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February 23, 2017
Libraries are for Everyone Librarians Mobilize Resources, Information, and Solidarity in Response to New Administration
By Lisa Peet
With the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, public and academic library staff and supporters across the country joined forces with like thinkers to do what they do best: share information where it’s most needed.
Steven Bell Adopting a Founder’s Mindset: Leading like an Owner | Leading from the Library
By Steven Bell
It’s good when library leaders talk about having a start-up mentality or entrepreneurial spirit. One thing is missing though: Ownership. These leaders have little of their own to lose if things go bad. Thinking like an owner may make a difference.
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Taking on Fake News Taking on Fake News in First Year Experience and Beyond

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image Western Sydney University Offers No-Cost Digital Textbooks
By Matt Enis
Australia’s Western Sydney University (WSU), in collaboration with ProQuest, announced on February 12 that it will begin providing first-year students with no-cost access to digital textbooks through WSU’s library.
Pamela Paul, Lauren Oliver, Jodi Picoult, Colson Whitehead Books America Needs To Read | In the Bookroom
By Annalisa Pesek
The February 15 panel discussion at New York University’s School of Professional Studies Center for Publishing program was titled “Challenging Topics, Challenging Times: Four Best-Selling Authors Reflect upon Culture, Creativity, and Changing the Conversation.”
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Routledge Historical Resources Routledge Historical Resources; World Religions Online | Reference eReviews, February 15, 2017
By Cheryl LaGuardia & Henrietta Verma
The content that’s here is scholarly and beneficial; it’s what’s not included that may concern customers; World Religion Online provides all the material necessary for a high school–level paper while offering a beginning point for AP or community college research.
"There’s no evidence [members of the current administration] have any connection or commitment to a full and honest public record. It’s worrisome for archivists, for record keepers, for people who want future generations to have a documentary record of what is going on.”
Cutting Back In or Out? | Memoir
By Rachael Dreyer
Reviews of Cutting Back: My Apprenticeship in the Gardens of Kyoto, Between Them: Remembering My Parents, The Rules Do Not Apply, and more.
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Rethinking the What and How of the ILS

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The One-Shot Professional Media | Social Science Reviews, March 1, 2017
By  LJ Reviews
Reviews of The One-Shot Library Instruction Survival Guide, Acquisitions: Core Concepts and Practices, and Library Conversations: Reclaiming Interpersonal Communication Theory for Understanding Professional Encounters.
History of Mass Tourism History of Mass Tourism | Reference eReviews, February 1, 2017
By Brett Rohlwing
Academic libraries, particularly ones that specialize in hospitality management and business, will welcome this addition to their database collections. Public libraries might also find this a worthy offering, though it may not be a high-budget priority.
First Ladies and American Women First Ladies | Social Science Reviews, March 1, 2017
By  LJ Reviews
From Lou Henry Hoover to Michelle Obama, Eleanor Roosevelt to Jacqueline Kennedy, these books provide a solid perspective on who these women were and how they felt about the position they held.
The Family Gene It’s All Relative | Science & Technology Reviews, March 1, 2017
By LJ Reviews
A science text that reads like a mystery and a family’s struggle to stop any further transmission of a deadly gene; both excellent, accessible additions for most public libraries.
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Climate Change Climate Change, Lifestyle Habits, ISIS, Britcoms, Voting | Reference Short Takes, February 1, 2017
By Judy Quinn
A helpful baseline for a highly charged, scientifically complex topic; a handy overview of actionable wellness insights; a multifaceted, contextual snapshot of a troubling world force; critical insight into today’s disaffected voter climate.
With only days left until the 2017 Academy Awards ceremony, LJ shares its reviews of the five nominees for Best Documentary Feature.
Talking Sixties Drive-In Movies Drive-In Decades | Arts & Humanities Reviews, March 1, 2017
By  LJ Reviews
Long-forgotten performers and films will be rediscovered; movie lovers will enjoy a blast from the past with these easy reads that capture the drive-in era.
BESTSELLERS: Botany & Zoology
By LJ Reviews

1. Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are?
De Waal, Frans
W.W. Norton
2016. ISBN 9780393246186. $27.95

2. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
Wohlleben, Peter
Greystone Books
2016. ISBN 9781771642484. $24.95

3. The Genius of Birds
Ackerman, Jennifer
Penguin Books
2016. ISBN 9781594205217. $28
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