Libraries Respond to Hurricane Ida
By Anita Mechler
U.S. Libraries from the southern states up through the east coast were affected by several severe storms in a row: Hurricane Ida, starting on August 29, Hurricane Henri about a week prior, and Tropical Storm Nicholas, which produced rain and flooding on and after September 14. As with other natural disasters, library staff are simultaneously grappling with damage to their own homes and workplaces and serving the needs of their affected communities.

As COVID-19 Cases Surge, Library Conferences Move to Virtual and Hybrid Models
By Lisa Peet
As library organizations and associations began finalizing plans for fall and winter conferences, they needed to balance people’s wishes for some semblance of normalcy—in-person sessions and networking, shared meals, hugs and handshakes, tote bags—with a range of safety and liability concerns.

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Gale Launches New Online Adult High School Program for Public Libraries
By Matt Enis
Gale, part of Cengage Group, on September 8 announced the launch Gale Presents: Excel Adult High School in partnership with Excel Education Systems. With accreditation through Cognia, the non-profit NGO that serves more than 36,000 schools globally, the program, a successor to Gale’s previous Career Online High School, is designed to enable adults to earn a certified high school diploma entirely online.

Game On: Gaming Programming For Libraries
By Chris Wilkes, Anja Webb, and Matt Enis
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven a mental health crisis as many have dealt with isolation, grief, and loneliness. Gaming can provide a shared experience and a way to fill this void. Libraries have done wonderful teen gaming programs over the last year. However, there is also an adult audience for video games.

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Video Streaming Service Meets Library Patrons’ Multiple Needs for Entertainment, Research, and More

Many public libraries have struggled to support their patrons’ needs with remote access to services during the pandemic. But in Ocean County, New Jersey, the library’s 600,000-plus members have enjoyed unlimited access to more than 28,000 hours of carefully curated streaming video content available on any device through a service called Access Video On Demand, from Infobase.

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Family-Friendly Staycation and Holistay Options
By Jennifer Dayton
As the pandemic continues, we're all missing the things that made travel so appealing, including sharing new experiences with loved ones. The following sites can help you explore staycation options with ease.

Frightful Fun: Halloween Podcasts for Middle Schoolers | Kidcasts
By Anne Bensfield and Pamela Rogers
As Halloween creeps up, these five audio dramas deliver chills and thrills.

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How Libraries Can Increase Student Engagement with Course Materials

When college students engage with course resources consistently, they have more academic success. Yet, a 2016 research review suggests that fewer than 30 percent of students, on average, complete the required reading for their courses. But to be successful, students need to read and process information for themselves.

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SLJ and TLC Announce Winners of the Librarian/Teacher Collaboration Award 2021
By SLJ Staff
School librarian Jessica Scheller and art teacher Andrea Ramirez of Eiland Elementary School in Klein ISD, Houston, win inaugural award.

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse
By Kate Merlene
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr leads holds this week. Four LibraryReads selections and five Indie Next picks publish this week. October’s issue of Entertainment Weekly is out with a feature on Colson Whitehead, a Q&A with Stanley Tucci, and more. People's book of the week is The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg. 

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Graphic Novels Continue to Push Boundaries

Graphic novels continue their remarkable ascent in market share in the United States and Canada, with graphic novel and comics sales estimated at $1.28 billion in 2020, an increase of 6 percent over 2019. Online sales skyrocketed during the pandemic lockdowns, and the trend has continued in 2021.

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Smart Money: 23 Personal Finance Resources
By John Rodzvilla
Personal finance is one of the most anxiety-producing subjects. Here are resources to add to library collections that help patrons learn what they need to know to get good with money.

The 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist is Announced | Book Pulse
By Anita Mechler
Shortlists are announced for the 2021 Cundill History Prize and the 2021 Financial Times Business Book of the Year. Interviews arrive with Alice McDermott of What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction, Amor Towles of The Lincoln Highway, Hope Mohr of Shifting Cultural Power: Case Studies and Questions in Performance, and more.

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