[274]BOOK EDITED BY MTSU PROFESSORS LAUDED BY LIBRARY JOURNAL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 27, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

BOOK EDITED BY MTSU PROFESSORS LAUDED BY LIBRARY JOURNAL
Nineteen MTSU Contributors Make Encyclopedia a Must for Academic Libraries

(MURFREESBORO) – The Encyclopedia of the First Amendment (CQ Press, 2008), a reference book featuring the works of 19 members of the MTSU community, has received another kudo from the oldest publication covering the library field. Library Journal, which has covered the library field for 132 years, states in its Jan. 15 edition, “Written in a scholarly yet lucid and accessible style, this resource is highly recommended for university libraries (especially those serving law and journalism programs), libraries within law firms and news organizations, and larger public libraries. Remarkable for its breadth and scope, it is one of the few, if not the only, resources dedicated to the First Amendment.” The Encyclopedia of the First Amendment, published by CQ Press, was co-edited by Dr. John R. Vile, Dean of the University Honors College; David Hudson, adjunct political science professor and scholar at the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University; and Dr. David Schultz, professor in the School of Business at Hamline University and a senior fellow in the Institute of Law and Politics at the University of Minnesota Law School. MTSU contributors to the encyclopedia include eight faculty from the Department of Political Science, five faculty from the College of Mass Communication, and Tennessean Publisher Emeritus John Seigenthaler, for whom an endowed chair of excellence at the College of Mass Communication is named.


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ATTENTION, MEDIA: For interviews with Dr. John R. Vile and/or David Hudson, contact Gina Logue in the MTSU Office of News and Public Affairs at 615-898-5081 or gklogue@mtsu.edu.