Data Storytelling for Libraries | Peer to Peer Review By Kate McDowell Great data stories thrive at the intersection of information and emotion, and a handful of approaches can help library staff interpret data in memorable ways for advocacy using data storytelling. The IMLS-funded Data Storytelling Toolkit for Librarians (DSTL) planning grant project guides users through advocacy arguments, data as evidence, audience attitudes, and narrative strategies to produce a tailored guide for crafting an effective data story. |
Building the Digital Transgender Archive | Archives Deep Dive By Elisa Shoenberger The Digital Transgender Archive (DTA), based at Northeastern University in Boston, has been bringing together transgender archival materials from institutions of higher education and grassroots collections to a central digital location since 2016. Seven years in, the DTA has collaborated with 76 organizations to build the archive with more than 10,600 items from around the world, focusing on materials originating prior to 2000. |
SPONSORED BY EBSCO Simplifying the Rigorous Reporting Requirements for Campus Libraries
Pulling data from several different sources and making sense of all this information is a significant hurdle for academic librarians. Yet, librarians must be able to do this effectively not only to make sound, evidence-based decisions about their use of campus resources—but also to meet federally mandated reporting requirements (such as IPEDS). Learn how Panorama, a next-gen analytics platform can simplify this process.
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SOCIAL SCIENCES PREMIUM Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America By Michael Herriot With blunt, entertaining, irreverent, sarcastic, and sometimes laugh-out-loud statements, Herriot provocatively explains how the United States came to be and how money-focused, self-serving intentions made it what it is today. Contains important, noteworthy lessons for teen and adult readers. PREMIUM The End of Family Court: How Abolishing the Court Brings Justice to Children and Families By Jane A Spinak Professionals and general readers will appreciate this incisive review by a juvenile-court expert. Readers wanting to hear from the system’s victims can pair it with Rikers: An Oral History by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau. PREMIUM The World in Conflict: Understanding the World’s Troublespots By John Andrews Overall, this is a valuable and detailed book that parenthetically revels the pervasive impact of low intensity conflict and asymmetric warfare. Add to political science, history, and international studies collections. |
Stage-Dive into Punk Rock’s History and Artwork By Rebekah J. Buchanan and Sarah Wolberg Go deep into punk history with John Malkin’s oral history about the roots of activism in punk rock and Marie Arleth Skov’s art-historical look at the incendiary artworks created by a “no future” punk art movement. |
Georgia Public Library Service Distributes 7,000 Chromebooks, 2,800 Launchpad Tablets By Matt Enis The Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS), a unit of the University System of Georgia, has distributed more than 7,000 Chromebooks and 2,800 Launchpad tablets to libraries throughout the state with the help of $2.3 million provided by the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) fund via the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. |
Icon John Lewis Honored with a New Forever Stamp | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene The U.S. Postal Service honors Civil Rights icon and author John Lewis with a new stamp. The 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medals winners are announced. The Academy of American Poets names Ricardo Alberto Maldonado its next executive director and president. Formerly shuttered literary magazine Bookforum announces its return. A new bid is made for Simon & Schuster. |
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