| Facing Book Bans, Libraries Need to Skill Up. Enter READCON. By Kathy Ishizuka IMLS-funded READCON provides free, self-guided training to help library practitioners build strong community relationships, manage difficult situations, and engage stakeholders. Public, school, and academic library workers are also welcome to READCON's Legal Landscape of Librarianship Forum, February 18–20. |
“The questions that we’re trying to answer are how do racially and ethnically minoritized library academic support staff describe the work they do in academic libraries, how do they perceive the career ladder within academic libraries, what barriers do they perceive in career advancement, and what incentives or motivations would cause this group to pursue career advancement toward professional librarian positions?” —From “Academic Movers Q&A: Shamella Cromartie on Opening More Access to Academic Librarianship” |
SPONSORED BY F1000 Choosing the Right Academic Journal: Four Key Factors for Researchers
Publishing in a journal that isn’t reputable can reduce the credibility of research, hinder one’s career, and lessen the impact of research findings. When choosing a journal, researchers should talk with their colleagues, supervisors, and librarians to find out which publications they read regularly and which they perceive as the most highly respected in their field.
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| Social Sciences | Prepub Alert, June 2025 Titles By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt Honorée Fanonne Jeffers makes her nonfiction debut, Sara Kehaulani Goo describes her family’s journey to keep their ancestral Hawaiian lands, and Brando Simeo Starkey writes a history of the Supreme Court’s role in sustaining white supremacy |
| NYT’s Best Book Covers of 2024 | Book Pulse By Sarah Wolberg NYT chooses the best book covers of 2024, CrimeReads selects the year’s best espionage fiction, and CBC names the year’s best Canadian nonfiction. The Bookseller analyzes over 900 titles named in the media’s best books lists this year and finds that Percival Everett’s James features most prominently. The longlists for the Porchlight Business Book Awards are revealed. |
| Joseph Earl Thomas Wins Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | Book Pulse By Sarah Wolberg Joseph Earl Thomas’s God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer wins the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Poets & Writers shares its 20th annual look at debut poets. Tessa Hull’s Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir and Leela Corman’s Victory Parade top Publishers Weekly’s 2024 Graphic Novel Critics Poll. |
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