Silently A Flower Blooms

This week I attended the ENY-ACRL regional conference of ASSOCIATION of COLLEGE
& RESEARCH LIBRARIES held in Hamilton, New York at COLGATE UNIVERSITY.
While on campus I visited CHAPEL HOUSE. There I discovered this poem written by
a former Chapel House guest, Abbot Zenkei Shibayama Roshi of NANZENJI MONASTERY
in Kyoto, JAPAN.


SILENTLY A FLOWER BLOOMS


In silence it falls away;
Yet here now, at this moment, at this place,
the whole of the flower, the whole of the world
is blooming.
This is the talk of the flower, the truth of
the blossom
The glory of eternal life is shining here.

Spring Conference Season

Lilacs in the air, purple wonders help remove excessive cares....

Stop and sniff a purple magical flower, then hop on a plane or car or bus

It's Spring Conference Season again and a season for renewing hope and trust ...



TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION...April 2010

TLA this year was in San Antonio. I enjoyed speaking briefly at a Library - Vendor
meeting in the downtown conference center. The participapation at that meeting was much better this year than the prior one in Houston, so that was encouraging for all of us there!

An extra bonus, an unexpected surprise for me, was that April in San Antonio means
FIESTA, which is the local version of Mardis Gras. Wow, was that fun! In the old
Mexican-American part of town, EL MERCADO, I discovered numerous excellent bands
performing during a few of the evenings coinciding with my visit. The music was happening
in the streets, and the local folk crowded around with baby strollers, boots filled with beer, and genuine hospitality for each other. Much good dancing was also going-on to match the great
music. I enjoyed hearing lots of Spanish being spoken, and it did feel like I had taken a
vacation to a charming foreign paradise!


ENY - ACRL, Eastern New York Chapter of Assoc. of College & Research Libraries

This event will be happening May 24 at COLGATE UNIVERSITY in Hamilton, NY.
I look forward to being there. If possible, it would be even better to arrive there the
prior afternoon at 5 PM, as there will be a fascinating planetarium presentation .....
followed by a dinner gathering at the SEVEN OAKS Golf Course Lodge near campus.
I hope to have time to also visit Colgate's Chapel House, a retreat center which contains
a fine intimate library of philosophical, religious, and literary titles which are surrounded
by splendid fine arts paintings and sculptures.


ALA Annual -- June 2010 in Washington, DC

I hope to see many friends and colleagues at this event. BUSCA, Inc. will be on the
show floor, sharing some exhibit space generously offered by our dear pals from BASCH
SUBSCRIPTIONS and from THE REFERENCE SHELF. The exhibit space numbers:
4219 & 4221

Look for us presenting some ideas at the ALCTS Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations
Interest Group. The panel will take place Monday morning, June 28th(presumably
at the Conference Center).

Local Author Brings Revolutionary War to Life (Audra E. Clark, Valley Breeze)

(By AUDRA E. CLARK, Valley Breeze Staff Writer)

Revolutionary War re-enactor Norman Desmarais, of Lincoln, traveled all over the county and England while researching his new book on the American War of Independence.

