The papers of Samson Occom—Presbyterian minister, scholar, educator, and early funder of what would become Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH—have been restored to Occom’s Mohegan homeland in Connecticut from their previous location at Dartmouth’s Rauner Special Collections Library. On April 27, Dartmouth President Philip J. Hanlon led a delegation bringing the papers from New Hampshire to Connecticut in a repatriation ceremony.
PITS® (Patron Incident Tracking System), enables clear and consistent incident reporting, automatic notifications to staff and tracking patrons who are currently suspended or trespassed. PITS® is designed to support local policies for suspensions and data collection, with detailed reporting tools to provide administrative reports for all aspects of the system.
LJ’s first preview of historical fiction shows the genre is flourishing with a myriad of forthcoming titles. Surveying the next seven months, World War II stories still dominate the offerings. But more titles set during World War I are entering the fray, as are Cold War–set novels and stories starring librarians as spies.
Like many people around the world, I have become enamored with Ted Lasso. This comedy from Apple stars Jason Sudeikis as the titular character in a show with storylines that are funny, sweet, sad, and, at their heart, kind.
Leiden University Libraries chose the Alma platform for its flexibility, governance, ongoing support and sophisticated analytics – and the community that comes with it.
The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize, developed in partnership between the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation and Library Journal, was created in 2019 to recognize the public library as a vital community asset. When libraries, civic entities, organizations, and the people they serve become close partners, their communities thrive. One winning library will receive $250,000 in unfettered grant monies from the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation. The winning library will also be profiled in the November issue of Library Journal and online. The deadline for consideration for the 2022 award is July 8, 2022.
"Until we acknowledge the history of the school and Occom and really give life to that—to his story, his life, the college, and how we got to where we are—it's difficult to say that there's been real, meaningful change despite all of the progress that's been made."
Author Vanessa Riley’s new historical novel, Sister Mother Warrior, probes Haitian history and fictionalizes the lives of two women who figured prominently in the Haitian revolution: Abdaraya “Gran” Toya, a woman warrior who was part of the fight for freedom against the island’s French enslavers; and Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, a free woman of color who would become Empress of Haiti, ruling with Jean-Jacques Dessalines. LJ asked Riley about the inspiration for her newest novel.
Queen of the Beach Elin Hilderbrand's The Hotel Nantucket leads holds this week. The Lambda Literary Award 2022 winners are announced. The Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Longlist 2022 and the 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards nominees are announced. Two LibraryReads and five Indie Next picks publish this week, including Flying Solo by Linda Holmes and Horse by Geraldine Brooks.
Responses to the pandemic from rural librarians represent an opportunity to better understand how libraries that want to make social wellbeing impacts can do so. The recent Institute of Museum and Library Services’ “Empowering Readers, Empowering Citizens” convening highlighted a host of pressing challenges facing libraries in this late-pandemic period—and the variation in the responses from urban and rural libraries couldn’t have been starker.
Looking for ways to celebrate Pride Month outside of the parade? Many institutions and organizations have made their projects and collections accessible online, so readers can brush up on their knowledge of queer history. Alternatively, there are an array of films and books that cover topics ranging from the origin of Pride Month to personal queer histories. With this list, readers can discover history that may be new to them in the comfort of their home.
Award winners and finalists announced for the Lammys and Reading the West. There are many author interviews with Clyde W. Ford, Fariha Róisín, Anna Dorn, Vanessa Hua, Grant Ginder, Percival Everett, Nathan Chen, and Chris Blackwell. Also, adaptation news for Sekret Machines by Tom DeLonge and A. J. Hartley.
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021, by Margaret Atwood, is one of this week's starred literature titles. "This book will start conversations. Highly recommended for Atwood followers and writing students; it’s a gift of good works." Young, Gifted and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite, by Camille Z. Charles & others, is a starred social sciences selection. "An extremely well-thought-out, -researched, and -structured look into the lives of people who have had to endure caste-inspired stigma throughout their lives." And in fiction, Antonia Angress's starred debut novel Sirens & Muses is "a highly recommended novel of art and heart that viscerally represents the act of creation while balancing multiple themes to perfection."
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