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December 21, 2017
The King Library at Miami University Miami University Library Hosts Esports Arena
By Matt Enis
The King Library at Miami University, OH, recently debuted a state-of-the-art esports arena, developed in partnership with the university’s Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies and IT services department.
Steven Bell Micromanaging Library Leaders Rarely Know the Damage They Do | Leading from the Library
By Steven Bell
Leaders are advised to relinquish control in favor of empowering staff. That can be hard for some, especially when they are apt to micromanage workers.
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Sarah Clayton Promoting Digital Literacy and Tech Skills on Campus

Digital Scholarship Specialist at University of Oklahoma Libraries and 2017 LJ Mover & Shaker, Sarah Clayton promotes digital literacy on campus by holding basic programming workshops for faculty and students, helping faculty integrate digital scholarship projects into their classes, and more.

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Trevor Owens headshot Q&A with Trevor Owens, LC Head of Digital Content Management
By Lisa Peet
In August, Trevor Owens became the first head of digital content management in library services at the Library of Congress.
America's Changing Neighborhoods LJ Reference | Review Alert, January 2018
By LJ Reviews
ProQuest History Vault is a stellar source for students researching ethnic groups, especially by geographic distribution.
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Product Spotlight Mixed Reality | Product Spotlight
By Denice Rovira Hazlett
With the introduction of iOS 11’s ARKit, Apple’s software development kit for creating AR apps, patrons will likely see a variety of new apps combining the virtual with the actual in useful and innovative ways.
"Libraries have always been the glue that brings people from various disciplines together, and as this emerging field [becomes established], we’re really proud that the library is sitting at the table and playing a prominent role.”
Artist in Residence Kevin Moore, EveryLibrary’s 2017 Artist in Residence
By Lisa Peet
Meet the 2017 EveryLibrary Artist in Residence, Kevin Moore, an editorial cartoonist who has been a reference librarian at Portland Community College, OR, since 2007.
The Art of Mystery LJ Nonfiction | Review Alert, January 2018
By LJ Reviews
The Art of Mystery looks beyond the usual academic treatment, for writers and readers alike.
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To Become an American Nonfiction: Baby Food, Culture Travel, Assimilation, Jurgen Klopp, Slave Trade, Hoops, Women Skiers | Xpress Reviews
By LJ Reviews
Reviews of Culture Trails; To Become an American: Immigrants and Americanization Campaigns of the Early Twentieth Century; The Slave-Trader’s Letter-Book; and more.
Don't Call Us Dead RA Back Pocket: Poetry | Wyatt’s World
By Neal Wyatt
Poetry might not constitute the highest circulation stats in libraries, but it is ever more relevant. Here are five collections from 2017 to be long remembered.
Rebecca T. Miller All In: Remaking Public Life | Editorial
By Rebecca T. Miller
The need to reinvent public life has special relevance today, as too much civic discourse fails the civility test, threatening our ability to solve problems, much less build a better world.
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1. Drug Resistance
Boslaugh, Sarah E.
Greenwood
2017. ISBN 9781440839245. $40

2. Kin: How We Came To Know Our Microbe Relatives
Ingraham, John L.
Harvard University Press
2017. ISBN 9780674660403. $29.95

3. Viruses: Agents of Evolutionary Invention
Cordingley, Michael G.
Harvard University Press
2017. ISBN 9780674972087. $49.95

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