"My goal was to write a comprehensive, if not exhaustive, history of the American Revolution," said Desmarais.
"The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Canada and New England" is being published this year by Busca Incorporated.
The book is meant to be the first in a multi-volume series. Desmarais spent the last 12 years on research for the series and it took him up and down the Eastern seaboard and even to England.
According to Desmarias, his research took him to England to examine the archives over there and visit Lord Nelson's ship, the HMS Victory.
While in England, Desmarias took a tour of Bath.
"On the tour they showed the home of Major André. The British didn't know his first name, and I said his name is John," said Desmarais. "They asked what I knew of John André. I talked about how he knew Benedict Arnold's wife and how they got Arnold to betray West Point, and so they turned the tour over to me."
Desmarais' book gives the location and important facts on 403 Revolutionary War battles, raids, and skirmishes in New England and Canada.
Many of the battles described in the book are accompanied by photos of any remaining landmarks or evidence of Revolutionary War forts and battles. Most of the photos were taken by Desmarais during his travels.
As he flips through his book, Desmarais points to a photo of a stone and says that it is the only way that this particular battle field can be identified.
"There are so many unmarked battlefields that people walk past or hike past and don't even know what they are seeing," said Desmarais. "Even the people who live in the town might not know it's there."
According to Desmarais, all that's left of the defenses from the battle in Charleston, S.C., is a section of tabby wall.
"I was at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston and I told the people staying there that they didn't realize it, but they were standing on a battlefield," said Desmarais.
The book's chapters are divided by state, and at the beginning of each chapter is a modern map of the state with a mark for each battle detailed in that chapter.
According to Desmarais, he never would have written "The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Canada and New England" if he was not a re-enactor. Desmarais has been a member of the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment for 14 years.
"Re-enactiong gives you a deeper appreciation of history," said Desmarais. "You get to feel a lot of the emotions and stresses that our ancestors felt."
Desmarais said that participating in re-enactments took him to many of the places he eventually wrote about in his book.
"What happened here?" That is the question Desmarais said he would hear re-enactors asking each other at battlefields. "I thought that if re-enactors aren't aware of it, then the general public certainly isn't aware if it," said Desmarais.
He wrote the book intending it to be a good informational tool for re-enactors, historians, genealogists trying to trace their ancestors to the Revolutionary War, local historical societies and the general public interested in history.
Desmarais' next volume will be on the battles of New York state. "The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Canada and New England" is fully footnoted from research of original sources including diaries and pension records.
The book is available from publisher, Busca Incorporated, and at normd@providence.edu.
SDLqThis is a war that we could have easily lost, and if we had, I imagine we could still be British citizens today," said Desmarais. "People seem to think that our winning the war was a forgone conclusion, but it wasn't."

http://www.valleybreeze.com/Free/ENT-MAIN-Rev--War-Author-w-pic-clone

Springer US Titles

Springer US has provided Busca with new lists of their titles. You can view the Word document files on our Other Publishers page next to Springer US’s main entry.

If you are a publisher and would like us to list your titles, please contact Busca.

Author Update: Ann Drake

Ann Drake, author of Healing of the Soul: Shamanism and Psyche, has created a new blog, Revitalizing Health Care with Ancient Wisdom from the Past. If you enjoy her writing and wisdom, don't miss it!

As we debate how health care should be structured, we fail to discuss how we heal and come into well being. Read my blog at: www.anndrakesoulwork.com/blog or access it through Facebook - anndrakesoulwork and join the discussion on how we heal.

Many blessings,
Ann

Busca at ALA Midwinter 2010

Busca will have a strong presence at ALA Midwinter this January. Michael Cooper, our president, will share our work locating out of print and POD books. You can read more about the discussion at ALA below.

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ALCTS Out of Print Discussion Group (OPDG) at ALA Midwinter 2010

Title: The Growing Availability of Out of Print Books: Digitization on Demand, Print on Demand, and the Expanding O.P. Market.

Time: Sunday, January 17 1:30-3:00

Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, room 157 B

More and more libraries are offering Digitization on Demand which allows patrons to select the books that are digitized and released on the web. One of the pioneers in this area is the Boston Library Consortium http://www.blc.org/ James Lee of the Brandeis University Library will walk us through the whole process and share some of the Consortium’s documentation. In addition Michael Cooper from Busca, Inc. www.buscainc.com will share some of his company’s strategies for locating out of print and POD books.

The committee will also hold an election for the upcoming year’s chair and co-chair.

The Out of Print Discussion Group isn’t just about o.p. books. We are open to all types of topics including Orphan Works, Large Scale Digitization Initiatives, Print on Demand, and Digitization on Demand. So come and join your colleagues in a wide ranging discussion of the hottest topic in the library world: out of print books! 

Busca Publishing News: The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Canada and New England: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Canada and New England: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes

Author: Norman Desmarais

ISBN: 978-1-9349340-1-2

Learn more about the book online here:

http://buscainc.com/html/guidetotheamericanrevolutionarywar.html

Our website includes a 192 image collection of revolutionary war related photos; a complete bibliography; an alphabetical list of battles; a chronological list of battles; and a list of battle sites grouped to major cities and locations.

The book is on sale now - and when purchased online at http://www.buscainc.com/ it is available for 10% off.