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 Library Associations Announce Joint Cultural Competencies Task Force By Lisa Peet On May 18, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), ALA’s Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS), and the Public Library Association (PLA) announced the formation of the Building Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework Task Force. |
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 Student-Parents and Academic Libraries | Peer to Peer Review By Rachel E. Scott and brannen varner
At many of our institutions, student-parents—students with one or more dependent children—are a growing population. Research in higher education has long demonstrated that student-parents face a number of obstacles to completing degrees and participating in college experiences. Academic librarians, however, have done little work to study what student-parents uniquely need to succeed academically. |
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 What the HEROES Act Would Mean for Libraries By Allister Chang On May 15, the House of Representatives voted 208 to 199 for a $3 trillion aid package called the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act. It includes proposals for new stimulus payments to individuals, hazard pay for first responders, rent and mortgage assistance, and more. |
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| "This crisis has really brought attention to, and magnified, the issue of equity and inclusiveness, and those barriers. That's part of the work of this task force. We need to bring down barriers, but first we need to understand them" | | |
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 Don't Leave Workers Out of the Library Narrative | Opinion By Callan Bignoli There’s been a trend in articles coming out in major publications about how excited people are to get back to their libraries and how resilient libraries are. While they pay important attention to the needs libraries are still striving to meet in their communities, these narratives do nothing to expose the miserable realities that library workers are experiencing, or incite any kind of action to be taken in their defense. |
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| A beautiful elegy to trees and the people working to preserve them. This compelling read shows how climate change impacts the natural ranges of tree species and how scientists are creating strategies to mitigate this influence. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCES Beijing: Geography, History, and Culture By Qian Guo This authoritative account is a valuable resource for secondary and undergraduate students, business leaders, travelers, and general readers seeking substantive, up-to-date background on this world city. |
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| PHILOSOPHY The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers By Eric Weiner Weiner offers bubble gum philosophy that provides a quick, sweet taste and occasionally implies that the jaw exercise of chewing on philosophically challenging concepts is not rewarding. Readers seeking travelog will feel shortchanged, but those looking for lite insights will be drawn in gradually from the shallow (getting out of bed and walking) to the deep end (aging and death). |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: History of Science By LJ Reviews The remarkable story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic mission to reach the moon, a lively and innovative collection exploring the diverse conditions that shape how—and whether—scientific knowledge travels across borders, and a history of the space program through the eyes of its engineers and scientists top the list of best-selling History of Science books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon
Fishman, Charles
Simon & Schuster. 2019. ISBN 9781501106293. $29.99. 2. How Knowledge Moves: Writing the Transnational History of Science and Technology
Krige, John
University of Chicago Press. 2019. ISBN 9780226605852. $120. 3. Apollo Chronicles: Engineering America's First Moon Missions
Brown, Brandon R.
Oxford University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780190681340. $29.95. |
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