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| By Matt Enis
Michigan State University will migrate to the open source FOLIO Library Services Platform, and will fully implement FOLIO in 2021, it announced on October 28. EBSCO Information Services will provide hosting, implementation, training, and development support, and will leverage integrations with EBSCO Discovery Service and OpenAthens access management. |
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| SPONSORED BY PROQUEST  Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research and Learning The events of 2020 have sparked an awakening to long-standing inequalities in our society. As a result, students and researchers are looking to their libraries and universities for insights and information from a wider variety of perspectives, including those of people who have been historically marginalized. Read More››› |
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 Booklist: Presidential Reading By Jill Ortner It's hard to keep up with the books published about President Donald Trump and his administration. Here are a few titles published in the past two years to help readers understand the controversies and events that impacted the Trump Administration. |
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 Maryland Libraries' Antiracism Programming Goes Global | Programs that Pop By Nicholas Alexander Brown
In Maryland, public libraries across the state have developed models for maximizing the impact of social justice–focused virtual programs by copresenting and cross-promoting selected events. Maryland libraries were able to rely on high quality programs from neighboring systems to provide a more robust lineup of virtual events. |
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| "This really raises attention to the need to preserve these collections. They capture the history of these lands, these resources, that could be erased by fires and natural disasters." | | |
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| Ed. by Omari L. Dyson & others
Covering subjects that are frequently mentioned in contemporary discourse but not always fully explained (see, for instance, the informative entry on historically Black colleges and universities), this is a valuable resource for a wide range of readers. |
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PREMIUM Ruin and Renewal: Civilizing Europe After World War IIBy Paul Betts This eminently readable study thoroughly details how European nations sought to redefine and rebuild themselves in the postwar era. It’s indispensable reading for those seeking to better understand modern world affairs. |
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PREMIUM Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty SecretBy Catherine Coleman Flowers Mixing memoir, civil rights history, and polemic, this blunt litany by Flowers delivers a call to action for all concerned about sustainable solutions to the shamefully inadequate environmental infrastructure, policies, and practices in the United States. | Julian Bond’s Time To Teach: A History of the Southern Civil Rights MovementBy Julian Bond Mixing reminiscence and analysis of the long struggle against white supremacy, Bond’s lessons provide general readers and scholars alike penetrating studies of ideals, motivations, compromises, suffering, and sacrifice that won Blacks’ release from the worst of racist Southern pathology. Essential reading. |
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 Movers & Shakers 2021 | Call for Nominations The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors—who are providing inspiration and model programs for others, including programs developed this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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 Read an Excerpt from Barack Obama's A Promised Land | Book Pulse By Mary Bakija
Read an excerpt from President Barack Obama's memoir, A Promised Land, coming Nov. 17. Raven Leilani's Luster, Bryan Washington's Memorial, and Isabel Wilkerson's Caste are among ALA's longlist for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The shortlist for the British Fantasy Awards 2020 includes The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow and The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: European History By LJ Reviews
Defiance During the Blitz, Hitler Bios, the French Revolution, and More in European History Titles: October 2019 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. Larson, Erik Crown 2020. ISBN 9780385348713. $32.00 2. Hitler: A Biography. Longerich, Peter; trans. by Jeremy Noakes Oxford University Press 2019. ISBN 9780190056735. $39.95 3. New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution. Popkin, Jeremy D. Basic Books 2019. ISBN 9780465096664. $35.00 |
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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 West Bend Community Memorial Library (WI) seeks a Library Director |
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