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 ALA Announces COVID Library Relief Fund, ReMember Fund By Lisa Peet The American Library Association launched two relief funds at the beginning of April. The $1.25 million ALA COVID Library Relief Fund will offer grants of $30,000–$50,000 to public, school, academic, and tribal libraries across the United States and U.S. Territories that have been affected by pandemic-influenced budget contractions. The ReMember Fund will ensure that ALA members financially impacted by COVID-19 can maintain their membership. |
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 The CODES Book Awards: A Legacy of Reading | The Reader’s Shelf By Lynn Lobash, Lillian Dabney, Andrea Gough, Henrietta Verma, and Neal Wyatt For over 75 years, the librarians of CODES have annually selected the best books to share with readers and add to collections. Here, five members, representing various committees, celebrate a few of the many excellent reads showcased across the 2020 award lists. |
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 Library of the Year 2021 | Call for Nominations Nominations are open for the 2021 Library Journal/Gale Library of the Year. The award celebrates service to the community, creativity in developing programs or increasing library usage, leadership in launching initiatives that can be emulated by other libraries, and commitment to equity and inclusion. Enter by May 3. |
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 UPDATE: Reprieve for Seattle National Archives Threatened with Closure By Lisa Peet After more than a year of uncertainty and threatened legal action, on April 8 the Biden administration stopped the sale of the Seattle National Archives, reversing the Office of Management and Budget's previous approval of the facility's sale in 2020. Selling the 10-acre property would have resulted in moving valuable records far from the tribal and regional communities that routinely accessed them. |
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| "We deliberately went out to try to find funding that would support libraries in terms of having enough funds to continue a program that might have been eliminated, expand and scale a program, replicate a program or services, or underwrite staffing in key areas." | | |
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 International Booker Prize 2021 Shortlist Announced | Book Pulse By Anita Mechler The International Booker Prize 2021 shortlist, 2021 Stella Award, and 2021 Ignyte Awards Finalists are announced. Vanity Fair provides an excerpt for Stacey Abrams’s new novel, While Justice Sleeps. Justice League Infinity will be digitally released and Spider-Man will air on Disney+. |
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 LJ Talks to Horror Writer Amanda Desiree, Making Her Debut with Smithy By Becky Spratford Amanda Desiree has had a lifelong fascination with the supernatural, particularly real-life ghost stories. LJ recently caught up with the debut novelist to talk about her path to publication, her horror roots, and how a visit to her local library provided the spark that became Smithy. |
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 Sooley by John Grisham Tops Holds Lists |Book Pulse By Kate Merlene John Grisham leads holds this week with Sooley. People's book of the week is Little Matches: A Memoir of Grief and Light by Maryanne O’Hara. Nomadland, based on the book by Jessica Bruder nets 'Best Picture' and 'Best Director' Oscars. The Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners are announced, including Dr. Iman Mersal for her book In the Footsteps of Enayat Al-Zayyat. |
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 October 2021 Prepub Alert: Index By Barbara Hoffert All the October Prepub Alerts in a central index, plus a downloadable spreadsheet and a print-ready PDF of all posts. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Olivette Otele's African Europeans: An Untold History is one of this week's starred history selections. "Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this is an essential work of historical scholarship that is highly recommended for all public and academic libraries." The Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, is one of this week's starred fiction titles. "This fictional account of [Belle da Costa] Greene’s life feels authentic; the authors bring to life not only Belle but all those around her. An excellent piece of historical fiction that many readers will find hard to put down." Lindsay Marcott's Mrs. Rochester’s Ghost is one of this week's starred mysteries. "Fans of Jane Eyre who enjoyed Rachel Hawkins’s The Wife Upstairs will appreciate this equally enjoyable retelling from Marcott." Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778–1781, by John E. Ferling, is another starred history selection. "Ferling’s lengthy, comprehensive, and essential work has staying power and should become one of the leading resources on the Revolutionary War." Jon Talton's City of Dark Corners is another starred mystery. "This gritty stand-alone deals with Phoenix’s rough-and-tumble past and its questionable police force in the 1930s. Talton excels at creating the ambiance of historic Phoenix. Suggest for fans of realistic historical mysteries or Phoenix Noir." And The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture, by Grace Perry, is this week's starred social sciences selection. "A funny, accessible analysis of pop culture that will benefit nonfiction collections; it informs about gay history and grounds its importance in real experience." 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 American Library Association (ALA) seeks an Executive Director to lead its Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) division |
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