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 Pandemic Pivot Allows Nashville Public Library To Expand Access to Votes for Women Exhibit By Sara Beth West In 2020, Nashville Public Library (NPL) looked to expand its Civil Right Center with a new Votes For Women room. After 18 months of planning, the grand opening was scheduled to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which cleared the way for women to vote. As the COVID-19 pandemic evolved, NPL realized that the grand celebrations envisioned would not be possible. |
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 ACRL 2021 Conference Will Be Virtual Due To COVID-19 Concerns By Lisa Peet Because of concerns about travel and gathering during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)’s Board of Directors announced on October 1 that the 2021 ACRL conference, previously scheduled for April 14–17 in Seattle, WA, will instead be held as an all-virtual event. |
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| "We started talking about the fact that so many women’s stories are just not told. Our history is often written by others, and oral histories are not captured." | | |
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 Obituary: John N. Berry III By LJ John Nichols Berry III, Library Journal editor for more than half a century, died on October 10, 2020, at the age of 87, of an apparent heart attack. |
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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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 Helping Educators Develop Engaged Citizens in the Classroom By Kara Yorio Scroll through most teens’ social media feeds right now and the typical selfies and birthday wishes to friends are interspersed with statements for social justice and posts about the importance of voting—even though most of them aren’t old enough to vote. They have turned into a civically engaged generation. |
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 John Grisham Leads Library Holds | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt A Time for Mercy by John Grisham leads holds this week. People’s “Book of the Week” is The Searcher by Tana French. The Los Angeles Times offers a fall books special that ties authors and titles to the social and political events of 2020. The New York Times features young Black poets with a message. |
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 Where To Start with Louise Glück | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt
There is much more coverage of Louise Glück’s Nobel win, including interviews and suggested readings. A host of adaptations arrive today and through next week, including The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Right Stuff, and The Spanish Princess. James Patterson is going to adapt his forthcoming novel The Noise. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  E.E Knight's Daughter of the Serpentine is one of this week's starred sff selections. The second book in the "Age of Fire" series is "highly recommended as a crossover for adults and YA readers drawn to fantasy novels with dragons and the women who ride them. Start with the first in the series or just dive right into this perfect adventure tale." Nazanine Hozar's starred debut novel Aria explores "motherhood and personal relationships as well as the chaotic upheavals in revolutionary Tehran.... This debut offers a powerful lead character in Aria. But its minor characters are just as memorable, with the narrative revealing how their circumstances have shaped their personalities. Highly recommended, especially for book groups." A Wild Winter Swan, by Gregory Maguire, is another starred fiction selection this week. "Maguire, whose gift for transforming children’s stories is most famously on display in Wicked, works his magic once again with this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Wild Swans. An enchanting, tender, often funny coming-of-age story whose perceptive truths about the human condition surprise and delight." See All Reviews››› |
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