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| May 10, 2018 |  Experience Required By Jennifer A. Dixon Practicums and internships give LIS students valuable experience on the ground but can prove more of a barrier than a boon. |
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 Accessibility Awareness | The User Experience By Shalini Ramachandran & Sheree Fu May 17 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The idea started with a 2011 blog post by web developer Joe Devon. As librarians at the University of Southern California, we began a case study in December on accessible design for library instruction. We invoke Devon’s humility, as well as his call to action. |
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 Aurora Public Library Removes Controversial Poem from Display By Lisa Peet The Aurora Public Library, IL, took down a controversial poem that appeared to express anti-Muslim sentiment and violence against Muslim women. The poem’s author, George Miller, professor and chair of the philosophy department at Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, stated that it was written as satire. |
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| "Employers want to be able to hire new graduates who have a sense of what work life is all about and what the expectations are for the way you function and behave in an organizational setting.” | | |
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 Picture of the Week | #SLJBasecamp By SLJ Dr. Michelle H. Martin, Beverly Cleary Endowed Professor for Children & Youth Services, University of Washington iSchool, and J. Elizabeth Mills, PhD Candidate, University of Washington iSchool share materials created by children in a breakout session at School Library Journal’s Leadership Basecamp on Saturday, May 5. |
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BESTSELLERS: LanguageBy LJ Reviews1. Language as Hermeneutic: A Primer on the Word and DigitizationOng, Walter J. Cornell University Press 2017. ISBN 9781501714481. $95
2. Cuban Spanish Dialectology: Variation, Contact, and Change
Cuza, Alejandro
Georgetown University Press
2018. ISBN 9781626165090. $139.95
3. Rhetoric and Writing Studies in the New Century: Historiography, Pedagogy, and Politics
Glenn, Cheryl
Southern Illinois University Press
2017. ISBN 9780809335671. $40
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 Fund Your Library: Tools and Tactics for Getting to Yes! Whether you’re going to voters, city councils, school boards, college board of directors, or any other funder, the fundamental issues are the same: how do you convince the stewards of a limited budget that the library is their best investment? |
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