Michelle Obama Talks Books, Values, and Doing Pushups with Bishop Tutu at ALA18
By Lisa Peet
Across downtown New Orleans on Friday, June 22, attendees of the American Library Association annual conference buzzed about the Opening General Session, where Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden would be interviewing former First Lady Michelle Obama.

NJ Library Co-op Faces Looming Shortfall
By Bob Warburton
LibraryLinkNJ, a statewide cooperative that oversees a $1.36 million interlibrary loan delivery service serving 2,600 public, private, academic, corporate, and other libraries throughout the New Jersey, will stay in business at least one more year after members voted to approve a $2.38 million budget for its fiscal year 2019.

LGBTQ Collection Donated to Vancouver Archives
By Lisa Peet
Longtime archivist, former head of the Vancouver Public Library’s history division, and queer rights activist Ron Dutton donated more than 750,000 items documenting the British Columbia LGBTQ community to the City of Vancouver Archives in March.

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The Unique Value of MathSciNet®

While most databases provide abstracting and indexing, MathSciNet® also provides users with 3rd party reviews of the published literature created by over 21,000 PhD reviewers. This approach dates back 75 years to the database's origin as the publication Mathematical Reviews launched in 1940 by Otto Neugebauer.

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Powered by Partnerships: Winning Formulas for School–Public Library Collaborations
By Linda Jacobson
Joining forces provides ways to share resources, ideas, and programming to better serve students and promote reading. A new partnership toolkit from ALA offers strategies.

Audio Publishers’ Survey Reveals Continued Growth
By Stephanie Klose
The APA’s sales and consumer surveys reveal continued robust growth in the audiobook market and the importance of libraries to listeners.

Over 600 Teens Attend NYPL’s Annual Anti-Prom—A Night of Glitter, Fashion, & Acceptance
By Caitlyn Colman-McGaw
NYPL has hosted an alternative prom for teens in New York City for over 14 years. The young adult programming manager give highlights from this year’s festive, inclusive event, which took place on June 8.

Faculty, Student, and Librarian Collaboration Kiwi Style | Peer to Peer Review
By Renata C. Vickrey
During a trip to New Zealand in January 2018, I was invited to visit with several of my counterparts at five different universities there to discuss the changing role of university libraries in the 21st century.

Branching Out, June 2018
By Bette-Lee Fox
Harris County, TX, reopens two branches damaged in Hurricane Harvey; the ideaX Makerspace launches in Bellevue, WA; Gannon University’s Nash Library & Student Learning Commons, Erie, PA, reopens; and more new construction and renovation news from the June 1, 2018 issue of Library Journal.

Authors Respond to Family Separation | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Children’s and YA authors respond to the Trump policy on family separation. Amazon lists the best books of the year so far, leading with Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover. Barack Obama and Joe Biden are turned into literary characters in a new thriller.

ALSC Changes Wilder Award to Literature Legacy Award
By Kara Yorio
The renamed award has been recast to honor authors of “books that demonstrate integrity and respect for all children’s lives and experiences.”

Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin leads holds this week. The Locus Awards are announced. The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi and The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin win for SF and Fantasy. The first trailer for The Hate U Give is out.

WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

A Long Island Story, by Rick Gekoski, is this week's starred fiction title. The story about a family moving to a new city during the McCarthy era will appeal to "fans of gripping historical fiction and family dramas." Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, edited by Will Dennis and others, is this week's starred graphic novel. This "collection of 75 short comics from creators around the world in response to the 2017 mass shooting" in Las Vegas is a "wrenching and inspiring read, [deserving] prominent display in all public and high school libraries to encourage meditation, understanding, and discussion among everyone willing to look beyond the headlines." Worth the Wait, by Karelia Stetz-Waters, is this week's starred  e-original. "Stetz-Waters continues her 'Out in Portland' series ( Something True; For Good) with a nostalgic bent by venturing into the repercussions of unrequited teen love and second chances." And in  nonfiction, Alyce Desrosiers's The Nanny Manual: How To Choose & Nurture the Perfect Childcare Partner is "a fine starting point for those seeking a nanny, yet [Desrosiers's] coverage is unjustifiably selective, neglecting to address the entire wonderland of family types, which would have made the work even stronger."

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Cultural Literacy and Diversity for Librarians

Join us on Tuesday August 7, 2018 at Simmons College in Boston for an immersive, interactive day of learning. You'll get tips on performing a diversity audit and learn how to craft selection policies and guidelines that set benchmarks for diversity and inclusion. Register by July 4 to take advantage of our special early-bird rate!

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The Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC), Inc. is seeking an Executive Director