Mental Wellness
By Lisa Peet
Libraries across the country are finding new ways to support patrons experiencing mental health challenges—as well as the staff who serve them.

Who Is Emma Boettcher? Jeopardy!'s New Champ, an Academic Librarian, Talks to LJ
By Lisa Peet
When Emma Boettcher, user experience resident librarian at the University of Chicago Library, won the episode of Jeopardy! that aired on Monday, June 3, she unseated reigning champion James Holzhauer, ending his 32-game winning streak.

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ePASS gives library patrons a quick and easy way to reserve and use passes for local cultural venues. The ePASS online anywhere/anytime pass management system creates virtual passes on the desktop or via mobile device, eliminating the need for staff intervention or patron inconvenience that comes with handling physical passes.

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Editors' Picks | Day of Dialog 2019
By Barbara Hoffert
The 21st annual Day of Dialog opened with a robust “Editors’ Picks” panel featuring titles from authors both new and established, though some established authors trod new territory. For more coverage of LJ's Day of Dialog, check out:

Top Fiction Debuts | Community Reads | Thriller Quest | Fiction Makes History | The Graphic Format: Picture the Possibilities | Women Have Their Say | In the News

Highlights from BookCon 2019
By Stephanie Sendaula
The sixth annual BookCon, held in New York City on Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2, drew crowds of people eager to celebrate books, fandom, and more.

Sustainability | Next, Do These 5 Things
By Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
Sustainability is no longer to be relegated to the “green team” (as awesome as they can be!). This topic is, or should be, front-and-center in how we think about everything we do.

Missouri Libraries Offer Maker Camp Tailored for Families
By April Witteveen
STEAM and maker programming at the library is all about “letting go of being in charge. Instead of being the teachers, we are co-learners and facilitators.”

Deadline Extended: LJ Seeks New Landmark Public Libraries

Library Journal’s latest round of the New Landmark Library series, which celebrates projects that set new standards for library design, is now accepting submissions through June 24, 2019. The award is open to any public library in the United States (including U.S. territories) and Canada that completed new construction, expansion, or significant renovations between January 2016 and March 1, 2019.

Framing Devices: Photography Titles Merge Fact with Fiction, Reality and Illusion
By Michael Dashkin & Shauna Frischkorn
There has always been another side of photography, one that creates deliberate fictions, using costumes, props, lighting, and other effects to restage scenes from literature or history or invent new narratives.

Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner leads holds this week. The Orwell Prizes shortlists are out. There is a reading guide to Robin Hobb, help for new horror readers, and reports and booklists from BookCon and Book Expo.

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Book Buzz Road Trip!

The HarperCollins Library Love Fest team is book buzzing their way to ALA! We'll be coming to you via Facebook Live from the Princeton Public Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the Baltimore County Public Library. #BookinIt2DC

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Page to Screen | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Penguin is caught in a copyright dispute. Entertainment Weekly is going to monthly issues starting in August. The Waterstones owner is buying Barnes & Noble. John Edgar Wideman wins the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.

Best Small Library in America: Call for Nominations
Library Journal‘s annual award for the Best Small Library in America, made possible by sustaining sponsor Baker & Taylor, was founded in 2005 to encourage and showcase the exemplary work of these libraries. The nomination deadline is July 2, 2019.

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Students and other researchers face many challenges when they’re searching for information. One of the biggest is sifting through the sheer volume of search results their query generates and honing in on the specific resources that are most relevant to their work.

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 Reviews

WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

Uzma Jalaluddin's debut novel Ayesha at Last is one of this week's starred fiction titles. "There’s an overabundance of Pride and Prejudice retellings, but few are as thoughtful and creative as this stellar debut from an author to watch. Jalaluddin takes a familiar plot and transforms it into a contemporary #ownvoices romance that is fresh, insightful, and thoroughly modern." The Warehouse, a dystopian mystery by Rob Hart, is another starred fiction title. "The film rights have Ron Howard associated, which will pique more interest." How To Self-Publish Your Book: A Complete Guide to Writing, Editing, Marketing & Selling Your Own Book, by Jan Yager, is one of this week's starred nonfiction selections. "With self-publishing an increasingly common option for writers today, it would be hard to imagine a more useful and easy-to-follow guide than this comprehensive volume." Also in nonfiction, "foodies, gardeners, and those who wish to push their own taste buds are encouraged to embrace the anthropomorphizing of okra and take a deep dive into its many possibilities," with Chris Smith's The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration.

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