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| June 20, 2019 | Indiana University Libraries Hosts First AV Archival Summer School
By Matt Enis
The Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive hosted the first Biennial Audio-Visual Archival Summer School, May 13–26, in collaboration with the International Federation of Film Archives and the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations. |
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Ex Libris Buys Colorado State’s RapidILL Solution
By Matt Enis
Ex Libris announced the acquisition of RapidILL, the resource sharing system developed by Colorado State University Libraries that now provides more than 330 academic libraries in the United States, Canada, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand with interlibrary lending services for articles, returnables, and open access materials. |
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Rankine’s The White Card Debuts at NYPL
By Vanesa Willoughby
On June 6, poet, essayist, playwright, and 2016 MacArthur Fellow Claudia Rankine launched the New York premiere of her first published play, a new one-act titled The White Card, at the New York Public Library Steven A. Schwarzman building. |
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| "On the plus side, extra credit can be a significant motivator for some students. It can encourage them to try something new, attend a program, see an exhibit, discover a new destination, or go the extra step to learn something new...but the joy is diminished by knowing what’s motivating the students is an extrinsic incentive rather than the student’s own intrinsic thirst for discovery." | | From "Academic Librarians’ Extra Credit Conundrum | From the Bell Tower" |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
PREMIUM
Skin Deep: Journeys in the Divisive Science of Race
By Gavin Evans
An easy read for casual audiences. Those without much prior knowledge of the development of racial science and where it stands today will find this to be a thorough historical introduction.. |
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PREMIUM
How To Read the Constitution and Why
By Kim Wehle
People of all political persuasions will benefit from this book, especially with a battle looming between Congress and the president in the coming months. |
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In the News | Day of Dialog 2019
By Liz French
LJ Day of Dialog 2019's nonfiction panel, "In the News," featured Karine Jean-Pierre, Dina Nayeri, James Poniewozik, and Matt Taibbi. |
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Sustainability | Next, Do These 5 Things
By Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
Sustainability is no longer to be relegated to the “green team” (as awesome as they can be!). It is no longer a once-a-year theme we address in April or on Earth Day. This topic is, or should be, front-and-center in how we think about everything we do. |
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Notes on Nature
By LJ Reviews
Reviews of The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California; The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees; and Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love. |
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The Space Race
By LJ Reviews
Reviews of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race; One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon; and Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age. |
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Van Gogh's Life & Works | Fine Arts, June 2019
By LJ Reviews
Art students, scholars, and anyone with a general interest in art and art history will enjoy this informative volume; this book makes accessible artworks that are not readily available to many. |
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Winnefox Library System seeks an Assistant Library Director |
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