Informetrics Journal Quits Elsevier, Relaunches as Open Access
By Matt Enis
Citing irreconcilable disagreements with publisher Elsevier’s business model, the editorial board of the Journal of Informetrics on January 10 unanimously announced its resignation and subsequently launched a new journal, Quantitative Science Studies.

PJ Library Helps Parents Talk about Anti-Semitism
By Lisa Peet
PJ Library has extended its mission to provide books and resources to parents who may be searching for ways to explain anti-Semitism to their young children.

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Assigning Seats: Learning the Math Behind Congressional Seating

Learn the math behind determining the number of congressional seats for each state in the United States from the American Mathematical Society, publisher of Mathematical Moments, a program that promotes appreciation and understanding of the role mathematics plays in science, nature, technology, and human culture.

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Best Media 2018
By LJ Reviews
LJ editors and reviewers and our Fast Scans columnist have chosen the year's best audiobooks and films for those continually popular media collections. One thing is clear: Mr. Rogers is a hit no matter the format.

Hip Hop Architecture Camp Brings Urban Planning to Summer Programming
By Julie Cruise
Last summer, more than 30 kids participated in the week-long Hip Hop Architecture Camp at St. Louis County Library’s Natural Bridge Branch.

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Cultivating Creativity and Conversation with Global Inspiration

It’s not every day you meet someone who is working on building the most comprehensive collection of South Asian comics in a North American research library, but that’s Mara Thacker, a 2017 Mover & Shaker.

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Strength from Our Work | Blatant Berry
By John N. Berry III
My postelection depression was triggered by all the rancid rhetoric coupled with the fear and deep concern brought on by the bomb mailings and the killings of two in a market in Louisville, KY, and 11 worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh.

Engaging Young Citizens
By Wendy Lukehart
As curricular priorities have fluctuated over the last few decades, one subject that has received increasingly short shrift, particularly in elementary schools, is citizenship.

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Promoting Faculty Research Can Be Challenging. Here Is One University’s Answer

Collecting and managing research outputs, and sharing them with the broader research community, is a challenge with which many universities struggle. Working with Ex Libris, the University of Denver Libraries is moving forward with a solution that promises to simplify this task and make research assets more discoverable, which will ultimately benefit faculty, librarians, and the entire institution.

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To Slang or Not To Slang: Defending Authentic Language in YA and Children’s Literature
By Marva Hinton
Young people have always used a language of their own. But does that language belong on the page? Is it literary?

Page To Screen | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
The poet Mary Oliver has died. Min Jin Lee recommends 5 books by women. The 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year is announced. Deborah Harkness is featured in the New York Times.

Midwinter Galley Roundup 2019
By Barbara Hoffert
This roundup of selected titles from top publishers at ALA Midwinter will help attendees navigate the show floor and gives others an overview of top spring and summer titles.

Awards, Grants, and Fees | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Poets get funded. The February LibraryReads list is out. Carmen Maria Machado and Bill Bryson have new books on the way.

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WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

Agustín Fernández Mallo's The Nocilla Trilogy: Nocilla Dream; Nocilla Experience; Nocilla Lab is this week's starred fiction title. "Readers of Borges, Cortázar, or Vila-Matas, all acknowledged in the text, will embrace the unconventional narration; for others it may be an original yet challenging experience. Its publication marks the first appearance of all three volumes in English in the United States." In nonfiction, Michael Mewshaw's The Lost Prince: A Search for Pat Conroy is a good selection "for Conroy’s many fans and for scholars interested in a fuller picture of the author’s inner conflicts." Ian Williams's The Lady Doctor is this week's starred graphic novel. "Adults and older teens interested in behind-the-scenes medical fiction will find this gripping." And in e-originals, Nicole Flockton's Blind Date Bet, the first title in the "Man’s Best Friend" series, does an excellent job exploring the aftermath of a heartbreaking accident but does not feature [protagonist] Ethan’s canine partner as much as the series title would suggest. This story will appeal to readers who enjoy stories with a strong military service ethic.

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