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| November 21, 2017 |  Renee F. Hill | LJ/ALISE Excellence in Teaching Award Winner 2017 By John N. Berry III The range of the 23 courses she leads (many of which she designed herself); her passion for teaching; her ability to create online asynchronous courses and make them come alive and feel personal to her students; and the extension of her role as an educator far beyond the MLIS classroom are only a few of the reasons Renee F. Hill has won the 2017 LJ/ALISE Excellence in Teaching Award, sponsored by Rowman & Littlefield. |
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 Gearing Up for Change in Charleston By Meredith Schwartz This year’s Charleston Conference, held from November 6–10, addressed the theme “What’s Past Is Prologue.” Some commonalities emerged across the sessions attended. |
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| SPONSORED BY INGRAM CONTENT GROUP |
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 Winners of the 2017 National Book Awards Announced By Barbara Hoffert “Books matter because they give us information and hope and connect us to other people,” said Lisa Lucas, the National Book Foundation’s executive director, in a recorded message at the National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner on November 15, at Cipriani’s in New York. (Also see SLJ's coverage of the event). |
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 LJ 2018 Materials Survey | Call for Participation Library Journal’s annual materials survey tracks U.S. public libraries’ purchasing and circulation trends by format, genre, and subject. We would love to include your library in our next survey report, which will be featured in LJ’s 2018 Spring Announcements issue. If you are involved in making purchases for your library, please click on the headline to fill out the survey online. As a thank you for participating, we’re offering a chance to win your choice of a $300 Apple store gift card or a $300 American Express gift card. If you don’t have time for the entire survey, please concentrate on the questions (Qns. 1-8) and questions 24 & 25 about the circulation and spending trends. Deadline extended to November 27. |
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| SPONSORED BY BAKER & TAYLOR INC. |
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 Branching Out | Library Design By Bette-Lee Fox A compilation of recent building projects and plans for more as they were presented in the Library Hotline newsletter, from May 1 through August 7, 2017. |
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| "In the years to come, reading will be more important than ever." | | |
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| SPONSORED BY ADAM MATTHEW |
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 Audio in Stereo | Audio Spotlight By Stephanie Klose and Jason Puckett Audiobook listeners and podcast fans team up to drive the renaissance in spoken-word programming. |
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 Best Adult Books 4 Teens 2017 By Mark Flowers and Sarah Hill The Adult Books 4 Teens columnists and reviewers select the best adult books of 2017 with teen appeal. |
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 Top 10 Graphic Novels 2017 By "Good Comics 4 Kids" Bloggers SLJ’s “Good Comics 4 Kids” bloggers curate their annual top 10 list of graphic novels for kids and teens. |
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 Embracing Life | Memoir By Derek Sanderson This month’s memoirs focus on either death or transformation and teach us lessons about embracing life while we still have it. |
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| Xpress Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Sam Shepard's final fiction, Spy of the First Person, is "as enduringly resonant as any of his work.... Here’s what it was like to have lived in a great mind in its last moments. Highly recommended." Jeff Sparrow's No Way but This: In Search of Paul Robeson is this week's starred nonfiction title. "While it is inconceivable to think Robeson and his legacy have dimmed to the extent Sparrow conjectures, his text might be considered an excellent and perhaps timely reboot of Robeson’s singularly incredible life, especially as its trajectory now intersects with contemporary racial issues." And in e-originals, Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker's Whatever It Takes is "recommended for libraries where diverse romances are in demand."
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 A Celebration of Fandom-Beloved Stories and Characters Join Library Journal and School Library Journal for our inaugural LibraryCon Live! We’re excited to offer this day-long virtual festival for book nerds, librarians, and fans of graphic novels, sci-fi, and fantasy. Network online with other fans and explore our virtual exhibit hall where you’ll hear directly from publishers about their newest books and engage in live chats with featured authors. You’ll also learn from librarians and industry insiders on how to plan and host your own Comic Con-style 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. |
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