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| September 19, 2017 | 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. |
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SPONSORED BY SCHOOL OUTFITTERS Soft Seating Solutions for 21st Century Libraries
Add flexibility and comfort with Learniture soft seating. These easy-to-clean, configurable pieces are perfect for group learning or individual study. Available in a variety of shapes and colors, they’re just what your media center needs.
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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. |
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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. |
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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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Moving to Management: More a Coach Than a Boss | Blatant Berry
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. |
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| Xpress Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA 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 nonfiction, Tell: 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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TechKnowledge: Creating Equity Through Technology
Join Library Journal and School Library Journal on October 18 for our day-long virtual conference as we bring together thousands of library professionals and leaders in digital transformation from around the globe to address how technology solutions are supporting equity and inclusion among libraries’ diverse communities. |
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Yale University seeks an Associate Director, Arts Library Special Collections |
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