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 The World Spins | Office Hours By Michael Stephens Library tourism has long been a thing, but a new website devoted to highlighting libraries worldwide offers a chance to tour some far-flung institutions from wherever you happen to be. |
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 PEN World Voices Festival: Tara Westover in Conversation with Min Jin Lee By Stephanie Sendaula
"Memoirs are a memory fixed in time," stated best-selling author Min Jin Lee ( Free Food for Millionaires; Pachinko) in conversation with Tara Westover, author of the acclaimed Educated: A Memoir ( LJ Best Book 2018). The discussion at The New School on Monday, May 6, launched the start of the PEN World Voices Festival. |
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 Since Stonewall | Social Sciences, May 2019 By LJ Reviews Highly recommended, especially for school and academic libraries; this masterful collection is perhaps one of the most exhaustive looks at the events surrounding Stonewall from the LGBTQ perspective and provides a wonderfully diverse cast of voices. |
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| "One of the other things we hope to do is create ways to link this data to other data about enslaved people, about liberated people post-slavery [and] post-emancipation, enslavers, newspapers—there are multiple directions in which these linkages could run. We're trying to explore the best ways to do that.”" | | |
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| SPONSORED BY INNOVATIVE INTERFACES INC. |
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  Out of Control | Collection Development: The Opioid Crisis By Elizabeth J. Eastwood The opioid crisis in this country has reached epic proportions, with more than 47,000 American deaths in 2017 attributed to opioid overdose. These 27 resources will offer background and some help if not overall solutions. |
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| SPONSORED CONTENT  DRM-Free e-Books Are Now Available. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal
Since e-books first emerged as a way for readers to consume content digitally, publishers and authors have required content aggregators to apply Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to the e-books they sell to libraries to prevent the unauthorized use, copying, and redistribution of these materials. Read More››› |
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 Leonardo Lives! | Fine Arts, May 2019 By LJ Reviews If Legacy leaves readers wanting more, then Complete Paintings will supply it. Both will help students of studio art, art history, sociology, political science, and STEM, as well as professors and interested readers who wish to learn more about the Renaissance. |
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 Historic Hotels | Social Sciences, May 2019 By LJ Reviews Will appeal most to Hollywood history buffs, but may also pique the interest of general readers with its yarns of various stars; highly recommended for history or hospitality aficionados.Will appeal most to Hollywood history buffs, but may also pique the interest of general readers with its yarns of various stars; highly recommended for history or hospitality aficionados. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: U.S. History By LJ Reviews 1. Enemies of the State: The Radical Right in America from FDR to Trump Mulloy, D.J. Rowman & Littlefield 2018. ISBN 9781442276512. $34 2. White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Radically Divided America Hagerman, Margaret A.
New York University Press
2018. ISBN 9781479803682. $30
3. Unrequited Toil: A History of United States Slavery Schermerhorn, Calvin
Cambridge University Press
2018. ISBN 9781107027664. $99.99 |
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 Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK The San Mateo County Library System seeks a Systems Librarian I/II - Access Services |
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