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 BIPOC Alumni Scholarship Fund Established at UT Austin iSchool By Lisa Peet In response to a call for increased diversity at the University of Texas (UT) Austin iSchool—and to boost representation and participation among students of color in information sciences fields overall—a group of UT alumni have created an endowed scholarship for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) students. |
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 Special Collection Pops Up Off the Page at the University of North Carolina | Archives Deep Dive By Elisa Shoenberger When people think of special collections, few envision a bouquet of flowers that never wilt, working pinhole cameras, or even a Tyrannosaurus Rex trying to pull itself off the page. But that’s exactly what the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has in the ever-growing collection of pop-up books housed at its School of Information and Library Science Library. The collection holds over 1,950 pop-up books, most from the 1970s to the present day, with the oldest books dating back to the 1880s. |
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 The Right To Vote | 26 Titles To Build a Collection By Rebekah Kati These titles focus on voting rights and elections in the United States. They introduce readers to voting and basic civics, and cover major historical events and issues in the struggle for voting rights. |
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| “There’s greater support for students from marginalized identities to enter into careers that they’re interested in. But so many of those careers, including anything related to information studies, often requires additional schooling. And I think the cost of attendance is often a prohibiting factor.” | | |
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|  Call for Information: OA/OER Survey
Library Journal is currently fielding a survey about Open Access (OA) and Open Educational Resource (OER) collections in academic libraries. We need your response to help us accurately report how academic institutions may be curating and aiding discovery of these resources.
All respondents completing the survey will be eligible to receive a copy of the results and be included in a drawing to win one of three $100 Visa® electronic gift cards. The survey is estimated to take up to five minutes to answer. There are no numbers to look up. Deadline has been extended to April 2. The results will be reported in aggregate and no respondents or institutions will be identified without your express consent. Thank you in advance! Start OA/OER survey |
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| PREMIUM When Freedom Speaks: The Boundaries and the Boundlessness of Our First Amendment RightBy Lynn Greenky Complete with a glossary of legal terms, Greenky’s easy-to-read primer offers general readers and students a telling history and framework for understanding the basic assumptions, ways of thinking, and methodologies courts commonly use to negotiate clashing and competing constitutional values and individual rights to free speech. |
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PERFORMING ARTS
Musical Revolutions: How the Sounds of the Western World ChangedBy Stuart Isacoff Much like Isacoff’s previous books, this is a sprawling narrative, intertwining history, politics, and musical biography, that’s as entertaining as it is informative. Whether readers are dedicated musicologists or casual fans, they’ll enjoy this thought-provoking dive into the history of Western music. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Religion By LJ Reviews White Evangelical Racism, Matrix, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, and more in religion titles: March 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America. Butler, Anthea D. University of North Carolina Press 2021. ISBN 9781469661179. $24.00 2. Matrix. Groff, Lauren Riverhead Books 2021. ISBN 9781594634499. $28.00 3. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. Friedman, Benjamin M. Alfred A Knopf 2021. ISBN 9780593317983. $37.50 |
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