DeLa Dos on the Equity Work Ahead for ARL
By Lisa Peet 
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently appointed DeLa Dos as senior director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), effective June 7. They will lead the association’s DEI priorities, working with and providing strategic guidance to ARL’s DEI Committee and Board of Directors. LJ caught up with them and ARL Executive Director Mary Lee Kennedy to find out more about their thoughts on DEI work and the association’s ongoing efforts. 

ProQuest One Business | Reference eReviews
By Rob Tench
This outstanding one-stop business gateway enables users to find books, company reports, journals, videos, conference proceedings, and much more. Featuring an abundance of content, the database is intuitive, with a combination of no-frills features and options.

Network, Fellowships Established for Rural Libraries
By Kara Yorio 
Partners for Education at Berea College and Save the Children US are part of a rural libraries initiative to improve educational outcomes, specifically third grade reading. 

DPLA & Amazon Publishing Agree to Ebook Library Lending | Book Pulse
By Kate Merlene  
Amazon Publishing makes a deal with DPLA, marking the first time that ebooks from Amazon have been made available to libraries. Finalists for The Australian Shadows Awards were announced, and The Miles Franklin Literary Award announced its 2021 longlist. The Women's Prize Trust announces its inaugural Discoveries shortlist.

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Music, Film, TV: Performing Arts Previews, Nov. 2021, Pt. 4 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert 
From the fate of Black classical music and the reign of B.B. King to works by James Ivory and Kal Penn.

Adam Matthew Digital’s Sex & Sexuality Module II: Self-Expression, Community, and Identity | Reference eReviews
By Gricel Dominguez 
Building on Module I, this installment explores the lives and history of individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, bringing the collection into the present. Featuring a clean, simple interface, this collection will meet the needs of newcomers to the field of research on sexuality, as well as experienced scholars. 

Politics, Policy & Biography: Social Science Previews: Nov. 2021, Pt. 4 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert 
From celebrated public intellectual MIchael Eric Dyson on racism in America and Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege on the treatment of women raped in wartime to graphic explorations of women and Asian Americans by Anita Kunz and Jeff Yang and others, respectively. 

HISTORY 
PREMIUM
The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War Over Children’s Intelligence
By Marilyn Brookwood  
A remarkable unsung history, told with empathy, nuance, and a knack for character-driven storytelling.

PREMIUM
The Man in the Iron Mask: The True Story of Europe’s Most Famous Prisoner
By Josephine Wilkinson  
Dense with detail, this comprehensive work requires some knowledge or interest in this specific period of French history.

PREMIUM
From the River to the Sea: The Untold Story of the Railroad War That Made the West
By John Sedgwick  
This is not just the story of two bitterly determined railroad companies; it’s also a portrait of a violent and visionary strain of the American psyche, one that Sedgwick argues is very much still with us. This will primarily appeal to readers interested in railroad history.

ECONOMICS
PREMIUM
The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion
By Eliot Brown & Maureen Farrell  
This juicy cautionary tale, which complements the 2021 documentary WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn, will appeal to fans of high drama in business and commerce.

PREMIUM
The Day the Markets Roared: How a 1982 Forecast Sparked a Global Bull Market
By Henry Kaufman & David B. Sicilia  
Readers interested in economics and finance will find this memoir of compelling interest, and it has the potential for a wide audience with the general public as well.

LAW & CRIME 
PREMIUM
Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case
By Caitlin Rother  
An absorbing chronicle of a bizarre story, this is the perfect addition for true crime sections. 

PREMIUM
The Truth About the O. J. Simpson Trial: By the Architect of the Defense
By F. Lee Bailey  
Headstrong and unwavering, Bailey centers himself as the brains of the Dream Team and reiterates main points of the Simpson case in a cogent, if biased fashion.

33rd Annual Triangle Award Winners Are Announced | Book Pulse
By Anita Mechler  
The 33rd annual Triangle Awards winners and 2021 Firecracker Award finalists are announced and Trevor Shikaze has been named the first winner of n+1’s Anthony Veasna So Prize. 

The Universe, Earth & Health: STEM Previews, Nov. 2021, Pt. 4 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert 
Key titles on Earth, from its 4.6 billion-year-old origins to climate threats today, plus everything you’d like to know about the lungs. 

ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Botany and Zoology
By LJ Reviews 

How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Becoming Wild, Spiders of the World, and more in botany and zoology titles: May 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

1. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures.
Sheldrake, Merlin
Random House
2020. ISBN 9780525510314 $28.00

2. Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace.
Safina, Carl
Henry Holt
2020. ISBN 9781250173331 $29.99

3. Spiders of the World: A Natural History.
Editor: Norman I. Platnick
Princeton University Press
2020. ISBN 9780691188850 $29.95 

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