The findings of LJ’s Public Library Materials Survey show that librarians are focused on the formats readers want and the process of crafting responsive and representative collections.
New key authors are taking possession of the genre by claiming old tropes and making them new; small presses are making huge waves; and the voices of marginalized authors are creating change and energy.
The merger of two major Taiwanese universities was the perfect opportunity to upgrade from siloed systems to a single, shared network with the cloud-based Ex Libris platform.
The use and visibility of open access (OA) content collections and open educational resources (OER) appear to be changing at colleges and universities, according to the results of LJ’s 2022 Open Access/Open Educational Resources Survey, sponsored by SirsiDynix. Many institutions and their libraries are placing more emphasis on helping students and faculty find those resources, but survey participants feel they are not fully satisfied with how well their search interfaces direct students to these collections, or with their frequency of use.
Speakers at the 2022 American Library Association (ALA) Annual conference, held June 23–28 in Washington, DC, featured an engaging lineup of leaders from within and outside the library world that included authors, actors, journalists, and creators.
A principal forbids students from talking about a challenged book; librarians question reading levels and defend unrestricted library access for children.
Stephen Graham Jones is the best-selling author of nearly 30 novels and collections, as well as novellas and comic books. The most recent is My Heart Is a Chainsaw. Up next are Earthdivers and Don’t Fear the Reaper. Jones lives and teaches in Boulder, CO. He talks with LJ about his newest book, the genre as a whole, and his influences.
“So many things are exclusive to a streamer, or exclusive to a platform, and patrons often don’t understand how it is that the library does not have access, and they get frustrated with us.”
The It Girl by Ruth Ware leads holds this week. The July 2022 Earphones Award Winners are posted at Audiofile. July book club picks arrive. The new Costco Connection features Ruth Ware's The It Girl, Brad Thor's Rising Tiger, and Shari Lapena’s Not a Happy Family. Seven LibraryReads and six Indie Next picks publish this week. People's book of the week is Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark.
The “lesbian necromancers” are back! Or are they? Nona the Ninth, the third entry in Tamsyn Muir’s extremely popular “The Locked Tomb” series, publishes on Sept. 13, and offers a bit of a departure from the expected plot arc. Nona is a mysterious young woman who’s trying to figure out who she is, because six months ago she awoke in someone else’s body. LJ’s sf/fantasy columnist Kristi Chadwick talked with Muir about the series, her writing process, and what she’s reading right now.
At the University of Surrey, an innovative Student Curator program built on the Ex Libris Leganto course reading list solution has positioned the library as a leading campus voice in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Ron Shelton's The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit is one of this week's starred nonfiction selections. "Highly entertaining and informative look at a popular film classic, this book should find wide interest among film and sports buffs." In fiction, Cecily Wong's Kaleidoscope is a starred selection. "True to its title, Wong’s overarching account of one family’s business is told with beautiful imagery but reveals individual pieces that show how things are not what they appear to be. This story of people, culture, and lifestyles will be appreciated by readers who enjoy novels involving families and their secrets." And Desideria Mesa's debut novel Bindle Punk Bruja is a starred SFF title. "Mesa’s debut mixes a bit of Mexican folktale, a chunk of magical realism, and tons of period detail into a page-turning urban fantasy that takes the glitter of Boardwalk Empire and combines it with a story of found family, mob violence, and romance."
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