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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. |
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 Mary Davis Fournier on Taking the Reins at PLA By Lisa Peet On May 14, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the appointment of Mary Davis Fournier, most recently director of ALA’s Public Programs Office, as executive director of the Public Library Association (PLA), a division of ALA. LJ caught up with her to hear more about what she plans to bring to the new role and the challenges—and opportunities—in emerging from the pandemic. |
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 SPONSORED BY EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY Fully Online, Low-Cost Master of Library Science Program
Emporia State University now offers a fully online master of library science program. Offering concentrations in archive studies, health information professionals, informatics, leadership and administration, and youth services, this program will ensure that students gain practical skills for maximum career application. Learn More››› |
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 Moving Examples | Editorial By Meredith Schwartz I never imagined that we would find ourselves honoring a second class of Movers & Shakers at a distance owing to the pandemic—albeit now with an end, perhaps, in sight. |
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 The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize | Call for Nominations The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize, developed in partnership between the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation and Library Journal, was created in 2019 to recognize the public library as a vital community asset. When libraries, civic entities, organizations, and the people they serve become close partners, their communities thrive. One winning library will receive $250,000 in unfettered grant monies from the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation. Deadline: July 19, 2021. |
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| "This administration places a premium on the contributions that education and libraries are making to the [post-pandemic] recovery, to society in general, to our various communities." | | |
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 Dar, Williams Promoted at SLJ Reviews By SLJ Staff Mahnaz Dar has been promoted to senior editor of professional reading and reference reviews for SLJ and sister magazine Library Journal; Ashleigh Williams has been named associate editor of chapter books and middle grade reviews. |
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 LJ Talks to Horror Writer V. Castro, Author of The Queen of the Cicadas By Becky Spratford V. Castro is a Mexican American horror writer from Texas, now living in the UK. She is the author of Goddess of Filth and The Queen of the Cicadas, and the co-founder of FrightGirlSummer.com, a website dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices in dark fiction. Castro talks with LJ about her path to publication and explains how her own history is at the root of the success of her horror novels. |
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 Martha Wells Wins Nebula Award For Best Novel | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene
The 2020 Nebula Awards were announced, with Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel by Martha Wells winning best novel. Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark wins for best novella. Connie Willis is awarded the Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award. The President’s Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson leads holds this week. |
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 Governor General’s Literary Awards Are Announced | Book Pulse By Anita Mechler Award news comes from The Canadian Council for the Arts Governor General's Literary Awards, The Discovery Award, and the Grand Prix de I’Imaginaire. Margaret Atwood's Burning Questions: Essays 2004-2021 is due on March 1, 2022. Interviews with Jo Ann Beard of Festival Days, Kate Zambreno of To Write As If Already Dead, and Karen Tucker of Bewilderness. |
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| Starred Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  The Other Passenger, by Louise Candlish, is one of this week's starred mysteries. "Sure to please readers looking for thrillers in the vein of Lisa Jewell and Aimee Molloy; a single-sitting page-turner with character and thematic depth." And Choose Me, by Tess Gerritsen and Gary Braver, is another starred mystery. "With deceitful characters and plenty of twists, this novel is highly recommended for fans of Gerritsen or Braver, and readers who love suspense stories." See All Reviews››› |
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