Virginia Cononie, assistant librarian/coordinator of reference and research at the University of South Carolina Upstate Spartanburg Library, was named one of Library Journal’s 2022 Movers & Shakers for her library advocacy work. LJ recently reached out to learn more about her Share Your Story campaign, a collection of success stories from libraries in South Carolina that were compiled into a book and sent to state lawmakers.
In “Spanish-speakers Preferred: How Libraries Can Make Their Workforce Better Reflect Their Communities,” Andrew A. Wakeleea (Fresno City College) and Kim M. Thompson (University of South Carolina) study library employment trends and offer suggestions for how to better foster a more inclusive workforce.
While this is the second outing for the American Library Association’s Library Learning Experience (LibLearnX), it’s the first time that attendees will convene in person for the re-envisioned conference, which replaces the former Midwinter Meeting.
We are weaving our way through the topic of knitwear in this new Featured Content, stitching together the patterns of its history, fibers and fabrics, and its colorful future.
This report highlights how academic libraries apply equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) standards when acquiring digital resources and includes the full data from LJ’s 2022 survey of 220 college/university libraries.
Wasps, bees, and the Milky Way are personified and celebrated in the best science and technology titles of 2022.
“I felt like if I could get a general sense of all the things that the different types of libraries were doing in one spot and get it in front of the legislators, we could point to the story and say, ‘This is what’s been going on in your county, at your library.’”
With two different, disconnected systems tracking different aspects of the university’s research activities, the staff of the Mario Rostini Library at LIUC saw an opportunity with Ex Libris Esploro to streamline workflows to comply with Italian laws, and to provide a better service to the university’s community of researchers.
An intimate portrait of FDR’s inner circle during the New Deal. Readers of U.S. history, economics, and political science should greatly enjoy this volume.
A must for collections supporting fashion, design, theater, or costuming. The insightful, well-researched annotations highlight the historical and cultural context of each garment, including the associated fashion trend, global textile history, designer, and garment construction. The photography, with close-up insets of unique patterns and decoration, is well done.
Dangarembga’s collection is an essential addition to academic collections on race and gender. The moments where she shares her crisis over selfhood as a child and how that search for identity carried over into adulthood are some of the most powerful parts of the book.
Patrons have begun to expect 24/7 library services. With Ex Libris Library Mobile, the University of Liège is empowering patrons to access digital services and resources at any time and on any device.
Nonfiction listeners have a panoply of choices on this year’s best nonfiction audiobooks list. There are several memoirs by stars, a range of crime stories, and even a science book about deadly animals.
Statista is an outstanding resource offering wide-ranging and robust content, a plethora of ways to find the content, sensible links to key reports, and engaging visuals. Added features and the timely addition of relevant subject matter make it a significant source of consumer and market data.
Part of HeinOnline’s suite of legal-reference databases, Water Rights & Resources provides access to a concentrated collection of resources on the interplay of state and federal laws governing all aspects of water in U.S. society. It is an excellent resource for legal and environmental studies, as well as political science, U.S. history, and related subjects.
From a documentary about a groundbreaking feminist living in exile from Iran to gun violence in the U.S., these documentaries enhance collections and expand understanding.
This will be my last editorial for LJ. For me, this news is bittersweet; I’m excited to begin a new role elsewhere in libraryland, as managing editor of CQ Researcher at SAGE Publishing. But I will miss my colleagues, the opportunities I have had here to learn from and collaborate with librarians across the country, and my chance to bend your ear every month.
The Life of Electricity, Confronting Climate Gridlock, How Climate Change Is Taught in America, and more in physics titles: December 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life. Jorgensen, Timothy J. Princeton University Press
2021. ISBN 9780691197838 $29.95
2. Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future. Cohan, Daniel S. Yale University Press
2022. ISBN 9780300251678 $28.00
3. Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught in America. Worth, Katie Columbia Global Reports 2021. ISBN 9781735913643 $16.00
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