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| June 25, 2019 | | On the exhibits floor at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., attendees found the typical publisher booths, vendors, author signings, and pop-up events. They also may have seen a recruitment booth for the Central Intelligence Agency. |
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 Ex Libris Buys Colorado State’s RapidILL Solution By Matt Enis Ex Libris last week 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. |
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| "We build a better union, we build a better United States, a better world, when we become civically involved. Understand the importance of law, but understand your power to shape it." | | |
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 Design Institute | Colorado Springs, CO Hosted by Library Journal in partnership with Pikes Peak Library District—home of the innovative Library 21c—this full-day think tank provides expert panel discussions with architects and librarians, as well as hands-on, architect-led breakout sessions dealing with real-life design challenges submitted in advance by you and your fellow attendees. If your challenge is accepted, one person will be given free entry to the event. |
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 Top Picks for ISTE 2019 By Kara Yorio Last Sunday in Philadelphia, the International Society for Technology in Education kicked off its annual conference. SLJ checked in with some ISTE presenters, educators, and attendees to see what they were looking forward to at ISTE 19. |
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From the Pages of infoDOCKET ... |
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 The Promise of Endless Variety | Romance By Kristin Ramsdell Most readers (and librarians, I hope) know that romances are not all alike. To be sure, they each have the requisite focus on the main relationship and the happy, satisfactory ending for the pair (whether for now or forever), but beyond that, the varieties are endless. |
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 Best Small Library in America: Call for Nominations Library Journal's annual award for the Best Small Library in America, made possible by sustaining sponsor Baker & Taylor, was founded in 2005 to encourage and showcase the exemplary work of these libraries. The nomination deadline is July 2, 2019. |
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 Page to Screen | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt Toni Morrison shines.Thrillers for the summer. Jennifer Weiner recommends books by women. J.J. Abrams is writing Spider-Man with his son. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Stephen Budiansky's biography, Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas, is a starred nonfiction selection this week. "A winner from start to finish, this is a natural fit for anyone who enjoys history or biography." Also in nonfiction, Sam Kean's starred selection, The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb, is "an exciting read for fans of World War II history, espionage tales, and the development of nuclear weapons." The Work of Art, a new historical romance by Mimi Matthews, is one of this week's starred fiction selections. "Readers will be hard put to set this one down before the end. Highly recommended to historical romance and/or mystery buffs and especially animal lovers."
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