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 Library Land Project Gets Nonprofit Status, Continues Mission During COVID Shutdown By Lisa Peet Library Journal covers many projects initiated within libraries, but occasionally a great idea is born of sheer fandom. The Library Land Project emerged from consultants Greg Peverill-Conti and Adam Zand’s love of libraries, and their goal to visit as many in their home state of Massachusetts as possible—and kept growing from there. |
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| "Equity was a word we heard a lot, we heard fairness, we heard reducing barriers, things like that. So it felt good to be able to ramp that up without departing from what we had heard earlier. It wasn't just a kneejerk response." | | |
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 LJ Librarian of the Year Award | Call for Nominations The LJ editors are seeking nominations for the 33rd annual Library Journal Librarian of the Year Award to honor a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library profession. Submit your nominations by November 21. |
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| SPONSORED BY ATD PRESS  Cultivate Leadership and Connection Learn from leadership experts in new and popular books from ATD, the premier publisher specializing in talent development, training, and professional development. ATD Press books offer anyone who works with adult learners the best practices, academic theory, and guidance necessary to move the profession forward. Learn More››› |
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 Barack Obama's Memoir Leads Holds This Week | Book Pulse By Mary Bakija A Promised Land by Barack Obama leads holds this week, and audio excerpts read by Obama are available. Kirkus picks the best fiction of 2020. Forthcoming book news arrives about The Other Emily by Dean Koontz, Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen, and Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe. |
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 Movers & Shakers 2021 | Call for Nominations The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors—who are providing inspiration and model programs for others, including programs developed this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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 Time Lists the "100 Must-Read Books of 2020" | Book Pulse By Mary Bakija Time picks 100 must-read books for the year. Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich tops this week's bestsellers lists. The 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize honors The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman and Know My Name by Chanel Miller. The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison wins the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize. Forthcoming book news arrives from NYT reporter Maggie Haberman and Sen. Tammy Duckworth. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  In fiction, Tarryn Fisher's starred mystery, The Wrong Family, "rates a 10 out of 10 on the creepiness scale. Readers will be peering over their shoulders with trepidation as their paranoia levels soar. Suspense fans will love being frightened by this twisty plot. Fisher’s goosebump-inducing book will spook readers long after the final pages are turned. 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 American Library Association seeks an Executive Director, Public Library Association (PLA) |
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