Books for Understanding New Orleans

The Association of American University Presses announces the publication of "Books for Understanding: New Orleans" a free online guide to some of the best books about the Big Easy. The guide is available at: http://www.aaupnet.org/news/bfu/nola/list.html. The list marks the Association's 2006 annual meeting, held in New Orleans from June 15-18. More than 500 scholarly communications and publishing professionals will gather to further professional development and create collaborative relationships. AAUP wanted to recognize the importance of the meeting's location in the city so recently devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and still struggling to procure the resources needed to recover, re-plan, and rebuild.

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