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| January 9, 2018 |  Bard and Brooklyn Public Library Partner for Microcollege By Lisa Peet Bard College, a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, and Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) have partnered to launch a “microcollege”—an innovative undergraduate program for nontraditional students—at BPL’s Central Library in Prospect Heights. |
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 EBSCO and BiblioLabs Announce OpenDissertations.org By Matt Enis EBSCO Information Services and BiblioLabs will launch OpenDissertations.org, an open access initiative that will facilitate the discovery of electronic theses and dissertations beginning early this year. |
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 Light in the Dark: Facing the Challenges Ahead | Editorial By Rebecca T. Miller We spend a lot of time as the year turns reflecting and anticipating what’s to come. This year, such reflection is intensified by a seemingly relentless assault on basic rights in a polarized political climate. |
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 Major CPU Security Flaw: What Libraries Need to Know By Matt Enis Intel Corporation this week acknowledged two serious, processor-level security vulnerabilities—named “Meltdown” and “Spectre”—that affect virtually all computers manufactured during the past decade that contain the company’s market-leading CPUs. |
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 Do Librarians Discriminate? | BackTalk By Mirco Tonin Suppose a librarian receives an email from a man named Greg Walsh, wanting to become a cardholder or simply inquiring about the open hours. Would the librarian reply? Does your answer change if the guy is called Tyrone Washington? |
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| "We’re looking to put together a group of the most diverse, extraordinary group of people [who] represent the breadth of social life in New York City, whose educations have been deterred for one reason or another." | | |
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 Growing Home | Design Institute Design Challenges By Meredith Schwartz Librarians from around the country convened on October 20 in Washington State, at Fort Vancouver Regional Library’s Vancouver Community Library for an exploration of community engagement, sustainable design, and adapting to changing needs. |
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 Reading Resolutions | Wyatt’s World By Neal Wyatt The pleasures of reading should always be without strings, but if readers’ advisory librarians want to add to their to-do lists in 2018, there are some easy yet very useful resolutions to make. |
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 From A to Y | Sue Grafton Remembered By Wilda Williams When best-selling author Sue Grafton, 77, died of cancer on December 28, 2017, she was one book short of completing her best-selling series of alphabetically titled mysteries that began in 1982 with A Is for Alibi. |
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| Xpress Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Jacqueline Winspear's To Die but Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel is this week's starred fiction title. "Winspear has created another rich reading experience for Maisie’s many fans, but this title could be seen as entry point for new fans as well. Highly recommended for readers who enjoy a thoughtful mystery." In nonfiction, Ashley D. Farmer's Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era is "an in-depth scholarly analysis of Black Nationalist movements, feminism, and art. Recommended for a scholarly audience." In graphic novels, The Smell of Starving Boys, by Frederik Peeters and Loo Hui Phang, "explores another genre using [Peeters's] signature style, the Western. Set in Texas after the Civil War, it tells the story of an exploratory expedition of three adventurers.... [Suggested] for fans of Peeters’s work (Blue Pills; Aâma; Sandcastle) and unusual graphic novels." And in e-originals, Scarlett Cole's Nikan Rebuilt examines "the reality of how a terrible past can be overcome but not forgotten. Sure to please current fans [of Cole's "Preload" series] as well as create new ones.
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 The Power of Youth Services: Transforming Public Library Impact Presented by Library Journal and School Library Journal, the 2018 Public Library Think Tank will convene public library leaders and directors, youth services and young adult librarians, with other leading thinkers on the role of youth services, literacy, and learning trends. Join us February 22-23 in Miami, FL to focus on practical, applicable strategies which will make a lasting impact in libraries and library systems. |
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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 Orange County Library System (FL) seeks a Learning Central Manager |
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