| Welcome to LJAN Resources, our monthly academic content roundup. We’ll be curating standout InfoDocket posts and nonfiction LJ book reviews once every month for quick access to news and reviews you can use. |
| Report: “Federal Judge Orders IMLS to Be Restored” From Words and Money: Finally, some good news for the library community. On May 13, federal judge John G. McConnell in Rhode Island issued a sweeping preliminary injunction blocking Trump administration officials from acting on the president’s March 14 executive order to dismantle the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Furthermore, the court ordered the administration to immediately takes steps to restore the agency’s employees and grant funding activities. |
| Just Released: 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition From EDUCAUSE: Higher education is in a period of massive transformation and uncertainty. Not only are current events impacting how institutions operate, but technological advancement—particularly in AI and virtual reality—are reshaping how students engage with content, how cognition is understood, and how learning itself is documented and valued. Our newly released 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition captures the spirit of this transformation and how you can respond with confidence through the lens of emerging trends, key technologies and practices, and scenario-based foresight. |
SPONSORED BY CLARIVATE | EX LIBRIS AI’s Role in the Future of Library Services
Did you know that over 60%* of libraries are actively planning to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their services? A vital aspect of this change is understanding how AI can enhance library services. Advanced applications such as personalized recommendations for users or predictive models for space planning are already delivering impressive outcomes.
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SPONSORED BY CLARIVATE | EX LIBRIS From Syllabus to Success: How Smarter Course Materials Support Student Success
Academic libraries are essential in supporting student success by expanding access to course materials, a goal often challenged by issues of cost, availability, and gaps in digital integration. Leganto, along with its AI-powered Syllabus Assistant, offers a scalable, efficient solution that transforms syllabus into a dynamic, accessible resource list, fostering deeper faculty collaboration and measurable institutional impact.
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| SCIENCES PREMIUM V Is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death By Kathryn Harkup Fans of Christie’s novels, especially readers interested in the use of chemistry and poisons in crime fiction, will find this book worthwhile. PREMIUM Top Ten Ideas of Physics: Foundations for Understanding the Universe By Anthony Zee Like physics itself, this book blurs the boundaries between the factual and fantastical by describing how scientists established the 10 ideas at its heart, explaining the concepts’ meaning and implications, and suggesting how these universal laws extend across time and space in ways (and worlds) humanity has yet to discover. |
| LITERATURE PREMIUM Cooler Than Cool: The Life and Work of Elmore Leonard By C.M. Kushins A thoroughly researched chronicle of Leonard and his literary career. Likely to be popular where Brian Jay Jones’s and Walter Isaacson’s biographies circulate well. PREMIUM Alice’s Oxford: People and Places that Inspired Wonderland By Peter Hunt Fans of the Alice books will enjoy following Hunt’s travels through Oxford’s historic streets and their parallels in Wonderland. Mark Twain By Ron Chernow This belongs in both public and academic libraries and will open a new discussion of Twain’s cultural standing, as Chernow’s previous biographies have also accomplished. |
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