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April 11, 2024

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AI in Academia

By Henrietta Thornton

Academic librarians are helping both students and instructors navigate the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence.

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Academic LibGuides and More to Help Students and Instructors Navigate AI

The librarians interviewed for LJ's April 2024 feature on artificial intelligence (AI) and academic libraries have written and posted a variety of papers, LibGuides, and other content to help instructors and students better understand and utilize AI tools such as ChatGPT.

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Musical Memoirs | Performing Arts

By Dr. Dave Szatmary

The daughter of Mama Cass Elliot of the Mamas & the Papas and Blondie guitarist Chris Stein share life stories centered in sound.

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Biography & Memoir | Prepub Alert, October 2024 Titles

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt

Hollywood and musical memoirs are highlights, along with a memoir about reading and books, science, and the supernatural.   

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While writing this post, nestled here in Baltimore, the world watched and witnessed the devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, after it was struck by a cargo ship. The bridge, a landmark here in Charm City, arched over the Patapsco River carrying more than 12.4 million commercial and passenger vehicles in 2023.

 

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Essays | Prepub Alert, October 2024 Titles

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt

These collections feature literary observations and reminiscences from Deborah Levy and Steve Wasserman and humorous insights from comedians Randy Rainbow and Jenny Slate.

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“Don’t use ChatGPT as a search engine to look up articles, because it makes them up. The articles sound very plausible because it knows who writes on certain topics, but it’ll make up things most of the time because it doesn’t have a way to look them up.” 

 

—From “AI in Academia”

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A report of the findings from this survey will be available to all who complete the survey. As an extra thank you, respondents will be eligible to win one of three $100 Visa® electronic gift cards*. The survey is estimated to take approximately seven minutes to complete.  

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From LJ Reviews:

HISTORY

PREMIUM

Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History

By Philippa Gregory

A comprehensive saga about British women and their obstacles throughout hundreds of years. Suitable for all readers.

 

PREMIUM

To the Ends of the Earth: How Ancient Explorers, Scientists, and Traders Connected the World

By Raimund J. Schulz

An up-to-date, comprehensive work on ancient exploration. Highly recommended for scholarly readers, but general readers who are interested in reading titles that reevaluate when globalization began will appreciate it as well.

 

In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life

By Regina Kunzel

This beautifully written, highly recommended book will find readers across a wide spectrum of academic fields, notably the history of science and psychiatry. But general audiences interested in seeing how professionals can correct an industry will enjoy this too.

PERFORMING ARTS

PREMIUM

Joan Crawford in Film Noir: The Actress as Auteur

By David Meuel

This focused study will interest readers looking for a deep dive into this specific era of Crawford’s career or surveys of the ways classic Hollywood films mingling noir and melodrama depicted women.

 

PREMIUM

American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous

By Deborah Paredez

A poetic and inspiring treatment of the diva. Best paired with a discography and a playlist of music by the profiled divas.

 

PREMIUM

Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography

By Staci Robinson

A captivating portrait of a rap icon who inspired artists and activists alike.

SOCIAL SCIENCES 

White Supremacy Is All Around: Notes from a Black Disabled Woman in a White World

By Akilah Cadet

A valuable read for all. This title not only calls out the white supremacy that continues to oppress communities of color but it also provides a prescription for real change.

 

PREMIUM

The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels

By Pamela Prickett & Stefan Timmermans

This title urges readers to care (in life and in death) about the disturbing number of Americans who go unclaimed each year.

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Beatlemania | Books To Rock Out On

By Denise Miller and Sara Shreve

Two books that explore the talent, creativity, and deep appeal of the Fab Four.

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International Booker Prize Shortlist Is Announced | Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene | Book Pulse

The International Booker Prize shortlist is announced; the NYT, Guardian, and NPR have coverage. PEN America Literary Awards longlists are announced as well.

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Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Shortlist Is Announced | Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction shortlist and the Plutarch Award longlist are announced. Heinz Janisch and Sydney Smith win Hans Christian Andersen Awards. The Xingyun Awards finalists are announced.

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From the Pages of infoDOCKET...

  • The Respectful Terminology Platform Project Receives Prestigious Grant from the Mellon Foundation 

  • Pun Wins 2025–26 ALA Presidency

  • Science Librarianship and Social Justice is the Focus of a New Special Issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL, No. 105)

  • Journal Article: “Academic Librarians as Teachers and Faculty Developers: Exploring the Potential of the ‘Teach the Teachers’ Model of Information Literacy”

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