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 2020 Movers & Shakers Announced This Week By LJ It is our great pleasure to congratulate and welcome the 46 individuals named 2020 Movers & Shakers. They join a distinguished group that is now nearly 1,000 strong. Reading any of these profiles will surely bring a little light into our COVID-19–quarantined days. Change Agents and Innovators were announced Monday and Tuesday. Check back throughout the week as other groups are published each day. |
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 How Serious Is America's Literacy Problem? By Amy Rea The first step in solving a problem is seeing it clearly. This article, part one of an ongoing series, defines the broad scope and depth of the literacy crisis in the United States, among both children and adults. |
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 Don't Settle for Normal | Editorial By Meredith Schwartz
It is important to take a moment, even in the midst of crisis, to honor this year’s Movers & Shakers. It is a waypost, a signifier of normalcy in a year from which so many landmarks are missing. But it’s also a reminder that we still need people moving us forward and shaking up our thinking—perhaps never more so than when we feel shaken by forces outside our control. |
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| "Illiteracy and low literacy is among one of the most dire issues facing policy makers, educators, and communities across the nation, with adverse consequences that can ripple down through generations, affecting everything from employment prospects to health care." | | |
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 Emergency Fund Launches to Help Archival Workers Facing Financial Difficulties During COVID-19 By Lisa Peet As a majority of academic libraries have transitioned to remote work in the wake of coronavirus-closed campuses, a growing number of United States–based archival workers—many of whom are in part-time, hourly, term-limited, or contract positions—are facing financial challenges. To help address some immediate needs, a team of archives workers partnered with the Society of American Archivists Foundation to create the Archival Workers Emergency Fund. |
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 The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize | Call for Nominations The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize, developed in partnership between the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation and Library Journal, was created in 2019 to recognize the public library as a vital community asset. When libraries, civic entities, organizations, and the people they serve become close partners, their communities thrive. One winning library will receive $250,000 in unfettered grant monies from the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation. Deadline: July 15, 2020. |
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 Ambient Pleasures and More: 9 Sound Libraries To Whisk You Away By Meredith Schwartz If it’s just too quiet for you nowadays, libraries have your hookup. Part of the reason many remote workers used to prefer a coffeeshop—or the library!—to working from home was the right kind and amount of sound—enough to be companionable, but not distractingly too much. |
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 An Open Letter to Other Library Directors | Opinion By Royce Kitts As I explained to my library board, I will not reopen the library until I can ensure the health and safety of our staff. I will not reopen the library just because the governor cancels the stay at home order. We will be slow and deliberate, because for the first time in my 20 years of being a librarian, the decisions I make mean the life or death of my employees. |
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 James Patterson Leads Library Holds; Ocean Vuong Wins Big | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt The 20th Victim by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro leads holds this week. The Triangle Awards are announced; Ocean Vuong wins the fiction category for On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. More May booklists arrive as do Pennie Clark Ianniciello's pick for May and the Indie Next list for June. |
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 Cats: The True Stars of #StayingHome By Mahnaz Dar Cat videos—and big cat zoo cams—provide welcome stress relief in this anxious time. And movies about cats, from last year’s big budget disaster Cats to Netflix’s recent Tiger King, offer some trainwreck viewing. Whether you’re curious about what makes your cat tick (are they miffed that we’re home 24/7?) or interested in adopting a cat of your own, our list of books, comics, and DVDs has you covered—all available digitally. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  C.J. LaVigne's starred debut urban fantasy novel, In Veritas, “part of the 'Nunatak First Fiction' series, is full of wonder, darkness, and hope. Part biography, part conversation with an unnamed biographer, the style is engaging and keeps the pages turning.” The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, a starred fiction title from Christopher Beha, “brings to messy life a post-9/11 New York City in a character-rich novel that’s funny, poignant, prescient, and somehow sweetly deft in the willing suspension of disbelief as a syzygy of coincidences careens toward a perfect storm.” Laurie R. King's starred mystery, Riviera Gold, Book 16 of the “Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes” series, “mixes Holmes’s and Hudson’s past with skulduggery in the present.” Roddy Doyle's starred novel, Love, “brilliantly highlights his ear for speech, especially the recursive fluency of inebriation. Narrated by Davy, this novel is a tough and tender celebration of the complexities of authentic friendship, as well as the ephemeral nature of memory.” See All Reviews››› |
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 Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK Orange County (FL) Library System seeks a CEO / Library Director |
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