Higher ed nonprofit ITHAKA announced on August 18 that it has invested $2.5 million in Hypothesis, an open annotation service. Hypothesis, developed with funding from the Sloan, Mellon, and other foundations, enables users to make searchable annotations on text across all platforms and interfaces, at a private or public level—from notes and comments to corrections and addenda.
While most people think of postcards as inexpensive media showing iconic places, they may not realize the opportunities that postcards can hold for understanding the past. The Chicago-based Newberry Library houses one of the largest collections of postcards in the United States.
There are big changes on WorldCat.org. It’s been completely redesigned with a new user experience and more libraries. And many of the updates are designed to reach a larger audience of people who may not think of libraries as a place to discover information on the web.
The Las Vegas–Clark County Library District, in partnership with the Nevada Homeless Alliance and the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, this spring launched a successful cell phone lending program to provide smartphones to people experiencing homelessness.
Dr. Gena Cox, organizational psychologist, executive coach, and author of Leading Inclusion: Drive Change Your Employees Can See and Feel, will deliver the opening keynote at LJ’s Directors Summit in Baltimore this December. LJ caught up with her to learn more about what motivated her to write this book and what lessons she feels can help library leaders make sure their equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts improve the workplace experience for library workers.
September 2022 The third quarterly edition of LJ’s special focus on audiobooks highlights titles to treasure. From sophisticated fiction that plays with language to creepy horror that unsettles the nerves, there is much to enjoy across 200+ reviews. Listeners will find narrators that pull them into immersive settings, readers that embody characters, and euphonious voices that simply delight.
"The shared vision is that conversations will be able to happen anywhere on the web, or even on documents in native apps, and inline instead of below the fold, in a federated, standards-based way."
Award news arrives for the 2022 Kirkus Prize, James Cropper Wainwright Prize, and CBC Nonfiction Prize. Angry Robot, a publisher known for science fiction titles, is launching a crime fiction imprint called Datura Books. Also, page to screen.
Abstract: Librarians are feeling the squeeze. As they seek to meet changing patron expectations and a dynamic technological environment, they are often simultaneously faced with budget cuts and leadership looking over their shoulder for evidence of institutional value.
Dion Graham is an Odyssey Award–winning narrator, an audiobook director and publisher, and a stage and screen actor who has also lent his voice to several video games. He talks with LJ about getting started as an audiobook narrator, finding a voice and style, and the challenges that he has faced during his narrating career.
Tracie D. Hall, Executive Director of the American Library Association, receives the 2022 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community from the National Book Foundation. The 2022 New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Books of the Year winners are out, as are the Dragon, Eugie, and Mike Resnick Memorial Awards.
Abstract: Many technological trends in library management were evident before the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic significantly accelerated the pace of those changes. To boost agility, libraries are turning to SaaS solutions, analytics, digital transformation, open applications and their community of peers.
Everyday Adventures with Unruly Data, by Melanie Feinberg, is a starred reference selection. "This is a highly engaging and recommended study on the daily encounters with data. Best for data specialists, librarians, taxonomists, and consumers." In sciences, Seeing Science: The Art of Making the Invisible Visible, by Jack Challoner, is a starred selection. "A worthy addition to any science collection, featuring stunning full-color images with broad appeal for multiple levels of engagement." Ship Wrecked, the third and final title in Olivia Dade's "Spoiler Alert" series, is a starred romance selection. "Fans of the 'Spoiler Alert' series and fanfic readers will adore this book." Also in romance, Paris Daillencourt Is About To Crumble, by Alexis Hall, is another starred selection. "A deep and impactful novel, with more layers than you’ll find on Cake Week."
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