New Items in Reference - 1/27/2011

Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary (394.26) -- "includes over 3,000 holidays, festivals, commemorations, holy days, feasts and fasts, and other observances from all parts of the world."  It is organized alphabetically by name of holiday, includes 13 informative appendices, and chronological, special subject, and general indexes.

This title - along with Chase's Calendar of Events (394.2) - may be a helpful resource when it comes to creating displays and specialized programming.

A couple of other items from JCCI have been placed beneath the Ref desk:

Quality of Life Progress Report for Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, 2010, 26th ed. -- The nation's longest-standing community quality of life survey, Quality of Life is a "yardstick for community improvement" designed to help civic and community organizations in planning policies and evaluating the outcomes.

Race Relations Progress Report for Jacksonville, Florida, 2010, 6th ed. -- Race Relations serves as a "report card for measuring our progress in reducing - and eventually eliminating - race-based disparities.  Similar to Quality of Life, the study acts as a planning and evaluation tool for government and civic leaders.