#NoTechforICE was started by the national Latinx and Chicanx social justice advocacy group Mijente in 2018, when it became clear that government agencies such as ICE and CBP were purchasing public, private, and commercial data to gather information to aid in the sweeps and deportations of undocumented immigrants.
By Chelsea Jordan-Makely, Jeanie Austin, and Charissa Brammer
Public and academic library workers who provide services for people negatively impacted by the prison industrial complex (PIC) are proud of their work—even though it can be difficult—from starting and keeping programs going, to carrying the load over time.
The integration of a research information management system (RIMS) expands those options. The Weizmann Institution of Science Library transformed analytics results and narratives into faculty-facing communication, integrating context and metadata and supporting scientists in complying with their research grant open access requirements.
By Meredith Schwartz, Matt Enis, Jeanne Marie Ryan, Kiera Parrott, & Davis Erin Anderson
At LJ’s 2022 Design Institute in New York City, held at the New York Public Library's Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on June 9, five public and academic libraries in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Illinois, Connecticut, and New Jersey enlisted architects and attendees to brainstorm on upcoming library design challenges.
The Mass Observation Project remains one of the most unique and intriguing collections offered to patrons. The niche aspect of it being a British project should not stop one’s decision to purchase it; this is an impressive collection of observational, primary source data regarding world events and life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Wil Haygood will receive the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The International Booker Prize names its 2023 jury. PEN America, NYPL, and PRH partner to present Stand with Salman: Defend the Freedom to Write in NYC on August 19.
“It’s incredibly important for the library community to play a role in these efforts, because #NoTechforICE raises questions about privacy, about research data, and about human rights. Librarians can look into what this means for their local communities, but also join a national movement that’s thinking through these questions and thinking through what kind of alternatives librarians can pivot to.”
Responding to user feedback, this updated version of Bloomsbury Fashion Central brings together a rich collection of resources to provide one-stop access to interdisciplinary materials on fashion and dress. It is a strong collection for institutions that support art, design, and fashion, as well as business studies with an emphasis on the fashion industry.
Abstract: Librarians are feeling the squeeze. As they seek to meet changing patron expectations and a dynamic technological environment, they are often simultaneously faced with budget cuts and leadership looking over their shoulder for evidence of institutional value.
Joseph centers the work of Black women and activists, while demonstrating that the current backlash to racial equity progress has deep roots in history. A compelling analysis of current events.
That everyday engineering wonder, the petroleum-powered vehicle, has been around for 130 years. Appleyard narrates its transformative story while acknowledging that its era is fading.
Based on extensive primary research, this striking and compelling account should be read by anybody interested in the development of U.S. intelligence agencies and special operations during World War II.
This book returns the voices of Black women Communists to their rightful place in histories of labor, race, and gender in the 20th century. Libraries serving historians or general readers interested in Black women’s history and activism need to add this to their shelves.
Readers, especially history and hockey fans, will be mesmerized by this account and will come away with a clearer understanding of the numerous intricate details that are involved in successful diplomacy and how they affect historical events. Highly recommended.
Call for Information: Completed library renovation or construction projects
Library Journal is collecting information about recently completed library construction/renovation projects for our annual Year in Architecture feature. If your institution completed a library construction or renovation project between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022, please tell us about it! The link below will direct you to download a pdf of the form before filling out your responses online.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough has died at 89. Rick Lai wins the 2022 Munsey Award. The 2022 WSFA Small Press Award finalists are announced.
Where Big Tech Went Wrong, Myths about Surveillance, Mother of Invention, and more in engineering and technologytitles: July 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot.
Reich, Rob HarperCollins
2021. ISBN 9780063064881 $27.99
2. I Have Nothing to Hide: And 20 Other Myths about Surveillance and Privacy. Boghosian, Heidi Beacon
2021. ISBN 9780807061268 $17.00
3. Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men; Trans. by Alex Fleming. Marcal, Katrine Harry N. Abrams 2021. ISBN 9781419758041 $26.00
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