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December 20, 2018
Steven Bell Library Leaders Need Feedback Too | Leading From the Library
By Steven Bell
There are many ways that leaders can improve, from informal learning to leadership programs. While it seems obvious that honest feedback would contribute to the cause, obtaining it—and effectively responding to negative feedback—is not so simple.
image Peter Potter on Funding OA Monographs
By Lisa Peet
Peter Potter, director of publishing strategy for the University Libraries at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, was appointed by the Association of Research Libraries as visiting program officer to advance TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem).
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** ExLibris Edinburgh Image ** Integrating Course Reading Lists with Library Management Software Pays Off

The University of Edinburgh has used Ex Libris’ Leganto to introduce workflow efficiencies, allowing the Library to contribute to the University’s strategic goals in teaching and learning.

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Yale Child Study Center Scholastic and Yale Child Study Center Announce Collaboration
By SLJ Staff
The Yale Child Study Center–Scholastic Collaborative for Child & Family Resilience is a forum for researchers, educators, health care professionals, families, and community members to "advance progress towards improving academic and mental health outcomes."
MLS Student Juliet Sanchez works in NYPL's librarian for a day program NYPL Program Helps MLS Students Gain Practical Experience
By Kara Yorio
The Librarian for a Day initiative gives candidates a chance to learn about library life within a branch community with the help of a mentor.
Shanghai Library atrium A "Lonely Planet" for Libraries
By Kara Yorio
A new website is crowdsourcing information on libraries around the world for travelers to visit.
"Our goal is to see the system transformed. If we are kickstarting that but it ends up looking different than the way we're approaching it, we're fine with that."
Book cover of Andrew Blum's The Weather Machine Science, Memoir, Biography, Ethics: Nonfiction Previews, Jun. 2019, Pt. 3 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert
Reviews of The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast; Where the Lost Dogs Go: A Story of Love, Search, and the Power of Reunion; Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition; and more.
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** Emerald group image ** The Future of Academic Publishing Lies in Supporting Interdisciplinary Collaboration

By creating opportunities for students, researchers, and other scholars to share information and interact with each other across disciplines, publishers of academic works will not only engage audiences more deeply; they can foster the kinds of interdisciplinary collaboration that can help tackle society’s biggest challenges.

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Book cover of Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere BESTSELLERS: Literary Criticism
By LJ Reviews

1. Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere
Chute, Hillary
HarperCollins
2017. ISBN 9780062476807. $40

2. Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics
Greenblatt, Stephen
W.W. Norton
2018. ISBN 9780393635751. $21.95

3. Reading Jane Austen
Davidson, Jenny
Cambridge University Press
2017. ISBN 9781108421348. $64.99.
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