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| April 12, 2018 | MIT Libraries Tackles Grand Challenges | Peer to Peer Review
By Alexandra Chassanoff
During the week of March 19–23 MIT Libraries convened experts from across disciplines and domains to identify and address grand challenges in the scholarly communication and information science landscape. |
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Wanda Brown Wins ALA Presidency
By Lisa Peet
After votes for the American Library Association (ALA) election were tallied on April 11, the organization announced that Wanda Kay Brown would be ALA’s 2019–20 president-elect. |
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Social Sciences | Professional Media Reviews
By LJ Reviews
Reviews of Asian American Librarians and Library Services: Activism, Collaborations, and Strategies; Managerial Leadership for Librarians: Thriving in the Public and Nonprofit World; and Introduction to Public Librarianship. |
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RBdigital Introduces Unlimited Streaming Video, Enhanced App
By Matt Enis
Recorded Books, an RBmedia company, has launched an enhanced RBdigital app, enabling library patrons to use a single interface to access its audiobooks, ebooks, magazines, comics, streaming video, educational content, games, and more. |
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| "We started by throwing the contents of our [intellectual] closet onto the floor. We have to get messy before we clean up; we are trying to get to a set of challenge statements that are reasonable, feasible, solvable, but we also admit that whatever we come up with will not be a full and complete list of all challenges." | | From "MIT Libraries Tackles Grand Challenges | Peer to Peer Review" |
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Drugs & Dependence | Science & Technology Reviews
By LJ Reviews
Reviews of Breaking the Cycle of Opioid Addiction: Supplement Your Pain Management with Cannabis; Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America; and The Addiction Solution: Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs. |
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The 2018 Anisfield-Wolf Awards | Fitting Choices for Our Times
By Barbara Hoffert
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards are unique among national juried awards in honoring books that confront racism and celebrate diversity. Winners of this year’s 83rd annual awards were announced March 29 by 2015 honoree Marlon James. |
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BESTSELLERS: Music and Arts
By LJ Reviews
1. Leonardo da Vinci
Isaacson, Walter
Simon & Schuster
2017. ISBN 9781501139154. $35
2. Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black & White, Body and Soul in American Music
Powers, Ann
HarperCollins
2017. ISBN 9780062463692. $26.99
3. The Politics of Opera: A History from Monteverdi to Mozart
Cohen, Mitchell
Princeton University Press
2017. ISBN 9780691175027. $39.95 |
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The Latest Trends in Library Design
Hosted in partnership with Salt Lake County Library and The City Library—at SLCo’s Viridian Center—the newest installment of our library building and design event will let you dig deep with architects, librarians, and vendors to explore building, renovating, and retrofitting spaces to better engage your community. |
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The Thurgood Marshall Library at Bowie State University is seeking a Dean |
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