Decorating Time Savers
by Jack Warner '57

Decorating Time Savers (Rutlegde Book) by Jack Warner '57 is the first book to bring the concept of speed to interior decorating. A practical guide to creative home decoration, the book shows precisely how to organize each planning and implementation step—and how to buy materials like a professional. Including over 60 pages of planning guides and shopping check lists, the book also features a list of recommended decorating Web sites.

The retired owner of Warner, Bicking & Fenwick, a premier Manhattan advertising agency, Warner has extensive experience in interior design, theatrical design, decorative painting, historic preservation, and building and construction. He lives with his wife, Anne Hibbard Warner, in Nantucket, Mass., and Ridgewood, N.J.

Journals of the Century
by Tony Stankus '73

Tony Stankus '73 is the editor of Journals of the Century (Haworth Press, 2002), a book highlighting the top academic and professional journals of the 20th century. Thirty-two contributing librarian-authors reviewed journals from all over the world, evaluating the publications on their longevity, ability to attract and sustain professional or academic affiliations, agenda-setting power, foresight in carving out their niche and ongoing criticality to the study of their respective field.

Stankus, who is a science librarian at Holy Cross, has written more than 100 papers and nine books, including Biographies of Scientists for Sci-Tech Libraries, Science Librarianship at America's Liberal Arts Colleges, and Scientific and Clinical Literature for the Decade of the Brain (Haworth Press). The associate editor of Science & Technology Libraries for manuscripts on serials, he writes the “Making Sense of Serials” column for Technicalities.

Managing Human Resources: Productivity, Quality of Work Life, Profits
by Wayne F. Cascio '68

Managing Human Resources: Productivity, Quality of Work Life, Profits (McGraw-Hill, 2003) by Wayne F. Cascio '68 is a textbook designed to teach students how the impact of technology and the Internet reflect the real-world importance of technology issues to general managers and human resource professionals. The book features chapters on recruitment, staffing and career development with examples from real companies.

Cascio earned his master of arts degree from Emory University and his Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Rochester. He has taught at Florida International University and the University of California, Berkeley. Currently professor of management at the University of Colorado, Denver, he has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals including the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Management and the International Journal of Selection and Assessment. Cascio has written and edited six books on human resource management.