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 ACRL and PLA Launch Benchmark, a Library Data Analysis Tool By Matt Enis The Association of College & Research Libraries and Public Library Association have launched Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends, a new digital resource for data analysis and visualization designed to “help libraries plan, make informed decisions, and tell the story of their impact.” |
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 Global Change Games | Programs That Pop By Karen Ciccone A team at North Carolina State University Libraries has created the Global Change Games series to help engage students with global change topics. |
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 Top Winter Debuts | 37 Titles To Note By Barbara Hoffert This edition of LJ’s thrice-yearly list of top debut novels focuses on the winter season, including a few late 2021 titles and stretching to March 2022. They are all promising titles, with eight especially intriguing offerings highlighted. |
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 Movers & Shakers 2022 | Call for Nominations The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles 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, including programs developed this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please use this form to let us know about anybody you think we should be aware of. Submissions will close on December 6, 2021. |
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| "We know that our communities have different needs and uses of data…but we have so much in common in terms of what we’re trying to do [with] continuous improvement and advocacy and data-informed decision making. This is a really robust area for us to collaborate." | | |
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 Trauma-Informed Librarianship: Supporting Students and Community | SLJ Summit By Drew Himmelstein When COVID closed down schools in the spring of 2020, librarian Janet Damon worried about the students and families in her Denver Public Schools who were suddenly cut from friends, teachers, and other parents. She knew that losing the support of their social networks during a stressful time would have very real mental health impacts. |
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| SPONSORED CONTENT  New Library Design: Spaces That Connect, Cultivate, and Transform Communities
Collections are still important. But as libraries acquire more digital materials, they’re devoting less space to housing physical items. Instead, they’re creating flexible, multiuse spaces for people to gather, interact, and learn new skills. The modern library is a coffee house, a digital creation studio, a multigenerational meeting place, and much more. Read More››› |
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 Classic Returns | James Baldwin Essays and Horror Titles To Note By David Wright Among other notable nonfiction reprints this fall, Library of America has a collection of three hard-to-find World War II memoirs specific to the Pacific Theater, and Beacon Press has brought back that landmark 1985 selection of James Baldwin’s essays, The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948–1985. Seven Stories Press continues its ambitious Robert Graves Project with his 1938 novel Count Belisarius, a Dark Ages follow-up to I, Claudius. |
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 The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly leads holds this week. The 2021 World Fantasy Awards are announced, including Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson for best novel. The 2021 Scotiabank Giller $100,000 Prize winner will be revealed this evening. Ryann Stevenson wins the 2021 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. The 2022 Southern Book Prize finalists are announced. Mercedes Lackey is named the 38th Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master. |
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 Mohamed Mbougar Sarr Wins the Prix Goncourt | Book Pulse By Anita Mechler Mohamed Mbougar Sarr wins the Prix Goncourt for The Most Secret Memory of Men. PW picks the best books of the year. Interviews mine the thoughts of Kal Penn of You Can't Be Serious, Paul McCartney of The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Katherine Blake of The Uninnocent: Notes on Violence and Mercy, Rax King of Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer, Will Smith of Will, and Karen Walrond of The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How to Work for Change Without Losing Your Joy. |
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 Disney Archivist | Cool Library Jobs By Mahnaz Dar Growing up, Rebecca Cline adored the film Mary Poppins, but as a budding Disney fan, she had no idea that one day she would have an up-close view of the carousel horses that the titular nanny and her charges ride, or the snow globe that Mary holds as she sings “Feed the Birds.” The director of the Walt Disney Archives, Cline now has access to these props and many others. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Patricia Cornwell's Autopsy is one of this week's starred mysteries. "Scarpetta is brilliant, compassionate and humble, excelling in her profession and in diplomacy while trying to solve a heinous crime during a pandemic, dealing with combative coworkers, on call for the president and navigating a post–January 6 militarized DC." The Curse of the Cherry Pie, by Amy Patricia Meade, is another starred mystery. "Foodies will relish this latest addition to a series featuring a likable amateur sleuth with supportive, well-developed friends, along with recipes and talk of food." And Gabriel Byrnes's Walking with Ghosts is this week's starred performing arts title. "Byrne has the soul of a poet; his use of language is exquisite. His stories will touch not just his fans but anyone who has experienced the pain of being on the outside looking in." 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 The Pennsylvania Department of Education seeks a Commissioner for Libraries, Deputy Secretary |
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