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 Library Journal Survey: Academic Library Open Access Use Up During Pandemic By Melanie Kletter Academic librarians are seeing more interest in open access content and open educational resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, due in part to a lack of access to physical materials and a desire to keep textbook costs low. Those are some of the findings from the Library Journal Open Access Content/Open Educational Resources in Academic Libraries Survey, released this month. |
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 Visions of Success: Academic Libraries in a Post COVID-19 World By Christopher Cox and Elliot Felix How will COVID-19 change how libraries offer their collections and services in the long term? How will it change the nature of our work? This article provides a vision of the future in which libraries become true connectors of people and catalysts for discovery. |
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 What Do Archivists Have to Do with the Presidential Election? By Elisa Shoenberger When people think of Federal presidential elections and the Electoral College, they do not typically think of the role of archivists. Nonetheless, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) plays a critical role in collecting documents, ensuring that everyone who needs them has them, and finally keeping them for prosperity. |
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| SPONSORED CONTENT  MLIS NOW: Evolving to Meet Changing Needs Earning a Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree paves the way to becoming a librarian or working in other fields that curate information. As the nature of these fields has evolved, MLIS programs have adapted to reflect these changes. Read More››› |
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 Supportive Supervisors | Trans + Script By Elsworth Carman and Carson Williams Navigating any place of employment can be complex for transgender and nonbinary people, but having an informed and supportive supervisor can make things easier. |
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| "[The role of NARA and the Archivist is] bureaucracy and it’s paperwork, but I think it’s really necessary and it’s part of the democratic process" | | |
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PREMIUM Beating the Nazi Invader: Hitler’s Spies, Saboteurs and Secrets in Britain 1940By Neil R. Storey With a cast of colorful characters, some familiar and others not, and a variety of stories that will be new to casual readers, this is a strong recommendation for most libraries with history-loving patrons. For readers of Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre and A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell. |
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 Jay-Z Launches Roc Lit 101 Imprint at Random House | Book Pulse By Mary Bakija Jay-Z's Roc Nation is partnering with Random House on the new imprint Roc Lit 101, and the first releases will be memoirs by former Yankee CC Sabathia and music journalist Danyel Smith. MLA gives its 2020 First Book award to The Practice of Citizenship: Black Politics and Print Culture in the Early United States by Derrick R. Spires. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Medicine By LJ Reviews
CTE, the Sugar Epidemic, Clean Body, Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy, and more in Medicine Titles: December 2019 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Shaken Brain: The Science, Care, and Treatment of Concussion.
Sandel, Elizabeth Harvard University Press 2020. ISBN 9780674987418. $29.95 2. Traveling With Sugar: Chronicles of a Global Epidemic.
Moran-Thomas, Amy University of California Press 2019. ISBN 9780520297531. $85.00 3. Clean Body: A Modern History.
Ward, W. Peter McGill-Queens University Press 2019. ISBN 9780773559387. $34.95 |
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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. JOB OF THE WEEK Urban Libraries Council is seeking a Director of Strategic Initiatives |
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