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 Uncertain Times: Budgets and Funding 2022 By Lisa Peet With an influx of federal dollars and increase in consumer confidence in mid-2021, library budgets began to rebound from the pandemic’s first year—but are those gains sustainable? |
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 We Must Try to Win: Referenda 2021 By John Chrastka The vast majority of 2021 library ballot measures passed, but few were put to a vote, and fewer asked for new funding. |
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 NSF-Funded Team To Develop Community-Specific Information Literacy Tools By Lisa Peet With the help of a $750,000 National Science Foundation grant awarded in September 2021, a team of researchers has launched “Adapting and Scaling Existing Educational Programs to Combat Inauthenticity and Instill Trust in Information,” a study created to understand the information literacy needs of populations usually overlooked in such work, and to test methods of improving information literacy among them. |
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SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ONLINE  100% Online Bachelor’s Degrees in Library Science Enhance the quality of life in your community, schools and the diverse array of special libraries. The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s (UNO) fully online bachelor’s degrees in library science set students up for success in today’s modern libraries with UNO’s award-winning faculty, high employment placement rates and affordable tuition. Learn More››› |
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 REFORMA Virtual Meeting Harassed by Racist Zoombombers By Lisa Peet On January 23, during its virtual National General Membership meeting, REFORMA (the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking) was disrupted by a person or people using racial slurs and misogynistic hate speech. The infiltration highlighted the discrepancies between the association’s desire for an open, inclusive gathering and an increasing need for added security in an online environment. |
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| "Some local and state government cuts that were being threatened or even instituted in ’21 are smoothing out in ’22 because the federal stabilization funds through ARPA have made it possible." | | |
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 Dateline Spring: LJ Review Editors’ 2022 Picks of the Season By LJ Reviews Cookbooks focusing on specific locales, travelers unmoored in time, reboots and sequels taking center stage, historical mysteries, and romance: This season offers illuminating, fun, and transporting reads. Here the LJ Reviews team highlights just some of the books we are suggesting to one another and fellow readers in 2022. |
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SPONSORED BY PROQUEST, PART OF CLARIVATE  O’Reilly for Public Libraries Meets New Demands on Workforce Development The pandemic accelerated existing trends in remote work, e-commerce, and automation, with up to 25 percent more workers than previously estimated potentially needing to switch occupations. These shifts have forced public libraries to take a close look at their workforce development programs O’Reilly for Public Libraries [OPL], has become an increasingly important tool in this arena. Read More››› |
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 2022 Audie Finalists Announced | Book Pulse By Anita Mechler The 2022 Audie finalists and the longlist for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award are announced. More news on book banning and burning. Interviews highlight conversations with Emily Maloney of Cost of Living, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado of In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage, Gerrick Kennedy of Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston, and more. |
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 Abandoned in Death by J. D. Robb Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene Abandoned in Death by J. D. Robb leads holds this week. One LibraryReads selection and two Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Free Love by Tessa Hadley. Interviews arrive with Karen Joy Fowler, Heather Havrilesky, and Adrian Nathan West. Casting for The Color Purple remake gets coverage. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  The Heights, by Louise Candlish, is this week's starred mystery. "In the vein of William Landay’s Defending Jacob, this title is a good choice for readers who enjoy twisting narratives." All the Flowers Kneeling, the "much-anticipated debut" from Paul Tran, the "first Asian American since 1993 and the first transgender poet ever to win the Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam" is a starred poetry selection. "Readers will be sure to find connection and refuge within Tran’s standout collection. Highly recommended for all collections." Isaac Butler's The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned To Act is this week's starred performing arts selection. "Butler has produced an essential study of this hugely influential theory and practice of American acting. This work should be in every collection of books on theater and film." And Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary: Stories, by Johanna Kaplan, is this week's starred fiction title. "Francine Prose’s preface aptly praises Kaplan’s 'paradoxically scathing and compassionate insight' into characters revealed in the midst of an uncertain present, poised between Old World and New. A rare gem, recovered." 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 Santa Monica Public Library (CA) seeks a Director of Library Services |
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