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 MIT OA Task Force Releases Recommendations, Publisher Framework By Lisa Peet As part of its ongoing work to support open access both on campus and in the wider world of academia, in October the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) released two documents that will amplify open sharing of MIT resources and clarify communications with scholarly publishers. |
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 Trends in Reference By Jason Steagall From more intuitive searching to digital circulation of formerly print-only reference materials and to more materials on marginalized populations, trends in reference reflect library users’ changing needs and expectations. |
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 In Conversation: The 1619 Project By Stephanie Sendaula On Wednesday, November 13, Nikole Hannah-Jones joined Jamelle Bouie for a conversation, moderated by Jelani Cobb, about the making of the New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project. |
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 2019 National Book Awards Celebrate Unity By Barbara Hoffert On November 20, the National Book Foundation offered five book awards and two lifetime achievement awards in an evening that celebrated what books can accomplish. |
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| SPONSORED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS  Embedded librarianship: the future of libraries As a librarian, I am there to perform duties such as guiding clinical laboratory students and faculty on how to perform systematic reviews (whose definition includes the term “exhaustive search”). I am here to teach what resources people should be looking for, why to use those resources, and to sometimes interpret those results for users. Read More››› |
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 Best Books 2019 By LJ Library Journal’s selection of the most distinguished titles published in 2019. |
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| Movers is moving! In 2020, Library Journal’s annual Movers & Shakers reveal is moving out of March and into the May issue. A plus: that means there is more time to identify the top crop of this year’s leaders who are advancing the library field. We’re extending the deadline to December 2. Please nominate your inspiring colleagues! We are particularly interested in making sure that those working behind the scenes and on issues of equity and inclusion are well represented. |
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| "There are complex questions about some core issues in the scholarly communication environment, including questions about the complexities of appropriate data sharing; how to resource data repositories; how to identify and use methods to evaluate research that align with our mission; and how best to support scholarly societies in making a sustainable transition to more open publication models.” | | |
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| SPONSORED BY GALE, A CENGAGE COMPANY |
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 Barbara’s Picks (Elijah Cummings, Thomas Frank, Bill Gates, David Litt, & Jacob Soboroff on Border Separations), plus Trump Perspectives, Health Care, and Issues of Race: Current Affairs Previews, Jun. 2020, Pt. 1 | Prepub Alert By Barbara Hoffert The late Rep. Elijah Cummings’s memoir, Thomas Frank with an unexpected view on populism, Bill Gates on the climate crisis, Litt on restoring our challenged democracy, NBC/MSNBC’s Soboroff on the consequences of separating children and parents at the border, and more. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Language By LJ Reviews
1. Four Words for Friend: Why Using More Than One Language Matters Now More Than Ever
Kohn, Marek Yale University Press 2019. ISBN 9780300231083. $27.50 2. Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric Editor: Robert C. Bartlett
University of Chicago Press
2019. ISBN 9780226591629. $40
3. Looking Like a Language Sounding Like a Race: Raciolinguistic Ideologies and the Learning of Latinidad Rosa, Jonathan
Oxford University Press
2019. ISBN 9780190634728. $99 |
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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 Kanawha County Public Library (WV) seeks a Library Director |
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