Academic Movers Q&A: Dr. Shannon Jones on Wellness and Documenting Black Library Leaders By Amy Rea Dr. Shannon Jones, director of libraries and professor at the Medical University of South Carolina–Charleston, was named a 2021 Library Journal Mover & Shaker for her significant commitment to mentoring other library workers in medical and academic librarianship, as well as creating a Medical Library Association book club focused on books discussing diversity, equity, and inclusion. LJ recently talked with her to learn what she’s been doing since then. |
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The Beatles | On Film and in Photos By Bill Baars and Gregory Stall There are two new engaging options for Beatles fans. One title deviates from standard biographies and music analysis, the other showcases mostly unseen images of the Beatles from the end of 1963 through early 1964. |
FINE ARTS The Story of Art Without Men By Katy Hessel A good-looking, valuable addition to general or fine art collections in any public, academic, or school library, this engaging overview shines a light both entertaining and erudite on a critical half of the art world. Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America By Matika Wilbur An essential purchase for all libraries; as the people and places pictured here span Turtle Island, the book will be relevant to patrons everywhere. PREMIUM Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists By Lisa Slominski This useful volume is an important entry point to a more inclusive and accessible art world. |
Lambda Literary Foundation Announces Several 2023 Winners | Book Pulse By Sarah Wolberg The Lambda Literary Foundation announces that Eboni J. Dunbar wins the Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ Fiction; Naseem Jamnia, author of The Bruising of Qilwa, and Maya Salameh, author of the poetry collection How To Make an Algorithm in the Microwave, win the Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers; and Jaquira Díaz, author of Ordinary Girls: A Memoir, wins the Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng and Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu win Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Awards. Shortlists for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and Michael Knost Wings Award are released. |
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