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| February 16, 2017 |  Healthy Choices | ACRL Preview 2017 By Lisa Peet This year's ACRL conference, which convenes in Baltimore, March 22–25, highlights themes of leadership and change, but a closer look also shows a healthy—and hopeful—regard for the well-being of the academic library system from top to bottom. |
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 Beyond Fake News | Peer to Peer Review By Emily Bush Over the course of the fall semester, I had the opportunity to visit a handful of classes to speak on news literacy. I began by posing the question, “Does the news media take sides?” Though a small sample, nearly 100 percent of students I polled distrusted the media. |
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| SPONSORED BY MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION  How Wide is the Gap Between Librarians and Faculty? (Infographic) In 2016, McGraw-Hill surveyed more than 1,000 librarians and faculty members to learn more about their views of both community and academic libraries. Participants were asked questions regarding library use, budget, technology, and how they see libraries serving their communities, whether they are students or community library patrons. Read More››› |
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 DIY Usability: First-Click Testing | The User Experience By Emily Mitchell & Brandon West Although every library would benefit from running usability studies, not every library has a dedicated staff available to conduct those studies—but librarians can still conduct successful, worthwhile testing that leads to website improvements. |
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| "Most commonly, I posed the question, ‘Where do you get your news?’ My favorite reply—‘If it’s important, I’ll find out’—was frighteningly honest.”
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 Why Med School Students Tutor at My Library By Lisa K. Brandenburg Tutor Time, a library partnership with students from the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), began when Brian McCauley contacted librarian Lisa K. Brandenburg about having CMSRU students read to kids. |
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 What To Read (and Watch) After 1984 By Kiera Parrott with Mahnaz Dar and Tyler Hixson Fiction, both classic and contemporary; nonfiction; and film and TV for readers who have finished George Orwell’s 1984 and still hunger for more titles to give them perspective on the current social and political climate. |
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 Easy Pass | Product Spotlight By Denice Rovira Hazlett Some software companies are simplifying pass management with web-based tools to help patrons discover and check out museum passes and event tickets or make reservations. |
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 Five Women Poets: Strong New Works for Language Lovers By Barbara Hoffert Duhamel’s deceptively informational, almost deadpan voice might at first puzzle but soon becomes incantatory; Matthews’s imaginative work will attract anyone who reads poetry seriously; White’s contribution is heartfelt and true, both deeply personal and embracing. |
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 LJ Nonfiction Reviews: March 1, 2017 By LJ Reviews Sullivan’s valuable, accessible wisdom can be employed immediately; a careful historical portrait of Hypatia, one of antiquity’s most accomplished women; a sober and well-argued study of the basic income concept; a tour-de-force survey of what is known about why we behave the way we do. |
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 LJ Reference Reviews: March 1, 2017 By LJ Reviews
A well-written primer that captures the prominence of media in modern-day American politics; a superb addition to academic libraries and collections supporting veterans’ services; this rich and absorbing database is especially apt for institutions that support the study of law, history, sociology, race, and gender. |
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BESTSELLERS: PsychologyBy LJ Reviews1. Bully Nation: How the American Establishment Creates a Bullying SocietyDerber, Charles University Press of Kansas
2016. ISBN 9780700622603. $24.95 2. The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children Gopnik, Alison | Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2016. ISBN 9780374229702. $26 3. You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice Vanderbilt, Tom, Alfred A. Knopf 2016. ISBN 9780307958242. $26.95 |
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 Considering a New Building or Redesign? Join us in Columbus, OH on May 5 for a full-day library building and design seminar. We’ll explore strategies to build, renovate, or retrofit your space alongside, architects, product vendors, and fellow librarians. Register before March 8 and your library could be featured at the event. |
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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 Seattle Public Library is seeking a Technical Services Manager |
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