Collaborative Collections
By Jennifer A. Dixon
In academic libraries, collection development is becoming more of a team effort. An increasingly popular solution is a growing reliance on shared and consortial collections, by which libraries join together to deliver materials to their patrons efficiently and cost-effectively.

LSU Locker Room Gift Spurs GoFundMe for Library
By Elisa Shoenberger
Ginger Gibson Burk, an LSU alum and political reporter in Washington, DC, was happy that the football team got a new locker room but “it was a reminder that the library is in a state of disrepair and needs to be addressed.”

U.S. Public Libraries Serve as Cooling Centers in Extreme Weather
By Amy Merck
In recent years, libraries have served an additional public health role: as a cooling or warming center when their regions are struck with extreme and dangerous temperatures.

California Grand Jury: Data Analytics Threaten Patron Privacy
By Matt Enis
Following an investigation into Santa Cruz Public Libraries’ use of Gale Analytics on Demand, a California grand jury reported on June 24 that the use of data analytics tools by libraries “is a potential threat to patron privacy and trust.”

Social Cohesion Means Survival | Sustainability
By Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
While many view natural disasters as levelers—events that do not differentiate based on ethnicity or economic status—this is not the case.

Becoming a Change-Ready Academic Library Leader | Leading from the Library
By Steven Bell
If the prospect of going through another change management exercise leaves you groaning and wishing for a better way to adapt to change, you may be ready for change readiness.

Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey leads holds this week with The Bitterroots by C.J. Box on its heels. The September Indie Next list is out. The No. 1 pick is This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger.

Colorado Teens Use Makerspace To Create Accessible Board Games
By Christina Keasler
While visiting the Boulder Public Library, CO, I couldn’t decide which part of the building I admired more: the rooftop garden with a beehive, the art gallery featuring a teardrop camper made as an act of female empowerment, or their amazing makerspace, BLDG 61.

Page to Screen | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
The Kitchen, The Art of Racing in the Rain, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark lead adaptations this week. A Million Little Pieces gets a trailer. The Atlantic writes about Amazon Publishing.

Reviews

WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

Alisha Rai's romance, The Right Swipe, is one of this week's starred fiction titles. "Best-selling author Rai ('Forbidden Hearts' series) taps into the modern dating-app scene with hilarious, horrifying, and relatable results, blending contemporary social issues, such as sexual harassment in the workplace and CTE brain injuries in sports, into the story." Stephen Kinzer's Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control is one of this week's starred nonfiction titles. "Highly recommended. This work sheds light on misdeeds done in the name of American democracy and should have wide appeal among general readers." Bad Weekend, written by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, with illustrations by Phillips, is this week's starred graphic novel. "With this Eisner Award–winning volume, expanding stories first serialized in the 'Criminal' series, the incomparable team of Brubaker and Phillips once again prove themselves among the best creators of crime fiction in any genre.”

See All Reviews›››

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
San Mateo County (CA) Libraries seeks a Librarian I/II