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 Costs Outstrip Library Budgets | Periodicals Price Survey 2020 By Stephen Bosch, Barbara Albee, & Sion Romaine Library budgets are for the most part flat or diminishing leaving libraries once again battling the terrible twins of cost inflation and revenue stagnation. Many libraries are cutting continuing expenditures by cancelling or breaking up journal packages. Others are aggressively renegotiating contracts. |
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 SPONSORED CONTENT Self-Help: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Modalities In a time of global anxiety, self-help publishers are meeting increased demand for guidance and practical advice. Their growing catalogues feature authors with an ever-widening range of professional and personal experiences. There is truly something for everyone in this season’s exceptional set of self-help titles. Read More››› |
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 Earth Day from Inside the House By Meredith Schwartz The 50th anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, is going to feel different, since many traditional observances involve a) not staying home and b) getting together in groups. But there are still plenty of ways to celebrate and further the cause of sustainability responsibly through the library. |
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| "Serials business models are changing, and several new approaches have emerged. To date, none offer a solution to the problem of serial costs continuing to rise higher than library budgets." | | |
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 Booklist: Post-Binge-Watching Reads By Mahnaz Dar Many people stuck inside all day have dived back into favorite TV series to pass the time. Between binge-watches, learn more about your favorite shows from these can’t-miss reads. |
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 What We're Reading, Watching, Doing April 17, 2020 By Liz French The staffers of LJ, School Library Journal, & Junior Library Guild continue sheltering in place and seeking solace in online video games, TV series and quiz shows, podcasts, comics, fiction and nonfiction books, anime, miniseries, k-drama, poetry read by its makers, Harry Potter, and of course, all Hugh Laurie all the time! |
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 Analyzing Our Inherent Bias as a Society: Academic Best Sellers in Social Sciences By LJ Reviews An exposé on the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research, an intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, and a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers (and why they often go wrong) top the list of best-selling social sciences books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. |
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 Michelle Obama Launches Storytime | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt Walk the Wire by David Baldacci leads holds this week. The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes are announced. Michelle Obama is going to read to kids during the pandemic. The International Booker Prize is postponed as is the San Diego Comic-Con. CNN reports on a new study about what children like in storybooks. Stephen King reads from If It Bleeds. |
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 Medical Marijuana and Beyond: Nonfiction Reading for 4/20 By Meredith Schwartz With cannabis legalization increasingly gaining ground among the states for recreational as well as medicinal use, libraries, especially in states where it's legal, may find 4/20 stimulates interest in related titles and subjects. |
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 Germany Reopens Bookstores| Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri wins the Aspen Words Literary Prize. EarlyWord posts its GalleyChat Roundup for April. In Page-to-Screen for the week, Bosch returns for a new season; there is a timely documentary; and just in time, something new to entertain kids. |
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| Xpress Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  The Stringbags, by Garth Ennis, with illustrations by PJ Holden and others, is one of this week's starred graphic novels. "An epic tribute to little-known heroes, featuring frenzied depictions of midair combat by Holden." Fire on the Water, by Scott MacGregor, with illustrations by Gary Dumm, is another starred graphic novel. "MacGregor bases his first full-length work on the horrific true story of the 1916 Waterworks Tunnel disaster, and with artist Dumm ( American Splendor) compellingly utilizes biographical elements, political machinations, corruption, humor, and even light touches of fantasy to weave a nuanced tapestry about the richness of human experience under the most trying circumstances." See All Reviews››› |
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 Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK Orange County Library System (FL) seeks a CEO / Library Director |
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