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| January 2, 2018 |  Lance Werner: LJ’s 2018 Librarian of the Year By Lisa Peet If you ask Lance Werner, executive director of the Kent District Library, MI, what makes him a strong leader, an effective legislative advocate, and a champion of access for his patrons, his answer is simple: it’s all about forming relationships—with his staff, legislators, local business owners and CEOs, county commissioners, Michigan Library Association administrators, LIS educators, patrons, and anyone else in a 100-mile radius. |
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 Reviewers of the Year 2017 By LJ Reviews In honor of all our reviewers, and especially those whose work made an indelible impression this year, LJ editors thank you for your dedication, expertise, and trusted insights. Here’s to many more years of working and learning together. |
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 Creating Creative Spaces | Field Reports By Antonella Giancarlo There was a clear need for collaborative and creative community spaces in the branches of Ontario’s Hamilton Public Library. We had two objectives: provide customers with the services and technology they couldn’t easily access at home and support the city’s growing arts and innovation community. |
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| "It’s evident…that Lance is passionate about supporting other cultural institutions, whether it means bringing together a handful of local organizations to collaborate on a project or leveraging his resources to lend a helping hand to another library over 1,000 miles away." | | |
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 Mixed Reality | Product Spotlight By Denice Rovira Hazlett With the recent introduction of iOS 11’s ARKit, Apple’s software development kit for creating AR apps, patrons will likely see a variety of new apps that will combine the virtual with the actual in useful and innovative ways. |
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 5 Tips for Twitter Author Chats By Lucas Maxwell After a snafu with a Skype author visit, a UK high school librarian improvised a Twitter author chat instead. Since then, they’ve tweeted with more than 30 authors. |
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| Xpress Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  The Woman in the Water, by Charles Finch, is one of three starred fiction titles this week. "Finch (The Inheritance) does a wonderful job of re-creating the atmosphere of mid-19th-century England; his characters are crisply drawn and believable.... An excellent addition to an already terrific series." Nick Seluk's Heart and Brain: Body Language is this week's starred graphic novel. "Large full-page comics make this an easy and fun read that can be picked up or put down at any time. The humor is at times sidesplitting as well as heartwarming. Fans of this series will not be disappointed." And in e-originals, Jane Porter's Miracle on Chance Avenue, the second title in her "Love on Chance Avenue" series, is "is a perfect read to be paired with some hot cocoa."
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 The Power of Youth Services: Transforming Public Library Impact Presented by Library Journal and School Library Journal, the 2018 Public Library Think Tank will convene public library leaders and directors, youth services and young adult librarians, with other leading thinkers on the role of youth services, literacy, and learning trends. Join us February 22-23 in Miami, FL to focus on practical, applicable strategies which will make a lasting impact in libraries and library systems. |
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