Libraries Fight Misinformation on Coronavirus
By Elisa Shoenberger
Public and academic libraries alike have been educating their users, holding seminars, and doing Q&As to help people learn about the disease as well as dispel misconceptions.

EveryLibrary Creates Fund to Help Library Workers in Need Because of COVID-19 Shutdowns
By Lisa Peet
To address the needs of librarians and library staff struggling with bills during the coronavirus pandemic, the EveryLibrary Institute, the educational and charitable arm of political action committee EveryLibrary, has launched the Help a Library Worker Out (HALO) Fund.

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What You Need To Know Before You Start Library School
By Mahnaz Dar
Guidance from those who have been there can help prospective students as they consider librarianship and choose a library science program.

Libraries, Archives, and Museums Donate PPE to Healthcare Frontlines Combating COVID-19
By Kelli Brooks
With their on-site, physical work temporarily on hold during the coronavirus outbreak, conservators and other museum, library, and archive workers have started a grassroots movement to collect and donate their supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) to healthcare workers on the front lines.

Book Sales Volatile as COVID-19 Continues
By Barbara Hoffert
Print book sales showed some significant shifts in the week of March 22–29, according to a recently released report from NPD BookScan, a division of the NPD Group providing data and analytics on the publishing industry.

Continuing To Remake the Book Scene in Times of COVID-19
By Barbara Hoffert
Publishers, authors, and librarians find new ways to talk about books during the pandemic.

Libraries Offer Virtual Meeting Rooms on Zoom
By Mary Bakija
With most library buildings temporarily closed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, some libraries are combining the need for meeting space with the shift to digital service delivery.

Libraries Connect Their Communities with Wi-Fi, Even from Closed Branches
By Ian Chant
The lights are out at libraries across the country, but the Wi-Fi signal is staying strong even during a time of unprecedented closures.

Ramping Up Remote Reference During COVID-19 Campus Shutdowns
By Mahnaz Dar
With colleges and universities across the country shutting down their campuses and moving to distance learning to slow the COVID-19 pandemic, academic librarians are being forced to up their reference game abruptly.

Ebooks, Streaming Resources Grow as Libraries Close Branches
By Matt Enis
Demand for popular ebooks, digital audiobooks, comics, music, and streaming video has spiked as library branches close and patrons are asked to stay at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Pause? Time for Professional Development
By Manda Carr
Turning to continuing education resources can not only help library workers level up their skills for when the doors reopen following the COVID-19 crisis but also connect those feeling isolated to the larger libraryland community.

Stay-At-Home Stir Crazy? Library Crowdsourcing Projects Provide Productive Distraction at a Social Distance
By Stefanie Maclin-Hurd
Consider these library (and library-adjacent) crowdsourcing projects as a fun way to connect to the community and make a difference during the COVID-19 outbreak.

With Schools Closed, Districts Are Committed To Keeping Kids Fed
By Linh Tat
Large or small, urban or rural, school districts around the country are working hard to ensure students don’t go hungry.

Zoombombing Is Just the Start: How To Protect Student Privacy During the Remote Learning Explosion
By Kristen Mattson
Librarians have always been champions of student privacy. It’s vital to step up and provide rules for e-learning.

Sustainability at a Social Distance During COVID-19 Pandemic
By Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
Unprecedented. Heartbreaking. Heartwarming. These three words have been most prominent in my mind as I observed and consulted with my colleagues, near and far, as they make tough decisions about how to keep their communities and staff healthy in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Booklist: Cooking from Pantry Staples
By Bonnie Poquette
With much of the country staying at home to flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic, many people, some inexperienced, are cooking more at home, and many are making do with limited groceries and budgets.

From Creating Mini-Economies to Parsing Fictional Spending Scenarios, Here's How Librarians Teach Financial Literacy to Kids
By Bekah McNeel
April is National Financial Literacy Month. Libraries are doing their part to educate young people about concepts from budgeting to interest to help them be more economically resilient.

From Global Libraries, Online Instruction, & Digital Humanities | Professional Media
By LJ Reviews
A strong addition for any academic libraries starting to offer distance learning support services; a hefty yet convincing look at the international dimensions of U.S. academic library work.

Isolation Consolation | What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing
By Liz French
The LJ/School Library Journal and Junior Library Guild staffers, joined by special guest author Caroline B. Cooney, talk about their corona comfort reads and watches.

Shifting Pub Dates Could Lead to Underspending by Libraries | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Revenge by James Patterson, Andrew Holmes leads holds this week. Publication date shifts impact budgets, LibraryReads, Indie Next, and more. C Pam Zhang’s How Much of These Hills Is Gold gets some buzz.

Archaeology, Geomechanics, and Paleontology: Academic Best Sellers in Geology
By LJ Reviews
A detailed analysis of past environmental changes in the Nile Basin, the story of David A. Johnston's journey from a nature-loving Boy Scout to a United States Geological Survey (USGS) volcanologist, and a comprehensive overview of the hydromagmatic model for the origin of various features of layered intrusions top the list of best-selling geology books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

James Patterson Donates Half a Million to Indie Bookstores; Nicole Kidman To Star in Janelle Brown's PRETTY THINGS | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
James Patterson is donating half a million dollars to indie bookstores to help them through the pandemic. LeVar Burton is starting a live-streaming reading series on Twitter. More book suggestions arrive, along with LJ’s list of starred reviews for April.

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WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts, by Nina Montenegro and Sonya Montenegro, is one of this week's starred nonfiction titles. "A book to use long after the first reading. Like the garments the authors so carefully tend to, these pages are sure to take on the stains of well-worn, well-loved readings." Tara Moss's starred mystery, The War Widow, is "a thrilling historical novel of post-war Australia that will engross readers from the first page to the last. This book deserves to be added to the top of the list of must-read titles." Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff, by JetBlue chairman Joel Peterson, is another starred nonfiction selection, "recommended for anyone interested in developing entrepreneurial or leadership skills." Dead Eyes, Vol. 1, by Gerry Duggan, with illustrations by John McCrea and Mike Spicer, is one of this week's starred graphic novels. "Watching Dead Eyes outsmart, outmaneuver, and outgun his enemies is a total blast in this first collection of what will hopefully be a long-running series.

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