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 Georgia Public Library Service Is Empowering Libraries | Marketer of the Year 2020 By Meredith Schwartz The GPLS team is dedicated not only to getting the word out about the many services public libraries offer beyond books, and creating tools that make it easy for individual libraries to reach their own audiences with effective messaging, but to building capacity and confidence in those libraries’ workers to market themselves. |
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 Multnomah County Library Dials Back Layoffs; Employees Call Out Systemic Racism, Top-Down Management By Lisa Peet After two months of outcry on the part of staff and others, on September 2 MCL Director Vailey Oehlke issued a press release drastically rolling back the number of cuts. After meetings with AFSCME Local 88 staff representatives and other county stakeholders, administration arrived at a plan that would retain all but approximately 26 employees—who would be reassigned to other Multnomah County jobs. |
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| "When I am talking to a patron and they tell me a story, I immediately know I need to get it in the hands of Deborah and Roy, and they will get it placed where it needs to go. It really does make a difference." | | |
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 The Post Office Is a Library Issue: Public Goods Under Threat | Editorial By Meredith Schwartz Because information is critical to an informed electorate, the government formed an institution to ensure affordable access and avoid censorship. As a result, a high literacy rate led to economic growth. I’m speaking, of course, of the Postal Service Act of 1792, decades before the first modern public library opened in Peterborough, NH. |
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 Urban Librarians Unite Takes 2020 Conference Virtual By Lisa Peet
When Urban Librarians Unite (ULU) chose "Librarians at Work" as its 2020 conference theme last year, no one could have anticipated what a loaded concept that would be by September. The decision in July to take its eighth annual conference virtual proved to be a popular one, and it allowed ULU, a New York City–based library workers' advocacy nonprofit, to expand its offerings to attendees and speakers who might not have been able to travel to the customary site at Brooklyn Public Library's Grand Army Plaza. |
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 LJ Talks to Kwana Jackson | Romance Preview 2020 By Kellie Tilton Kwana Jackson, who also writes as K.M. Jackson, has long penned romances that merge the sweet and sultry aspects of love. In May, she released Real Men Knit, about the Strong brothers and their neighborhood yarn store, under the name Kwana Jackson. Jackson advocates for diversifying the genre under the hashtag she coined, #WeNeedDiverseRomance. |
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 Troubles in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand Leads Library Holds | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt Troubles in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown: Hachette) leads holds this week. People’s "Book of the Week" is Just Like You by Nick Hornby. The 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist is announced. Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam is the B&N October book club selection. |
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 Reese's Book Club Pick: 'His Only Wife' | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt The shortlist for the First Novel prize is out. His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie is the October book club pick from Reese Witherspoon. LJ’s Romance Preview arrives, and the October Earphone Awards are announced by AudioFile. Plenty of adaptations are set for today and through next week, including The Good Lord Bird and Books of Blood. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  N.J Crosskey's starred title, Overdrawn, is "a must for all sf/dystopian fiction collections.... Despite the nefarious state of this postapocalyptic world, Crosskey proves that out of the darkest circumstances, kindness and selflessness can still reign." Murder on Cold Street, the latest entry in Sherry Thomas's "Lady Sherlock" series, is one of this week's starred mystery selections. "This magnificent locked-room case is a dazzling holiday gift for fans of the series." And in nonfiction, Levison Wood's The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant will draw "interest from a range of readers, from young adults to environmentalists to animal lovers." See All Reviews››› |
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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 Santa Clara County Library (CA) seeks an Electronic Resources Librarian |
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