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September 19, 2017
Hurricane Irma Libraries from Puerto Rico to Florida Respond to Hurricane Irma
By Lisa Peet
Arriving hard on the heels of Hurricane Harvey, Irma cut a destructive swath through the northeastern Caribbean and Florida Keys. More than $50 billion worth of damage was reported in the United States, as well as 39 fatalities.
DACA's Fate Still Uncertain DACA’s Fate Still Uncertain, Librarians Reach Out to Dreamers
By Lauren Barack
School librarians find ways to support to undocumented students and their families.
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Oculus Virtual Reality Oculus Virtual Reality Tech Rolls Out in California Libraries
By Ian Chant
Library shelves have long presented an opportunity for patrons to escape the real world in the pages of a good book. But at libraries all over California, visitors can travel into a whole new reality. Well, a virtual reality, at least.
"Pre-storm and post-storm we have been assisting the Emergency Operations Center by using our library delivery trucks to deliver food and supplies to Emergency Shelters and even delivering pet supplies to pet-friendly locations."
Participatory Design in Action 2017 National Book Award Long-Lists Announced
By Barbara Hoffert
During the week of September 11, the National Book Foundation rolled out its long lists in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature, revealing its continuing focus on diverse, of-the-moment books while reminding us how rich publishing can be these days.
Participatory Design in Action Participatory Design in Action | The User Experience
By Scott W.H. Young
Participatory Design (PD) is a method for engaging deeply with users in order to build inclusive, future-oriented, user-centered services. This year I piloted a PD project with a group of four Native American students at Montana State University called User Experience with Underrepresented Populations.
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Steven Bell Digital vs Print: Taking a Position as an Academic Librarian | From the Bell Tower
By Steven Bell
As collections transition to digital and print finds its way into remote storage sites, how does our profession respond to research that favors print over digital for reading comprehension, learning, and meeting student preferences?
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By John N. Berry III
“I love that mea culpa, John!” said the president of the company at which I was working. I had just told the folks at a meeting that a problem had been my fault. I don’t even remember what that problem was, but what the president said was one of the most important lessons of my career.
Far From The Tree Ten Titles Make the 2017 National Book Award Longlist for Young People’s Literature
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The 2017 longlist in the Young People’s Literature category includes two previous National Book Award finalists. Nine of the ten authors are women, and two are debut novelists.
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The Hainish Novels and Stories Two by Two: Doubles, Seconds, and Pairs | Wyatt’s World
By Neal Wyatt
Be it the fate of twins, an author’s second novel, braided narratives, or literary twosomes, September brings a number of titles concerned with the concept of two.
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By Jaime Leroy
People read anything when using the restroom—so why not advertise books? Here’s how Texas high school librarian Jaime LeRoy did it.
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Murder Under the Fig Tree Kate Jessica Raphael's Murder Under the Fig Tree: A Palestine Mystery is one of three starred fiction titles this week. "This second novel in Raphael’s intriguing new series begins with Rania Bakara, the sole woman on the Palestine police force, in prison...arrested for information she uncovered in a previous case (Murder Under the Bridge).... A great recommendation for anyone interested in international contemporary mysteries." In nonfictionTell: Love, Defiance, and the Military Trial at the Tipping Point for Gay Rights, by Major Margaret Witt with Tim Connor, "combines the personal and the objective in a way that general readers will find appealing." In audiobooks, The Cutting Edge, by Ace Collins, is recommended "to listeners who enjoy uplifting contemporary fiction.... Narrator Patricia Rodriguez’s assured delivery keeps the text interesting, and characters of all ages are done well." And Mimi Matthews's debut e-original, The Lost Letter: A Victorian Romance, is "a fast and emotionally satisfying read, with two characters finding the happily-ever-after they had understandably given up on."

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