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 Smart Money: 23 Personal Finance Resources By John Rodzvilla Personal finance is one of the most anxiety-producing subjects. Here are resources to add to library collections that help patrons learn what they need to know to get good with money. |
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 Peril by Woodward & Costa Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa leads holds this week. One LibraryReads selection and four Indie Next picks arrive this week. The longlist for the National Book Awards is out. The 2021 Ignyte Awards Winners are announced. |
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SPONSORED BY OCLC  Rated #1 in Customer Satisfaction WorldShare Management Services (WMS), a fully integrated library platform, supports strategic priorities with actionable data and an experience designed with the user in mind. |
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HISTORY
PREMIUM Attacks on the American Press: A Documentary and Reference GuideBy Jessica Roberts & Adam Maksl A well-curated compilation of important primary documents representing more than 200 years of American aggression toward the media. General readers and students of journalism, communications, history, and political science will find this work useful. |
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BIOGRAPHY
1000 Years of Joys and SorrowsBy Ai Weiwei Ai creates a vivid portrait of two generations grappling with their place in the Chinese cultural and political landscape, and gives readers a glimpse of his approach to art and the creative process. Highly recommended for those interested in art, memoir, politics, and history. |
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| SPONSORED BY EX LIBRIS A PROQUEST COMPANY  How Libraries Can Increase Student Engagement with Course Materials When college students engage with course resources consistently, they have more academic success. Yet, a 2016 research review suggests that fewer than 30 percent of students, on average, complete the required reading for their courses. But to be successful, students need to read and process information for themselves. Read More››› |
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 Researching Stories | Reader’s Shelf By Andrea Tarr “Research” comes from the Middle French word “recherche” (“to go about seeking”). Whether it’s understood as fact-finding, investigation, or exploration, research requires careful attention to detail and locale, both of which are helpful when composing well-analyzed works of historical fiction, as the following five books demonstrate. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: African History By LJ Reviews Literary Afrofuturism, Black Art Renaissance, End of the Middle Passage, and more in African History titles: August 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Literary Afrofuturism in the Twenty-First Century. Editor: Isiah Lavender Ohio State University Press 2020. ISBN 9780814214459. $99.95 2. Black Art Renaissance: African Sculpture and Modernism Across Continents. Cohen, Joshua I. University of California Press 2020. ISBN 9780520309685. $65.00 3. Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage. Harris, John Yale University Press 2020. ISBN 9780300247336. $30.00 |
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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 Orange County Library System (FL) is seeking a CEO / Library Director |
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