Proposed FY22 NYC Budget Cuts Funding to City Library Systems as Mayor Speaks Out About Their Value
By Lisa Peet
On the morning of Monday, May 10, the three New York City library systems reopened 53 branches for computer use, limited browsing, and in-person reference. Later that day, the leaders of all three systems testified at a New York City Council executive budget hearing to call for support in the face of the $10.34 million in budget cuts to the three library systems in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposed FY22 executive budget—a number that could rise to as much as $22.2 million if City Council declines to re-up its yearly commitment.

DPLA to Make Amazon Publishing Ebooks and Audiobooks Available to Libraries
Filed by Gary Price
From DPLA: Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce that we have signed an agreement with Amazon Publishing to make all of the approximately 10,000 Amazon Publishing ebooks and audiobooks available to libraries and their patrons through the DPLA Exchange. 

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Helping Small and Rural Libraries Frame the Future | Backtalk
By Kim Horton
Despite the proven benefits, strategic planning services can be cost-prohibitive, particularly for small and rural libraries. The process itself can also feel daunting, making it easy to defer. Library Strategies, a consulting group of The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, in partnership with Montana State Library, has designed a program to address those barriers. 

Must-Have Manga | Collection Development
By Tom Batten
Build your collection of manga in translation, with this list of recent and backlist manga titles in a variety of genres that will be of interest to adult audiences.

REFORMA Children in Crisis Project Continues to Aid Unaccompanied Minors at the Border
By Kara Yorio
REFORMA and volunteer librarians are working to create libraries and do story times for the young people crossing the border.

Smith College and Kansas State Reopen Libraries and More Library Construction News | Branching Out
By Lisa Peet
Smith College and Kansas State reopen libraries after extensive renovations and Brooklyn, East Asheville, and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburg unveil substantial remodels.

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Three Stories Your Library Should Be Telling Right Now

Most of the time, library promotion involves a lot of announcements like, “We offer homework help” or “We’ve got a new website” or “Come to our program.” These promotions are informative, but they lack the one magical thing that people respond to: emotion.

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The 2021 ASFS Nommo Awards Longlists Are Announced | Book Pulse
By Anita Mechler
The 2021 African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) Nommo Awards longlists are announced and the 2020 & 2021 Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards finalists are out. Posthumous success for Richard Wright’s The Man Who Lived Underground.

Library Summer Reading Programs Can Help Combat COVID Slide
By Kathryn Baron
In a year when the usual summer slide in learning has stretched into a school-year slide, librarians say it is more important than ever to make reading a part of every child’s summer, especially underserved children and teens.

33rd Annual Triangle Award Winners Are Announced | Book Pulse
By Anita Mechler
The 33rd annual Triangle Awards winners and 2021 Firecracker Award finalists are announced and Trevor Shikaze has been named the first winner of n+1’s Anthony Veasna So Prize. 21st Birthday by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave, Project: Hail Mary by Andy Weir, Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, and The Premonition by Michael Lewis top the best sellers lists.

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Brian Malloy's After Francesco is one of this week's starred fiction selections. "In this highly recommended novel, the pain and rage felt by Kevin and those in the trenches with him [during the AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s] is palpable and uncomfortable and real. So too is the love and warmth of spirit they manage to nurture in order to survive." Pete Davis's starred self help selection Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing, "is an excellent purchase for all public libraries.... In this book based on his Harvard Law School graduation speech that went viral, Davis calls for readers to choose to devote themselves to a project or a relationship, and develop loyalty to particulars." Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake, by Alexis Hall, is one of this week's starred romances. "Hall does it again with this culturally relevant, wonderfully escapist foray into the baking world. This is a must-buy for any library." And in performing arts, Melanie Bell's Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema is this week's starred selection. "Highlighting the often-unseen but important accomplishments of women in film, this is a comprehensive, necessary addition to any cinephile’s collection."

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