Going for Gold, Deep in the Red By Stephen Bosch, Siôn Romaine, Barbara Albee, and Cynthia M. Elliott Can libraries afford open access? LJ’s latest Periodicals Price Survey examines the state of the market. |
LJ Talks with Award-Winning Poet and Professor Camille T. Dungy By Rebekah Kati In her latest book, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, Camille T. Dungy interweaves the themes of history, memory, motherhood, environment, and culture with the experience of planting a garden. She talked with LJ about those intersections and their impact. |
SPONSORED BY PLUTO PRESS An Innovative Theory of State Intelligence
Repeated intelligence failures in the Middle East and North Africa have left many critics searching for answers. A fundamental truth goes unaddressed: western state agencies do not understand the world. Drawing on recently declassified materials, Kearns shows how mistakes are forged in the crucible of the Cold War-era colonial retreat.
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One Last Chance | Sustainability By Rebekkah Smith Aldrich Public and academic libraries should be leaders in moving away from fossil fuels, prioritizing investments in net-zero energy construction, renewable energy, and electric vehicles. Library administration and governing boards of trustees need to step up to prioritize greenhouse gas emission reduction in their strategic and operational planning. |
SPONSORED BY THE MIT PRESS Direct to Open: A Bold Experiment in Open Access The MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) harnesses the collective power of libraries to support open and equitable access to vital, leading scholarship. Using the collective action model, participating libraries share the lift of opening access to scholarly books by funding D2O together, making knowledge open and accessible to everyone. Learn more>>> |
“As more publishers successfully transition their revenue streams from annual or multiyear subscriptions to transformative OA agreements, some librarians wonder if academia will remain locked in a ‘different lipstick, same pig’ model that does nothing to fundamentally change the way scholarly communications is dominated by a few large publishers.” —From “Going for Gold, Deep in the Red” |
PRO MEDIA PREMIUM Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, 5th Ed By Kay Ann Cassell & Uma Hiremath This wide-ranging and informative book is essential for library schools and valuable for academic libraries and larger public ones. A handy reference tool for citing research and helping users find answers to their reference questions. |
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