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 Kaetrena Davis Kendrick on Low Morale Among Public Librarians By Lisa Peet Kaetrena Davis Kendrick recently completed a new study examining low workplace morale among public librarians, and is working on a report analyzing responses to a November 2018 call for librarians who wished to talk about their experiences. |
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 Libraries Collect COVID-19 Stories in Quaranzines By Gina Murrell A portmanteau of “quarantine” and “zine,” the quaranzine is a creative outlet that allows individuals and communities to process difficult thoughts and emotions concerning the COVID-19 pandemic—and is widely emerging as an artistic, therapeutic way to cope with this unique and trying time in history. |
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 Antiracist Reading & Viewing | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt There are more antiracist reading lists, and even more suggestions, as demand begins to create shortages. Warner Bros. makes Just Mercy free for viewing this month. The film is based on Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, a title on some of the antiracist reading lists. |
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| "Quaranzine helps all of us come to terms with the times we’re living in. And it complements our work underway to collect objects, diaries, and the like from the community for our Center for Local History. COVID-19 will pass—eventually—yet stories and collected memories will remain." | | |
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 What the World Needs Now | Sustainability By Rebekkah Smith Aldrich The massive change in life circumstances over the weeks since my last column have been strange, terrible, and beautiful—often all at once. |
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The Education of John Adams By R.B. Bernstein An accessible and highly recommended biography. Fans of David McCullough’s John Adams will appreciate the nuanced insights into Adams’s beliefs offered here. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE City on Fire: The Fight for Hong KongBy Antony Dapiran This fascinating read is essential for anyone interested in the current affairs of Hong Kong, specifically, and China, generally. Readers looking for a more academic take on a similar topic should consider Ngok Ma and Edmund W. Cheng’s The Umbrella Movement. |
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| Eleanor of Aquitaine, World War II titles, Lady Bird Johnson, and a photographic study of Barack Obama entertain history and biography readers in the winter months. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Music and Art By LJ Reviews A vibrant and inspiring introduction to feminist music history, an exploration of the Bauhaus school and its legacy, and a thoughtful account of how art and history inform each other top the list of best-selling music and art books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Revenge of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot
Goldman, Vivien
University of Texas Press. 2019. ISBN 9781477316542. $17.95. 2. Bauhaus Goes West: Modern Art and Design in Britain and America
Powers, Alan
Thames & Hudson. 2019. ISBN 9780500519929. $40. 3. Art of Return: The Sixties & Contemporary Culture
Meyer, James Sampson
University of Chicago Press. 2019. ISBN 9780226521558. $45. |
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