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Library Stabilization Fund Act Seeks $2 Billion for Pandemic Losses, Reopening Costs, and More
By Lisa Peet
On July 2, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Rep. Andy Levin (D-MI) introduced the bipartisan Library Stabilization Fund Act in both chambers. The legislation would establish a dedicated $2 billion fund that would address the financial losses incurred in the pandemic shutdown and bolster library services going forward, with priority given to the hardest-hit communities. |
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ValChoice Offers Free Insurance Education Tools for Libraries
By Matt Enis
ValChoice, an independent data analytics company focused on the U.S. insurance industry, is offering public and academic libraries permanent, unlimited access to online calculators, insurance company ratings, tutorials and “how-to” videos, worksheets, and other tools designed to help users understand how insurance—such as car and home insurance—is priced, and how to decide on policies based on their age, deductibles, coverage limits, and other factors. |
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SPONSORED CONTENT The Impact of Remote Learning on Campus Libraries
Shifting instruction and campus services entirely online in a matter of days in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was a near-Herculean feat for the nation’s colleges and universities. But for institutions that have developed robust and forward-looking library programs, the transition has proceeded more smoothly.
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Ry Moran on Archiving Truth and Reconciliation Materials and Respecting the Record
By Lisa Peet
Ry Moran is the founding director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba, Canada. For the past five years Moran, a member of the Red River Métis, has led the creation of a permanent home of a national archive for all materials gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. LJ caught up with him recently to learn more about what it took to build an archive of such a critical chapter of Canada’s Indigenous history. See also:
Ry Moran on Institutional Reconciliation and Equity
Ry Moran will become the inaugural Associate University Librarian for Reconciliation at the University of Victoria, BC, this fall. LJ talked to him about his plans and thoughts on helping create institutional equity. |
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The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World
By Marco Tedesco & Alberto Flores d’Arcais
A beautifully descriptive, lyrical love letter to Greenland that brings to life what it is like to work as a field scientist, from the daily hardships to the excitement of discovery. Readers who enjoy memoirs of field scientists, especially those set in polar areas like My Penguin Year by Lindsay McCrae, will relish this book. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
Having and Being Had
By Eula Biss
An engaging and accessible read for those interested in social justice and in better understanding our economy.
| Marriage Equality: From Outlaws to In-Laws
By William N. Eskridge & Christopher R. Riano
Though lengthy, the work is beautifully and accessibly written. Both general and academic readers will appreciate its comprehensiveness as well as its attention to the human side of the story. An essential work.
| Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
By Rebekah Taussig
Taussig’s narrative style is highly conversational, making it feel like one is chatting with a lifelong friend. Her ability to bring levity to a topic some may find taboo is certain to help spread her message of acceptance and love.
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News Briefs for July 20, 2020
By Lisa Peet
UNC Chapel Hill Libraries has received a collection valued at $6.2 million from rare book collector and alumna Florence Fearrington, the Panorama Project has released a custom version of Panorama Picks spotlighting antiracist titles, the Library Freedom Institute has announced its fourth cohort, and more News Briefs. |
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ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Chemistry
By LJ Reviews
A comprehensive guide to carbon inside Earth, an entry point to the growing journal literature on green oxidation in organic synthesis, and a useful tool for synthetic chemists top the list of best-selling chemistry books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. Deep Carbon: Past to Present
Orcutt, Beth N.
Cambridge University Press. 2020. ISBN 9781108477499. $79.99.
2. Green Oxidation in Organic Synthesis
Jiao, Ning
John Wiley. 2019. ISBN 9781119304166. $195.
3. Asymmetric Synthesis Of 3,3-Disubstituted Oxindoles
Dalpozzo, Renato
World Scientific. 2020. ISBN 9781786347299. $128. |
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