Welcome to LJAN Resources, our monthly academic content roundup. We’ll be curating standout InfoDocket posts and nonfiction LJ book reviews once every month for quick access to news and reviews you can use.
Welcome to LJAN Resources, our monthly academic content roundup. We’ll be curating standout InfoDocket posts and nonfiction LJ book reviews once every month for quick access to news and reviews you can use.
Sustaining Art Research Collections: Case Studies in Collaboration offers recommendations for building strong collaborations based on real-life examples of art library partnerships. These case studies document the practical experiences and lessons learned from collaborations involving art and academic libraries to identify successful collaboration characteristics and typical challenges when planning, implementing, and sustaining a partnership.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has acquisitioned the MIT Press colophon into its permanent collection. Created by pioneering graphic designer Muriel Cooper, one of the founding faculty members of the Media Lab, the iconic emblem has graced the spines of all of the books and journals published by the MIT Press since 1965.
MUSE Books Custom Collections offer libraries ultimate flexibility. Design a collection the easy way, filtering our 80,000+ available books by subject, publisher, and publication date. More closely curate your collection by selecting individual titles. All books are DRM-free, ideal for research and class use.
The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) National Virtual Health Misinformation Symposium took place April 4–6, and video recordings of sessions are now available online via YouTube.
From an Introductory Blog Post by Ioana G. Hulbert and Curtis Kendrick: How racially diverse is the librarian profession, and how can we begin to assess that diversity? Those are the two key questions at the heart of two companion issue briefs we are publishing today.
From The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities: The Guild expresses its concerns over the current financial unsustainability of the academic publishing system in Europe. The rise of open-access models requiring article-processing charges (APCs) has worsened the issue, contributing to inequalities and dissuading researchers from publishing their work in the most appropriate outlets.
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia Endowment Board announced the first recipients of grant funding from the Wikimedia Endowment, the long-term fund established in 2016 to support the future of Wikimedia sites. The initiatives that will receive grant funding include Abstract Wikipedia, Kiwix, Machine Learning, and Wikidata.
PLAYBACK SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS® is the first series entirely focused on Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG. Created by VOYAGE® Productions, the series is currently available on DVD as broadcast on PBS stations nationwide and streaming on Amazon PRIME.
This volume is well-researched, not to mention thorough and well-presented. Given the breadth of Christie’s life and work, it would be a worthwhile addition to an academic or public library collection.
This is an exceptional resource for readers looking to understand conservative Christianity. The book also illuminates much of U.S. religious history in general.
Recommended for readers with an interest in sociology, anthropology, political science, and the historical context of various Latin American migrant experiences.
This book is not all doom and gloom. There are gleams of joy throughout, plus essays on art and pleasure. Give to anyone with an interest in disability justice, as well as fans of Alice Wong’s Year of the Tiger.
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JOB OF THE WEEK The Enoch Pratt Free Library is seeking applications for the next Chief of Neighborhood Library Services Division.
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