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| November 5, 2019 |  Hunters Point Library Confronts Accessibility Issues By Lisa Peet In the weeks following the opening of the Queens Public Library's new Hunters Point branch, a number of visitors pointed out that many areas are not accessible to people with mobility issues that would interfere with their ability to climb stairs. |
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 Report Proposes New Community College Library Roles By Lisa Peet As higher education costs rise and the population of nontraditional students grows, the need for student support services on campuses nationwide is increasing as well. Ithaka S+R recently released the third phase of its multi-part Community College Libraries and Academic Support for Student Success (CCLASSS) project. |
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 Second Annual Summer Scares Reading Program Announced By LJ Reviews The Horror Writers Association, in partnership with Library Journal and School Library Journal, United for Libraries, and Book Riot, announced that the Summer Scares Reading Program, which debuted in 2019, will continue throughout 2020. |
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 On Reclamation | Editorial By Rebecca T. Miller When you think about climate change, what do you feel? I asked my daughter, Harper, who is ten, that question last month. The exercise was part of a talk at a Drawdown Learn event held at the Omega Center for Sustainable Living. |
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| SPONSORED BY GROUP 4 ARCHITECTURE, RESEARCH + PLANNING, INC. |
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 NYPL’s Lions Get a Makeover By Lisa Peet Patience and Fortitude, the iconic New York Public Library lions, have been taking a couple of spa months. Last week, they emerged from their plywood scaffolding after being cleaned, repaired, and conserved. |
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| "They found themselves at an impasse where they have so many materials to display or make available, there's no way they can do it if they bring it all down to a level that's accessible to someone in a wheelchair." | | |
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| SPONSORED BY NOLL & TAM ARCHITECTS |
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 LJ Movers & Shakers 2020: Call for Nominations The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles 50 or more up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors—who are providing inspiration and model programs for others. Let us know about anybody you think we should be aware of. The submission deadline for the Class of 2020 is November 15, 2019. |
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| SPONSORED BY PGAL  PGAL: LEGACY. DESIGN. SERVICE. PGAL is one of the nation’s foremost library design specialists with over 800,000 SF of library facilities designed nationwide. We know how to balance the ongoing need for flexibility with changing library technologies and design for future growth in services, collections, and technology. Read More››› |
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 For Freedoms | Empowering Teens in Election Season By Luke Kirkland This September, teen leaders from the Waltham Public Library’s Real Talk program, a centerpiece of Waltham's teen programming, engaged 350 high school students to create lawn signs and install them in front of the library. |
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 Page to Screen, Nov. 1, 2019 | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt November sees best book lists and a host of new book-based shows and films, including works based on the novels of Jonathan Lethem and Philip Pullman. |
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 Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 14) by Jeff Kinney leads holds this week. The World Fantasy Awards are announced. The winners of the 2019 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books are out. The finalists for the Southern Book Prize are announced. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Carrying Water to the Field: New and Selected Poems, by Joyce Sutphen, is one of this week's starred poetry selections. "Gorgeous and deeply gratifying work recommended for all heartlands readers and anyone who appreciates the rural life Sutphen describes, with an introduction by former poet laureate Ted Kooser." Rosalie Moffett's Nervous System: Poems, is the other starred poetry title. "The story is built around Moffett’s standing outside her mother’s hospital room thinking about her before and after dementia through 'these images,' which she wistfully describes as 'Filling in/ what isn’t there.' Highly recommended for all libraries." And in fiction, Tori Eldridge's thriller, The Ninja Daughter, is another starred selection. "Readers who enjoy an action-packed adventure that doesn’t neglect character development and speaks truth about the human condition will welcome this quirky, passionate, and endearingly relatable protagonist." 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 Kanawha County Public Library (WV) seeks a Library Director |
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