B.   Noteworthy acquisitions

• New Catholic Encyclopedia (print and e-book).

  A new, 2^nd edition of this standard reference book for all subjects relating to Catholicism and the humanities (especially useful for undergraduate and graduate course work in Religious Studies, History, Literature, and MMW)

• Index Islamicus (on CD-ROM).

  A database of journal articles and book chapters about Islam and Muslimcommunities, published since 1906.  The study of Islam is a rapidly growing field at UCSD, with several new faculty members hired in the last year.  This database is a very important addition to our collection, and one with special meaning in light of current world events.

• Black Drama and Asian-American Drama and IIPA-FP: International Index to the Performing Arts--Full Text. 

  Robert Melton, in his role as convener of both the English Literature Bibliographers and the Performing Arts Bibliographers last year, was instrumental in acquiring access to these two databases through the CDL.

• International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. (4 volumes set, available in print only, at this point).

  A completely new revision of one of the two most comprehensive reference books on linguistics; holdover articles have been rewritten from 40% to 100%. More coverage is given to the various cognitive and evolutionary approaches to language as well and there are many new articles on languages such as Zulu, Wolof, Khoisan, ASL, world Englishes, and artificial languages as well as many additional short biographical articles.

• The Richard M. Nixon national security files, 1969-1974. Middle East (42 reels of microfilm)
• Sacramento Bee ( microfilm, 1933-1950, microform index for the newspaper covering the years 1900-1937)

  This is a primary source for researchers in many disciplines, but particularly political science, legal studies, California history, and sociology.  Not having the Sacramento Bee was a major gap in SSHL's holdings as a major California research library.  This purchase added on to previous requests so now our holdings of this title cover 1895-1950.

• American Civil Liberties Union archives, 1950-1990.  (Microfilm)
• Acquired Aerial Express detailed air photos of all metropolitan California and placed copies at each UC map library http://www.spatialinsights.com/catalog/products/aerialsexpress/ae/downloads/coverage.pdf

  The air photos of California's urban areas show everything on the ground 3-feet or larger, in color, and are specially processed ("georeferenced") for inclusion in GIS systems. These are especially useful for researchers reviewing change in land use, vegetation, habitat, measurement of migration foot traffic, forest fires, archaeological sites, effects of zoning changes, and planning analysis (sighting airports, for instance).

• Acquired and made preservation copy of "Temporary Paradise? : A Look At The Special Landscape Of The San Diego Region : A Report To The City by Donald Appleyard And Kevin Lynch,"  51 page urban planning study published in 1974 by two eminent MIT scholars under a $12,000 grant from the Marston family (who commissioned San Diego's first general plan, by John Nolen, in 1908).

  Because of its signal importance and self-destructive newsprint format, copies of "Temporary Paradise?" became shopworn quickly, were stolen frequently, and the balance yellowed due to acidity. Pristine originals are rare, even in local libraries, but demand remains high due to the frequency it is cited.  At the suggestion of Julie Page and with the permission of Leslie Abrams, Larry Cruse sent AAL's copy to Northwest Microfilm to test their preservation work. They returned the original and a variety of rejuvenated, pristine reproductions (microfilm, CD and archival paper). This Spring, the CD version was added to UCSD's Regional Workbench website, and cross linked to the Roger catalog record http://sdtj.regionalworkbench.org/UCSD/TemporaryParadise.htm ,where Google ranks "Temporary Paradise?" third.