage Tickets for the events may be pur- goes beyond standard demograph- Holt and Company; The Blacker the readers in schools and public libraries: chased in the ALA registration area at ics to paint a new picture of the Berry, by Joyce Carol Thomas, published • Author/educator review panel’s McCormick Place before 12:00 pm today. American consumer as a thinking, by Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of overview on state standards, and For more information visit the OLOS expressive individual. Copies of this HarperCollins Publishers; and Becom- curriculum-related opportunities. table #39 in the ALA Office Area. To book will be available for purchase ing Billie Holiday, by Carole Boston • Enhancing diversity in library ser- learn more about the Coretta Scott King at the program. Weatherford, published by Wordsong, an vices: Making links with community Book Awards, visit www.ala.org/csk. 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JB Ends 1-800-587-5257 ALA Cognotes Ad.indd 1 5/21/2009 11:59:34 AM Sunday, July 12, 2009 • CHICAGO CHICAGO • Sunday, July 12, 2009 Cognotes • Page 17 Corwin’s Unique Bookmobile Tour Begins Today in Chicago Join bestselling author and musi- noon, the journey begins in September crawl,” cruising up and down Valencia isodes featuring authors and readers cian Tom Corwin today at 4:15 pm as following the Lincoln Highway, Amer- Street in the famed Mission District will be distributed to schools, teach- he formally launches an exciting new ica’s first cross country roadway, and loaded with authors. ers, and classrooms across the nation project with plenty of fanfare. Up to concludes in mid-October in San Fran- An ongoing literacy education and through its affiliations with ALA, the and following the launch, Corwin will cisco at San Francisco’s literary festival outreach program will be designed Association of American Publishers and conduct a book giveaway and signing of Litquake, where Corwin’s bookmobile around the bookmobile’s travels. Its other leading literacy organizations’ his bestselling books, Mostly Bob and will be a float at the concluding “lit video travel blog, interviews, and web- existing outreach programs. Mr. Fooster Traveling on a Whim. “Behind the Wheel of a Bookmobile,” honors the place books still have in our national consciousness. Corwin and his friend, author/jour- nalist Peter Laufer, came up with the idea of buying a classic bookmobile, Visit H.W. Wilson Booth #2811 stocking it with donated books from libraries and publishers, and driving it cross-country through small towns with At the Wilson Booth Theater: acclaimed authors taking turns at the wheel. At each stop Corwin opens the ■ WilsonWeb CX Edition bookmobile’s doors inviting the public in to take their choice of digital and ana- ■ Art Museum Image Gallery log titles in exchange for an interview about what books have meant in their ■ Cinema Image Gallery lives. A documentary film crew and a radio production team capture those ■ Biography Reference Bank stories, along with conversations with ■ those authors along for the ride. ■ Middle & Junior High and “Books influence our lives in ways too Fiction Core Collections often untold,” says Corwin. “Our trip is designed to tell some of those stories.” Corwin has a growing list of authors who have signed on to support the proj- ect and in most cases take a shift behind the wheel of the bookmobile: including Pulitzer Prize winners Michael Chabon, Junot Diaz and Lawrence Wright; as well as bestselling authors Robert An- derson, Tamim Ansary, Ethan Canin, Peter Coyote, Dave Eggers, Andrew Sean Greer, Daniel Handler, Mark Drawing for a Luxurious Gift Basket! Kurlansky, Annie Lamott, Arthur Phil- lips, Michael Pollan, Scott Simon, Amy Tan, Vendela Vida, Ayelet Waldman and Tobias Wolff — with more joining the trip day by day.