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| February 28, 2019 |  Ithaka Report: Amazon Second Place Vendor, University Press Presence Declines By Lisa Peet The recent report from Ithaka S+R on Library Acquisition Patterns examines book purchasing data gathered from academic libraries between FY14–17. Takeaways include declining university press presence, continued strong representation in humanities titles, and Amazon not leading the vendor pack by a wide margin. |
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 News from the Show Floor | ALA Midwinter 2019 By Matt Enis The Washington State Convention Center exhibit hall was a hive of activity during the American Library Association’s Midwinter conference in Seattle last month. Here are a few of the vendor announcements LJ had the opportunity to hear about in person. |
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 The Best Reference Books of the Year By Mahnaz Dar, Maggie Knapp, Patricia Lothrop, Dave Pugl, Laurie Selwyn, & Rob Tench Though reference works are generally thought to be purely informational, no book is free from its author’s point of view. Many of the titles this year demonstrate that reference can take a stand. |
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| "It's helped us to see the value of the cloud based systems, not only for some of the management and collaboration tasks and priorities that a lot of the libraries…have been taking on, but also at an analytical and reporting and policy-making side. I think these platforms are making it possible to do data gathering and analysis that just wasn't previously feasible" | | |
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 Librarians Weather 2019 Government Shutdown By Lisa Peet Staff at the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Library of Congress were able to continue their work uninterrupted through the partial government shutdown. However, contract workers within those agencies, and in government libraries across the country, were not so fortunate. |
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 New Study Published on Racism and Dr. Seuss By Kara Yorio Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, a peer-reviewed, online, open-access journal hosted by St. Catherine University’s Master of Library and Information Science Program and University Library, has published a new study on racism in Dr. Seuss books. |
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 Today’s Stories: Nonfiction Previews, Sept. 2019, Pt. 1 | Prepub Alert By Barbara Hoffert Reviews of Balance of Power: States, Societies, and the Narrow Corridor to Liberty; The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity Politics and the Culture of Complaint; We Stand Divided: Competing Visions of Jewishness and the Rift Between American Jews and Israel; and more. |
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 Nonfiction, February 15, 2019 | Xpress Reviews By LJ Reviews Reviews of To Stop a Warlord: My Story of Justice, Grace, and the Fight for Peace; Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity; Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: Workers, Consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s; and more. |
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 Nonfiction, February 22, 2019 | Xpress Reviews By LJ Reviews For those concerned with the impact of economic inequality in America; anyone wishing to understand the world of individuals on the spectrum; anyone working with students making the leap from high school to higher education. |
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1. Post-Truth
McIntyre, Lee C.
MIT Press
2018. ISBN 9780262535045. $15.95
2. On Truth Blackburn, Simon
Oxford University Press
2018. ISBN 9780190867218. $12.95
3. Action Versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters Summit, Jennifer
University of Chicago Press
2018. ISBN 9780226032238. $25 |
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