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FY22 Federal Budget Request Includes Robust Increases for Libraries, Education
By Lisa Peet
On June 28, President Joe Biden released the Administration’s FY22 Budget Request to Congress. Along with major investments in infrastructure and education, the finalized $6 trillion budget—$300 billion of which is new spending requested for the coming fiscal year—requests $265 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), including $197 million for the IMLS-administered Library Services and Technology Act. |
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Rollout Begins: 2021 Movers & Shakers Announced This Week
By LJ
It is our great pleasure to congratulate and welcome the 46 individuals named 2021 Movers & Shakers. They join a distinguished group of academic, public, and special library (and library-adjacent) workers that is now nearly 1,000 strong. Advocates, Change Agents, Community Builders, Digital Developers, and Educators have been announced, with Innovators coming on Friday, June 4. |
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PW’s U.S. Book Show Opens with Library Track
By Lisa Peet
The title of the inaugural U.S. Book Show’s opening track, “Libraries Are Essential,” was likely a well-worn sentiment for much of its audience. But coming at the beginning of Publishers Weekly’s (PW) virtual event, held May 25–27 to replace the retired BookExpo, the block of public and academic library–centered programming offered a pointed message to publishing capping a year marked by complicated relations between libraries and e-content publishers. |
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Pride Month Picks | Social Science Reviews
By LJ Reviews
These selections, both memoirs and sociological reflections, spanning everything from dating to parenting, identity to self-acceptance, are perfect suggestions for Pride Month and all year round. |
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In the Trees | Science Reviews
By LJ Reviews
Curious about the trees in your backyard, neighborhood, or region? Learn more, whether from a guide by the National Audubon Society, a memoir by Suzanne Simard, or a natural history by Peter Wohlleben. |
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ECONOMICS
Gentelligence: The Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce
By Megan Gerhardt & others
This book expands nicely on Jason Dorsey and Denise Villa’s Zconomy. The extensive citations, supplemental reading sources, and bibliography firmly establish the credibility of this solid, impressive work. Vital for any organization with multigenerational staffs, and for marketers, public relations professionals, HRD managers, or executives. Highly recommended for all university libraries supporting business and psychology curricula. |
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PREMIUM
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World
By Giles Milton
Weaving together archival transcripts and an incredible array of secondary sources, this book satisfies on many levels and will engage fans of military history, as well as readers looking for fresh takes on World War II. As in his previous books, Milton’s writing here is accessible and holds readers’ attention from start to finish. |
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Maryland Passes Law Requiring Publishers to License Ebooks to Libraries Under “Reasonable Terms”
By Matt Enis
House Bill 518/(SB432) became law in Maryland on June 1. The law—which the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates both passed unanimously in April—requires publishers to offer "electronic literary product" licenses to Maryland libraries “on reasonable terms,” and prohibits publishers from instituting embargo periods during which ebook and electronic audiobook licenses are available for sale to the public but not to libraries. |
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Self-Care for Stressful Times
By Melanie Kletter
The events of 2020–21 have brought on new levels of stress and anxiety for many of us. Here are some tips to help you take care of your mental and physical well-being. |
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SPONSORED CONTENT Library Services
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted lives around the world, public libraries were undergoing dramatic changes. No longer just repositories of information, libraries have morphed into full-service community centers that aim to meet a wide variety of civic and social needs.
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ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Physics
By LJ Reviews
Solutions for the Climate Crisis, America’s Hurricanes, Quantum Reality, and More in physics titles: May 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis.
Editor: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
One World Ballantine
2020. ISBN 9780593237069. $29.00
2. Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes.
Dolin, Eric Jay
Liveright Publishing Corporation
2020. ISBN 9781631495274. $29.95
3. Quantum Reality.
Baggott, J. E.
Oxford University Press
2020. ISBN 9780198830153. $25.95 |
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