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 OverDrive Refines Readtelligence, a New AI-Driven Collection Management Tool By Matt Enis A launch date has not yet been announced, but OverDrive has been recruiting librarian advisors from public, academic, and K–12 libraries to offer input and refine Readtelligence—an upcoming suite of tools for ebook selection and curation developed by the company using artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning tools to analyze every ebook in the OverDrive Marketplace. |
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SPONSORED BY MIT PRESS  Support Direct to Open from the MIT Press Join the Big Ten Academic Alliance, NYU Libraries, University of Toronto Libraries, MIT Libraries, and many more. Pledge your support by November 30, 2021 to receive exclusive participation benefits including immediate access to backlist/archives and trade collection discounts. Learn More››› |
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 Bloomsbury Philosophy Library | Reference eReview By Rob Tench A still-growing collection of 17th-, 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century philosophy texts, plus a 6,500-entry Encyclopedia of Philosophers. It’s a viable resource for students, teachers, and researchers of philosophy, particularly Western philosophy, thanks to its easy navigation, multiple ways to access content, and numerous search features. |
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 Ingram iCurate inClusive | Reference eReview By Colleen Wood Ingram’s iCurate inClusive is a collection development tool and service that provides a diversity assessment snapshot of a library’s adult, teen, and children’s collections and offers recommendations for immediately filling gaps, while eliminating the time-consuming and laborious process of a manual diversity assessment. It includes a regularly updated proprietary database identifying new titles that reflect the diversity of human experience. |
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| "Even if they don’t all go on to become professional archivists, then they can go into their jobs at production companies, or as filmmakers themselves, or into their community groups, and know what to do when they have archival film and video. So many people don’t know what to do." | | |
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 Abdulrazak Gurnah Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature | Book Pulse By Anita Mechler Kudos to Abdulrazak Gurnah, who is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, to Clare Whitfield, winner of the 2021 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award for People of Abandoned Character, and to the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist authors. |
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Library Journal is currently fielding a survey to learn more about data collection and analytics in academic libraries. Please tell us about the data management happening in your library, what metrics are most important, and what your challenges and concerns are. A report of the findings from this survey will be available to all respondents who complete the survey. As an extra thank you, respondents will be eligible to win one of three $100 Visa® electronic gift cards. The survey is estimated to take approximately seven minutes to complete. Please click this link to begin: survey.alchemer.com/s3/6532188/LJ-Library-Analytics-Survey/?link=AN |
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PREMIUM Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World ModernBy Charles Dellheim Readers of Dellheim’s book will learn more about the history of modern art and European cultural history during times of upheaval and turmoil. Those who enjoy history and art history will enjoy this deep dive. | PREMIUM Georgia O’Keeffe Ed. by Marta Ruiz del Árbol For those who can’t travel to Madrid, Paris, or Basel to see the O’Keeffe retrospective, this beautifully designed volume will satisfy. Also for readers who want to learn about O’Keeffe’s technique, studio practice, mentors, and the art world around her; soak in her particular response to nature; or merely spend time with the soothing qualities of her oeuvre. |
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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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 Think Locally | Editorial By Meredith Schwartz Virtually every public library has something in its local history or current circumstances that could serve as the seed of a program that personalizes big-picture issues by focusing on their relevance to patrons’ own lives and communities. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Latin American History By LJ Reviews South to Freedom, Epic Mexico, Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery, and more in Latin American history titles: September 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War. Baumgartner, Alice Basic Books 2020. ISBN 9781541617780. $32.00 2 . Epic Mexico: A History from Earliest Times. Rugeley, Terry University of Oklahoma Press 2020. ISBN 9780806167077. $24.95 3. Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery: Race, Status, and Identity in the Urban Americas. Marks, John Garrison University of South Carolina Press 2020. ISBN 9781643361222. $89.99 |
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