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| February 9, 2017 |  Libraries Preserve Protest Posters By M. Catherine Hirschbiel In the wake of the record-breaking attendance at the January 21 Women’s March on Washington, and sister marches in over 60 cities on all seven continents, archivists in several cities came out to collect and preserve them. |
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| SPONSORED BY DOVE PRESS  Open Science: Beyond Open Access Is collaboration enough? Join this webcast to learn from a panel of experts as they discuss the challenges and benefits of Open Science in the context of global health and medical concerns. They will explain how the disruptive concept of Open Data can reshape and improve the nature of research and results. Register Now››› |
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| SPONSORED BY CREDO REFERENCE |
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 Arming the Ramparts | Sustainability By Rebekkah Smith Aldrich The sustainability of our world depends on a strong social fabric in local communities where people know and respect one another. This social fabric is is now torn in many places thanks to the vitriol and viciousness of the presidential election and fears about what will happen next. |
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| "Northeastern Libraries will be able to deploy collection 'SWAT teams' to collect accidental archives whenever they arise." | | |
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 Paris, Palestine, America | Nonfiction Previews, Jul. 2017, Pt. 4 By Barbara Hoffert Reviews of The Great Nadar: The Man Behind the Camera; Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India; The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the Year That Changed Literature; and more. |
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 Introducing VR | Field Reports By Diane Robson and Jeremy Kincaid Virtual Reality is a technology that our students, faculty, and staff can use not only in game design classes but also in new media, journalism, music, and psychology courses. |
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 Professional Media | Social Science Reviews, February 15, 2017 By LJ Reviews Librarians will find Being Evidence Based in Library and Information Practice and Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook vols. 1 & 2 to be excellent resources for cultivating a critical approach to teaching, as well as focusing on practice and application of EBLIP in a variety of settings and places. |
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 Women & War | Social Science Reviews, February 15, 2017 By LJ Reviews These two books run the gamut in information about women and war; readers seeking new material on World War I, American history, military history, women’s history, and gender studies, along with health and industrial safety won’t find a dull moment between these two books. |
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| 2. How Population Change Will Transform Our World
Harper, Sarah
Oxford University Press
2016. ISBN 9780198784098. $24.95 3. Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Decisions in an Age of Climate Change
Pilkey, Orrin H.
Columbia University Press
2016. ISBN 9780231168441. $29.95 |
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From the Annoyed Librarian ...
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 Considering a New Building or Redesign? Join us in Columbus, OH on May 5 for a full-day library building and design seminar. We’ll explore strategies to build, renovate, or retrofit your space alongside, architects, product vendors, and fellow librarians. Register before March 8 and your library could be featured at the event. |
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 Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK MiraCosta College in Oceanside, CA seeks a Web Services & Emerging Technologies Librarian |
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