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 LibLearnX Launches By Meredith Schwartz The American Library Association’s new winter conference makes its virtual debut with a focus on active learning. |
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 Library Advocacy Organizations Support EDUCATORS for America Act By SLJ Staff The proposed legislation calls for funding to help improve the “educator pipeline,” including ensuring an inclusive and equitable workforce that supports the recruitment, preparation, and retention of populations that are underrepresented in the field of education, including teachers of color, first-generation college students, and teachers with disabilities. |
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 Gale Case Studies | Reference eReviews By Rob Tench Gale Case Studies complies a number of case studies in each of the three modules which encompass multidisciplinary subjects. The topics covered (LGBTQ+ issues, political extremism, and public health) intersect with a wide variety of studies. |
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 Bloomsbury Cultural History | Reference eReviews By Gricel Dominguez From family and food to memory and sexuality, Bloomsbury Cultural History covers an expansive list of themes throughout various periods of recorded history. Its versatility and accessibility appeal to a wide audience, making it especially useful to institutions that support the humanities. |
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| “[On These Grounds hopes to] change the way libraries keep records of slavery, to remember that these pieces of paper are not just records but people.” | | |
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| SPONSORED CONTENT  MLIS Today: Evolving Along with the Field Technological and social changes have revolutionized librarianship, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the country, librarians have become local community leaders on issues like diversity, equity, and the fight against disinformation. Read More››› |
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| | | POLITICAL SCIENCE Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America’s Public MonumentsBy Erin L. Thompson Worthily preceded by Sanford Levinson’s Written in Stone and David Gobel and Daves Rossell’s Commemoration in America, Thompson’s book underlines the need to evaluate public monuments, murals, and exhibits, to make them nexuses of learning rather than reinforcers of past beliefs. | | |
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SPONSORED BY EX LIBRIS A PROQUEST COMPANY  Three Trends Shaping the Future of Libraries Libraries have experienced dramatic changes in the last several years as a result of COVID and other external forces. As librarians look ahead to the future, here are three key trends that will shape their needs going forward. Read More››› |
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 Ian McEwan to Publish Lessons in September | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan’s Lessons will publish in September. NYT explores the skeptical scholarly response to the headline-grabbing new book The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation, by Rosemary Sullivan. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Geography By LJ Reviews Science on a Mission, GIS Research Methods, Mantle of the Earth, and more in geography titles: January 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know About the Ocean.
Oreskes, Naomi
University of Chicago Press
2021. ISBN 9780226732381. $40.00 2. GIS: Research Methods.
Bearman, Nick
Bloomsbury Academic
2021. ISBN 9781350129566. $68.00 3. Mantle of the Earth: Genealogies of a Geographical Metaphor.
Della Dora, Veronica
University of Chicago Press
2021. ISBN 9780226741291. $65.00 |
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